Upon this Forster and the two Fowlers Moses and William, chosen by him to be inspectors, questioned his having an estate and required of the sheriff to tender him the book to swear in due form of law, which he refused to do, but offered to take his solemn affirmation, which, both by the laws of England and the laws of this province, was indulged to the people called Quakers, and had always been practiced from the first election of representatives in this province to this time, and never refused ; but the sheriff was deaf to all that could be alleged on that side ; and, notwithstanding that he was told by the late chief justice and James Alexander, Esq., one of his Majesty's counsel and counseller-at-law, and by William Smith, Esq., counseller-atlaw, that such a procedure was contrary to law and a violent attempt of the liberties of the peojile, he still pei-sisted in refusing the said Quaker to vote, and in like manner did refuse seven-and-tliirty Quakers more, -- men of known and visible estates. This Cooper, now high sheriff of the said county, is said not only to be a stranger in that county, but not having a foot of land or visible estate in it, unless very lately granted, ami it is believed he has not where withall to purchase any. The polling had not been long continued before Mr. Edward Stephens, a man of very considerable estate in said county, did openly, in the hearing of all the freeholders there assembled, charge William Forster, Esi\., the candidate on the other side, with being a Jacoliite and in the interest of the Pretender, and that he should suy to Mr. William Willet (a person of good estate and known integrity, who was at that time present and ready to make oath to the truth of what was said), that true it was, he had taken oaths to his JIajesty King George and enjoyed a place in the Government under him which gave him bread ; yet, notwithstanding, that should James coine into England he should think himself obliged to go there and fight for him.