The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

498 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760outrages, and prevented from committing the like for the future, and thatwe shall have the satisfaction of seeing the tranquillity of this Province oncemore happily restored.I lament the melancholly situation which this Town has for some timepast been in from the Small Pox. This Calamity has given no small interruptionto Public business, as it has depriv’d you of the attendance of many ofyour Members at a time when their Country so much needed it; but sincethat Distemper is now happily abated, or attended with less malignant circumstances;and further delays must be productive of the most perniciousconsequences, I make no doubt of your now proceeding with that unanimity,alacrity and dispatch in providing for the ordinary Services and extraordinarywants of the Public which the necessity of the time demands.Gentlemen,I cannot use stronger arguments to press these matters than your ownMinds will suggest to you. I shall therefore only assure you, with great sincerity,that you shall always find a readiness on my part to do whatever maybe thought requisite for the safety and prosperity of this Province.William Bull.Resolved, That an humble Address be prepared to be presented to theLieutenant Governor on the subject Matter of the said Speech.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to draw up an Address uponthe said Resolution of the following Gentlemen, Vizt., Mr. Wragg, Mr.Lamboll, Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Taylor, Mr Guerard.Ordered, that the Clerk of this House do write Letters to Mr. Moore,Mr. Wright, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Moultrie, Mr. Waties, and Mr. Stobo, to requiretheir attendance (all excuses being laid aside) immediately upon theservice of the House.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.Mr. Wragg reported from the Committee who were appointed to drawup an Address, to be presented to the Lieutenant Governor, upon the Resolutionof this Morning, that the Committee had prepared an Address accordingly,which they had directed him to report to the House; and he read theReport in his Place, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerks Table; wherethe same was read, and is as followeth, vizt.May it please Your Honour,We, His Majesty’s dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons House ofAssembly, beg leave to return your Honour our unfeigned Thanks for your