His Honour communicated a Letter to him of the 17» ultimo from Governor Wentworth (of New Hampshire) representing that several of the Inhabitants of the Town of Pownall, at a Time when the Deputy Sheriff was executing a legal Precept, were set upon by the Sheriff Albany, and more than thirty armed men on Horseback, and that the Deputy Sheriff with three other Principal Inhabitants, were seized upon and carried to Albany, where they were immediately committed to @aol--and desireing His Honour would give orders for the Release of the Persons so apprehended and committed adding that it would be

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an act of cruelty to Punish Individuals for disputes between the two Governments, and that as the Jurisdiction is the Main Thing in Question, he is ready and willing to submit what concerns him 'to the King, not in the least doubting but his Honour will readily join in a Matter so essential to the Peace of his own Government as well as that.

The Council advised his Honor to acquaint Governor Wentworth with the circumstances of this Affair as reported to him by Letter from the Sheriff of Albany ;'and that as the Parties were committed for an offence within the undoubted Jurisdiction of this Province, for which they are to answer in a legal course of Justice, he can do nothing further therein, than to recommend that the Bail demanded be moderate, and that the Controversy respecting the different claim of Boundary made by each Province, already lies before his Majesty, his Honor having lately transmitted his Representation thereupon to his Majesty.