Being convinced of your high mightineffes love of equity, and of your affection for the house of Orange and Naffau, which has merited it, in all the states of the United Provinces, we most earnestly pray your high mightineffes, by the prefent, as a neighbour and friend, to interpofe in the prefent disagreeable events, and that you will addrefs with zeal, both the lords, ftates of Holland and Weft Frifeland, and the ftates of the other provinces, where neceffary, in order that the lord hereditary ftadtholder may peaceably enjoy the right belonging to him hereditarily, that thoie taken from him may be restored, and that a perfect harmony may be re-established.

"Thus we recommend by the prefent in the most serious manner to your high mightineffes, the welfare and interefts of the lord hereditary ftadtholder, of our dear niece, and of their family, which gives fo much hopes; that your high migh tineffes therefore will vouchfafe to take into deliberation, and make the lords of the respective states confider, that we cannot be indifferent refpecting the cruel and unmerited fate of perfons fo nearly related to us; but, on the contrary, that we fhall watch over the preservation of the welfare due to them, and to which we ought to contribute by every poffible means. To that effect, we effectually prefent our impartial mediation, in quality of friend and neighbour, and with the best intentions.

"We hope to fee, in confequence, that our wishes will be fulfilled in that refpect; and in this expectation we remain at all times, affectionate

Heads of the principal Acts of Parliament paffed in the Year 1784.

AN act for establishing certain re

gulations concerning the portage and conveyance of letters and packets by the poft between Great Britain and Ireland.

An act for further continuing, for a limited time, an act made in the twenty-third year of the reign of his prefent majefty, intituled, " An act for preventing certain inftruments from being required from fhips belonging to the United States of America; and to give to his majesty, for a limited time, certain powers for the better carrying on trade and commerce between the fubjects of his majesty's dominions, and the inhabitants of the said United States."

An act for the better regulation and management of the affairs of the Eaft India company, and of the British poffeffions in India; and for establishing a court of judicature, for the more speedy and effectual trial of perfons accused of offences committed in the Eaft Indies.

An act to enable his majefty to grant to the heirs of the former proprietors, upon certain terms and conditions, the forfeited eftates in Scotland, which were put under the management of a board of trustees, by an act paffed in the twenty-fifth

year

year of the reign of his late majefty king George the Second; and to repeal the faid act.

An act for the effectual tranfportation of felons, and other offenders; and to authorize the removal of prifoners in certain cafes; and for other purposes therein mentioned.

An act for granting to his majefty certain additional rates of poftage for conveyance of letters and packets by the poft, within the kingdom of Great Britain; for preventing frauds in the revenue carried on by the conveyance of certain goods in letters and packets; and for further preventing frauds and abuses in relation to the fending and receiving of letters and packets free from postage.

and furnished with a licence according to a form thereunto annexed.

For appointing commiffioners to enquire into the fees, gratuities, perquifites, and emoluments, which are, or have been lately received in the feveral public offices therein mentioned; to examine/into any abuses which may exist in the fame, and to report fuch obfervations as fhall occur to them for the better conducting and managing the bufinefs tranfacted in the faid offices.

For the better regulating the office of the treasurer of his majesty's navy.

For the better examining and auditing the public accounts of this kingdom.

For appointing commiffioners further to enquire into the loffes and fervices of all fuch perfons who have fuffered in their rights, properties, and profeffions, during the late unhappy diffenfions in America, in confequence of their loyalty to his majefty, and attachment to the British government.

To limit the duration of polls and fcrutinies, and for making other regulations, touching the election of members to ferve in parliament for places within England and Wales, and for Berwick upon Tweed; and alfo for removing difficulties which may arise for want of returns being made of members to serve in parliament.

CHA

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Account and Character of the natives of the Friendly Iflands: From Vol. I. of Captain Cook's laft voyage to the Pacific Ocean, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1780.

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HE natives of the Friendly Islands feldom exceed the common ftature (though we have measured fome, who were above fix feet); but are very ftrong, and well made; especially as to their limbs. They are generally broad about the fhoulders; and though the mufcular difpofition of the men, which feems a confequence of much action, rather conveys the appearance of ftrength than of beauty, there are feveral to be feen, who are really handfome. Their features are very various; infomuch, that it is fcarcely poffible to fix on any general likeness, by which to characterize them, unless it be a fullness at the point of the nofe, which is very common. But, on the other hand, we met with hundreds of truly European faces, and many genuine Roman nofes, a mongst them. Their eyes and teeth are good; but the laft neither fo remarkably white, nor fo well fet as is often found amongst Indian nations; though, to balance that few of them have any uncommon thickness about the lips, a defect as frequent as the other perfection.

The women are not fo much difVOL. XXVII.

tinguished from the men by their features as by their general form, which, is, for the most part, deftitute of that ftrong fleshy firmness that appears in the latter. Though the features of fome are fo delicate, as not only to be a true index of their fex, but to lay claim to a confiderable fhare of beauty and expreffion, the rule is, by no means, fo general as in many other countries. But, at the fame time, this is frequently the most exceptionable part; for the bodies and limbs of moft of the females are well proportioned; and fome, abfolutely, perfect models of a beautiful figure. But the moft remarkable diftinction in the women, is the uncommon fmallness and deli-cacy of their fingers, which may be put in competion with the finest in Europe.

The general colour is a caft deeper than the copper brown; but feveral of the men and women have a true olive complexion; and fome of the laft are even a great deal fairer; which is probably the effect of being lefs expofed to the fun; as a tendency to corpulence, in a few of the principal people, feems to be the confequence of a more indolent life. It is alfo amongst the laft, that a foft clear fkin is moft frequently obferved. Amongst the bulk of the people, the fkin is, more commonly, of a dull hue, B

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