418 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761.

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

Enter at your Office and endeavour to trace out and investi-
gate the various Artifices and Evasions by which the Dealers
in this iniquitous intercourse find means to Cover their
Criminal Proceedings and to elude the Law, and I desire
that you will without Delay communicate to me the dis-
coveries you shall make that I may advise his Majesty's
Ministers thereof. I am
Sir Your most obedient humble Serv^t
Hor^o Sharpe

Advised that the Flag of Truce granted on the 15 Instant
to David Carcand Commander of the Brigantine Duke of
Marlborough be stopped and that the Captain deliver up all
the Papers granted him for that Purpose.
Advised that the Land in Frederick County whereon Fort
Frederick is built, and which by Deed is made over to the
Governor for the use of the Country, be leased by the Gov-
ernor in the best manner he can so as to preserve the House
already built thereon and that the Rent for the same be
paid to the Governor to be applyed by him for the Countrys
Service in such manner as he shall think necessary.

p. 258

At a Council held at the City of Annapolis on Tuesday
the thirtieth Day of December in the tenth Year of his
Lordship's Dominion Annoq Domini 1760..

Present

His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor
The honourable Benjamin Tasker Esq^r Stephen Bordley
Esq^r and John Ridout Esq^r

His Excellency is pleased to acquaint the Board that he
has seen in the Gentleman's Magazine for October last an
Account of the late King's Death in the following Manner.
From the Gentleman's Magazine for October 1760.

Saturday 25^th October 1760..
Whitehall Between the Hours of seven and eight this
Morning our late most gracious Sovereign King George the
second was suddenly seised at his Palace at Kensington by a
violent Disorder and fell down speechless and soon expired,
notwithstanding all possible Methods used for his Recovery,
His Majesty departed this Life in the 77^th Year of his Age
and the 34^th of his Reign; beloved, honoured, and regretted
by his Subjects, for his eminent and princely Virtues.