The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-07 00:00:00

'2OOO quadruples for the rawom of each of his prisoners.
At eight o'clock Zorilla and his bands passed the Ter %via
out being molested, and afterwards seized upon another
village named Utramon, where they passed the night. On
the following morning they were at a distance of a league
from Gironne. It is really inconceivable that 6,000 (,artists
should be allowed to commit such excesses in a province
where there are 85,000 men under arms."
News has arrived from Madrid, bearing date of the 27th
of November. We are informed that Gomez was.on the
21st at Gauein, not far from Gibraltar, and was closely
pursued by Narvaez. This General, the successor of RD-
A has shown more activity than the other Generals of
the Queen. He Ind reached Ramella even before Gomez,
• who is so pressed by him as to be obliged to abandon a
great number of his followers worn out by fatigue.
A letter from Madrid of the 27th of November, states
that negotiations have been for some time past carried on,
bAween the Minister of Finance anti a superior officer of
the British Legion, who has made a claim on behalf of the
auxiliaries for 60,0001., on account of arrear of pay. He
has yet received from Mendizabal nothing but empty pro-
mises. It is said that General Labeau, on leaving Pam-
pelma, intimated, nay almost promised, to return after ex-
plaining to the King of the French the real state of things
in Spain.

P 0 I?7' 17 GAL.
IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS.
" REPORT BY TILE FINANCE MINISTER.
" Senhora—The regulations of the port duties has long
been called for by the interests of trade and navigation.
Numerous and repeated investigations have been undertaken
during a series of years to ascertain the right course which
should be followed for the attainment of so important an
object ; but hitherto no useful and practicable method has

been adopted.
" In many cases national ships pay in the ports of Por-
tugal, under the bead of port duties and expenses, more

than foreign vessels.
" In almost every foreign port Portuguese ships 13'9!
much more than the ships of the respective nations psY

the ports of this kingdom.
" For instance—a Portuguese ship pays, in the ports of
the United States of America, France, and England, un-
der certain circumstances, six, seven, and eight times a 5
much, as is paid by the ships of those nations in the port

of Lisbon
" The port charges should be imposed according to the
capacity of ships, in order that there may be a due propor-
tion between such charges and the extent of the traffic • but
it happens that in Portugal only a few ships are charged by
tonnage measurement, while the rest pay according to fixed
and equal rates per vessel, whether of 500 or 600 tons.
" The method followed in Lisbon for calculating the ca-
pacity of vessels is not the same as in other ports ; and a
like difference exists in the manner of charging for national
merchandise shipped on board the said vessels for exportation-
" Great delays and embarrassments are experienced in
the passing and clearance of vessels ; and in Lisbon the
clearing of a ship depends on the custom-house (the office
of the Secretary of State for Marine Affairs), the Quaran-
tine Department, the Belem Custom-house, the Officers 0'
the Tobacco Contract, the Stamp-office, the Port-Captain'
the Gaughers, and the Corn-market when agricultural pro-
duce forms the cargo.
" In order to put an end to all such irregularities, and
to animate Portuguese commerce, by taking for model the
provident measures adopted in the Navigation Acts of Eng"
land, France, and other countries, I have the honour to
propose to your Majesty the following decree.
" MANOEL DA SILVA PASSOS.
" Finance-office, Nov. 14, 1836."
"'DECREE.
" Taking into consideration the report of the Secretary
of State for Affairs of Finance, I have thought fit to de-
cree as follows
" I. After three months from the publication of this
decree, foreign vessels sailing from the ports of this king-
dom shall pay a duty of 500 reis per ton, Portuguese ma'
surement.
" 11. Foreign vessels which may sail from the ports of
kingdom after the above period, Entirely loaded with na-
tional goods, produce, or manufactures, or even forei.gn
merchandise, already entered for consumption, shall paY 3
duty of 300 reis for each ton of Portuguese measurement'
" SS. Sole. The duty shall be 200 reis per ton, if the
vessels have entered in ballast.
" 111. Foreign vessels which, having paid the duties_
mentioned in the first article, shall sail in ballast for one of
the ports of the kingdom, and there take on board an en-
tire cargo of the aforesaid merchandise, shall receive from
the custom-house of that port one half of the duties already
paid, upon presenting a certificate of the previous payment
in the first custom-house.
" IV. Foreign vessels which, after arriving in the ports
of the kingdom, apply for license to trade and obtain the
same according to law, shall pay a duty of 100 reis per
ton of Portuguese measurement, though they should net
realise any commercial operation.
" V. Foreign vessels which may, rrom necessity, duly
proved, enter any port of the kingo,om, shall pay no duty
if they realize no commercial operation.
" VI. Foreign vessels which have paid the specified
duties in one of the parts of the kingdom, shall not be
bound to pay any other, if in the course of one and the
voyage they should enter into another port of Portugal.
VII. Portuguese ships navigating to foreign port;
under circumstances specified in the preceding articles shall
pay only one-half of the duties therein stipulated.
" VIII. Portuguese vessels which navigate between
different Portuguese ports shall pay a duty of 300 reis, Pert
on Portuguese measurement for the first voyage of each Year;
IX. Portuguese ships employed in thefisheries,eithe
on coasts or on the high seas, and their auxiliaries for tilo
~
conveyance of the fish, being properly registered for that
purpose, are exempt from all the before-mentioned dotiesii
if upon examination on their departure and arrival it shad
be found that they have on board only articles connects
with the fishery.
tieg
" X. The gauging of vessels for payment of the an, 4,
stipulated in the preceding articles shall be performed
the following manner :
"'Sec. 1. Measure by the Portuguese foot, and decielalos
of the foot, the length of the vessel from stem to stern ;tio.
breadth at the widest part between the ribs of the waist ny;
the gangway ; and the height by the pump, comprehend°
the space from the orlop to the keelson.
" Sec. 2. Multiply by each other the three dimension°,
thus measured, and from the product deduct in sailing
sels one-third, and in steamers one-half. pet,
" Sec. 3. The remainder, divided by 57.726 cubic
will give the required tonnage. or
" XI. The duties which vessels, whether foreign it
Portuguese, are bound to pay by the present decree, 51.„6,,
be levied solely for the public Treasury, all other dulled,
emoluments, and charges, which have hitherto been P3j,
even those to the tide-waiters sent on board, being abolisbeav
Sole. The expenses for pilotage which vessels ra '
pay on entering or sailing. are not included in this article;
"' XII. A single document which shall be passed b),T be
custom-house of the respective port, and in which shaPtent
mentioned the state of health as declared by the comps
el.
authority, will suffice to authorise the sailing of the vegs,e
" Let the Secretary of State for the Affairs of Fina"be
hold it to be thus understood, and cause the same to
executed with due despatch.

" THE QUEEN "
Palace of the Necessidades Nov. 14. 1836. s '
(Countersigned) «MANOA DA SILVA PASSO •

HOLLAND,
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Tini:atEnt)HpAtiobtrliEs,heDsEtCh. 1 . —The official journal (the steals
CoOil
year between his Majesty the King of the Netherlands itn`e
the Swiss Confederation, for the reciprocal abolition of ti!"
us detractus, gabella hereditaria et. census entiralt'is'
which shall no more be levied in cases when by ingeritinice'
gift, sub-removal, or any other court, there shall be a tran.,;
mission of property from the kingdom of the Nether gnu,
and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Swiss C?" 6
federation, or from the estates of the Swiss ConfederatTo
in their whole extent, both present and future, t° t,-1
States
of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, urajc
Duke of Luxembourg.
TliE HAGUE, Nov. 30. His Royal Highness Frinlei°l
Alexander, second son of the Prince of Orange, met it
an accident yesterday evening, during the storm, "'lite es.
is hoped will not be attended with serious consequena; ar
Returning with his elder brother and General Bag e
turl3s,
from Leyden, where he had been to attend the Lec,.
their Royal Highnesses were already in the -13°s1
(Groree) when Prince Alexander was struck on the beso,
by a falling tree. His Royal Highness was for .a. fewlk' 'l',,,
mcnts insensible, but recovered so as to be able to wall'.',,,
the Palace.
This morning the account given at the Palace was otir
factory. The hereditary Prince received no injury. .By
The storm yesterday was extremely violent, espeela
about two o'clock in the afternoon, and may be coropa"'s,
with that of the 9th Nov., 1800. The weather was sultr,s:
the wind S.W. The thermometer of Farenheit was Yee,.
terday morning at 58 degrees. A vast number of hoes;
was more or less damaged, and great numbers
Our the trl
torn up by the roots along all the roads. Our beaus f,,1
Bosch has suffered severely. Many carriages were bl :1
..
into the river in the vicinity of the Hague. The storm
1.1;:r
pears to have rand with equal fury over the whole P
vince of Holland'
theet:in4stoatnhe%ei n
recovered from the effects of his accident. His 1
C)._!..
THE HAGUE, DEC. 2.—Prinee Alexander has en_t(i'•:,liYi
Highness the Prince of Orange, to whom news of. the Ir
. arts of the
The accounts we have received from all par ~
~0
sent, arrived from Tilbury on
hurricane of the 29th. Several lives have
;catentr 1 ,
ble ill"
wasale immediately
evening.
Amsterdam, and ether places. Except cell 1 a
kingdom, give most afflicting accounts of the fects fs,tl:ls