Star.
London, England, 1816-06-26 00:00:00

NEW DUTIES ON SOAP.

The Act dated slat of May—" Be it enacted, That after the
paving of the Act, there be levi.:d the-following rates and duties
of Excise for every pound weight avoirdupois of Hard Cake Soap
or Ball Soap in Great Britain, to be paid by the maker, 3d.; for
Irish, to be paid by tb: importer, 3d: per lb •
AL.MWANCES. " For every pound weight made is Great
Britain, and consumed in making of an? cloths, strges, kerseys,
baize, stockings, Cr:. other manufacturers of sheep3' or lambs'
wool only, or where the greater proportion is wool, or in the
fittisrini; the said manufactures, tad For every pound on:la':
uNed its whitening sew linen in the piece, for *air, Yd. Fur
every pound u e;ght used in preparing aad finishing any manu-
factures of fizz or cotton for sale (..Tacept such as shall be used in
whitening new huen in p ece, in order to the sale thereof) lid.
The wls:de duty to he rerunteJ on eaportx ion.
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4 The dealer, may Ad 1 the new duties to the contracts made
previously to the passi'ig of the Act.
" ►he duties to be under the maoagement of the Commis-
sioners of the Excise, aut to be levied in the same manner a;
the former rates ; the new duties are to be carried to the Con-
solidated Fund."

FRENCH PiI.PEAS.

PARIS, JUNE 22.

Yesterday his Majesty and the Royal Family ap-
peared in the balcony on returning from Mass ; an
immense crowd were assembled to see them, and
testified their joy by the most lively acclamations.
Tte King held a Privy Council, and afterwards
took his usual airing, accor4anied by the Duchesses
of Angonleme and Berri.
His Mai:sty paid particular attention to the Duke
of Wellington in the Banqueting Hall, immediately
after the Infix Royal.
Count CapO d'istria • has been recalled to St. Pe-
tersburg!' by the Emperor Alexander. He leaves
' Paris in a very short time.
M. Gallatin, the newly-appointed American Mi-
nister to this Court, is expected dftily at Havre. He j
does not go to London first, as was reported.
M. Irwing, the United States Minister to the Court
of Spain, who has been for some time in Paris, left
this city for his destination on Thursday morning.
Great honcurs have been paid to the Persian Am-
bassador at the Court of St. Petersburgli. He has
had bit; last leave of audience.
A French squadron, consisting of the Medusa fri-
gate, the Echo corvette, the Loire and the Argus
brig, sailed on the 17th from the Isle d'Aix for Se-
negal, to take possession of the French Establishments
on the coast of Africa.

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M. de Lessen, one of the richest bankers in Paris,
died on Friday. '
A Swedish frigate Ititioned off Gottenburgh has
seized two English merchantmen, under the plea of
tl,eir having failed to perform quarantine. Mr. Fors.
ter, our Minister at Copenhagen, has represented this
matter to his Cabinet, and it is thought the event
will lead to some explanations between Denmark and
S..ked en.
It is affirmed that HaboVer gives p the Duc,hy of
Enda and a sum of money to Denn...rk, for thkt of
Lauenburgh.
Marshal Marmont, Doke of Ragusa, is mentioned
as one of the candidates presented by the Academy
of Sciences for one of the vacant places of Free As-
sociates. •
'fhb following is a new trait of the insolence of
the Barbary States :—The French bomb vessel the
Alexander, Captain Escarras, which left Smyrna on
the 17th of May, and entered Marseilles on the 13th
of June, was met on the Bth near cape Argente by
a xebec of Tripoli, which carried off its guns and
some of its, provisions.
The Correspondent de Naihrnkrif announces that
M. Fouche continues to pass a very retired life at
1 ' Dresden: and the memoirs of his political life, writ-
tea by himself, will appear there in two volumes, and
be published at the approaching fair of St. Michel.
General' Excelmans had his passport for Hamburgh
examined at Antwerp, and then set off for his place
'of destination. • •
M. Real, Prefect of Police at Paris nntler Bona-
parte; embarked on the sth of June. at Mita**.
. tur the United States.
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