hearts of gold, Though he should offer fifty-fold. After the destruction of the Gaspee, a commission, composed of Admiral Montague, the vice-admiralty judge at Boston, the chief-justices of Massachusetts (Peter Oliver), New York (D. Horsmanden), and New Jersey (F. Smyth), and the governor of Rhode Island (J. Wanton), met at Newport to inquire into the affair. Robert Auchmuty took the place of Montague. The commissioners were notified that there had been no neglect