The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-03 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

Ztjrn CH OCT. 9.r—We are assured that the Go-
vernments of all the Cantons in Switzerland intend
'to adopt the most vigorous measures to preven•, or
restrain, theintrodudion of Colonial produce. We
-have reason to believe that it .is intended to esta-

blish veil' heavy duties on the importation of such
articles. It is- et en stated, that his Excellency the
Lan.l.iniman of- Switzerland will address a circular
to the Cantons of the Helvetic League 011 this sub-,

We ate informed, that at the mornent when the,
mea,orei were- known in some of the trading towns
of Qennany, that were in!ended to be adopted ;re-
speCting Colonial produce, a great number of Ger=

rilal) Inert:haws- sent into Sv.vitzerl.ind a considerable
quantity of cotton and other Colonial pi oduce,which
they 'bad in their warehouses, (without having' re-
ceived dray orders .tor them from tneir'Swiss,corre.
itpontlynts, Magazincsui Basle, Schairhouiett,
saint Gail, and other towns, are in conievehce
filled itn *um, 04f:2e, and cotton. The. 46
speculations have intinc•eti the Governnients Uf sortie
or the Cantons to prohibit provisionally :he: eita-
Wsliment of magazines of Colonial property belong-
ing to foteigner,.. •

MILAN, OCT. 10.—We learn horn Venice, that
the number of merchant vessels hit entered that
port in the course of the last month amount to 247.
They were laden, some with oil, wine, cheese, to-
bacco, and other merchandize; and articles of pro-
vtaiwts ; others had cargoes -of corda.:e, iron, ship
timber, cannon, powder, lead, and . naval. stores.—
The number of vessels that cleared ou► at. the same
time was 269, partly laden with corn, linen, paper,
gum, arsenic, steel, lemons, cream of tartar, and
thugs. One hundred and seventy-eight large barb,
which arrive and 'depart continually at and from

every point of the kingdom where it is possible to
land anything, are tot included in this account.—
The English cannot in the least obstruct: these ma-
titime movements.

;ERNE, OCT. 2.—The Government
,of_Fribou%
ordered, on the
.15111 of October, the sequestration
of English and colonial mercltandize, the confisca-
tion of the former; and the levying of the duties fixed
by tarif on an the colonial produce•at present in the
canton, or which shall enter it in future:
Similar measures were taken on the same day by
the Govern Merit of Soleure, and it has ordered that
tro depot ot colonial produce be permitted. on the
frontiers of France.

In the canton of Schaffhausen all English and,co-
lonial goods .have been ordered to be placed in de-
pots. Every person who wishes to get away colo-
inal produce trom the magazines, where it is depo-
sited must pay the duties conformably Co the tarif.
' The Government of Vaud has subjected all colo-
nial produce to a tarif, and has prohibited every de-
pat of that commodity on the frontiers of France.
The canton of St. Gall ordered, on the 16th of
October; that all English merchandize should be se-
questrated and confiscated; that colonial produce
should be sequestrated and subjected to a tarif.

The Bovernmetit of the Thurgau adopted tae same
tneastires on the same day.
That of Uri has ordered the sequestration of cola-
-4
produce ;. here was uo English merchandize in
that canton.

The Lower Underwald has adopted the same
measures. •
The Giatid Council of the exterior RhodeS of
Appeuzell, was convoked on the t6th, for the pur-
,pose of adopting similar resolutions. ,
" On the 15th, the government of the Grisons had'
already ordered the declaration of all, the colonial
produce to be found in
.that canton,
The measures taken by the Cantonal Governments
could not be simultaneous; because they lie at very
different distances from the Central Government ;
but all of them adopt successively the- same resolu-

Lions.'

A Cottirn'issi`on appointed by M. the Landarnman
is employed about the meals of maintaining-in Swit
zerlahil the systdth which has been adopted., •

M. the Landamman has invited all tlo Cantonal

GoverIMEAll6 to cause an account io betaken of all
the cpionfai Lnerclrandiz4 in Switzerland,. for the
purpose qi iscertifining such as belongs to foreign
merchants. . , ,

CALM'S, OCT. 24:—.-The dsphalon, Capt. PURDY,
bound:" from' Quebec to London, with a cargo of
masts and spars, taken by the Saui'age privateer, of
Boulogne, went ashore—on the pro.:eding day, a little
to the east of the former port. The Mermaid,Capt.,
.1. DODS, from Quebec to London, is also stated to

bate been taken on the tmd 'by the Duke of Drama-
tia;Jetaken.the same day by' the Blooahound, Lieut..
T. WARRAND,"II(IIO put on board bex the secutul

rate, Mr. ThNIPLETO) and eight sailors, including
one marine, and to have been again Captureki..at eight
o'clock of the morning of the 24ih, by the Per se,
verant of Calais,. within one league and a half of
Sand gate.