The Lieutenant Governor acquainted the Council that he had by the arrival of the Gage Sloop from the Bay of Fundy, receiv'd intelligence that twelve Arm'd Whale Boats from Machias had been seen to Enter the River of St Johns.

On which it was Resolv'd that Sir George Collier, Commanding the King's Ships Station'd on the Coast of this Province, be requested to give such Orders to the Ships in the Bay of Fundy, as he shall think most proper on the Occasion.