A developement of the views and designs of the French nation, [electronic resource] : and the advantages which will derive to them, if they should be able, by a peace, or otherwise, to secure to themselves the free navigation of the rivers Rhine, Maese, and Scheldt; To which it is their long avowed Intention and Design, to join many of their numerous navigable Rivers and Canals, and thereby, at all Times, secure to themselves, a safe and speedy Conveyance of their various Productions, Manufactures and Commerce, from the most interior Parts of the Kingdom, to the above Rivers; and from thence to the Centre of Germany, Holland, and the Netherlands; and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Bay of Biscay, to the British Channel, and to the North Trade of almost all the northern Part of Europe: and particularly to the Exclusion of the Trade and Manufacturers of Great Britain.