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honoured the company with his welcome presence, where 

 he occasionally met his venerable neighbour, associate 

 and friend, the Honorable Judge Peters, of Belmont Farm, 

 a genuine wit of the old school, and tlie late distinguished 

 Judge Washington, of the Supreme Court of the U. S. 

 when in Philadelphia, on his circuit tour of duty. 



The committee on laws, &c. reported a code, contain- 

 ing the essentials of the old, with some judicious amend- 

 ments and additions. It was adopted as hereinafter ex- 

 hibited, was sanctioned by the Governor, and is at present 

 in full force and salutary operation, by which all former 

 laws and resolutions were repealed. 



It was resolved, that the said code of laws should be 

 recorded in a book for the inspection of members, and 

 a fair copy framed and placed in some conspicuous part 

 of the Castle. 



The 20th of June, seven of the members who went out 

 early, brought to the Castle, at twelve o'clock, A. M. a 

 very large supply of fish. The perch were remarkably 

 fine. This month uniformly excels all others in the year, 

 in productiveness. 



In October the same year, Messrs. Wharton, Lewis, 

 J. S. Morris and Baron Rundle, who had been previously 

 appointed a committee of survey; reported a condemna- 

 tion of the old Castle, as unworthy of repair, and furnish- 

 ed a plan and estimate of the cost of a new one, to be 

 about eight hundred dollars. 



The report was adopted, and being approved by his Ex- 



