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Show 338 ta: or] Recording; and ExIII/Iizzzzr/glz, Sec. Ordered that the further proceedings be on Saturday 29th Infiaut'it‘. 4. 4" . f . . i 1, coma of Governor ‘ Hutch‘ inton's Letferr, C930. *1 [The privy council accordingly met on the 29th of January, 1774.; when Mr. Dunning and Mr. ‘lohu Lee 21‘ red as coun- {el for the affembly, and Mr. VVeddei-burne as counlel {or the Go. vernor and Lieutenant Governor. Mr. \Vcdderburnc was very long in his anllver; which chitily related to the mode of obtaininrr and fending away Mr. \Vliately's letters; and {poke of Dr. Franklin in terms of abule, which never efeape from one gentleman towards another.-ln the event, the committee of I..." ..--"""‘ the privy council lowing opinion. bly to report, tion is founded made a report, in which was exprefleti the fol- ‘ The Lords of the committee do agree humas their opinion to your Majeily, that the periupon refolutions formed on talk and erroneous allegations; and is groundlel‘s, vexatious, and {candzilous ; and calculated only for the feditious pui‘pofcs of keeping up a {pi- rit of clamour and difcontent in the {aid province. And the Lords of the committee do further humbly report to your Majelly, that nothing has been laid before them which does or can, in their opinion, in any manner, or in any degree, impeach the honour, integrity, or conduct of the {aid Governor or Lieutenant Governor; and their Lordfhips are humbly of opinion, that the {aid petition ought to be difiniflcd.' Feb. 7th, 1774.. ‘ His Majelty taking the {aid report into confideration, was pleated, with the advice of his privy council, to approve thereof; and to order that the {aid petition of the houfe of reprefentatives of the province of Maflacliufett's Bay be difmiffed the board-as groundlefs. vcxatious, and {caudalous; and calculated only for the {editions purpofe of keeping ‘ up a fpirit ofclamour and difcontent in the {aid provincef-Av former petition againfi Governor Bernard met \iith a dihnir'hon couched in fimilar terms. E.] ‘19 flat Prim-er offliu PUBLIC ADVERTISER 91" SIR, FINDING that two Gentlemen have been unfortunately engaged in a duel about a traniae‘tion and its circumflances, of whic h both ofthenrare totally ignorant and innocentI think it incumbent upon me to declare (for the prevention of further mifchief, as far as fuch a declaration may contribute to prevent it) that I alone am the perfon who obtained and tranf- mitted to Bolton the letters in queftion. I Mr W. could not communicate them, becau fe the. were never in his poffeflion; and for the film); reafon, they could not be taken from him by * [Some letters L ( paired in the public h1d ' rints ' bet . 22:5 iii/h??? bfiimlther ander. john Templfe, concer‘r‘iir cigllli: :2: from a w 11c e ( ctters 0 Governor Hutchi n {on, &c. had efca ed ceared.mong the papers of Mr. Thomas Whately, at this time ile. The. one Gentleman wilhed . to avoid the char e of l t V' ' them, the other, of havmg taken them. At lgengthlil EESZH‘IC fo perfonal and pointed, that Mr. Temple ilengdigljh‘iii: thounhr it cario ary to call 'the brother into the field. The letter of hrovo noonn afiieafil‘ffnflithc morninlg, and the parties met in thepzifte r. . ‘. in was not t ien in town - it was afre f . ' Siege": h; received the intelligence. \Vhat' had paired rheodliiiliil :16; e-, e en eavouie ' d to preterit ' what itill ' might ' i follow. 13.] 466021»? X X 2 Mr. |