very many of the people of this nation, in their causes, both civil and criminal, depending there, by the discontinuance of their suits, and prosecution and otherwise, and considering withal, that by the ordinary proceeding no Judge of the Court can he appointed without a patent or warrant from his Highness in England, and that though speedy notice hath been given thereof to his Highness, yet by reason of the shortness of the time, and the trouble and difficulty of the return, especially in this season, it cannot probably be expected that any effectual answer can by the time approaching be procured; and whereas in a case of this extremity, it was referred to the Lord Chancellor to call the Judges, and who else might he thought meet, to consider and advise what might he fit to he done herein; and accordingly the Chancellor having called to him the Chief Justice Lowther, Chief Baron Corbet, Sir John Temple, Master of the Rolls, Sir Robert Meredith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Justice Donnellan, Mr. Attorney-General Basil, Mr. Solicitor-General Shapcott, and Dr. Loftus; it hath been made known and reported to this Board, as the unanimous opinion of the said Judges and other persons, that upon the grounds of unavoidable necessity, which are apparent in this case, and to prevent failure of justice, wherein both the commonwealth and so many particular persons are so nearly concerned, that the Lord Lieutenant may sign a warrant for the passing a patent to some one person during pleasure, and
