Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-10-15
PIE NETHERLANDS

The surface of the United Kinodom 81,
erlands forms about the ll5th mar, of !. 'e Neg
rope. 1t Is about one-ninth Of Franc .'s q.
seyenths Of the island Of Great Br;t, saa tss.
roads aud canals cover a twenty.s;,,h ,'au' Il.
kingdom. In 1922 the population wI patt oh.
935, and exceedingly dense. The ava as liz
al addition for the live years preced;as an
was at therate of I0,9Ss per milan iS4
ricuiture of the Netherlands ha, Inn, ne
tingushed fnr its productivness, yaret, , ,al
methods. The total value Of the aa,iice ,Lug q
pltal has been estimated at P43s.l5S 20,
ling: aud the net yearly produce Of The No. ss'
ture at GIG, 69S.S9O. Manufactures y d.nNa
ufsic arts, and disil!eries are in a very ~ = @'
Ing condition. There are threce hundr, L'I VI
erles Al .Schie}anl. one hundred in c,Ss. u'I
of Holland, aud about forty in the otberno-F a
provinces. The annual produce Of bi< H.,
Of Industry is valued at dirty four mili;o-4
francs.
The sum Of the manufacturing iplu.,,v -,
Netherlands Is believed to be about lsS i, ~ =
sreripg per annum. There are in Dro,r'., ~
rndertakines for Internal improyemer,
canal which is TO connect The Neu;e am, N.MsI
se,le by coarse of fifty leagues item I;.'
Wasse.5iIling.is >ail to be one Of the n-;. s
specuia'Ions in which his Majesty Of bit y.i
lands is a partner" An association h..
to,med with capital of six million, aor@.
draining the lake Of naariem which cove.
face Of $4,000 English acres The mo.t 49,.
agent in this gigantic enterprise is N. Do g.
pers. tho inventor Of new pamp inteaddS[|
used In IT. which emits -xatcr Without bsr.,..
cd by the common method OF pumping. Ia, |.
the pressure oi steam, wind, or animal ,T[.
Il raises 600 cubic feet per minute.
The public debt OF tie Nethcrlant, j, ,,,,
at 8, 500, 600 600 froncs, including The Cd ~
which does not carry interest: the deb, rLi,s
really burthen, isof 1864, 699. coo franc, ,S.
$50 francs TO each individual of tie kl,g5,m~
Che budget is 10, submitted 10 tie Ct,T.
annually. but once in ten years. The c.soyim,
n0afzre was tax on the grinding Of cum ~
very heavy in itself. but offensive az le,i,5 :
the first necessary of life as requiring h, o.
slant presence of tay-gatherels at he Mil.
and above all, from the arsiocralie rtenalsr.
which it implied aud in which il originated I.
charge for the army is for about forty.tgO,.e
and troops; the navy consists Of nnsi,,a.
ships. of which thirty are in active service e.r.
ing 72O guns aud 43l4 men, The cln.s
religion amuunts to about E2j2 Oj6 STERLING a.
tributed among all the Determination, uos
Jews.
The Netherlands have circulation ufA0l
sheets of newspapers a day, and are Illus aost
ing to authentic calculations. better suODii
with Journals than France or England TX
newspapers are conducted less a, cOmaeru
specula,ions, than for political purpose, npir.
eral Journals are chiefly in the hands Of yOls
literati OF talents and zeal: the ministerial and.
rectly patronized.by the government. EencDl.
nv education Is very general; m 1895, Out q
| 1858 cOn,Di,fass, there were only ga vibc.
schools: the children who frequent the scbg
are As 10ifto 947 inhabitants. 4 proportion ~.
ceeded in no country in Europe, unIt,, /, k
Prussia. The six universities are IN every ar
Aourishins. The total number Of students d
them is is not much less than three thousand
There are fifty Saving Banks and one bundra
and. twenty four Mons de Picte. The e,fiJn.
ments for the Poor, and the charitable irsdn.
tons. generally, are excelIed by those Il mot.
er nation IN Europe, either in their extent Al.
efficacy, or the manner Of their admOlsnoE
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The State Elections in Maryland and DE-
ware, which took place las, week. have G