The intelligence of that conimencement of military operations, in the field, was received in the City of New York, on Sunday, the twenty-third of April ; * and, at a Meeting of the Committee of Inspection, on the following Wednesday, that body, among other proceedings, resolved that " this Committee is further " unanimously of opinion, that, at the present alarm- "ing juncture, it is highly advisable that a Provincial " Congress be immediately summoned ; and that it be " recommended to the Freeholders and Freemen of " this City and County, to choose, at the same time "that they vote for the new Committee aforesaid, 6 " twenty Deputies to represent them at the said Con- " gress ; and that a Letter be forthwith prepared and " despatched to all the Counties, requesting them to " unite with us in forming a Provincial Congress, and " to appoint their Deputies without delay, to meet at " New York, on Monday, the twenty-second of May " next." '

< Notwithstanding the unaccountable display of armed men, on the Green, n<> attempt whatever was made, by any of them, to oppose the march of the Royal Troops ; and when they were ordered to disperse, they did disperse, all of them seeking safety in running away, as fast as they could go. "While they were thus running away, the Royal troops opened a fire on them, with the result which is known to the wcrld. It is positively and authoritatively stated, that, with the exception, the only exception, of one, who, when " he was at some "distance" -- out of harm's way -- turned and "gave them the guts "of his gun," not a single gun was fired by the Colonists. Those curious to learn more on that subject -- that " Battle " in which one of the parties did all the firing, and the other all the running -- may find the testimony in Dawson's Battles of the United States by Sea and Land, Article "Lexington and Concord;" Force's American Archives, Fourth Series, ii., 489-SOl ; etc.