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, Mossannorsua—thad the &metro( gtnva an ac-
eount to your Excellency of the attack. en the
llth instant, by the English, on the transports of. the
Division of Reserve commanded by General Cong.
=CD which were at that period lying at anchor in the
bay of Pentimele, near Reggio. 1 now hasten to
communicate to you a journal of the events which
have taken plaall since that time, up to the 25th in-
clusively.
' On the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th, there was
nothing new.
On the morning of the 17th, his Majesty having
ordered that some troops of his guard should recon-
n iitre a transport ship to the south of Messina, there
issued from the port of that city several gun-boat!,
which came to attack them. His Majesty then also
sent. several gun-boats to support their fire, together
with some light vessels filled with troops, with the
design of boarding the enemy.
The enemy's vessels then formed in line, and open-
ed a very well supported fire on those of his Majesty.
The latter advancing in order to board, did not re-
turn
their fire, lest their progress should be thereby'
retarded ; but the enemy having perceived their de-
sign, tacked about, and regained with all sail the
coast of Sicily. The vessels ef his Majesty then tak-
inF the enemy in flank, kept up upon him a very
brisk cannonade and a well-supported fire of rims.
ketry. His Majesty, present at this action, directed
all the movements. The enemy's loss must haws
been considerable.
On the same day, his Majesty having given ordeal
at fonr in the afternoon that all the troops of the as.
my should hold themselves in readiness for embark*.
tion, each corps was in consequence placed behind
the boats destined for its respective transport, for the
purpose of effecting their embarkation with the least
delay when the order should be given.
A: eight in the evening, the order for embaricati*
was given. The Division of Reserve, eight miles
distant from the others, did not receive the order
till half past nine. The wind, which during the
whole day had been favourable for this expedition,
had totally ceased in the Channel at nine in the even-
ing ; it still lasted, however, at Pentimele, where the
channel beginning to widen, affords a freer approach
to the southerly winds.
The divisions Partonneaur and Lamarque were
embarked at eight in the evening, as well as the
Royal Guards ; at half-past nine the Reserve was
also embarked, so that at ten the whole army was
ready to sail : his Majesty was himself embarked, to-
gether with all his Staff.
Detailed instructions had been given to each of
the Generals commanding the divisions and the corps
of Guards, with regard to the manner in which
they were respectively to act, and also, after the de-
barkation, with regard to the plan f attack—the
only one which local circumstances permitted his
Majesty to adopt : it was perfectly understood ; but
there was room to regret that it could be only par-
tially carried into effect.
The Generals commanding in chief the Artillery
and corps of Engineers had also received the in-
structions necessary for their service, as well as the
Head Commandant and Director in Chief of the
Marine. In short, nothing had been neglected by
his Majesty to secure the success of such an enter.
prize ; the good spirit of the army gave every reason
for hope.
The wind continued during the whole night defi-
cient in that part of the channel occupied by the two
divisions, Partonneaux and Lamarque, and the
Royal Guards ; but it still blew, though weakly, off
Pentimele, where the division of reserve lay at anchor.

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BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 47. ,
A letter from the Duke de Cadore to General Arm-
strong, stating- the repeal of the Decrees of Berlin
and Milan, highly important as it must be considered
in a national view, must be contemplated and weighed
with great deliberation, as to its probable ultimate
consequences.
The first idea which strikes the reader upon a pe-
rusal of this unexpected determination of Napoleon's
is, that there appears no ostensible reason for his con-
.duct. It is evident the Act of Congress of the Ist
May, which open: the ports of America to French corn-
' nterce, is merely a pretence ; for the ports of Amorica
were perfectly free to France at the time the Decrees
were enacted. But if this particular Act of Congress
had been the true reason for the repeal, why did not
Napoleon promptly, and without delay, act upon the
inforkition ? Why, truly, because he was not
nOtlfled" of the Act. This want of official not -
oation, however, as to the Act of the Ist of March,
removing the embargo, did not prevent him from
enacting the sequestration and sale of American pro-
perty in his dominions, in Whatever place it could be
seized. No:, he claims such reprisals as matter of
right, and commanded by his dignity." In seeking,
then, for the ostensible motives which have induced
him thus to repeal his decrees ; we need not go fur-
ther than the condemnation and sale of American
property. Napoleon is in great distress for funds to.
prosecute the war in Spain, and pay his other ez-
pences : he has seized thirty million: of American pro.
perty, as a right; respecting which the Duke of Ca-
dore remarks," IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE ANY COM-
PROMISE •;' and, also, that it was the necesssary re-
sult of the Non-intercourse Act of Congress. The
consequences of this seizure are too favourable to his
wants and resources, to induce him to relinquish the
money ; but he is vet), willing to grata the repeal of
his Berlin and Milan Decrees, as a salvo for this
grievance, an unction for the wound he has inflicted
upon our national honour in the first instance, and
upon our commercial prosperity in the second. Great
Britain, undoubtedly, if we may believe Mr. Can-
ning's correspondence with Mr. Pinckney, will repeal
her Orders in Council, which were the-consequences
of the French Decrees ; but here some momentous
questions occur, namely, What confidence is to be
placed in the promises of Ntpoleon ? and what ma-
terials for further pretences and future seizures of pro-
perty are contained in this very Act of Repeal r' Na-
poleon's promisee, hit integrity and justice, are mere
topics of derision throughout the world, and his own
dominions in particular : he will nolonger be restrained
than it is his interest to withhold the grasp which is to
wreak still greater vengeance upon our wealth. He
will not want plausible reasons for his conduct—he
can readily discover them in this very act of re-
peal. He declares to General Armstrong, that
from the Ist of November next, the Decrees of Ber-
lin and Milan 66 wiil cease o be in force." So far all
is well—but here comes the difficulty, 66 it being
understood," (snarl it well)" that in consequence of this
declaration, the English shall revoke their Orders
in Council, and renewrce the new principles of blockade
which they have attempted to establish." The first point
involves no difficulty ; but what are these new princi-
ples which the English have attempted to establish ?
Those upon which. Napoleon founded the Decrees in
question, in the preamble to that of Berlin, viz. the
blockade of a length of coast, which Great Britain only a
few months ago, to Mr. Pinckney, officially refused to
resign. There are no other principles respecting block-
ade, that we recollect, of which the French Govern-
ment have ever made any complaint. If this is the
doctrine on the relinquishment of which Napoleon
founds the revocation of his decrees, it is clear his re-
vocation will become a nullity, since it requires of Great
Britain an eradication of the root from which the de-
crees originally sprung. What will be the consequence,
which France will pretend to draw from a refusal of
Great Britain to make this concession ? We find it in
the following idea of Champagny, that the " United
Slake shall, conformal& to the Act of May 1, cause their
right: to be respected by the English." In other words,
the United States have pledged themselves to go to
war with Great Britain. But, however Napoleon may
flatter himself that he has caught us in his snare of
diplomacy, it is fortunate that the United States have
in reality given no such pledge. They will restore the
system of Non-intercourse with the nation refusing to
rescind her edicts ; but Napoleon will find the dif-
ference between actual war and a•state of non-inter-
course is too broad and apparent ever to be suffered
by the Americans to be involved under one and the
same meaning.

This division set sail about half past ten, and ar-
rived without meeting the enemy on the coast of Si-
cily, not at Scaletta, which was the point marked out
for its debarkation (the sea-breeze which it fell in
with on the coast not having permitted it to ascend
so high), but at St. Stephan, four miles farther to
the north, and of course nearer to lviessina. All the
troops were landed and formed in an instant, so as to
leave nothing to fear from the dispositions which the
enemy might adopt. All the dispositions to be wished
for in such cimumstances were taken by General Ca-

, FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS. OCTOBER 20.
PROM IRS ALM° OF OCTOBER 5.

The following Extract of a Letter, dated Malta,
August 28, was posted at Lloyd's:

" The Supercargo of the Giaoks communicates, in a letter da-
ted the 12th, that he is detained at Lissa by contrary winds, but
that he Is at liberty ; and that all the Turkish vessels that were
sequestrated in the Adriatic have been liberated."

MoNtrivz.—" It was Dauchy, Counsellor of State,
who was guilty of the indiscretion of removing the
sequestration from thirty Turkish vessels which arri-
ved at Trieste and the netghbourjng ; but—he
took securities.—The Council has or red these ves-
sels to be confiscated ; the securities, therefore, will
pay the value of them, We would recommend it to
the Directors of Lloyd's to affix this piece of intelli-
gence also.
" Seven more vessels were released •at Ancona ;
but also upon giving securities.-:--We are perfectly
aware shat all the Turkish vessels which navigate the
Mediterranean sail under English licences, come from
Malta, and are on English account. The confisca-
tions that have been made, in consequence, at Mar-
seilles, Genoa, Naples, and Venice, amount already
tq twenty millions • those at Trieste and Ancona, to
twelve ;millions. ;lore, therefore, are thirty-two mil-
lions discounted by the Bank of England; and which
olefin fact, a discount of the fogs of the Adriatic or
Mediterranean.

0, All the colonial and tritish inerchandize have
been seized in the principal depots in Germany s}nd.l
Switserland got* worth 7 of being pas* at
14074"

On the 18dt, lath, 20th,
took Sac. 01%. the 22d his .
the division Pa/tonneaux and _
I embark, and sail up the channel,
a= and the guards to Scala.
were made without any loss, %
, a number of cannon shots.

vision Lamarque replaceik _
at the anchorage of Pezzo and
24th, and 25th, there was nothing
I have the honour to salute -
the highest consideration.
Gamtz,
Count of
COMPIEGNE,
We are told from Paris that
rlein this town, that preparationsare
cde for his reception, and
posted on the road. This
surprise herc. There is no
dons aa the Palace, po rela:
never was theft intelligence

FONTAIrs,
His Majesty was at a stag-,
Huntsman WAS present at the
surprised to hear from Pat is
to some, to meet a foreign Prince
to take the command of the
The Prince of Neufchatel
tainebleau.
OCTORF.R 21.—This day,
Majesty the Emperor and King
audience, General Waltersdorff,
tiary of his Majesty the King
'Mid his credentials in that
Madame the Ccuntess de I
pointed Governess of the children
chief surgeon at the _
Medicine, has been appointed
her Majesty the Empress.
• HAMBUIGH,
The Director of the French
nicated to the Senate of this'
perial French Decree, and
would make known the same
COPY OP AN IMPERIAL DECREE,

Or roNTAINERLEAU.

We, Napoleon, Emperor
Italy, Protector of the Confera—
Mediator of the Swiss Confederation,
and do decree as follows :
" Art. I. The produce and nierchandlse
tarlf annexed to the present decree,
burg, Luneburg, the Hanseatic "I'
comprehended between the fa and
Risen upon the Rhine to the Baltic, a
i entry lead down in the said tarif, wlte
licences or permits, or are the proceeds
I seizure.
" it. The said prodoce or merchandise at preseat utitdag it
the said countries shall be widen to the said duties.
" S. The proprietors or sendgemes, of the said produced me-
chandise shall be bound to aide declaration of the sum triads
; ten days after the pelOades et the present Diem, tali" pesakg
of coolheaded'. pirg the said duties either is epode, ee
with good bills pepside is three soothe.
" 4. At the expired= of the terms above filed for gide; la
declarations, the Custom house 'Meets shall stake the aiwww,
visits sod searebes, la order to es ever the produce add ineeine.
diso which shell not have been declared. They shall bsdhesed
a fifth of what is produced by the sale of itch as they dikes
discovered mid seized.
" S. Every individual who shall discover to the Casteenhome.
officers the pices where the goods withdrawn from &tiara:is
are deposited, shall receive a firth of the produce of their sale.
* o. The military authorities are required to lend assistance
toe Custom-house officers, on the demand of the chief of sack IR
taebnaeut.
" 7. Our Director General of the Customs 'ball give the se
emery orders, that the searches and visits bemade with emending
and that the merchandise discovered, as well as that tddikah4
in default of payment of the duties at the prescribed periods, sin;
be conveyed to Cologne.
" S. Our Minister of Finance is charged with the exequies 4
the present Decree. (Signed) " NA Founts.
- (Attested) emus as SUM,
Director General of the Cussing.
(Attested) " Waren,
Director of the Custom's
[Here follows the tariff of duties, which is the same
as that annexed to the decree of rho sth of August.l

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11,
Cons. for money, 60}tDitto, mount, UV,
Reduced 65}}-4 per t. 821. 1
Xavy 5 per Cent. 001—Oninium Si
Ex. Rills a. to I Is. prom.--Bonds ffe. mini
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Bank Stock 253} 254 Osnaitun 5} dis.
S per Ct. Red. 65}i}If
India Stock IBS
per Cent. Cons. 66i}f} India Bonds 261.26.1 Pit
4 per Cent. 142 f Fisk. Rills 10s. M. lls.pre.
5 LongP Ann. 17 l - er Ccpt.
lavYll7tls99l CCoos.

vagnac.
In the mean time the two divisions Partonneaux
and the Guards found themselves constantly destitute
of the least breath of wind, and could not execute
'their movement. His Majesty vainly hoped, and
waited the whole night in his barge wit!. the most ;
lively impatience, tor a breeze to fill his sails ; the
most complete calm on the contrary prevailed, and
lasted till day-break. It was far from being supposed ,
that the sea at Pentimele was not subject to the same
calm which prevailed at the Punta del Pezzo, there' amomommasgp
being only eight miles distance between them. It i This morning we received Gentian Papers t° the
was, therefore, with surprize and extreme uneasiness 21st instant, the contepts of which are rather to'
that his Majesty at five in the morning learnt that the I po, rtant.
division of reserve had been able to execute its move-
ment, and was on the opposite shore ; a very brisk I
firing at the point of its landing confirmed this Intel- that the
By the accounts which we published yestetdaT hole
I St. Petersburgh, our Readers would obeerve
ligence, and unfortunately the signals agreed upon' rumour Qf an approaching rupture between Franco
could not be given at that hour. But as that division i
had orders to retreat, in case the two others could 1
not capital. It has appeared pretty obvious to those who
.acct their passage, it saw, at the same time, that the i that NA•
divisions Partonneaux and Lamarque were still on : and Russia seems at length to gain some belief in that
he
the Calabrian beach, and General Cavagnac ordered : POLEON was only delaying his attack till shod?
graraine political transactions with attention, _
..
A return. Two brigs and an English corvette, fol-; combine his means, and dispose them to the best "Pr
lowed by a great number of scorridors, immediatelyvantage. The Court of Petersburgh alone seemed to
' .
issued from Messina, to attack this convoy, but a con- I
Crary wind did not permit them to execute this design, . be blind to his intentions, and to remain in a /tate to
and they were, obliged to confine themselves to a fruit- in
less cannonade. I whilst it was wasting the resources of the Empire
' apathy with regard to the plotting activity of France,
His Majesty had hitherto preserved the hope that an unprofitable contest with the Ottoanan Power•—•
Fhis reserve division had rettuned untouched, and even 1
alter having obtained some mcivantage over the en With a considerable body of troops in So eden undo
my ; but by a fatality, which in great enterprises ' Sweden, and with
often depends on the smallest details, thirteen of the I French intrigue,'Crown Prince of
Cap
of
e- thecommand of a French Marshal, appointed through
transport ships, after having landed the troops which I a large army in Poland under a great
..
they had on board, profited by the darkness of the
night to regain the coast of Calabria, so that a part
Throne, NAPOLEON would have had little difficulty is
of the troops which they had transported to Sicily, , • of the fairest provinces of the
having• no longer means of re-robarkation, were ne.. ,Wining
cessarsly left ihere, and in the affair of next day fell , *ning possession
France, placed by French influence on the Polish
Cabinet seems at
defence, which left them not a sing* olfttittge re' 'though almost alE:Diptiretott. is beginning,
into the hands of the oomph after a most vigorous:length to be aware of its danger, and
cumin.*
late, to
prepare
against
the _ a
,mmining. - . .
The number or these prisoanni apmenits -10 _ .
bed ascribe thq
030 to 250 Nee, all Napalm, 1 1 . Tq this expected rupture ertislirt . ,
. __
(Pe C0)3411 d'AMbeesiet mid arse Wricirst .Ixxlete feat --- to t*** thilOrciat3m
, .

kb, aM 21st, nolihr
his Majesty gave 04 .. I
C and the Ro extmesOnati •.1
channel, the to
) Scala. These mo
loss, though the enemy • *4ll
e. On the same der , •111
eat the division • .O
o and Canitello. On she rr;
Ls nothing new,
salute your Excelleacy
i.
(Signed)
'Rental, General of Dieldao,
of the Empire, Clio et go
E. OCTOBER is.
is that a foreign Prince is ••i
preparatioasare made i
and that relays of bones i
intelligence hascreated
no bustle here,. no • • •is-i
elays on die road.; in
ace so unfounded.
!AU, OCTOBER 16.
tag-hunt to-day. The
it the chace. We are ra . •
Ili: that he set out, ••. - •
Prince j according tootbn,
the army of Germany..
el has not stirred from Fek,
ar. Sunday, befit, mass,
41 King received at a privet
msdorit, Minister Plenipotta
King of Denmark, who pa
Lilac capacity.
de Montesquieu has be, all
children of France. M. Di
he. Hospital of the School d
Anted surgeowaccoucheur to
1, OCTOBER Is.
7rench Customs has eotrant.
this City the following in).
Ind has requested that thei
same :
CRE.4 DATED At THE PALMS
.EAu. ocr. 2, 1810,
peror of the French, King of
::onfederation of the Rhine,
confederation, have decreed
d merchandise mentioned in the
ecree, which shall ester Mackin.
stye Towns, and all the countries
a and the am of our customs, hat
ialdc, are subject to threads. ore
:if, whether they ester is vitae se
prompts of rises calliecatkaiat
merchandise at presest miming is
feet to the said duties.
4nees, of the said producend men.
pie declaration of the WINO Vidal
at the present Dim, miff polar
y the said duties Aber is yak ei
e emendte.
he tern above Reed fordill is
e slicers shall make the OMNI;
disoever the produce amid eswelos.
o *Sedated. They shall be dissei
the sale of such as they &Bases
shall discover to the Casisisma
7diesrthareof wirthegethdraupirmestlinactlesibuiddarmehatasisedilliseds)l
the demand of the Oa of each RR
of the Customs shall give the act
es and visits bemade with exactness,
covered, m well as that asoistsk4
lades at the prescribed periods, sisal
ce is charged with the "escudos 4
(Signed) " NA rose's.
" COLLIN DI SUM.

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