The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-31 00:00:00

iMPEI4IAL CUSTOMS.

The Decree of the.sth inst., increasing the .duties
on ti e Cololial,goods therein lutiotioned,; is to be
put in force at chr . moment tiiav it is t,fficialy le-
ceived; Tile duties are payable -without any excep-
tion Wliatevcr.'

The reg itafons formerly established reTeaing'the
trnport.rtin of Col-n! .1 prod,:ce remain is full foree,
.wittiout any cl?.►ii t wh truer.
Artord:Hg to 'the i ,forn:wion of p,rsons IVIro
have lely arrived fium Sf ain, the principal 'road
front nne Mrdrid t. complettly free and se-
cure ; . and travellers, n.kiug -merely the usu.d pre-
cautions, are -riot. exposed' to the siighkst danger.
T; ,ere is no...waA of proi-is«nts : oitiat; bread, vege-
ta.] s, And arq to be had in abundance,' and
a very fair charo. There is :very good accom-
mochrion.in the inns., and the troops- that are billvt-
te.tpu the i;litabitaros now: meet wi' h a favourable.
_reception. A scassinat.ions are 'no mote"hr,ard of. It
is rental lotle, th'it for about a year past, a nuMber
of Frenchmen and.l:atians have -been. setded in the;
towns, „along the great road, as inn-keepers, res•
taroareen, tire.; fur tilt rest, in the pont) of Spain,
the .gendlrinerie ale very aniF take etfeOual
meaqi:C3 maintaining the public peabe "the bri-
gacds are'pursucd, and exertions are made to exter-
minate them .in every .quarter. The most per tea
tr,mquility l revails in Madrid ; the Thertres are no-
merously attended, and the people pursue their
ordinary vocations. There have' been .-se've'ral bull-
figlvs there since • the beginning- of July. ; the"
Spaniards take infinite pleainre "seeing this di-
version, for, which the French have no sort 'of
reiHi.- Several per‘ons lost their lives upon the
occasions alluded to.

A number ot huil&ngs are going on at Madrid,
and the city is daily embellishing. In consequence
ot the opening that has been made about the
Cactle, there will be a very fine pub:ic promenade
in troht of the palace. The owners Of the houses
that have been pulled down mill be indemnified.'
Though the garrison of Mar!rid is very numerous,
tho.nxional guard takes the•duty both at the public
ed.tices and the residences 01 tit,. Generals,
A oirps ref PoliAi sappers 13tely ar-
r:ved them : they are .employed ,un the works of the
citad 1. _

Ott the 15. h instant a ship of SO guns washrmcli-
ecl at Ant,erp.
FARIS, AUG. 23.-4-ler Royal Highness, 'Ma-
r.te Emperor's mother,' has returned to Paris
ir'orn Aix-la•Chapelle.

We hear troin Germany that the journey of
Count GotTorp related ei.tirely to family
.adairs ;
and as their decision must come from Stockholm, he
has go►►e to Wi►temberg in Saxony, where he will
wait i;s arriv:l.

oTuesd by the Emperor held a Coupcil of Corn-
awn e a St. Cloud.

c.‘ On the 3d instant ,his Majesty issued the fol.
Deciec from the Palace of Trianon
t...Thete shall be only one -journal in each of
the d partmcnts, with the exception of that of the
Stine. • _ _

2. This journal shall be under the auilmily of
• - las 4 cannot bc. published but with his
ttie • ,

Pp pr . hat ton.
3. NeVertl'elcis, the.Prefeas may provisionally
ainhori.e in • Our great cities, the publication of
p3per, containing advertisements in the nature of
posting-bills, or hand-bills, relative to s.,les of
articles of am-..rchandize and immovable property ;
ao journals, vsatitig exclusively of literature, the

scienec..,, arts, ana agriculture. The salt, ptblica-
tion.lnuit contain no ari foreign to, their übjeel.
" 4. Our Minister of the biterio,r, shall, on the.
st of September wit, .make report to us upon ,the
saidsad,ertisinii journals; the puOlication of which:
may be defin.tively. determined."'
General WoUillemont, Commander of the de.-
.partthent of the Upper Pyrenees. has addressed a
letter, on tEre-4th instant, of which the following is
an extract,.to (be Prefect :—" My position in the
valley of Aran having been threatened by some
troop* who had collected .in the neighbouring val-
ley of Escerfy, I determined to attack them ; ;and
on the nig!lt of the 31st alt. I. began toy march.
Nz•arly the whole'of the advanced guard:of the ene-
my was put to 'lie ; the rest, after sustaining
considerable 18Si, was driven back more than three
leagues in the a alley of Esrerry.? •
The DUtch Guarus are expeded .on the 29th at
Versailles. - •

REGGIO, AUG. .3.—The E:iglish appear to be,
%.more ilia!) ever, frightened at our preparattons.—:7
.They have,colleo i between Me,sina and the Light
House all the naval to ce they have got in. the TY.e-
wan Sea. We lately.courited as many as five sail of
the line, two of them _BO gun ships, aechored in the
the %ery straits,. with springs on t!,O cables. Fur
brigs of war, and a number of frigatei and corvettes,
are constantly cruising the 100k-out, between.
Reggio and Pezzo. But all tfiese cqusideiable mea-
sures of dekfnce do not. qUiet, the fears of awl E!lg.
lish merchants settled at:Meisitra. Their rnerchati-
dize there Scarcely --ketches any l rice, mid, loaded
vessels areal ipst daily leaving it to go in quest of a
market leSs'exposecl.• •
• Their Excedencies the.Atnisteis of tha. Interior
and Finance are 4;111 at Reggio:

. Royal Camp of Peak', Aug. 5.
" Our flotilla has, this day, ob awed a fresh suc-
cess. It is impossible, to conceive the timidity of
the enemy's flotilla, which though so coosideraJ-,
as to force, is -daily beaten off by our gun-boats.--
Since the affair of the ::,tst of July, the English no
longer dare' to appri ach our batteries. Th.-y c.
tent themselves with sending over, from time to
time, a few boath-vessels, which uniformly sheer
.off upon seeing any of our gun-itoats standing to-
wards them.

" This morning, his' .Majesty having ordered a
junElion of the divisions of Partenneaux and La-
marque, the enemy, who observed this moven-Ivo,
sent foiward three bonabwessels to the Strait, sup-
ported by, 30 gunboats. His Majesty then sent to
attack them, the division of Bansan and two other
divi ions, from ihe right of our line. • At the, first
shot, thebon.b-vessels put about, and tuck shclier
in the, lin, of anchorage in tile rear of tieir heavy
ships. Oaf three divisions, however, .coni 'trued to
advance towards the enemy's coast, and in the, best
Ou their reaching 'Atria mid-channel, 'the
enemy opened a.tremendous fire upon them. The
flotilla was so near, that the balls tell. More than tOO
103,25 a-stcrn of our gunLboats. All the batteries
•of e coast of Sicily, played at the same time upon
them. They in return kept up a steatly and well-
diieJed• tire, with this advantage, that not a shot
was lost, as every mane struck eitherthe batteries on
slicre or the enemy's, vessels. ,They silenced the tire
Of all the enemy's gun-boats, though two frigates
took part,in 'the act The enemy, must certainly
hai:esuifered mu. h,. for we s:tw .several of their
gun-boats consideyablydamaged, and taken in tow ;
and notwithstanding this shower of balls and shells,
not one of our ve,,seis was touched.

:" 'We know, that since the affair of the 21st, the
enemy's seamen, are completely terrified : ours are
now become familiar with the parade and .bustle
Which the English make to no purpose. The crews
of opt transports were, during the firing, tranquil.
;y amusing themselves at play in the caverns %%Inch
they have dug in the, beach, the tear of their
vessels. They have covered the entranc.:s to these
excavations with branches of the aloe, and consider
themselves to be 'as secure there as in the best
easemates.

" The state of check in which our flotilla holds so
large a force of the enemy,• is.truly inconceivable (xi
the part of the English. Thry hr,e from 25 to 30
square rigged vessels, • upwards of 100 gun-boats or
small armed vessels; and yet th4y dare not quit their
anchorage under cover of the coast. In Sicily, com-
merce is totally suspended.."

BERLIN, AUG. B.—The. ci-devant King of Syve-
den has .hot Made his appearance at 13eriin. It is
not even certain that he came this way. It is said
that he took a circuitous route to the banks of the
Oder, Whence he direaed his course towards Dant-
z-tc, Wyeli place, he procecla to Kuning.berg,.
and-thence into Russia through COurland. None of
the Princes or great Officers of State in the Prussian
territories saw him on his passage.
The report is revised that his Mijesty has come to
resolutiyti of effetling a redriction in his
The King, it is said, will 'disband about 20,04
men, thus leaving on foot a force of only 2.0,0061
.which, joined to the national .guard=, whose ser,
vices will be rendered general, will be filly suffici-
ent for the duty of the interior of the country.
AUGUST g.--The King has, at length, renounced
the projei of retiring -finally to Sans-Souci, and
there residing totally disengaged from business.—
Those who had been invited to the. presence of his
Majesty, have determined him, though not without
much difficulty, to return to Berlin and Chailotien-
•burgh, and to place himself again at the head of
afiirs. Prince William,-.the King's brother, who
was at Hamburgh, and I"nce AuguStus Ferdinand,
who was some time aT.Toplitz.; have returned
hit her. .

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VIENNA, AUG. 9.—The march of the Austrian
troops towards the. frontiers of Turkey still'Con,'
tinues-. It would, however, be imptuderit to4)u.h,
lish any thing with regard to their destination, of
which, indeed, the superidr officers are themselves
ignorant. Bat, placed as, we are in the vicinity of
a pbwto disorganized, and. whose Provinces are a
prey to all the disorders of war, it is of lioportance
that onr territory should be in a situation to coui-
•tpand respeet.
The last accounts froM Turkey inform us, that
the head-quarters of the Russians are already at
Bujuk-Kolickschad, on the other side of the moun-
tains, and that a single decisive battle may open the
gates of Constantinople to Oieyiktor.

TAGRORNA Ave. 6.—The last letters from Mar-
seilles iritorn 'the English fleet cruizing
befole Tot Von has been.reilatorced, and that ii flow
cOltsists 1.8 sail of the Jule, several !rigates,
btigq, &c.

VIENNA, AUQ, B.—We Warn by letters from
Constantinople, that tie standard of •M,lintltet 1.3.$
been raised, there; that the Grand S.‘gnior- has
dared, that the 'Empire WAS in danger; that it w;;;;
the duty of every .51tissultnan to tak up arms Ia its
.defence ; and that he woofd put hint4tlf at the head-
of • his brave 'and faith ful st.i,Jeds. The people, .on
this, pledged_ themselves to shed the. lust chop of
their blood in defence of the ancient glory ot the
Empire. The intelligence w;-as received there, that
the RusAans had raised the siege of Warms. •
STOCKHOIOSI; AUG. 7.---The Mymbets Of the Se-
cret Committee of the Diet, who are to deliberate,
in the • firrt place, on tile choice ot an heir to the
Throne, are, of the'Oider of Nobility, Count de
Wrede, Baron ,Adlesparte, and. M. -.Silver stwlpr ; of .
the Clergy, the Bishops of Rosenstain arid Nordin,
and -Doctor Wyckman ; of Stockholm, M. Rothost ;
and Mr. Arvedson, merchant,-of Gottenbuigh. • •
CONSTANTINOVLE, JULY 3.—The accounts of
the 'success of the Russians have thrown the tuba-
bitants'of this city into the greatest consternation.
It'was the less expected,' as the highest confidence
:was reposed in the talents of 11,411na,1 'AgA. ,The
Sultan, however, is not tiejeaed, but maes.,,eve;y
possible effort to reinforce' t-W array of the Grand
Vizier. New. CominissarieTs' have been sent off to
per cure fresh'. supplies of provisions tot it. _ The
fleet, H hich 'consists of 16-sail of the line,. has re-
ceived' orders to proceed,, with- ail. possible dispatch,
to., take 00 board the troops_ that are coming frOtir

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LUND UN,

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3"1 181 0.

A series of L')ll.ille cla Nurd W the (.21st just
reached town this morning, from which we have
inserted extraas..- -

There are some further detsils relative to the fife
atthe'Prince• of SCHWARTZENBURG'S, at Paris, in
which it is now stated no lesS thin trOni tit) to 70.

• persons perished.
The Ex-Queen of Holland and her mother the
Empress JosEPHINe are in Switzerland.

American Papers and Letters reached toAn yes-
terday afiernoon to the 11th inst. They contain no
intelligence of importance. wai rumoured that
the American Government had rejeled a treaty
*filch had been for some time negotiating.bet%een'
Mr. PiNcx.NtY and the Marquis WEILESLEY.

Moniteurs and other Paris Papers were received
last night to the 24th inst. they contain a long
laboured.article, written for the purpose of persiiid-
.
ing the 14'rc.nch that the greatest tranquility prevails
in Spain, and that excellent accommodations are to
be found at the inns on the road,; but we imagine-
that the inhabitants of France are.tou well acquainted
with the real state of arlaits in'Spain to be,citug-ht
by such a bait.
. .

The intelligence from MURAT'S army is to the
6th instant, at which petiod the long-menaced at-
tack on SicilyA had not been attempted.
unable to obtain any real advantage; consoles him-
self npon paper, by representir4the British. S^.atne[l
to be terrified at the wonderfulprowess of his flotilla;
and'boasting of the state of check in which the latter
keeps our fleet.
A hint is given to the King of PRussiA'to reduce
his army to 20,000 men, that. number being suf-
ticent for the duty of the Interior of the Country.
NAPOLEON has again manifested his regatd for
the Liberty of the- Press, by issuing a Decree that
there shall only be one Journal -in each of the De-
partments (except the Spine),
,and that it ..shall be
under the authority of the Piefect, without. whose
approtation it cannot ti;

Don PEDRO C. TOPPER, A, Member of the Su;
perior janta of the isingdom of Valencia, :and his
MAjesiy's acting Consul, arrived in the Tonnapt
Captain •STA.CKPOLE, last from Cadiz, commission*
ed by 'said Junta, and by that of Guadaliiiara,
:to
solicit for assistance for the Patriots there, who are
in great' numbers. We understand that the.rtgul.tr
army of the kingdom of. Valencia ainGu to 14,000
infantry, 1200 horse, and corresponding. artillery,
the whole completely armed •and clothed, and in• a
good stale of dicipline. Besides the regular army
of the kingdom, the city of Valencia has
.5000 %; en-
trained militia, and the other towns together, about
10,000, in addition to which there are above 25,000
peasants armed at their. own expence, organized in
small bodies for the Purpose of harassing the enemy,
and intercepting their convoys and Communications.
This mode of warfare is that Whicti the French-dread
.most in Spain, and it properly
.encouraged cannot
fail to prove finally. dectructive to them.
fortification round the city of Valencia are,
we are,assured, very formidable, and if besieged by
the enemy, the city promises to become another Sa-
ragossa, the inhabitants being; already exaspeiated at
the "former attacks of the Crench, and determined
W defendthemseives to the last extremity. •