I shall always be ready to gratify the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston upon every regular Application to me on business of public concernment to the Town as far as I shall have it in my power consistent with fidelity to the trust which his Majesty has reposed in me-- T. HUTCHINSON. The aforegoing answer, having been considered--It was moved and the Question put--Whether application shall be now made to his Excellency by the Town that he would be pleased to permit the General Assembly to meet at the time to which they stand prorogued, which passed in the Affermative _Nem Con._--It was then Voted, that The Honorable James Otis, Esq. Mr. Samuel Adams The Honorable Thomas Cushing, Esq. be a Committee to prepare a Petition to his Excellency for the purpose aforesaid-- The Petition of a number of the Inhabitants--"That another public School may be Established at the South part of the Town," was read, and after debate had thereon--the Question was put--Whether the Consideration of the same shall be referred to March Meeting--Passed in the affermative. The Committee appointed by the Town at a late Meeting to consider what was proper to be done to prevent the ruin of Beacon Hill, were desired to make Report as soon as may be. Voted, that the Town Clerk be directed to lay the Original Grant of Beacon Hill before the Town at their adjournment. Upon a Motion made--Voted, that the Selectmen be added to the Committee relative to Beacon Hill-- The Committee chosen to prepare a Petition to the Governor, relative to the Meeting of the General Court--Reported the following Draft--Viz-- The Petition of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston legally Assembled by Adjournment in Faneuil Hall on Fryday 30 of October 1772-- Humbly Sheweth-- That your Petitioners are still greatly alarmed at the Report which has been prevalent of late Viz. That Stipends are affixed to the Offices of the Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature of this Province by Order of the Crown for their support-- Such an Establishment is contrary not only to the plain and obvious sense of the Charter of this Province but also some of the fundamental Principles of the Common Law, to the benefit of which all British Subjects, wherever dispersed throughout the British Empire, are indubitably entitled--... It is therefore their earnest and humble request that your Excellency would be pleased to allow the General Assembly to meet at the time to which they now stand prorogued; in order that in that _Constitutional_ Body, with whom it is to enquire into Grievances and Redress them, the Joint Wisdom of the Province may be employed, in deliberating and determining on a matter so important and alarming--