Star.
London, England, 1808-03-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

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PARIS, FEB. 14.
On the 12th inst. the Danish East-India ship the
Spitzburg arrived at Paimbceuf. On the 29th of
January she fell in with a French squadron of five
sliips of the line and some frigates off th. Cape de
Verd Islands. We doubt not, that this is the squa-
dron which sailed from Rochefort, under the com-
mand of Rear-Admiral Allinand. It was formerly
reported that the Rochefort squadron had arrived at
Toulon. _ _ .

18.—The Journal of the' Empire contains the fol-
lowing article from Madrid, of the Ist of February:
" Since the liberation of the Prince of Asturias, a

Commission has been named for the purpose of in-
vestigating the charges relative to the authors of the
conspiracy entered into against his Majesty. This
Commission has now laid their report before the King;
and in consequence of it the Duke of Infantado, and
certain other Lords, have been banished for a certain
number of years, and a Bishop has received orders to
retire to a convent assigned to him."
The French Papers contain copious details of the
splendid reception which the French Ambassador, M.
De Caulaincourt, received from the Russian Court.
MARCH I.—The Official Journal of this day con-
tains the following article, dated Constantinople,
January 28 :-
0 General Gardanne, Ambassador from the Emperor Napo- I
lean to Persia, arrived on the 3d of November, at Kol, the Grit
town on the Persian territory. lie there found every thing pro-
per for his reception. He boasts of the complaisance shewn to
him by Prince Abbas-Mirza, the eldest son of the Persian Mo-
narch, and the Governor of this frontier town. In the same place
he met the Persian Ambassador, on his way to France, whose re-
tinue consists of more than one hundred persons, and who carries
with him elegant and curious presents, to the value of several
minions. The swords are covered with precious stones, and are
in the state in which they were worn by the two Conquerors
so whom they belonged. These particulars have been commu-
plated by persons belonging to the embassy, and who have seen
the valuable pr.sent."
By an Imperial Decree of the 25th, Antwerp is to
form a Maritime Prefectship, to the head of which
M. Malouet is appointed.
Another Imperial Decree of the 17th of February,
contains regulations to the following effect An
embargo shall be laid on all Algerine ships in the har-
bours of our empire, and in those of our kingdom:Yr of
Italy ; all Algerine subjects shall be arrested, and se-
cured in prison • all goods and merchandize belonging
to the Dey of Algiers, or his subjects, which shall be
found in our empire, or in our kingdom of Italy, shall'
e sequestered. These measures shall continue to be
ken as long as the Dey of Algiers retains our Ge-
noese subjects as slaves in his' prisons."
It is certain that the Neapolitan troops have taken
possession of Reggio on the Strait of Messina. The
cannon taken there will serve to plant on the batteries
along the coast, and for prosecuting the siege of the
fortress. of Scylla, which has already been strongly
bcrobarded. This rock, which lies opposite to-Charyb-
dis, is the only point which the Siciliar s and the. Eng.
lish now possess in Italy. In the memorable earth-
.quake of 1783, the half of this fortress, with 700 men,
was thrown into the sea.
Yesterday the Five per Cent. Consols were at 86f.
10 c. to-day the price is 85f. 10 c.
1.1:,BON, FEB. 6.

The whole of the French army in Portugal is to be
newly clothed, and each soldier will have two pair of
shoes. Each soldier also receives, besides his usual
allowance, a flask of wine daily. The Emperor Na-
poleon, our present Sovereign, has issued a decree tr/
lative to Portugal, from his Royal Palace at Milan,
dated December 20. It is now, for the first time,
made public, and the following are the articles of
which it consists :
Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Etc.
We have decreed, and do decree as follows :
ART. I. There shall be levied in our kingdom of Portural,awar
contribution of 100 millions of franks, to be paid by all kinds of
property and domains belonging to individuals.
11. The Commander of our army shall apportion the contribu-
tion on the reap. active provinces according to the means of each.
111. All the property belonging to the Queen of Portugal and
to the Prince Regent, and to all the Princes who have pensions,
shall be sequestrated. All the property of the Grandees of the
kingdom who followed the Prince Regent in his flight shall also
be sequestrated, unless that they return to Portugal before the.
ILth of January next. •
In consequence of this Decree General Junot has.
ted an important Order of great length, but of
Ich the following is the substance :
.1 he kingdom of Portugal shall !lay an extraordinary War
;contribution of 40 millions of crusadoes. The two millions al-
eady paid since the ezkry of the French shall be allowed upon
he present contributions. • Six millions of crusadoes shall be the
'roportion to be paid by the Merchants, Bankers, and Capita-
•s . In all the churches of the kingdom, the gold and silver
necessary for the performance of Divine Service shall be let
main ; the surplus shall he carried to the mint, and shall go in
minution of the present contribution. All the Convents and
sly Brotherhood, the Prelates, Archbishops, and Bishops of
kingdom, who are possessed of property, the Commanders
the three Military Orders, and of that of Malta; filially, all
roprietors of houses and lands shall be rated to the war contri,
•ution, in proportion to the extent of their property.
' VIENNA, FEB. 18.
The Archduke Ferdinand and General Bellegarde
to command the corps of 70,000 men, which is
sseinbling on our frontiers on the side of Turkey.
The goods which were seized between the 23d of
-toiler, 1807, and the 30th of November following,
if... been relieved from sequestration by order of the
)unsellor of State,lColin, Director-General of the
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