The circumstances attending those Disturbances are very alarming ; and if it be true that those parts of the Province are now an Asylum for Fugitives from every other part of America, it certainly is become an object that deserves the fullest attention. I cannot however be of opinion that the assistance of the King's Troops ought to be called for until every other effort has been tried & found insufficient.

Whenever the matter comes to that Issue it will certainly be Duty of the King's servants to advise His Majesty to strengthen the hands of Government by an application of a Military Force, but I do not at present see sufficient ground for the adoption of

such a Measure, and I cannot be without hopes that, when the present very alarming situation of the King's affairs in North America, from other causes, will leave our hands moreat liberty, some means may be found to accomodate these Disputes without the Risk of Bloodshed. ;

I trust it will not be long before we shall find sufficient Leisure for such a eonsideration, and His Majesty's subjects who have claims in that part of the country under grants from New York, may rest assured that their Pretensions will meet with every. Countenance and support that can be shown consistent with Justice: for I can with truth say that the conduct of that Province in General, & more especially in the present moment, has been such as justly intitles its well disposed and peaceable Inhabitants to His Majesty's particular Favor and Indulgence : and I have the satisfaction to assure you that their conduct is seen in a very favorable Light, and the Wishes they have in general expressed that all violence might be avoided, & the Sovereign authority of the Supreme Legislature might be supported, are graciously considered by the King as Evidences of their Respect & Affection for his Majesty, & of the just sense they entertain of the Rights of the British Empire.