By this means he was able to bring a cargo of Cottons, cutlery, and other heavy articles.
"Afar in the Forest"
W.H.G. Kingston
His Fontainebleau decree of October 18th, 1810, ordered that all such goods should be seized and publicly burnt; and five weeks later special tribunals were instituted for enforcing these ukases and for trying all persons, whether smugglers caught red-handed or shopkeepers who inadvertently offered for sale the Cottons of Lancashire or the silks of Bengal.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Or again, on the advice of Chaptal, the Emperor made large purchases of surplus stocks of Lyons silk, Rouen Cottons, and Ste.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose