The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-17 00:00:00

Iei4ENCII P4IYKRS.

PAC'S. JOLT 13,

REpouT TO Tilt E7[llllloll,

" Kati, JULY 9.—1 have the honour to lay
brfore your Iltjesty an act of the icing of Ito-
-14,111, dated the 3J instant, by which that No.
;larch declares, that he' abdicates the Cruwn in
form". of his oldest son, leaving, accor,:ing to
the Constitution, the Regency to the Qnren, and
establishes a Council of Regency, cnnisposed of
his Ministers.

" Such aut arty Sire, ought not to, have appear.
ell without a previous concert with, your Majesty.
It can, heiteg, no foece without pier approbation.
Ought your Majesty to caplet% tie disimaition
taken by the King of Holland ?
4.6. The union of Brigitte) with France hal de-
stroyed the independence of Hotland,,, Her sys.
yens bas necessarily become the saw with that of
fir ranee. She is obliged to take part in all, the
maritime wars of France, as i. she Were one of
her provinces. Since the creation of thu arsenal
art the Seheldt,, and the. attneaatiose to France
of the protinces composing the departments of
aha Mouths of the Rhine ind the Mouths of
the Scheldt, the commercial existenee of
lend bas become, precarious, • The merchants
•of Antnerpo. Obeid, and- hiliddlebergh, who
can, without any restriction, extend, their, spe-
culations to the eatremities 'of the Empire, of
which they forma part, necessarily carry on. the
t..inioseree which *Oland transacted. Illiotterdami
and Lbrilrecht are already o the verge of ruin ;
these 0141 having lost the commerce of the Rhine;
which goes. direct, by the new frontier, to the
ports La the SchulJt, owing throtsph the 13(e5,.•
t,
boa. The part of holland, which is still alien
to the Empire, deprived 'of the advantages en.
.ioyed 4 the part °oiled thereto. Compelled,
uevertheless, to make common cause with France,
'foliated oil', have to support the charges of• thiA
alluwana; without revieg any vi its benefi.ts.
Ea W1R444 is State.; 'istoter' the weight of her.
public debt, which amounts to hotweett 45 aad 94,
teillioeS, that is to say, a (mirth more than- the
Olt of the whale Emc4rel and it` a• reduction
lk;g1 been projected by the Cioreinmout or the
country, it wuulJ out have been in its polio'', to
Rite a guarantee (yr the intjulabilitY 'and liertaa.,
nonce of such a "Measure, inasumeh artltodJbt, if
eveq reduced to 40 millions, would still be beyond
49 actual rt,eaus and ability of that country. It is
estimated Hollptl pays triple the sum that
Fiance pays. The peoplegNitt uttder the wet ht
of 24 distinct delicriptient of contributions. Thu
'loch uation sinks under AM; seq. tribistionel and
pm nit longer pay them.
it Nevertheless, the necessary eiPenecs of the
Citivernmeut moire that this burden shonld, be
tiugmcnte,ll Thu budget fur the ntarine itfPoAintal,
in !SUR, to three millionA uttllC of fierins, a sum'
sotti•cly sofScieitr to pay the administrators, the.
otherrs, and seamen, and tel defray the expellee;
of the arsenals, and which has nut admitted of the I
equipment of a single ship of war. To provide
for the armament ordered in 1410, and which it'
the minimum of the natal farce necessary for the
defence of holland, triple that sum would bC re.
The war lisplkiet has scarcely afforded a
eutricieocy for maintaining, the fortresses and 16
battalions ; and whilst two branches of such
purtance arc so far from having %%list is necessary
fu; supporting Ike hoquer and dignity of lode.'
pendunce, the interest of the public •sleittAist
Ceased t‘i be paid. It is more than a par and 40*.
lialr in arrear.

ee If, in such a state of your Majesty
Insintant the recent disposititonr, by assigning to.,
iluiland a provisional government, yon will only
'Fe. prolonging her painful agues., tf the govern.
ment of a Prince ill the rigour of li(o has left tbp
country in so distrersed a situati_en, what con by
!word (rum 4 lung minority ? it cannot,
fure, be saved but by a new order of 'things. The
plied pf the power and prosperity of lioilerprivae'
heu it formed part of the greats.* monarchy then
in Rurope. fifer incqrposeation with the great am.
Fire is the only stable condition its which Holland
can henceforth repose from her sufferolos and lung
rieiositodes, and recover her ;odor t prosperity.
.Thet, ought pier Majesty to deride in fa.
your of such ao union, fur the in.tereet, nay
snore, fur the f4lTatio9
.0 Holland. She ought
to be assuOnted in our biassing., as she has been
associated in our calamities. But another ioterelo
still more itoppriously itislicates to pot Majesty
the cepdpet which ion ought to adopt.
P 4.4141414 its In* co, a flinet from the Frene4
• Tetritere ;It constitqcs a portioo of sail necessary
to complete the form of the Empire..To,becoine full
• mister of the Rhine, youp.Majesty should atleance
19 the Zuysfer Sea, By this nseatis all the ri.
Tags which Gaye iheir row co in France,. or
which wish the frontiers, will bel.mg to you
'as far as the tea, To hive the mouths a
your riven in She permission of strangers,
!quid in fact, iive,
.oinfiat your power to
qn ill.liseited Monardry, Instead of erectieg an
. thrtine. Q ig4vp in 'the power of fu..
respire the months of the Rhine, the Meuse,
the Scheldt, woeH tantamount to submitting
. roar NW+ fp fluil.; it would resister year menu.
lartUfa and commerce dependent on the Powers
who should be in possession of ;hose mouths • it
could admit a tioreign influence ow that which is
reit ;rsiportaist to the happiness of your subjects.
x~eanneaation of Holland is still necessary to
Ciquplete the system of the Empire, particularly
sint.e the British Orders in Council of November
1807. Twice since that period yosot /Majesty has
been "bbit'll to close your CustomAoures to the
trade of fiol'aod, in consequence of which Hol-
land was isolated from the Empire 3011 the Conti.
kill. After the peace of Victswa, it was in your
Majesty's c.intemplation' to annex this kingdom.
You Were insisted to abandon this idea- from con.
snkrations that no longer esist. You agreed with
teltirtance to the treaty of the 14th March, which
sztravated the calamities of Hollitncleeith trot meet.
kg Joy one view of your Majesty, The oapstacle
prevented it has now disappeared 4 itself.
Youur Majesty owes it to your Empire to talpe ad.
tnitageot a circumstance which so natereilY