Feb. 10.  The House having resolved itself into a Committee on the Papers relating to the Disturbances in North America,
Lord North moved, "That leave be given to bring in a Bill to restrain the trade and commerce of the provinces of Massachuset's Bay, and New Hampshire; the colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Providence Plantation in North America, to Great Britain, Ireland, and the British islands in the West Indies; and to prohibit such provinces and colonies from carrying on any fishery on the banks of Newfoundland, or other places therein to be mentioned, under certain conditions, and for a time to be limited."
[Passed in the House of Commons, Wednesday, March 8, 1775, and in the House of Lords, Tuesday, March 21, 1775]