The Upper House. 467

Sheweth. That Your Petition^rs having Loaden their Shipps
are willing and Desirous to Sayle for Europe in Company
of her Ma^tys Shipp Strombulo who your pete^r are Informed
is Designed to Sayle about the Tenth of June next. They
therefore humbly pray your Ex^ncy and Hon^rs Approbation and
Leave to Depart this Province with the said Shipp Strombulo
and An Order to the Severall Nav" Officers & Coll^rs to Clear
Your Petitioners and their Shipps Accordingly and the Rather
that the men under pay on Board the said Shipps are very
Desirous to go for Europe and threaten yo^r Petitioners that
if the said Shipps should be Embargo'd here to Shipp them-
selves on Board the said Ship Strombulo & Leave Yo^r Peti-
tioners and Travell by Land or otherways to New England
which will be very prejudiciall not only to the Owners of the
Shipps und^r Your peti^rs Comand but a Great discouragem^t to
Trade, all Which Your Petiti^rs humbly pray yo^r Ex^ncy and
Hon^rs to take into Consideration & Make such Order therein
as to your Wisdoms shall seem meet
And your Petit^rs shall ever pray &c.

Original
Journal.

Upon the reading whereof the Pet^rs are Answered that the
Gen^ll Assembly now sitting have Advised his Ex^ncy the Gov^r
not to Suffer any of the Shipping to go with the Strumbulo
mann of Warr but to Embargo them untill a Better Convoy
Arrives from England And what is ffarr more her Ma^tys
Royall Instructions to his Ex^ncy on this Point are so Sacred
that he does declare he will not Suffer any of the Shipps to
Sayle without a Sufficient Convoy which may Answer that
Instruc⁰"

Came M^r Eliaz King M^r Phillips and M^r Hill with the
Journal of the Comittee of Accounts upon Reading whereof
it was remarqued that the Comittee have allowed Maj^r John
Freeman for Fire & Candle for the Councill four pounds of
which Article this Boarde desired to be better Satisfyed
having no Grounds to believe the same any ways Just or
Reasonable being sincible no such Charge had ever Occur^d
since his Ex^ncys arrivall
It is ffurther Remarqd that the Hon:^ble M^r Tench Col. Addi-
son M^r Brooke M^r Cheseldyn and M^r Coursey are not allowed
for their Attendance in Councill this or the last Sessions of
Assembly neither is there allowed for the Great Seale as
usuall for the two Several Prorogations between Sept^r & De-
cember nor any thing for four Copys of the Laws then made
or Seals to the new Laws or the tenn pounds his Ex^ncy paid
for the Apprehending of Benj^a Celie & fifty two shill paid to
George Slacomb to put a Stopp to the Members Coming to
the Assembly.

p. 411