It was not uncommon for him to dress in a woman's habit, and then to patrol the fort in which he lived. Such freaks of low humor exposed him to the universal contempt of the whole people. Their indignation was kindled by his despotic rule, savage bigotry, insatiable avarice, and injustice, not only to the public, but even to his private' creditors." In brief, he plundered the public treasury, converted subscription funds to his personal uses, and borrowed snms CORNBUKY IN WOMAN S ORES right and left, which he coolly repudiated. After his removal from the office of governor he was arrested and imprisoned for debt in New York; but by the death of his father, the Earl of Clarendon, he became a member of the House of Lords, a dignity which carried with it exemption from being held for debt, whereof he took advantage to decamp without settling with his creditors. Morris, as a member of the council, became at once a thorn in Cornbury's side. The governor removed him in 1701. By order of Queen Anne he was reinstated the next year, only to be again and permanently dismissed by Cornbury. He then, as a member of the New Jersey legislature, put himself, with Gordon and Jennings, at the head of the party that sought to drive Cornbury from office. To this end resolutions were passed detailing the evils and infamies of his administra-

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tion, which were sent to England and resulted in Cornbury's recall (1708). During the brief rule of Lord Lovelace, Morris again sat in the council; but under Lovelace's successor, Ingoldsby, lie was once more suspended because of personal unacceptability to the executive. Finally, in 1710, a governor was senr over with whom Morris was able to establish the most satisfactory relations, both official and personal-- the noted General Robert Hunter.