Duties last mentioned to be carried to the Account of such Province or Colony respectively. The said Resolution being read a Second Time, was, upon the Question put thereupon, agreed to by the House. The other Orders of the Day being read; Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Morning next, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider further of the several Papers which were presented to the House, by the Lord North, upon the 19th and 31st Days of January last, and the 1st, 15th, and 24th Days of this Instant February, by His Majesty's Command. Letter from the Earl of Dartmouth to Gov. Franklin, respecting the Acts for lowering the interest of money to six per cent., the Act for striking £100,000 in bills of credit, and the Act for the relief of Abner Hatfield; also respecting the salaries of Civil Officers and building a residence for the Governor. Sir, [From P. R. O. America and West Indies, Vol. 195.] WHITEHALL 34 March 1775 Governor Franklin. Inclosed I send you by the King's Command an Order of His Majesty in Council the 20th of February disallowing an Act passed in the last Session of the Assembly of New Jersey for lowering the Interest of Money to Six Cent, which you will not fail to make public in the usual Manner. I also inclose another Order of His Majesty in Council of the same day approving an Act of the same Ses sion for Striking One hundred Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit and directing the mode for striking the same; and an Act for the Relief of Abner Hatfield an Insolvent Debtor. The very great attention which has been shown to the Wishes of the Province in the allowance of the Loan Act, is an Evidence of His Majesty's gracious inclination to give them every indulgence that can consist with the true Principles of Commerce and the Constitution, and I beg leave to assure you that no part of my Duty is more agreeable to me than carrying into Execution these gracious intentions of my Royal Master, At the same time I am Commanded by the King to say to you that it would have been more agreeable to His Majesty if the Assembly instead of a general appropriation of the Interest of the Loan to the Support of Government in such manner as shall be directed by future Acts, had thought fit to make a Settlement during the Existence of that Loan upon the Civil Offi. cers of Government of Salaries more suitable to their respective Offices than what they now receive, and to appropriate a specific Portion of the said Interest to Building Houses for the residence of the Governor and the Meeting of the Legislature of which you say there is a shameful want. Such an appropriation is no more than what they owe to the Dignity of their own Government and His Majesty's just expectations; And therefore it is His Majestys Pleasure that you do require of the Assembly in His Majestys Name to make such Provision accordingly, trusting that they will not make such an Ill return to His Majesty's grace and favor in the Confirmation of this Law as not to comply with so just and reasonable a Requisition. I am &c DARTMOUTH Letter from the Freehold Committee of Inspection by Nath. Scudder, Clerk, to the "Respectable Inhabitants of the Township of Shrewsbury at their Annual Town Meeting." Gentlemen, [From New Jersey Historical Society Manuscripts.] FREEHOLD, March 6th, 1775. As the Union of the american Colonies is at this alarming Crisis so earnestly desired, and assiduously promoted by every true advocate for Liberty; and as the Representatives of this Colony have unanimously approved of, and given their assent to all the Measures recommended by the late general continental Congress; This Committee of Inspection earnestly hope that the same Unanimity may take Place in the adoption of said Measures through all the Townships in the County of Monmouth, and as they now take it for granted, that every objection, which has before operated against the Election of a Committee of Inspection in the Township of Shrewsbury, must be obviated, they entreat them by the sacred Ties of Friendship, and the Love of Freedom, and as they would wish the Promotion of Peace and Harmony, to acceed to the Plan so universally adopted, and not to fail constituting a Committee at their present annual Town Meeting. But surely this Importunity must be at this Time in a Degree unnecessary; our Brethren in Shrewsbury must be as ready to embrace, as others to recommend the Measure. We therefore presume we shall have the Happiness of their hearty Concurrence with us in [our] future County Transactions in Behalf of the grand [1 ing] Cause. We present you, gentlemen, our kindest Respects and best Wishes, and are, with due [respect] your Friends and fellow Subjects-The Committee of Inspection For Freehold. Signed by their Order, NATH. SCUDDER, Clerk. Letter from Governor Franklin to the Earl of Dartmouth, transmitting a list of the names of the members of Council of New Jersey. [From P. R. O. America and West Indies, Vol. 177 (195).] PERTH AMBOY, March 7, 1775 Right Honble the Earl of Dartmouth, &c &c. My Lord, In pursuance of His Majesty's Commands, signified to me in your Lordships Circular Dispatch of the 2a of November, I now transmit a List of the Names of the Council of this Province, none of whom are absent. I shall always as I have hitherto constantly done, give His Majesty Information of every Change or Alteration which may be made therein, by Death, Absence, or otherwise. I have the Honor to be, with the greatest Respect and Regard, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient and most humble Servant W FRANKLIN A List of the Members of His Majesty's Council of New Jersey, March 1775. 1. Peter Kemble, 2. David Ogden, 3. William Alexander claiming to be Earl of Stirling, 10. Daniel Coxe, 11. John Lawrence, 12. Francis Hopkinson, Proceedings of the New York and Elizabeth-Town Committees of Observation, in relation to the Violation of the Non-Importation Association, by Elizabeth-Town Parties and Others. [From the N. Y. Journal or General Advertiser, Thursday, March 23, 1775, No. 1681.] Journal of the Proceedings of the General Committee, of the City of New York. COMMITTEE CHAMBERS, 16th March, 1775. The Committee met by adjournment this Evening at the Exchange. Present Isaac Low, Chairman, [here follow names of Com.] Mr. Lewis, from the Sub. Committee appointed to |