the tumult occasioned by the firing being sub-
sided, Mr. Monroe ventured to leave Mr.
Man-
waring's lodgings and go home. Mr.
Manwar-
ing continued in his own lodgings the whole
night.
This charge therefore against the people at the
custom-house must be looked upon as an
idle,
ill-grounded accusation, proceeding solely from
the prejudices of the inhabitants of
Boston against
the commissioners of the customs and every
body
that has any connection with them, which dis-
pose them to imagine and believe every
thing that
may tend to their disadvantage.
F I N I S