On the first of December, competent Delegations appeared from the five Counties of New York, Albany, Westchester, Ulster, and Suffolk, with insufficient Delegations from Kings and Duchess, and no portions of such Delegations from Richmond, Queens, Orange, Tryon, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Charlotte-counties ; and, consistently with usage and the Rules of the preceding Congress, " the Representa- "tives of a majority of the Counties not being pres- " ent," those who were present " could not proceed to " business, as a Congress." 5 On the sixth of that month, competent Delegations appeared from the five Counties of New York, Albany, Westchester, Duchess, and Suffolk, with insufficient Delegations from Kings, Ulster, and Orange-counties, and no portions, of such Deiegations from the Counties of Richmond, Queens, Tryon, Cumberland, Gloucestef, or Charlotte ; at which time, directly in violation of the rulings, on the first of that month, they declared that " the " Deputies from a majority of the Counties appeared," -- a falsehood, which, to have established its true character, needed only a reference to the Credentials which were filed, as their several authorizations, by the respective Delegations, -- organized a Congress, and proceeded to the discharge of those duties to which they had respectively assigned themselves. 6 There were five Delegations present, on the first of December, when it was declared that " the Represen- " tatives of a majority of the Counties not being pres- " ent," those who were present " could not proceed to " business, as a Congress :" five days afterwards, when no more than five such Delegations appeared, with an elasticity of conscience and of action which was worthy of those who were present, what had been declared, undt-r similar circumstances, at their former meeting, was entirely disregarded ; and what, at that former meeting, was said to have been insufficient to have allowed the five Delegations who were then present, '' to proceed to business, as a Congress," was declared, in this later, meeting, to be sufficient to permit five Delegations -- four of the five having been of the former five -- to do what the former five " could not " do : with the authorized Delegations of