...rary, as he himself with the utmost solemnity declared, to his most earnest wish, and his intention at that very time, to give his deciding vote in the Cabinet against the repeal, which the Duke of Grafton , the head of his Board, had proposed and advocated. Now, indeed, the die was cast. Neither the Bedford party, nor the King meant to give up the right to tax; and they clung to the duty on tea...