Council, to issue this my Proclamation, hereby requiring all persons West of the Laurel Hill, to retain their settlements as aforesaid made under this Province, and to pay due obedience to the laws of this Government; and all Magistrates and other Officers who hold commissions or offices under this Government, to proceed as usual in the administration of justice, without paying the least regard to the said recited Proclamation, until his Majesty's pleasure shall be known in the premises; at the same time strictly charging and enjoining the said inhabitants and Magistrates to use their utmost endeavours to preserve peace and good order.

Given under my hand and the great seal of the said Province, at Philadelphia, the twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, and in the fourteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth.

JOHN PENN.

By his Honour's command,

EDWARD SHIPPEN, Jr., Secretary.

GOD save the King.

Charlestown, S. C, October 17, 1774.

On Wednesday last the General Committee of this Colony chose a Committee of Inquiry to see that no India teas, from any place whatever, be imported or landed here, and ordered the following Advertisement to be published in the Gazette:

Charlestown, October 12, 1774.

The General Committee most earnestly recommend and request of those inhabitants of this Colony, who have not yet signed an Agreement for Non-consumption of India teas after the first day of November next, that they will sub scribe the said Agreement as soon as possible, for which purpose copies thereof will be lodged in the hands of the gentlemen who were chosen to represent the several Parishes on the said Committee.

Information having been this morning given to the Chair man of the General Committee, that a day or two ago an order had been received by a gentleman in trade here, for the immediate purchase of a very large quantity of gun powder for exportation; and many of the inhabitants appearing to be greatly alarmed thereat, in order to quiet the minds of the people, the said Committee was assembled, made every necessary inquiry, and came to the following Resolutions, viz:

That, as it appeared to the said Committee, upon the inquiries they had made, that there is at present a scarcity of both Arms and Ammunition, so it is their opinion that it will be extremely imprudent, and might be attended with very bad consequences to export of either.

That the gentleman to whom the above mentioned order was sent, be therefore applied to, and requested not to execute the same.

(The gentleman being accordingly sent for, he readily complied with the requisition made.)

That this Committee do also advertise all the gentlemen in trade, and others, to forbear exporting, or purchasing for exportation, any arms or ammunition whatsoever, during the present scarcity and gloomy appearance of publick affairs; and,

That the above Resolves be forthwith made publick.

One of the reasons which induced the Committee to come into the foregoing Resolutions, we may presume, was, that the inhabitants of this Colony, being always in a more peculiarly critical situation than those of any other, ought, therefore, never to be without the most ample supply of Arms and Ammunition, more especially at this time, when the extraordinary warlike preparations making by the Spaniards, both in Europe and America, particularly so near as at the Havana, do not promise a long continuance of peace, but rather strongly point out to us a necessity of immediately preparing for the defence of this valuable country, by a diligent application to acquire a thorough knowledge of the use of arms and discipline, which might easily be obtained without materially interfering with business, by devoting every Saturday afternoon to training, instead of confining ourselves to the very letter of the militia law.

CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY.

Anno Regni Regis Georgii Tertii, 14to.

At a General Assembly of the Governour and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut, in New England, in America, holden at New-Haven, in said Colony, on the second Thursday of October, being the thirteenth day of said month, and continued by several adjournments, to the fourth day of November next following. Annoq. Dom. 1774.

Resolved by this Assembly, That the several Towns in this Colony be ordered, and they are hereby ordered to provide as soon as may be, double the quantity of Powder, Balls, and Flints, that they were before by law obliged to provide, under the same directions and penalties as by law already provided.

Resolved by this Assembly, That his Honour, the Governour be, and he is hereby directed to cause six hundred copies of the Queries from the Secretary of State, dated the 5th July, 1773, and the Answers thereto, prepared by his Honour, and laid before this Assembly, to be printed, and cause the same to be distributed to the several Towns in this Colony in proportion to their list of estates.

Resolved by this Assembly, That proper Carriages for the Cannon at New-London be procured, and properly mounted; and that the Arms and Accoutrements in store there be cleansed, repaired, and kept fit for service, and that a suitable quantity of Powder and Cannon Balls be speedily provided; and that Jabez Huntington and Joseph Spencer, Esquires, be a Committee for the purpose afore said, to view and examine the state of the Battery at said New-London, and to report their opinion as to the expediency of repairing the same, and in what manner, and the amount of the expense thereof.

Whereas a sum of Money is necessary for payment of incidental charges of Government, Be it therefore enacted by the Governour, Council, and Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That there be forthwith imprinted the sum of fifteen thou sand Pounds, in Bills of Credit in this Colony, equal to lawful money of suitable denominations, as the Committee herein appointed shall direct, and of the same tenor with the late emission of Bills of Credit of this Colony, without interest, payable at or before the second day of January, 1777, and dated the second day of January, 1775; and William Pitkin, George Wyllys, Elisha Williams, Benjamin Payne, and Thomas Seymour, Esquires, or any three of them, are appointed a Committee for the purpose aforesaid, to take care that said Bills be imprinted with all convenient speed, and to sign and deliver the same to the Treasurer of this Colony, taking his receipt therefor; and the said Committee shall be sworn to a faithful discharge of their trust; and the said Treasurer is hereby directed to pay out said Bills according to the orders of Assembly. And for providing an ample and sufficient fund to call in, sink, and discharge the aforesaid sum to be emitted as aforesaid,

Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a Tax of one penny on the pound be, and is hereby granted and ordered to be levied on all the Polls and rateable Estate in this Colony, according to the list thereof, brought into this Assembly, October, A. D. 1774, with the additions, and also a further Tax of one penny on the pound be, and is hereby granted and ordered to be levied on all the Polls and rate able Estate in this Colony, according to the list thereof to be brought into this Assembly, in October, 1775, with the additions; which taxes shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of this Colony, viz: one half by the last day of December, 1775, and the other half by the last day of December, 1776, which taxes may be discharged by paying the Bills emitted by the Colony, or lawful money; and the Treasurer of this Colony is hereby ordered and directed to send forth the Warrants for collecting the same accordingly

The Committee appointed by this Assembly at their session at Hartford, in May last, on the Memorial of the Mohegan Indians, having made their Report to this Assembly, and the same having been accepted and approved, it is now

Resolved, That the following Instructions and Regula-