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V. Onr Ministers fur External Relations, War, sod r. tempi
I arms, are charged, each so far as concerns hinasif, crag Bill f
ti the execation of the present Decree, huhu
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
By the Elaperor ; Seise
6. the Secretary of State ; I motie
(Signed) idUoViti 11.1HA1rr. it was
Conform to the original; .„
4 tine
The Minister of the Finances ; Btu
(Signed) GAUDIN.
Conform to the original ; .Stattlt
The Counsellor of state, Commandant of the Lrgiuc of stilt
Honour, Director-General of the Customs of the in beei
Ore ; (Signed) COLLIN. crown
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• THE BRITISH PRESS • Oath
more
LON 1)0N, the
FRIDAY, JAN. 9. into
Bill
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e IiONAPAITE ISSUru a new Decree, of which of IE
give a copy, at Milan, on the sad of November.— non-
u It enacts, that a the Captains of vessels, which ea- subj
▪ ter the ports of France, shall make a declaration
of the place from which they sailed, and the ports chief/
they have put into, &c. that the sailors shall be intim
J examined separately, touching this declaration, lion
the t
and if it results from this examination, that the ensue
„ vessel has touched at England, indepeudeutiv nc:C
nip of the seizure and confiscation of the ship suns
and cargo, the Captain and such of the Wei
ip
id sailors who shall upon examination have given a false oar
o- answer to any question put to them, shall be deemed lye
th prisoners, and shall not be set at liberty until after
pis raj
„, payment of a fine of 5000 francs for the Captain, and ase
ly. SW, for each of the sailors so imprisoned, over and pa
he above the penalties incurred by those who falsify tear
their papers and log-books." A rumour of this
• Decree had previously reached town, in which it
le PI
was much mistepresehted. It will be seen that it
ir-
adopts no new ground or principle, but is merely in
.1e furtherance of the Decree of the 17th, and for the Ci
he purpose of insuring its execution.—Like the rest
he
hd of this anti-commercial system, it is more properly
nd a Decree agaisist neutrals than against England.— L,
ad Ile woulithe a hold man, indeed, who should incur se
VIM
soul its penalties, and submit himself to the ordeal which al
fay it ordains, with a hope ofescapnlg punishment—We
)n- may venture to assert , that after this Decree, no
and neutral that shall have touched at an English port,
ti
e.
will dare to visit France. This Decree, however,
on is not commensurate with that of the 17th of No- 1
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pie vember ; for it does not appear to extend to neutrals
but
t, i which have 'seen searched by English cruisers at sea ; a
In- a circumstance which, though invorteetary on the
'ere part of the 'muted. according to that Decree makes
and
of her good and lawful prize.
•
ugh
ewe The statement in some -of the Papers, that all
the ports of Spain or Portugal are to be strictly 4i-
blockaded, and that all applications made by the
Merchants for licenses to trade to any port its
those countries, have been refused, is not c•rrect.
—An Order, we believe, will appear in The Gm-
iette of Saturday, fur placing certain ports of
or Spain and Portugal in a state of blockade ; and it • ,
has been thought right to withhold Licenses until
°7* the publication of the Order, because otherwise a
of Men:hunt might obtain a License to trade to a e .••
• the
port, and that port Iscing afterwards placed in a I,
state of blockade, the License would he useless.
hi-
: It has been stated, that orders have been sent to i"
thud, the different Custom-houses, to require from all 1,
mace, American vessels about to sail for any port of the
rg.°"`+ Continent, sufficient security for the payment of any
when-
duty which may be imposed next Session of Parlia-
o, of
uncut. This is not correct. American vessels may
he Of- sail to any port on the Continent. if the cargo con-
wation slits of the produce or manufactures of this
have Country, or the Colonies, or with any Cargo, except
"" the articles enumerated in the Orders of Council.
The owner of any Neutral Vessel about to sail to a
his de-
Km, a port on the Continent with those articles, is called
in pee- upon to give security for She payment of the duties;
nation, and if the Vessel should sail without such security
of the having been given, she will be liable to be seized by
lot the our Cruisers, in pursuance of the Orders in Council. ;
amino This Regulation II:C3 been enforced ever since the'
leerned
Orders were issued. •
baring
f`a. the We have received New York Papers to the loth
rtiNted, last, and Philadelphia to the p ith. They preaent
ty their
a new case of the impressment of American sea-
the Di. men, which promises tobecome a frititful source of
to the abuse and violence against this country. An article
housed, in the Philadelphia Paper states. that His Ma-
ne from JESTeti ship Chichester, on the 14th of June, nn-
pressed innut of the Officers, and 512 seamen, all
ho deli-
Americans, on board the American armed vessel
ports a
the Royal Sovereigx, and carried them to Cuba;
COLIfi
or eous. for the purpose of attacking Barnscoa ; which
Or Corn- having proved unsuccessful, the Chichester was
to duct- obliged to bear away for Jamaica, leaving a
f the de- detachment of the Tipperary Militia in the
le of the
hands of the Spaniards. Such is the account
exported
given in .the Philadelphia Paper ; upon its ht:-
IC to our curacy we are not competent to decide. The New
• York Papers coutaiu the proceedings in Cie-,