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Show e... :._..-_1:4iyag;:‘m ruw [86] [87] ON the 13th of June a letter of the 9th was received from Lord Carlifle, William liden, and George John- ltone, efquires, with copies of the three aets above inen- terms of agreefnent in contemplation with his Maicflv and with Parliament are fuch as come up to everv Jwiih that North-America, either in the hour of temperate tioned, and of a commiflion from the King of (Jreat~ Britain to the Earl of Carlifle, Lord Vikount Howe, Sir William Howe, or in his abfence Sir Henry Clinton, deliberation or of the utmofl apprehenlion of dander to liberty, has expreflcd. D \Villiam Eden, and George Johnftone; the letter was " lVIORE eflec‘tually to demoni'rrate our good intentions, we trunk proper to declare, even in this our lirflt commu- as follows: nication, that we are difpofed to concur in every {atisfac- tory and jufi arrangement towards the following among " GENTLEMEN, other purpofes : 4‘ IT H an earnefl dciire to flop the further efZ VV fufionof blood and the calamities of war, we communicate to you, with the leait pollible delay after our arrival in this city, a copy of the commiliion with which his Majel'ty is pleated to honor us, as alfo the 21th of Parliament on which it is founded. And, at the fame time that we allure you of our moft earnefi delire to rev ePtablifh, on the bafis of equal freedom and mutual fatety, the tranquillity of this once happy empire, you will ob-= ferve that we are veiled with powers equal to the purpofe, and fueh as are even unprecedented in the annals of our hiitory. " IN the prefcnt {late of our afiairs, though fraught with {uhjeéts of mutual regret, all parties may draw {ome degree of confolation, and even auf‘picious hope, from the recollection that cordial reconciliation and afieflion have, in our own and other empires, fucceeded to contentions and temporary divilions not lets violent than thole we new experience. " To confent to a ceiTation of hoflilities, both by {ea and land. " To ref'core free intercourfe, to revive mutual affec- tion, and renew the common benefits of naturalization, through the feveral parts of this empire. " To extend every freedom to trade that our refpective interef'ts can require. " To agree that no military forces {hall be kept up in the difl‘erent Prates of North-America, without the corn fent of the general Congrets or particular Allemblies. " To concur in meafures calculated to difcharge the debts of America, and to raife the credit and value of the paper circulation. " To perpetuate our union by a reciprocal deputation of an agent or agents from the different States, who " WE with not to recall {ubjeé'ts which are now no longer in controverfy, and will referve to a proper time of difcuflion, both the hopes of mutual henehr, and the confidcration of evils, that may naturally contribute to, determine your refolutions, as well as our own, on this, important occafion. " THE aé'cs of Parliament which we tranfmit to your {hall have the privilege of a feat and voice in the Parlia- ment of Great-Britain ; or, if fent from Britain, in that cafe to have a feat and voice in the Aflen1blies of the dif‘ ferent States to which they may be deputed refpeétively, in order to attend the feveral interefls of thofe by whom they are deputed. having pailed with fingular unanimity, will {ufliciently " IN fhort, to ef'cablifh the power of the refpec'iive legiflatures in each particular State, to fettle its revenue, evince the difpofition of Great-Britain, and thew that the its civil and military efiabliihmcnt, and to exercrfe a per- terms feet |