E cclesiast
ic G ec^
CRAPHY.
Government.
Claffes. Preachers.
3 . 'That of Northern Holland - - i - 6 , 22,0
4. The congregation of Zealand- - - - - 4 163
5. The Synod of Utrecht ir i - - '-i - 3. 79
6. That of Frifland* ................................ 6 207
7. That of Obèr Yfielr ■. -><; r'.J ^Ictj : rn v fï 7 4
8. That of Groningen, the city and lo^r 1 ^
countries . § j
That of Drent - --J -3 1 -■ 4Q
I Tojraf 53;^ o'':t57%7v'j
There are, befides, numerous Walloon churches, feathered; dHjough
the provinces, who hold a kind ©f fy n ^ tvfcicc a ^ a r rlcot&po&ds of;I
deputies from their own fe&. r*The Roman'Catdiolics-ar^id^ptSfedio:
have 350 churches, ferved by- 400 pri&lfo;-excteftve; o f lomy in the;
conquered territory, The ‘ chief other fe£ts" ‘are the * -Luth&radS*, the
ReinonftrantSj or Arminians, who1 Ka¥e terty^hfee teadiers, Ariabap- -
tills, and Jews, and a few Quakers.
The United Provinces wbre;c6‘rtip6fed o f feVe« republics, each retaining
its own dates, confining! 'of nobles,' ‘ a ^ d f b y f ^ ’fhe!,^rb-i
•»uncial Hates fend deputies to the Hates-general, each republic' hayMg
only one vote, though its deputies may lie numerous, But me'dates^
general feldom exceed 26 perfons, wbo ufed to, affcinble in a .finst!
xoOm at the Hagpc, enjoying the right o f ^e^ce^and war, appointing
and- • receiving ambafladorsj panning, tfor,Qfeffier, or^ecre^r-l^^^by
and all the ftaff oflfeersA Tbe,.
finances and what is calle4, the council of deputies cor^d&s the ^troOp^'
and finances of each province., The grand penfiopary ,.bf Hpllanij'
prefidesin the provincial Hates, arid coiincil of deprives o f tha^epppyry.
The Stadtholder was originally a kind of dictator, appointed, from the?
* That is Frifland proper. W,eft Frillanil is to the north1 oBH'dlland? o i -tW we® of the
Zuyder Zee.' Eaft Frill and tothe tali of Groningen. -.See Nugent, 11.. 38.1. .
Radcliffe’ s travels, i. 53. -Bufching, xiv. p. 40, & c . ■ necemty
hli&bsi die Mtk ; The c««**'
lfyi^ffity-feSvii5^,'Vaniffi6d,5'^lllf fcc^fhg -bf duffiba^ d(lfSorlf^ llH ME1,T*
W^llMhf/Hf dpj Sr oc l l ^ i f ftS-btf 3 lf(9 alrdd hfiMfiaryi AS'he
MlHd ^ll8®cfc “ BhiWretf/' me f t S t e s - ’tilEf yijHj’ wHeh,
thdl info Biftcfi.'TfeddfersV the1 farik reffo'red tb
William IV , and aglfohfefofoe'hefoditlfy, th b rig h fo id e d it' rib a s ’ frequently
contefled. -
JuHice is adminiHerecl' ^epordin» to''tBeripcaf'CuHoms and. flatutes o f Laws.’
bach the orjlijiabicco'of*the Hates general-, ami in
defeat o f a ll-^ e ib the Roman code! Each province- !a' fqpr em e'
fe&nrt,-yfo which;japMals lie ; fr^mfohe low e f p u /r t o f J ullipc, except in ;
criminal caufes, in which the'S tadtholder might pardon, b y th e c o n - .
fdp.t o f the, pr(efident and fuperior .court o f ,ea,g,fopr;pyiyi’c ^ T a y e s in,
|c£;jijurder.andfotber flagrant'crimes.,'
< .T h e -pqpulatjpp.Qf the United Pr||v|n,Ggs;has ,be|’n r c c e n t|^ q jn p u te d
and the extent o f the*t£rrifo|y ,idfquare mile^beingTup-
pbfed . i a ^ ^ j b t h e r e will/be 2y5%for';e#sbT jn ljp ifq h trp ' '* T h e population
b f Holland, >the chief province, is' calculated*, at
I f 'T h e Dutch be ingptf^^;cbnfiderable>titne,ifo% chief ’maritime fpowex Coloniest'
in Europe, theaF'^4©Hrlfes5 were humefous.; befidSs^fdme fettfeMcfifo on
ffieHcdaH o f Hihdbffah,' “arid an important efthbliJiifoCT? in;vj@ ^ f l ^ > ,'
HKey held, and Hill retain Batavia iri'thbehQarid^f '.’B u t th e Gape
o f H o o d Hope,1 and bJhdlJfconfiHe^ble ieHabflfftfeMht^ , ha?ve"falleri4 n fo '
the hands of the1 Engliffi*r/and t h e ^ u t c h ‘ m ay ,b e corifidefod as '
nearly*annihilatCcT,'
. ' T h e ,a rm y wSs compu’^ j a t ?3 but1 10^
porated with th a t o f fia n c e . rfThe*navy, 'lwhidh' tife’d Tt ( ^ S ® I t f o f fo rly
feips o f th e 'lin e , has by the events-5‘ o j fhe'Wl®'; V a f ’almolf fo k lw ^d it"',
appeared.
^ The're^erCue V a s ’&briut'three ’‘millions and a*'h*alf ller-lilik b u t was Revenue,
gre a tly exceeded’ by 'the'bx;periditu'r?& f fo th a t^ lle rihticcnaf debt'was ~
computed at about 1 g6,bbo;oobl. Herlin^. hut' 2 ,lb ^ b p 1;llfifd rV ’ah -'
nually received as the interelf of loans to foreign poWer.
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