The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-07-18 00:00:00

?RIC! SIXPENCII-RALPPINNY•

united thereto. Compelled, neverthi leer, to male
common cause with France, Holland will hare to
support the charges of tins allowance, without reap. .
i .g any ist it. bens ties.
" Holland is sunk under the w eight of her pub. ' •
lie debt, which iimoinits to bi- tit r els 3S and 90 *••
,te.lliutia; that is to say, a fourth more than the dr bt
or the ttis •le empire ; sod if a retitn•tiu' had been
proj. cti si by the Guyer ttttt era of tile country. it
would not have beets in ifs power to give a guarautee
fur the invio.ability and pe:inaneuce °flinch a mess.'
sure, imismo is as the debt, if even reduced to 30
millions. would still be beyond the actual omens •
•ud andity of that cottiiiry. It is ettunated Hide •
land pats triple the sum that France pays. The
people groau under the weight of 23 distinct de-
scriptions of contributtons. The Dutch ualion
oinks under its coutnbutionss sod can no Confer
pay then.. •
" Nevertheless. the aeccs•ary expens►s of the go-
vernment require that this burden should be aug-
mented. The budget for the marine amounted,.
in 1409. to three millious only of florins, a stun
scarcely sufficient to pay the admitristratise., the
officers, and rennet', and to defray the exoetise of
the arsenal.. and which has Lot admitted of the
equipment of a single ship of war. To pm% ide fir •
the armament ordered in 1810, and whu•h is the
minimum of the 'meal f,•rce neceesary for the de.
fetter of Hollai.d, triple that corn would tie regret.
site. The war budget has scarcely afforded a stall.
ciency fur (paint-11111,1g the fortresses and Ib haqs-
lions; and, whilst two 11;atiches of such importance
areas far from having what it necessary for sot-port-
tog the humour and dignity of independence, the
interest of the public debt has ceased to be paid.—
' lit is more than a year and an half in arrest.

" if. in such a state of tlimge, your Majekty
maintain the re. tut dispositions, by assiguitvg to
Holland a provisional goverrainet.t, you will only be
prolonging her painful aptly. If the government
of a Prince in the iiguur of life has left the country
in So distrroicil a siturattun, what cap be expected
from a lung minority? It Cilllllot, therefore, be raved
but by • new order of thing.. The period of the
power and pow perity of Hull mud was when it formed
van of the greatest monarchy then iii Europe. Iler
incorporation with the great Empire i. the only
stable condition in *lnch Holland can bernieforth
repose from her sufferings and long vicissitude%
and recover het ancient prosperity.
" Timid ought veer Meiftiv to deride is femme-

of such an union. fur the interest, nay more, for the
' waisatiou of Holland. shy ought to be associated
in our blessings, as she has been associated iii our
c.olaiiittics. but another 'merest still more imperi.
°oily iodic rtes to your Majesty the conduct which
von ought to adopt.
1. Hovland is, in fact, a shoot from the French
territory; it toastitutes a portion of soil mete•sly
to complete the form of the Empire. To become
full fussier of the Rhine, your Majesty should ad-
'suet to the Zuyder Sea. ily this means all the
rivers, whit h have their source in Franey, or which
washed the trootiers, will belong to you as far as the
yea. To leave the mouths of your rivers in the
possession of strangers, won d, in fact, Sire„.con.
tine your power to ■n 1111./1 arr•by,
stead of erecting so Imperial throne. 'I is leave in
the power of foreigners the mouths of the Rhine.
the Meuse, and the Scheldt, would he tantamount
to submitting your laws t i them ;it would render .
y..ur manutarctures and commerce dependent on
the Powers who should be in poseeriaion n f those
mouth.; it would admit a for. ign u.Bueuc.• in that
which is mono import:rut to the happirpao of your
subject, 'lhe is tuiil lie.
c..-ssary to complete the system ul the Empire, par-
tieularly since the Brvidi Orders in Council of
November 1607. 1 way s.uce that period sour
Majesty has Leen obliged to dose your Custom.
houses to tl e trade of Holland, in consecoence of
which Holland was isolated from the Empire and
the Continent. After the I:e.ce of Vienna,, it was
in your ht.je-tce contemplation to minis this
kingdom. You were induced to abandon tlt s .dra
from commie. anons that no longer exist. Yew agreed
with reluctioi.ce to the t.raty of the 14111 March.
which aggravated the calamities of 11011... iii, w'tl
nut meeting any one view of our Aiojis y.
obstacle which presented a h now .i.s.ppeared of
Midi. Your Majesty owes it to year Empire to
take adventage of a circumstance which PO 'laterally
lords to the Union. There can be tome more fa-
vourable for the execution of .our project..
is Your Majesty has eatahlishvil at Antwerp a
!sowed's! arsenal. The astunithcd Sclieleh s .ells
with pride to behold twenty vessels of the first rite
bearing your Majesty's B.g, and protecting its
shorts that were form ly scarcely visited by some
trading vessels. But the great de-ogas of your Mir• 1
jesty in this ri-spects cannot he Lilly accomplished
except by the union of Holiaud. Ii is o ermine/ to
complete so astonishing a creation. Curter your
Miij sty's energetic government. the ensuing your.