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into question, the supreme authority of Parliament to bind
the Colonies by Laws in all cases whatsoever, which authority
His Majesty is determined to preserve and support entire and
inviolate, trusting that His faithful Subjects in the Colonies
will at the same time be well assured of His royal and gracious
disposition to hear and redress every real grievance they may
complain of in a regular manner, and upon principles not sub-
versive of the Constitution.
The two Houses of Parliament do entirely concur with the
King in these Sentiments, as will best appear from the inclosed
Addresses, one of which passed nemine contradicente, and
the other without a division ; and His Majesty trusts that the
Resolution, so strongly expressed in these Addresses, to
support the Authority of the supreme Legislature over His
whole Empire, will have the effect to defeat and disappoint
the views of those wicked Men, who seek to create disunion
and disaffection between Great Britain and her Colonies, by
asserting claims that cannot be supported either in principle
or practice.
I have the pleasure to acquaint you that the Queen was
happily brought to bed of a Princess on Tuesday last, and that
both Her Majesty and the young Princess are as well as can
be desired. I most heartily congratulate you upon this increase
of the royal Family ; an event that affords the greatest satis-
faction to all His Majesty's Subjects.
I am with great regard
Sir
Your Most Obedient
Humble Servant
Hillsborough
Deputy Governor of Maryland.
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[Hamersley to Sharpe.]
Dr Sr
I have just time to acquaint your Excellency, that having
transmitted all your late Letters & Pacquets to Ld Baltimore,
who is now in Holland, for his perusal & my Instruction how
to answer them, His Lordp has by 2 Lines directed me to
write your Excellency immediately to call up Dr George
Steuart to the Council Board, as he is an old Servant & has
always shown, the utmost zeal & attachmt to his Lordp & I
Trust will be very acceptable to the other Gent" at the Board.
I shall write your Excellency very fully by the next Shipping
upon the Subject of your late Letters Parliamt have not yet
meddled with America but the Papers are to be Laid before
both Houses next week. The Surveyors are arrived, & I am
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