The Sun. — London, England, 1806-12-08 00:00:00

s% \) ` FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. DECREE OF BPNAPA,It rE; FOR BLOCKADING THR BRITISH ISLES, CONFISCAT- ING ENGLISH PROPERTY, aCC. HAMBURGH, Nov. 25.—The annexed, Note was yesterday delivered to the Senate by His Excellency the French Imperial Minister M. DE BOURIENNE. The following Imperial Decree was also-transmitted to the Senate in a special Note. It is in these terms.: IMPERIAL DECREE. [FROM THE PROTOCOL OF.THE SECRETARY OF STATE.] At our Imperial Camp at Berlin, Nov at, 1806. NAPOLEON, Emperor of the French, and King of Italy. Considering, I. That England does not acknowledge the Laws gene tally observed by all civilized Nations. 2. That she regards every individual as an enemy who be ' longs to an enemy's State, consequently makes Prisoners of War not only of the crews of Ships of War; but also the crews of Merchant Vessels, and even Supercargoes and Mer- chants who are proceeding in their course of traffic. 3. That she extends that right of conquett to Merchant Ships, wares, and property of private persons, which ought only to be applied to - property . belonging to the,hostile States. 4. That - she extends the right of Blockade to unfortitied towns, ports, harbours, and mouths of rivers, which, accord ing to the pruiciples and practice of all civilized Nations, is Only applicable to fortitied places. • That she declares places in a state of . Blockade, before which she has not a Ship of War ; though no place can be Considered in a state of Blockade unless it is iso nvested • that it cannot be approached without vifible danger. . That she even declares places in a state of Blockade, which, with all her united power, she is incapable of blockading, ;lamely, whole Coasts and whole Empires. , S. That this monstrous abuse of the right of Blockade has no other object than to abstrutt the communication of Na- . tions with each other, and to raise the trade and the .industry of England upon the ruin .of the trade and industry of the . Nations of the Continent., . 6. That, since such is the objeCt of England, each person, en the Continent, who carries on trade with England, and thereby favours her views, becOmes tier accomplice. • 7. That this conduct on the part ol'England, which is only worthy of the earliest ag - es of barbarism, that Power has turned to her iy.vn profit, and to the injury of all'others. 8. That it is a natural tight to oppose act Elie:4 - viiai the same weapons he employs; and to subdue him, lay •thesaine system which lyerpploys tosuboue others,,especially when. that Enelny.diselatins all ideas of justice, and all the liberal ' sentiments.'whieli have been the result of the l cii=ilization of mankind. • • ~.....Wealave-rasolved-to dire& against England- the same system which she has established by tier mari time code. The regulations of the present Decree shall therefore be henceforth considered as forming a fundamental Law of the Empire, until England be convinced.that the right of War is the same by land as by sea—that it does not extend to private proper 7 ty, be it what it may, or to the persons of indivi duals unconnected with the profession of arms, and that the right of blockade is limited to fortified places, which are a&ually invested by a sufficient We' have therefore decreed, and do hereby decree, as follows :• .Artkle r. The British Isles are declared in a state of block ade. z. All trade and all correspondence with the British Isles 'are prohibited. • j. Letters or packets that are addressed to England, or to rui,lishinen, or which are written in the English language, shall not henceforth be trirwarded by the post, but shall l'.ye seized. •4. Every individual, who is an English Subjea, whatever be his rank or condition, and in whatever conntry heinay be found, who shall be taken ay our troops,'or The troops of our Allies, sit d I be considered as a prisoner of War.- : S. Every Magazine, every kind of merchandize, every spe cies ofproperty be it what it may, which belongs to an Eng lish Subject, he considered as lawful prize. 6. Trade with English Merchandize is prohibited, and all Anerchandize that belongs to England, or that comes front sny of her manufactories or colonies. is declared lawful prize. 7. A moiety of the produce of the confiscation of the mer chanclize and property, winch, by the foregoing Articles, is declared_ lawful' prize, shall be appropliated to the Mer chants, to indemnify them for the loss they sustain from the capture of their plerchant Vessels by the English Cruizers. 8. No Ship which comes direet from England, or the Eng lish Colonies, or which shaft have touched there, after the publication of the present Decree, shall be periuitted to en ter any of our Harbours. 9. Every Ship trading under a false declaration, or in con travention of the above-mentioned Regulations, shall.be de tained, and the ship and lading shall be confisCated, as it they were English property. to. Our Prize Tribunal at Paris is invested with the power of definitively deciding all disputes which may arise within our Empire, or in the Countries occupied by the French Ar mies, in respect to any intradion qt our present Decree. Our Prize Tribunal at Milan is invested with the power of defi nitively deciding such of the said disputes which may arise within the limits of our Kingdom of Italy. 11. This present Decree shall be transmitted by our Mini. ster for Foreign Affairs to the Kings of Spain, Naples, Hol land, Etruria, and °intent Allies, whose Subjects, as well as our own, are the ♦ictims of the injustice and barbarism of the Nlaritime Code of the English. it. Our Ministers tor Foreign Affairs, War,* Marine, Fi nance, and Police, and' our General Dircdor of the Ports, are, as far as they are respedively concerned, entrusted with the execution ot'our present Decry. NAPOLEON. (Undersigned) By Order of.the Emperor, - H. ivi A it irr, ) Secretary of State. NOTE, DELIVERED •BY HIS EXCELLENCY M. BOURIENNE, THE FRENCH IMPERIAL ENVOY, TO THE •SENATE OF THE CITY OF HAMBURGH, ON THE 24TH OF NOVEMBER. The Undersigned, Envoy Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy to the States of Lower Saxony, is commanded by his Sovereign to 'notify to the Senate of the City' of Hamburgh— That=—Sinee England does not recognize the Law of Nations, which is obeyed by all civilized States— • Since she makes prisoners of individuals, who pos sess no military charader— Since she seizes and confiscates private pro perty— Since she holds in a state of blockade place which cannot be lawfully blockaded, such as un fortified commercial towns, bays, and mouths of rivers— Sipce she declares places blockaded, which are not, or which even nature will not permit to be blockaded— France is under the - necessity of resorting to the same practices which England has established in her maritime laws, and of employing similar measures against the British Islands, the Subjets of England, and their property of every kind which' may be found in the Territories, States, or Havzns, poswis ed by the French Army--against the Vessels which arrive from the British Jslands or Colonies to the Said harbours, and also against those Vessels which shall endeavour to sail from these harbours to a Bri tish port. His Majesty the Emperor and King has therefore declared, that the British Islands are ,ia a state of blockade' 'and that all Englishmen; and their ships and prei,erty arrive from the British Isles, or Possessions, or which endeavour.to proceed thither, shall. be subject in, future to ,those_ rigid measures which the law of self-defence may justify. His Majesty the Emperor and Xing is not in duced to resort to theSe Measures merely for the in terest of France,, brit has also in view, as his duty requires, to avert from the COntinent the evils Which threaten it, since the a&s of violence com mitted by England have for their avowed Objea i to interrupt the intercourse of Nations, and td raise their own trade add commerce on the ruin of the trade and commerce of the Continent ; whenee it follows, that each individual on the Continent whet trades with England, promoteS the view&of England, and is of course an accomplice in the crinies of that Nation. As great numbers of the - inhabitants of Hain burgh are of this description, and notoriously de voted to the interests of . England, his Majesty the Eitiperor end King finds himself reluctantly corn relied to take pOsSession of this town, and to order the 'execution of thoge measutes, 'which;tipon the - above principles, have beconie necessary. The Uri= dersigned is, therefore, charged to make the follow ing Notification : ARTICLE 1. All the English goods and merchati , dize within the town, the harbour, or the territory of Hamburgh, to whomsoever they may belong, are confiscated. 2. All Englishmen, or English Subjeas, who are found within the above town, harbour or territory, are Prisoners of War. 3. All the moveable and immoveable property be= longing to Englishmen or Subjeas of England id the town of Hamburgh, or in the harbour or territory of that town, is confiscated. 4. No. Ship Wind from England, or, which has touched at that Country, can be received in the aforesaid port or tdwn. `5, - Ev . ery - S4 which, under a false 'declaration, endeav ours to sail from the said town or port .for shall'be confiscated, 0 - ..A4llsh Courier, :nor 'Post-OffiCe bag, with English - letters, 4ar he received in the toWtn, , port, or territory . of Haint,lurgh, or permitted; to pass through the same. , • The-Undersigned has the honour to: - renew to the Senate the assurances of his regard (Signed) . , . • •• 'F'I2OCLANIATIONT. " His ExCellendy the Marshal of the Edipire, MORTIER, with • respedt to the account which has been - rendered to him, having remarked that the distribution •hitherto made of the possession of Eng lish meichaticlize does not offer a satisfaaork result ; consideringthat the merchants . who have delivered in accounts. may have aced with too much preci pitation, and have given such declaration without applying to them all the • attention and refle&ion which they require 5- considering besides, that the multiplied occupations of the 'Commandant of the place does not perMit him to perform the business with which he was charged, in keeping the register of inspection, enjoins every individual having in his possession merchandize belonging to the English, or produced from English manufactures, to present himself, within forty-eight hours, dated from Mon day the 24th of November, 1806, to the Inspe&or of Reviews, ,per interim, of the 28th division of the Grand Army, where they' will make declaration and inscription in a register opened for that purpose, marked by the General in Chief of the Staff, of all merchandize in their possession, belonging, as above stated, to the English, or the produce of English ma nkliaaures. " At the expiration of the term of forty-eight hours, domiciliary 'visits will be made, and all those who aa contrary to. the present Order will be mili tarily punished. " Every merchant or trader having already made a declaration, must present himself again, and re iterate his inscriptiorl with the Inspe&or of, Re views, at No, 66, Groninger-streat." Ham burg h, 23d Nov. 1806." NAPLES, Nov. 3.--;-FRA DIAVOLO' is taken. , — Since the morning every thing has been in motion here, in consequence of the repeated accounts brought -us of this event. About eleven in the forenoon he aEtually arrived here in irons, under the convoy of the Gendarmerie, foot and horse. He was immediately carried before M. SALICETTI, the Minister of, Police. About eight days ago he was wandering about Salerno, and had hired a Vessel to carry him to Capri, when he was seized by a priN i iate belonging to the 'Neapolitan Gens d'Arrnp, assisted by some armed peasantry. RATISBON, Nov. 17.- - thie Prassian Envoy, Count GtiRTZ, and the Hessian . Minister, Baron GUNTERRODE, as well as the Russian Minister, KLUFPEL, are all recalled ; but. the time of their de parture is not fiNed.. It is said,. the Hereditary Prince of BAVARIA will be married to the Ele6toral Princess of SAXONY. BASLE, Nov. 10.—Yesterday had the appearance of an unfortunate day for this city. Early in . the morning the Landamman received, a. letter from a person of the name of ST. CYR, who pretended to be an Officer of the Legion of. Honour, and . to have received the letter in question from the Minis- • ter of Finances ,at Paris: 'This letter, couched in respeaful terms, very modestly demanded a loan of two millions and a half for all Switzerland, at an interest of .5 per cent. for three months, ai,td to be paid within 1,6 hours after delivery of 016 note. ease of non-compliance, ST. CYR pretended that 2500 French would immediately .be marched into the place. The Landamman„ having hastily called together the commercial men and the Senate, it was at length resolVed to apply to the French Commandant of Huningen, in order to ob tain a longer time for the payment. But what was the surprise on finding, that though the 'French Officer pretended to have come from Huningcn, the - Commandant knew nothing of • the business.-- Suspicion immediately fell upon the right obje&. ST. CYR was absent, _but had promised to return in the evening to receive the money. Being charged with the fraud, he threw himself at - thefeet of the Landaminan, and confessed the whole. H. was, taken into custody and.will be puoished according to his demerits. FROM' MAINE.--Three new works harp been added to the fortifications of Mentz, nearest to .- ~ France., The siege of this place would now - require 100,000 meii. The King of Pltussin was at Driesen on the .:).iitli of October, where he lia,cl,A poti feteriLui., ivitii Count- PUSCHIN, who Sgoti aier . set Ot=.4 - itti di4- patches to the Emperor Ai.Ui..trynnit , at St. Peters liurgh. B a EM P.,1, N0V..2 2 . —Oui• city was taken posiessioti Of by Colonel Ci.E5.i . ENi, in the name of his Ma jesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy. The adthiniitration of the public affairs yerriains upon the same footing as befoi-e. . . Baugswtcx, Nov. the Edglish property in thii place is seized. All the Prussian Officers Upon their parole in Westphalia have obtained leave Of the Ring of Holland to - retire to Maestricht. PERPIGNA.s, Nov. 3.--Cardinal FESCH has pub lished a Pastoral Letter in consequence of the vic tory of ,Jena, in which he observes, ," when the whole Continent is brought wider the sword of NAPOLEON, and tranquillity by hiA HiC3ll3 restored, to which of her Allies will England then apply ?" riRESDEN; Noy. 16.—A1l the public money in the Circles, of . Leipsic, Thuringia,. and Voigtland, have been put under requisition.by the French—but as yet they have not taken any cash out of them. No. money,. ..I:l(iWffer, is. to : ,.be disbursed with out the express permission of the .French Go vernment. • Our arsenal ,will soon be emptied. : Yesterday eighteen waggons, with four horses, were sent away, each of them carrying two large chests with arms, bayonets, &c. it is said they are intended .to supply the people of Poland. Yesterday notice was given, that three thousand conscripts and two thousand .wounded were. ex pealed here., All the public buildings are already. in ..state of : requisition, the : Riding.Sehool excepted. Hitherto we have had do intelligence as to the mission of ,cgtßit BOSE• to the -French Emperor at Berlin ; of course, the fate of SaXony seems hi - therto undetermined. Well-informed persons will have,it, that the 2d of December. is to be the day of . . • ,decision. The Council ,of, Dresdei hay already paid 60,000 rix dollars lox - shoes, boots, shirts ; &c. and they have called upon the inhabitants for voluntary con tributions. . • , NOV. 12.—M. DVRANT, Secret-ary to the Minister TALLEYAAND, has-been here Some Lys with the French Envoy ROCHEFOUCAULT. • 1, The Prince of SAXE GornA - has ~.r?riyed here from, Italy. Our General, RUPP, haii been sonic time a . .-Laybach, has arrived here as Chief of the Military General • Diretaion... The—French General AItDREOSSY having recovered,"' by the use of the Baths-of Toplitz, has 'left this city for Bohemia. -The ,Rnssian Envoy at Constantinople has demanded leave of the Porte to return home... FROM THE INN, Nov. 10.--The garrison at Eran nau consists at present of 4900 French and 2000 peasants ; besides these, about . 2000 9 peasants are at work'upon the new, fortification:to/the , Eastward of the place. The magazines contain provisions for six mouths, drawn from BaYaria. Mumcn, Nov. 24.—The French Emperor has presented his Majesty with6ooo,saddle-horses ; and three regiments of cavalry, one heavy and two light, are to be raised with the utmost dispatch. Expectation is on tiptoe for the return of our new Minister of Finance, Baron Hosirssctr. As he possesses 1116 Majesty's confidence to a very high de gree, it is supposed he will give public business suite a new turn. Half of Saluburgh, it is expect ed, will be Ceded to Bavaria. FRANKFORT, Nov. 18.--The pass be of troops through this City is resumed with more activity than ever. Since the 25th of last month not less than 30,000 men have passed through, in single divisions of 3 or 5000 men, on their route to the French Grand Army. Yesterday 400 young French Officers entered Mentz on their way to the Army. It is said they are to serve in Pokind. The Jews of this City have presented the Prince Primate with 500 ducats in a very costly purse, and also a golden 'goblet. .Next Sunday the French. Empress and 'the King of Holland will enter Frankfort. This evening a fine division of the French Volun teer Gendarmerie entered this City, with a division of the gtb regiment of Cuirassiers. • ERLANGEN, Nov. IB.—The fortress of Plassen burgh, near Culmbach, is still blockaded by a Bava rian Regiment; As yet not a single shot has been fired upon the place. But as, according to old tra dition, there are several private communk.ations be tween this place and the town, it ,is . said that the siege will very 'shOrtly commence in earnest. CASSEL, Nov. 17.—His Excellency the French Governor LAGRANGE, considering the 'great nutnber of Hessian soldiers wlfo have lost their pay, has de termined:upon raising a regiment of intantry, of three battalions,• to he pit upon the same footing as those of France. Cassel, Hagenau, and other places, it is expeCied, will soon afford a sufficient number of recruits. • DA-Ri%tsrawr, Nov. 24.—The Emperor NAPO LEON has been pleased to present our Grand Duke with 4000 muskets. GOTHA, Nov: 18.—Reinforcements for the Grand Army pass through Eisnaeh every day ; and, on the other hand, columns of PTUSsian prisoners arrive from Erfurth, under the escort of the troOpS belong ing.tothe Grand Duke of WunTzßutiGn . . They generally stay here one night, and are-the next day succeeded by others. • HANG ER, Nov. 21. Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, a Courier arrived, with the certain in telligence of the surrender of the. Prussian Uarrison at Hameln yesterday at noon. They are prisoners of war, • with - their ammunition, cannon, maga zines, Sec. ; but the Officers are liberated upon their parole. The Prussian Garrison consisted of about' 9000 men, including the division of General LEcoO, abhut. 4000 strong. Of course, - the 'coin munication between .this place and Hameln is open. Nicuburgh, it is thought, will not be able to hold.out . long, as the works are not equal in strength to those. of Hameln. Quarters are. bespoke here •,for more French troops, who are shortly expeetext. LALTENBE-RG, • Ncv.. - `12.---Prince BERNADOTTE came here ypster4ay, about four in the afternoon, from Lubeck : •he staid but half an hour, and then proceeded to Boitzwlburgh, on his way to Berlin. --•, r • , • , ' ,41Ca T 714 7 , FOlt>PE4Gz. T folk R • r .} following ,ssages in the :Work to •whict, we alluded on Saturday last, and oti 'the- authentici l ty of %:•!;ii,:,tt we are disposed . tq rely, he, found very inter,?stino; to' our' fieaders, , is preceded by the following etnPliatic . Address ", TQ 'PHE PEOPLE -OF ENGLANIS... • • Cr It is now that the real confijEt, the be/7474 ad , ;izitertzecltinati, tiegine, The errors or misfortunei of our, Allies have lost all the outworks., The war is now at the, foOt of our walls. .:Your-national re sources are equal to the peril of your Sittiation; you fail not of your national courage. You have Nll,- nisters who are worthy of being at the head of such a Nation—give them your Onfidenc.e, your fill confidence. .Elarras them riot by, a pernicious opposition to sacrifices, that Must be made. Appei riot to the strictness of your Constitution. are times, said the most pious and wi e of Rom I - AS, when the statues of the Gods must be veil:A.': Tiro returli, of Peace will recall every thing,tci its rOtt channel.!'. ''The restoration of Peace being, equally to the evident interests of the two kingdoms—erance,hav 7 ink nothinc , to fear in the general slaccess.of her ar mies; and England. having no farther possible criblica in the continuance of hostilities ; the Emperor of Germany having made, peace, and the Eili");,'l-01' ALEXANDER 'retreated from Europe, with a r,,soiu 7 . tiou to disturb its tranquillity no tuor;•—iti this Stale of things, so happy for the glory of Frary:e, o:s 'Royal and Imperial, Majesty had no other wilt but that of peace, which might restore the intercourse of nations that were mit formed to be enemies." " That England, embarked in a common ci':`e, had no interest but that of the Confederation ; at France could not more anxious to restore the tranquillity of Europe ; that England, therefore, i concert with her allies, .would eagerly embrace an; overtures for the commencement of Negotiation, 'which, by,dulyand officially pledging the public laitli •to the sincerity.of . such overtures, promised their successful I:.nnination in an honourable and penult ' nent " The basis upon which the French Government - were willing to enter upon negotiations, as in the. event of such a negotiation being commenced, it would much facilitate its happy termination to con fine,- within certain - preliminary limits, the line of discussion—that an explicit declaration on this ha td was therefore expected from the part of the Fren;:h GoVdrnment, and was necessary to confirm the co.i tir"::nce of his Majesty's - Gdvernment in the sinceri ty of the'French prOposals." " It was demanded, _what FranCt"CoUld further seek or wish by war ?: that the fin - tune of war .had given her enough, not -only for her safety but fel her glory that the fate of her armS' had left her no other bounds but her. moderation that having thus effeEted all her own interests—the interest of her' safety and her glory—she had now no other object than to contribute . all in bet power to the restoration of general tranquillity, and the recovery of the bless ings of peace. That, as France had nothing fur 7 ther to tear, so could England have nothing further to hope in the continuance of hostilities. That this state of things presented a suitable foundation for the restoration of peace. That France gave full cre dit to the assurances on the part of the English Go vernment, that that Government was anxious to give its etiorts to procure an event of such manifestly general interest, and in , which general interest that of England was not the most inconsiderable. That France, on her part, demanded the same confidence as to a sincerity so conformable to her interest, from the British - Government. That the French Govern ment could not but applaud the directness with, which theirovertures have been hitherto received.— , That such condudt was worthy of an honourable na tion, in intercourse with a nation eqUally honoura ble. .That, in' this confidence, the French Govern ment had no hesitation to comply with the invitation of the English Ministry, and declare, as a prelimi-, nary, the basis upon which the negotiation should be conducted. That upon this subjea France had only. to repeat her declaration, that, neither in Peace or War; had she any further object of aggrandize-. menu; that the French Government, therefore, had nothing to seek in Peace, but Peace 'itself; the re storation of the repose of herself, and that of Europe ; . and the ordinary securities that such Peace should not be merely nominal. That, as a result from this state of circumstances, the 'French Government had, to propose to that of England, that , the basis of . Ne-' gotiation about to be entered upon between the two Governments, should he— • " The state of aEtuai possession, the nti possidetis, subje&, however, - to the exchange upon equiva- Jen ts." SMITHFIELD MARKET, DEc..B This day's market was amply supplied with prime Beasts, and the shoW of Cattle in other respects was tolerably good ; Beef, Mutton, Pork, "and Veal are; somewhat dearer than our last report, and the trade in general was rather brisk. The sales in the Haymar. ket were lively ; Hay and Clover have dropped in priee since Friday's market ; Straw fetched a better price.--The following prices and numbers is an ac- 1 curate statement : su:k the 01 lid per stone of Sib. Beef 45. 0.1. to ss. 4(1 -Mutton 4s. od. to ss. 4(1.—V041 ss. ad. I, 6d.—Lamb os. od. ,to es. Cid.--- 7 -kork 4s. 64. to 6s. cd. . _ _ 13easts, 2670. —Sheep and Lambs, 1,4506,—Ca1vc4, 140.. — Pigs, 350. SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET. Hay 21. los. to 41. os.—Clover 2.1. tis. to-41. los. --Stiaw 11. tos. to 21. IoS. COR.NrEXCITAN GE, DEC. 8. —The• arrivals of Wheat to-day are but inconsiderable, and this trade i is brisk in sales at an advance of about 4s. per guar,- ter ; there is scarce eny Rye, which is much dearer; Barley in tolerable supplies, and at higher price; Malt likewise ; White Pease at less than on Friday, Grey and Beans at little difierence ; there are several fresh arrivals of Oats from Lincolnshire, and this article supports last prices ; Flour also readily, and ,expeaed at ,an advance. . ' . ..- W neat 624 a 76s aAs od Beans - 445 a its od Fineditto • - _ps a 945 ot'. Tick Beans - 38 - 4 a 4ss od Rye . - • 455. a 5Q5 od .hats 24s a 2.7 s a 3LS o 4 Barley , - - ,Ados a 465 od , Poland ditto • 325 a 345 o:1 Malt - - - . 72s a 73s od 1 Rape seed 241. 271. o::. cd W bite Petrie . ' • tres a sSs od 1 'Fine Flot.r 7. s a 7:0 as Gmy ditto 4Ss a sas od i Sewands , . Op a -,,T,s 0.1 tl 1