Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-05-30
EXPRESS FROM HOLLAND.
EryListmon Office

EAPKEoS FHOM HOLLAND.
EryEshmon Office, 3 o'clock, n. nj.
We stop the press 10 announce the arrival
ofanexpress withintelIigence or,he highest
Importance from Holland. BY this con.
veyance we learn that Hamburg, Lubbock,
Bremen, Emblem, SC. having beer all
shut against the trade of Great Britain.
Letters received by several respectable
persons in the City concur in this state.
ment. We have been favored nth pc.
rusal of some from Holland Of so recent
date as las, Tuesday. They assert thu,
the King of Prussia had marched so ooo
men into Hamburger, and had shut its
ports against England the same mea-
sures had been pursued with respe0 to
Bremen and Embden. These letters al
SO state that Prussian army has been
marched through Hols,ein, for The pur
pose of shutting up the sound again,t our
trade.
SUMMARY.
Private letters by the Hampden assure
us, ,hatthere was no, the most distan, pros
psct OF peace in Europe ,ha, :hc views of
The administration, governed & tlireGled as
they appeared 20 be by rccen, intelligence
from the continent, were directly opposed
to any overtures for any accommodate
ton.
In commenting on the language of
Mr. Fox, the English writer's agree, ;ha,
there is no hope of an early negotiation
ofP-ace with France bu, on the contra
ry, that war must continue, while the am
btion OF Bonaparte remained unsatia,ed.
They further state, that fears are now
entertained, of conspiracy between
France and Prussia for The reinforcement
of the king of Sweden, and that i, is pro-
babe the order for embargoing all Prussi-
an vessels, was grounded on the certain
knowledge of this connection.
The French have withdrawn their
troops from Hanover and the whole
country taken possession. of by Prussia.
The mission of the Duke of B-uns-
wick 10 Petersburg is sa;d to have failed.
The ohjeGt of it was believed to have been
To reconcile the Emperor Alexander TO
the conduct of the Prussian cabinet, and
to prevail on him to Withdraw his troops
from Poiand.--The Duke has returned To
Berlin.
1t is very evident that Prussia is COM
pletely under the controul of France; and
that her alliance will end in her susu.
gatien by that power. The possession
OF Hanover, however it may give TO Prus.
STA larger extent of territory and popu-
iation, than she has coded, is no real e.
quivalent for being thrust back from the
Rhine to the Weser, for the loss ofthe
important posts OF CIeves and Wesel, for
having French prince placed as kind
OF watch and centinel at her gates, and
Tor the rapid decline of her influence over
the Eleetor of Hesse, and possibly the E.
leclor of Saxony.
he principal part of the kingdom of
Naples has been subdued by the French
the Caiabraese have yielded; the fortress
OF Gaeta alone remains unsubdued. An
attempt is contemplated against Sicily,
defended as it is by British troops, and
guarded by British squadron.
The expedition under Sir James Craig,
was at Messina the middle of February.
"A French squadron of considerable
force has Ceen OF the coast of Africa, and /.
made many valuable captures.
Some Prussian ships with troops and
heavy artillery on board, have appeared
before Hamburg. to pro;ca her, as The
vul,ure does the lamb.
The French troops still >in Germany
are estimated at 200 900 men,
Marshal Jourdan, is 10 take command
in the city of Naples.
Marshal Bernadotte has been present.
ed by Bonaparte with the royal palace and
domain OF Trieladoyf in Ansparh