Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-10-21
SUMMARY:
from THE ESSEX tsA1Em) anc1sfns;

0'nCe or last we have no great military
events. The delay is net expressive OF re-
turning peace, but OF formidable preparati-
ons tor some most interesting events. Ar
Cadiz the late proceedings Of the Junta have
given more definite view of their mower.
and the jealousics which were expressed i,
PORTUGAL have been thought to have existed
IN SPAN. Whether these begin In the COM
petitions or military power, events will ex-
plain, should an active Campaign soon Omen.
In France the power of the Emperor APP
pears urdiminishcd. He has not greater SO;
vereisnty IN his army than he appears to
pcssesssn the domestic and ecclesiastcal at
falrs OF the Empire. From Regnaud's re-
port OF the Finarsccs for 1911. and the ma
tnre Of the survey of the Empire, by actual
adtneasurcmcnt of every part, and every di-
vision OF territory, If is remarked, the Empe%
for has every acre at command, as much as
every soldier OF his conscriptions. In his &C.
cieslasticai affairs he is not less absolute but
ne experiences less subserviencv to his will
IN thcconstituted members of the establishment.
though he is not deferred from his designs
6y their disposition to withdraw from his pow
er Some ccclesiastics who have lately
reached ireland, to be under the protection
OF the British Empire, or to share the fate Of
their brethren OF the catholic communion in.
that island, have represented that the CLERGY,
| as an order, were alarmed at the bold strides
OF the imperial power Not daring to resist,
ana not willing to accept the oaths, a large
| majority in Rome and in other places had
| Withdrawn. They represent also that the
convocation could not sanction his DEGREES.
| and therefore had been dissolved without anu
relaxation of his first demands. From this
account an entire change in the order must
arse, Should the present imperial power BIS
maintained. When we see what changes the
/ nt nrf, ~
| church IN the Plenitude OF ITS power, and the
happy manner in which this influence has
been developed by Villiers with the consent
OF the French empire, VIC need ret be sur
| prsed II the French Emperor should attemDt
by his power, what another man accomplish4
ed with other means from the irresistible
| force of public prejudice and RELIGIOUS opi-
mon. Sould this attempt be considered as
was that OF Luther, not as an attack upon
religion, but a defence of it., the Emperor
may boast as great triumph. To counter
act TINS design, the English have employed
the influence of such Catholics as were net
overawcd by the power of France. And the
Catholics of Ireland in the same breath
claim their rights in ireland, and exclaim a.
4 gainst the violence of France. AT what poinr
thesc TWO Offices are in consent, we presume
not to determine, but the Catholics in Ame-
l1ca have joined in the latter, without being
involved in the necessity of deciding upon the
! rights OF the Catholics in Ireland. And in
this voice, what strength they have added to
foreign resistance, future times must explain,
| Notice Is taken of the f1ourishing state Of
the institution for naval affairs in Corfu. Ex-
periments have been made Of the cotton
plant near the Alps, under the members Of
the national institute, and the principal Of
| steam has been contemplated for many ma,
| tional purposes.
| In England the Orders in Council are
maintained, and frequent prizes reward the
| vigilance with which the French coasts ara
guarded. But the state Of commerce is not
SO favorable as not to require every hope OF
the smallest relief from the embarrsssments.
| and the many things said of distant hopes O.
bige an opinion that the public mind is very
much alarmed on the subject. In Ireland
the great questions respecting the Catholic
rights are not without political embarrass-
ment, and the attempts to elect Catholic
| Committee in the Island are threatened with
the execution Of the Convention Act. The
| establishment OF English troops in Ireland.
and OF Irish troops in England, is to extend to
the families of the soldiers for the time i'm
which this measure may be judged necessary.
| We have not distinct history of the several
hundred Dutch that are to be settled ON the
| coast OF Scotland, nor Of the extent of tho
| pan IOr the encouragement OF the fisheries
| IN Scotland, and in the mere northern islands
belonging to the British Empire. A bill pass
| ed in June, 1903, for the ENCOURAGEMENT Of
the different branches Of the Herring fishery.
| but 1t limits the bounty to vessels of sixty
tons, tonnage much greater than will be
| PROBABLY employed in the more northern is.
lands which might profit from an attention to
their efforts at the present time. 1t would
be curious fact if Scotland again should as
| sumo superiority in the fisheries. MIR.
| Remnant furnishes this curious account of the
Dutch fisheries, in his visit to Sutherland.
The Netherlands resorted here so early as
a. ID. 836, to purchase sailed fish, and learn.
Cd the art And Sir Walter Raleigh's OBJ
| seryations are, that in 1908 the Dutch sold
TO different nations as many behring's rs a
mounted to above one million and half ster-
! ling, and in 1915 employed 81. 900 fishermen,
IN two thousand busses, and in 1913 sent three
thousand vessels with so thousand men, be-
sides nine thousand vessels 70 transport and
sell them, so as by sea and land to employ
10000 men besides those first mentioned
Mr.. Pcnnant names the funny, which frc-
quents the western coast in the season Of
Herrings, and saw one taken exec ding 400
weight We have seen one Of doebic that
weight upon our own shores. It has not been
a little surprising that the English have suf-
fered so little attention TO be paid 20 their
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