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

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 thelcii=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
ito 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 priNiiate 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

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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. 20009 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.