ether we consider the virtues of her heart, or the
accomplishments of her person; generous, mild, and tender hearted;
beloved even almost to adoration by her royal consort, to whom she had
borne a prince and two princesses; and universally admired and revered
by the subjects of his Danish majesty. Her death had been preceded about
two months by that of her brother-in-law, the prince of Orange, no
less regretted by the natives of the United Provinces for his candour,
integrity, and hereditary love to his country. Though he had not
distinguished himself by the lustre of a superior genius, he had been at
great pains to cultivate his understanding, and study the true interest
of that community of which he was a member. He had always approved
himself a good and zealous citizen, and, since his elevation to the
stadtholdership, taken many salutary steps for the advantage of his
country. Among other excellent schemes which he suggested, he left a
noble plan with the states-general for restoring their commerce to
its former lustre, and lived long enough to receive their warmest
acknowledgments fox this last proof of his prudence and patriotism.
His son and daughter being both infants, the administration of the
government devolved upon the princess, as governante during her son's
minority; and as such she succeeded to all the power which her husband
had enjoyed.

MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CZARINA AND KING OF PRUSSIA.

With respect to the affairs of the continent, the peace of the north
seemed still as precarious as ever; for though the difference between
Russia and Sweden had been compromised, the mutual disgust between
the czarina and the king of Prussia had gained such accession from
reciprocal insults, ill offices, and inflammatory declarations, that
these two powers seemed to be on the eve of a rupture, and each was
employed in making extraordinary preparations for war. The courts of
Vienna and Great Britain, foreseeing that such a rupture would embroil
the empire, and raise insurmountable obstructions to their favourite
scheme of electing the archduke Joseph king of the Romans, resolved to
employ all their influence in order to effect a reconciliation between
the courts of Petersburgh and Berlin. His Prussian majesty had signified
to the king of Great Britain and the states-general, the situation in
which he stood with the czarina, and solicited their interposition, that
the difference might be amicably accommodate