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69, 370. Walpole's Memoirs of Geo. III. Grenville, very warm, stood up to reply; when Pitt, with the most contemptuous look and manner, rose from his seat, made the chairman a low bow, and walked slowly out of the house. Rigby to the Duke of Bedford, 10 March, 1763. Correspondence III. 218. Yet the ministry persevered, though the cider counties were in a flame; the city of London, proceeding beyond all precedent, petitioned Commons, Lords, and King against the measure; and the cities of Exeter and Worcester instructed their members to oppose it. The House of Lords divided upon it; and two protests against it appeared on their journals. Journals of House of Lords, of March 29 and March 30. Thus, an English tax, which came afterwards to be regarded as proper, met with turbulent resistance. No one utter- chap. V.} 1763. Mar. ed a word for America. The bill for raising a revenue there was quietly read twice and committed. Journals of House of Commons, XXIX. 606, 614, 617.