' "Tlie dispute In-'tween Great Britain and America commenced in the "year 1764, with an attempt to jirevent smuggling in America." -- A Collection of Inlrresling, Aulhentic Papers relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and America. 17G4 to 1775. London: 1777 -- commonly known as Alnion"s Prior Documents -- 3.

See, also, the following official announcement, which was published in Parker's Sew- York Gazette ; or, the Weekli/ Post-boy, No. 932, New Y'ouK, Thursday, November 13th, 1760, which tells the whole story : "Custom-house, New-Y"ork, Nov. 11th, 1760.

" WHERE.\S wo are informed, that some of our Traders fron> Foreign " Ports, are now, and have been for some Time, hovering in the Sound "on the Coast, with the View, as it is supposed, clandestinely to discharge "their Cargoes; a Practice highly prejudicial to His Majesty's Interest, "to the Trade of Great-Britain, and inconsistent with that Duty, and "Gratitude we owe to our Mother Country, almost exhausted with "Taxes raised for our Support and Defence. And not less injurious to "the fair Trader; who having paid high Duties, cannot be supposed to "sell so cheap, as those that pay no Duties, and of Course must lie great "Sufferers. That this has been the Case, and is like to be the Case "again, is notoriously known ; and all for the Sitke of enriching a few "Smugglers; which together with that of supplying our Enemies with "Provisions,* will be an eternal Reproach to our Countrj-. No gixxi " Slaii therefore, nor good Citizen, it is to be hoped, w ill hesitate in "giving all the Discouragement in his Power, to such ignominious "Practices. Informations, ojM'nly, or privately will be thankfully re- "ceived, and gratefully, if retpiired, rewapled, by