Star.
London, England, 1818-08-28 00:00:00

COMMERCE.

The Consul-General of the IJ diced Kingdom ,of For-
tugal, Brazil, and Algarve, at Paris, has given no-
tice to the French merchants, that his Faithful Ma-
jesty has been pleased to issue a Decree, dated the
25th of April, making several alterations in the Cus-
tom Duties in his States. The articles of the Decree,
which principally relate to foreign interests are as
1. All exemptions from duties birhe.rto gritted will be sus-
pended during a period of .20 years, with the exception of those
conceded to Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers; or established
for the advantage of national industry..
2. Foreign Wines, Brandies, Cordials, Oils, and Vinegar, will
pay to the Customs of Brasil and the Colonies,..an import duty
as specilied in the anneted table of rates.
3. Gehl and Meer, in bars or worked, iipt Diamonds, pro-
dons Sinees, foragn.qpins, and all commodities of Brazil, will
be subject to a duty of 2 per cent.
4 The duty of 16 per cent. levied upon all goods imported,
on thenccount of POrtugoese, in Portoguese vessels, is reductal
to 15 per cent.
5. Goods which are the production or manufacture of forties'
States, imported in vessels of the country where such goods were
manufactured or produced, will, with the exception of English
goods, continue to pay a duty of 24 per cent,
on their introddc-
tion into the United Kingdom. These same goods being imported
in :ortugitese vessels will only pay a duty of le per cent.
6.; Portuguese, as well as foreigners, will pay a duty of 800
reas fur each hogshead of salt which they uuy trxert, whether
from Portugal or from the adjacent islands.
7. The foreign vessels which may enter into the ports of the
United Kingdom will be subject to the same duties of tonnage,
anchorage, light-house rates, Sec. to which the Portugliese ships
are or shall be subjected in the same ports from whence these
foreign vessels are expedited. This exact reciprocity to be en-
forced from the date of the Ist of September next.
O. Captains of foreign.vessels, on their arrival in the ports of
the United Kingdom, will be required to produce the certificate
of the custom-office where they cleared out, instead of the
in-
ventory of the goods which compose their cargo. These certi-
ficates, with regard to Fiance' must be inspected and sealed by
the Consul-General of Portugal at Paris, or by the Portuguese
Consuls or Vice-Consuls residing hi the ports where these ves-
sels mar have loaded.
TABLE OF DUTIES ON FOREIGN WINE% SR 11:111F11, CJILDIAL9, 011.11, AND
VINEGAR, AB BET/AMID IN ART. 2.
All Foreign Wines, per pipe - 56,000 ryas.
Ditto in bottles, per dozen .. 1,600
Brandies, per pipe - 50,000
Cordials in bottles, per dozen - 2,400
Oils and Vinegsr, per pipe doable the former duty.
Prosides these duties 011 Wines and Cordials in bottles, the esta-
blished dui on bottles will continue in force.
These objects, if imported on account of Portuguese, and
Portuguese vessels, will only be subjectol to three-fourths
the duties above specified.
The following extract of a letter frdm Lisbon, dated
July 25, presents a melancholy picture of the state
into which this once celebrated emporium of coin-
merce has fallen :
" I should say generally of this city, and the country around
it, that it conveys to the mind an impression i,l penury and de-
cay, like that of a parent whose substance is wrested from hilts
to aggrandize his offspring. It is not sufficient to say-that the
superfluities, the very necessaries and means of subsistence, ap..
pear to have been carried off and transported from this country
Ito the new seat of Government. The conntgl houses of the
Nobility and Gentry are in a neglected and decaying state, or,
what is a still noire striking evidence, remain half fiaibhed. Tue
public buildings are in a state of still greater dilapidation, and
the inhabitants, listless and inactive, wander about the streets
as if they ha no object in existence. Nothing can restore or
save the city'from quick decay, hut an event which all agree is
not to be calculated on—the return of the Costal front
Lisbon, in all probability, is doomed to swell the list of com-
mercial cities whose glories are no more ; and to be noarbered
with the Tyres and Alexandria' of aotlyoty."

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