The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-16 00:00:00

IMPERIAL DECREE.

"' NAPOLEON, &C.
" After having attended to the Report of our Council for
the Administration of Finances, founded on the general sys-
' tem ; anti also to the Report of our Minister of the Interior,
we have decreed, and do decree as follows :
a' -.114:`. Duties on Wares and Merchandizes hereafter
named, are determined to ,be according to the subsequent
rates ; that is to say—

" Acayow Wood, co franks—Campeche do. So P.—Per.
nainbuco do. 121 f. —Wood of wet dye, zoo f.—Brazil, Cay-
enne, Surinam, Demerary, and Georgia Cotton, of long sta.
pie, Soo f.— Levant Cotton, by sea, 6o° f.—Ditto, by land,
goo.f.,—Cotton of every other country, Naples excepted,
boo f.—Coffee, 400 t.--Cocoa, woo f.—Cochineal. zoo() f.—
Cloves, 60..) t.—lndigo, gz o f.—Sugar, zOOO t.—Black Pep.
per, 400 f.—White do. 600 I.—Brown Sugar, 300 f.—Clayed
Sugar. 400 f.-14-Vson Tea, goo f.—Green Tea, 600 f.—All
other Teas, rso f.

" NAPOLEON, A:c.
.‘ Executed at our Chamber of Commerce, this sth August,

£8 o."

, It is stated in Letters, both from Antwerp and
Ostend, that the Berlin and Milan Decrees are to be
rescinded altogether; according to one account on
the Ist Oaober, and according to another on the Ist
November. But the information before us is too
vague to enable us to speak with any degree of pre-
cision upon the subjeet. We are not inclined to
think that BUONAPARTE will aetually- go the length
of wholly repealing these Decress, though he may
have thought it necessary, to answer some 'tempo-
rary purpose, to relax them to a considerable degee.
It is said, in some of the Letters- froin Paris, that
this Decree, for permitting the• importation. of the,
enumerated articles, was to have a retrospective ope-
ration, and that the sequestration's upon many Ariteri-

'can tips had been Eaten off, on the condtion of
the proprietors 'conforming to the regulatons •of
the above Decree. We are, howevei, -very much'
inclined to doubt this part of the Repot.; 6e-
,cause 'we knoiv, that, by a Special Decree, the
American shipS and goods that were, under seques-
tration •were ordered Ape sold early last nonth ;
and; from the proverbial rapidity of French pro-•
ceedings, wren any thing in the shape of plun-
der is to be obtained, we are convinced that there
are very few Americans in a condilioil to take
advantage of this Decree,. even if it bears the
extended consttuaict alluded .to. From the
very high rate of duty which be has impos-
ed upon the• articles which he permits to •be im-
ported, there is every ground. to believe that his
object in permitting this relaxation, is tnerely to re-
cruit his coffers, which he has not been recently able
to replenish by any continental plunder.

The KING came to town yesterday, as usual,
about twelve o'clock, escorted by a party of Light
'Horse, from Windsor. He was received at the
Queen's Palace by the Dukes of YoR.X- and KENT.
•At_ two o'clock his MAJESTY held a' Private Le-
vee, which was attended by

The Archbishop of Canterbury, 'the First Lord of the
Treasury and .Chancellor of the Lxchequer, the First Lord
of the Admiralty, the Master General of the Ordnance, the
three. S.:cretaries of State, the President e.f the _Boar I of
Controul, the Commander in Chief, the Judge Advocate,
the Portuguese A inbassador, the Secretary of Legation from
Portugal ; Earls 1-liirrowby and Galloway ; Viscount C het-
•wynd ; Lords •G:,rdner, Arden (in Wailing), Hearlifield,
(Gold Stick); Sir S. Cotterell ; Admirals Morosoin, Fenner,
Curxon, (Away. Stirling, •and bir F. Laturey ; Generals
Cuppage, Sir 1). Baird. Sir T. Blemefield.,and Finch (Growl
in Waiting) Colon:! Koss, and Captain Martin.

The following had the honow of being presented
to the KING :-- - •
Rear Admiral Aluorsom, on his promotion._ _

Cohniel Ross of the zoth Regiment of Foot, on. his
being appointed Aid•de•CJml? to the King, and on his.
promotion.
_ .

Captain Martin, on his appointment tq the Royal Sove-
reign yacht.
The Earl of .Galloway, on his promotion.
R. C. Gnerreiro, Secretary to the Legation of Portugal, by
the Portuguese Antbassador, and connucted by Sir Stephen
Cotterell, the Master of the Ceieinonios.

Major General Cuppage, on his promotion.
Rear-Admiral Lord Gardner, on his appointment to the
Chief command at Yarmouth.

It ear Admiral Fernor, on his promotion.
Rear Admiral Curzon, un being appointed a Rear Admiral 1
of the Blue.

Vice Admiral Stirling, on his promotion.
Rear Adiniral Sir Francis Latorey, on his promotion and
appointment to command at Barbadoes and the Leeward
Islands. -
Rear Admiral Otway, on his appointment as Commander
.in Chief at Leith.

Lieutenant General Sir David Baird, Bart. K.B. and C.
on his marriage.
Lieeutenant Genera; Sir Thomas Blomefield, Bart. on his
promotion.
His MAJESTY held a Privy. Council, and gave
audiences to the Marquis WELLESLEY, Earls Liv ER.
POOL and BATHURST, Lord MULGRAVE, Sir D.
DUNDAS, MOWN. PERCEVAL, YORKE, RyDER, and
M. SUTTON. The latter laid before his MAJESTY
the proceedings of some Courts Martial.

By.a vessel which arrived yesterday from the coast
of Spain, advice has been received of the defeat of a
French corps stationed in Castropol, by the troops
under the command of General PORLIER.

It appears by-the American Papers, that the re-
ception which Mr. JACKSON, our late Minister to
America, met with at Boston, was distinguished for
its politeness.

By a vessel, the Captain of which arrived in town
last night, letters have been received from the Car-
raccas of so late a date as the 4th July. At that time
the Creoles had the complete possession of the
government of that provinCe, which they had de-
dared independent. The other four provinces of
Spanish America had declared against the province of
Caraccas. Great preparations were then making by
buth parties, and there was every appearance of the
most serious civil commotion and sanguinary conten-
tion very shortly taking place.
The Island:of Anholt, in the Baltic, which has
been for some' time in, our posses4ion, is to be
strengthened by every possible means, so as to be
capable of repelling any attack that may be made
on it by the'Danes. Capt. MAURICE, of the navy,
who distinguished himself in tl e defence. of the Di-
amond Rock in the West Indies, is appointed to the
command of this post, which is likely to become
one of great importance.

A. great variety of false and absurd reports have
been in circulation le,pecting the athirs of
We have been favoured with a letter fro►n one of
the Aides-de•Camp of the Officer Second in Com-
mand on that Island. ThisgounnutticatiOn- will re-
move all the distressing uncertainty on this interest-
ing subjemt, up to the date of the latest intelligence.
It is as follows :

.4‘ CITADEL OF MESSINA, 'JUNE 22.—We are
here in daily experiatiob of a visit from the French,
and though I am confident we shall.give them a
warm reception (if they do attempt a landing) still
I think it is better to prepare for all events. " Indeed
MURAT seems by his preparations to entertain ,a se-
rious intention of invading Sicily ; he aanally has
drawn a very large force together in our neighbour-
hood, and has collected no less than from two to
three, thousand vessels and boats of 'all descriptions
near Scylla, and along the coast. It is tt ue that our
flotilla and the Volage frigate have already sunk and
destroyed fifty of them, of which eleven were gun-
boats ; but. 'the remainder are so well covered with
batteries, that it is alMost impossible to come near
them ; we must therefore wait quietly their coming
out. The whole is a representation in miniature of
the Boulogne flotilla, with the eitterence only, that
in half an hour's time they can cross the Streights
near the Faro, and that we cannot depend much
upon the inhabitants of this country. However, as
it is, Mbar will meet with more difiiculties than
he appears to be aware of."

The Earl of FALMOUTH is, it seems, shortly to re-
ceive the hand OViVIISS BANKS, though the report on
this subjed has been.contradicted