Debate—Colonel Barré,

Lord North,

Lord John Cavendish,

Mr. Byng,

Sir George Yonge,

Mr. Hartley,

Mr. Burke,

General Conway,

Lord George Germaine,

Colonel Barré,

Motion rejected: Yeas 54, noes 171,

May 10, Motion for an Address to the King for the Despatches from General Howe and Admiral Shuldham,

Debate—Duke of Manchester,

Earl of Suffolk,

Marquis of Rockingham,

Earl of Effingham,

Earl of Shelburne,

Earl of Suffolk,

Lord Ravenworth,

Earl of Suffolk,

Duke of Bolton,

Earl of Sandwich,

Duke of Bolton,

Motion rejected: Contents 27, non-contents 64,

May 10, Motion by Mr. Sawbridge, that the American Colonies grant Money to the Crown by their own Representatives,

Debate—Mr. Sawbridge,

Mr. Alderman Oliver,

Mr. Vyner,

Hon. Temple Luttrell,

Right Hon. R. Rigby,

Mr. Sawbridge,

Lord Irnham,

Mr. Burke,

Mr. Hartley,

Motion rejected: Yeas 33, noes 115,

May 22, Motion for an Address to the King for the Instructions given to Lord Howe and General Howe,

Debate—General Conway,

Lord John Cavendish,

Lord North,

Mr. Burke,

Mr. Vyner,

Lord North,

Mr. Fox,

Mr. Adam,

Mr. T. Townshend,

Lord George Germaine,

Colonel Barré,

Governour Johnstone,

Motion rejected: Yeas 85, noes 171,

May 23, Mr. Hartley’s motion for an Address to the King on the affairs of the Colonies,

May 23, The Speaker’s Address to the King,

King’s Speech to both Houses,

Parliament prorogued,

Apr. 5, Instructions of the Provincial Congress of Georgia to their Delegates in the Continental Congress,

20, Letter from William Watson to Colonel Moy-lan,

24, Messages from the Shawnees to the Continental Congress,

29, Letter from General Moore to the Committee of Halifax, North-Carolina,

29, Affidavit of John Pond,

29, Advertisement for apprehending Henry Edwin Stanhope and George Gregory,

May 4, Instructions of the Assembly of Rhode-Island to their Delegates in the Continental Congress,

5, Letter from Lieutenant Grover to General Washington,

5, Council of War at Head-Quarters, Camp before Quebeck,

6, Letter from the Committee for Halifax, North-Carolina, to General Lee,

6, Letter from the Committee for Dutchess County, New-York, to the Provincial Congress,

6, Proceedings of a Court-Martial on Captain Abraham Whipple,

7, General Schuyler’s Instructions to the Commissary-General in Canada,

7, Council of War at Deschambault,

7, Letter from General Thomas to the Commissioners in Canada,

8, Letter from General Thomas to General Washington,

8, Letter from General Thomas to General Arnold,

8, Court-Martial on Captain John Hazard,

8, Letter from General Arnold to General Washington. The Army consists of about two thousand effective men, and twelve hundred sick unfit for duty: they have very little provisions, no cash, and less credit; and the artillery is very trifling. Will set off for the Army to-morrow, with very disagreeable prospects before him,

9, Letter from Landon Carter to General Washington. General state of affairs in Virginia,

9, Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Colonel Smallwood. He is required to furnish detachments to guard the prisoners from North-Carolina, through Maryland, to Pennsylvania,

9, Fourth Letter from the Forester on the state of affairs in Pennsylvania,

9, Circular Letter from the Treasury Office to the several Colonies, requesting the number of inhabitants in each Colony may be taken and transmitted to the Treasury Office,

9, Letter from William Floyd to John McKesson. Attack of the British men-of-war on the boats in the Delaware. He hopes the New-York Congress will soon take up a more stable form of Government; the Carolinas have done so, and Virginia will soon do the same,

9, Letter from Captain Robertson, a prisoner, to the President of Congress; complains that four of the prisoners taken under his command at St. John’s have entered the Continental Army,

9, Letter from Peter Tallman to Thomas McKean respecting the cargo of the Sloop Sally, stranded at Little Egg Harbour, New-Jersey,

9, Letter from General Washington to General Ward, respecting the Armed Vessels, the Prizes, and the Prisoners, at Beverly and Gloucester,

9, Letter from General Washington to Thomas Cushing: Ten of the strongest Regiments at New-York being ordered to Quebeck, he does not feel himself authorized to detach more without the authority of Congress; there is probably some error in the account of the troops on the way to America; and their destination may be elsewhere than Boston,

9, Colonel Dayton ordered to place his Regiment under the command of General Schuyler,

9, Letter from Abraham Livingston to Nathaniel Woodhull: Offers to resign his contracts for furnishing provisions to the Troops,

9, Abraham C. Cuyler, Stephen De Lancey, and John Monier, persons notoriously disaffected to the cause of America, having refused to sign the Association, are disarmed by the Albany Committee,

9, Letter from an Officer in the Army at Deschambault: The British Fleet has arrived at Quebeck; the American Army has retreated precipitately, and now is, with the General and Officers, at Deschambault,

9, Address of J. R. of Connecticut, urging a Declaration of Independence,