THE Historical Register, Contaiping An Impartial RELATION of all TRANSACTIONS, Foreign and Domeftick. WITH A Chronological Diary OF ALL The remarkable OCCURRENCES, viz. Births, Marriages, Deaths, Removals, Promotions, &c. that happen'd in this Year: Together with the Characters and Parentage of Perfons deceased, of eminent Rank. VOLUME XV. LONDON, Printed and fold by R, NUTT in the Old Baily, near Ludgate, where compleat Sets and fingle Parts may be had, at is. each Regifter. Sold alfo by E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange, R. Gofling in Fleet-ftreet, D. Browne without Temple Bar, C. King in Weftminster-Hall, and at the Sun Fire Office behind the Royal Exchange. MAMJAMOM " for N. B. This Title is defign'd f fuch Perfons as think fit to bind the last Four Registers in one Volume: And for the fame Reafon is added a Table of the Principal Mat ters contain'd in them. NUMBER LVII. *********************** N the laft Quarterly Regifter we gave an Account of the Proceedings and Adjournment of the General Court of New-England; and were, for Want of Room, oblig'd to break off before we intended; but we will now present our Readers, according to our Promife then with what is fince come to our Hand, relating to these Affairs. WEST-INDIES. NEW ENGLAND. Proceedings of the Qeneral Court of New-England, continued from Page 309 of the laft Regifter. N the 20th of Auguft, 1729, his Excellency William Burnet, Efq; met the Great and General Court at Salem, and in the Afternoon made a Speech to them, and on the 23d was pleased to adjourn the faid Court to the 27th of that Month, then to meet at Cambridge. The faid Speech is as follows: The SPEECH of his Excellency William Burnet, Ef Captain-General and Governor in Chief in and over his Majefty's Provinces of the Maffachufets-Bay in NewEngland, &c. to the Great and General Court of Affembly of the faid Province, met at Salem, on Wednesday, Auguft 20, 1729. I Gentlemen of the Council, and House of Representatives, Have deferr'd to fpeak to you hitherto, on purpose that you might remain free and difengaged from any Share in the Difputes I have had with the late "House of Representatives, 'till I had obtain❜d the JudgA ment ८ ment of the Crown upon them: I have at last receiv'd it in a full Manner, and in authentick Form, attefted C by a Clerk of Council; and I fhall now read it to you, . as a Matter of the greatest Weight and highest Concern that can be laid before you at this Time. At the Court at Kenfington, the 22d Day of May, 1729, PRESENT, The Queen's Moft Excellent Majefty, Guardian of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and his Majefty's Lieute nant within the fame, in Council. His Royal Highness the Archbishop of Canterbury, Prince of WALES. Earl of Grantham, Earl of Godolphin, Earl of Loudoun, Lord Privy Seal, Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain, Duke of Somerset, Earl of Findlater, Mr. Chan. of the Exchequer, Upon reading this Day at the Board a Report to his Majefty from the Lords of the Committee of his Majeity's most Honourable Privy Council dated the 22d of the last Month, in the Words following, viz. Your Our Majefty having been pleafed, by your Order in Council of the 1ft of February laft, to refer unto this Committee an Addrefs from the Houfe of Reprefentatives of the Province of Muffachufets-Bay, offering the Reasons and Grounds of their Proceedings and Conclufions against the fettling a fixed Salary of 1000 1. per Annum on the Governor of that Province, for the Time being, according to your Majefty's Inftructions to the prefent Governor; and complaining against the Governor for having adjourn'd the General Court from Bofton to Salem : The The Lords of the Committee, in Obedience to your Majefty's faid Order, did proceed the fame Day to take the faid Address into their Confideration: But being inform'd, that the Lords Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations had under their Examination fevera! Letters from William Burnet, Efq; your Majefty's Governor of that Province, relating to the Behaviour of the faid Affembly upon this Affair, the Lords of the Committee did thereupon fend a Copy of the faid Address to the faid Lords Commiffioners, that they might have the whole Matter before them, and directed them to report their Opinion thereupon to this Committee. And the faid Lords Commiffioners having accordingly confider'd the said several Papers, and heard Mr. Attorney and Solicitor-General, in Support of your Majesty's faid Inflructions, and alfo Counfel in Behalf of the faid Affembly, have reported upon the Whole, That the faid Affembly feem'd entirely averfe to fettle a certain Salary upon the prefent Governor, and thofe who fhall fucceed him; yet the faid Lords Commiffioners judge it abfolutely neceffary, That the Affembly fhould fettle a fixed Salary of 1000l. per Annum at least upon the Governor during the whole Time of his Government. It being abfolutely neceffary to your Majefty's Service, That the Independency of the Governor upon the Affembly fhould be preferv'd. And that as to the Complaint against the Governor for removing the Affembly from Bofton to Salem, his late Majefty in Council, upon a former Complaint of this Nature, against Col. Shute, had determined that Point in Favour of the Governor. And therefore the faid Lords Commithioners were of Opinion, The present Governor had acted in this Matter agreeable to that Determination. The Lords of the Committee hereupon beg Leave to acquaint your Majefty, That notwithstanding the faid Lords Commiflioners for Trade had fully heard all the Reasons that were offer'd on the Behalf of the Affembly, yet the Agents of the faid Affembly petition'd this Committee on the 19th of this Inftant, praying that they might be admitted to be heard before their Lordships: Whereupon their Lordships thought it proper to know upon what Point they would infift, That your Majesty's Attorney and Sollicitor-General might be prepar'd to anfwer the fame; and they defir'd to be heard upon the Reasons they had to offer, A 2 Why |