McDougal, Hobart, Woodhull, Paine, and Tredwell, were undoubtedly opposed to the entire movement -- for a Committee, with instructions to " make rejwrt with all convenient speed,'' the subject rested, temporarily.'

It was not until the twenty-second of June, that the Committee was ready to report to the Provincial Congress the result of its deliberations on the subject which had been referred to it. On that day, the Report was presented, and read, twice, when the following very significant Order thereon was made by the Congress :

" Ordkred, That the same be taken into consider- " ation on Saturday morning next ; that the mem- " hers of each County have leave to take one copy " thereof, each copy to be numbered by one of the " Secretaries, who shall take a memorandum of the " name of the member who shall take with him such " copy and the number of the copy by him taken, " that all such copies may, on Saturday next, be re- " turned to and filed with the Secretaries ; and all " the members are directed by the President, from " the Chair, to take the utmost care to preserve the " said cojues secret, and to keep secret the subject " matter thereof. And it is agreed that no member " shall transcribe the said Report, or take any copy " from the copies taken out of the House for the use " of the members of each County ; and that all the " said copies shall, on Saturday next, be returned to " the Secretaries." ^