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1484-1487.] The next day there was read in the House a letter to the Speaker, signed by a number of the excluded, informing him of the fact and desiring to be admitted.

Through that and the two following sittings, an inquiry into the circumstances of the exclusion formed part of the proceedings.

The Clerk of the Commonwealth in Chancery, being required to attend, did at last present himself, and explained that he had but obeyed orders.

He had received a letter from Mr.Jessop, the Clerk of the Council, ordering him to deliver tickets only to such of the persons elected as should be certified to him as approved by the Council; and he had acted accordingly.

With some reluctance, he produced the letter; and the House then resolved to ask the Council for their reasons for excluding so many members.