Then the Chairman observ'd to the Council for y^ Respondants that the Board expected and required they should answer and Shew by what authority they are a Court and by what authority they suspended tlieir minister

JVP" Jamison Replyd they were no Court neither had they any coercive Power of suspending their Minister,

The Chairman required them to answer from whence they deriv'd y^ Power.

Mr Jamison By y® Indulgence of the Government and own'd they were not Independent of the Government here.

The Chairman Insisted that it was the pleasure of the Board they should shew that Indulgence by which they had autliority to suspend their Minister and required them to shew it Imme diately.

JVf Jamison Not by any Commission but by the Sufferance and Tolleration of the Government.

J\P Barberie Say'd they discharged him, but did not Shew by what authority or Power.

The Chairman observ'd to them that he thought it very easy for them to shew their Power if they had any and expected their answer to it immediately.

JW Vernon Say'd that by the same Power they had to caU a Minister they had to suspend their Minister.

The Ch: JVia?i jnsisted they should shew it.

JVF Jamison Sayd y* Avlien their Minister refuses to serve them according to Contract and the Rules and Discipline of the French Chui^ches in Fran, they may suspend him and have Power by the Toleration of y^ Governm*.

The Chairman Desired them to shew that Power and Avhether they had acted according to the discipline of y^ French Churcli