[20] "That when the governor, council, and assembly, or general court, of any of his Majesty's provinces or colonies in America shall _propose_ to make provision, _according to the condition, circumstances_, and _situation_ of such province or colony, for contributing their _proportion_ to the _common defence_, (such _proportion_ to be raised under the authority of the general court or general assembly of such province or colony, and disposable by Parliament,) and shall _engage_ to make provision, also for the support of the civil government and the administration, of justice in such province or colony, it will be proper, _if such proposal shall be approved by his Majesty and the two Houses of Parliament_, and for so long as such provision shall be made accordingly, to forbear, in _respect of such province or colony_, to levy any duty, tax, or assessment, or to impose any farther duty, tax, or assessment, except only such duties as it may be expedient to continue to levy or to impose for the regulation of commerce: the net produce of the duties last mentioned to be carried to the account of such province or colony respectively."--Resolution moved by Lord North in the Committee, and agreed to by the House, 27th February, 1775. [21] Mr. Glover. [22] The Attorney-General. [23] Mr. Rice. [24] Lord North. [25] Journals of the House, Vol. XXV. [26] Journals of the House, Vol. XXVII. [27] Ibid. [28] The Solicitor-General informed Mr. B., when the resolutions were separately moved, that the grievance of the judges partaking of the profits of the seizure had been redressed by office; accordingly the resolution was amended. [29] Lord North. [30] The first four motions and the last had the previous question put on them. The others were negatived. The words in Italics were, by an amendment that was carried, left out of the motion; which will appear in the journals, though it is not the practice to insert such amendments in the votes. A LETTER TO JOHN FARR AND JOHN HARRIS, ESQRS., SHERIFFS OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL, ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA. 1777. Gentlemen,--I have the honor of sending you the two last acts which have been passed with regard to the troubles in America. These acts are similar to all the rest which have been made on the same subject. They operate by the same principle, and they are derived from the very same policy. I think they complete the number of this sort of statutes to nine. It affords no matter for very pleasing reflection to observe that our subjects diminish as our laws increase.