Although lio was cliissed, in these Resolutions, among those who occul)ied "an enuivocal neutrality " -- ho preferred to retain his hold on the Koyal Troiisury as long as possible ; and the studied denunciation of him, in the.so Resolutions, was admirably ada|ited to secure the steady payment of bis Salary and Fees, aud to secure the family estates, in case the Rebellion should bo suppressed-- just eight weeks after the presentation of this Report, ho was appointed, by the same Provincial Congress who had received and adopted this formidable series of Resolutions, to the Bench of the now-formed revolutionary Court of Admiralty ; anil, three years subsequently, when .John .Jay ceased to be Chief-juslice of I lie new State, this Richard Morris was aiipoiuted to succeed him, in tliat honorable aud iutluential position. lie held the latter ottii e until September, IT'JO.

The controlling power among the revolutionary elements, in the Colony as well as in the new-formed State, was not slow to reward the Morris family with offices and emoluments; and the latter was ei|ually watchful of its own interests, in accepting whatever was olfered.

" That such of them as may be men of influence in " the neighbourhood of the place of their present resi- " deuce, be removed to such place, in this or a ueigh- " bonring Colony, as will deprive them of an o[)por- " tuuity of exerting that infiuence to the prejudice of " the American cause, and respectively bound by " their parole or word of honour or other security, at " the discretion of the said Committee, neither di- " rectly or indirectly to oppose or contravene the " measures of the Continental Congress or the Con- " gress of this Colony, aud to abide in the place aud " within the limits so to be assigned them, till the " further order of the present or future Provincial