days will elapse before the Province is declared in open rebellion, by hoisting the King's Standard; to which all true friends of King George the Third and his Government will repair. Such is the unfortunate state of affairs in this part of the Province; you may justly pronounce them very wild indeed.

Boston, August 29, 1774.

On Saturday morning, the 27th instant, there assembled on the Common in Worcester, fifteen hundred people, and made choice of five of their number as a Committee, viz: Messrs. Joseph Gilbert, John Goulding, Edward Rawson, Thomas Dennie, and Joshua Biglow, to wait on the Honourable Timothy Paine, Esquire, lately appointed Counsellor, by mandamus, from his Majesty, to demand of him satisfaction to the people for having qualified himself for said office; and having waited on Mr. Paine accordingly, he asked them what satisfaction they wanted? They answered, a total resignation of his office, and desired him to write it, upon which he withdrew, and in a few minutes returned to them with what he had wrote, which was a total resignation of his office, and a promise never to set again as Counsellor, unless agreeable to Charter; he then asked if that was satisfactory? They replied he must wait on the people, which he thought unreasonable, after he had complied with their demand; but they said it was in vain, unless he made his personal appearance, the people would not be satisfied; and after their promising to protect him from insult, he waited on them to the body of the people, where Mr. Dennie read his resignation, with which numbers were dissatisfied, requiring that Mr. Paine should read it himself, and that with his hat off; he then told the Committee that he had complied with all they required, on their promising him protection, and that he then called on them for it; but they gave him to understand the people would not be satisfied till he complied with their demand, which he did, and was then conducted near to his own house by the Committee, and dismissed. The people then drew off, those of each town forming a company, and marched for Rutland, the town in which the Honourable John Murray, Esquire, (another new Counsellor) resides.

A Proposal from different parts of the Country.—It is proposed that an estimate should be formed by indifferent people, of the value of all the real estates in Boston, that, so if the estates in it, should be sunk in their value by the Port Bill's continuing to be enforced, or should otherwise be ruined by the rage of our common enemies, the country might be able to form a judgment of the retribution that should be made to the sufferers. This does honour to the publick virtue of our country.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GOVERNOUR WENTWORTH TO THE EARL OF DARTMOUTH, DATED NEW-HAMPSHIRE, AUGUST 29, 1774,

Since my letter, No. 64, the Convention of persons chosen by many towns, in consequence of the invitation in that letter referred to, met at Exeter, and elected Colonel Folsom and Major Sullivan, to be Delegates for this Province, at the Congress to be held in Philadelphia, on the first day of September next. The paper, No. 1, herewith enclosed, is a copy of the instructions given to those gentlemen, and is the best explanation of their service and employment that I can obtain. I am informed that this Convention collected and brought from their respective towns, about one hundred and twenty guineas, which was paid into the hands of John Giddinge, Esquire, (who they elected Treasurer,) to defray the expense incurred by the Delegates aforenamed, who set off on their journey to Philadelphia, on the 10th instant.

The Committee of Correspondence elected by the late Assembly, and of course dissolved with them, wrote circular letters to all the towns in this Province, a copy of which, and printed form of the non-importation and non-consumption agreement, recommended in that letter, and accompanying it, is herewith transmitted, No. 2. Some few towns generally subscribed, many others totally rejected it. The Committee appear conscious that their powers (if any they ever had) ceased with the Assembly that elected them, for they do not date the day of the month, because it succeeded the dissolution; it is certain they had not acted nor even met together before that. I think this Province is much more moderate than any other to the Southward, although the spirit of enthusiasm is spread, and requires the utmost vigilance and prudence to restrain it from violent excess; this will appear by the enclosure, No. 3, which was carried nemine contradicente, in this town, upon an attempt some few nights preceding, by a parcel of boys and sailors, to insult a woman who sold tea. Since this vote the town has been perfectly quiet, those who had tea have sold it without molestation. The inhabitants have now almost universally discontinued the use of Bohea tea, and I apprehend will entirely within three months from this date.

The Town Clerk of Boston, who is said to be a zealous leader of the popular opposition, has been in this town about a week, and immediately appears a publication in the New-Hampshire Gazette, recommending donations for Boston, which has been followed with a notification to convene in town meeting "to grant relief to the poor of the town of Boston," on the I2th of September next. It is probable no town grant will be made, and the meeting issue in appointing a Committee to receive and transmit voluntary donations, which, I believe, will not afford much comfort to them, or greatly credit the charitable munificence of these town meetings; grants are always and ever will be greater on popular pretences than private subscriptions, because those that vote in publick pay by far the least part of the grant; as is ever the case with Selectmen, who having power over the apportionment of rates, probably do not exercise it to their own detriment, and thence more easily join in facilitating and augmenting such gilts, which, from the nature of the office, they have great influence upon. It is greatly to be wished that gentlemen of property, experience, and education, could be persuaded to accept the office of Selectmen; but it is impracticable, if they are disinterested, and without other views than the publick good, it is a very laborious and unprofitable employment; and as I have nothing in my power whereby to reward such good men, they all decline, and the interiour regulation of the capital falls into the hands of those who can submit to make it worth their attention.

I beg leave to assure your Lordship of my most faithful diligence in his Majesty's service; and, with the greatest deference, to hope for such favourable representation thereof, I am, &c.,

J. WENTWORTH.

P. S. The enclosure, No. 4, met with very little encouragement, and obtained but few signers, (except two or three) who were only among the lower order of people, who signed before they were invited to, and on the same invitation would sign any other paper.

J. W.

PROVIDENCE (RHODE ISLAND) TOWN MEETING.

At a Town Meeting held at Providence, on the last Tuesday of August, I774,

The Honourable DARIUS SESSIONS, Esq., Moderator:

Whereas, at the last session of Assembly an order was passed that John Smith would receive the quota of the arms belonging to the County of Providence, and deliver them to his Honour the Deputy Governour. Whereupon it is by this meeting Voted, that John Smith be appointed to procure the said small arms to be cleaned and made fit for use, and to procure proper chests for the same, all of which expenses to be paid by this town after his accounts have passed the Town Audit.

It is resolved by this meeting that this town ought not to be made the asylum of any person or persons of what ever town, place, or city, within the British Dominions, whose principles and practices being inimical to the liberties of our country and its happy Constitution, have rendered or shall render them obnoxious to the inhabitants of such place or places from which they may emigrate, and that all such ought be discouraged by every prudent and legal measure. And the honourable Town Council are hereby requested to exert themselves for the removal and ejection of all such persons, so far as by law they may be warranted, as their being admitted among us may tend greatly to en danger the peace, order, and tranquillity of the town, as by recent instances has been manifested.