Journal, January 1758: Volume 65

Journal, January 1758

At a meeting of his Majesty's Commissioners for Trade and Plantations.

Tuesday, January 10. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper.

Miscellanies.

The Secretary laid before the Board an account of the petty expences and incidental charges of this office from the 10th of October, 1757, to the 5th of January, 1758, amounting in the whole to four hundred and one pounds, three shillings and seven pence; and a letter to the Lords of the Treasury, desiring payment thereof, and of the salaries due to the Secretaries and under officers in the service of this Board, for the same time, was signed.

Tuesday, January 17. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Oswald, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper.

The minutes of the last day's proceedings were read and signed.

Trade.

Africa.

Read a letter from Mr. Poirier, Secretary to the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa, to the Secretary of this Board, dated January 4th, 1758, in answer to his letter of the 21st of December last, relative to gold mines on the coast of Africa.

Their lordships took the said letter into consideration together with Mr. Secretary Pitt's letter referring Mr. Thynne's proposal, respecting the discovery and working of gold mines upon the coast of Guinea, mentioned in the minutes of the 20th of December last, and after some time spent therein ordered the draught of a report to Mr. Secretary Pitt thereupon to be prepared.

South Carolina.

Read an Order of the Lords of the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs, dated the 24th of November, 1757, referring to the consideration of this Board the humble representation and memorial of James Wright, agent for the province of South Carolina, praying that his Majesty would be graciously pleased to grant them some ordnance and stores for the fortifications erected in that province.

Resolved, that the said order of reference be taken into further consideration to-morrow morning and the Secretary was directed to give notice thereof to the said agent.

Bahamas.

Read an Order of the Lords of the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs, dated the 16th of November, 1757, referring to the consideration of this Board the humble address of the Council and Assembly of the Bahama Islands, setting forth the inability of the inhabitants of those Islands to defray any extraordinary charges arising from a state of war, and humbly praying his Majesty would be graciously pleased to take the fortifications of the said Islands under his royal protection.

Bahamas.

Resolved, that the said Order of reference do lay by for further consideration when the Board shall have received from Mr. Tinker an answer to their letter to him of the 1st of July last, respecting the state of defence of the said Islands.

Plantations General.

Read a letter to the Board signed Draper, dated the 10th of January, 1758, stating the fatal consequences which will follow to the linnen manufacture in Ireland in case such an embargo should be laid upon shipping in America as should operate to prevent the supply of flax seed from thence to Ireland.

The Earl of Halifax having acquainted the Board that he had communicated the subject matter of the said letter to Mr. Secretary Pitt, their lordships were of opinion that it was not necessary to take any further notice thereof.

Virgin Islands.

Read a memorial of several merchants interested in the Virgin Islands, in behalf of themselves and the inhabitants praying the Board to recommend it again to the Council to send some cannon and stores to the said Islands.

Ordered, that the Secretary do acquaint the memorialists that their lordships do not think it regular or proper to make any further representation upon this affair, it having been submitted to his Majesty to give such directions thereupon as his Majesty shall judge most proper.

Wednesday, January 18. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Sloper.

The minutes of the last day's proceedings were read and signed.

South Carolina.

Their lordships pursuant to the said minutes took into further consideration the Order of the Lords of the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs, referring the memorial of the agent for South Carolina respecting a supply of cannon and stores for that province; and the said agent attending without was called in, and their lordships having had some discourse with him upon the subject matter of his memorial, he withdrew; and their lordships after some time spent in the consideration of this affair ordered the draught of a report thereupon to the Lords of the Committee of Council to be prepared.

Thursday, January 19. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Sloper.

The minutes of the last day's proceedings were read and signed.

Jamaica.

Read a letter from Mr. Moore, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica, to the Board, dated October 4th, 1757, giving an account of the present state of the Island and of the Council, and inclosing:—
Lieutenant Governor Moore's speech to the Council and Assembly on the 27th September, 1757, with the addresses of the Council and Assembly thereupon.

Proprieties.

Read a letter from Robert Charles, Esquire, one of the agents of Pennsylvania, to the Secretary, dated the 23rd of December, 1757, in answer to his letter of the 22nd.

New York.

Read a letter from Robert Charles, Esquire, agent for New York, to the Secretary, dated the 23rd of December, 1757, desiring the Board's leave to search the books of the office for papers relative to the boundary of New York and New Jersey.

New York.

Their lordships upon consideration of Mr. Charles's letter were of opinion not to allow of the search and inspection which he desires; but the Secretary was ordered to direct one of the clerks to examine the entrys and records of New York from the period mentioned by Mr. Charles, and to make out a list of such papers as he shall find therein, relative to the boundarys between New York and New Jersey, in order that the Board may be the better enabled to judge what further may be done with respect to Mr. Charles's request.

Trade.

Africa.

The Secretary laid before the Board the following papers received from the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa, viz.:—
Copy of a letter from Tobias Lisle, Esquire, and Council, dated James Fort, Gambia, July 19th, 1757, to the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa.
Copy of a letter from C. Bell, Governor of Cape Coast Castle, to the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa, dated the 6th of July, 1757; of one from T. Lisle, Esquire, Governor of James Fort, Gambia, to ditto; dated July 24th, 1757; of articles of releasement of three English captains and their crews, prisoners from Goree, 16th July, 1757; also of a letter from Tobias Lisle, Esquire, and Council, dated August 23rd, and another of the 3rd of September, 1757.
Copy of a letter from the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa to Tobias Lisle, Esquire, Governor, and the Council at James Fort, Gambia, dated 26th November, 1757.
Copy of a letter from the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa to the Governor and Council of Cape Coast Castle, dated the 9th of December, 1757.

Ordered, that the letter from the Governor and Council of James Fort in the River Gambia, dated the 3rd of September, 1757, relating to the hostilities and depredations of the King of Casinka Country, be taken into consideration on Thursday, the 26th of January, and that the Secretary do give notice thereof to the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa.

Newfoundland.

Read a letter from Richard Edwards, Esquire, Governor of Newfoundland, to the Board, dated at St. John's, the 28th of October, 1757, giving an account of the state of that Island, and inclosing the following papers, viz.:—
A return of the garrison of St. John's in June, 1757.
State of ordnance and stores at St. John's on the 24th of June, 1757, With what has been since supplied.
State of ordnance and stores at Placentia, 28th of June, 1757.
The engineer's report of the state of the fortifications at St. John's, 1st July, 1757.
State of ordnance and stores at Trinity, Carbonier and Ferryland in July and August, 1757.
State of the fortifications at Placentia, 11th August, 1757.
Representation of the Lieutenant Governor of Placentia to Governor Edwards, dated 12th of August, 1757.
Governor Edwards's orders for raising a militia, the 30th of September, 1757.
Engineer's report of the state of the fortifications at Ferryland, Trinity and Carbonier, 12th of October, 1757.
State of the fishery and inhabitants of Newfoundland in the year 1757.

Ordered, that an extract be made of so much of Governor Edwards's letter as relates to the French settlement at Carpoon on the north-west side of Newfoundland, and that the Secretary do transmit the same to the Secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and desire him to lay it before that Board.

Proprieties.

Maryland.

Read a letter from Horatio Sharpe, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, to the Board, dated at Annapolis, the 22nd of October, 1757, in answer to a letter from their lordships, dated the 9th of June, requiring an account of the quantity of pig and bar iron made at their several furnaces and forges from the 25th of December, 1749, to the 5th of January, 1756, inclosing an account of the quantity of iron that appears by the naval officers' books to have been exported from the said province within the time above mentioned.

South Carolina.

Read a letter from William Henry Lyttelton, Esquire, Governor of South Carolina, to the Board, dated the 12th of October, 1757, in answer to their lordships' letter of the 9th of June, requiring an account of the quantity of iron made in that province.

Pennsylvania.

The Secretary laid before the Board the following copies of papers which Mr. Charles as agent for Pennsylvania had desired might be entred upon record in this office, viz.:—
Exemplification of the Charter of privileges granted to the inhabitants of Pennsylvania in 1701.
Copy of the exemplification of the Commission of property to Governor Denny.
Copy of the exemplification of Governor Denny's Commission.

Friday, January 20. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Oswald. Mr. Pelham, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Sloper.

The minutes of the last day's proceedings were read and signed.

Nova Scotia.

Read a letter from Charles Lawrence, Esquire, Governor of Nova Scotia, to the Board, dated at Halifax, November 9th, 1757, transmitting the following papers, and containing his observations on some articles in the estimate for 1758.
Estimate of expence that will arise in supporting and maintaining the province of Nova Scotia in the year 1758.
Minutes of Council from the 3rd of October, 1756, to the 14th December, 1757.
Naval officer's list of ships and vessels that have entered and cleared at the Port of Halifax between the 1st of July and 31st of December, 1756.
Letter from Mr. Saul, Commissary of Stores, to Governor Lawrence, dated November the 11th, 1757.

Nova Scotia.

Ordered, that the said letter and papers be taken into further consideration on Monday next, and that Mr. Parker, acting as agent for the settlement of the colony of Nova Scotia, have notice to attend the Board on that day.

Monday, January 23. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Oswald, Mr. Pelham, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper.

The minutes of the last day's proceedings were read and signed.

Nova Scotia.

The Secretary then communicated to the Board a letter he had received from Mr. Parker, acting as agent for the settlement of the colony of Nova Scotia, acquainting him that he was confined to his chamber by a severe fit of the gout, and not able to attend the Board as desired, but hoped to give his attendance in a few days.

Their lordships took into further consideration the letter from the Governor of Nova Scotia and the papers transmitted with it mentioned in yesterday's minutes and made some further progress therein.

Trade.

Africa.

The draught of a letter to Mr. Secretary Pitt upon Mr. Thynne's proposal for working gold mines in Guinea, having been prepared pursuant to the minutes of the 17th instant, was agreed to, transcribed and signed.

Tuesday, January 24. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Oswald, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper.

The minutes of the last day's proceedings were read and signed.

South Carolina.

The draught of a report to the Lords of the Committee for Plantation Affairs upon the petition of the agent for South Carolina respecting a supply of ordnance and stores, etc., for that province, having been prepared pursuant to the minutes of the 18th instant, was agreed and ordered to be transcribed.

Nova Scotia.

Their lordships made a further progress in the consideration of the letter and papers from the Governor of Nova Scotia mentioned in the preceding minutes.

Wednesday, January 25. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Oswald, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper.

The minutes of the last day's proceedings were read and signed.

Nova Scotia.

Their lordships made a further progress in the consideration of the letter and papers received from the Governor of Nova Scotia mentioned in the preceding minutes.

Ordered, that an extract be made of so much of the said letter as relates to the want of an immediate supply of bedding for the troops and cloathing for the Rangers, and also an account made out of the several particulars contained in the estimate for 1758, of what is represented to be necessary for the further security and defence of the province, and the service of the troops stationed there, for the further consideration of the Board at their next meeting.

Thursday, January 26. Present:—Earl of Halifax, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Sloper.

The minutes of the last day's proceedings were read and signed.

Trade.

Africa.

Their lordships pursuant to the minutes of the 19th instant, took into consideration the letter from the Governor and Council of James Fort in the River Gambia, dated the 3rd of September, 1757, relating to the hostilities and depredations committed by the King of Casinka Country; and several of the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa attending, pursuant to notice given them by the Secretary, they were called in, as also Captain Borlick, master of a vessel lately arrived from the River Gambia, who being examined as to the particulars of the disputes which had arisen between the English and the people of the Casinka Country, and the hostilities which had been committed, informed their lordships of what he knew concerning the same, and gave it as his opinion, that it would be the most adviseable to endeavour the putting an end to these disputes by gentle methods and a few presents to the principal people of the country; and the gentlemen of the Committee who were present declaring that they were unanimously of the same opinion, their lordships upon consideration of what had been offered recommended it to the Committee to endeavour to accommodate the differences which had arisen in an amicable way, and pursue such measures as should in their opinion render that method the most effectual.

Representations to his Majesty in Council recommending the following persons to supply vacancies in America were signed, viz.:—
Jamaica.
George Haldane, Esquire, to be Governor of Jamaica in the room of Charles Knowles, Esquire, who has obtained his Majesty's leave to resign.
New Jersey.
Francis Bernard, Esquire, to be Governor of New Jersey in the room of Jonathan Belcher, Esquire, deceased.
Virginia.
Francis Fauquier, Esquire, to be Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the room of Robert Dinwiddie, Esquire, who has obtained leave to quit that command on account of his infirmities.
Massachusets.
Thomas Hutchinson, Esquire, to be Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusets Bay in the room of Spencer Phipps, Esquire, deceased.
Andrew Oliver, Esquire, to be Secretary of the province of the Massachusets Bay in the room of Josiah Willard, Esquire, deceased.

Nova Scotia.

The Secretary laid before the Board the following papers prepared pursuant to the preceding day's minutes, viz.:—
Extract of a letter from Charles Lawrence, Esquire, Governor of Nova Scotia, to the Board, dated November 9th, 1757, relating to the want of an immediate supply of bedding for the troops and cloathings for the Rangers.
Account of several military services, the charge of which is stated in the estimate for Nova Scotia for 1758, transmitted by Governor Lawrence to the Board, and represented by him to be necessary for the further security and defence of that province and the military establishment there.

Friday, January 27. Present:— Earl of Halifax, Mr. Jenyns, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Stone.

The minutes of the last day's proceedings were read and signed.

Nova Scotia.

Read a petition of Ferdinando John Paris, gentleman, to this Board, dated the 26th of January, 1758, in behalf of the freeholders at Halifax in Nova Scotia, complaining of several grievances sustained by the inhabitants of the said colony, and inclosing:—
State of facts relating to the complaint of the freeholders in Nova Scotia.
Appendix to the state of facts.

Resolved. that the said memorial and papers be taken into consideration on Tuesday next, the 31st instant; and Mr. Paris. the memorialist. attending without, was called in and acquainted therewith. and that the Board will be ready on that day to hear anything he may have to offer upon it.

Tuesday. January 31. Present:—Earl of Halifax. Mr. Oswald. Mr. Jenyns. Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Sloper.

The minutes of the last day's proceedings were read and signed.

Nova Scotia.

Their lordships pursuant to the preceding minutes took into consideration the memorial of Mr. Paris, agent for the freeholders of Nova Scotia. and the papers referred to therein: and Mr. Paris attending as desired with Mr. Forrester, his counsel, they were called in, together with Mr. Bower, an inhabitant of the said province, lately arrived from thence; and Mr. Forrester having opened the nature and effect of the several matters complained of by the said freeholders, and Mr. Bower having been examined touching the alledged declining state of the colony and some particular injury alledged to have been sustained by him from proceedings of the Governor and other officers of government there. Which he stated to be arbitrary and illegal, and several depositions made by persons resident in the said province, touching injurys sustained by them by the proceedings of the Governor and his officers, having also been read, Mr. Forrester then moved their lordships that they would be pleased to advise and recommend to his Majesty to issue his Royal Instruction to the Governor and Commander in Chief in Nova Scotia for the time being, that he do forthwith and without delay proceed to call a General Assembly or House of Representatives in that province under such qualifications and regulations as their lordships shall think fit to offer to his Majesty's consideration.

That with respect to the plan proposed by the Governor and Council for calling an Assembly in their declaration of the 3rd of January, 1757. Mr. Forrester observed that the freeholders are intitled to such an Assembly as other colonies have, namely to have a free Assembly to be elected by themselves; but the proposition is so framed that the Governor really and in substance may nominate more than two thirds of the members.

Nova Scotia.

That as to the inhabitants of Lunenburg, they are foreigners, such as Germans, Swiss and French Roman Catholicks; the inhabitants at Lunenburg are more than all the other English inhabitants in the colony; many of them have been there seven years, and therefore under the Act of the 13th of his present Majesty, claim to be intitled to the privilege of subjects; but even freeholders, natural born subjects in their circumstances, it's apprehended ought not yet to vote at all, in electing any members (more especially, not in electing 14 out of the 22 members) because they are upon the foot of poor persons subsisted by charity, indeed by the charity of this nation, though made to believe that they owe it to the Governor's benevolence, so that to let them at present vote for 14 members would be effectually to give the Governor the power of nominating so many himself.

That as to the inhabitants of Lawrence Town, of Annapolis, and of Cumberland, it is proposed that each of these townships (as called) should elect one member for itself, and join in the election of 12 more, for the province at large; even now, while they are so inconsiderable, as that the inhabitants of Cumberland consist of five old serjeants and soldiers, all sutlers to the garrison there, and subject to military law (for none other was ever heard of in that place); Lawrence Town consists of three sutlers subject to the direction of the proprietors of that tract, and under their influence, and the town decaying every day; and Annapolis is a garrison, of the like sort of inhabitants and a place of no significancy to the Crown.

That it is humbly apprehended that the proposing that those three towns, in such circumstances, should send each their own particular member, and should also join in choosing twelve other members for the province at large, manifestly shews, either one or both of the following matters:—
1st. That the inhabitants are reduced to a very small number,
or
2ndly. That the Governor desires to have the nomination of the greater part of the Assembly.

Nova Scotia.

That as to the qualification and disqualification of the electors and elected, one of the qualifications of the electors and elected is the having a freehold in the place, where voted for, or where elected; but the value of such freehold in either person is not at all limited; so that persons of the very lowest condition, if they have but any such freehold, of ever so mean a value, may elect or be elected, which is conceived not to be agreeable to the British Constitution, nor to the practice in other colonies, and whereby the members may possibly consist of the lowest and most unfit persons to the exclusion of those of the best property and substance; and it is submitted how reasonable or proper it may be to confine the member's qualification to a freehold in that particular district, for which he is to be chosen, since a more proper person might be chosen, who has a proper freehold though not in that district. It is therefore humbly submitted whether the yearly value of the freehold to intitle a freeholder to elect, and the yearly value of the member's freehold to make him capable of being elected should not be ascertained, and whether the member's having a freehold of such value in any part of the province is not a reasonable and proper qualification.

That the declaration excludes non-commissioned officers and private soldiers from voting, by virtue of any dwelling built upon sufferance or by virtue of any possession of freehold, unless the same be registered to him, but it does not exclude even such from being elected members.

That under this head it may be proper to pray that no soldier may at any rate be allowed to vote, there being 3,000 soldiers there, and the inhabitants not more than half that number, so that if soldiers were permitted to vote, and any the smallest freehold (were it but the hundredth part of an acre) was to be a qualification, the other inhabitants can have but little hopes of being represented.

That the declaration provides that the voters, if required, should take the usual State oaths, and declare and subscribe the Test, and take the oath therein mentioned, but, which is very wonderfull, requires no such matter of the candidates or persons to be elected.

That the declaration provided that the precept for convening the first Assembly should be made returnable in sixty days, and the reason given for it in express words is, "On account of the present rigorous season," from whence persons of plain understanding imagined the precept was to issue instantly during the then present, rigorous season. It is now thirteen months since the date of that declaration, and all the seasons of the year have succeeded, but the precept not issued.

That the freeholders rest assured that his most sacred Majesty and the Lords of Trade intended they should have an Assembly, not in name only, but in reality, to be freely elected by the persons of property settled there, and not to be either directly or consequentially nominated by the Governor or elected by the troops, and are perfectly satisfied that their lordships know what is best and most fit for the service of the province and will advise the Assembly to be constituted under such regulations as to answer his Majesty's most gracious intentions.

With respect to the other matters complained of in the agent's memorial, Mr. Forrester moved that their lordships would please to transmit the present petition, and the articles annexed thereto unto the several persons complained of, namely:—
Charles Lawrence, Esquire, the present Governor.
Captain William Cotterell, the Governor's Secretary, the Overseer of the Works, the Clerk in Chancery, and the Collector of the Rum Duty.
Lieutenant Richard Bulkley, another Overseer of the King's Works, the Commissary for Rum and Molasses, and a Disposer of Contracts for publick works there.
Benjamin Green, Esquire, one of his Majesty's Council there, the Treasurer, the Naval Officer, the Receiver of the Rum Duty, and another Disposer of Contracts there, and to
Mr. Thomas Saul, Clerk or Agent to the Contractor, the Commissary of Provisions, the Commissary of Dry Stores and the Supplyer of Dollars,
and require them to return forthwith their answers thereto in writing to their lordships, and also to deliver a true copy of the same so soon as prepared to any agent there in behalf of the petitioners who shall request the same:

That in the meantime the petitioners or their agent may have free liberty to take out a summons from any judge, magistrate or justice in Nova Scotia, for their witnesses, whom they shall name, and to examine or take the affidavits or depositions in writing upon oath or affirmation, of such witnesses before such judge, magistrate or justice, to be attested by such judge, magistrate or justice:

That the petitioners or their agent may also have free liberty to examine, search and take copies of any records, and of the Acts and minutes of any court or of the Council, and also the entries in any books containing publick accounts, and to have the same attested by the respective proper officers upon payment of the legal and accustomed fees only for the same:

That the Governor or Commander in Chief there for the time being do instantly upon request sign and affix the province Seal to the usual testimonials to be affixed to all such papers, that such and such persons before whom the proofs shall be made, are such and such judges, magistrates and justices there, and that such and such persons who shall attest the copies of the records, Acts, minutes and entries, are the respective proper officers to attest the same, and that without the Governor, or any his Secretary, or Deputy Secretary, or other officer demanding, or having the same left with him in order to read over, or consider, or take copys or extracts of any one of the papers to be authenticated:

That their lordships will please to require that the freeholders, their committee and agents and witnesses and the judges, magistrates and justices and others who shall act herein, or any of them, be not any way molested, hindred, prevented or troubled in respect of presenting this complaint, or of any lawfull endeavours used, in order to the prosecution, proving or making out any of the several matters thereby complained of, and that the petitioners may have duplicates in the most authentick manner of their lordships' orders and directions to be made herein.

Mr. Forrester having nothing further to offer he withdrew, and their lordships after some time spent in the consideration of this affair resolved to take it into further consideration on Friday next, the 3rd instant, and the Secretary was ordered to give notice thereof to Mr. Paris, and also to Mr. Cotterell, Secretary of the province of Nova Scotia, now in England.

Ordered, that the Secretary do examine the books of this office with respect to any complaints which may have at any time been made of mal-administration and oppression in his Majesty's colonies in America and make report to the Board thereof and of the proceedings had and orders given thereupon.

Plantations General.

Jamaica.

Read the following Orders of his Majesty in Council, viz.:—
Order of his Majesty in Council, dated the 27th of January, 1758, approving a representation of this Board, proposing George Haldane, Esquire, to be Governor of Jamaica, and directing a Commission to be prepared.
New Jersey.
Order of his Majesty in Council, dated the 27th of January, 1758, approving a representation of this Board, proposing Francis Bernard, Esquire, to be Governor of New Jersey, and directing a Commission to be prepared.
Virginia.
Order of his Majesty in Council, dated the 27th of January, 1758, approving a representation of this Board, proposing Francis Fauquier, Esquire, to be Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and directing a Commission to be prepared.
Massachusets.
Order of his Majesty in Council, dated the 27th of January, 1758, approving a representation of this Board, proposing Thomas Hutchinson, Esquire, to be Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusets Bay, and directing a Commission to be prepared.
Order of his Majesty in Council, dated the 27th January, 1758, approving a representation of this Board, proposing Andrew Oliver, Esquire, to be Secretary of the Massachusets Bay, and directing a warrant to be prepared.

The several Commissions and warrant directed by the above Orders having been prepared, were approved by the Board, and representations to his Majesty, accompanying the same, were signed.

Jamaica.

New Jersey.

Ordered, that draughts of general instructions and of those which relate to the observance of the laws of trade and navigation for the Governors of Jamaica and New Jersey be prepared with all possible dispatch.