On the 3d of September, the Day after the above Meffage bears Date, his Excellency William Burnet, Efq; was taken ill of a violent Fever, of which he dy'd in three Days; and tho' the Disputes about the Settlement of a Salary on the Governor neceffarily ceafed, as far as related to his Excellency Mr. Burnet, by his unexpected Sickness and Death; yet the Subject in Question remained, and was immediately taken up by Mr. Dummer the Lieutenant-Governor, upon whom the Government of Course devolved, by the Demife of the late Gover nor, 'till his Majefty's Pleasure was farther known."

The Houfe of Reprefentatives of the Maffachufets-Bay had been appointed by his Excellency the late Governor to meet for their next Seffions at Harvard College in Cambridge in the County of Middlefex, and had been prorogued to the 27th of Auguft; when they met, and received the Meffage above from his Excellency, which was his laft; and upon the melancholy Occafion of the Deceafe of their Governor, the Houfe adjourned for a few Days, and met again the 17th, when they received the following Meffage, or, as they call it, a Speech from the Hon. the Lieutenant-Governor, upon whom, as I have faid, the Government devolved.

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Gentlemen,

IT having pleafed Almighty God to remove by Death

his Excellency Governor Burnet, and the Government of this Province being thereby devolved on me by the King's Commiffion, I apprehend it my Duty, purfuant to his Majesty's 23d Inftruction (as it stands explained by the Crown) which has been fo fong before you, to propofe to your immediate Confideration, before any other Bufinefs, the f fixing a Salary for me as Commander in Chief, during my Continuance in the Adminiftration of the Government, agreeable to the faid Inftruction. 1

I fhall not pretend to add any new Arguments on this Subject, the late Governor having fet the whole Matter in fo full and clear a Light, as makes it altoge ther needlefs any more.

You have ftill an Opportunity, by a due Compliance with his Majesty's just Expectation from you, to recover (as I hope) the Royal Grace and Favour for your Country, and hereby to prevent the Confequences of a Parliamentary Procedure: And you fhall always And me, whilft I am continued in the Command here,

ufing my utmoft Endeavours to promote his Majefty's Service, and the Good and Welfare of the Pro

vince.

Sept. 16, 1729.

W. Dummer.

Upon receiving and reading this Speech, the Houfe! order'd it to be read a fecond Time, and then appointed a Committee to confider the fame, and report their Opinion to the Houfe. Accordingly,

Thurfday, Sept. 18. Mr. Cooke, from the Committee appointed Yefterday to confider of his Honour's Speech of the 16th Current, and Report what might be proper for the Houfe to do thereon, prefented the following Anfwer, which was read and accepted, and is as follows:

May it pleafe your Honour,

HÉ Houfe taking into Confideration your Honour's Speech of Yefterday, can by no Means conceive his Majefty's 23d Inftruction, as first recommended, or as it now ftands, ever intended that the Great and General Court fhould pafs Acts for the fixing an ample and honourable Salary for the Governor and LieutenantGovernor when Commander in Chief, as your Honour feems to apprehend. But could we fuppofe otherwife, the Reafons forbidding the prefent and former Houfe fettling a fixed Salary on the Governor, will not allow. us to fix it on your Honour during your Continuance in the Adminiftration of the Government. However, the Houfe are ready and willing to fupport your Honour agreeable to the Dignity of the Poft and Station you now fuftain.

In the House of Representatives,

Sept. 17, 1729,

This Anfwer being fent to his Honour by the proper Officer attending the Houfe, his Honour fent another Meffage to the Houfe on the 20th, as follows:

Saturday, Sept. 20..

A Melage from his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, by Mr. Secretary, viz.

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Gentlemen of the House of Reprefentatives,

Have confider'd your Anfwer to my Speech, which was is deliver'd to me Yefterday; by which you utterly decline fixing a Salary on me during the Continu

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ance of my Adminiftration; tho' there is nothing more. plain than that his Majesty's 23d Instruction relates to me in my prefent Station, as well as to the Governor in Chief, the faid Inftruction recommending the passing of Acts to establish a fixed and honourable Salary for the Jupporting and maintaining the Dignity of his Majefty's Governor and Commander in Chief for the Time being Now, by Commander in Chief can be understood no other Perfon than the Lieutenant-Governor.

Befides, the Reafon affigned by his Majefty for having fuch a Salary fixed, does equally relate to the Lieutenant Governor when Commander in Chief, as to the Governor, viz. That the Aembly had from Time to Time made them fuch Allowances, and in fuch Proportions as they themfelves have thought the Governor had deferved, in order thereby to make the Jaid Governor more dependent on them. Wherefore the Government of this Province, with his Majesty's faid Inftruction being devolved upon me, I look upon myfelf to be now under the fame Obligation. to infift upon the faid Inftruction, and do once more move you to a Compliance therewith, from a Sense of. my Duty to his Majesty, and in tender Regard to the Welfare and Profperity of this Province.

Sept. 20, 1729.

W. Dummer.

Upon reading this Meffage, a Debate arifing, a Met fage or Anfwer was drawn up, and after fome Amendment, it was voted, That the following Meffage be fent, to his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, in Anfwer to his Honour's Meffage brought down, this Morning by Mr. Secretary, viz.

May it pleafe your Honour,

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HE Houfe reading and confidering your Honour's Meffage of this Day, in Faithfulness to our Coun... try affure you, That this Houfe cannot pafs an Act for fixing a Salary on your Honour, conformable to his Ma jesty's 23d Inftruction, as it now ftands, for the Reafons heretofore given.

In the House of Reprefentatives,

Sept. 20, 1729.

Thus flood this new Difference between the People of New England and their Governors, when the laft Advices from thence, came away.

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Proceedings of the Parliament of Ireland.

N the 23d of September, 1729, both Houfes of Pare liament met, according to Prorogation, at the Blue Coat Hofpital in Dublin; and his Excellency the Lord Carteret, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, went in State to the Houfe of Peers, and open'd the Seffions with the following moft gracious Speech to both Houfes:

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My Lords and Gentlemen,

was with great Pleasure I receiv'd his Majesty's Commands to meet you again in Parliament; having already experienced your Duty and Affection to his Royal Perfon, and your Regard to the Honour of his Government. His Majefty's conftant and unwearied Care to promote the Eafe and Happiness of his People, and the tender Concern he has fhewn for the Prosperity of this Kingdom, give me good Reafon to hope, that this Parliament, which, at the Beginning of his Reign, acted with fo much Zeal for his Service, in a juft Expectation of that Security and Protection, which they have fince enjoy'd, will now exert themfelves in the mont effectual Manner, to exprefs the due Sense they have of his mild and gracious Government.

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons,

I have order'd the Accounts and Estimates to be laid before you, by which you will obferve, the Revenue has fallen short of what it produced in the two laft Years, and thereby a confiderable Arrear is become due to the Establishment. And I have not the leaft Reafon to doubt but that you will grant fuch Supplies as will be neceffary to anfwer the Exigencies of the Government, in fuch Manner as fhall be. moft expedient, and may be leaft burthenfome to the People.

His Majefty has been pleafed, fince your last Meeting, to fend three of thofe Regiments to this Kingdom, which the Publick Service had required to be employ'd Abroad: And I can affure you from his Majefty, that the reft shall be order'd back as foon as the Circumftances of Affairs will permit.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

The plentiful Harveft with which the Goodness of Providence has this Year bleffed us, will, I hope, put

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an End to the Disturbances, and other ill Confequences, that may have arifen from a general Scarcity of Corn. It will, however, deferve your Confideration, whether fome new Laws may not be requifite, to prevent the pernicious Practices of Engroffers, Foreftallers, and Regrators, and all tumultuary and riotous Proceedings for the future, and to provide for the Peace of this large and populous City, and for the Employment of the Poor of this Kingdom.

It is with great Satisfaction I obferve the Succefs with which the Linnen Manufacture is carry'd on in this Kingdom. And I have his Majefty's Commands to affure you, that in promoting a Trade fo beneficial to this Nation, you may depend upon his Royal Favour and Protection.

I maft earnestly defire you to fhew, on this Occafion, fuch Temper and Unanimity in all your Proceedings, as appear'd during the whole Courfe of the laft Seffion. That will certainly be the moft effectual Method of ferving the Kingdom, and of recommending yourfelves to his Majesty's Royal Favour.

On Thursday the 25th of September, both Houfes attended the Lord Lieutenant with their refpective Addreffes, both to the King and to his Excellency; which are as follows:

To the King's Moft Excellent Majefty,

The humble Addrefs of the Lords Spiritual and Tem poral în Parliament affembled.

May it pleafe your Majesty,

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VE your Majefty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, humbly beg Leave to congratulate your Majefty on your happy Return to Great Britain, and to af fure your Majefty, we are truly fenfible that your Majefty has, during your whole Reign, fhewn the utmost Regard for the Profperity of your People; and that your Majefty could not have given a more manifeft Inftance of your tender Concern for the Safety and Welfare of thefe Kingdoms, than by committing the Government, during fuch Time as the Peace and Tranquillity of Europe required your Abfence, to your Royal Confort, whofe Wisdom and Goodnefs are equally admired by your Subjects, and by the whole World.

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