An inconsiderable number of persons, (among whom were many tenants not entitled to vote.) silh Isaac Wilkins and Colonel Philips at their head, then appeared ; and Mr. Wilkins, in their behalf, (as he said,) declared that they would not join in the business of the day, or have any thing to do with the Deputies or Congresses ; but that they came there for the sole purpose of protesting against such illegal and unconstitutional proceedings ; after which they departed. The following question was then put to the peo[)le by the chairman, viz., whether they would appoint Deputies for this County to meet the Deputies of the other Counties at the city of New York, on the 20th of April inst., for the purpose of electing delegates to represent this Colony in the General Congress, to be held at Philadelphia on the 10th day of May next? To whicli question they unanimously answered that they would. They then appointed ihe following eight persons, or a majority of them, to be the Deputies of this County for the purpose aforesaid, viz., Colonel Lewis Morris, Stephen Ward, Daniel Drake, Esq., Colonel James Holmes, John Thomas, jr., Esq., Jonathan Piatt, Esq., Robert Graham, and Major Philip van Cortlandt. The two following resolves were then unanimously entered into, viz. : Resolved, that the thanks of this body be given to the virtuous minority of the

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General Assembly of this Province, and particularly to Jolin Thomas and Pierre van Cortlandt, Esq., two of our Representatives, for their attachment to, and zeal on a late occasion, for the preservation of the union of the Colonies, and rights and liberties of America; and that this resolve be communicated by the chairman to every gentleman of whom that minority consisted.