Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1761-1769. 231

Conduct we have nothing more to expect from you than an
Obstinate perseverance in your Claim, therefore we think it
prudent not to descend into a particular discussion of Our
Defence; but this we inform you, that it is the Ultimate result
of much the largest part of the Parishioners, that we contend
the Authenticity of your Claim, to which we, as their Repre-
sentatives, as also part of the Number of the Parishioners, are
determined to see the Event. What Information you may
have given M^r Dulany, relative to our Conduct, that caused
him to make use of the Words Usurpers of His Lordship's
Rights, or Disturbers of the Public Peace we are at a loss to
know. If there has been any Outrage, Usurpation, or Disturb-
ance on this Occasion, we presume you are the Author, and
not we, and our determination is to preserve good Order and
Peace, until we are opposed in any Violent or unlawful man-
ner, and in such instance we think it Our Duty, as Free Men,
to oppose force by force, as we presume by the Laws of God,
Nature and Man we shall stand justified.
We are Your very humble Serv^ts
The Vestry of Coventry Parish.

p. S. We shall esteem it a favour, if you
will use the same Method and Industry in
Promulging Our Sentiments to the People, as
you did M^r Dulany's Opinion.

Upon Consideration of the Premisses, It is recommended
to M^r Hughes, by the Board, that he lose no time in laying his
Case before the Attorney General, by whom Directions will,
of Course, be given to Support his Lordship's Rights and the
Peace of the People; it may be proper, at the same time, to
make out a List of the Principal Actors in the Violent Meas-
ures, taken in Opposition to the Tenor of the Governor's In-
duction, or appointment, and of the Persons who can prove
the facts, on which M^r Hughes's Memorial depends, and it
will also be proper for M^r Hughes to attend at the next Provin-
cial Court, should the Attorney General think proper to move
for Informations against the Violators of the Publick Peace,
and if the/ Attorney General should also think it expedient, in
order to save time, to have the Witnesses Summoned, and to
give Titlings for that purpose, M^r Hughes should not delay in
transmitting them to the Clerk of the Provincial Court. Should
M^r Attorney think it proper to proceed in any other Method,
than by Information, M^r Hughes to pursue his Directions.
It is the Humble Advice of this Board that His Excellency
remove M^r William Allen from being in the Commission of
the Peace for Worcester County.

Lib. C. B.
No. 20