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London, England, 1810-11-23 00:00:00

• PRUSSIAN 71ECRE,E!

TIAGULATIONB RESPECTING Tilt GENERAL SEIZURE OF
AL!. COLONIAL AND ENGLISH GOODS.
" Potsdam, ()stoker 28, 1910.
so We, Fsedirtick.William, by the Grace of GOD,
Xing ofinstia, &c.
." sy. otir patent of the 10th of this month, we have
qrslered the- levy of the duties wider the general Con-
tinental Tarif, as far as the 20th inst. in our States,
on the Colonial produce entered for home Consume,:
Oen, 084-17th• the conviction that those goods, which
Isere in old stores, (Win process upder the ne.W.confis,
cation, most be very in considerable; but inannuth as by
accounts since received frt.'s] a Commission appointed
tb search trade of thesealorts, the suspicion
lie arisen, that here an 4 there greater and lest quan-
tities of colonial pto,lnce, whether they 'are Obtained
really or supposedly from old stores, are, in- &Cc,
!'lend ; and'these Reports do not preclude the scspi-
don,ihae, in several places, the watchfulness of our
Excise Custom Officers and Commissioners have been '
deceived, and that colonial produce has; through the
gain-seeking speculators, been smuggled in, or, un-
der pretence of transit, have been. detained for home.
Consumption.
`“ On these accounts, we have determined,' by a
general and decisive measure, at the same time to
Ward from our Treasury these threatening circum-
stances, and the artifices of those who in our States
she have endeavoured to act in contravention of the
`."-!• lnental System. ' With this view, we decree as
• follows :
• 44 Z:LC• 1 • Pursuant to this intention, all Colonial
Produce. and such goods as from their quality must
be considered to be manufactured.in England, which
ai e at present in the Custom-hobse Offices of all the
Cities of our Kingdom, or which may still he impor-
ted; shall be seized; and, as far as is necessary for
their security, shall he locked up, seized, or placed
tinder watch, and inventories be taken of the same,
according to their quality and the gross weight.
" The stores of the sugar refiners, as well of raw,,
as manufactured sugar, and also those of merchants
• dealing in sugar manufactured in the interior of this
country, shall be included in this regulation. Never-
theless, the manufacture which has been commenced
by the former is not to be. interrupted.
4‘ The principal Officer of Excise in every place is
responsible to us for the complete and early execution
of this decree,- which in the first instance must be un-
dertaken in respect to the most considerable mer-
chants ; and all civft officers, as well as the heads of
the military, shall support them when required, viz.
the Military Commanders shall supply the necessary
guard. .
" 2. On the day of the publication of the present de-
etee, 'from the announcement of the stirpre, as far
ais this shall take glee, and as long as the latter con!
tomes, net merchant or expediter can clispose of those
goods belonging to him, -Or committed to his tare,
still less make conveyinces of them to other places,
under penalty of confiscation. Goods which were
loading ot unloading must be delivered in a.public
warehouse, and the custorn.houses are to be com-
pletely shut against suspicious goods.
" 3. Such meechitots andexpediters who were not
suspected by the.Custorn-house Officers, and who
were not therefore examined, are, bound to give with-
in 24 hours after the publication of this patent an
account of such goods to the custom-houses, under
penalty of confiscation,
" 4.
,The goods seized op the road shall lie taken
possession of cm ;heir arrival at.the place of destine-
. ;ion, or at the office. of duties for exports. The per-
son who sends them is responsible for their due am-
val. Should the goods in the mean time pass through
a city which has a custom-house, the seizure is to be
made there.
a 5. To prevent delay in deciding upon the goods
taken or seized, to the injury of the owner, invento-
ries must be made with the utmost dispatch, and an
account be given by the proper officers every three
days, to the Finance Department, of the progress of
the business, and the inventories already prepared
must be added. The -first report must, without fail,
be ietlt to the office within three days. The other
officers are to send invettfories made by themselves to
tl4 provisional officers pluced over them, which is to
for rd them with their rtinarks4o.the office of the
Finance Department. •
44 64 The inventories shall contain, ht. The Came
of the merchant, shipper, or eipediter, from whom
the goods have beeirtaken. td. The place where
they are sinred„ mod. Their quantity according to
number and ;Joss weight. .4th.. The supposed. net
weight. .sth. The qu4ity‘ tch. What consumption
' or, transit duty the. merchant, 'shipper, or expediter
can prove to have been already paid.- 7th, The man-
ner and method in which the goods are insured. Bth.
The circumstances which led to the supposition that
the goods were secretly introduced, contrary to the
yegulationi against English commerce.
..64 7: With the decision respecting the confiscation
or reitoration of the goods, seized according to our
piiriktiaar instructions, we commission the Following :
• • " liur Privy Counsellor and Chief of the Section of- Tares in
the F name ptyartnient, Von Hendeorech.
fe thirPrivy courittell.4- and Chef of the second Division et the
Ministry tor'tbe Foreigu Department, Mater. •
Our Piliry COouseUor and Chief Justice and President of the
chatubir of Coitinurce, Yos Ilrgunichweig.
• And from their determination no appeal is allowed.
&The gotids restored by these Couunissioners sP
be delivered to their proprietors,. only on the pa
Of the duties according to Ole Continental T
cepting sp far as ihey.have been already
Treasury. The *Chief of the ifiection el ',
Finance Department hats care of the pay4iot
4utiee'into our Chancery. the" samir
!led the. sale of confiseate,4 good=,:: Ak!
a 9. Till the decision is, decTareetlina4l,og
ecrsitpd unsuspected tradesmen away take such

LONDON.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23.

PRICE OF s rocks THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
Cone. for money., 67+1—Ditto, impoust, 611
Reduced o6f —4 per Cent. 821 a.
NAVY 5 per Cent. 1600-omnium 41 dls.
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PRICE OF STOCKS YESIKRDAY.

Bank Stock 444 e
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'Long Ana, 174 ti-16
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Ditto Ann. 6
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The intelligence communicated to our Readers in
our Paper of yesterday, respecting the rapisfextension
of NAPOLEON'S furious Decrees against British Com.
merce, is but too amply confirmed by the additional
extracts from the Foreign Journals which we this day
give. It will be seen that the transport of books
'through the Continent is also fettered with the most
severe restraints, lest they should contain any discus.
sions in politics.
Notice was given yesterday at Llotd's that all the
shipping in the Prussian ports was put under seques-
tration, an 4 that in the port of Pilleu only, 50 vessels
were in such circumstances. We are sorry to observe
that our private advice% confirm the fact, and they
reach down to the recent date of the 9th inst. from