Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1694 97. 383

   Councill thought fit for the Reasons aforesd to further prorogue Lib. H. D.

   the said Assembly, And I do hereby proclaim & declare that I

   do further Prorogue the same vntill the last day of Aprill next p. 290

   by which time I expect the Arrivall of the ffieet & his Mats

   Royall Commands therein; And to the end due notice hereof

   may be given I do hereby Command the severall Sherriffs of

   the province to make Proclamation hereof in all publick

   p!aces within their respective Counties, as also give notice as

   well to the severall Members of the Councill as to the

   Burgesses & Delegates within the same that (all Excuses set

   apart) they then severally appear at the Fort of Annapolis to do

   & consent vnto such things as (by the favour of God) shall then

   & there happen to be ordained: And I do hereby further Com

   mand the said Sheriffs to give notice that the next Provinciall

   Court will (God wi!ling) be he!d the second Tuseday of May

   following and that the Court of Chancery will sit the next

   Munday after the begining of the Provinciall Court and the

   Governr & Councill for hearing Appeals & Writs of Error the

   Wednesday after the Court of Chancery, vnto which all

   persons are to give due & ready obedience as they & every

   of them will answer the contrary at their perill; Given at the

   port of Annapolis vnder the Broad Seal of the province this

   ffourth day of March, in the Eigth year of the Reign of our

   Soveraign Lord King William the third &ca Annoq Domini

   1695/6.                          ffr: Nicholson

                   God Save the King.

                 ffebry the 29th 1695/6.

     Then came Robert Brown before his Excell in Councill, Whitehall

   who preferred the fo!lowing petition, which was Read. Vizt

     To his Exncy ffrancis Nicholson Esqr Capt Genll & Governr

   of Maryland.

          The humble petition of Robert Brown.

     Humbly Sheweth That heretofore there was an informa

   Robt Brownes tion exhibitted in the provinciall Court of this prov

       pet relating to the ship ince against the ship Anna Helena of Belfast,

   Anna Helena Samuell Murthiand Master, for breach of severall

   Clauses of the Acts of Trade & Navigation, and that it hap

   pened vpon bringing the sd In formation that a speedy Tryall

   could not be had, wherefore your petr to prevent loss of time

   prayed that the sd ship might be Appraised, and that in case

   she were condemned vpon the said information he might have p. 291

   her at the Appraised Value that thereby he might be Encour

   aged to Repair & refit her for a Voyage, which was accord

   ingly granted him; that pursuant therevnto the said Ship

   was appraised to thirty pounds sterling, for which the pett