Full libeny was uiven to him and his associates, 'to dljj, delve, and carrv awav all such mines for Iron, as tney shall ttnd ur si>e fit to di^r and caiTv awav to th- iron works, or that siiall be found in that tract of laud that lies inclosed between the south.asi biuiich of the Ix'aritan river and the whale pond on the SL-a-si.ie, and is boiiuded from thino' bv iiie sea and branch of the river, ro the ea<tw.inl, [u tlie UaritHU river, he or they p-.ivniu: a\\ sn.h just dainanr-s to the oivniers of the laud wh.'r>' tin-, sinll 1I11: mines as sli.dl !»■ ja.i:,'''d i> <i .■m- liy trespass i.f ca!:iei.riithi.r>vise .~U'iaiued by tae carting,' and car-vii'.i; of the said uii:!- to the work."-- t. J. Iii:ctirds, li paj/e 155.
THE TOWN OF ^VEST FAR-MS.
M,'rris declines to obey the Governor's orders in the case, as illegal ; and is by him suspended, after serving twenty years unimijeachably. James dv- Lancey was appointed in his place."" The follomng particulars in relation to this affair, are taken from the Carribcana, a literary periodical purporting to be "ivritten by several hands in the West Indies." The reader will see, that the Chief Justice performed his part with great boldness and mdependence : --
"Sir:-- You will preceive, by the enclosed copy of a letter, that the Original wa.s addressed to the present Governor of ZSew York, on occasion of a new dispute that arose between his Excellenc}^ and Ihe Chief Judge of the province concerning the establishment of a new Court of Equity. The Judge's argument upon the question is very long, and, for aught I know, very learned. I shall not take it upon me to say wlictlier liis opinion is right or not ; but certainly lie was right in giving his opinion upon a matter of law that came in judgment before him.