The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

24 COMMONS JOURNAL, OCTOBER 6, 1757‒OCTOBER 22, 1757That the said Ship was Loaden with a Cargo of Thirty Thousand PoundsSterling Value, was on the 12th day of August last cast away upon no man’sLand, That Little of any Value was saved from the Wreck but Eleven Thousandfive hundred and Eighty Eight pounds of Indico, which by a Law of thisProvince is lyable to the Payment of a duty amounting To Five hundred andEighty pounds thirteen Shillings Currency; & Praying in Consideration of theGreat Loss Sustained by the Owners of, and Others Interested in the saidShip, the said Dutys may be remitted as hath been done in like Cases.Resolved That the duties upon Indico saved out of the Ship Clinton,Hugh Hughes, late Master, after deducting the Drawback which the Exportersof the said Indico are intitled to & the Treasurers Commissions on receiving& paying the said Duties, be remitted to the said Hugh Hughes.Ordered That this Resolution be sent to his Excellency the Governorfor his assent, & his Majestys Council for their Concurrence & that Mr.Speaker do Sign the same.Order’d that Mr. Laurens do attend the Governor & Council with thesaid Resolution.A Message from the Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,Some doubt hav[ing] arisen concerning the Construction of your Messagewherein you desire that I will direct Barracks to be built Sufficient tocontain one thousand men, viz., whether such a Building should be calculatedfor private men only or for officers likewise, I desire to have a declarationof your sense upon that Matter, but I make no Question that you willsee the necessity there is that Such a Body of Soldiers Shou’d have their OfficersLodged with them to keep them in due order & Subjection.William Henry Lyttelton.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.And the said Message being read a Second time.Resolv’d that this House will provide for defraying the Expence of repairing& fitting up the Free School-House for Such of the subaltern Officersas Shall be appointed to the Command of the Men Quartered at theBarracks to be built near the said School-House.Ordered That an address be prepared in Answer to his ExcellencysMessage.And Accordingly the following one was drawn, viz.May it please your Excellency,It was the Sense of this House, in our Message to your Excellency with