The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-19 00:00:00

(Signed}

" M ASS ENA."

Capitulation granted ill the name of his Majesty the Ern.
peror,,of the French and King of Italy, Protectdr of the
Cont,.;;dertion of the Rhine, &c. &c. by the Marshal,
Prir:cerit Esst.rrsc, Conimakyler in -Chief-of the 4rmy of
to M. the English General .Lox, Governor •of
Airm:ida, for. the surrender of that place, to the troops of
- his ivlajesty : • • -
• • ART. I. The garriion shall be prisoners of war, with the
; • honours of war
!their arms,• which they' shall deposit on the glacis of the
place. 'I he militia shall return to their homes, alter having.
• 'deposited their arms ; the garrison are not,to serve during the
&present war against France or her allies.
- • 'II.
,The Officers of every description, and the soldiers,
,shall retain, 'the former their swords, and the' latter their
'baggage only. • • • . ,
111. Theinliabitards shall enjoy their property, and shall
not-be disturbed.fig their opinions. • • .
IV. The military stores and. artillery shall remain at the
disposal of the French army, and shall be given up to the •
Commandant of Artillery.
V. The magazirles, chests, &c. shall be given up to
French Commissaries' appointed for that efled. •
VI." The plans and memorials of the fortress shall be given
- up to the Commandant of Engineers of the French army.
VII. The sick of the English and Portuguese army shall
be taken care of and maintained at the expense of the French
army, and on their recovery shall follow the destination of
the garrison. . .
(signed)
.41 MASS E NA, Prince of Essling, Sze.
40 WI L LIAM COX. Governor of Alrheida"
" Camp before Altneida, August 27. •
List of Stores found in the Fortress of Almeida.
• Twenty bushels of flour, 300,000 rations of biscuits, Goo
fanegas of cons, 7.0 of rye, 2ocio of •Turkey corn, sob quin-
tals of ,rice, 400 arobas of salt- provisions, 12 quintals of salt
provisions in barrels, 34 tuns of wine, at 700 bottles each,.
2 pipeS of brandy; about 70 bottles, 20. pipes of vinegar, so'
fanegas beans, zoOolanegas of bailey, 300 fanegas of bran,
Sao quintals of straw, goon quintals of wood,. and about rOOO
coverlids.

VIENNA, Aue. 3dbattal ions of infantry
are to be reduced; and -the companies 'which remain
are not to consist of more than 100 men. The
/Austrian peace establishment of infantry will then
consist of 108 battalions, 'amounting in the whole
io nearly 60,00 which, with the cavalry, artil
lery, and other corps, will make a total of 90,060
men, in time of peace. Little alteration has been
made in the artillery and cavalry; and_ the labours
at the fortresses are discontinued.

ScHAFFHAUSEN,
.AUGUST 22.—The Canton of
Berne has .published a new law respecting the cen-
sorship of book, which has occasioned a great sen-
sation in Switzerland. The different branches of
• printing and bookselling are only to be carried on by
licensed persons, whose licenses are to be annually
renewed. No Wilting, book, or periodical work, is'
- to be sold without the authority of the Commission.
of Censorship; and no works are to be printed in
' the Canton, which have net been first approved' of
by the same authority.
VIENNA, AUG. 17.—The new taxes, which have
• been amiounced for some tirne, will shortly be ex-
acted. All &sses of society, with the exception of
the indigent,' will be subjected Kr them ; and they
• will not on extend to real property, but to profes-
sional income. •

Our finances will receive considerable benefit from
the suppression of the 3d battalions 'of our German
regiments. They Will be disbanded, and replaced by
the Lanclwelir, ho in time of peace ;are to 'serve
,%ithout-pay, and only to be exercised on SUndays
and holidays:

SCILLA, AUG. 25.--Our flotilla ha.rthis day Sup-
ported a combat which does it the greatest honour.
Since the 15th the greater fart of the boats which
were in the anchorage-of Scilla, had repaired to the
left of tine Ponta da'PezzO. Tiiis determined the
enemy to reinfoice his line in .the interior of the
strait, with it'frigate, a corvette, and a brig, which
fiad before anchored to the north-west of the Light-
house of Messina. Last night,, t one in the morn-
ing, his Majesty ordered twenty armed boats
to advance for the- purpose of firing chain-shot
into toe enemy's camp, on the oppoiite shore.
-ff hey approached so near that the firipg corn-
inenced, Whst.h caused an alarm ; more than 200
cannon-shots Were tired without effect, and the
boats regained their anchorage without having sus-
tatile4 any loss.

s -
This morning the enemy wishing to act on the
otiensiv his turn, heat icokards the Punta (10
Pezzo do gun-boats, a frigate,ia corvette; and a brig ;
e tii-ere prepared for the •r.rinbal,4tid the King gave
orders to let .thetii advance within cannon-shot,

which left our line exposed to the enemy's fire for
two hours,. without a shot being returned. His Ma-
, j 4.
esty then perceiving that the enemy's vessels were
dri!ep alonk:hy . the current, ordered the "divisions of
Bourgourg and of Cosa, to put out and attack them,
wliil.the division of. B iusan was ordered to make
;over to the camp, of the enemy, which was vie-
prived' of its line of:gun-boats. At the:firSt bullet
wltieb fell in ..the camp, all the soldiers -terew
ifiemSelves into their trenches, and our troops woe
already under -arms,. 'prepared: for embn kation,
when the enemy perceNiug the movement, plied
all thei-oars and sails to gain their line of defence,
and to Oppose the, threatened debJekation, which
woul4 ceitaihly• have been effeded, if the current
had been stronger. Atter this, the firing recom-
menced with new vivacity, and 13 of our gun-boats,
protetted by a single battery of 3 cannon, support-
ed the .whole effect of he broadsides of tie frigate,
corvette, and. brig. This last vessel was struck with
more than to balls, and then abandoned the corn-
'bat. A boat,. with the English Commandant on
board; was pierC, aby a b.itl, and sunk before our
eyes in the middle of the channel. Three or four'
of the enemy's gun-boats wereulso swamped, and
more were got off 'by towing. The enemy have
sittferedconsiderably ; for during an hour, our divi-
sionS -raked their :line in all direalihns; almost all
our gun-boats were struck, but one only was
sWamped, which however will be (it for sea to-•
marrow. We had about ten men killed or wound-
ed. This glorious Combat' lasted six hours, during
which more than 4000 shots were fired un both
sides. The whole army, spectators of it, have
done justice to the marine;_ and such as the en-
thusiasm which the marines_and soldiers reciprocally
communicated, that when his Majesty passed along
thwline, on all sides were heard -a thtiusand cries,
:For Sicily ! For Sicily !“
EISENAgiI, SEPT, 3.—The day before yes'nrday
a calamitou, event took place here. About nine in
the, evening a convoy of ammunition was pa:;3ing
through our town.' The three first Waggons, .vhich
were mostly laden with cartridges for cannon, took
fire ; the , explosion was terrible, the adjoining
houses were blown into the air w ith a dreadful. crash.
The fire caught both sides of t=ie street called the
Monnengasse, .which was wholly destroyed. Thir-
ty-eight persons
,have pe4ihed. Fortunately the
rest of the convoy was moved back in time• to pre-
vent the spreading of the explosion.
PARIS, SEPT.- 13.—An Imperial I>cree, dated
from the Palace cf St. Cloud, &pt. 12, contains.
the following regulations:
Art. I. The proprietors or consignees ofcolonial
. produce which ,has been subjected to Holland to a
duty of 40 or 50 per cent. ad valorem, according to
the period. of its declaration, must, before the iit
of October, Pay three duties, either in. mousy or in
bands, with sufficient security.
". 2. The said produce, on which the duties shall
not have been made good by the time fixed in the
preceding article, shall be confiscated.
!! 3. Those who have this produce in their ware-
houses by. consignment only, shall, by the effect of
the' confiscation, be fteed from all responsiudity to
the proprietors.
" 4. The colonial produce pointed out in the
tarif annexed 40 our decree of the 31st July, 1810,
which, in execution of the 10th article of the said
said decree, have not been declared before the tst of
September, 'are confiscated.

" 5. The Officers ot the Customs shall, without
delay, make the necessary •searches and visits for
discovering the Said merchandize. They.shall have
ltk a fiol what is produced by•the sale of what they
shall discover and seize. •

• "- 6. Every individual who shall make known to
the Officers of the Customs the places where the
goods are concealed that have been withdrawn from
declaration, shall recover:a fifth of their produce on
sale. In this case the Officers shall have only a
tenth.

" 7. Ad civil and military authoritiei are required
to lend their aid to the Officers of the Customs.
" 8. Our Dire6tor General of Customs shall giVe,
the necessary orders, that the searches and visits be
made with exactness,. and that the merChandize dis-.

covered, as well as that Confiscated, tin default of
payment of the duties, be conveyed
.to AntWerp, to
be there sold.

9. Our Minister of Finance is charged with
le execution of the present Decree. . .
(Signed) ." ".NAPOLEON.".

Another Imperial• Decree of the same date, in re-
gulation of the currency of France, Orders, that
from ihe
,daze of the Decree, the 'gold coin of 48
'ivies Tournois shall be valued at 47 francs 20 cents;
,the -gold coin of 24 livres Tournois at'2B.Y. ; the
silver coin of 6 byres Tournois at 5 !lyres 60 cents;
and the silver coin of 3.livres Tournois at 2 francs
75 cents.

their Flit, arq.vorliing,iApjace in the best pos)ih!e
state of defence the town oft §iiiscria,.(wllich they
lately conquered. They are repairing- the yolks
which ate damaged,. and consiru6ting new ones;
they ha,ye caused all people who cannot contii'unte
to its defence to quit the,plce.
The Russians:have again abandObeit.ltai,arnq and
Bazardschik, 'and firing set , to tile, maga-
zines
of the latter place.

- BAYONNE,.AUG.- 2.—Scarcely a day passes in
which columns of Spanish prisoners of wpr do not
p4ss throngh,this city on their way to the interior
of
,France.. They are in general escorted by Ger-
. man -troops ; King Joseph is Still at Madrid, and
t-he journey he proposes to make into Andalusia,
to inspe& tIT: preparations for the siege of. Cadiz
has been deferred.—At Madrid all, is ,quiet but
there is a very 'numerous garrison
,there, as a' dis-
covery has b..!en made that-the insurgents had lately
formed a plan to attack 'King JOSEPH in the night in
his palace. They, liOkyever, soon discovered the im.;
practicability of their design, and gaVe it up..