Star.
London, England, 1810-06-19 00:00:00

VENICE, MAY 14.

Our fleet sailed a few days ago. It consists of one
rr:gate, tour brigs, four corvettes, and several gun-
bJats. Its destination is not known. 1
AMSTERDAM, JUNE a.
The armament of our squadron is rapidly advanc-
On the 28th of last month Count Hueven hoisted
It's Admiral's flag on board the Royal Hollandois, of
9 guns, and Vice-Admiral Verdooren hoisted his at
the same time on board the Prince Royal, of 80 guns.
Tin 3d squadron, under Rear-Admiral Limmers, is
also arming with much activity.

NEW DECREE.
LOUIS NAPOLEON, BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND TUE
CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM, KING OF HOLLAND,
CONSTABLE OF FRANCE.
Upon the Report of our Minister of Finance, of the 21st of
May, 1810, &c.—We have decreed, and hereby decree,
Art. 1. The line of two thousand rods, established by our de-
cree of the 25th of May, Ping, No. 25, and further described
its our decree of the 3d of November, 1809, No. 12—within
which limits, with the exception of certain places therein-men-
Siemer), and the Town of the Hague, are prohibited all maga-
zines, depots or warehouses of colonial goods and English ma-
nufactures, or articles held to be such according to the Procla-
mation of the 31st of May 11305-is extended to the distance of
rive THOUSAND rods from the sea-coasts. All unlicensed maga-
zines found within the former space, shall be put under seques-
tration, to be disposed of in such manner as shall be further
provided.
2. The proprietors of such magazines lying between the dis-
tance of 20e0 and that of 5000 rods from the sea-coasts, shall be
at liberty to clear and carry off the same within the space of 14
days, under the authority of inland permits.
3. All licensed retail dealers. shall deliver in at the nearest of-
fice of the Lirector by Water, a special declaration in writing of
their stork in hard.

4. The necessary sufferance. shall be delivered to the retail
dealers, to ascertain the colonial goods and manufactures which
they may keep •n hand in order to carry on their trade. This
stock shall be regulated by the average of the extent of their li-
cences, and the amount of their payments to the weigh-house-
tax, case they are rated thereto. '1 he quantity, howtver, shall
ill no case exceed one-third of the annual sales.

5. The local authorities shall , within the shortest possible pe-
riod, transmit to tke Director General of the Middelen te Water,
lists of the licensed shop-keepers within their respective districts,
dealing in colonial commodities and manufactures, with a state-
ment of the sum they are rated at, to the weigh-house tax, which
statement they are empowered to demand the Receiver or Col-
lector of the Middelen te Lande. The said lists are to be accom-
panied with such remarks as tend to make the Director General
snore particularly acquainted with their local interests in this re-
spect._ _ _ _

6. The present decree shall be rt:blished in the Bulletin of laws.
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7. Our Minister of Finance, Justice, and Police, and also the
Director General of the Middelen to Water, are charged with the
execution of the present decree.
Given at our Palace at Haarlem, this 24th day of May, in the
year 1810, and of our reign the fifth. (Signed) LOU 17 NA el, LE 0 :v.
VIENNA, MAY 29.

The great quantity of cotton imported here has
lowered the price of that article in the Hereditary
States.--The intelligence is confirmed, that the trou-
bles on the frontiers of Turkey have entirely subsided.
His Excellency the Duke of Ragusa has succeeded in
inspiring the Turkish troops who infested Bosnia and
Croatia, with a salutary dread of the troops under
his command.

PORTUGAL.

CELERICO, MAY e 3.

A French Officer, bearing the Cross of the Legion
of Honour, arrived at the British camp on the 21st,
having deserted, in consequence, as he said, of having
been provoked to cut down his superior Officer while
on duty.—This Officer stated, that Massena had
joined the French army with reinforcements, which
made the entire numbers under his command along
the frontier amount to 80,000, or from that to 81,0Q0
itnen,and had his head-quarters at Salamanca, but that
this force, however formidable in collective numbers,
was not held adequate to the invasion of l'ortugal."
The information given by spies and deserters must
always be received with distrust; but it was a
known fact that the collection and conveyance ofl
supplies was matter of extreme difficulty and inse-
curity in a country where the French could be said
to be masters only of the surface they occupied with
a military force, and where their convoys and forag.
ing parties were constantly annoyed .by the peasants,
who cut off all stragglers, it was thought that not
more than half the total numbers under Massena I
could attempt to enter Portugal with a chance of
subsistence, and with the assurance of leaving a suffi- !
cient force to keep the Spaniards in awe ; and from I
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, .._ ....... r. this conviction Lord"Welliiiton kept his position,
not thinking it adviseable to advance nor necessary
to retreat.
In front of Ciudad Rodrigo the enemy had three
small corps, making collectively about 9000 men.
These corps had suffered and were still sufferinfz so
much from sickness, arising from the effects of the
rains and the 112:it, that they were unab'e to form the
siege of the place, which, though fortified upon an
t
, . old plan, is cons;dered as perfectly safe, beiLg well
provisioned, and having a strong garrison.
private letters from Portalegre st:lte, that in conse-
quence of si,me disagreeable circumstances, in which
the Spanish General Ballasteros had been involved
(the p irticulars of which are not mentione,l,) a Eri-
tish corps, of about 600 men, consisting principally of
• cavalry, under the command of General Hill, had i
proceeded from Elvas to Radajos, and succeeded in
the objects of its march.