The prince of Wales and the duke of York, escaping from England, took refuge in Holland with their brother-in-law, the stadtholder, William, prince of Orange.

A rupture between England and Holland appeared imminent.

The Puritans in America were well pleased with the establishment of a republic in their native land.

A war between the two European nations would probably bring all the Dutch colonies under the control of England.

The West India Company, in view of these perils, urged Stuyvesant "to live with his neighbors on the best terms possible." On the 24th of March, of this year, the venerable Governor Winthrop, of Massachusetts, died, at the age of sixty-one.