think it highly necessary to convene the good people of this metropolis in the Fields on Wednesday next, which will be the 6th instant, at six o'clock, in the evening, where every friend to the true interest of this distressed country is earnestly requested to attend, when matters of the utmost importance to their reputations and security as freemen will be communicated. Tuesday, 5th July, 1774."

"The above advertisement is conceived in such mystic and ambiguous terms, that no person out of the secret could imagine from whence it could proceed. Much surprised, therefore, was 1, to learn that a member of this Committee acted as Chairman to the promoters of the said advertisement.

"I conceive, Mr. Chairman, that no individual whatever, especially a member of this Committee, had a right to call a meeting by an anonymous advertisement, much less to exhibit a set of resolves calculated for particular purposes, no motion ever having been made for resolves in this Committee, and that no resolves whatsoever should have been entered into, until when well digested by this Committee, and held up to the public for their consideration.

"I therefore move that this Committee disavow all such proceedings, evidently calculated to throw an odium on this Committee, and to create groundless jealousies and suspicions of their conduct, as well as disunion among our fellow-citizens.''

Mr. McDougall moved, and was seconded by Mr. Lispenard, That the previous question be put, on Mr. John Thurman's motion, disavowing the proceedings in the Fields on the 6th instant.

Carried in the negative.

Mr. Thurman's motion being then put, it was carried in the affirmative.

Resolved, therefore, That such proceedings are evidently calculated to throw an odium upon this Committee, and to cause groundless jealousies and suspicions of their conduct, as well as disunion among our fellow-citizens.

Mr. Lewis moved, and was seconded by Mr. Curtenius:

"That a Committee be appointed to draw and report, without delay, a set of Resolution to be proposed to the city, expressing their sense of the Boston Port Act, and our concurrence with such of the neighbouring Colonies as have declared what may be proper to be done for the relief of the town of Boston, and the redress of America grievances."

Ordered, unanimously, That the seven following persons be a Committee for that purpose, viz: Mr. Low, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Moore, Captain Sears, Mr. Remsen, Mr. Shaw, Mr. McDougall.

Mr. McEvers moved, and was seconded by Mr. Booth,

"That Mr. Thurman's motion of this evening, with the resolve thereon, be immediately printed at large.

Which was carried as follows:

The Committee then adjourned until Wednesday, the 13th of July, at 6 o'clock, in the evening.

Proceedings in the Fields, referred to in Mr. THURMAN'S motion of this Evening.

At a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the city of New-York, convened in the Fields by public advertisement, on Wednesday, the 6th of July, 1774.

Mr. ALEXANDER MCDOUGALL, Chairman.

The business of the meeting being fully explained by the Chairman, and the dangerous tendency of the numerous and vile arts used by the enemies of America, to divide and distract her councils, as well as the misrepresentations of the virtuous intentions of the citizens of this metropolis, in this interesting and alarming state of the liberties of America, the following Resolutions were twice read, and the question being separately put on each of them, they were passed without one dissentient:

1st. Resolved, nem. con., That the statute commonly called the Boston Port Act, is oppressive to the inhabitants of that town, unconstitutional in its principles, and dangerous to the liberties of British America; and that, therefore, we consider our brethren at Boston as now suffering in the common cause of these Colonies.

2d. Resolved, nem. con., That any attack or attempt to abridge the liberties, or invade the Constitution of any of our sister Colonies, is immediately an attack upon the liberties and Constitution of all the British Colonies.

3d. Resolved, nem. con., That the shutting up of any of the ports in America, with intent to exact from Americans a submission to Parliamentary taxation, or extort a reparation of private injuries, is highly unconstitutional, and subversive of the commercial rights of the inhabitants of this Continent.

4th. Resolved, nem. con., That it is the opinion of this meeting, that if the principal Colonies on this Continent shall come into a joint resolution to stop all importation from, and exportation to Great Britain, till the Act of Parliament for blocking up the harbour of Boston be repealed, the same will prove the silvation of North America and her liberties; and that, on the other hand, if they continue their exports and imports, there is great reason to fear that fraud, power, and the most odious oppression, will rise triumphant over right, justice, social happiness, and freedom: Therefore,

5th. Resolved, nem. con., That the Deputies who shall represent this Colony in the Congress of American Deputies, to be held at Philadelphia, about the first of September next, are hereby instructed, empowered, and directed to engage with a majority of the principal Colonies, to agree for this city upon a non-importation from Great Britain, of all goods, wares and merchandises, until the Act for blocking up the harbour of Boston be repealed, and American grievances be redressed; and also to agree to

be judged to be illegal; by no means, Sir, when you have allowed that the last extremes will make it legal. You are confident that redress may be obtained, but not by any moans we have hitherto fallen upon. If the CONGRESS or CONVENTION which you have permitted to meat upon the last extremes, do fall upon means of redress, we shall be quite satisfied; though we have hitherto been unsuccessful. As to your method of redress, which you say is the only on? that a most gracious Sovereign would most gladly accede to, and which can insure to us our liberties, I do humbly affirm, that I think it a method so little calculated to insure to us our liberties, that, with ninety-nine Americans out of every hundred, it would be thought a most effectual way to destroy them; unless, Sir, you would be pleased to give security that our Deputies sent to Parliament should not be polluted by the well known fountains of corruption, that at present have too much existence there. In one place you grant that we have a Constitution, or why do you call upon us to act constitutionally? And in another, you are pleased to inform us that hitherto we have had no Constitution, but in idea. Pray, Sir, be pleased to inform us of your design in these sentiments; lest we might be led to think you had been guilty of a small contradiction. For my own part, could I believe that hitherto we have had no Constitution, but in idea, I should be led to think that our several Governments were ideal also; that our courts of justice were ideal, and that the glorious CONGRESS itself will be but ideal; if so, surely it cannot be an object worthy of your future opposition. However that may be, we shall trust to the wisdom of its members, and to their uncorrupted patriotism commit our cause; the cause of God; the cause of nature; the cause of America.