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thee extraordinary bills, provided only that a claue were inerted, upending the operation of the law till his Majety's pleafure hould be known.

would not, I believe, be eay to fix upon any period, where it would have been proper to have recalled an intruction, firt uggeted by reaons which were then concluive, and which have ever ince been acquiring new force. The Colonies indeed have thought otherwie. Twice at leat have they adreed the Britih Houe of Commons to intercede with the Crown for the very purpoe of recalling this intruction. How were their petitions received? The Journals hall anwer for us. In the year 1733, in the ixth of George II. "A memorial of the Counel and Repreentatives of the province of the Maachuet's Bay was preented to the Houe and read; laying before the houe the difficulties and ditrees they laboured under, ariing from a Royal Intruction, given to the Governor of the aid province, in relation to the iuing and dipoing of the public monies of the aid province: And moving the Houe to allow their agent to be heard by counel upon this affair: Repreenting alo the difficulties they were under from a Royal Intruction, given as aforefaid, retraining the emiion of bills of credit: And concluding with a petition, that the Houe would take their cae into conideration and become interceors for them with his Majety, That he would be graciouly pleaed to withdraw the aid Intructions, as contrary to their Charter, and tending, in their own nature, to ditres, if not ruin, them ."