142

On account of the complaints and representations made to
England, the King in Council determines upon the
appointment of a Commission to inquire into the matters
complained of in the New England Colonies, and to remedy
what was wrong 145

Slanderous rumours circulated in Massachusetts against
the Commission and Commissioners 146

Copy of the Royal Commission (in a note), explaining
the reasons and objects of it 147

All the New England Colonies, except Massachusetts Bay,
duly receive the Royal Commissioners; their report on
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Plymouth (in a note) 148

Report of the Royal Commissioners on the Colony of
Massachusetts Bay (in a note); difference from the other
Colonies; twenty anomalies in its laws inconsistent with
its Charter; evades the conditions of the promised continuance
of the Charter; denies the King's jurisdiction 149

They address the King, and enclose copies of their
address, with letters, to Lord Chancellor Clarendon, the
Earl of Manchester, Lord Say, and the Honourable Robert Boyle 152

The United Empire Loyalists the true Liberals of that day 152

Copy of the long and characteristic address of the
Massachusetts Bay Court to the King, October 25, 1664 (with notes) 153

Letters of Lord Clarendon and the Honourable Robert
Boyle to the Massachusetts Bay Court, in reply to
their letters, and on their address to the King;
pretensions and conduct 160

Conduct and pretensions of the Massachusetts Bay Court
condemned and exposed by loyalist inhabitants of Boston,
Salem, Newbury, and Ipswich, in a petition 163

The King's reply to the long address or petition of
the Massachusetts Bay Court, dated February 25, 1665,
correcting their misstatements, and showing the
groundlessness of their pretended fears and actual
pretensions 166

The King's kind and courteous letter without effect
upon the Massachusetts Bay Court, who refuse to
acknowledge the Royal Commissioners; second and more
decisive letter from the King, April, 1666 169

Retrospect of the transactions between the two Charleses
and the Massa