I was also at the Cockpit, when the Lords of the privy Council took into Consideration the Expediency of granting a large Tract of Land & settling a Government on the Ohio ; agreeable to a Petition of the Right Honourable Thos Walpole, Brother to Lord Walpole, Mt Wharton, Major Trent, & of many Lords: to the granting of which Petition Lord Hillsborough alone objected, that Part of the Lands prayed for, were the Property of the Cherokee Indians, and that it was contrary to the good Policy of this Country to permit the Americans to settle the interior Parts of America : to which after Mr Walpole had introduced, & made some pertinent Observations on the Subject in general, Mr Wharton spoake next for several Hours & replyed distinctly to each perticular Objection ; and thro' the whole of the Proceedings he so fully removed all Lord Hillsborough's Objections, and introduced his Proofs with so much Regularity, and made his Observations on them with so much Propriety, Deliberation and Presence of Mind ; that fully convinced every Lord Present : & gave universal Satisfaction to the Gentlemen concerned: And I must say it gave me a particular Pleasure to Hear an American & a Countryman act his Part so well before such a Number of great Lords, at such an August Board ; And I now have the great Pleasure to inform you that their Lordships have overruled Lord Hillsborough's Report, & have reported to his Majesty in favour of Mt Wharton & his Associates. This is looked upon