The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-26 00:00:00

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To the.; 'niei#4l-ilitiirtaritile.Flots are
and thgtes 'attmexcd, as to ele,ll._
:Foreign. Guest inasittitch as e.ery part-
tier pays do the capital*, t.ii 'declared, as e‘xptir.vd
in the 3d, 4th, nod I SeaiOtis. Thongh such a
ti*()reig,n °Use have ntliSta subjeas t.tritong it s'art-
oitrs or citpo..iitors, .tl4l does tint incre.....so,either its
right of commerce or of citizenship.-L-To .rtlr its 're-
Latious affitirs, its trade is accoknYtecl,''and is
jud?2ttd by the rights of a eines!, and conf4iii:iiilv to
the TrCatics with that Power to which it is a sohiqt.
Scich Commileial House- roust all the regtha-
tioni above laid down in Art.'

ART. XIII. The foreign eTkierehant Traveller is
perthitted to ride in*Cierriage and pAir. He cannot
porchase goods for eeportetten in the towns aiel'ee.
laces, nor generally in the iinerier of the .Fepeire,
but' only at 'Chanty, by wholesale, of the ftussian
Mercheete—He leis the privilege of imeorting end
seltneg, at 'Change, goads by wholesale to the itue‘.
glee Merchantee--He is at liberty to place, against
ready piyment, his geods for eeportation or' impure.
ed, into the town and government weleiho'esiei, or
by private agreement into'those of indi4itiiiVilS. • le
general, belong to the Mercl emit Trak:eller no other
of the privileges granted to the Fereigu Guest than
' these. •
ART. XIV. For the clear understanding'Of the
Whelesnlit Trade whieh is allowed to FOreien Mt.e.
chants, we empower ran. faiihtitl SePetershurgh and
Mo.eow Merchints to draw -up a flegulatiee'eon-
' elven t with the ieleate age of Coffin) eree on 'each
side, and which our MinisteteoeCommerce will 'ere.
• sent to ttafor oar approbetione-e•We'leeve it ter' our
Mee•liante to determiue what' is whole ale reide.-
1.- By the quantity of boxes, or' veee_is Vqierein
goods arehrinighte c r by. ben* size and'heintier*--e
Ri the price. or the' gre`el4; etr,
possible to tie...another rneaseid of theiPlitogNili`ered
solid and lieptide ,-entents.--3.. Or by any citffer9iitelsins
more' adePted tO this ebieet, having' in' view,- that
the scale Of Foreign Whelesale Trade 'can ncite,
• difie.rent periods or luitnat;- iedusirk;
tI):3 same.; When the Regulate.;ti for Vorciglillnii Au;-
seleTrede shall be' -made,- MerchantS
Capitals willpresenteo 03 the Regulatioe-
-Interior Wholesale Trade, •by our 'Minister 'uf Coto-'
merce. " • ' •
• sEcTroN V.
Air. XV. Although by law ; every one who de-
, chres a certain capital hes theeright ofwriting himr
self up in the Guilds, yet, in.the public opinion; out
Merchant distinguished from another Meecriant.
In order for the future trefix. the public epinion, the
law does not eonfoundehe common Trader, Farmer,
or Shopkeeper, with the truir Merchant. Under
which name is to be understood a Merchant traffic-
: ing by wholesale in the Interior, or into Foreign
Countries, at the Ports and Frontiers of the Empire,
and moreover a Ship-owner and 'a Banker, whose
basiness consists in the negaeiation of bills.—lience.
for werd Gevernment Contrads will be gives to
Merchants in the following' measure Contra&,
of which the yearly amount it, general exeeeds.
12,000 rubles, is not to be given 'to a Merchant of
the etVGuildl Dor One- exceeding eO,OOO rubles to
a Mereleiettefethe ,ed, Guild. An adual Merchant
of the e st:Geild Inr distinction's sake, :be called
and sign himself.'' A Merchant of theist Rank,"
Tee others will vim plyr be.ealled and sign themselves
.`e Merchant; of theist Guild." A Merchant carry.
lug or the wholesale and retail Wide together, or
who is a Wholesale Merchant and a Farmer or Car-
rier at the same time, is not. a Merchaot of the Ist
Bank.e.-A Merchant unlawfully assuming the title
of Merchant of the tst Rank, will be deprived there-
ofeon persons informing ,and
proving
the sam against
Ithn. The eeiereeeee of this regulation ieeutrusted
retelle,hee good.intentioned Merchants, and to :the
ToWn-house, which will,keepe:register of the Mer.
chants ()Oho tit Rank, which it will every year fill
up or alter, as their nurnher increases or lessees—,
The `lei en house will present a yearly report there.
of to the Miuiteer cif Commerce.-Thus, front' thii
time, the higeest dignity amongst the Merchant)
nut marked by titles or rank', but by the depeof
th: t'olightencui industry, and by the importarret'of
thei+ unriertakings. •• .
ART. XVI. The rights of the Second Guild are
confirmed with this interpretation, that a Merchant
thiS Guild canriot take a part in the impertation
and exportation of goOds,' from and toehe.Frootiers
as hi Ports, he has therefore.no lawful right to bitter
with, purchase of, oreell diretely ,to,, strangers ''for
this belongs to the rights of the First 'Guild...4l)W
prohibition does net, however, extend itself to" slit
small barter carried on at the frohtiere with the nie:
anal: produetion of peasents'and haneicratise Which
are necessary tOrdomestic use. The tighti:of the
Vit4E< Guild arc (=firmed so:, that 0 Afereleire 'of
this Guild, can, cxiv.,ll in thefprovieceS, which en;oy
' perecular privileges, claim the indisputable eieta-of
ineeoreeg and , exporting goods, in his own name,
through all Custom-houses and Ports.' Likewise,e
if; he write' himself up from another town, as e
Guest in those places, he will benefit byeill
Commercial advantages, to the full eetent ofi the
Town I:4.g:elation. '

ART, X ‘kre empower our Merchants to ex-
clude from the Guilds,- Merchants who have bc,'n
convicied of any misdemeanour, as also a persen of
rank, deprived-of his honour, and a Nohlenian4le-
graded by law train his dignity. All the like past
instances-we condemn', to. ,
the Merchants, of Elie -capitals and, prbt:iticial' trilp s-
we rrtnit, on th'e ' basis of the .s.ed Articieof 't he
Town Regulation, to shut fron the Third Guild any
verson distionotami,:.by a .judicial cOndemn•atibui or
known for- flagrant. crimes,' without, in the litter
Caw, _awaiting ,thescntenct Uf the Court tiflbstice,
The additional quarter 'per=-cent. which the icier=
chants pay oat their capital 9., belotigs from hence-
teal} no Mok-to the revenues of the Gdvermnent ;
We most graciously make a present- Of it to-our
towns, that they may therewith increase the wages
of tite persons: elecU-by the Merchant, the7ser-
vice Of-Alta-town ;wherefore We order this sti-rn to
tre,k.(yt separate until we issue a further Regulation
on t%his.strbje6t. Ai a. smirk of ourbenevolence to
our. 'wnrthyiNlerchants, we most' graciottsly exempt
the three Guilds thr ever frem the recruit-raniney,
and. accordingly we: order, that in future this

tax shall not .be enrep.itereci amongst tae revenues •
Itit` the state. Td Merehiino orthe. First Guild
I'n general, we give the permission of ,driving in ;,a
.carriage and lour. Our taithful .subje6ls the Met-
chants of the First Rank only are.deemed eligible to
Jite Lao honnumble pieces in the tot n'service. To
1 our finhful subjects, the Merchants of the Fir,L
Mink, FAnt the ril-:!i'ticular honour of appearing
:at our CqUf4.-. -"N<Ve grant to. oar faithful subjeets,

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vthe.Aleto s o llitkitf the First Illnk, the liartieolai pH-
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vilege pi' wearing a sword, and to. those Who wear
the itus,si.3ll dress,. that,ot wearing a sabre. Both
these bonou-rs ale conferred open the Trierehanti of
' the First Et3nk alone, who &Clare. o,le amount of

their copitals, but,they are not entended to their
children, nor to the theinher“if' cite flintily wild do
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not separately
,declare a capital.; ,It ,is, to be uodet-
stobd, .that those distinaions are'only allowed them
dttrin, OW time of their being Mcrchinits of the
First 'Rank. To. transinit to poSterity the an me
of the Merchants of the First Itank, .we commisston
our Minister of Commerce 'to open a— velvet btkil4
under the title of Velvet Book of theiiiseneration of
Illustrious Nlerehants. Thls'!boblt will be divided
into two parm - In the firAt part,will be entered the
geueratimi of those Here' ;hits whO ran prove that
their grandfather and father have, .in direct descent,
oc,:upied places in toe First Guild, .wilhout any-ap-
parent.: uaislietneanoun H The. honourable 'name of
such a grand:spit will be Written in iull length, and
: after his the names of hi; descendants in dire:4 line
also, so' long as they remain Metchatittr.of the First
1t301Z.--.4n the second Fin will be entered the coll:1.•
terar branches of the geheratious, •atid-even the ex-
tinguished generations, which
,will flourish or rise
up iiaiu by inciAns of new branches.—Reaoning
from the 'IT that this book will beopened by .our,
particular command, the
,future 'epoclis of', mz*.ing.
entries therein will be renewed every "six. )4:its,:ob-'
..,stnivitig the stricle,t strutiny in. the choice of the per-
sons, and in the: examination of the proct4: if a
Merchant of the First Rank present 'himself With
the requisite proofs, then the. ` 0., n-house wi,ll, A.
•the time iif the ee6.tion, request the Governor iof
,the town to be; witness, and the Merchant who isi
to igelioitonted, wlll liiev.rse teetlest the tesi ii nutty!
of so i tie (4.1 the: Piost respo an ie am:motto Nobility.,
In thu presence of them, and of the principal Mar_'
chants, the name of the Merchant will be inscrioed
to perpetual;t.tnetubtance,'uti4r the signature pt •
the'Wifuesses, and the mention of the year of our
reign,—This, book will be opened flit the ,I.u,s;tiiin
Merchants of the Christian faith, in sucifa milmier,
that'it'Will-''Serve. as .'n proof, that ,flie grandrither !
anti tathei: 9t the hotiourect;Merchant'have, as well,
as himself, mided in ,the ;First -Guild, under the
Russian dommatioQ; and tor: the Merehahts of the
Manometan faith, We'brdtir a book to be opened in
the town ot gasan. . . .
ART. X Vili. In this manner we have opened to
the whole body of Merchants new paths conducing
to wealth, and dispensed to; them,. down front, our
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Throne; 'honourable distinaiun and prefq, nem,
,tie-
ing
actuated solely by justice, and ct,nsidering, the
general importance attached to the new promotion
of the Merchants, ewe confess that the former
tination of the arnaunt at capitals to.be declared,
is now Luc with their presentdignir
ts', and on this suVied -it is our intention to issue a
farther Regulation,
Ater. XIX. The appellatiOn of distinguished Ci-
tizens, under which are included different dignities,
is now abolished for' the Merchants, we leaving it
free to those 'who bear this name to enter into the
Guild. The appolltttion of d4tiognished Citizen,
consistently 'with the former principles,. still rL
tnaira aA a diiiinaion for' the Learned ana Artists.

ART.
Lastly, as, a Proof of our Imperial so-
licitude tor the-progress of COOnerce; we grant to
our faithful Merchants of the Capitals and Provincial.
Towns, the right, in case it appears, evident to
theint. That trade, is not carried on. agreeably to
our Imperial views and ,regulations.--2d, That the
rights-of the Merchants are anyways encroached up.
on oy the misconception, Or_ the ill. Will of the per-
sons appointed to enforce them, to represent the
same, by means of their principal Members, to the
Minister of Commerce, Nw ho, in virtue of the: pow._
er entrusted to him, will afthiniself accordingly, ()r
give us cognizance thereof. We giVe unto- the Ali.
nester of Cocomerce the charge of preserving the
rights and distinetions Of the Merchants, in their
full for6e, in order that they n.ry not he impaire4
by the infiuenCe of Governors of Towns, or by pis-
conception of the Merchant, ,theinseives. \Yie or-
der this our Manifest, by which the ,renladtable
Monument of the Town Regulations is' partipulariv
confirmed, to be registered aiming the hindarnental
laws of the Empire. We order.the DireZqing Se
nate to prepare a parehmeiit Copy of this 'Manifest,
with apposition of our great titles, and to pmient to
nci thls Diploma for our Seal and Signature, after
which we will entrust the same ld the perpetual care.
of the:Merchants, and for the preservation of tho
rights DOW granted to them. In the fqii assurance
that these grants will be received as a soletn pledge
of our"lmperial love to the. Merchants, .we, Loge-
ther with them, beseech the Almighty, that he
Would pour down his blessings on.p9r good dysigns,
hnd grant wealth mid plenty to thistupire, through
the industrious endeavours of the body ottuen upon
whom new honours are now conferred. . .

Givtp at St:- Peterst).trgli, on the 13t of Initial:3',
irk tile YOijr of Our Lord 1807, and of our
aeign the Sixth.
(Signed)

A LEXANDER.

Ar Gascon 01 pro qua'.---Two of No.eitote3
Officers, from Gaseortiy. disputing, a short time
since, • in the garrison of .13alogrre, •npon some topic
of the day, One of them tinhandiinnely etnitractiaed
the other, by saying, " that's not t rue ; kern the
whole affair much better." The 'asqerterofihe f.i6t
instantly You are very bold, Sir, ti)- ,iare
to give me the lie; if I was' a little nearer 'to 'you,
I would box your ears to teach yen better tolin-,
nets; and. you May.Corisider the blow a already
given." Their brother 'Otliecrg present Were alartir
ed for the consequence ;, but the other Gascou
suming a serious air, rejoirred--i," to
pu-
Dish you fOr your insolence, now run you ibi.ougb
the body,s, so eimsider yonnell 'dead." The $414-u-
-larity of the repartee pleased the whole company,
and naturally prOdueed an iminediatereConciiiiinan
la-,Gascon