The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-06-14

had risen on the soldiery and overpowerec
them. Nothing more was known in the Is
land to which. we have aliaded last Satur-
day beyond the interruption of the post.
and 'he cause being an insurrection.
| once writing the above, we have heard
nat all communication between Holland and
w dcheren had been cut off tor three DAYS,
place overpowered. A Dutch populace is
| mos. furious
IL is also said, that insurrectionary move
meets have taken place in different parts
OF France, and that great discomfort has
been manifested by all ranks ON account If
the general distress The Pope's i'll treat
ment ant captivity have gwen great of
'ence. The common people consider Bo
naparte's son as illegitimate, the Pops hav-
ing communicated him, and considered
ne divorce and subsequent marriage OF b.
naparie as illegal.
That the people of Holland, however
great their hatred of Bonaparte may be,
viii be able to throw off his yoke, may be
doubted. tho their history records the no
Die and eventually successful efforts of their
ancestors against their former tyrant OF
mighty power. But atleast. this insurrecti-
on shows the feelings and wishes of Hol-
and They age no doubt the feelings and
WISHES OF every other part of the CONTINGENT
q we'll we are persuaded, that if the arms of
bonaparte prove signally disas,erous, If his
ahairs IN the Peninsula continue bad and
ms troops to be beaten, the spirit of insur
rection will quickly extend from Spain and
Portugal TO Germany and to Holland, per-.
haps to France--and the standard oil patri-
otisin. that now waves on The banks of the
aguss the Ebro, the Guadiana and the
Guadalquiver, will be displayed OH the banks
OF the Rhine, the Scheldt, the Eibe and the
Vistula.
April 27.
The chief cause of the late distui Dances in
Holland was. as was stated that horrible law
OF cruelty & blood, the CONSUMPTION law, A
vessel arrived yesterday, which sailed
from the Dutch coast on Monday night with
several passengers, who got on board by
stealth. The master states that he was at
Amsterdam on the preceding Sunday when
the connection took place, Some conscripts of
the Jewish persuasion having revolted, they
We're, after a Considerable struggle, overpow
cred by the troops that escorted them, and
tour OF them she's by way of example o the
others. l his act OF severity Qccasioned a
numerous mob to assemble, chiefly consisting
OF women, who pelted the Fr.n officers and
|
Oneofficer was severely. wounded on the head
in the affray The only ACT OF outrage
committed besides was the cutting adri!t
some boats.ln which conscripts were puL
tor the security OF conveyance. A strong
french force cotlnued to parade the streets
from Saturday until our lnforu ant left Am
sterdam. Mcpherson was suffered to appear
abroad except. upon urgent business
or with the permission OF the French An
extract OF e letter from Cad.z, dated the
IOtn inst states, Il am concerned 10 SAY. the
Cortes have refused to appoint lord Wellrg
ton captain general OF the Asturias, Galiicia,
and Estramadura."
A late London Courier, contains the itf-
loving remarks Fit is known to all our
jreaders, That Bonapare occasiona " relaxes
ms commercial restrictions, and that some
commercial intercourse between the ,wo
countries occasionally takes place. b, tins
me- ans he obtains what articles he stands m
need OF, and having done So, ne re i'm poses
his restrictions In all their severity. To our
making ourselves a party'to such system,
! our most experienced merchants have OBJ.
lJected, they urge that 1t is productive al lit
tie real advantage to this couu nv, whilst il
prevents the enemy from feeling all the evil
nstiiiGHce5 aud pressure oil mis- own pea.
sures they therefore recommend tuat Go
vernmeht should withhold altogether i'm port
licences & they have pr escnted Petition "a
the Board OF Trade, stating the propriety OF
adopting such measure as the best and mos,
eflectual means of counteracting the views
OF the French government--T is wise
and spirited proposition. Had it been
adopted the very first moment Bonapa1te
Imposed those restrictions, equally remar.
kable for their fury and their folly. we
should long ere this have Obliged him tc
have abandoned them. BUTT is not vet toe
late, and we trust the Board of Trade will
accede to the accommodation of the mer-
chants.
FROM The LONDON GAZETTE, April so
! H. Downing-Street, April 80,
a Dispatch, of which the following is an
| Extract, was this morning received at Lord
| LivefpooPs Office, addressed to his Lo, d.
ship by Lieutenant General Viscoun, Wei
! lngton, dated Nissa, 18th April, 1871
Having made arrangements for the BLOCK
ade OF AImeida, and having reason 20 be
lleve that the enemy's army Will not be IN a
situation tor some time to attempt to re
| iieVe that place, even ii they should be SO
inclined, Lave taken adv antaee Of fbe
lrmementary discontInuance of active opera
tons IN that quarter to- 20 into Estremadura