Sir,

The counties in England, which have agreed to petitions upon the expenditure of public money, the influence of the Crown, and the corruption of Parliament, are these.

York,December3d,1779,
Dorset,"27th,"
Middlesex,January7th,1780,
Chester,"13th,"
Hertford,"17th,"
Sussex,"20th,"
Huntington,"20th,"
Surry,"21st,"
Cumberland,"22d,"
Bedford,"24th,"
Essex,"24th,"
Gloucester,"25th,"
Somerset,"25th,"
Wilts,"25th,"
Devon,"28th,"
Norfolk,"29th,"
Berks,"31st,"
Bucks,February26th,"
Nottingham,"28th,"
Kent,March4th,"
Northumberland,"8th,"
Hereford,"11th,"
Suffolk,"14th,"
Cambridge,"25th,"
Derby,"30th,"

In all, twentyfive counties.

The first meeting of the delegates was March the 11th, 1780. The cities and towns, which have agreed upon similar petitions, are London, Westminster, York, Bristol, Cambridge, Nottingham, Newcastle, Reading, and Bridgewater.

The counties, which have not yet agreed upon petitions, are Westmoreland, Durham, Lancaster, Salop, Stafford, Lincoln, Leicester, Warwick, Oxford, Worcester, Cornwall, and Rutland. Hants agreed on a petition, but appointed no committee, and Northampton agreed to instruct their members on the points of the petition.

This account takes no notice of the twelve Welsh counties; these, however, are small.

The counties, which have already petitioned, it seems, therefore, are a vast majority of the kingdom in numbers as well as property and understanding; and the meeting of their committees may be reasonably considered as a more equitable and adequate representation of the people of England, than the House of Commons.

Amidst all the addresses, instructions, petitions, associations, and resolutions, I never found one that dared to expose the true cause of their miseries, and to propose a remedy, until the association of the county of York appeared, which was agreed to by the committee of sixtyone, to be recommended to the general meeting of the county of York, held the 28th of March, 1780.

They declare their unanimous assent,