The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-22 00:00:00

PIUS PAPA VII

E Oltb MI/UN/CATION OP BONAPIRTE.

plus VII.. PONTIFF.

fly the authority of God Almighty, and of St.
Paul angSt.. Peter, we declare you, and all your
eo-opoiatiois in this acts of violence which you are
executing,' to have incurred the same excummuni-
cation,whick we, in our apostolic letters, contem-
poraneously tatting In the usual places pf this
city, declare to have been incurred. by all• thoic
who, on the violent invasion of this city on the
second of February of last year, were guilty of
the acts of violence, against which we liAve pro.
tested, as well really in so many declarations,
that by our order, have been ironed by our succes.
site Secretaries ofState, u also in two consistoyial
collocations of tht lath of March, and the 11th
July, tiloll, -ht, / mlli uon with all their agents,
abettors, advisfrt aad whoever else have been ac-
cessary to, or hituelf been engaged in, the ezecu.
lion of those attelipts.
Given at Roan Santa Maria Maggiore, June
10th, in the 10th rear of our Pon tiOcate.
(Lac. 11441• X PicS PAPA IEPTI II r
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PROVINCE Or ZE4L4ND.
The following concise serpent of that province
of JloBand called Zealand, against which our Bs.
pedition is directed, may prove acceptable to um,
readers, as furnishing an outline of the scene of
operations :
ZEALAND, a province of Holland, consists of
islands formed by the outlets of the Scheldt. Ja
the whole province are 121 towns and villages,
sonic of whioh are very Irrge. The islanda of
Walcheren and Schowen, on tho western' coast,
are defended against the viotekee of the sot
downs or saad.billsrerfd on the other sides, like
the rest of the islands, by vast dykes, which at
bottom have a breadth of 25 German elk, and at
the top are so wide that two carriages may pass
abreast ; the height is proportioned to the thick.
ness. The left branch of the Scheldt, called the
West Scheldt, coatains five islands—Walcheren,
South Bevcland, North Bevelaitil, Wolfersdyk,
and St. Joustland. The East Scheldt Conte=
four islands—Schowen, Duyclaad, Tolen, and
St. Philip's land.
WALCHEREM is the most westerly island, about
13 miles from N. to S. and 8 from E. to W. Ji
is separated from N. and S. Revelers(' by a narrow
channel, and from Dutch Flanders by the mouth
of the Scheldt, being surrounded on the other sides
by the German Ocean. The capital of the island,
and the whole province, is Middleburg, which is
in tho centre of the island. The fortifications are
*iron and regular. They have eight gates and
twelve bastions to defend the ramparts, with large
ditches filled with water, besides which its situ*.
'ion is such, that the country about it can be laid
under water at ',leisure. Number of inhabitants,
28,000. Flushing lies at the south side of the
'slim!, and is said to be the key of the islands of
Zealand. The port lip between two moles that
I break the waves of the sea, which enters t..e 'gat%
by two canals, farming two Ins ions, an that
loaded vessels may sail into the town. Amu) lett
is a strung sea.porl on the east side of the island
—one Wipe from Middleburg!), and two from
Flushing.
Sunni Bsyszkrito is 24 miles long and 7 broad.
—lts principal tow a is Gees, which is strongly
fortified ; it has six gates, thrt next tha wow fuss
tilted with two bastions : 10 miles from flushing.
The island contains besides several villages.
NORTH BEVELAND, is a small island, beim
6 miles long and 4 broad. N. E. of Walcheren.
WOLFROOTK is still smaller, and lies betvreea
the islands of N. and S. Beveland.
Sr. JOOSTLAND contains only one village, and
is separated from IValcheren by a narrow channel.
Scilositis is the northernmost of the islands at
the month. of the Scheldt; 14 miles from east to
west, and about five from north to south. Ulric.
see, the capital, is very ancient, having been built
and surrounded with walls in 859; it is large and
populous. Brewers Heaven is a sea.port on the
north of the island. &merle is another sea-port,
one league -E. of the former.
DuYTRLAND is separated from the S. F. part of
.Schowen by a narrow passage; it is 9 miles long,
and 6 broad.

ToLE,t is separated from the main land of Bra.,
bant by a canal ; about 10 miles long, and four
broad. It contains two towns, Tolen and St.
Martin's Dyck, and several villages. Tuleu, the
capital, is a very strong And handsome town.
Sr. Pump's Larva, a small island wWI only one
village, and is separated from the east end of
'Schouten by a narrow channel.
' Citosayu is in Dutch Flanders, and the south.
ernmost of the'islands at the mouth of the Scheldt.
1: is preserved, like the others, by lofty dykes
from the inunilalions of the sea, Cassaudria is
the chief town.
,Gann is'a small island near the mouth of the
Meuse, ten miles in circumference, 2 ntiles N. of
Schoiven:

OiEnrt..sxci, fin island In' 'the Meuse, of
which Sominerifyek is the capital, 2 miles E. of
G aree.
VUOAN is an island at the union of the Wahl
and the Meuse,*of which Brie', situated ou the N.
side, is the capital—it leas a good harbour.
!mucosais an island it* the blouse, opposite
Rotterdam.
ICKLA MD Is an island in the Meuse, 4 leagues
W. Duet.

The city of Antwerp, which is supposed to be
the altinsate object of the Expedition, foram se
part of the former territories of Holland. This
celebrated city is situated in a large plain about
40 miles S. E. from Flushing, on the E. side of
the Scheldt, which is here of sufficient depth and
uidth to admit vessels of great burden close to the
quay. The commerce of this city, rather more
than two centuries ago, was superior to any other
state in Europe, 2500 merchant vessels arriving in
its port in one year. In Ihso, the value of the
merchandise imported that year amounted to 133
millions. But when the United Provinces threw
off the Spanish yoke, haring gut possession of the
entrance of the Scheldt, they sunk obstmsetions '
in (be channel to prevent a free navigation. The
town is qurroutided hy a wall and regular fortifies.
buns. Toe 113.1 igatiou of use river was deducd
free in August 1791.

We air glad to learn that the Fri:Heti Govern.
meat have so far relaxed from their severity to.
wards the British subjects, whom the chance of.
war has throwto into their hands, as to release a
number of women and children ht'longit►g to sol-
diets, sixty-two persons of these de•c►ii,'ioes
having just arrived in the Hercule French cart►•! at
Uartinouth. While, however, we ha►e the sails. .
faction to make this communication, we arc con.
cerued to b:• obliged to add (which we do from au-
thority) that these wretched women and children
were embarked at Morlais on Sunday week last
about three o'clock, and were landed at Dart..
mouth on Tuesday evening at seven o'clock, dur-
ing w b:ch time they had ►wt been supplied on hoard
the cartel with sustenance srf any hind whatever,
although it has been tha custom vs( the British Go.
vernment to provides free conveyance, with pro.
visions, to French women and children of a siwi.
tar descrfpOon, alio hare beets sent from time to
time from this country',

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