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and settling upon the feoffees, in trust, certain manors, 

 lands, and tenements, for payment of the debts of the 

 said Marquis.&quot; In fact, the estates were heavily en 

 cumbered, the petitioners, among others, alleging, that 

 &quot; They have bought lands and houses of the Marquis of 

 Worcester, for which they have as good assurances as 

 the law can give ;&quot; and being heard by counsel at the 

 bar of the House, they succeeded in their object, as just 

 stated. 



It was in the midst of such distractions as these 

 Parliamentary details serve to illustrate, that this 

 talented inventor and noble benefactor to his species, 

 had to maintain his social position 5 and at the same 

 time, struggle to convince a bigoted age that he was 

 master of a power of such magnitude for the abridging 

 of human labour, as the mind of man had never before 

 conceived. 



