Inglis, were the only females who were attainted of treason during the struggle. But it appeared in due time, that the confiscation act did not affect the rights of Mrs. Morris's children. The fee simple of the estate was valued by the British government at jC20,000 ; and by the rules of determining the worth of life interests, the life interest of Col. Morris and his wife were fixed at jC12,605, for which sura they received a certificate of compensation.

"In 1787, the attorney general of England examined the case, and gave the opinion, that the reversionary interest (or property of the children at the decease of the parents,) was not mcluded in their attainder, and was recoverable under the principles of law and of right. In the year 1809, their son, Captain Henry Cage Morris of the royal n-ivy, in behalf of himself and his two sisters, accordingly sold this reversionary interest to John .Jacob Astor, Esquire, of New York, for the sum of jC20,000 sterling. In 182S Mr. Astor made a compromise with the State of New York, by which he received for the rights thus purchased by him (with or without associates,) the large amount of five hundred thousand dollars. The terms of the arrangement required, that within a specified time he should execute a deed of conveyance in fee simple, with warrantee against the claims of the Morrises -- husband and wife -- their heirs, and all persons claiming under them ; and that he should also obtain the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States affirming the validity and perfectibility of his title. These conditions were complied with, and the respectable body of farmers who held the confiscated lands under titles derived from the sales of the commissioners of forfeitures, were thus quieted in their possessions. •