dent on the Manor. {Laws of New York, Chapter DCVII., Section II., Livingston and Smith's edition, New York: 1752, 219,220; the same, Chapter DCVII. , Section II., Van Schaack's edition, New- York : 1774, 183, 184.) It will be seen, therefore, that none, except those who were Freeholders holding improved and unencumbered Real Estate worth Forty PoundB, agreeably to the Act of May 8, 1699, could vote, in Colonial Westchester-county ; but, on the other hand, the Freeholders en the Cortlandt Manor possossed and, undoubtedly, exercised the Right to vote twice, at every such Election for Representatives to the General Assembly -- that for the Representative for the Manor, under the Manorial Charter, and that for the two Representatives for the County, under the Statute, already mentioned. Of course, the great body of the Tenantry, no matter how valuable its Leaseholds might be ; those whose humble homes were not worth, in each instance, Forty Pounds; and those whose Freeholds, of every value, which were encumbered by debts, had not the right of voting at the Polls.

The practical effect of that limitation of the Right of Franchise may be seen in the Returns of Elections. In the Election fur Representatives for the City of New York, held on the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth of February, 1761, only fourteen hundred and forty-seven votes, including those of the Freemen of the City who were not, also, Freeholders, were cast. -- {The original Returns of the Inspectors, in manuscript, owned by us. ) In the Election for Representatives for the City of New- York, held on the seventh, eighth, and ninth of March, 1768, when an intense excitement prevailed and all known means for increasing its strength were resorted to, by each of the antagonistic parties, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven votes, including those of eight hundred and twenty-three Freemen who were not, also, Freeholders, were cast. -- (27ie original Returns of the Inspectors, in manuscript, owned by us.) In the Election for Representatives for the City of New- York, held on the twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, and twenty-seventh of January, 1769, when another very excited contest occurred, only fifteen hundred and twelve votes, including those of the Freemen who were not, also, Freeholders, were cast. -- (The Returns of the Inspectors, original printed edition, owned by us.) In the Election for Deputies to the Provincial Convention by whom the Delegation from the City of New York to the second Continental Congress was to be elected, held on the fifteenth of March, 1775, nine hundred and eighty-eight votes, including those of the Freemen of the City who were not, also, Freeholders, were cast. -- (Holt's New - York Journal, No. 1680, New York, Thursday, March 16, 1775; Riwngton's New -York Gazetteer, No. 100, Nkw York, Thursday, March 16, 1775 ;* Game's New York Gazette: and the Weekbj Mercury, No. 1223, New York, Monday, March 20, 1775.)