The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-25 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 23.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copies
of two despatches from Her Majesty's Ambassador, at
Paris, enclosing two Imperial Decrees, the one authorizing
foreign ships to trade between France and Algeria ; the
other extending till 31st July, 1854, the coasting trade
facilities granted to foreign ships, of which the following
are translations :

Art. I. The privilege granted by the decree of the 30th
September, 1853, to foreign vessels to carry, until 31st
December, 1853, corn, meal, rice, potatoes, and dry vege-
tables, between Algeria and France, is extended to 31st
July, 1854.
Art. 11. Whatever may be the date of their arrival at
their destination, foreign vessels thus laden shall enjoy the
benefit of the abcve article, provided they shall have
quitted the port of departure previous to 31st July, 1854.
Art. 111. Our Ministers of War, of Commerce, and of
Finance, are charged, each in his own department, with
the execution of the present decree.
Given at the Palace of the Tuileries, 17th December,
1853.

NAPOLEON.
By the Emperor. The Marshal of France, Secre-
tary of State for the Department of War.
A. DE SAINT ARNAUD.

Art. I. The privilege granted by our decree of I2th Oc-
tober, 1853, to foreign vessels to carry from one sea to
another, coastwise, grain and other provisions loaded in a
French port, is extended, under the conditions named in
the above-mentioned Decree, to the carriage, coastwise, of
the same articles, from one port to another in the same
sea.

The above privilege, which is to extend to the 314 t July,
1814, shall only be applicable to vessels laden exclusively
with grain and the other provisions specified in the Decree
of 12th October last.
Art. IL Vessels thus laden shall be admitted at their
port of destination at whatever date they may arrive, if
their clearance papers shall prove that they sailed previous
to the 31st July, 1854.
Art. 111. Our Ministerfi of Agriculture, Commerce, and
Public Works, and of Finance, are charged, each in-his
own Department, with the execution of the present Decree.
Given at the Palace of the Tuileries, 16th January, 1854.
NeroLnox.
By the Emperor. The Minister Secretary.
of State for the Department of Agricul-
ture, Commerce, and Public Works.

P. MAGNE.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 23.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for FOleign Affairs, a copy of a de-
spatch from her Majesty's Minister, at Lisbon, stating that
the Portuguese Government has decided that the possession
of a clean Bill of Health does not of itself entitle a vessel
to free pratique in a Portuguese port, and still less so if
arriving from an infected port ; and that, in the case of
colliers, the Portuguese Government has conceded the pri-
vilege of commencing their quarantine at Belem from the
day of their making their entry at that port.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARINE
DEPARTMENT, JAN. 24.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of the Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Madrid, trans-
mittinc, copy of a notification piblished in the Madrid
Gazette (a translation of which is subjoined), announcing
the establishment of a new lighthouse on the north side of
Cape Prior, coast of Galicia.
(Copy.)
(Translation.) Flydrographical Office.