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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On June 3, 1766, the British House of Commons debated and rejected a motion to address the King requesting suspension of Parliament's prorogation until North American governors assured colonial obedience to British laws, citing prevention of rebellious consequences and support for Crown authority.
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A Motion was made, and the question being put, That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, to express the earnest wish and desire of this House, that his Majesty would be graciously pleased to suspend any Prorogation of his Parliament, until positive assurance shall be received, from the several governors of the respective provinces in North-America, that the people are return'd to a due sense of their duty and obedience to the laws. That this House is the more earnest in their pressing solicitations to his Majesty, to grant this their humble request, as they apprehend many of the fatal consequences of the rebellious disposition of his Majesty's subjects in those parts, might have been prevented, if the Parliament had been called last year, as soon as the accounts of the disorderly and tumultuous conduct of the Americans came to the knowledge of his Majesty's ministers. To assure his Majesty, that this House is determined to support the legal authority of the Crown, and the just rights of the British legislature over all parts of his Majesty's dominions. And, when permitted, to offer their advice, to guard the honour and dignity of the Crown and government from any insult whatsoever. It passed in the Negative.
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North America
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3 Die Junii, 1766
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motion passed in the negative
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A motion was made for an humble address to his Majesty to suspend prorogation of Parliament until assurances from North American governors of colonial obedience; expressing regret over not calling Parliament sooner to address rebellious conduct; affirming support for Crown authority and rights over dominions.