The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-10 00:00:00

FRENCH COLONIAL TRADE.

After a long report to the KING on the state
of the Commerce of France with her Foreign
Colonies, the following decree has been is-
sued :

" Louis, by the grace of God, Ring of France and Navarre.
" On the report of the President of our Council of Ministers,
we order as follows :
" 1. There shall be formed a " Superior Councili of Com-
merce and the Colonies, charged with considering of the means
of progressively amending the laws and tariffs which govern
the relations of French commerce with the colonies, and to the
consideration of which Council shall be submitted the examina-
tion of all the law projects and ordinances on the same subject
which are intended to be presented to us for our approbation.

2. The Superior Council of Commerce and the Colonies
shall be composed, under the Presidency of our President of
the Council of Ministers, of all our Ministers Secretaries of
State; of two Ministers of State; of the Director-General of
the Customs ; of the Director of Agriculture, Commerce, and
the Arts, in the Home Department ; of the Director of Politi-
cal Affairs in the Foreign Department ; of the Director of the
Colonies in the Marine Department ; of a Councillor of State,
Secretary for the Bureau, which shall be hereafter spoken of;
and of five other members to be appointed by us.
" 3. There shall be formed, near our President of the Coun-
cil of Ministers, a Bureau of Commerce and the Colonies, for
the collection of facts and documents calculated to throw light
on the deliberations of the Superior Council, and on our deter-
minations in respect to all matters touching the action of our
Government on trade, in its relations with foreign countries,
and with our colonies.

" 4. This Bureau shall be composed of the Director-General
of the Customs, Vice-President ; the Director of Agriculture,
Commerce, and the Arts, in the Home Department; the Di-
rector of Political Affairs, in the Foreign Department ; the
Director of the Colonies, in the Ministry of Marine ; a Coun-
cillor of State, Secretary to the Bureau, who shall also discharge
the duties of Secretary to the Superior Council; and two Mas-
ters of Requests, under Secretaries of the Bureau.
" 5. Our President of the Council of Ministers will take the
necessary measures, in order that the Departments of Finance,
the Interior, Foreign Affairs, and the Alarine, may cause to be
punctually transmitted to the said Bureau, every item in the
facts certified by the Board of Customs, in the correspondence
and acts of the Chambers and Councils of Commerce and Ma-
nufactures; of the French Consuls in foreign countries; of our
Governors and Administrators in the colonies, and Commanders
on foreign stations in all seas ;' which, from its nature, may be
calculated to enable the Bureau to appreciate the progress and
the wants of our trade and navigation.
" 6. The Bureau shall receive, through the care of our Mi-
nisters, communication of the general representations on the
subject of trade, which may reach their respective departments ;.
and every information that the Bureau may judge necessary to
require from the Chambers and Councils of Commerce, Com-
panies, Merchants, and Manufacturers, and our agents of every
class, whether at home or abroad.

" The Bureau may propose to the competent Ministers, to
order inquiries tending to explain the points of commerce which
are more particularly susceptible of controversy. These in.
quiries shall take place through the intervention of the said
Ministers, who, when they judge proper, may confine the direc-
tion thereof to the Bureau itself.

" 7. Assisted by these documents, and all others that can he
collczted, the Bureau shall propose to the Superior Council—in
order the same being referred to us, if their be occasion—all
measures which may appear to it advantageous for the general
commerce of the kindom.
" All law projects and ordinances on matters relating to
trade, the customs, and the colonies, which our Ministers may
think fit to be submitted to our approbation, shall in the first
place be communicated to the Bureau of Commerce and the
Colonies, to be afterwards examined and discussed in the Supe-
rior Council.

" 8. Our Ministers are charged, each in what concerns his
department, with the execution of the present ordinance, which
shall he inserted in the bulletin of the laws.
" Given in our Castle of the Tuileries, &c., Jan. 6.
(Signed) " LOUIS.
(Countersigned) " VILLELE."

Dutch Journals to the Bth instant have
ar-
rived. The following are extracts :
' " ROTTURDA At, JAN. 3.—During the year 1823, there have
arrived here 1,506 ships, sailed 1,553.—1 n 1822, the arrivals
were only 1,312, and the departures 1,825 ; so that there is an
increase of 194 in the former, and of 228 in the latter. Those
numbers do not include the fishing vessels, herring busses, and
vessels that have come from Don., Schiedem, &c., by the flats
from Hamburgh, Bremen, &c.
" ANTWERP, JAN. 2.—Seven hundred and eighty ships
arrived here in 1823, of which 435 belonging to the Netherlands,
107 English, 84 American, 22 French, &c.
" AMSTERDAM, JAN. 2.—The number of ships that arrived
here in 1623 was 2,106."

BAYONNE, JAN. I.—We have no mail from
Spain to-day, but a courier has arrived from Ma-
drid, who says, that after a very animated con-
versation between the King and his brothers, in
which the Infant Don Francis made some very
strong observations, this Prince has been exild
to Naples. His Royal Highness is looked upon
as the mildest and most humane of the family.
Letters from Italy announce, that the Emperor
of RUSSIA is expected at Roma in the middle of
April.

Yesterday afternoon, about half-past two
o'clock, the Duke of YORK arrived in town from
the seat of the Earl of WESTMORELAND, in North-
amptonshire.

Yesterday morning, soon after len o'clock, the
Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE left Bushy
Park in their travelling carriage and four, and
proceeded to Kensington Palace, where the
Duchess alighted, on a visit to the Duchess of
KENT. The Royal Duke proceeded in his car-
riage to his town residence in St. James's, where
he remained till four o'clock, when he returned
to Kc..tsington, from whence their Royal High-
nesses took their departure for Bushy Park.
On Wednesday and Thursday evenings the
Duchess of KENT honoured Covent-garden with
her presence. Her Royal Highness only re-
mained during the performance of the plays.
Yesterday afternoon the Prince of LEININGEN
arrived at Kensington Palace from Cobham Hall,
the seat of the Earl and Countess of DARNLEY,
where his Serene Highness had been on a visit
fora few days.