Star.
London, England, 1810-10-29 00:00:00

DECREE OF THE KIN OF SAXONY.

Whereas, by the accession of his. Majesty to the
system contained in -the Insperbdirtefich .10eCtees,
with regard to the trade with England,an4her
c co-
nies, all directiot' indireCt commercial relations. whit
England and hercOloniesiercept in so far isihesaiiie
mayta ke in-virtue of a special permissicinfrorntive
F.rench Government for certain ports, are to be ion-
sidered as unlawful, and continue to be prohibited;
and that„consequently, where "such relations are still
maintained, the confiscation of the merehandize
proceeding therefrom must necessarilyresult-=-his Ma-
jesty thinks it proper to establish and decree the fol-
lowiv provisions with regard to such English and
Colbtual merchandize of any description as may come
into the course of trade, more particularly by the
confiscations that may take plate, or by prizes made
at sea

Art 1. The undermentioned commodities, when imported for
borne consumption only, shall be subject to the duties respectively
affixed thereto, exclusively of the duties already payable thereon.
Cotton wool, from the Brazils, Cayenne, Surinam, Demarara,
and Georgia, pe•r quintal 100 dollars, Levant do. 25. All other
description of cotton wool, Neapolitan excepted, which remains
exempt front this impost 75 dol. raw sugar 37 dol. 12 grosh; re-
fined sugar 50 dol. Ilyson tea 112 dot. 12 grosh ; green do. 75
dol. all other kinds of tea 18 dol. i t grosh ; coffee 50 dol. indigo
112 dol. cocoa 125 dol. cochenille 270 dol. white pepper 75;
black pepper 50 dol. common cinnamon 175 dol. fine cinnamon
250 dol. cloves 75 dol. nutmegs 250 dol. mahogany 6 dol. 6 grosh ;
Pernambucco wood 15 dol. Campeachy wood 10 dol. dye woods
ground 12 dol. 12 grosh.
2. 'Phis impost is to be in force from the Bth ,tof October of
the present year until further orders, and to be paid by the wag.
goner or boat-master upon passing the frontier, when the said
goods enter this country, or in use of their being unable to defray
the same, they shall give due security for the payment of the
impost by the receiver of the goods.
3. As it is not intended that any commodity upon which a
similar duty shall have been already levied, on the continent,
should again •be subject thereto in his Maje4ty's territories: in
cases of this nature, such goods shall be exempt from the afore-
said impost, if accompanied by regular and lawful certificates of
such impost having been levied at any Imperial French Custom-
house, or in any State where such impost is in force, and of the
same not having been paid back upon exportation from such
State.

I 4. Upon the importation of any of the above-mentioned com-
modities into this country, the Collector of the Customs on the
frontier shall affix thereto a particular ticket, on which shall be
marked the amount of the impost paid, or for the payment of
which security may have been given. This ticket is to be exa-
mined upon the inspection of the goods at the other Custom-
hJuses in succession, and upon their arrival at the place where
they are to be unloaded for sale, care is to be taken t 6 ascertain
whether the duty has been ccrrectly charged, and the same is to
be levied, if not already defrayed on the frontier; and where it
has been already levied in another country, the certifiates and do-
cuments relative thereto are to be examined, and if found cor-
rect, are to be certified accordingly.
.5. The same regulation applies to commodities in transit for
an ulterior destination, in case of their being unloaded at any
pl.ica in the Interior, but the impost levied thereon shall be repaid
by the Custom-house, or if security only has been given, the same
shall be cancelled.

R. Transit commodities on the other hand, which are not to be
unloaded in the country, require only to be correctly declared at
the place where they pass the frontier on entering; upon which,
proper security being given and the other duties paid, they shall
proceed, without being subject to this impost, to the place where
they pas beyond the frontier.

7.-In case of the above-mentioned commodities being clandes-
tinely introduced, without payment of the impost, or being un-
loaded in any village by the way, and being there or elsewhere
privately deposited, or in case of a particular article being intro•
duced under another name—upon the detection of one or other
of these frauds, such commodities shall be confiscated.
[Art: 8. and 0. relate to the different Boards and Officers who
are to superintend the execution of the Decree.]
Dresden, October 4, 1810.
DUSSELDORF, OCTOBER 9.
The CommerCial Decree of the .sth August is, by
a Decree of the 7th hut. put in force also with re-
gard to the Duchy of Berg.

ERFURTH, OCTOBER S.
A public notification has this day been made here,
that all those who do net within three days discharge
the arrears of taxes and rents due .to the Imperial
Treastiry, shall be subjected to military execution for
enforcing payment.

VIENNA, OCTOBER S.
A division of the Russian squadron in the Black
Se:t compelled, on the 22d July, the Turkish fortress
.0f Scuhamkali, on the coast of the Abyssinia, to sur-
render, with the loss of 109 men: 64 pieces of ord-
nance were found in the fortress.
WESTPHALIA, OCTOBER 8.
We expect that a duty of 50 per cent. will be laid
on all colonial goods in this kingdom, in the same
mariner as in the States of the Prince Primate. A n
apptication to that effect has beca.made from Paris to
all the Courts of the League of the Rhine. ,

EISENACH, SEPTEMBER 29.
They are working with great activity in demelish-
ing the fortifications of Dresden ; almost the whole of
the works are already destroyed. An augmentation
is spoken of in the Saxon army, by the raising of se-
veral thousand men. It is a General Officer of the
French artillery who directs the works for the fortifi-
cations of Turg-su.

WALL (ON THE MEUSE), SEPT. 22.
On the 19th of this month, between. the hours of
five and sit in the evening, a luminous meteor ap -
peared to the south, anti about the distance of a quar-
ter of a league from the small commune of' i3rezeau ;
persons who attentively examined it assert that it was
nearly a quarter of an hour in collecting, floating over
the place where it was first seen, and that when all
its parts had united, it appeared all at once as a very
considerable globe of fire, taking a northerly direc-,
tionTit spread terror amongst the inhabitants of the
viltage, who believed their houses would be burnt,
, and they themselves perish. This globe was accom-
panied by a frightful noise, which was heard at the
distance of more than a league and a half, and some-
times resembled the rolling of a rapid chariot ; at
others, the noise of rain driven by the wind. It was
followed by a very thick fog, and carried up from
the ground every thing it met in its passage. In
crossing a river it absorbed water, which soon after-
wards fell in rain. It wandered for some time near
the village.
One thing certain is, that the roof of a house was
thrown down, which is the only trace it has left. It
was accompanied and followed by an abundant rain,
much lightning, and loud claps of thunder. Continu-
ing in the same dircction, It suddenly turned into a
column of fire, which, with the fog, rose towards the
heavens. This made many persons believe the fog
was smoke. It remained about a quarter of an
hour in this state, a quarter of a league to the
north of 'the village, and at a short distance from
the forest of Beaulieu. This column now sunk a
little, and at last it suddenly disappeared, leaving a
thick fog which had no smell. This phenomenon
lasted three quarters of an hour, and travelled over
the space of half a leave,

THE EVENING STAIt.

LONDON.

MONDAY, OCTOBER. 29.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
Cons. for money. 116/1--Ditto, account, 661.
—Redsced 65f-4 per Cent. 8211
Navy S per Cent. 9911—Otunlum Se dir.
Ex. Bills 91. to lis. prem.—Bonds 255. prem.

NO diwtthes have yet been received from Lord
Witz.wurrow, but as the wind, though now Northerly,
has been fair, they will certainly soon arrive.

• In the mean time accounts have been received from
.Oporto which state a fact not mentioned in the last
dispatches—that the French to the number of 3000
cavalry suddenly appeared, prior to the affair of Bu:
saco, on the south bank of the Vouga. Colonel THAT
with 5000 infantry and a squadron of horse, was at
that time on the north shore of the same river. On
the approach of the foe, all his efforts to induce the
Portugu;se. Militia to maintain their ground were
ineffectual. The French had important duties to
perform to the south of the Vouga, and the baggage
as wall as the troops fortunately reached Oporto ;
nor was. any attempt made by the French to intercept
them. -

Letters have also been received from•the shores of
the Bay of Biscay, to the date of the 6th instant,
mentioning that the Patriots in Navarre, Arragon;
and Old Castile, were still active, and succeeded in
wasting the strength, exhausting the patience, and
frustrating the designs of the invaders. But the most
important success occurred oh the lOtii ult. when the
treasure we mentioned to have arrived at Bayonne
for the pay of the invading forces, was in progress
to Madrid. Between Coza and Aureza the t scort
had been increased by the caution• of the Governor
of Gomara from 300 ivfantry and 150 cavalry,lo
600 men. The Patriotic force destined to the attack,
was under the orders of Don ESPEZA MENA, and did
not exceed 550 men. The attack on account of this
inequality was made in the night, when the enemy,
although surprised, made a vigorous resistance, but
being at the sequel repulsed, 60 prisoners, 30 horses,
arms, ammunition, &c. with 12 waggons, containing
about 200,000 crowns, were borne off in triumph by
the Spaniards.

A letter from Madrid states, that JOSEPH had re-
turned to the Capital ; that the inhabitants were in
misery ; that a contribution was levied of 200,000
rials per day, to supply the Court, the Treasury
being without money ; and that the Cedulas, or new
Royal paper, was at 92 per Cent. discount. The
Bills of San Fernando, the former Government paper,
were at 88 per Cent. discount.

A letter received last week at Glasgow from Cadiz
states, that d, in consequence of the enemy having
attempted to annoy our ships at Cadiz by red hot
shot, Admiral KEATS directed an attack on the fort
of Catalaine on the 2d instant, with 1$ mortars and
howitzers, and some gun-boats, which bombarded the
fort for two hours it is supposed with considerable

effect, as =several several good shells fell into the fort. T.
*attack wail; commanded by Captain SANuutz, of
Majoty's ship ATLAs."

The following is an. extract of a letter from
Captain of the Aurora transport, dated in the Ta)
o.e. and received by way of Portsmouth“ have just returned on board from Lisbon, •
have been these ten days. To give you a pi(
of Lisbon in its present state, is quite out of my po%
bin never did I witoess 40. striking a contrast in
short a time. All is nosy dismay, iliare6s and
:pair, particularly among di, mercantile body,
haze been told by the Admiral and Commissary •
they must shift for themselves, and secure their p,
perty in the best way they can. Myself, atd.the othe
masters of the transports here, have received the final,
instructions from Admiral BERKELEY as to our
ceedings in case of an embarkation taking place ;
we have positive orders not to admit any private ,
sons, or property cl any description whatever, unci
netted with the army baggage, on board our vessels,
any pretence whatsoever.—How the poor merchants
will fare, in the event of our army evacuating
place, HEAVEN only knows—for it is pretty certain
that we have not more than a sufficient tonnage •
bring-off the combined troops, even allowing for
nuMbei that .usust fall in the approaching genera!
battle, of which we every' how, expect an•account
Neveildid I behold so frightfula picture of the mi
ries of war as Lisbon now presents : this fine cit
in faclf one universal scene of misery, confusion,
distress. The near approach•of our army to the city
the destruction of the villages in its route, and the
neral laying waste of the country, has driven ready
40,000 peasantry, as a last asylum fmm the rava
of the enemy, to seek refuge within the city, which
crowded to excess. In every corner you may behol(
groups of half-naked and half-famished men, women,
and children—all of them indebted for their dail
food to the British Commissariat ; and few of them
knowing where to fly for shelter. Their deplorable
condition is beyond description ; and, accustomed
I have been to meet human misery in various shat
the situation of the unhappy Portuguese peasant,.
surpasses any scene of distress that has hitherto pained
my eye, or drawn forth the involunttuy sigh of corn.
passion." ,

The Townshend packet has arrived at Falmouth
from Jamaica, and brought Kingston Gazettes to the
eth September. An attempt was made to set fire to
the city- of. Kingston, on the night of September 4.
The premises of Mons. Battaille, corner of Harbour
and West streets, were actually in flames ; but water
being soon procured, it was got under. On examin-
ing the premises, it was found that a considerable
quantity of combustible articles (pitch, oakum, &c.)
bad been put•ttnder the shingles by some incendiary;
the pillars of the piazza besmeared with pitch, and se-
veral mat.ches placed in different parts of the build-
ing, which must have been set fire to only a few mo-
ments before the fire was observed. This is not the
only attempt of the same kind lately made in King-
ston ; but the incendiaries are not yet discovered.—
Captain JOHN CoNN, of the SWIESTURE, fell from her
stern-gallery, and was drowned.—The above papers
do not contain any thing else of moment.
• This morning we received New York and other
American papers to the 23d ult. but their contents
are uninteresting. The yellow fever has again made
a partial appearance in some parts of America : it is
said to have been brought from the Havannah. Great
complaints still continue to be made by the Trans.
Atlantic Journalists of the seizure of •Amer:ctn pro-
perty, and imprisonment of American seamen in
France.

It is reported that some negociation is. in. trains°
bring Lord SIDMOUTH and his friends into the pre-
test Adprinistration. In the event of this tafing
place, it is expected that Lord Sinstorrn will take
the_offiCepf President of the Council, in the room of
Earl CAitp LN—and that Mr. BATHUILST will succeed
Mr: RYnEn.as Secretary for the Home Department.•
Thebdents of the Earl of Bucxmomssisinag.will also,
it is midi be exerted in a conspicuous situation,

%We.

-- • -
The EIS° did not attend Divine Service yesterday
morning, at St. George's Chapel, as is his constant
practice. The only branches of the Royal Family
who attended, were the Duke of YORK and Princesses
Auct-srA and SOPIIIA. The sermon was preached by
the Rev. Mr. Dim, from the 14th chapter of St.
Mark, 33th verse. The Princess AMELIA had two
hours sleep on Saturday n ght, and was yesterday
stated to be somewhat easier.

Lord Chief Justice Dow? .s has signified his inten-
tion ofietiring from the Court of King's Bench in
Ireland ; ' and the Solicitor-General, Mr. BUSIIE, is
nominated for his successor.

Intelligence has been received from Buenos Ayres
to the 16th August. Private letters state, that the
son ef*GFneral I.lNtras was intercepted at St. Nicho-
las, by a detachment from that Colony, on his way
to join his
.father with a sum of money to pay the
troops.
The inhabitants of Monte Video, as well as those
of Colonia, are stated to be greatly exasperated at
the prompt and vigorous proceedings of the lunta,
in sending away the late Viceroy and Audiencia.--
The Governor of the latter place was even considering
the expediency of a public avowal of his sentiments,
and the pnoptiety of making some hottile moveren
when his designs were frustrated 'by the suden ap-
pearasse of a military.force.49ll ha was cotnpelle4
to seek safety its eight.

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