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sentment he could give no plausible reason. To the Assembly he excused himself by saying that his instructions had made it necessary; but he produced no such intructions; the plea, moreover, was false, for Hillsborough had left him discretionary power. Hillsborough to Hutchinson, 9 December, 1769. Hutchinson to Gage, 25 Feb. 1770. I am left to my discretion. The House and the Council remonstrated, insisting that even though he were instructed Address of the Council to Hutchinson, 20 March, 1770; Bradford, 197. to meet the Assembly at Cambridge, yet it was his duty under the Charter to adjourn the session to the Courthouse in Boston. I am a servant of the King, replied Hutchinson, to be governed by his Majesty's pleasure. Message from the Governor to the Council, 21 March, 1770, Bradford. Thus a new question arose respecting the proper use of the prerogative; while the Assembly proceeded to business only from absolute necessity. Bradford's State Papers, 202 Suppose a petu