No. 82. Copy of a Letter from Henry White, and others, to Captain Benjamin Lockyer, of the Ship Nancy, dated New-York, 27th December, 1773.

No. 83. Copy of a Note from the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated 15th February, 1774; received 16th, enclosing,

No. 84. Questions proposed by Francis Rotch, an owner, and James Hall, master, of the Ship Dartmouth, with the Answers of the Consignees.

No. 85. Questions proposed by James Bruce, master of the Ship Eleanor, with the Answers of the Consignees.

No. 86. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Rotch, owner of the Ship Dartmouth, to Richard Clarke and Sons, &c, dated Boston, 6th January, 1774.

No. 87. Copy of a Letter from Richard Clarke and Sons, and Benjamin Faneuil, Jun., to the Directors of the East India Company, dated Castle William, January 7th, 1774.

No. 88. Copy of a Letter from Richard Clarke and Sons, and Benjamin Faneuil, Jun., to the East India Company, dated January 7th, 1774.

No. 89, Copy of a Letter from Mr. Mitchell, Secretary to the East India Company, to John Pownall, Esqr., dated 16th February, 1774; received 17th, enclosing,

No, 90. Copy of a Memorial of the East India Company to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated 16th February, 1774.

Treasury.

No. 91. Copy of a Letter from Grey Cooper, Esqr., Secretary of the Treasury, to John Pownall, Esqr., dated 7th March, 1774, enclosing,

No. 92. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Mather, acting as Secretary to the Commissioners of the Customs in America, dated 7th October, 1773, to John Robinson, Esqr., Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury; received 14th February, 1774.

No. 93. A copy of a Letter from the Commissioners of the Customs in America, to the Lords of the Treasury, dated Boston, 4th January, 1774; received 14th February, 1774, enclosing,

No. 94. Copy of a Letter from the Collectors and Comptroller of the Customs at Boston, to the Commissioners of the Customs there, dated 17th December, 1773.

No. 95. Copy of a Letter from Ditto to Ditto, dated 23d December, 1773.

No. 96. Copy of a Letter from Ditto to Ditto, dated 31st December, 1773.

No. 97. Copy of a Protest of James Bruce, James Bruce, Jun., and John Finney.

No. 98. Do. of Hezekiah Coffin and others.

No. 99. Do. of Francis Rotch and others.

No. 100. Depositions of Samuel Hunt and others.

No. 101. Do. of Thomas Rick and others.

No. 102. Do. of William Elliot and others.

No. 103. Do. of Alexander Hodgson.

No. 104. Do. of James Bruce and others.

No. 105. Report of Arthur Savage.

No. 106. Do. of Robert Parker.

No. 107. Memorial of Francis Rotch.

No. 108. Do. of James Bruce.

No. 109. Do. of Hezekiah Coffin.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie on the table.

Ordered, That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, "To return his Majesty the thanks of this House for his Majesty's gracious Message, and for the communication his Majesty hath been graciously pleased to make to this House, of several Papers relative to the present state of some of his Majesty's Colonies in North America.

"To assure his Majesty that this House, truly sensible that the peace and good government of the Colonies, and the preventing any obstructions there to the Commerce of this Kingdom, are objects of their most serious attention, will enter upon the consideration of these Papers with an earnest desire to make such provisions as, upon mature deliberation, shall appear necessary and expedient for securing the just dependence of the said Colonies upon the Crown and Parliament of Great Britain, and for enforcing a due obedience to the Laws of this Kingdom throughout all his Majesty's Dominions."

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to his Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.

Ordered, That the Papers delivered this day by the Earl of Dartmouth, (by his Majesty's command,) together with his Majesty's most gracious Message, be taken into consideration on Thursday, sevennight; and that the Lords be summoned.

FRIDAY, March 11, 1774.

The Earl of Dartmouth, (by his Majesty's command,) laid before the House more Papers from America, relating to the Disturbances there with regard to the importation of Tea, together with a list thereof,

Which was read by the Clerk, as follows:

No. 1. Extract of a Letter from Governour Hutchinson to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated Boston, 25th January, 1774; received 8th March, enclosing,

No. 2. Extract from the Boston Gazette, of 27th January, 1774.

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie on the table, and that they be taken into consideration on Thursday next.

WEDNESDAY, March 16, 1774,

The House being moved, "That the consideration of the several Papers laid before this House (by his Majesty's command,) relating to Disturbances in America, and also his Majesty's most gracious Answer in relation thereto, be adjourned till to-morrow sevennight; and that the Lords be summoned."

The same was objected to. After short debate, the question was put thereupon. It was resolved in the Affirmative.

WEDNESDAY, March 23, 1774.

Ordered, That the consideration of the several Papers laid before this House (by his Majesty's command,) relating to the Disturbances in America; and also his Majesty's most gracious Message in relation thereto, which stands appointed for to-morrow, be adjourned till Monday next; and that the Lords be summoned.

WEDNESDAY, March 30, 1774.

Ordered, That all the Lords who have been present this day, be appointed a Committee to inquire into the several Proceedings in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, in opposition to the sovereignty of his Majesty, in his Parliament of Great Britain, over that Province; and also what has passed in this House relative thereto, from the 1st of January, 1764.

Ordered, That the several Papers laid before this House relating to Disturbances in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, be referred to the said Committee; and the said Committee is hereby empowered to send for Persons, Papers, and Records.

Their Lordships, or any five of them, to meet to-morrow, in the Prince's lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

The Lords present, who formed the Committee, were:

The Duke of Gloucester; Lord Apsley, Lord High Chancellor; Earl of Gower, Lord President; Earl of Hertford, Lord Chamberlain.

Dukes: Beafort, Ancaster, Chandos, Montagu.

Earls: Suffolk, Denbigh, Westmoreland, Stanford, Sandwich, Doncaster, Rochford, Abercorn, Loudon, March, Marchmont, Stair, Roseberry, Dartmouth, Macclesfield, Waldegrave, Asburnham, Bucks, Hardwicke, Fauconberg, llchester, Northington, Spencer, Hillsborough.

Viscounts: Montague, Townshend, Falmouth.

Hon: Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury; Richard Terrick, Bishop of London; Edmund Keene, Bishop of Ely; Sir William Asburnham, Bart., Bishop of Chichester; John Hume, Bishop of Salisbury; John Green, Bishop of Lincoln; Charles Moss, Bishop of St. Davids; Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle; John Hinchcliffe, Bishop of Peterborough; William Markham, Bishop of Chester.