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534 The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania. [1709 to his Lordship and acquainting him with the necessity of Her Majesty’s pleasure being declared thereupon, was signed. Ibid, October ~8, 1709, f. 232. 15. A third order of council of the 24th instant upon a represen- tation of the Sth of September last, on the body of laws passed in Pennsylvania in 1705 by John Evans, Esquire, then deputy- governor of that province, proposing a repeal of six of the said laws, was read. Whereupon ordered that a copy of the said order be taken and the original delivered to Mr. Penn. Ibid, October 27, 1709, f. 244. APPENDIX HI. Papers relating to the acts passed by the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh assemblies under the Charter of 1700, from Octo- ber 14, l70~,to June 7, 1712. SECTION I. 1. Order in Council, December 19, 1711. 2. Order in Council, July 30, 1711. 3. Address from St. Mary’s, Burlington, July 30, 1711. 4. Board of Trade Journal, September 12, 1711. 5. Board of Trade Journal, October 25, 1711. 6. Board of Trade Journal, November 30, 1711. 7. Board of Trade Journal, December 4, 1711. 8. Representation of the Board of Trade, December 4, 1711. SECTION II. 1. Order in Council, February 20, 1713-14. Confirming. 2. Order in Council, February 20, 1713-14. Repealing. 3. Letter to Solicitor-General, August 8, 1713. 4. Board of Trade Journal, December 2, 1713. 5. Opinion of Robert Raymond, December 22, 1713. 6. Board of Trade Journal, January 13, 1713.14. ‘7”] The Statutes at Large of Pen~’zsylvania. 535 7. Board of Trade Journal, January 14, 1713-14. 8. Board of Trade Journal, January 15, 1713-14. 9. Representation of Board of Trade, January 15, 1713-14. 10. Board of Trade Journal, March 17, 1713-14. 11. Board of Trade Journal, March 19, 1713-14. SECTION III. 1. Ordinance for establishing courts, July 21, 1714. SECTION I. 1. At the court at St. James, the 19th of December, 1711. Present: The Queen’s most Excellent Majesty in Council. The Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, having this day represented to the board that in obedience to Her Ma- jesty’s order in council they have considered of the address of the minister, church wardens, and vestry of the parish church of St. Marie’s in Bridlington [Burlington] in Her Majesty’s province of New Jersey, complaining of an act lately passed in Pennsylvania constituting a new form of protestation repug- nant to the affirmation enjoined by act of parliament entitled “An act directing an affirmation to such who for conscience’ sake cannot take an oath,” which the Commissioners find ma- terially to differ from the affirmation enjoined the Quakers by act of parliament here, and therefore humbly offer it as their opinion that the said law be disallowed, Her Majesty, taking the same into consideration is pleased with the advice of her privy council, pursuant to the powers reserved to Her Majesty by the letters patent under the great seal of England to Wil- liam Penn, Esquire, proprietor of the said province of Penn- sylvania, to declare her disallowance and disapprobation of the said law, and according to Her Majesty’s pleasure thereupon, the same is hereby repealed and declared void and of none effect. EDWARD SOUTHWELL. Board of Trade Proprietie8, Vol. XXX, f. :372. 536 The Statutes at Large of Pennsylv~nia. [17u 2. At the Court at Windsor, the 30th of July, 1711. Present: The Queen’s most Excellent Majesty in Council. Upon reading this day at the board the humble address of the minister, church wardens and vestry of the church of St. Mary In Bridlington [Burlington] in Her Majesty’s province of New Jersey, upon Her Majesty’s having rejected a bill lately passed in the assembly of that province, whereby the Quakers were enabled to give evidence in criminal causes, serve on jurys and enjoy places of profit and trust in the government there, contrary to the laws of Great Britain, and representing that an act is passed in the adjoining province of Pennsylva- nia constituting a new form of protestation repugnant to the affirmation enjoined by act of parliament, Her Majesty in council is pleased to order that the said address (a copy where- of is hereunto annexed) be and it is hereby referred to the right honorable the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, to consider the same and report their opinion thereupon to Her Majesty at this board. JOHN POVEY. Ibid, Vol. IX, f. 17. 3. To Her Most Excellent Majesty, Anne, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. The )aumble address of your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the minister, church wardens and vestry of the church of St. Mary in Bridliugton [Burlington] in your Ma- jesty’s province of New Jersey. Most dread Sovereign: The transcendent affection to and care of the Protestant reli- gion and Church o England that your Majesty hath at all times and on all occasions given the greatest assurance of, and more especially in your late speech to your Parliament in Great Britain, emboldens us, your Majesty’s dutiful and loyal 1711] The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania. 537 subjects, to lay in the most humble manner the following ad- dress at your Majesty’s feet. We have by too fatal experience found that the admission o Quakers into offices of the highest trust in the government, such as the council and assembly, hath very much retarded your Majesty’s service, obstructed the peace of the province, and above all extremely damped the increase and progress of the doctrine and discipline of the best of churches, the Church of England. But what can hinder the entire ruin of our church and State if these enemies of both who never want the will when they have the opportunity to hurt us, be empowered by a law to destroy our religion, lives, liberties, reputations and estates at their pleasure, the danger of which has of late been but too apparent from the cunning address and interest of the Quakers of this present assembly, who procured a bill to be passed in the house of representatives (ten of that persuasion being then sitting members there) to enable them to give evidence in criminal causes, serve in any juries and enjoy places of profit and trust in the government, which being so contrary to the laws and statutes of your Majesty’s Kingdom of Great Britain, was to the great satisfaction of your Majesty’s good and loyal subjects, the members of the Church of England, rejected by yomu Majesty’s council here. And though we should not presume to intermeddle with the affairs of another province, especially in their making of laws, if they had not too great an influence on the temper, humor and inclinations of a great number of the inhabitants of this YOu~ Majesty’s colony, yet our common safety requiring our utmost opposition to whatsoever may endanger those things we justly think most dear and valuable to ourselves and our posterity, we further crave leave to acquaint your Ma- jesty that the Quakers have lately passed an act in our neigh- boring colony of Pennsylvania, constituting a newiorm of pro- testation repugnant to the affirmation enjoined them by act of Parliament in Great Britain, in which the name of God is en- tirely omitted, thereby slighting the indulgence the laws have allowed them and setting up for themselves, doing whatsoever seems good in their own eyes. 538 The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania. [‘7” How far such dangerous and pernicious practices may tend to the destruction of the very being of our constitution of gov- ernrnent and what security we have for the enjoyment of our undoubted rights and privileges either ecclesiastical or civil, ~ most humbly submit to your Majesty’s most wise and just determination, not in the least doubting but the rays of your royal benignity will equally shine on us in this distant wilder.: ness with the rest of your Majesty’s subjects to our great satis- faction and comfort. May that glorious Being who hath placed your Majesty on the throne of your ancestors, and crowned your reign with an uninterrupted train of success, both by sea and land, shower down on your Majesty all imaginable blessings, and after a long and happy reign over us, crown you with never fading joys. All which may it please your Majesty is and shall be the prayers of your Majesty’s Most dutiful and loyal subjects, 11T. EUDDY, JOHN TALBOT, DAN. COXE, ALEX. GRIFFITH, P110. REVELL, DANIEL LEEDS, J. BASS, GE( ~RGE WILLIS, JOHN LANNWELL. A true copy, JOHN POVEY. July 30, 1711. Board of Trade Proprieties, Vol. IX, f. 17. 4. An order of council, of the 30th of July last, referring to the board an address from the minister, church wardens and vestry of St. Mary’s in Burlington in New Jersey, relating to an act lately passed in Pennsylvania constituting a new form of protestation for the Quakers not consonant to the affirnia- timm enjoined by act of parliament here, was read, as was also the act itself (lately received from Mr. Penn), entitled “An Act directing an affirmation to such who for conscience’ sake can- not take the oath,” passed the 28th of February, 171011. WlLereupon ordered that Mr. Penn be acquainted that their The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania. 539 Lordships desire to s-peak with him to-morrow at eleven of the clock in the morning.