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Rh such happy events, that if any one had proposed them to our hopes a twelvemonth ago, we should have thought him mocking our credulity, or insulting our distress. * * * The best fruits of victory are beset around with thorns ; and what are days of rejoicing to others are but days of mourning to many, whose dearest Relatives have given up their lives, a sac- rifice in the contest. This world is a chequered scene, and we are to expect no pure bliss in it.

The new Assembly which convened in November was seeking Mr. Smith for further imprisonment. His appeal had gone forward to England. He may have hoped the coming Assembly would not strain its authority as had the former Assembly, and he might remain unmolested in the pursuit of of his duties. But he was disappointed, and at his request the President called an especial Meeting on the 22d November, that the Trustees might be made acquainted that he had been imprisoned by a former Assembly for a supposed offence in promoting and publishing an Address of William Moore, Esq r, to the Honourable William Denny, Esq r , the Governor of this Province, which that House had voted a Libel against them and the Privi- leges of Assembly ; that he conceived though the Charge against him had been true, which however he utterly denied, he did not think it a Matter cognizable before them: that, not having hitherto made any Submission for the said supposed offence, the present assembly had issued their Warrant to apprehend him and take him into Custody ; and being, in this Situa- tion, rendered incapable for the present to discharge the Duty of his Sta- tion, he designed with the consent and approbation of the Trustees speedily to sail for England to solicit his Majesty for relief ; and prayed the Trustees to grant him their License for that Purpose ; and on Dr. Peters assuring them of the expected assistance of the Rev. Mr. Ewing in the Provost's absence, the Trustees took Mr Smith's Request into consideration and unanimously agreed to give Mr Smith their Leave to take a Voyage to England, and to