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merits, as such a Check will probably prevent all future trouble
from that quarter. I am very glad the last Cargoe of Boundary
Stones have arrived Safe, and by this opportunity send 68
more, w^ch have been some time ready, & are all that are
intended to be sent till a further Call. I wish every Colony
had as good a Stake in the Bank of England, and had Estab-
lished their Credit upon as sure a footing, as Maryland. The
next Session being the last of the Present Parliament, and
likely, according to former usage, to be of no long continu-
ance, nor productive of much business, It is probable the
business of Paper Currency may not be then taken up, and,
in the present fluctuating state of Politicks, when no adminis-
tration is secure for 3 months together, it is difficult to say
what will, or will not, be ultimately approved, tho', I think, I
could Venture to Justify and support our Plan up to the
Speakers Chair. The Political Existence of the present
secretary of the Southern Colonies is perhaps still more preca-
rious, than that of his Collegues, for he seems as little Con-
sulted by them, as their opponents. The Death of M^r Hunt,
and the Compliment paid the Province by Lord Baltimore
upon that Event, as mentioned in my Last, leaves it to them
to name the New Trustee, and whoever is appointed, I am
persuaded it will not be his Lordship's fault If he does not do
his Duty. The failure of the Lottery, and the new excuse
furnished by M^r Dulany's prudent opposition to the Irregu-
larity of the Proceedings of the Lower House Committee, and
the Maintenance of the just rights of the Secretarys Office, and
with it of every other Office in the Realm, will, I much think,
put an end to this business, and that the lower House will be
ready enough to drop the Appeale, If the Upper House will
Let them. I am glad the latter approve the Counsel I have
Retained for them. Should the Lower House ever proceed
in the Appeale they must expect to hear of their Lottery, as
well as their attack upon M^r Dulany, as both Proceedings will
serve to throw a Complection upon their Cause, If any was
wanting. The Addresses from Maryland could not have been
Presented more opportunely to Place her in a favourable light,
and Contrast her with the Mass^ts Bay and New York, upon
whom the Government have set their mark, though the latter
has already Cryed Peccavi, and I Presume the other will do
the same before it is long. I have just received from Col.
Loyd in a Letter of 13. June a 2^d sett of his former Bills for
the £5292 165 1/4 with a first sett of other Bills to the Amount
of £638 0 4 sterling. He has desired me to Communicate to
his Lordship his Intention to Resign, which I shall do as soon
as his Lordship returns from the Country, where he has been
for some time. The sense of people here Corresponds entirely