The Sun. — London, England, 1807-08-25 00:00:00

LifPERIAL UKASE. 113iHthe Grace of God, We, ALEXAbTDER THE ITIRST,'Er - nperor end Autocrat of All the Russias &C. 'B4C. &C. ,The Annals of our Country bear testimony in what a measure the Russian Merchants have en riched the Empire by the fruits of ComMerce, and distingnisbcd themselves, at the Same time, by their Civie virtues. We ourselves have, during the- course - of our Reign, seen, with pleasure, laudable instances thereof. We have seen amongst the Merchants noble sacrifices, love to the Mother Country, and a particular attachment. to Person ;, We rejoiced in our ,hearts at the motives by:which they: wore aan ated,, and to thp most worthy of, this Body did we, down from our. Throne, dispense rewards and dis tipaions adequate to their merits. But these indivi dual honours could. not exalt the whole Body; . The common name, and the common spirit of this body, floe deserved of us general honours, general.prefer,. ine»t. A new , monument •ought. to mark out its existence in the,Constitutien of the Empire._ Being in this our immutable Resolution, We' now grant. find confirM..for ever, to our faithful .Merchants, new advantages, distinalons, and privileges, and new means, whereby they may extend andstrengthen, their commr.:rcial relations as by the principles here. laid down. SECTION , - , We wish that our faithful Merchantse More 'especially to give more weight to their trans ~ *limey of Foreign Ceonnerce; would,. for the future, ,carry on the trade. in company; but to this no one is obliged by the Law, . which - simply points out a rieW path. .Cettaraercial Companies are, by law, of t kitic.ins.-;--tst, Complete Companies ;—(2d, Com panieil on tru s t. There ore, ritoreeicer„ Commercial COmPallieS, which are coMpesect.of several persons potting together, in common, certain sums, Of whte . h the known anneint forms the deposited capital ; but 'as theend thereof serves to important views of the peoperny of the Empire, thiS Sor,tiof Companies can . not he establiihed but with our:confirmAtion ; and they, by their nature, admitting of Participants from ell Classes, cannot properly be. ranked under the de eupanuons of ;i Merchant. Aar. U. Complete Carnpanies. are compoited of Itvo or more Partners, inscribed in one and the same Guild, 'and who have' associated themselves to trade under, the. common name of all.---They Will he _called Commereial Houses, under the names . of the,P;trtners.-,-The:Portfiers'Of such a Cemmer eiat House are answerable for its debt's; in common • and individnally, With all their - property moveable irninovethle.---The muthelldbligationS mode.be-' tWeen Partneri, ' the engagements etteled with others in the eetnianin name of the Froose; the teem fixed or undetermined of 'their partnership, shall all be settled agreeably to the cornthon cen troo.—Prituitive agreerneuts'betwixt Partners, irhot Coutravening to the chief regulations herelaid'dOwn e dud the general rights of Cenuneree and Citiiensiiip.' haVe the same tbree as a law. Aier. 1 11. Companies' on Trust are composed of . 'Ole or seeeed partners. inscribed In one awl the and incorporated with One or several , : who entrust to the former, 'for Trade,. certain s',.eirs of Own' capitals ii. a greater or less de ree ; they \t ill be called Commercial CompanieS, tut 'ler tl'e tuniies of the Partners -and Part ' tiers of such iloises are ainenahle to the same regu lati:' is; are laid 'down for Complete Companies in Ar;il-le U. • The Dopositork Lre 'subjett to the fol lo regelations Ist, a Depositor, who has given oat his capital on trust, can, if the WuSe fail, only pone in. fur the ready money deposited.. 4d, a Do ' p,;sitor cannot, in this quality, enter into any engage- Intttits at all in the mune of the 'House. MT. IV; Althoup the Partners ought to be in d,ekluallY inscribed in the same Guild, yet father with son, or grmulf.ither with: gteindson, in' direet . line, or brethee With brother only opeo COmmer- House, provided the elder of them pay into the Guild the tax do his .capital. The other children and relations cannot ':bccome partner,; in the honse; uOleis they be'personally written up in the same The other children or relations; not pere tonally inscribed in the same ,Guild, may be deposi tocsin tire house;• but the quality of depositor de. tet'rnines neither the state of, life, nor the appellation: The partners of ene,housecannot be the partners of another' ( , )r,'ecediding,to the :,td article, a:partner is answerable, with all his property, for the debts'of ene'hou , o. • Mtr:V. A Commercial House:of the one or the • other kind caters into its 6tegorical rights ot Corn- Me'::co and Cnizeriship as soon. as it h^., presented:or the Town-house, to the Magistrate, anabstrad of. .reeiprocal arrangements, giving, at the' same i;rne, notice thereof ; to its Commercial Friends by printed etrculars. ffhis Abstr:4l is to set forth ;•-•-;' lst, The nature of the .Association, Whether corn. )ilete or in trust e-e -2d, The name, the Country, the surwine, the place of 'abode, and the , station of' each Partner The sigrtatures and seals of . those J'artners who are immediately empowered . . to *nper• inteed and transit& the business of the House :- 4,th, The amount of the capital put together 'by the Partners arid Depositors. To mention 'the latter persentrsis left entirely to their own option The l'own-bOose will carry to the Minister of COM« tnerce, for. his 'eoguizance, the ati of fbrmation of eves y new,eoiutfiercial 1'1011$; in the, 6a11 . 10 detail as it wwat 11114", If is to be 'observed, that no tax will, In any cart c:, exaCted front the capitals thus de clared at the Town:l'oSe before the Magistrate. , _ Houses of 'both kinds enjoy such 'Mit !nercial privi!ege:; a are attar:lien tothe Guild where . In the Partners - are written up. SEUL lON 11. spirit of the foregoing SeCtion ready :i - heN; that the 111Miall Nobility may enter lino tilt; k.),ly Conifiletcial Compani es . We wish #t, it,' end' did wish .it, den, on tilt.; Jul cif NoVeniber, 302 We .ge; , inted to the Nobility the right of ex.- , t.!rior 'kthole4. trade. 'We wish it, in order to draw cio;k:r titer ties , hetWeefithet,4! two classes: of the Etnpire, W , -1 t.ti tih, ioteot that .Kobletneri, not be -111 iii chl,v CA Vit:;!, may co-opeiate to the Lo.iituoil u o i iii tat: curer of ICL:1 tns'rY Noble eon is enipo,eceed lit lii I.:11; 4::,t,..41 ii ILO hel . 6::C iiict:‘,) to wrae ilialsjl tats opon thy ),'it!cipic it the.. - 11 1 . ; is pet. ta , v ,, g t Write 11411,-;L:11 first or sewoti %.7rUILI4 1.1144 artI‘TIVMG 1%.1 . uiv 1.111.1%.1 la WI 'Jima; • ' him, beiegjudged derogatory. Being written up in a Guild, he will pay the legal tax on his capital,' and be subject to materiaLand personal toWn'duties l end Inscribed in a Guild, he: will benefit by the rights and advantages attached to . that Guild.--"He will have the power of opening a Com mercial House, on' the principle of the ,2d and ad,. Articles, or to enter into the partnership of such Houses. ART. VII. It is understood that, being subject to ,all the duties of a ,I4erehant, equally with other Merchaots,' be will, however, not cease to fulfil his , i oWe duties as a Noblethae. When eleeted, tct the town service, he must, like other Merchants, attend personally thereto; and daring that ahree yeara' term he will not lae liable to the Government see: 'vice. The town service is accounted as his service, but the latter does not exempt him from that of the .town. It is to be understood that, in mercantile affairs_,,and discussiges, he will appear belbre the Magistrate, _and be judged in the capacity of,a Mer chant; excepting,. hoWeVer, in great and capital transgression, for which he lies under the`Coum. in • the capacity of a Noble Man: If lie centraa 'tions in, trade, the use of bills is open to him, on the principle of the first part of the Bankrupt Regula-' . :tions ; and in case of ' bankruptcy, his affairs. will he settled. pursuant thereto. But in the contraaS mid engagements he may die& as the possessor, of in estate, be will be liable to the principle laid &We in the 2d part-of the Bankrupt Regulations.... .4EC.TtON ART. vtit. The right of Commerce and. Citizen ship of the Foreign Merchants, who enjoy under our Government, and have enjoyed under our predeces-,. sors, particular privileges both in Peace andlVar l are, from this moment, freed on the following prin ciples :—t. - A Russian Subje4 alone has 'the right of writing himself" up, in the Guilds of Russian Mer chants.---2. No Foreigner can write, himself up in the Guilds, except a Foreigner, or the widow of a Foreigner, who has been gracionslyallewed to be: come perpetual subjea of the Russian Empire.-3 A Foreigner not having become a perpetual subject, cannot benefit by the advantiige attached to the Guilds, much less can he claim any partieular ,ad- Natnage annexed to Citizenship, to Mechanic, to Trade, or to.Navigation.—These, three, principles shall henceforth ,be for ever universal, fundanteetal, and Unalterable. . • ART. IX. Out of our Particular Imperial regard for theadvantages . ot foreign merchants, th; ing exceptiotris, for a time, admitted.ForeignerS at present written up in the Guilds i ,. may remain in their present state tbr six months .flom this date, during which interval they may, if they wish it, be., eome perpetUal subjeas, or, at the expiration there of, assume the rights attached to foreign merchants, which are particularly explained iu the 13 . th audiol lowing Articles. , • . •Ater. X. The Commercial rights belonging to the' Foreign . Merchants in Russia, are'compriaed under ; 'two signitications, thoSe of a Guest and ot; a Mer 'chant fraveller. The Guest is that Foreign Merchant, ! who, for partieular advantages of wholesale trade, becomes on imperfea ,bitiZen in Ports or Frontier Towns ; and who, besides the Castom-house duties, fixed. by the tariffs and other laws, ultra pay is, 4d. per cent: on his capital, which is, to lx de,clared:as , exceeding the sum of fifty thousand roubles. The Merchant Traveller is every Foreigner, who, carry ing on a general wholesale trade, only at. Exchange, or within the pounds of the Custotn-bouse i but not in the town, is,to pay over an d a b ov e. the Custo mhouse dues, fixed by the tariffs and other laws, is. 4d. per cent. on twenty-five thousand roubles; if he trade any longer than six months, co,rieqnent ly he pets nothing until the expiratien•.of these six Months ; but at the end of the year, he either en ters into the duties and rights ef a Gupst, or de-. parts trom the Empire, or else remains in the quality of a not Trading Foreigner. - 'Merchant Tra vcilers, not Europeans, are excepted froin. the du. ties to which the Guest and Merchant Traveller:are subjected. For their advantage, the force of this' Manifesto. is diminished, inasmuch as, that, in time, , particular regulations wilt be issued for the entire fulfilineet, or the same. This exception is made, 'lamely, for those Frontiers, where there yet exist particular, and 'not a general tariff. Whereas, iii Article I. Chap. 2d, of the Custorn-heuse,Regula tions, it is strictly forbidden, that Foreigners shall sell, or trade', or barter goods one with another+ so it is new hereby confirmed, that a Forero Mer-, chant, whether guest or'traveller, shall neither pri- . vately nor publicly trade or barter goods with ado;' ther Foreigner, but only with 'a Russian I.Vlerchant, nor must he make use of the pante of a Russian sub,. jeep, in his trarisaaiona of commerce. It the sub jea be found guilty of this, he will, at the general , sentence of the Russian Merchants, be banished front port, and delivered up to judgment. A Foreign-, er, having .bought goods by wholes Ale, can by no means,' nor under the pretext that this ship did not ' arrive, resell or barter these goods in Russia with or to any other than a Russian Merchant. .).'a the observ ance Of this GovertUllent compels the Rrokers,who,if they be convicted of an agreement ors connivaifoe contrary thereto, will he given up, to judgmeilt ; and Foreiguers who trespass against thee regulations with' be fined, on instances ofthis abuse being disco- vered, if a Guest or Traveller orders (reeds, net fur trade, but for the domestic use of himself er others., he cam, io like case, turn those objeas to' the intended use, Without the ioterterenCe of RusSian , rnerchant.—lt is evidetit"that a fbreigner, a goest, or trave ll er, ai not partaking of the rights of 'the GnildS, cannot trade by retail it) his houSe, ar lodgingi, or at the Ureat Market, nor. open any shop, magazine, or establishment for that impose. These laws are universal, fixed, and unalterable, and will bein toll force at the expiration of particu lar treaties, Of which the Articles are tun cousteeant with this regulation. ' 'Atm X.I. line - Foreign Guest elioweitto possess dwelling-bouses within geld without the place where he is written up. 'Besides the tax on his capital,. he is liable .to • the g e n e r a l an d m a ter i a l town charges and duties, but he cannot be elecleti to the service of the town. lie is permitted to ride in a carnage witli, two and tour horses. 'hp pri.; VILV so' COntirllktil to him of establisiiing,, and maintaining in " the different_ provinces: ic, and manufactures, in which only free la a.arrers will work. He is permitted to carry ul3 iiiiMey and exchange birstuess with Foreign cantile houses and places. kiels permitted, it n;ts- THE,SUN. ZOLA:4 QUIS DICARit FALSUM AUPltkr 0 ND 0 N, TWESDAY, AUGUST 25 , j 18077 Wr. have still tq regret the non-arrival of official intelligence from the Baltic, but if we may give cre dit to an account brought by a Vessel whiCh is stated to have. arrived at Leith on the 20th inst. in five days from c o peoageo, q ne qf the principal objects of the Expedition has been • accomplished, in the way which we must all wish to have ,it:accOmplish-, ed, viz. without bloodshed, Tn..tiollowing.: is the , article to which we allnde--rit is extraaed from the Caledonian Mercury of the 20th int. Entnsußqu. AuGuST 20, " By a Vessel arrived this' meriting at Leith, in five days from C-penhagen, we learn th►t the British Army was ready for debarkation on F rid ry I tst, and that , it had been agreed. to give up the Danish said to be abo:►t zo S tit of the Line, to remain in an En4iish Port daring the ‘Var _ . We should be hippy to confirm this intelligence, but, unwa loot.:11 - 1, - ; into the list of arrivals at Leith, on August, in the Ear:buret courant, we do not. find any Vessel mentioned as having arrived there from Copenhagen : if the event mentioned had , happened on the 15111; of course Admiral aotainn would send off one of his swiftest sailing Vessels with the intelligence, and it certainly I,vould have made the, passage in as short a time at least as .Merchantman. But though we are inclined to think That this account is premature, we enter tain ~strong hopes that the Danish Government w ill, upon clue consideration, think expedient to Comply with our propositions, without com pelling, us to enforce them .by Armi. The mea= sure we have' adopted Is undoubtedly a strong one, but the Danish Government must be aware that-we are acting not from choice but from imperi ous necessity. They must know that the injustice and violence of ACWAPARTE have reduced us to This dilemma—either to permit BONAPARTE to take pes sesiinn of the Danish Navy; and to shut us.out,trom the Baltic, or to prevent 1114 ; by taking possession of the Danish,Navy, ourselves, and keeping it till the conclusion of •Peace. As long as . Denniark could maintain its neutrality we were bound to respea it we did so, and would continue' to do so most re ligiously. as long •as France will . dp. the same. — The Danish Government must•know that we have no wish. to injure? Denmarkthat it is. net our interest to injure herthat we do not want her Navy" but they cannot expea that we should perMit that Navy to he transferred to France, to be eitiOloyedimniediately against this Country. • • Wit are totally at n top to apccount for the extra" ordinary delay which has ta,ken pl.icc on the part of. 'the AmeriCan:QoVernment, in transmitting any °di- Oial representation to this Country upon the pubjea of the rcncontre between the Leopard and the c(ic .. .sa ! peaks. the . 4irst aecount of that *event having taken place reached this Country tin the v. sth of July: One, month ° has since elapsed, during which period several Vesscht have arrived from 4rnerio, and yce have received, through the American Papers, ' the Proclamation of thc President of the United States, prohibiting' all intercourse with British Ships of War; we have received, accounts of the calling out of 'the Amer: i con Militia, of the equipment of Gun-boats, . &c. but no representation, remonstrance, or de:_utnent of any kiwi, has been received by our LG ;r U' IGj a ;,, from the American: Government. It world be • highLy improper for us; withoat laving - rno..e in- ; . 7 :formation upon the subject, to assert that' this' deity is .intentional on the part of the Ameri qn, Government ;. hut we may' be permitted to Say, tp t it i, unfortunate; 1 - ,:icatile it - prevents :.11 amicable explanation, and tends most effellua"y to forward the obje&s 'of those whO are end& vouring • to' .goad America into a war with this Country, 'lt is also to 'be recolle6ted that Con grcss is to meet in OEtober, and if the British Go vernment should take as lonra time -to send its an swer as the American Government has to transmit its complaint, the C7Ongtesa would have to meet and di4cup,. the 'question without knowing sylot d lisTre theientiments and determination of the British Go vernthat upon the subjea. There are, we have ne donbt . ,many persons in America, particularly those at. t:tched to the interest of France, who desire nothinksq much as that Congress should meet under such circum stances, becatlte it Might perhaps then be induced . tar adopt some violent measure which would reader tios tilities between the two Countries unavoidable.Wetre far from insinuating that the American Government is aeluated by any such motive, but cannot' avoid ex,. pressing our regret and our surprise at a delay Which , • may be produ&iye of such serious consequ e nces . The American Ship Sheffield is arrived at Cowes, from Norfolk, in the Delaware; she brings Papeil to the rlst ult. it is stated that two young Midship men atpi three Sailors, belonging to the , Briti.sh Squadron in the Chesapeake, who bad gone on shore to obtain some refreshments, were immediately snr.! rounded and made prisoners; arid marched into the 'town of Norfolk, where they Were suffered to re? ffpiu `upon their parole. Another account states. that they were sent on shore to procure water, and that they were not made prisoners •until they had preriooly been warned off by the inhabitants : but this does_ not appear 'very "probable. When . 41‘efrielcl cache itwu, ibe Revenge, Which was to bring over the Dispatches to this Country, had not sailed, and the delay is supposed ,follaTeTien occa sioned by colletliqg proof, that the four Seamen •• . • seized were natiye4 of Ameriq. night we received Dutch Papersof the Qolb, which contain intelligence • train Pais to the 1 . 503 11). - bilt it is very uninteresting.' The Cunsistury of the Protestant Church have prUsented an Address. to Ilot?A?4aTE, in which they certainly do nut tal l sisort.pf their P.ltholic Brethren in p'oint pl'"tr'fr vagant eulogium. BosArAttre, in his AlIN Wer, pro theta toler4:ion and prote4tion.—A kites from:Cotisiantinovle, timed the moth June, siateti, that a Messenger had arrived there afoul London, with Dispatches from the liiiiish Cabinet, in Which the conduit of Admiral DycKIFOR.II4, and Mr. A i ttetrr#Nor is dig...proved of, end the spi)6ititircot of a - new Ambassador, Sir A. PAGET, is annotnn.ed. tneeting•of the Divan took place, it is said, tfe consequence of these Dispatches, at which it ‘.V` IS decided that the British Ambassador should not lie' received until Egypt was evacuated, and the Briti4 Cruizers withdraWn from the Mouth of the Darda nelles. It is, however, proper to observe r tint t is Letter Is copied fronk.the Moniker., Yesterday morning the Duke of Yoa4. Windsor from ©amends, and traniacted basott' with his MAJ4STY for a considerable time. In evening his Royal Highness came to town to Park House. = Yesterday morning the Leap CHANCSI.I,Oa, Loici CA:rLitREAGIT, and the ATTORNEi-GaNSRAI. , audiences until eleven, when his Marss'ry tauk his nsoal ride on horseback, accompanied by the DukeS of. Yoak-aud COHOkiaLAND 4 Princesses AV" OnSTA, SOPHIA, aud. AAIIILIA, Lady G. Mu litA ra i l° Lord WALsINGHAM, 'Count idums•roft, (1 0 "u• ---1 CAETWRIGHT,and letT2acrr, and Colenel 'PAYI-9 5 ' Yesterday the .Duk e o f C LAREN ca a rrived at •Windsor, on a visit to th e ir M AJEST IES. Her Royal 'Highness th e P r i nces s, of W,"B and her august Mother, the Duchep of fillubn i "!!'' l ' Greenwich a visit to L a rd H OOD , . at his a partm e nts Greenwich, on Saturciav morning, and then viewe d the differ e nt Wa r d s , & c . o f t hat no olg The Royal Visitors iit-emeti much arfected at th e . sight of Lord NELSON'S Funeral Car. The NO: cutlers were all• in their best dresses, 'mustere4 according to ti.eir respective ranks in the Navy. The Royal Personage's, both on their arrival and their de parture, were rected, with enthusiasm. The late Duchess of GLoucesTait, in the earlier part of her Ine was distinguished by a high spirit and dignify Of character, which I ..eop!c in IP'" F,mcitiered. as the result , or pride. The truth, .though she had a. full sense of the ,High rank she occupied in society, and thought if necessary that her ,deportment should correspon d with that rank, site ir, reality possessed an excellent heart, and was alWays prompt in acts . of henevo* hence. Vor 'many years : before her deati, the i . Duchess had indeed devoted a considerable Part of her income to the offices of charity, The effcts, of the Fiench ReValution had, it is sai4 f li operation upon her mind, and the instability of ti .htunati.grandeur, Which has been so strikingly ilko: traced by tiff f awful event, particularly ct.gpo,oti to the refleCtions and consideratiOns of religion ft t 4 er,l4ter thotneuts. ' There ufas, no Court of Aldermen lield o to-daY , but tlie Lotto MAYOR ordered ttie price of Brest! t be reduced Id, per Botit: the Quartern Lod* tbeu i ltd. utcnsils requisite for bis• mannfa6teiy . ; and to sell in the, towns; or at his mantafaaoty; his pro ductions, mid to send them himself abroad, on his own, or on others' account, under' his own name, or through the medium of 'a Rus sian Merchant, and even that 'of a. Foreigner.— In order to prevent fraud, a min* or seal shal4 be: .at it‘ed to his goods by the Magistrate of the place... Fereign Guest, it' even he be, not a ..Manufadurer, has ' the right of buying goods by wholesale for exporta tion throughout the F i mpire, of ,Russian Merchants as ProPri4Ars, hut not of Villagers or retailers ; and the puretiaite Must always take place in towns or boroughs, tor Mille can be made in the villages. The purchased goods he may forward,. free of all duties, to the ports, oreven the frontiers, either by 'land Or by water.--,The Foreign Guest, if he even be not a' Manufa n etarer, is permitted to order from abroad goods not. prohibited, and_ to sell , them 'by wholesale in 'dump or in town ; but it is forbid den for Whosoever' *punt they may be, to send them to any other town or village for public. sale. He is likewise permitted to send his imported &ids to the three principal yearly public sale fairs of Korenoge, Makarielf, and frbit, without prying; duties in the interior, , which, from thjS moment, are taken Otr every is at liberty fo pl3ce against ready payment, his goods tor expartatioa, , ox imported, into the Government and town ware houses,or by private agreement, in,o those of whence .he can sell them by wholesale.:-- The Foreign Guest is•free to depart 'km) llnsSsia for his native country, as soon as he has fulfilled :the obe dience prescribed by the 129th Paragraph ,of the Town ITegulation. • • ' ' ' 1 vontinued.) (To MAILS. Aka 1 v/111--1! Dut-2,Gottenburgh, t Lisbon, 1 Dublin, 2 %Terri:dd. • PRICE OF' STOCKS THIS DAY, At TwitLYE o!cLocK. Consols • • '62k t Omit= - pet