An evident danger silenced those who, under other circumstances, would, probably, have favored the employment of other and more direct means: wise counsels prevailed among those who were thus considering in what manner the evidently rising power and audacity of the unfranchised and revolutionary masses could be controlled, without disturbing the peace of the City and the Colony : and it was determined, with much shrewdness, to resort to "art," at the earliest favorable opportunity, for the accomplishment of their well-concealed purposes. 1 Such an opportunity as was desired for the purposes referred to, was very soon afforded.

The tea-laden Nancy, Captain Lockyer, had been turned back to Europe, without having been permitted to enter the harbor ; 2 the cargo of the London, Captain Chambers, had been overhauled, inWhitehallslip, in open day, by men wearing no disguises ; and eighteen chests of Tea, which had been concealed in her hold, had been emptied into the East-river ; 3 and the populace was quietly reposing on the revolutioni Although there is abundant evidence to support this statement, it has been so completely and bo graphically presented by Gouverneur Morris, in a letter addressed to Mr. Penn, which will be printed, in extmso, on page 12-32, post, that no other is regarded as necessary, in this place

2 Holt's New -Tart Journal, Ko. H33, New-York, Thursday, April 21 and No. 1634, New-York, Thursday, April 28, 1774; Gaine's Sao-York Gazette and Mercury, No. 1174, New- York, Monday, April 26, 1774- Lieutenant-governor Golden to the Earl of Dartmouth, "New York, 4th " May, 1774," and the enclosure therein; the same to Governor Tryon "New " York, 4th May, 1774 ;" Duulap's History of the Neu, Netherlands, Province of New York, and State of New York, i., 452, 453; Leake's Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb, 81-84 ; Dawson's The Park ami Us Vicinity, in the City of New York, 29-31 ; Graham's History of th.