UPON further Consideration of the Petition presented to this House by many of the Freeholders and the Inhabitants within this City and Province,

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That Jacob Leister, Samuel Edsall, and divers others, Aiding, Assisting, and Abetting him, in Dissolving the Convention that was convened at the City of New-York for the Pre­servation of the Peace, the Execution of Justice, and the Security of this Province for Their Majesties Service, King William and Queen Mary, King and Queen of England, &c. was Tumultuous, Illegal, and against Their Majesties Right over this Their Province, being a Dominion of Their Crown of England.

Resolved,That the Imprisoning of Their Majesties Protestant Subjects into Doleful and Nauseous Prisons, and there keep­ing them by Force and Violence without any Commitment, or the Assigment of any Legal Cause, was Arbitrary, Illegal, and against the Peace and Dignity of Their Majesties Crown of England; and also a Violation of the Rights and Priviledges of Their Majesties Subjects inhabiting within this Province.

Resolved,That the proscribing, and the forcing Their Majesties Protestant Subjects to fly their Habitations, and forsake the Care of their Families, by which the Strength of this Province was much weakened, was also Arbitrary, Illegal, and Destructive to Their Majesties Interest in this Province.

Resolved,That the Depredations made by the French and Indians upon Schenectada, and other Plantations in the County of Albany, by which many of Their Majesties Protestant Subjects were Slain, their Houses burned, and several carri­ed into Captivity, which severe Loss is only to be attributed to the Disorders and Disturbances that were raised by those who had usurped a Power contrary to Their Majesties Authority and Right of Government over this Pro­vince.

Resolved,That the seizing, and forceable taking away the Goods and Merchandizes from the Merchants and Persons inha­biting within this City and Province, was a Violation of Their Majesties Peace, and the Destruction of their Laws, and to the manifest Ruin of many of Their Majesties good Protestant Subjects within this City and Pro­vince.

Resolved.That the Levying and Raising of Money upon Their Majesties Subjects without Lawful Authority, is Arbi­trary and Illegal, and against the Rights and Priviledges of Their Majesties Subjects inhabiting within this Pro­vince.

Resolved,That the Raising of Force, and keeping Their Majesties Fort of New-York against Their Majesties Officers and Soldiers lately arrived, was Rebellious, and in Prejudice to Their Majesties Right and Dominion of this Pro­vince.

Resolved,That the denying the Surrender of Their Majesties Fort to His Excellency after his Arrival, and the Publica­tion of Their Majesties Commission to him, was Rebellious, and against the Dignity and Authority of Their Ma­jesties Crown of England.

Ordered,For the Prevention of the like Mistakes and Disorders amongst Their Majesties Subjects in this Province for the time to come, that these Resolves be sent to the Governor and Council, with the Desire of this House, that they would be pleased to give the Concurrence of their Board thereunto.

Ordered,That an Address be made to His Excellency, of the Resolutions of this House to Support and Defend Their Ma­jesties Right and Dominion over this Their Province, as it is now Established by Their Majesties Authority, in the Administration of His Excellency, with our Lives and Fortunes, against all Their Majesties Enemies.