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This ‘ clay was pl:l)liihett, price Six Shillings, liiUMBER 11. of T}4, -CLASSICAL JOURNAL ; containing Crttleal Notices of--Burges's Plicznisz and Troades; Miss Smith's Book of lob ; Es;ays on the Sources of Pleasure received frost Literary Composition; Lindley Murray Examined, and the Esser .t aN of Engtsh Granuar—Motiies to the Study of He brew- -De la Formation du Langage—Oa the Latirisr.ion of Nant , i--Of the Standard of Taste—On the Quantity of a final short Vowel before a word beginning with s tollowed by vinso stant—Of the. Grtik Accents—lnscriptions on a helmet and caul dron found at Alpheus, near Olympia—Notz in Philoctetem So phoc'eum—Oxford Prize Poem, with other Poetical Pieces, and a variety of Bibliographical, Classical, Oriental, and Biblical Ar:i.les. Sold by all Booksellers; of whom may also be had, a few Copies of the FIRST NUMBER; containing. Critical Notices of Butler's IE schyltss, Burges's Pbceni sz, and Miss Smith's Book of lob ; Observations on the Axons Inscription in Lord Wien tia's Travels; and on the Delian Inscription— Cambridge and Oxford Prize l'oems; Dissertation on the Origin and Progress of Language and Writing—Articles on Oriental Literature—Biblical Criticisms—Recherches cur la Langue de l'Egypte---Greek and Latin Poetry--De Grzcorum Verbis—Bibliographical and Clas sical Intelligence ; with many other Critical and Literary Articles. FRENCH PAPERS. REPORT TO THE EMPEROR. PARIS, 1;;LY 9• I have the honour to lay before your Majesty an act of the King of Holland, dated the 3d inst. by which that Monarch declares, that he abdicate. the Crown in favour of his eldest son, leaving, according to the Constitution, the Regency to the Queen, and establishes a Council of Regency composed of his Mi nisters. Such an act, Sire, ought not to have appeared without a previous concert with your Majesty. It can have no force without your approbation. Ought your Majesty to confirm the disposition taken by the King of Holland ? The union of Belgium with France has destroyed the independence of Holland. Her system has neces sarily become the same with that of France. She is obliged to take part in all the maritime wars of France as if she were one of her provinces. Since the creation of the arsenal of the Scheldt, and the annexation to France of the provinces coin posing the departments of the Mouths of the Rhine and the Mouths of the Scheldt, the commercial exis tence of Holland has become precarious. The mer chants of Antwerp, Ghent, and Middlehnrgh, who' can, without any restriction, extend their specula tions to the extremities of the Empire, of which they form a part, necessarily carry on the commerce which I Holland transacted. Rotterdam and Dordrecht are already on the verge of ruin—these cities having lost the commerce of the Rhine, which goes direct, by the i new frontier, to the ports of the Scheldt, passing through the Biesboch. The part of Holland, which is still alien to the Empire, is dqprived of the ad vantages enjoyed by the part united thereto. Com pelled, nevertheless, ,to make common cause with France, Holland will have to support the charges of this allowance,, without reaping any of its benefits. Holland is sunk under the weight of her public debt, which amounts to between 85 and 90 millions, that is to say, a fourth more than the debt of the whole empire ; and if a reduction had been projected by the Government of the country, it would not have been in its power to give a guarantee for the inviola bility -nd permanence of such a measure, inasmuch , as the debt, if even reduced to 30 millions, would I still be beyond the actual means and ability of that' country. It is estimated Holland pays triple the sum that France pays. The people groan under the weight of 23 distinct descriptions of contributions.— The Dutch nation sinks under its contributions, and can no longer pay them. Nevertheless, the necessary expences of the Gc vern rnent require that this burden should be augmented. The budget for the marine amounted, in 1809, to three millions only of florins, a sum scarcely suffi cient to pay the administrators, the officers, and sea men, and to defray - the expence of the arsenals, and which has not admitted of the equipment of a single ship of war. To provide for the armament ordered in 1810, and which is the minimum of the naval force necessary for the defence of Holland—triple that sum world be requisite. The war budget has scarcely afforded a sufficiency for maintaining the fortresses and 16 battalions—and whilst two brandies of such importance are so far from having what is necessary for supporting the ho nour and dignity of independence, the interest of the - public debt hasseased to be paid. It is more than 7. year and a half in arrear. • . If, in such. a state of things, your Majesty main tain the recent dispositirini, by assigning to Holland ss provisional Government, you will only be prolong ing her painful agony. lithe Government of a Prince in the vigour of life has left the country in so distres oil asituation, what can be expected from a long minority ? It cannot, therefore, be saved but by a new order of things. The period of the power and prosperity of Holland was when it formed part of the greatest monarchy then in Europe. Her mcorpora tlbn with the gre it Empire if the only stable condi tion in which Holland can henceforth repose from her sufferings and long vicissitudes, and recover her an . cient prosperity. T 1414 ought your Majesty to decide in favour of such an union, for the interest, nay more, for the sal tation of Holland. She ought to be associated in our blessings, as she has been associated in our cala seines. But another interest still more imperiously indicates to your Majesty the conduct which yOu ought to adopt. Holland is; in fact, a shoat from the French* ter- ritory ; it constitutes a portion of soil necessary to .tonsple:e the form of the Empire. To become tall master of the Rhine, your Majesty should advat.e to the Zoyder Se.t. by this means all the rivers which have toL‘ir source in France, or which wash the fron tiets will blong to you as tar as the sea. To leave the a,oothi ► f your livers in the possession of gran prs weuld, nn tact, Sir, confine your power to an eJ n. narchy, instead of erecting an Imperial Throw.. To 1 .ive in the power of loreigners the mouths of the Rhine, die Mc nsc, and Scheldt, would be tantamount to submitting your laws to them ; it Kt uld render your manufactures and commerce de -pen *lent on thi. powers who should he in possession of these mouths ; it would admit a foreign influence in 61, which is most irrp,.rt.nt.to the It: ppioess of your subjects. '1 be annexation of 1-1.,11;m4 is still ncass: - .ry to eosuk4‘e the s) stem &pi the En pipe, pulicolarifo ace a . .. . the British Orders in Council of November lam— laga and Murcia. Citn-boats are constructing, bat- , A 'Dispatch ft= Marshal the Prince of E s l' ng , Twice since that period youri Majesty has been obli- teries are erecting on the coast. Three crews of dated Salamanca, June 9, contains a report from G e . ged to close your custom-houses to the trade of Hol- French sailors, and a regiment of workmen, have at neral Laubardiere, in which he gives an account that land, in consequence of'which Holland was isolated ' length arrived in Andalnsia, consisting in all, of be , a corps of the enemy appeared on the 6th b e f ore A s . from the Empire and the Continent. After the peace tween S and 4000, expert in naval operations. ! torga, and threatened a roup4e-main against the town. of Vienna, it was in your Majesty's contemplation to I In Spain, there are in some provinces disturbances They endeavoured to prevent the entrance of some annex this kingdom. You were induced to abandon and banditti, but no where is there any longer a Spa. detachments of our troops. A brisk discharge of 300 this idea from considerations that no longer exist. — nish army in existence. When General Moore was mus q uetr y took p lace ; General L a ubardiere ordered You agreed with reluctance to the Treaty of the 14th i n Spain the Spaniards had an army of more than infantry and some cavalry to m a k e a sort i e ; t h e `cannon on the ramparts protected them, an d t h e ale - March, which aggravated the calamities of Holland , 200,000 men on the Ebro. When, at a subsequent without meeting any one view of your Majesty. The period, General Wellington marched to Talavera, my was repulsed and overtvhelmed on all sides. He obstacle which prevented it has now disappeared of fled, leaving behind him 40 killed they still had three armies—one in Catalonia, one and 60 wounded. itself. Your Majesty owes it to your empire to take under the command of Cuesta, and another one called TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WAGRAM AND advantage of a circumstance which so naturally leads 9 the Army of the Centre ; making together about 80 i NEUIPCIIATRL, VICE-CONSTABLE, MAJOR ozatenat.. to the Union. There can be none more favourable thousand men. At present they have only three corps, ! 4, sill-1 arrived at • Carldad oe the evening of the P.4:h •-... for the execution of your projects. . scarcely making 24,000 recruits, who are unworthy ' yesterday, the 25th, at four in the morning, I order id the fire . to Your Majesty has established at Antwerp a power- the name of soldiers. :be commenced against the fort with 46 guns ;it ap • that .the fol arsenal. The astonished Scheldt swells with pride The last cl . is patches from the Army of Portugal . garrison did not expect it so soon. They were much di concerted for the first few hours, and or! feebly.— tos behold twenty vessels of the fi rst rate bearing your y returned it contain the following details : ! Soon after they began to fire with a great deal of activity. The Majesty's flag, and protecting its shores that were a The Duke of Abranees wishing to make himself master of fortifications were damaged, the parapet and embrasures w ere formerly scarcely visited by some trading vessels.— the country situated between the Tent, the Esla and Duero, and ! much injured, and several sung dismounted. The fire broke out But the great design of your Majesty in this tespect b y this movement, to support the right of the 6th corps, gave several times, and in various pins of the town ; one of the ma. cannot be fully accomplished except by the union of orders to General St. Croix to pass the Tera, and attack the , gazines exploded with a tremendous noise. That part of the wall enemy. !to the east, which it adjoined, was damaged. The same accident Holland. • " On the 6th this General attacked the enemy's line of posts . befell us. Two small depots also took fire, and occasioned us the It is necessary to complete so astonishing a crew- at Mnnbucq and Bretocinnos. These two posts, which were de- lass of .ante men. Our loss in the whole animists to twoom eera lion.—Under your Majesty's energetic government, fended by 500 infantry and 200 cavalry, were carried by assault.. an 1 ten men kilted, one officer and 41 wounded. It might Lave the ensuing year will not terminate before, by calling The whole chain of posts was driven in. Our troops killed 400. been mord, considering how near the hatteriee were, and the of the enemy, and m a de 60 prisoners. The chief of squadron . pebbly nature of the soil. That of the enemy, confined within into action the maritime resources of Holland, a fleet Fische, and Captains fermellier and Talon, distinguished them- ; erene ramparts and encumbered with inbibba: t ~ must have been of 40 sail of the line, and a great number of troops , 8„; „, . much greater. Our sharp-shooters, posted almost above the ea. shall he assembled in the Scheldt and Texel to dispute a During the night enemy united at Aeaniza, about 3000 In- cis, unbar. used much the caneouirrs of the garrison, of whim ' with the British Government the sovereignty of the fantry and 600 cavalry, under t e he orders of General Echaverria. they killed a great many. The enemy remained in possession of Another column was to descend from the mountains to join this a part of the Convent of the Holy Cross, from which they eufi. sea, and repel its unjust Claims. corps. laded our approaches on the I.:ft. They were driven front it in So that it is not the interest of Franca alone that .. General St. Croix posted his first regiment so as to stop the the night, and the whole Convent is occupied by us. Our ap. calls for this union ; it is that of continental Europe, progress of this column, and marched upon Alcaniza with the proaches are proceeding. who applies to France to repair :.he losses of her mi- other two. On arriving in front sof that town, he found the • " I have driven the Enyliih beyond the Arava. My cavalry rine, and combat, on her own element, the enemy of streets barricadoed, loop-holes formed in several of the homes, I are on th e right bank of that streamiet, with some artillery and a and ..he enemy drawn up on the heights, with the bed of a torrent few bat talions of light .infantry. The English army still (souping the prosperity of Europe, whose industry it has not cove ri ng his front. the same positions at hseeja, Villa Formosa, and Gallegos. A been able to sti fl e, but whose communications it ob - s , The General commenced the action with the firing of the deserter came in yesterday, who states that Lord Wellington was structs by its insolent claims, and the vast number of sharp-shooters, and at the same time endeavoured so turn the ,In this last village. its ships of war. enemy's Banks. The squadron surmounted every obstacle; some " Accept, Sir, a fresh assurance of the respectful devotedness, of the dragoons dismounted and pushed forward, leaving their with which I have the honour to be , y our Highness's to • h ' Finally, the union of Holland augMents the empire horses b e hi n d, wh il st ot h ers , d ragg i ng t h e i r h orses thee them by and obedient servant, 1) nos: Numb in rendering more close the frontiers she defends, and the bridle, climbed the rocks, and passed the precipicea under the ; " The Marshal Prince of Ess ml' g, Commander in Chi e f of t h e in adding to the security of its arsenals and docks. It cron y 's fire. The General in p erson advanced at the head of a army of Portugal, " 111ASSLNA." enriches it by an industrious, thrifty, and laborious squadron, and broke through the en, nay's line at the fire charge. • Ciudad, we suppose. Nothing could stand before them. The enemy were totally rout people, who will add to the stock of public wealth, ed and pursued under the walls of Miranda de Dhero. Upward: in increasing their private fortunes. There a , eno pea- of 7no foil in the field of battle. A Colanel, 15 officers, and 9ro pie more estimable, or better adapted to derive bene rank and file were made prisoners There were round at Aka fit front the advantages which the liberal policy of niza, more than 100,000 cartridges, 600 English musquets, !JO our Government affords to industry. France could new saddles, and eOOO suits of regimentals. We had five awn y killed and a few wounded. not have made a more valuable acquisition. " General St. Croix was slightly sem:tried. He particularly The annexation of Holland to France is the neces- praises the conduct of /11,.ssrs. the officers haoleleville, I t tel., sary consequence of the union of Belgium. It con- Turing, and Labourdonnaye, and also that of Capt. Ecqumilin , Pletes your Majesty's empire, as well as the execution his aide-dc-camp." of your system of war, politics, and trade. It is the The General commanding the sec o nd corps of that first, but a necessary step towards the restoration o f army gives the following, under date of the '2lst of your navy ;in fact, it is the heaviest blow which your May, at Merida : , Majesty could in fl ict upon England. " rhe post of Miagudara was attacked on the 15th by a body of marauders, who were repulsed with the less of thirty men , As to the young Prince who is so dear to your and a number , of horses. Majesty, he has already felt the effects of your good- "On the 16th our light cavalry cut in pieces an advanced post will. You have bestowed on him the grand .a achy of the enemy near Badajon of Berg. He has therefore no occasion fur an; new 44 A cores of the enemy under the command of Don Carlos establishment. , Espagna, attacked •I'ruzillo in the night of the rth. the Adju tant-Commandant Desroches repulsed the enemy at all points, PORTUGUESE PAPERS. LISBON, JULY 7. By accounts recesved by the mail of yererday, it appe.►rs, that Ci ►da.t Itocigo all made a vigorous defence on the :et] instant. The at►ack had heel► most violent and the defence as heroic. The enemy mi s t have suffzred considerable loss ; they have then united almost all their force, as it is evident by the small garrisons they Lave left in the kingdom of Leon, and the progress which the Spanish eying parties make in the interior of Spain. ALICANT, JULY G. By letters from Cuenca, dated the 2d instant, we learn that a column of the enemy, consisting of 5000 men, had advanced to within six leagues of that city ,f M bur the F :h k- I have the honour to propose to your Majesty the fir. jet of the following decree. I ant, CIIAMPAGNY, Duke of Cadore. EXTRACT FROM rui: RcolsTEßs OF TILE OFFICE OF TIIE SECRETARY OF STATE. Palace of Rambouidet, July 9th, isle. We, Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Pro tector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation, &c. &c. Lave decreed, and hereby decree, as follow : ~ __ with the loss of a number in killed and prisoners. Our troops' about the latter end a. -ay, _'tench snowing though inconsiderable in number, pursued them closely as far as the good disposition of the inhabitants to receive them, the river Cucuhre. The Adjutant-Commandant Desroches, and and the respectable force which General Bassetourte tour dragoons were wounded. had, found it prudent to retire by the Guadarama.— " On the ...loth a hod? of 3000 men, that had marched from It L . . 0 . 4a a ppnsecl they have gone to escort the pretended Xeres, attacked the castle of feritta. '1 hey wok flight at the firing of otily a single gun. King Joseph ' n his journey. "On the 22d, our light trellis fell in with a reconnoitring We know with certainty that the French, whom party of the enemy near Alaceres, and made prisoners two offi- I General Scbastiani left in &ma, have retired from cers and 14 soldiers." that place, taking with them the artillery and ammu. The Dispatches from the sth Corps, date) Seville,: nition they had there. It is said the direction of their the 2.4 th and '29th of May, give the following Irani- I m arch is for Granada, though others suppose it is for culars : I Dispenhaperros. The cause of this hasty retreat is " A corps of the enemy attacked the French a-lvanceil pasts supposed to be bv some the sudden appearance of 70 near Guillena, on the high road to Estremadura. The JC:',):. "'as .. very warm, and the enemy left on the field a number of killed sail of transports oil GAO, and by others to keep the and wounded. ' way open in case it should be found necessary to re "On the 26th, a column, commanded by General Glrard, tire. But it is certain that there has not been a single came up, at Aracena, with the division of Balnstuos, 600) strong, Frenchman in the kingdom of Spain for eight days and oceupying a very advantageous position in the rear of the . t h at i n town. The 24th regiment of light Infantry carded this position past, that of Granada they only occupy the at the point of the bayonet, whilst the Isith of the line marceuvred cities of Granada and Malaga, and that in Cordova in order to turn the enemy, who were completely routed. They the garrison does nut exceed 2,500 men. t at a number in killed, and had more than SOO wounded, includ- . • BADAJOS, JULY 4. ing several officers, and the Colonel of the regiment of Leon.— , We hid 3 killed and 40 wounded. Among the latter is Co.onil : In the , evening and night of the '2,1 instant, the Praefke of the 28th. The Duke of 'I reviso particularly praises 'enemy evacuated all 0 1 ,e villages on the right bank of the tiod conduct of this officer, and that of the chiefs of battalion Lecamus and Dedoaal. the Guadiana, c,:ilening in Mondaywl i h the head. " A detachment of the Duke of Alirembere's chasseurs have quarters of Gener..l Regnier left yesterday, at lour seized, near Palos, an armed votisel,which hail chtselv approached in the morning, with the exception(f .7) ) men. who the coast, and lauded a part of h-r crew to casry cif some shetp. were placed there in garrison. At ten n - he morning The chasseurs attacked .his party of seamen, drove them back to . e th-ir vessel, and carried her by boarding. The vessel was armed O f the s me dry the whole body arras id at Man ia ' with a le-pounder and two brass carronaites. Having no mews 1 dr.tlit., where they gave out that in the evening they of securing her, the chi sours bt t fire to her." Ilion ei march fur Zafra. The French ca....dry, which MGR OF CIUDAD RODRIGO. was at Lisbon, and had its advanced gu ird at Talaii On the night between the 15th and 1 tith, the trenches were vent la Reals yesterday evening, likewise retired in opened before Ciudad Rodrigo. 'I he enemy bring deceived by a the direction of Solana. double false attack, one matte on the left, the tither on the right of the Agueda, we suffered less loss by their fire than we had BRAGANZA, JUNE Vt. r. axon to expect. Before day-break the parallel was ope.i to the l The enemy has cfr.:cted his junction u pon extent of IM w O yards; it as four feet wide and three deep. Its vs Ciudad Rodrigo. lea vi.tg in Astorga a garrison ni 2)00 men, right was little more than 6( 1 0 yards from the fortnos, and its, , . Leon somewhat More left not above 2 0 0. When the day broke the enemy tumid out in benevente some cavalry, i n their mlstake, and kept up a heavy fire until ten of clock. We than 100.) both cavalry and infantry. had ten men killed and 70 wounded. The day of the i tith and .On the morning of the 25th, several of the enemy's tite following night were employed in widening the parallel and 1 p arties appeared on the left bank of the palm°. A i s communications. The work was considerably impeded by the miner. . Span i s h party of 50 horse, commanded by Von Lau. Front the 17th to the 18th, the parallel was widened to ten i env - ) de Acquiliar, on the 18th, meeting with a party feet throughout its whole extent. 'lle parapets were common- of 14. French infantry, put them all to the sword. On ced and completed at term! paints Channels were dug to carry ' off tiny wster. 'I he communication by the right was made 1t: r- the 19 th the) met with a Col mei, an Adjutant, and fectly dry, but that on the le ft is very moist, as well as at the eig h t uragoeus, and served th.: light end of the parallel. On the 16th, thg enemy made some 20th they met with a party I e . na , the same On the 0 * itrht artillerymen, with sorties, and endeavoured to turn our left, wh ch compelled us to a 1 0 -pounder ; they killed. them, .and took the piece. extend the.. parallel. In the course of the night, it was lengthened On the 21st thly met with 16 Dragoons , e scortin g 120 yards. From the lath to the 19th, we were employed in widening a courier, they killed them in I:ke manner , and took and deepening the continuation of the left of the parallel, for the .he letters and dispatches, and carried them to GO , purpose of getting under shelter from the fire of the suburbs.— neral Tabooda, at Publa de Sanabria. 'I he whole of the tromnionications and all ;hat part lathe parallel contained between them were widened ten feet 'at the bottom, LISEON, JULY 6. and the parapets s finis':ed. That part of the parallel between the Bishop ho house and the extremity of the right, was abandoned on It is estimated that the enemy have l ost in killed account of the water ;it will be completed to-morrow night.— and wounded, in the course of this month , and before Thus the first parallel may be considered as fini s hed. The ene- Ciudad Rodrigo, not less than 6000 men. toy threw a great many shells, but without doing us any injiry. ,On the 26th ultimo, at four in the afternoon, Dos Our artillery arrives slowly; the roads are very bad. Julian att.",cked 200 French cavalry. The action wit From the Inch to the 20th.-1 he parallel was completed throughout its whole length. A part of it to the right, of about very brisk ; the enemy heal above 70 soldiers killee4 . o and above 30 horses killed or wounde d ; lie liken" 60 yards long, has sot the parap e ts yet fini s h e d. Th e comuni ca m took sixteen tion on the left is entirely completed. The earth fell in some , and made himself master of their ca m p' places on :he right, but it was thrown up apin. • The batteries losing oily one serjeant and duce soldiers. are constructing. All the 16-pounders and 12-inch mortars are arrived in the p .rk. We had 24 • ten killed and w o und e d, among On the came evening he was att acked b y 400 do' whom is an officer of the 50th regiment. goons, and in consequence abandoned his p ositi'' : From the 20th to the 21st—lu the c o urse of th e ni g ht we b e a - :d retired to the wood. The tire from the P ia gag the second parallel by two approach e s ; one o f th e l engt h o f continues to be very brisk, and does great execu.ft!c4_ 224 yards, the other of 160. These approaches bring us 140 among the enemy. On the 18 th , D o n Julian ad . 111. paces nearer the fort. The enemy kept up a very brisk fire, par ced to the vic i n i ty Ciudad R,airign. Every LW Ocularly with musketry. We had 15 m en an d one o ffi cer woun - of ded The 24-pound many carriages of sick and wounded enter Salln li n len, is now in the park s arrived on the 21st , so that a ll the artil- . On some days one hundred of the c.einy hart rawly The soil upon which wly of the batteries are constructing. i n the limpitals of that city. The gvneral nor is presents difficulties which will retard the work a littl e . There deaths data is about 60 or 80. The ca vair ! I'l' will not, however, be much time lost, because as all the guns can- have b eta y not be bropght to the batteries the s l ime ni g ht, they will be ac- extrmicly exhausted ; more than 400 horses . cording asthe platforms are fiaiaincl. sent out of we camp as unfit for service. TITLE I. Art. 1. Holland ir• united to FraTlCi.. 2. The City of Amsterdam shall be the third City of the Em pire. !I. Holland shall have six Sonavors, six Dt putics to the Council of State, 'l5 Deputies to the Legislative: Ludy, and two Judges in the Court of Ca4s:l:ion. 4. The offic. rs by sea and land, of whatever rank,shall he enm firmed in their employments. Commissions shall be delivered to them signed with our hand. The Royal Guard shall be united to our Imperial Guard. TITLE the Administration far Imo. 5. The Date of Placentia, Arch freastuer of the Empire, shall r4air to Amsterdam iii the capacity of our Lleutelsant-Ge neral. He shall preside in the Council of Mini a irs, and attend to the dispatch of business. His functions shall cease the Ist of January, isll, the period when the French administration shall cominctice. _ _ 6. All the public functionaries, of whatever rack, are confirmed in their cinployment3. 'l . l rr. r the Firances. 7. The present contributions shall continue to he levied until the First of January, lui t, at which period the country shall be eased of that burden, wed tl.e imposts put on the same footing as for the rest of the Elipire. 8. '1 he budget of receipts and disbursements shall be submitted to our approbation before the Ist of August next. Only one-third of the present am,unt of interest upon the public debt shall be carried to the account of expenditure fur 1810. The interest of the debt for 1808 and 1809, pot yet paid, shall be reduced to one-third, and charged on the budge( of 1810. 9. The Co‘tom-mouses on the frontier, other than those of France, shall be organist d under the superintendance of our Di rector-General ot the Custom-houses. The Dutch custom-houses shall be incurpGrated therewith. or custom-houses, now on the French frontier, shall be kept up until the let of Janitary, 1811, when it shell be re moved, and the communication of Holland with the Empire be come free. 16. The colonial produce, actually in Holland, shall remain_ in the hands of the owners, upon paying a duty of SO per rent. ad valorem. A declaration of the amount shall be made Wham the lit September as farthest. The said merchandize, upon payment of the duties, may be im ported into Irance, aud drcuLtted through the whole extent of the Empire. TiTI.II TV. 11. There shalt be at Amsterdam a special Administratior,pre sided over by one of our Cuttr.sellors of State, which shall have the Superintendence of, and the necessary funds to provide lot the repairs of the dikes, polders, and other public works. .I'ITLE V. 12. In the coune of the pre:ie.-A month, there shall be nomina ted, by tl:e Legib!save 12m:ly of Holland, a Commission of 15 Menthe; s, to lir tiered to Paris, in older to consthute a Council,' whose business shall he to regulate definitively all that relates to the public ! local tleh:s, and to concilia.e the principles of the Union with the localit•es and interest , . of the country. 13. Our Minibters are charged with the execution of the pre sent Desresc. (Signed) NA I'OI.FON. • By the Emperor, (Signed) The Minister See. of state, H. B. Duke of BA s!ANOs. SI'AIN AND PORTUGAL. 17,-(3m the _'tlsirt.ur. The advico from Spain and the army of Tortuga' are very unimportant. The army of Catalonia is marching towards Tarra gona, to besiege that fortress. A division of the army of Arragon is directing iu march upon Torjet. The ordnance and stores for the siege are embarked on the Ebro. In the South, the first corps, commanded by the Duke of lielluno, is in front of Cadiz. The sth jorps, ci.nimanded by the Duke of Trev4o, is on the fron tier 11f Portugal, to the right ; and the 4th corps, commanded by General sebagtiani f is fee l s-4rd: Ma-