Correspondence of Gov. Horatio Sharpe, 1754-1765. 553

to strip how? because others are seized with a pretended
Zeal for Learning; & this they will do, nor shall the Crown
nor the Lord Paramounts have any Advantage, Honour or
Credit, now or at any time either by appointment of a Pre-
mier-head or of others or of any managem^t of that they Stile
their Academy. And a design may appear what then? we
will allow no Rent for a Gov^rs House, & strip him of all
right claim he has to the Gov^rs House that has been Building,
w^h we out of our perverseness will not finish & tho the
ground it stands & the Environ ground was given by his
Father &c^a and this done with^t any remonstrance or gain
from his favour of Gift, as to Right Prerogative or rights
ancient or modern or at any time by our predecessors allowed
'tis a Farce——the p. & Up^r H. in Legislature are pro forma
tantum. their Council Capacity as Guardians of Rights in
Nothing, we are the Bible, Gospel & the Law. such is the
way of such men reasoning & in the part they Act, But it is
to be hoped their superiours will see their Bad Bait & hook.
For my part nothing shall make me yeild to give or be instru-
mental in dispossessing others of their right. I will not be
Guilty of any Breach of Trust. My Lord I expect every day
here; I will with all convenient Speed for dispatch to you for
y^r Conduct, Break & lay the whole matter before him. In
my opinion Remonstrance to him will gain favour from him.
Appeal to the Crown is very proper & such a Bill for that
purpose as described in the answer to the Querist & Re-
marker, will be a very just Bill for you to pass & his Lord^p
will readyly give his Assent with pleasure to such a Bill he's
innocent & fears no danger, his Actions will prove Justice.
Excuse me if you think not proper the instructions in 1755
why are the Houses to see them ? than you did the Crowns &
Proprietor's Instructions upon y^r Controversy with the L. H.
ab^t the Statute of Queen Anne, con^g valorem of foreign
coin in America.

Regarding Persons keeping Ordinaries &c^a with^t Authority
Licenced, they are to be prevented, How can they with^t
authority, the King's Peace must be maintained, which au-
thority is in you & the Conservators of the Peace, the Justices
of the Peace as in England & His Majesty upon Emergency
Acts by and with advice of his Council. As I am sensible
much baseness is now in M—d and propagated, the ord—y
Li—cs & are mine by my Commission & they are so I had
rec^d if my Deputies had done their Duty, w^h they have not;
therefore, all gam thereof 1 renounce. "I have submitted to
too little share of my office in comparison to what it yields
to my Deputys, who sell all, contrary to my design or leave.