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any further Representations of those aggrievances this Coun-
try has Already Suffered, till they may happen to be repeated,
we find by the Letter of the honourable the Commissioners of
Trade to their Lordships that we have Laboured under the
Censure of partiality in Accounting the proceedings of Mau-
rice Birchfield Esqr grievous to the Country when the Com-
missioners (as is Declared by their Letter) have Examined
into his Conduct and doe not find he has done any more than
his Duty. But forasmuch as we have reason to believe that
the Conclusion of the Honourable Commissioners afore said
proceeds from the want of a Clear representation of that
affair being laid before them, we therefore the more Earnestly
press your Concurrence with us in a matter of So great Im-
portance to the welfare of the Inhabitants of this Province,
being of Opinion that tis much Easier and better to prevent an
aggrievance than to be put to the necessity of Seeking redress
after we have Suffered it.
We Cannot Conceive that the Debts being Sold on Mr
Macnemara's Death Can be any Security against the like Ag-
grieveances for the future, because undoubtedly those persons
who have purchased those Debts (if any such there be) will
be very Vigilant for the Recovery of them, & we have too much
reason to fear they may readily be Supplyed wth some person
to prosecute them whose Principles and Practices may be as
pernicious as Mr Macnemara's.
We take this Matter to be yet of more Concern to this
Province since his Excellency the Governour our then Chan-
cellour, Seems Charged by the said Commissioners with Ob-
structing his Majestyes Service in these Matters He Acted
no otherwise in Relation thereto than as Judge in Chancery,
and we must Account it a Most fatal Enemy to Impartial
Justice if the Consciences of our Judges should be Influenced
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by any power to a Conformity with any Interest whatever the
Consequences Deserve yor Consideracon.
Signed p Ordr John Beale Cl: up: Ho
The Consideration thereof is referred, till to Morrow Morn-
ing.
The Question was put whether the former Message on the
fifth Article of his Lordships Instructions shall be altered or
not
Carried in the negative by the Majority of Votes.
The House Adjourns till to Morrow Morning Eight a clock
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