The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-20 00:00:00

FOR am,v INTEL LICENCE.

JAMS, DEC. 14.—The Empress Josephine has
taken' up her residence at the Thailleries, for th`e
winter. The, anniversary of the coronation of the
Emperor and King has been celebrated throughout
all the departments, with the same solemnity and
enthusiasm as at Paris.

HANOVER, Nov. 27.—1 t is finally settled that half
of the country of Hanover is to be divided' into es-
tates, and bestowed on several of the Marshals of
the Empire. They will produce a revenue of from
35,0001. to i 00,0001. annually, to be enjoyed by.
Generals Bernadotte, Mei-tier; Duroe, N,ey, Auge-
rean, Masgena, Caulincourt, Davoust, Soult, Junot,
and Sebastiani.

PETERSBURGII, Nov. i G.—Yesterday the bridges
on the Neva were broken duwn by the ice.
An Imperial Ukase has been issued, which allows
Russian subjeds to import through the harbour of
Odessa all sorts of Merchandize prohibited in Russia,
(with the exception of English tnerchandize,) on
condition that they are not to remain in the Empire,
and not to be carried by any other roads than those
pointed out in the Ukase.

VENICE.—The English ships still continue to in-
fest the coasts of Istria. The enemy has made se-
veral attempts to land, in order to supply -himself
with water and provisions; but he was driven off by
the national guards.
STRASBURGII, DEC. B.—For some days past our
City- is filled with tro, ,ps coming successively from
Germany. They stop here only for the night, and
recommence their march the next day, in order to
make room for fresh arrivals. The different corps
that have, until now, missed through this place, be-
long to the division of General Boudet. It comes
from the Danish territories ; but we are ignorant of
its further destination. General Boudet has for the
moment established his head-quarters in this town.
He will soon, however, set out for Colmar. •

We, Louts NAPOLEON, tl7 the grace of God, and!
the Constitution of the Kingdom, King (br Hol-
land,
and Constable of France,` have 'decreed,
and hereby decree.
ART. I. The ports of Holland shall remain shut, I
and an vessel shall 126 permitted to enter this king-
dom, nor to land any cnerchandize.
11. Vessels that may have tpuched at any port in
England, or any enemy's port, that shall be found to
have been carrying on any prohioited commerce or
intercourse, or to have brought in therefrom liter-
charidize, letters, or passengers ; and also such as •
shall have taken on board, at sea, and brought in,
mercha.ndize, letters, or passengers, shall not be
warned off, but shall be detained and confiscated.
111. The Master and crew of all vessels that shall
be known to have put into, England, or any enetity.'s
port,
.and there to hive taken on board nierchandize,
letters, or passengers; and also of those who shall
have taken in, at sea, merchandize, letter;; or pas-
sengers, shall, without any distine.tion, be put on
board any one of our ships of war, to serve therein
:as common sailors.
fVe. Should any vessela, sailing under allied or
neutral flags, laden with neutral goods, and, coming
from a neutral port, be stranded upon our coast,_ or
through extreme divress be couipelled to enter this
kingdom, and be disabled from again putting to sea,
the cargoes of all such vt.nsia; -depesited in
the Royal Warehouses, to b. re-,hipped aticr they.;
are repaired, or, in case of a rep..ir being itriprac-
ticable,:to be there kepi in ..Safe:custody until after
the peace.
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V. In cases where the said cargoes or a part
thereof, shall be fouiid to be daimaged, we shall grant
permission to dispose of the same by public sale, and
the produce shall be deposited in the Royal Treasury
unto after the peace.
VI. The regulations enaded by'Articles 2 and. 3, •
are also applicable to fishing boats and other small
vess,44, of witatever denomination, and likewise to
the skippers, captains, masters, and crews of such
vessels, that shall be found to have carried on any
prohibited commerce or intercourse, and to- have
brought in, or to have peen aiding and abetting in
brintting ta, merchandize, letters, or passengers.
VII. From the restriction imposed ,by Art. 1, are
nevertheless -excepted vessels laden with tea and
other Chinese produce, which, previous to our first
decree of blockade, may haVe obtained a licence
from us to proceed for a Chinese cargo. Such pro-
duce shall be lodged in the Royal warehouses, and
shall not be disposed of, nor the proceeds of any
Sale paid over to .the owners, without our special
order.
Vessels laden with salt, and which shall
not have brought tn any other article of merchan-
dim nor any letters or• passengers, are not included
it: the above regulations. Nevertheless, if found
.•to have contravened tile dispositions of Articles 2
and 3, the same shall be applicable to them also,
. without excepting therefrom even the salt, which
shall likewise be confiscated.
- IX.-Marshals De—Winter andsDumonceau, and
Lieutenant-General Carteret, • are' each in the dis-
tritt assigned to them by our Decree of the 13th .of
Oetober last,,charged with and made responsible for
providing that no vessel arriving shall be suffered to.
put to sea again, but that the same shah be effec-
tually secured until they have been apprised of our
further pleasure, which shall be made known to
them by our Minister of Finance, with which Mi-
nister they shall correspond on this 'subject, and who
shall apply to us; and wait for our order, in the case
of each. vessel, in manner before decreed.
X,. Our Ministers. of Finance, Justice,. and. Po-
lice, are charged with the execution of the present
Decree, of which notice shall be given to,our Minis-
ters of Marine and Colonies, and of War, and which
shall be published.
Given arour Royal Palace in Amsterdam, the 27th
November, 1808, and third-year of our. reign. .
(Signed) Louts,

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 29.—The following decision
was this day given by his Majesty :---
" Every vessel, armed or unarmed, even though
provided with letters of marque, shall, if si a has
any merchandize on board, be considered as ,a.Mer-
chant's vessel, and as such, be subject- to the laws
of blockade. •

" Louis."

On the 2 1 st his Majesty issued a Decree, reducing
the forced Loatt, agreed to by the Legislative Body%
OD the 30th of March .last, from 30 to 20 millturts

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of guilders. The deficit or ten millions for the.ser-
vice,of .the year 80R, and also ten millions for that
of 1809, are to bt snpplie by a voluntary Loan, to
be comillettly rccaid in eighteen years.