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Letter Bk. III
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due to him for Provisions supplied to the Maryland Forces.
Should the Secretary of State be pleased to take notice of
Dr Ross's Petition I shall not fail to advise you thereof as
soon as I receive such Intelligence that you may then take
such measures as you may think expedient for Your Reim-
bursement, or if you think proper to make Application home
immediately for the money you advanced & are of Opinion
that any Certificate from me would be of Service Be pleased
to signify to me what Sort of one you would choose & I will
transmit it to you without Delay —
[Sharpe to Amherst.]
10th April 1760 —
Sir
I am sorry I cannot send Your Excellency a more agree-
able answer to your Letter of the 6th Ult. which I had the
pleasure to receive by Colo Howe than that the Proceedings of
our Assembly at this time have been such as I apprehended
they would be when I did myself the honour to write to Your
Excellency the 25th of Feby The Letter which you were
pleased to forward to me from Mr Secretary Pitt appearing to
be a Circular one & not containing any particular Censure on
the Conduct of the Lower House more than did that Letter
from the Secretary of State which I was ordered to communi-
cate to them last year, They paid very little Regard to it nor
would they suffer the opinion of His Majesty's Attorney Genl
to have more weight with them. They did indeed in order to
save Appearances express a Readiness to comply with His
Majesty's Requisition, & thereupon Voted a Thousand Men
for the Service of the ensuing Campaign, but they Resolved
at the same time that the money necessary for Levying &
Supporting such Men should be raised by a Bill which they
were morally certain the Upper House would not pass since
they had already rejected it five times & Mr Pratt the King's
Attorney General in his opinion given thereupon had declared
it to be unjust & unreasonable & such a one as could not be
enacted into a Law without a Breach of Publick Faith & a
Violation of our Constitution — I would not willingly intrude
on your Excellencys Time but as the Members of the Lower
House pretend to think that you will be convinced by a Sight
of their Votes & Resolves that they have done their Part
towards Raising the. necessary Supplies & that the Upper
House are alone to blame, I must take the Liberty to inclose
a Copy of such their Resolves together with a short Address
which they likewise sent me upon my Desiring to know their
final Resolution, & I also think it my Duty therewith to inclose
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