Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political

NEW-YORK, May 13.
A mercantile friend has favored us with the following documents from St. Bartholomews:

PROCLAMATION:
We Berndt Robert Baron Stackelberg governor in and over the island of St. Bartholomews, Colonel, his Majesty's First Aid-de-camp, Knight of the Royal Order of the Sword.
Make known, that whereas the welfare of the colony requires that some alterations and reduction should be made in the existing Gracious Custom House and excise regulations for this Island. We have by virtue of the power graciously vested in us. thought proper until further to order and decree as follows, to wit:
1. Besides the articles enumerated in the 1st moment of the 4th article in his Majesty's gracious custom house ordinance of the 13th March, 1813, rum and molasses, peas & beans, potatoes, onions and all other ground provisions or garden fruits are also henceforth free from import duty ? but wheat, rye and all other kind of meal ; pork, hams, lard, butter, cheese timber, spars, masts, posts, deal, plank staves or shooks, shingles, iron and wooden hoops, and every kind of wood, coming from what place or in what bottomsoever, are to pay one cent of their value.
2. On all goods not excepted in the said gracious ordinance or in the foregoing paragraph, imported in Swedish vessels from Sweden, shall be paid as before one per cent : In Swedish vessels from any foreign place two, and in foreign vessels from whatever place it may be, three per cent of their value.
3. Instead of the duties graciously fixed in the 8th article of the said ordinance when goods are landed under such circumstances as are therein specified there shall henceforth be paid on such occasions one quarter part of the duties to which the goods would have been liable had they been landed for sale.
4. The stipulations contained in the 3d moment of the 10th article will cease in the present.
5. On all Goods exported from St. Bartholomew in Swedish vessels for Sweden one per cent export duty is to be paid On goods exported in Swedish vessels for what foreign place soever (except such goods which remain free as heretofore) as well as on those exported in foreign vessels for any place soever, on which import duty has been paid. two, and on those exported in such vessels, and which are free from any import duty, three per cent.
6. Weighing and gauging money henceforth to be paid according to the ordinance of the 22d Dec. 1808. Anchorage or port charges, manifest certificates are reduced twenty five per cent. to what the existing gracious ordinance stipulates.
7. The powder money duty is to be paid at the reduced rate of half a rial per ton.
8. The penalty incurred by contraveners of the 15th article of the before mentioned gracious ordinance is fixed to 50 Spanish dollars.
9. These alterations now made are to begin the next day after the publication hereof, to which "all whom it concerns have to conform themselves.
Given, Government House, St. Bartholomew, the 20th day of April, One thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
STACKELBERG,
Carl von Hauswolff.

We Berndt Robert Baron Stackelberg governor in and over the Island of St. Bartholomew colonel his majesty's first aide camp, knight of the order of the sword.
Make known, that for the benefit and convenience, of the trade of this colony we have thought proper to order as follows:
That hereafter vessels are allowed to lay at the wharves from sun rise to sun set ; provided that the captain of the vessel immediately on his arrival takes out a permit from the commanding officer; for which is to be paid one dollar for a schooner or for a brig, and one dollar for a ship.
Given at St. Bartholomew Government house, the 20th day of April 1816.
STACKELBERG

We the governor and council Carl von Hauswolff that in order to lighten the charges and Bartholomew make known that in order to encourage commerce in every way vessels as much tonnage money to one half of what is shall be paid one, and instead of one rial now fixed at, so that instead of two rial three stivers.
Monday the 22d inst.
This alteration to begin with next:
Given in the court house of Gustavia the 20th of April, 1816.
Stackelberg.
F. L. Thenstedt.
J.J. Vauerosson.
W. Cock.
C. V. Hauswolff.