S. -- Since the writing of this letter, upon consideration of the Act for declaring the town of Eastchester to be a distinct parish, «fcc, and of the reasons offered to us against it by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London, we have prepared a report to be laid before Her Majesty with our humble opinion that the same be disallowed.""

Again their lordships writing to the same, dated Whitehall, April 7 th, 1703, say:

" We have told you in a former letter that we had prepared a report with our opiuion for disannulling the Act declaring the Town of East Chester to be a distinct Parish, &c. Which having accordingly been done, We likewise send you a Copy of Her Majesty's Order in Council for that effect."6

June the 12th, 1700. -- "The town exchanged land with Mr. Joseph Morgan, pastor of the church in East Chester."

The inhabitants of Eastchester also at the same time " did give and grant two acres of land, to be laid out where it shall not be within the Town's sheep pasture, unto Mr. Joseph Morgan, minister, &x."c

"June 26, 1700. At a town meeting held by the inhabitants of Eastchester, the inhabitants have agreed that the minister's note and the town rate shall be paid by agreement, as the town rate was payd in the year i6Q4."d

"At a public town meeting called by order of the inhabitants, Oct. 4th, 1700, the said inhabitants directed Mr. Henry Fowler and Richard Shute, (with the rest of the intended church,) to write unto the reverend ministers in New England concerning the ordination j they having the assistance of the Rev. Mr. Morgan. Also, that Mr. John Pinckney, Henry Fowler and Richard Shute, shall write unto his Excellency for his approbation, that he will be pleased to induct our minister the Rev.