The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-04

more than once, stated in this paper, shal
not be here named, q copy of another decree
dated at Milan, the Esd November, imposin
sui greater restrictions on the trade Of neu
trails, and mors severe penalties on all VIII,
may attempt to evade the operation of the
| former DEGREES. ass.
We shall offer no analysis Of this document
but being of great importance to the trading
part OF the community, and especially TO thos,
interested III neutral bottoms, we here Civ,
| u faithful translation OF it,
Extract from the minutes of me Office of thc
| Secretary of State.
| Palace Of Milan, Esd Nov. 1907. ,
| Napoleon, emperor of the French, lk ng
Italy, & protector of the confederation of the
| Rhine:
! Upon the report of our minister's of the
| finances, we have deCrecd and decree as fol
| lows:
Art. l. All vessels which, after having
touched at England, from any motive what
soevcr, shall enter the ports of France, shall
be seized and coniiscated as well as their car
goes, without exception or distinction of COM
modities or merchandise. .-...,
| 2. The captains of vesseis who shall enter
| the ports Of France, shall, ON the day of their
Iarrivaj, proceed TO the Office of the Imperial
customs, and there make a declaration OF the
/ place from which they sailed, of the ports
they have put into, and exhibit their mani
! tests, bills of ladipg, sea papers and log
books.
| When the captain shall have signed and
delivered his declaration, and communica ted
his papers, the head officer of the customs
| shall interrogate the sailors separately, in
| presence of two overseers. il il results from
- hot i, I, 4
at England, independently of the seizure &
conhscation of the said ship and cargo, the
captain, as well as those sailors, who, upon
their examinations, shall have made false
declaration, shall be deemed prisoners, and
shall not be set at.lberty until after having
paid the sum OF 5000 francs, as a personal
penalty for the captain, ana 500 francs for
each OF the sailors SO arrested, over and J.
| bove the pains incurred by those who falsify
their papers andlog-books. ...- ,.
B. If adviccs or information communicated
to the directors Of our customs, give rise to
any suspicious IS 20 the origin OF the cargoes,
they shall be professionally housed, I'M
Ill it is ascertained and decided that they
do not come from England or her Colonies. =
H. Our commissaries for commercial rela-
tons, who deliver certificates of origin for
merchandise laden in the ports of their re-
sidence destined for that OF France, shall not
icontDe themselves 20 an attestation that the
merchandise or commodities DO not come
from England o. her colonies or Commerce.
they shall indicate the place OF origin, the
documents which have been laid before them
Ill support OF the declaration which has been
made to them, and the name of the snip on
board of which they have been primarily
transported from the place of origin into that
of their residence.
They shall address duplicate Of their GER
tfcate to our counsellor OF state, director
general Of our customs.
5. Our ministers for external relations.
war and finances, are charged, each, so far
as concerns himself, with the execution of
the present decree.
(signed) NAPOLEON.
BY the Emperor,
The Secretary of State. ..,:
(SignedJ HUGHES B. MARET.
Conform to the original
The minister of the Finance,
(Signed) GAUDIN.
Conform to the original. r.
The counsellor of state, commandment OF
the legion of honor, director general of the
customs the empire.
(signed) COLLIN.
There follows the Decree, dated Milan, Dec.
l7th, already published in our paper
The London paper then proceeds ::
AS supplement to this decree, there is
in the official journal the following circular
letter, addressed by the minister Of the in
terror to the chamber of commerce -
g You are not unacquainted, gentleman.
with the late acts of the British government
that last stage OF the oppression ofthe COM
merce OF the world you know that II has
resolved to destroy the feeble remains Of the
independence of the seas. 1t now thinks
proper, that hcDceforth no shin, shall navi-
gate the seas, without touching II it's ports
without tribute 70 is pretended SOVEREIGN
", ana without receiving from il I'll ignoin-
pous licencc.
Thus the ocean is hen eeforwafG ONLY fge
he!d OF slavery the us1rpation Of the most
sacred OF the rights OF nations is eonsumma-
ted, and this tyrann!ck yoke is to press up
on them until the day Of vengeance. or until
brought to due sense of moderation. the
English government will itself calm its race
and break tfat sccptrc to which the ma
tons OF the continent viii never consent to
submit
:" am calling our eorArnon attention TO
tho important circumstances which must
powerfully induce rs TO awaken vou- oatri-
otsm and your wisdom. Onc would have
that every obstruction and RESTRAINT
that clogg, d he course OF the commerce ON
the continent, had been exhausted: still
however they are goirs to be aggravated bv
tas measures lately adopted BY England
bat they viii find our minds made up to
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