The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-25 00:00:00

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• FRENtIf DEGREE;‘

EITEACT FROM THE MINUTES or THE sasnaraarsair or
STATE.
Palace of St. Cloud, Aug. Sit 1810..
We, Napoleon, E:nperor of the French, Kilos
of Italy, &c. have decreed) and do icon*
as follows :

TITLE I.
Art. 1. There shall be formed'at Parts. near our Counsellor,
of State, the Director-General of the Customi, a Commit
ids
(Imitations. (Arbitrators), composed of two Pilasters of Re?,
queas, and four Aiditon. reporters.
Art. 2. Our Director-General of the Customs waisted
t%e Council of Arbitrator,, AAI firthe value of the cargeetex-1
ported std impertedby all vessels bias tugliceoccs.
• A•t. 3. Each Atiditor shall keg, a register of the limiter'
tar may have twee granted under the heed= of the, rtspectlve
part- of each of the under-inentiened preen". ts, viz. feel •
Irstolen to Cherbourg, from Cherbourg to mine, from
the Pyrenees to St. fleetly, from St. Itcmy to the cons, of
'Naples.
Art. 4. This register shall contain, for every vessel having n
licence. the slumber of the licence, the date of delivery, the
name of the niii6tter, that of the vessel and captain, the ton-
nage, the assortment of the cargo, the day of departure and'
arrival, nail the declaim* of the•orbitratuts as to the valueof
the imports and exports for each voyage. •
TITLE IL • •
Art. 5. The outfitter of a licensed vessel shall &Beer ia at
the Customhouse Of the port of departure, the otlas
carers, and the v;piee of the merchandise of which -it consists;
sioert by himself mat the sepercargoof the vowel:
Art. 6. The Director-General, or superior Officer of the
CtiAollls, shall cause the kinds, quantities, and qualiats of the'
produce or merchandise to be examined, and ascertain that
tiler accord with the manifest.
lii•case sit a voluntary fraud, the vessel and cargo shall be,
seqiscSirated, and be subject to confiscatleu. Our.. Director.
Gellert' of the Ceram* shall report the sane to us in n Comm.
Cil of Commerce, for the purpose of a definitive decision
thereon.
• Art. 7. The Superior Officer of the Cantors of the post of
departure shall tretneanit to the Director-Grier:al the 'esseilittel
of the outfitter, with the certified report of its exasaiiatine.,
These vouchers shall he transmitted to the Auditor, who Shall
report•-sherrim -to the Council of Arbitraters.
Art. 9. TheCouncit of Arbitrators. upon perusiegalle,Met
rf• the Auditor, slaa.l determine the value of the ftnitillterithe
snerellattdiae composing the cargo.
Art.' 9. Ills decision shall serve to regulate the "Ake of the
r..irgsi that may be imported.
TITLE 111.
1311,01ITED cLRGOEa..
Art.lo. On the return of the vessel, the outfitter, the owner
mid the consignee of the vessel shall deliver in a similar deelso
rations, the sorts, quantities. and qualities of Oft produce
and nterch.indize composing the return cargo.and of the prices
at which they may hare been purchased at she port of lading,,,
This decimalise shall be signed by himself and the supercargo
of the vessel.
Art. 11. The Director or Superior Officer of the Customs,
shall cause the fern, quantities. and-dualities of the produce
andiuseruhandiv to be examined, and ascertain that they ac-
cord *ith tbe declaration
Art. 12. 11e shall transmit the twig declaration, and the re-
putt of his exuruinatimi, w the Director-General of the Cus-
toms.
These vouchers shall be transmitted to the Auditor, who
shall report thereon to the Council of Arbitrators.
Art.l3. The Council of Arbitrators; upon pens* the rev
port of the Auditor, shall detertninethe Value of the product
and merchandise composing the cargo.
Art 14. If the value of the imports exceed by one-third that
the merchandise exported, the isetchandize constilatiog
"tech exec*, shall be placed in real entrepot, and shall not l
. •dlscbarged therefrom, until-the said amount of value shall have
-• bete covered by fresh exports.
Art. 15. If the value of the merchandise imported shall exo
reed by km than ow-third. the value of the exports, this et.;
mos shall be taken into the account current, nod, the outfitter
shall he held bound, upon makings fresh exportation, to cover
the said excess, exclusive of the value of the merchandise:
which he ialeads to import. •
TITLE TV.
Art. ta. Ili all cases where the itnirortitionsby a lieenced
vessel sherd have preceded the exportations, the declarations
and verifications shuli take place in the manner prescribed is
the third Title.
Art. 17. The Council of Arbitrators shall fix the value of
the imports, and determine accordingly the couuter-value to
be exported.
Art. 18. As soon in the cargo fort xportation shall have beak
made up, the declarations and verificationsshall sake place in'
the manner represented in Title 11.
Art. 19. The Council of Arbitrators shall fixithe value of the
cargo, and strike the balance between the imports and exports.
TITLE • V.
Art. 20. The Decree of the Coausil shall be arbitral and sum-
mary, without documents, and proceeding merely upoua gene-
ral kno%ledge of the matters in question.
Art. 21. This Decree being exclusively intended tor the pur-
pose of establishing a general balance between the imports and
exports, can.sot be produced at the Custom-horse with regard
in the payment of duties, nor before the Tribunals, upon any
Vries. 'whatever. • •
• Art. 4-2. Our hlinister of Finance it charged with the exam-
' -that of the proser.l Decree.
(Signed)
NAPOLEON.
By the Emperor,
The Minister. Secretary of State,
(Signed) IL B. Duke of BASSANO.

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Moltke, the King of Naples, and the giestest
Garcon probably of the.age,has formally announced,
that he has relinquished his itsteotion of any attempt
to invade Sicily for :the present. This man, by his Ir
.marisime espeditions, has had, however, the in-
genuity to render himself as contemptible as even
Leoll a BONAr.VIIIIE, Grand Admiral of France !
What most the enemy think of the, mew who fill
the ranki of the British army, .when they hear that
one ;smolt (Mr. Co ttatt x), who at home ranks no
higiter than a .S'erjenot in Westminster, hellithat of
a Brigadier-General in Portugal ?
• The freedom of remark, or rather indeed of cen.
sure, in which Many otoue political writers indulge,
themselves, deserves reprehension :-,‘Wlsat a me.
lancholy consideration, Oswald those worthies, our
ever-to.be;beloved Alioislars, be teMplint to throir
up the reins of Croverument its disgest l—perhepi
the Iti4ht liononrable the Chaneellisr of the Ex.
chequer (who ham in the must disitsteretsed manner
accepted. of two or three places for himself) may
refuse tout any longer ; antl.that the Fileates-7
the Clerks of the Irons and. Pell:—the Wine
tartcrs-Bresshers of the Gold Stick, &c. &e. may
refuse to nadergo the fatigues of their respective
olices any longer, fur a people so unmindful and
ungrateful !
GIOIERAL SARHAZTN'S MANUSCRIPT.-4 Morn.,
hpg Paper of lattSitettlay seems motions to know
what became of-General. Saanaztses Manuscript
about Generals and llommes Elul of the party
he has left, and whom lin intended to represent lef
• their true colours, just as a rogue denounces his ae-1
complices When he turns evidence, and attempts!
to prove hiMself an liOnett man. AIIMEE •E LA
TOUCH did the same. •We believe, however, that
no reward will now be able to bring these torward ;
they have either been used to nuke kites* to-cattle
BLESADOTTE, that enemy of BONA P:IRT Ss to cross
the Sound as Crown Prince of .Sweoun, or they
bare been forwarded to America with notices• an.
nouncing LUCI EN'S arrival with further reinforce-
ments for the good old cause. Some say, however,
that they have been already purchased, and that,
pretty dear too; but the supposed purchasers are
not famous for good bargains, especially with fo.

reigners. •
• Every ate ktw% that 1711101/MIN crossed the Deittwate
by help &fa parr kite.