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London, England, 1808-10-20 00:00:00

ENGLISH COMMERCE WITH SPAIN.

I EIT:Ak OF ADMIRAL MORLA TO MR. DOFF.
The Supreme Junta of Seville declared to me un-
&:r date of the 13th inst. as follows :

Most EXCELLENT SlR—The Supreme Junta of Se-
vlle is adopting measures for forming a regulation,
under which English commodities are for the present
tsl be imported in this country, on which subject your
Excellency presented a note to the said Junta, under
date of the instant, in answer to which the Junta
has resolved to declare to your Excellency, that with
regard to the vessels which have already arrived, they
leave it entirely to your own judgment to determine
in your wisdom and prudence what duty. they ought
to pay, the Junta being desirous to testify to the Eng-
li,ll nation the high sense they entertain 01-thi.ir friend-

ship and generous support.
In pursuance of the order received, I have this day
communicated the following instructions to the Di-

r;:ctor General of the Custom-- s :
66 Authorised by an Order of the Supreme Junta
of the 13th instant, touching the importation of Eng-
lish goods, hitherto prohibited to be imported into
this country, and the duty payable on goods of the
like description, found on board of such ships of the
said nation as are at present in the Bay, I have deter-
mined after having heard the opinion of their Lord-
ships with regard to the duty payable skit the same,
that they are to pay 15 per cent. royal customs, 5
per cent. if destined for inland consumption, and all
the other duty payable on foreign goods, the impor-
tation of which is permitted, the shipment of the said
goods for our possessions in America, being of course
free and unprohibited, since, in this respect. they.
ought to be considered as free goods, on payment of
7 per cent. ad %damn, the proper officer adhering
strictly to the ordinances issued on this subjecl. You
will attend to the-erecution of the present Order, and
make it known to the trade through the competent
.Board, with this proviso, that clothes mado up, or ar-
ticles of wood, or any other material perfectly
ed, are !lilt to be imported on any con,.ideration what•
ever. I inform you of the premises for your own in-
formation, and for the direction of the individuals of
your nation, and that they may form a correct opi•
Mon of the high estimation in which the Spanish Go-
alo‘rnment holds the worthy subje:ts of his Britannic
Majesty, aud.pereeive how anxiously that Government
ttsires to gis,-e proofs of its gratitude for their faithful
One. preserve you many weirs.
TS-igned ) {f IHUMAA HI; M.-UM A."
Cadiz, Stpte7abisr 16.
Nit-. I AN,L3 DII”.
As in the order which I communicated to you tit-
an date of the 16th instant, the Saprerne .Ite,ta of
Seiilk says only, that it is adopting measurt,s for
making regulations with regard to the importation of
English commodities, which hitherto it was not law-
ful to import, it is not in my power to form any other
determination, but with regard to goods of the above
description, which are found on board of ships ac-
tually arrived in the Bay, and you must therefore ap-
ply to the Supreme Junta, for instruction, hew fitr
the same favour is to be extended to such ships as
shall arrive in future, since it is not for ire, as you
desire in your last report, to decide that point. Gob
preserve you many years. (Signed).
THOMAS DE MORY,A.

Cadiz, Sept 19.
Don ANDREW AULDEVIM.

SICIL r.

MESSINA, AUGUST 26.

We are all in expectation of an early move of part
of this army. Troops have been moving in various
'arts of the island ; transports have been long prepa-
ying for the reception of men and horses, ana torage
has, within these few days, been embarking; stoles
to a considerable amount have been long on board.
I cannot, however, myself, guess where any part of
this army could, at the present moment, be employed.
We have now eleven Generals on the Stag here.—
Our force on the island amon;ts to about 15,000
men, a great proportion of them foreigners. We
have very little communication with Calabria. You
have heard, I dare say, of our unsuccessful attempt
to cut out or destroy a vessel from under the rocks of
Scylla. She had _been one of our transports (the
Lord Melville), and was employed in bringuir round
Lord Forbes from Palermo. His Lordship-landed
at the Faro ; a short time after she got into the cur-
rent, which drove her under the guns of Scylla, when
she was abandoned by her crew. That night a plan
was formed to destroy her ; but unfortunately a boat,
sontaining a Captain of the 39th, and a Lieutenant
of the 15th, with nine soldiers on board, got a-head
of the boat to which the enterprize was principally
entrusted, and got close under the vessel, and botween
her and the shore, which was lined with French troops
ready to receive them. The two officers were badly
wounded, but are getting better. The plan was ac-
cordingly frustrated.