Star.
London, England, 1808-10-27 00:00:00

VALLAFRANCA, SEPTEMBER 22.

The Gazeta de Cataluna contains a Proclamation by
General Duhesme, issued on the 13th instant, and
consisting of seventeen articles, the principal of which
are the following :
I. In the name of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, King
of Italy, the city of Barcelona is declared is, a state of der.
2. In consequence of this declaration, the Commander in Chief
of the French army is the sole supreme authority, to whom all
the Spanish Authorities, civil and military, in Barcelona, are im-
mediately subordinate; the said General, so far as regards them,
representing the Government.
10. The General Junta shall form an

Junta,

which shall, in concert with the Commissary General, and the
Chief of the Staff, ascertain the sum total of the supplies requisite
for the French army, and the other public services for the city,
and present the same to the General Junta, with a statement of
the Ways and Means for raising such supplies. Should the Ge-
neral Junta take no proceeding relative to the demands which may
be made, the General in Chief win impose a contribution extra-
ordinary, payable into the military chest of the army, for which
shall be personally responsible the Members of the General Junta,
five hundred of the most opulent citizens, all the Consuls, and the
Stewards of the Colleges and Corporations of the City.
11. AU the contributions imposed, or to be imposed, shall be
enforced by the French army; consequently such as refuse to pay
those of the current month, shall be surcharged at double the sum;
and French soldiers shall be placed in their houses at free quay.
tars, until they have entirely made good their payments.
13. The beads of Ecclesiastical Corporations, and the Commit
sioners for managing the property of Churches, Parochial Cures,
dm with the superiors otOrders of both sexes, remain responsible
for all the plate in the churches at the time of the arrival of the
French troops in Baredena; consequently there being no doubt i
that there were inventories of the said plate at that period, the
above mentioned persons shall be compelled to present the same,
with the articles therein enumerated, to the Intendant General
.she.manent they are required so to do.
14. The punishment of death shall be inflicted on all persons
attempting to carry out of the city gold or silver, by sea or land.
The same punishment shall be inflicted on all persons carrying off
grain or other articles of provision in large quantities, or storing
them up for the purposes of monopoly, and augmenting the priet."
• A person worthy of credit states, that on the 15th,
at eight in the morning, a party of Grenadier Velites
appeared in the Plaza de Palacia at Barcelona, where
being drawn up in a line fronting the guard of the
Royal Walloon Guards, at the gate of the Captain
General's Palace, they ware ordered to rest on their
arms. It was also remarked that parties of French
infantry and cavalry were posted at the entrances of
the different streets, and other points contiguous to
the Palace. Matters being in this state of prepara-
tion, about nine o'clock a coach drove tip to the gate
of the Palace, where Goosens, the Commandant of
the Walloons, and the inseparable companion of
Lechi in every public transaction, alighted. Them
was scarcely tune for ascending the staircase, when
Goosens came out again, accompanied by General
Ezpeleta. Being first joined by Osma, an Artillery
Officer, and then by two French Officers, the whole
party set off for the citadel, conducting Ezpeleta as ti
prisoner ; the coach immediately followed them, and
then a party of French troops with drums beating.