The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-04-13 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

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SUBSTANCE 07 TILE UKASE, ISSUED FEBRUARY.%
iSio, AY HIS IMPERIAL • NATIVITY, ON THE
SUBJECT OF FINANCES, AFTER DATING RE-
CEIVED TUE ADVICE Of HIS GOFNCIL OF STATE.

" All the Bank Assignats (the paper money
of the country) now in* circulation, are once •
more declared to form pert'of the National Debt,
an►i guaranteed by all the wealth of the Empire.
From the toresw►t moment, the Bank- Assignats
shall receive no increase. lit order to pay the Na-
tional-Debt., a Loan shall be opened in the interior
of data co.untry, at fixed prices. In order to pro•
vide brill otpenees, and to reduce the taxes to
their former state, it is ordered, provisionally,
for the present year, and until.the publibatiun of
-general regulations for the finances and taxes,
that the fallowing additional imposts- shall take
place
" An increase of 2 rubles a head ob the. Crows
peasantry. . .
" A n'impost of 3, 21, and 2 rubles, according .•
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to the vartous governments, on the peasantry uc.
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cupied iu cultivating the lands of the State.
Citizens employed in the arts and other
branches of public industry, shall pay 5 rubles.
64 Countrymen trailing in both capitals shall pay
for every shop 100, 50, and 25 rubies, according
toloealities, and besides, those of the guilde,
1.1 per cent. of the capital they have declared them-
selves possessed of, and those of the 3d guilde, 2b
rubles.
" Foreign tradesmen of both capitals shall pay
100 rubles, their partners 40, and their workmen
20 rublo. • ,0
46 in bit-capitsis a duty of half a „ruble shall
be raised, owbasises, in, virtue of the existing im..
poet.
" Thestai on'traders shall reeeleellin increase
Of halt copeck on the produce of industry and the
capital.
*,, The price of salt, formerly fiaeA at 40 co.
pecks per hoods shall be raised to one rouble.
The impost on copper •Ihall be &oriented
three roubles per pond.
s‘ The Custont-houso duties on importer( goods,
shell be raised from 21G to 400 rubles, and in pro.

portion.
" Stamps hate also experienced an advance in
Alice.. .
4 The Nobility shall assist in sabering tho
wen. ts of the State,.by p tying a duty of 50 copecks
for etery peasant in their possession."
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On Thtirsday week, about nine o'clock at night,
Mr: BYRNE, of Petur.street Theatre, and Mr.
CONLArt, son of an opulent butcher, having dined
at Mr. Ranges, corner of the South-wall,
Dublin, were unfortunately drowned, on their
return home, from having, as it. is supposed,
missed their way, and Walked into the river. On
the 'rime evening a you Ng man, named HOWARD,
'Was also drowned about the same place.

Arriveztt Mails. DI,IC .
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0 Collenburgh I 2
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rit111;i:. OF STOCKS roil
3 Era Cent. Cone. 690
3 per itecticed,6Bo
4 per l'ent...B9‘ 4
per Cent. Navy 990
1....5e5-.)1. fur Arc. 70 134; •

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
biog. Ann... 18 346
WM& Bond: 19s. 21s.
Exch. Bills, 9s. 15s.
Exch. Bills 30.
Lottery Tickets 241. as.

THE STATESMAN.

LONDON :

—gaios.—
IfiLIDAY) APRIL 13, 1810.

PonrucutsE PAPERS to the 31st alt. arrived in
town this morning; the following are the only ay.
tides worth extracting :
GIJARDA, AR( 13.—A skirmish took place at a village
railed Barba de Porco, between 200 French, and 20 of the
115th regiment. The 'enemy were repulsed by this small party,'
and had six killed upon the spot. They retired to St. Fe-
!ices, at which place they have an advanced corps of 3,OJd
men, as an army of observation.
MARCH 28.—0 n the 19th inst: at nine o'clock at night, 600
French entered the village of Barba de Pore), where they
were received by four companies of the 95th regiment, and
completely defeated : two °Seers and I`_o men were killed
aol taken prisuaers--an o&cer and eight men of the 95th, were
killed.
Lord WELLINGTON'. head quarters Are at•Pinkel ; Gene-
ral CR t wroao's division has advanced to Galligos (Spain),
and the whole ugly has received orders to be ready at a mo-
ment's notice. The French have 10,000 men at Salamanca,
7,100 at St. Folices, 1,000 at Puebla, 1,500 at Bambia, 500 at
Stinadille,Ond about 3,000 on the Piqueto, &e.
Ltspor, MARCU 31.—The Princess Charlotte and Wal-
*lngham Packets arrived an the 25111, and the Princess of
Wales on the 46th ; the Prioress Charlotte sails to-morrow.
Four ships of the line have Also come in, and a number of
transports, with about 10,000 troops, including cavalry, artil-
lery, and infantry. The Norge has arrived to-day •ith
General Carrots, to take the command of the Portuguese
regiments.—The Norge has sustained some damage by going
on shore on entering the Tagus, and has about 9 feet water
In her bold. Letters from Oporto say, that the French pri-1
loners there arc to be immediately sent round by sea to Lir'
ion.
Some accounts from the North. state the force of the Frenca
Immediately upon our frontiers at 24,000 men; a force too
weak to attempt any great wale of operulions, before re-
ceiving reinforcements. We are saw fbrtifyiog some of the
heights, more immediately in thin neighbourhood : but the
confidence seems pretty general, that our united force wilt
make a most formidable opposition to any attempt of the
enemy.

Wa are this day enabled to lay before our
Reactors the Treaty between Fraccce and Holland,
and the Proclamation of the KING of the latter
Country, giving exceution to the cessions which he
snakes. From tho United Provinces this Treaty
separates and unites to Franco the whole of Zea.
land, Dutch Brabant, &e. &c. formally placing
BONArARTE at the head of the Navy, and giving
hint the administration of the Naval Law of all
the other Provinces, of which Louts is supposed
to continue the administrator.

Noxwierelsx t Norma the ample details already
given concerning the arrest of Sir FRANCIS Butt-
/SETT, we deem it necessary to state the following
remarks,' in reply to the gross calumnies and
falsehoods propagated by the hireling Prints. The
Worthy Baronet has been charged with duplicity
towards the Serjeant at Arms ; but an attentive
• verusai, of PACTS will entirely remove the remotest
degree of suspicion on that head ; and, indeed, the
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openness and candour ofSirFRANCIS'S nature are too
well know to admit of a charge of that description.
The SERJEtNT at A Ras went to Sir FRA Ncis's
house on Friday morning, and not finding him
at home, he afterwards sent a letter to corn.
inunicate the uattire of his visit. Sir FRANCIS
arrived shortly after, and immediately dispatched
an answer to say that he should be happy to see
brm the next morning at eleven. Before this note
reached the SCRJEANT AT A ens, he returned to
Piccadilly, when Sir FRANCIi informed him of the
stature of his answer,,and observed, be was going
to write to the SPEAKER upon the subject.—
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Had the SERICANT then attempted to execute
his Warrant by for.-0, ho certainly would
balm mot with resistance, although it was not
accessary for Sir' FRANCIS BURDLTT to make
ji„ gown his defrimination, previous to any force
beiug used against him. The Serjeant retired, and
communicated these I roceedings to the SPEAKER,
who, it seems, disapproved of the delay, and or.
deed the Serjeant to lose no time in executing his
warrant : in consequence of which, be returned
to Sir FrlA,Nels in the evening, and informed him
that he had peremptory orders to execute his war.
rant,'• and take him to the Tower. Sir nutlet's,
without the Imait hesitation, then declared his inten.
tion to resist the execution of The warrant, as he
• conceived it ILI.EGA L ; and that nothing should
remove him but actual force. Time Serjeant at
Arms then withdrew, and applied to the Secretary
pf State for the necessary assistance ; but on his
return to the Baronet's house on Saturday morn-
ing, he found the door fastened ; and the tub's,
recta proccediegs throw rxo other light upon the
subject of the appointment, but merely to show
Oat Sir Facts uerer inteuded to obey the sum.:
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4ik addition to the above, we are authorized to
.give or pkovin4 statement of the arrest of Sir
f. &MONTT
46, A little bef !re eleyea on Mttoday morning, the eerjeant
. Arm, artempanied by nrafagers' police-ulcers, and a

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