*22“ THE Court having adjourned from day to day until “ this 18th of October, 1704, do now adjourn until the “ last Tuesday of April next; for that the dismal accident “ of the Stadt House or Court House fire, which happened “ this morning about three or four o’clock, hath so distract- “ ed the minds of the several officers of this Court, and “ put their business in such confusion, that the Court con- “ ceive much inconveniency might attend their longer sit- “ ting.”