Being further under the necessity of submitting to your High Mightinesses the complaints of the inhabitants of Yarmouth, which you will please to learn from the accompanying transcribed and translated affidavits; they were placed in our hands yesterday afternoon by Sir Strickland, in the name and by order of his Highness and the Council, and we have promised to write to your High Mightinesses by this occasion, with the assurance that you are favorably disposed to prevent and forbid in every way, all excesses and imposition, and that you would also effectually provide against the same, having even resolved to write to the Commander of the Fishing fleet, to send up circumstantial and particular information on the subject. Wherewith we shall pray God mercifully to bless your High Mightinesses' laudable government, and remain. High and Mighty Lords, Your High Mightinesses' Westminster, 9"' October, 1654. Humble servants.

HOLLAND DOCUMENTS: VIL 559 P. S. After having written tlius far, we fortunately learned from a Lord of tlie Council, that an order is to l)e issued on the earliest occasion for the release of the above ships, and that the Captains or Commanders of the ships of war will be expressly instructed to abstain, in future, from the capture of such ships, whereof we hope to advise more fully in our next.'

Resolution of the States of Holland and Westfriesland, dated 4"" December, 1654.

Boundary ia The Grand Peusionary^ hath communicated to the Assembly a despatch from New Neiheriand. Mcss" Bevemingk and Nieupoort, extraordinary Ambassadors from this State to England, written to him from Westminster, the 27"= of last month, with an appendix containing ample information of what they have done in the matter of the Boundary in New Netherland, between the subjects of this State and those of England. Which being considered, it is resolved and concluded, that it be sent to the States General, in order that their High Mightinesses may transmit copy of said Despatch and Appendix to the Presidial Chamber of the West India Company here, with request to be furnished at the earliest date with its conclusions and opinion thereupon and to receive pertinent information on all the points more fully detailed in said letter.