determinations and resolutions as should be there entered into, and come from thence recommended." Their meeting was on the 30th of August, at which time there appeared Representatives from two Parishes, viz: St. George's and St. David's, to join with the Parish of St. John, (and we since learn that the Parish of St. Andrew have acceded to the same resolution) aud those Parishes went so far as even to nominate one Deputy, who will, if the other Parishes agree, finally attend at the General Congress.

The Parish of St. John have been remarkably unanimous and spirited in this important affair; have opened a subscription for the relief of the unhappy sufferers at Boston; and in this single Parish have already subscribed to the amount of two hundred barrels of rice, which is to be forwarded by the Committee of Correspondence; and they, with the other Parishes that join them, express the strongest desire to be united with the other Colonies, in every constitutional measure, for the removal of publick grievances, and are willing, in this noble struggle, to exert themselves to the utmost; to make every sacrifice that men, impressed with the strongest sense of their rights and liberties, and warm with the most benevolent feelings for their oppressed brethren, can make, to stand firmly, or fall gloriously, in the common cause.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE HONOURABLE GOVERNOUR GAGE TO THE EARL OF DARTMOUTH, DATED BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 2, 1774.

Your. Lordship's despatch, No. 6, is duly received. Your Lordship will know that the state, not of this Province only, but of the rest, is greatly changed since Mr. Hutchinson left America.

Though I saw things were bad when I wrote from Salem, I found them much worse than I expected when I arrived here. Several of the new Counsellors who dwell at a distance, have fled from their houses, and been obliged to seek protection among the troops at Boston; in that number were Messrs. Buggies, Edson, Leonard, and Murray; and Messrs. Loring and Peppcrell are lately come into town. The object of the people was to force them to give up their seats in Council, which has taken effect with Mr. Paine, who was seized and roughly treated. There are bad reports of Mr. Watson, though I have no news from him; but Mr. Willard was grievously maltreated, first in Connecticut, where he went on business; and every township he passed through on his way home, in this Province, had previous notice of his approach, and ready to insult him; arms were put to his breast, with threats of instant death, unless he signed a paper, the contents of which he did not know or regard. He went home, after making me that report; but the news is, that a large body was marching to his house, in Lancaster, to force him to some other concessions.

Upon the first rumour of disturbance Mr. Andrew Oliver resigned his seat in Council, as have also, since, Mr. Isaac Winslow, Thomas Hutchinson, Lee, of Cambridge, Danforth, and, this moment, Mr. Watson.

With regard to the clause in the new Acts, relative to town meetings, so many elusions are discovered, under various pretensions, of adjournments; electing to vacant offices; people assembling peaceably, without notification, upon their own affairs; and, withal, no penalty, that no persons I have advised with can tell what to do with it; at a distance they go on as usual; but worse transactions make that matter of little consequence in the present moment.

I came here to attend the Superiour Court, and in the intention to send a body of troops to Worcester, to protect the Court there; and, if wanted, to send parties to the houses of some of the Counsellors, who dwell in that county; but finding from undoubted authority, that the flames of sedition had spread universally throughout the country, beyond conception; the Counsellors already drove away, and that no Court could proceed on business, 1 waited the event of the sitting of the Superiour Court here, on the 30th ultimo; the Judges met, but could get neither Grand nor Petit Jury.

I ordered a Council to assemble; but upon the representation that they should be watched, stopped, and insulted on the road to Salem, and desiring to be assembled, here, I hope his Majesty will approve of my consenting to their request.

The Council was of opinion that it was very improper to weaken the troops here, by any detachments whatever, as they could not be of any use to the Courts, as no jurors would appear, and by that means defeat their proceedings; and that disturbance being so general, and not confined to any particular spot, there was no knowing where to send them to be of use; and would terminate only in dividing them in small detachments, and tempt numbers to fall upon them, which was reported to be the scheme of the directors of these operations.

It was considered that the whole was at stake. Connecticut and (they add) Rhode Island as furious as they are in this Province; and that the first, and only step now to take, was to secure the friends of Government in Boston, and reinforce the troops here with as many more as could possibly be collected, and to act as opportunities and exigencies shall offer.

I have for some time consulted with General Haldimand about securing the magazines at New-York, part of which is in Castle William; though, by all accounts, every thing there is quiet; the people, in general, moderate and well affected to all measures but taxations; and as I don't see that the regiment there, or the part of the eighteenth at Philadelphia, can in any case, be of any use where they are, I propose to order Major General Haldimand, with those corps, to this place. I have thoughts, also, of sending transports to Quebec for the tenth and fifty-second regiments, who were to have been relieved this year, if the internal circumstances of that Province admit it. I think there can be no danger from without, as the river will be impracticable soon after they come down it, and we may be ready, in the spring, to reinforce the garrison. I am unwilling to weaken Quebec, and nothing but extremity of affairs could make me think of it.

This state of affairs, I give your Lordship, is from numberless accounts from gentlemen thoroughly acquainted with the country, and who know the pitch of enthusiasm to which the people are now raised;—gentlemen, who are sensible, remarkably firm, and not to be intimidated; among others, Messrs. Ruggles, Murray, Leonard, and Edhon, who have abandoned their dwellings to the mercy of the people, as have lately Messrs. Loring and Pepperell.

Civil Government is near its end; the Courts of Justice expiring one after another; and where there is no other reason for not suffering them, it is, that the Judges of the Inferiour Courts, as well as the Justices, are under the Governour's influence by the new Acts, though the said Acts don't take place, as to juries, till next month; but he may now turn them, the Judges, and Justices, out at pleasure, though he has as yet made no change in them.

Precepts are issued for the calling an Assembly in the beginning of next month, though uncertain whether the people will choose Representatives; but we may be assured, if chosen, that they will not act with the new Council; and, it is supposed, the project has been to annihilate the said Council, before meeting, to throw the refusal upon the Governour to act with the old Council, elected last sessions; so that we shall shortly be without law or Legislative powers.

The Judges of the Superiour Court have been with me, in a body, to represent the impossibility of carrying on the business of their Court, in any part of the Province; that the force there was by far too small to protect them every where, and, after all, no Jurors would swear in; that it was needless laying fines, which they could not do on Grand Juries, there being no law for it in the Province; and, withal, it would be in vain, the refusal being universal.

I mean, my Lord, to secure all I can by degrees; to avoid any bloody crisis as long as possible, unless forced into it by themselves, which may happen. His Majesty will, in the mean time, judge what is best to be done; but your Lordship will permit me to mention, that as it is judged here that it will be resolved to stem the torrent, and not yield to it, that a very respectable force should take the field. The regiments are now composed of small numbers; and irregulars will be very necessary in