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Origin And History Of The Stadtholdership Of Holland.

been elected Sovereign over the whole Republic , had he not been killed by an assassin hired by the Spanish Ministry . His son Maurice never attained to so much power , and the understood attempts of his brother-in-law Frederic Henry , were not attended with success . After his decease , five Provinces chose his son William II . for their Stadtholder and Captain General . The Province of Hollandin 16 54 solemnlexcluded William

, , y III . son to the latter , from the Stadtholdership ; yet , in 16 72 , they so far receded from this act , that this office was settled on him hereditarily , and he held it even after his accession to the Throne of England . At his death the office was not suppressed , but exercised by the States themselves till the year 1747 , the provinces of GuelderlandFriezlandand Groeningenexceptedwhichduring this

in-, , , , , terval , elected for their Stadtholder the Prince of Orange , named William Charles Henry Friso , afterwards styled William the Fourth . But in 1747 , thc French breaking into Dutch Flanders , the city of Tervere , from a sense of the danger ivhich threatened the whole Republic , insisted that the Prince of Orange should be created Stadtholder of Zealand , and the states of the province consenting , the Prince

was declared their Stadtholder , and also Captain and Admiral General . This example was soon followed by the provinces of Holland and West Friezland , and thus the Prince became Stadtholder , Captain General , and Admiral , of all the United Provinces . On the 4 th of May 1747 , the same was formally notified to him by the States General in their assembly , and , immediately after , the Stadtholdershi p settled on his heirs male , and the females were not excluded from the

succession , provided they did not many the sons of kings or electors . The office of Stadtholder was of great weight , authority , and profit , but the Sovereignty ivas not annexed to it .

Instances Of Retributive Justice.

INSTANCES OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE .

RETRIBUTIVE Justice is the consolation of the oppressed , and the terror of the oppressors . If the following facts , which have , I believe , been remarked by De Foe , should fall into the hands of the Convention of France , it maj " , perhaps , alarm them for their future safety , by showing them , that though , in the language of Juvenal , the anger of the gods may sleep , yet it will not die . The extraordinary coincidence of dates of some of the eventsseems to

, designate the particular crime which provoked the punishment of its perpetrators . The sera , of these circumstances is the reign of Charles , and the troubles that followed it . The English parliament called in the Scots to invade their king , and were invaded themselves by tbe same Scots , in defence of the

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Untitled Article 1
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 2
ANECDOTE, Article 4
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE STADTHOLDERSHIP OF HOLLAND. Article 4
INSTANCES OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. Article 5
THE NEWSPAPER. Article 7
A SERMON PREACHED AT GREENWICH, ON THE FESTIVAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, JUNE 24, 1774, Article 8
HYDROPHOBIA CURED BY VINEGAR. Article 15
THE FREEMASON. No. II. Article 16
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS' OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Article 18
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 22
DEVONSHIRE ANECDOTE. Article 23
ANECDOTE OF GOVERNOR BOYD. Article 23
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN, &c. * Article 24
ACCOUNT OF SHAKSPEARE's CRAB-TREE. Article 29
NEW EXPERIMENT IN AGRICULTURE. Article 30
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF SEVERAL CANT TERMS AND PHRASES IN USE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Article 31
THE EFFECT OF SUDDEN PREFERMENT IN LOOSENING ANCIENT CONNEXIONS. Article 33
NATIONAL CHARACTER. Article 38
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 39
CONSECRATION OF THE LODGE OF UNANIMITY, No. 136, AT COLTISHALL, IN NORFOLK. Article 40
LIFE OF THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN EGERTON, LATE LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM. Article 41
SINGULAR WORDS. Article 44
THE IRON MASK. Article 45
DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE DUTCH. Article 47
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 48
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 54
POETRY. Article 55
A ROYAL ARCH SONG. Article 56
ODE FOR THE NEW YEAR, Article 57
THE HORSE TO HIS RIDER; AN ELEGY, Article 58
EPIGRAM Article 60
ICE CREAM. Article 60
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 65
Untitled Article 72
LONDON : Article 72
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 73
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 73
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Origin And History Of The Stadtholdership Of Holland.

been elected Sovereign over the whole Republic , had he not been killed by an assassin hired by the Spanish Ministry . His son Maurice never attained to so much power , and the understood attempts of his brother-in-law Frederic Henry , were not attended with success . After his decease , five Provinces chose his son William II . for their Stadtholder and Captain General . The Province of Hollandin 16 54 solemnlexcluded William

, , y III . son to the latter , from the Stadtholdership ; yet , in 16 72 , they so far receded from this act , that this office was settled on him hereditarily , and he held it even after his accession to the Throne of England . At his death the office was not suppressed , but exercised by the States themselves till the year 1747 , the provinces of GuelderlandFriezlandand Groeningenexceptedwhichduring this

in-, , , , , terval , elected for their Stadtholder the Prince of Orange , named William Charles Henry Friso , afterwards styled William the Fourth . But in 1747 , thc French breaking into Dutch Flanders , the city of Tervere , from a sense of the danger ivhich threatened the whole Republic , insisted that the Prince of Orange should be created Stadtholder of Zealand , and the states of the province consenting , the Prince

was declared their Stadtholder , and also Captain and Admiral General . This example was soon followed by the provinces of Holland and West Friezland , and thus the Prince became Stadtholder , Captain General , and Admiral , of all the United Provinces . On the 4 th of May 1747 , the same was formally notified to him by the States General in their assembly , and , immediately after , the Stadtholdershi p settled on his heirs male , and the females were not excluded from the

succession , provided they did not many the sons of kings or electors . The office of Stadtholder was of great weight , authority , and profit , but the Sovereignty ivas not annexed to it .

Instances Of Retributive Justice.

INSTANCES OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE .

RETRIBUTIVE Justice is the consolation of the oppressed , and the terror of the oppressors . If the following facts , which have , I believe , been remarked by De Foe , should fall into the hands of the Convention of France , it maj " , perhaps , alarm them for their future safety , by showing them , that though , in the language of Juvenal , the anger of the gods may sleep , yet it will not die . The extraordinary coincidence of dates of some of the eventsseems to

, designate the particular crime which provoked the punishment of its perpetrators . The sera , of these circumstances is the reign of Charles , and the troubles that followed it . The English parliament called in the Scots to invade their king , and were invaded themselves by tbe same Scots , in defence of the

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