Tliough the first Act of Assembly for sttling the Minis Lry was made before there was any Church of England Minister in tlie province, except the Chaplain ol' the forces ; yet no Dissenting Minister Did ever preteiid to much Less venture to receive any moneys raised b}' tliat Act, till the Dissenting I\Iinis!er in Jamaica M^" George M^Nish with much assureance Assayed itt. This is the man by name who in Concert with a very few otliers, i.5 the Contriver and Ring Leader of ail our Commotions ; and Indeed has successfully puzled the people about Religion That he has almost extinguish'd Charity amongst us. And tho nothing be more Evident than this yet he still is resolved to prosecute his Cunning Contrivances though against all Law, Reason, and practice, yea and as we Can prove against the Councils and Entreaties of Diverse Ministers, even of Ids own persuation but he finds his Account in it. These people the petitioners are but the Tools of this Machiavil 'tis he that is their only support, he presides in all their Councils, Appears publickly for them, at almost all Coiu'ts to Abett tlieir Actions ; 'tis he that occasioned and perswaded M^' David Wriglit late a Justice of peace here (but Justly Displaced by your Excellency for this very reason) to take upon Mm to Judge of a Warrant Given by Eight of us for raiseing the Minister's Salary, and to adjudge it void ; and tliat the people ought not at all to regard the same. 'Twas before this Justice Wright and in the presence of above an hundred people of the parish of Jamaica, that this fomenter of Differences Averred, that the Act for the Explaining of the Act for the Ministry, was no Act of Assembly, or of any manner offeree in this province ; for that it was never past into an Act, nor was ever published, neither to be found in the Secretary's Office, and though an Exemplification of tlie Act was tlien produced in parchment under the Broad Seal of the province ; his Accomplices M^ John Coe (one of the petitioners) av^erred (we believe very untruly) That the Deputy Secretary had told him tliat he never gave any Exemplication tliereof.