The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-28 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS.

IFIWM THE; NIORNING PAPERS OF 'FLIES DAY.)

[.horning Herald.]
E QUEEN.
" Kew, Eight o'Clock, Oct. 27.
" Last night the Queen n►anilested such ex-
treme exhaustion, that considerable fears were
enttit;tined, lest some important change should
=take place for the worse ; and, in consequence,
the Prince Regent did not leave the Palace so
soon as he had intended.

" Towards eleven o'clock the Royal Patient ap-
IWAtCd Sinilewhat revived, when the Physicians
lik,HlC an immediate report of the amendment to
I.is Royal Highness, and shortly afterwards he
j);itted for Carlton-house.
" About noon her Majesty appeared consider-
ably improved in strength ; and an attempt was
made to remove the chair into the adjoining
apartmcmt, hot without StlCCess the motion
seemed to produce pain, and the attempt was con-
sequentiy relinquished.
" The Prince Regent arrived at the Palace this
evening about seven o'clock, and was expected to
remain to dinner with his Illustrious Sisters."

[The Times.]
TIIE ISLAND OF MAURITIUS.

We 'present our Reatleis will a proclamation
frmn General Hall, acting Governor of the island of
:Mauritius, issued in conformity with certain prin-
ciples of mutual regulation agreed upon between
the British and French Governments, relative to
the intercourse which shall in future be carried
on between the Islands of Mauritius and of Bour-
bon. It is a document of great local importance
The basis oh the new compact is freedom of com-
merce, goalified in a few necessary particulars,
which are catefully pointed out by General Hall's

Proclamation.
l'ruiu the Supplement to the 'Mauritius Gazette of July 23.)

PROCLAIIATION.

In the name of Ins Majesty George 111. of the United King-
d,,in of Great I;titain and Ireland Kin;.
G.J. Hal!, Esc!. Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief
of the Island of Mauritius and its Dependencies, sod Ma-
jor-General coturnanding his Majesty's Forces within the
same.

Whereas it has been officially notified by a dis-
patch and by instructions from the Right Ho-
nourable the Secretary of State in the Colonial
Department, to his Excellency Governor Far-
quhar, bearing date the 10th of March, 1817,
that an iii dtrstanding had taken place betivern

the (;ovLuntitent of his L►ritannic Majesty and that
of Fr a lire, as to the mode in which, after the date
ut the expiration of the Older in Council of the
Ist March, ISI 7, the relations of commerce be-
tween the Isles of Bourbon awl Mauritius vvre
to he conducted. And whereas, in order to give

effect to the arrangumvots entered info bet %Veen

the and the French Govei ?intents on theNub-
ject of this intercourse, a Inn and explicit cor-
respond-nee has been "carried on bet‘veen the
Acting; Governor and the Administrators for the
King of France at Bourbon, in which the Acting
Gneernor has studiously adhered to the provi-
sions of the di•patch and instructions above riled.
And wheteas, hi consequence of the measures

which have born respectively 'Adorned, the Ad-
riiiiiisirAtor.; for the King of France at liourbon
Lave already pliblished an ordinance, braring date
the 101lt of the pt cieni mittit it of .1.4, legtilat-

tog, with regar►l to the Island of Bourbon, the
tootiug upon ‘vhich the regulettions of commerce
aye to he opened and carried ou bet wcvn that

•
Island and Mani kills.

And v. liereas, uncle' these circumstances, it be-
comes equaily important awl nrgent, that the
Acting Governor at Mauritius should, on his
hart,secure to 11;s Majesty's subjects in this Co-
lony, the existence and the advontap. of trade,
not only of the utmost moment as regards their
in crests, but :ilso as relates to the supplying the
Colony with articles necessaty for then consump-
tion trod use.
ale h is been pleased to order and decree, and it
is hereby ordered .and decreed accordingly :

art. i. All goods, tuerchaudise,:and produce whatever,
tal;eu oa hoard of rtily British or Fronds vi;sel at the •island
of Bourbou, MO clearing out from that island, shall he per-
mitted to be imported in such vessel. directly into, and he ad-
o:itted at, Maurithts.

Q. All articles so imported shall he admitted on the follow-
in:: conditions, vie. .111 European articles for cOnsinurtion
only; all such as are the growth, produce, or manufacture of
other places, either cor ronsumptif in or entrepot, with the
ex,..eption, however, of those which it is 0 matter of noto-
riety can only be meant for consumption, such as hogs'-lard,
salt provisions, ,uap, wax candles, tobacco, household fur-
niture, water jars, pack-thread, twine, rope, Indimi sail-
cloth, masts and building timher, which cannot he admitted
iu entcerot. All articles the produce of the island of Bour-
bon (unit the exception of ruin and arrark, the importation
of which is prohibited) shall be admitted either for consump-
tion or in entrepot, provided, in the latter case, that the in-
voice value of such article he not less than 2,000 dollars.

:3. All goods, merchandize, and colonial produce whatever,
shall be permitted to be exported in any Ilritisli or French
vessel from Mauritius direct to the island of Bourbon.
[,'pun all goods, merchandise, and produce, imported
front the island of Bourbon, and admitted for consumption,
a .duty of 4 per cent. ud ra lortin shall he levied, over and
above the duty which would have been charged upon the same
articles, if imported direct from Europe or India in English
ships.

5. Ott the export from :Mauritius to Bourbon of all articles
of colonial produce, a duty. of eight per cent. ad valorem
shall br levied, over and above the ditty which would have
been charged on the sante articles, it exported to Europe di-
rect in British ships. A credit of three months shall be
g:antf-d flout the date of the importation or exportation of all
bud; goods, merchandie, ur produce, for the payment of these
duties, on good arid sufficient security being given.
No duty shall he levied either on the importation or ex-
portation of corn, main:, rice, dried vegetable, flour, or salt,
from or to Bourbon.

I to exportation, however, of these articles, may either he
limited or prohibited, whenever circumstances may imp,
rionsly require it.
G. Upon all pools, merchandise, 'awl colonial prednet im-
ported treat the Island of Bourbon, and admitted in entre-

pot, an entrepot duty of one and a half per cent. ad tAlocon
shall he levied. , •
. .
No goods, merchandise, or colonial produce, the invoice
valuVi)f-witiclr may he less than 2000 dollars, can he admit-
ted in enfrcpot.

The duration of the ent repot shall nut exceed one year, and
a Cledit. of 1 111"tT DIOIIIIIi 111;111 be 4ranted for the payment of
the entrepot-duly, trims the day on which, the declaration
which it is ►►eccssary to make of goods intended for cloning
shall be not 'died, on good and sufficient security being given.
7. All articles, wares, merchantlize, and produce, shippcd
at the island of Bourbon for Nlaurit Ms, must Inv:untidy be nc-
eintip.inied by a manifest, in which it must be expressly de-
clared and certified, that all and each of the said articles,
W.O Cs, Mel ellandlZe, and produce, nut being of the cobillidi
growth 'Jr produce of Bourbon, have been really and bona
fide disembarked :Ind landed at Bourbon, and subsequently
shipped fur Mauritius. The said manifest, deliiered by the
chief °dicer of customs at the place of shipment, must itlso
hear t r signature and he attested by the Commissary-Gene-
ral Ordonitteur of fluorine at the island of Bourbon. This

manifest must mention the place «•here the article', warei,
werchandize, and produce, shalt have been shipped, and that
of their de3tinaiion.

All articles, wares, merchandize, and colonial produce, not
included in the Manifesto, and respecting which the dcclara-
tiont abort: required shall not have been made, certified, and
attested, :is prescribed by the present article, shall be consi-
dered as contraband, and be confiscated accordingly.
In order to par:lithe that the articles, wares, merchan-
dise, and colonial produce shipped front the island of Mauri-
tius for the island of Bourbon shall have been really and
bona tide carried thither, all captains, owners, ler consignees
of vcsse Is on which the said articles, wares, merchandise, and
colonial produce, &c. shall have been shipped, shall be bound
to furnish st curity fur a sum equal to the value of the said arti-
cle, &c.; this security shall be cancelled and become void
on producing, within the space of three months, a certificate,
hearing the formalities and signatures prescribed by the pre-
ceding article, stating that all and each of the said articles,
&c. have been really tarried to, and landed at, the island of
Bourbon, the place of their destination.
9. French scsscls enMing from the island of Bourbon shall
pay at Mauritius the same rates of quay-pilutege, anchorage,
and other pilot-does as English vessels, and shall be received
with the same favour. All French vessels coming from any
other place than the island of Bourbon, and touching at
Mauritius, shall be furnished with every assistance they way
stand in need of.

10. All vessels cooling from the island of Bourbon to Mau-
ritius can clear out for Port Louis only; and shall nut be al-
lowed to land their cargoes at any other place except Port
Louis. In like manner, vessels going from 'Mauritius to the
island of Bourbon can only be permitted to clear out from,
and take in their cargoes at, Port Louis.
11. All necessary measures shall be taken and ordered to
prevent deserters and criminals from the island of Bourbon
from nitroducing themselves into the island of Mauritius,
should the laws already existing on that bead not be sof-
Scient.

12. The dispositions of the decree of the 30th Fructidor,
year t 2, as also the several articles of the Proclamation of the
31st of October, 1814, which way he contrary to the provi-
sions of the present Proclamation, are hereby repealed and
abolished.

1.3.1 he provisions of Titles 10 and 11 of the Decree of the
.50th Fructidor, year lit, shall continue to he in force with
regard to prosecutions and judgments in all cases of contra-
vention or infraction Luentiuncd and provided fur in the pre-
sent proclamation.
1.4. The present proclamation to be registered, read, and
published in the tribunals of this colony.
HALL, iMajor•General,
order.) G. A. BARRY, Chief Secretary to

Gl)verntnent.

.Putt Louis, Mauritius, July 24, 1818.

pforning Chronicle

From various circumstances we are inclined to
believe th it diet e is a design, on the part of Go-
vernment, to propose to Parliatnent, as 3 prepa-
ratory step to the resumption of Cash Payments,
the repeal of the Statute of 1773, and of the sub-
segnent Acts, by which silver coin was declared
to be a legal tender only to a limited amount. The
repeal of those Statutes would restore to the silver
currency its ancient character, and make it, as it
is every. where else, the standard legal currency of
the United Kingdom. It now hears. R. seigniorage,
and consequent ly would not he likely to be exported
as int article of commerce, which our gold coin DOW
is, on account of the profit which it yields as a com-
modity, exclusive of exchange. The Sovereign and
Half-Sovereign would then become mere tokens,
and might be reduced to the value severally of IS
and 9 shillings. We are induced to believe that
this plan is it► contemplation, because we learn
that a coinage of three millions of silver is order-
ed ; and it ►s certain that immense quantities of
silver have recently been imported, and, in fact,
are daily importing, evidently by extensive pur-
chases for the Batik. ft is possible that by thi►
means the One Pound Notes would, in the" first
place, be paid in cash, as an experiMent pre-
viously to the general resumptiun.