Jenks's Portland Gazette

HOLLAND.

Accounts from Holland of a late date state-

That the Swelling of the Rhine had been so great as to burst the dyke which kept out the sea at Nimeguen and a considerable part of Dutch Gueldres had been inundated-

That many of the inhabitants had been drowned, and that the remainder, getting upon the roofs of houses to save themselves from the floating ice, had been frozen there-

That the town of Dort, 19 leagues from Amsterdam, was expecting with dreadful anxiety the breaking up of the frost, it being situated lower than the Leyval, a river as impetuous as the Scheldt. This town was on the point of being swallowed, and the inhabitants flying in all directions-

That Rotterdam was in a similar situation, the water being only six inches below the tops of the dykes, by which the sea was prevented from rushing in-

That in the town of Deventer, 6 leagues from Amsterdam, the water was 6 feet above the dykes, and 17 feet deep in the town-

That the number of souls lost were unknown, it being impossible to approach the place-

That the bridges of Arnheim, 3 leagues from Amsterdam, were carried away, and the communication between that city and the Hague entirely cut off by the ice, and the water of the Rhine, which covers a part of Holland--

That great numbers of boats were employed by government to convey provisions to the different villages, which were entirely under water, and to receive such families as the sudden increase of the waters obliged to fly for safety to the eminences. These boats, however, were soon rendered useless, the excessive cold again covering the waters with ice; boats were then put upon sledges, but the provisions with which they were laden, were almost entirely frozen-

That no intelligence could be received from the inundated villages-

That fields of ice arrived at Nimeguen, covered with men and cattle-

That at Bois le Duc, the inhabitants had retired to ware-houses in the highest part of the town for safety--

That the public calamity had excited the utmost attention of Government, and that the Directory had written to the first chamber to demand an extraordinary aid of 100,000 florins, which was immediately granted.-

Accounts further state, that vast treasures, were conveying from Holland to Hamburgh, in order to be transported to England, and that great expectations were entertained of an insurrection becoming general in Holland against the French government