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

[Cecilius Calvert to Horatio Sharpe]

London May 21^st 1765
Sir

The Boundary Stones by Cap^t Montgomerie w^h in former
Let^rs I wrote you are in part by the Cap^t sent for fifty Miles,
them carved with the Proprietors Arms are for five Miles
distances in range with the others provincialy niark'd M. P.

as mile stones fifty more are shaping and will be sent by
the first opportunity for the completion of the Line run on
the East shore if more wanted? be pleased to impost and
whether proper the 15^teen stone Mile south distance from the
City of Philadelphia should not be larger in Size and of
more height? being the point from whence the East and
West Line between the provinces is to run, to the Meridian
Altitude of the spring head of potowmack River; please to
inform what number of stones will be Sufficient to mark
that Line, these concerns his Lord^p leaves to your con-
sideration and management to be caried into execution,
jointly with the rest of his Comiss^rs and the Pensilvania
Comiss^rs who are apprised of these matters from their
Proprietors.

In the Polemical vortex in parliament two has occasioned
much debate in parliament one about a Regency Bill in case
of the Kings demise, the Lords in that Bill impowered his
Majesty by his will to name & appoint a Chief for Regency,
id est, the Queen or any one that was descended from Geo.
the 3^d [2^d ?] until the Prince of Wales age of 18^teen years, the
comons returned the Bill with amendm^t the Queen or Prin-
cess Dowager of Wales and the Royal family Descended the
Bill passed and has the Crown's Assent.

The other a Bill for a total prohibition of work'd silk
from Italy and the Levant trade, the french silks by burthen
of Duty are prohibited, yet some of our mercers are aledged
to have dealings with the french Manufactorys in the South
of France, who have sent their silks to the port of Leghorn
in Italy and from thence have smuggled them to their Cores-
pondence into England as Italian Silks that pay a smal Duty,
these silks give considerable gain to our mercers and afford
them to sell at a cheaper rate to the perchaser than they
could sell our Spittalfield worked silks, the Bills passed the
I know not how; was rejected by the Lords, the
Duke of Bedford appeared as said in rejection of the Bill
peculiar, and being charged of the Non-hinderance of the
exportation of corn and the continuation of Bounty on Ex-
portation, is said has occasioned this winter Bread to rise
10^d p^r Quartern Loaf, this Latter complaint joined with the