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It was also resolved, that no member should thereafter 

 take a party to the Castle, without the previous leave of 

 the Governor obtained. 



This good regulation is now a standing law, and pre- 

 vents unpleasant interference by intrusion. 



October 5th, 1791, says the record. By special order, 

 " Be it remembered, that on the fifteenth day of Septem- 

 ber last, a Sturgeon of four feet in length, leaped on board 

 one of the vessels belonging to the fleet, while she lay at 

 her moorings, opposite to the Castle, of which the compa- 

 ny then present, made a delicious repast." It would 

 have been more agreeable, if all these little events, and 

 an accurate minute of the number and kinds of fish taken 

 on company days, had been preserved by the several re- 

 spectable Secretaries or Caterers. Antiquity enhances 

 the interest of facts however unimportant in themselves, 

 and the relation of them serves to amuse, if they do not 

 instruct us. 



The next season, amongst other improvements suggest- 

 ed, the subject of repairing the old, or building a new Cas- 

 tle was considered, and Mr. Secretary Johnston informs 

 us "that after solemn argument thereon, it was Resolved, 

 that the old Castle should remain, but should be put in 

 thorough repair." 



14th March 1793, the company convened at the Widow 

 Nicholas' Inn, Market Street, and amongst other inci- 

 dental business despatched, it was ordained, that "From 

 and after this day, the expenses attending all public meet- 



