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SPAIN. ROYAL DECREE, CONTAINING NEW REGULATIONS OF TRADE. FEADINAND VII. by the Grace of Goo and the Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy, King of to all whomsoever these presents may reach, know that the Cortes have decreed as follows: The Cortes, by virtue of the powers granted to them by the Constitution, have decreed-- ART. 1. That there shall be one uniform Tarif of the Custom-Houses in the whole of the Spanish Mo narchy ; which, in Europe, shall begiii to operate from the Ist January, 1821, and thirty days after the Order and New Tarif shall have arrived in the ultramarine Provinces; hut with regard to the ship-, anents which may be undertaken atter the Ist Janu ary, 1821, in observance of the new Tarit; the Cap tains or Mates of such - vessels shall carry out the ne cessary certificates on their clearance, in 'order that at the places of their destination the regulations of the new Tarif may be observed . , -as far as regards said shipments. 2. Every year the Cortes shall confirm or amend the Tarif of Customs, as may be deemed expedient. S. The form of the General Tarif of Customs shall, for the present, be the one proposed by the Special Committee of Tarifs, for this purpose created by Royal Order of 13.1 r April, 1816, and which has been presented to the Cortes by the Secretary of the Finance Department, simplified in the following man• net :—All kinds of merchandize shall be divided into fifteen classes, as expressed in the said Project, and in exact alphabetical order, shall be included those articles therein already contained, adding thereto such new ones as may occur under another form. The charges shall be laid • down according to num ber, weight, measure, or value, the duty on fixed quantities being specified, conformably to the regula tions of the said Project. The import and export duties shall be distinguished by two divisions; the first to be subdivided into four columns, viz. in the first shall be marked the number, weight, or measure, on which is to be regulated the duty of import, ex port, and home consumption, without any alteration in the manner that may be established for the entry; in the second shall be inserted the value of each ar ticle paying duty ; in the third, the rate of duty shall be stated ; and in the foarth, the fixed amount of duty to be paid by the article specified. The second di vision, under the title of General Export, shall con tain three columns, which, referring to the same rate of duty on articles enumerated in the first column of General Import, shall specify the value, the rate, and the duty, on fixed quantities of the articles exported. To the two explained divisions or columns of import and export duties, shall be added another for the home consumption, in countries belonging to the Spanish Monarchy, in Europe as well as beyond seas, of all national articles of the Peninsula, America, and Asia. What regards the first shall be exhibited in three columns united to the seven of the above di visions, specifying the value, rate, and the duty, on fixed quantities; and with regard to the home con sumption in the ultramarine provinces; the same shall be expressed in contiguous columns, the rate being stated in the first; and in the second the amount on each article, according to the value of national ar ticles, specified in the eighth column. And, finally, a thirteenth column shall be added, specifying the fixed amount, corresponding to the two per cent. for administration, in cases in which the same is to be paid for trans-shipping, or on exportation to a foreign country, as will be explained in Article 33; the said two per cent. being calculated in conformity to the rate stated in the second or eighth column, accord ing as the same may be national or foreign articles. 4. One single duty shall be levied on account of the public revenue, on the import and export of fo reign goods, as stated in the above Project; andln the corresponding columns, the duty assigned to the national flag shall alone be specified. 5. In cases in which the importation or exporta tion in vessels bearing a foreign flag shall be allowed, the goods corresponding to such cargoes, on their entrance or clearance, shall pay the duties specified in the General Tarif, with the addition of oae-third ; but in case the cots)• or clearance of the goods cor responding to such cargoes should he exempt from duty, it shall be the same fur foreigners as well as Spaniards. 6. As soon as the goods have passed the Custom- House, whether for importation, exportation, home consumption, or trans-shipment, the duties fixed by the Tarif are to be paid, without any return or abate ment. on .the exportation of those previously im ported, or the re-entry of those exported, or for any other motive, unless it should arise out of some error in the calculations or accounts. 7. No premium, reward, or aba o tement of Tarif .duty shall be allowed, in order to encourage the im-. pottation or exportation of any kind of merchandize, nor for any motive of utility or security, or any other pretext. S. National and foreign . goods of all kinds, except stich as are prohibited, shall freely circulate in the interior of the line of counterpasses that may be esta blished, without the need of certificates; and the cir culation shall also be free iii the intervening terri tory of said line, and that of the Custom-Houses of the coasts arid frontiers; but, in the latter case, certi ficates shall be requisite. In,like manner, the circu lation outwards or coastwise, and between towns of the same province, shall be free from duties, but cer tificates *ill be required. In order, however, to cir culate outwards from one province to another, the following rules shall be observed: 9. The circulation or re-shipment outwards of all kinds of goo.ls, from one port or anchoring-place to another, for this purpose duly authorized by law, as specified in the two following Afticles, in the whole of the districts of the Spanish monarchy, and between each reciprocally and in a direct manner, shall be exclusively allowed by vessels bearing the national flag, according to the tarif regulations. JO.' National goods which may thus circulate, or be shipped outwards, shall, in the Custom-houses of the port of clearance, pay two per cent. for the ex pense of administration, and in the port of entry they shall be free from the duty of Customs, excepting such articles to which the duty of home consumption shall be affrxed. 11. Foreign goods imported, and which may have paid a regular duty in the Custom-house of any port of the Peninsula, may circulate and be re-shipped ,outwards to any other port of the Peninsula, or be exported•to a foreign -country, on paying two per cent. for .administration in the Custom-house where the clearance is made, and nothing in that •of their' new destination; but they cannot be conveyed to any ultra-marine port of Spain, without being subject to , a second import duty as foreign goods ; and the same shall be observed With regard to articles of this kind imported through any Custom-house in America or •Asia ; nor can they be conveyed from one section to another of the latter countries, nor to the Peninsula; that is, froni a port to a Spanish port of the aforesaid distant regions, without the payment of fresh duties. 12. In case that the Spanish vessels, carrying coast wise from one Spanish port to another, foreign goods already imported, or Spanish goods subject to a duty on home consumption, should touch or anchor in a foreign port, and this should be proved in some le gitimate way, although the deviation should not ap pear in the bill of health or the muster-roll, all the cargo, on arrival at the destined port of discharge, shall pay the duties on importation and of home con sumptidn, although it may appear by the manifest, cleat ances, and sockets, that the said duties have al ready been paid, and in addition, all the penalties for contravention to the laws of quarantine, naviga tion, and revenue, shall be enforced. 13. All the foreign goods which may not have been imported, and which may be actually depo sited in ports in which those of the first class arc per- Mitted, may be carried by a Spanish vessel only, ac cording to the regulations prescribed in the establish ment of deposits for importation in other ptts spe cially privileged in the Spanish dominions, without paying the two per cent. for administration, nor any other duty outwards, and without paying the duty inwards, until the importation shall take place in die port of destination, but with observance of the provi sions of Art. 18, and of the regulations of deposit. 14. In the case provided for by the preceding Ar ticle, it shall not be permitted to ship in the same vessel any Spanish goods, or any foreign goods al ready imported, neither in the Hirst port of shipment, nor in any other where the vessel may touch, unless the foreign goods intended to be shipped from the depo sit shall be previously entered, cleared, and the duties paid in the first port. 15. The same rule laid down in the preceding Ar ticle shall apply to the carrying of Spanish goods subject to hcme consumption duties, and intended to be taken out of deposit to be conveyed to another port specially authorized. In these shipments it shall not be permitted to mix goods which have already paid the duties of importation, or for home consump tion, with those that have not. 16. It shall not be permitted that goods once ware housed in a port of deposit in any of the Spanish do minions, be conveyed to another deposit. 17. Every Spanish vessel may trade from any Spanish port, specially authorised, in all the Spanish dominions, to any foreign port, to import and export goods not prohibited, subject to the rules of the ge neral Tarif, and others on the subject. 18. Foreign goods shipped from Europe for coun tries beyond the seas, if they pay the duties on im portation in a port specially authorised in the Penin sula, shall be valued according to the rates fixed in the general Tarif; but if :it should be preferred to pay the duties only on arrival in • an - authorised port beyond seas, it may be done according to Article 13; but the rate or value shall be considered as increased one-half, if the goods should be shipped from a foreign port ; but if shipped from a port of deposit of the first class in the Peninsula, the duties shall be calculated on the rates or value of the general Tarif, and a fourth part, or 25 per cent. more, besides the extra duties on foreign flags, according to Article 5. The same rule shall be reciprocally observed with foreign goods, which may be carried from Asia to America or Europe, or from America to the other two regions. 19. Foreign vessels shall be admitted in all the ports of the Spanish Monarchy, on the same footing on which Spanish vessels maybe admitted in the re spective foreign ports of every nation in particular, and as practised in the possessions of each one in every part of the globe, or in a similarity of cases, places, and circumstances, for the only purposes spe cified in the following Articles. 20. The foreign vessels which may anchor in a ' Spanish port, not for the purpose of loading or un loading, but solely for repairing or avoiding damage, or to procure provisions necessary for the crew, shall be admitted for the tinge' required for the purpose ; being merchant vessels, they shall be subject to ma nifests, search, and officers, as usual ' • and shall be treated as Spaniards are treated in the respective ports of those nations, exacting or not exacting, with the most scrupulous reciprocity, the tonnage, an chorage, and other dues, which may be paid by ves sels in passing or remaining, either in free pratique or in quarantine. 21. Foreign vessels of more than 80 tons may im port into the ports of deposit of the first class, and export from them foreign goods not prohibited, and being the produce of the country to which the ves sel belongs, observing the rules prescribed in the establishment of the deposits; and on the goods which they land or load no other duty but the two per cent. of deposit shall be paid, unless "hey shall be im ported by the same port into which alone they can be imported, or unless the term of deposit be expired, and they can be , considered as imported, in which cases the duties inwards shall be paid. 22. Foreign vessels of the said burthen can also export from the ports 'which may be authorised in the Spanish dominions foreign gets& which have been imported and Spanish goods, observing what has been or may be ordered by the regulations of the general Tarif. 23. Foreign vessels of upwards of 80 tons are like. wise permitted to carry provisions and raw materials which cannot be used unless worked or manufac tured, as their entry may be permitted, ft:om Spanish ports to those in the Spanish territory which may be specially authorised, and also other goods which may not be liable to more .than the duty of acliv,i nistration, provided always, that the said goods be the produce of the country to which the vessel be longs, and they must pay the duties without the be nefit of deposit, unless they carry them to the cor responding deposits for the purpose of obtaining it. 24. By the frontier Custom-houses which shall be established for the purpose, only the importation of such goods shall be permitted as are the produce, growth, or manufacture of the contiguous nation; • and nlso.the, export of all. foreign goods already:mi.. and shall pay no other than the duty of interne a'. - • ported, as well as nationa Y ones , confOtiiably to the I ministration, with the exception . of Merino sheep. generalTarif, in carts or .on beasts, according to the. 8. The entry and circulation of foreign morel: roads,and precautionsnecessiryto preientsmuggling. shall be regulated by the Cortes; and, in order t 25. Whatever shalUbe Permitted or prohibited in prevent the grievous injuries Spain experience: doer eny part of the Spanish Monarchy, shall be eqbally• t h e duties im p osed on the circulation. of the ultra so by general rule in all parts, with the exception of marine provinces to those o f the Peninsula of S o .,- modifications, which different circumstances of place nish coin, the circulation is declared flee between all and time may require forthe benefit of all Spaniards. provinces of the Spanish monarchy, including pre. 26. Deposits for maritime commerce 'shall he esta- cious metals, whether in bars or ingots, subject or:y Wished in the ports, which, 'on - the proposal of Go- to the usual certificates in their circulation by se., vernment, may be approved by the Cortes ; they will and between the line of custom-houses, when in si,ver be of two classes; those of the first elms will serve the amount exceeds I,etiO reels vellen, and 2,001 for depositing Spanish goods, subject to the payment when in gold. of honie consumption duties, and foreign goods.— In the same Sitting it was also proposed, that Those of tte second class will be only for depositing whilst the Cortes did not deterni'e to the contrary, Spanish - goods, subject to home consumption duties, all the countries which , b y the Constitution, belor, ? but riot for foreign goods. No deposit of either class to the Spanish monarchy, should, as integral parts et' can be established in an insecure or defenceless port. the same, enjoy the benefit of the new general Tali:. or such as may not have shelter for vessels in perms= The following Resolutions were also read ate! nent roadsteads, and fortifications to defend them, and approved : in the immediate vicinity of which there is not a I. That the grant of his Majesty, allowing trade be- Custom-house and the necessary buildings f o n depo- tween the Philippine Islands and ports in Ameiica, sits, and a maritime Consulate; and amongst. the on the Paci fi c, made last J,:nuary, be vale! and ports, in which these circumstances are combined, served, as well in national as foreign articles, pc:- those shall be selected which export most produce mitted by the said grant, and in Spanish bettotes and manufactured articles of the country. indistinctly. 27. The further fundamental regulations for grant- '2. All - produce and goods manufacen red in t' e: ing deposits shall form a particular object of instruc- Philippine Islands shall be admitted as ti wood) tions, which will be inserted in the general Tarif, and the authorised ports, as. well hi America as Peirce s will be confirmed or amended every year. The same and Asia, when accompanied by regular ceititieate rule shall be observed for pointing out, pre_erving, proving their origin, and in mrtwa.d nettorns. granting, or taking away, en the proposal of Go- 3. All national ye-gel-, shall hesiJes be allowed to vernment, the privilege of deposit, with respect to carry on direct trade from any Nit ut Arne the ports which may suit for the purposes of this rica - and Europe,. by the Glee eiood Hope, to new syStem, so as to combine the welfare of agricul- foreign ports in the East drones mid china, and it cure, industry, and commerce, with that-,of the pub- •shall Lin lawful for thorn to invert and deposit, 7 . Z lic revenue. the authorised Spanish Ports of ismerien and Emcees., 28. The goods inventecl.by necess,ity or caprice, or the following goods arid c.iects, cis.—Cinnamon ei those Which may not be named in: the general Tarif, Ceylon, pearl,, diamonds, ivory, tortoise-shell, tea et' after it shall have been publiped, shall be charged all kinds, earthenware er china; lacquered articlee or rated in the Ctistorrehouses to pay duties in pro- manufactured m. -of-peat I; manufactured jeer; portion to others to which they are analogous or like, manufactured fidagree of all kind., to be done by the Administrators without causing dyes, boxes of paints, ivory and other tans, coarse are any delay to business, but to he reported immediately candy sugar, spun cotton from No. 60 upwerd e to the General Direction of Revenue, for the pur- plain, striped, and worked muslins of all kinds, cct poses required. . ton and muslin handkerchief's of all kinds, pens, 29. The prohibition of importation or exportation striped, and_ worked cambrics, nankeens, cottca of goods in the dominions of Spain . shall form a se- stripes, &c. parate article; besides which, their denominations , 4. The import. duties of said articles shall be laid shall be inserted in the general Tar if, in the places coy- down in the general Tarif, according to the bases ap responding to them in the alphibetical order, and die t - proved by the 'Cortes. • shall be subject to a separate determination, whic ht 5. The regulations contained in Article 12, of the will be confirmed or amended by every Legislature. fundamenta l bases oldie general Tai if approved by SO. Merchant ships, Spanish as well as foreign, the Cortes, shall.be observed w i th re g ard to car g oes shall be considered as m e rchandise; their purchase coming from the Philippine Islands, and of whica or sale shall be permitted or prohibited, as may be the vessels may enter any foreign port in Amerce expedient, and ordered in the general Tarif every or Europe. year, and all those belonging to Spaniards shall be 6. In order that this freedom granted to trade may nationalised. not be injurious to national industry and agriculture, 81. On the left margin of the printed book of rates, as well in Asia as in America and Europe, as it or general Tarif, as much blank space as possible is would be if extended to Asia by the Cape of Good to be left for noting down the necessary an 4 useful Ilope, with foreign cargoes and productions, mere observations, for better explanation and successive than from the Philippine Islands, it shall not be Lie - corrections. ful to bring to ports el America and Europe, by said 32. The weight and measure for solids and fluids way of the Cape, in each vessel of foreign goads eau shall be the Castilian, for charging the duties accord. merated in this Decree, more than the amount of ing to the general Tarif,; and the money shall be effec- 50,000 dollars, stated on the clearances, and the re dye, and not nominal or imaginary reals de Vellon, mainder of the cargoes shall be completed with geoids 33. The maximum of the duties on foreign goods and effects of the Philippine Islands, or of other pi o imported shall be 30 per cent. on the valuations of ductions from foreign countries of Asia, which are the general Tarif, and the minimum for administra- free according to the general Tarif. don two per cent. ,importation or re-exportation, 7. The Government is enjoined to require cf. the and on the shipments by sea for the home trade.— Political Chief and Local Authorities of Manilla, The maximum for Spanish goods, on exportation to formation respecting the most adequate means 01 ce foreign countries, shall be 10 per cent. on said valua- cotiraging the agriculture, industry, navigation, and dons; and the minimum two per cent. for adminis- commerce of the Philippine hands. tration on said exportation, or for shipments by sea - - for the home trade, between province and province, in the proper cases. The maximum of the home consumption duties on Spanish goons that are subject to them, shall be 15 per cent. on the respective va luations, without any limit as to the minimum, be cause there will be goods entirely exempt from these duties. 34. In the maximum and Minimum of duties men tioned in the foregoing article, suitable gradations shall be established, according to the scientific prin ciples which govern in similar cases. (Slimed) COUNT DE TORENA, President. J. M. SURR IE, Secretary. M. A. LOPEZ, Secretary. Madrid, October Stk. 1820. Wherefore, we command all Tribunals, Judges; Chiefs, Governors, and other Authorities, as well Civil as Military and Ecclesiastic, of whatsoever class and dignity, that they observe and cause to he observed and executed the present Decree, in all its parts. (Signed) JOSEF CANGA ARGUELLES. Palace, October 6th, 1820. In the Sitting of the Bth instant, the Cortes gave their approbation to the following Commercial Re gulations : 1. That the importation of raw ccttons of foreign growth be prohibited, with the exception of those enumerated iu the following article. 2. For the present, and till the cultivation and commerce of cottons is re-established in our Pro vinces of Europe and beyond seas, the importation of raw cottons shall be allowed from Pernambuco and Asia Minor, paying 15 per cent. in Spanish ves sels, and 20 in foreign ones ; and those also from foreign possessions in the East Indies, on payment of nine per cent. in Spanish, and 12 in foreign vessels. 8. In the Philippine Islands the importation of raw cottons from foreign countries shall he prohibited, or allowed to the amount and in the manner that may be deemed advisable by the local authorities, in order to reconcile the encouragemert of the culti, vation with the manufacture front cotton in those Spanish islands. for 4 elg T n h c a o t u th nt e rie p s ro o l f iib ta it i i l o n n of the tanned dp i r m ep p a o r r e t d atn from hides sand skins, be without any exception whatever. authorities e s corresp on dings sary That p i s i lh i eam t l i dl r e e uipltteis ultra-marine provinces ] the local under n ttal the e r a t ni h eey e .: m c i tFl l t op u no re rt , ilot a in s (: lo a, cannot be provided front national manufaetures. 6. That as an indemnity for the injury done to the national fisheries, fereign dry cod-fish, veithout any distinction of classes, in the nswgeneral Tarif, shall be liable to a duty of 48 and 6 4 per cent. according as it arrives in national or foreign vesselsi • 7. The exportation of cattle of all kinds, as well u of all other national' production.; slt.ill lie free, NEWG ATE AND LRA DEMI ALL MARKETS, Nov. (By the C.trcase.) Beef 3y od to 4s 0.1 I Veal Od to Ss 41 Mutton 3s Od to 3s Sid Pork 4s od to 6: OS PRICK t; NSW ZAGS. Kent 81 Os to 41 16s Sussex 4l lits to 31 :Ss Essex Foreign PR I CF.S or TI A Y •ws S . ST. J A mtss. Thy 31 10s Od to 41 6s Od Straw' 11 is Od to 11 13s Ott Clover 01 Os Oct to 01 Os Od PRICE or TALLOW, Town Tailow Os 04 Yellow Russia 5.5s Od White dirto ...... 51 sOd Soap ditto • 49s Od Melting Stuff 46s Qd F HOPS. New POCKETS. 31 Ss to 31 Ss SOSMX 2l IN LO 7.4 . F.sseis Farnham.— 61 Os to SI us RAW YF.STEILDA Y. MIIITECHAPEL liay.— 31 its to 41 6s od Straw 11 Ss to 11 14s 04 Clover 41 lOs to 61 10s 04 SOAP, &c. per 1124. MUGrough Yellow Soap Mottled . - Curd ... ........ ...... figs Palm PRICE OF CANDLES—From Tallow Chandlers' Hall. Candles, per doz. 11. od—Moulds; les 6d; fd. per dozen. allowed for re. dy money. COUNTRY MARKETS. Otroan, Nor. 25.—The price of a Bushels,/ Wheat 71. 71J. The half-peck Loaf, Wheaten, Is. 644.—Housthold, 1a.4}1. •BANIII'ILV, Nov. 23.—Wheat 6s. 0.1. to 7s. 64.—Beans 4... OJ. to .5s 64—Vetches, Os od per bushel.—Barley, 22s to 233-- Oats, ttOs Od to 26s Od per quarter.....Blead, is 66 half peek ; Flour 465. per sack. U sainca, Nov. 9.3.—Wheat, per lotsd,,ClO lOs to €l7 Os.— New Wheat, £0 Qs to £0 05—...-Barley, per quarter, 25 s :e 9.3s—Oats, 20s to 26s—Beans, 33s to 43s—Peas. 37s to 44.0-. Newautor, BERKS, Nov. 23.—Wheat, 40s to 665---Bark:. , 22s to 25s—Oats, 20s. to 24s—Beans, 35s to 4sa--Peas. 5-4 to 35s.—Rye, Oft—Bread, is 44 to is 641 per Gallon. CHANGE. COURSE OF Amsterdam l2 7 C.F. Seville ...... ..... 56} Ditto at sight 12 4 Gibraltar ...... .. 504 llotterdam... l2 8 2U. .Leghorn Antwerp, ex-rno. 12 8 • Genoa 11amburgh........ 57 7 21U. Venice Ital. LEv 27 60 Altona 37 8 2w. Malta .. ...... ... 45 Paris, 3 day's date 95 7C U. Naples ..... ...... 39 Ditto 'Madrid, effective 3c' Dublin Cadiz effect...—. 531 Cork ....... Barcelona .. ... —.38 Agio of the Bank on liot• Nitwit, effective Z 6 . land 0 PRICES OF COLD AND SILVER. . Portugal Gold in Coin, per oz Foreign Go'd in Bars 3 /•7 • Ink New Doubl.)ens .. 315 0 New Doll.l-s - 0 4 104 . • Silver, in bars, stanaard.....— ........r.,.:..... 0 4 114 . -- - ---.- COA.S. M A BRET, Nor. 24. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. ::9 Newcastle 311 4 Sunderla n d 4 rte. . 354 Od to 445 •j 37s 3tl to 446 oci HIGH-WATER at LONDON TIRIDGR TO-MOR It( Ile ruing 30 minutes after 6 Afternoon . 53 6 1-0 DON t' "ensiled and published by LialL Kars. Ts nip'.w Las. 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