[cornE] THE TALBOT PAPERS 128 
By ISAAC BROCK, Esquire, President administering the Govern- 
ment of the Province of Upper Canada, and Major-General 
Commanding His Majesty's Forces therein, &c., &c., &c. 
’ 
To Thomas Talbot of Port Talbot in the District of London, Esquire— 
Whereas by an Act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in 
the Forty-fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, ‘ntituled “ An Act for 
“the better securing this Province against all seditious attempts or 
“designs to disturb the tranquillity thereof,” it is among other things 
provided, “That it shall and may be lawful for the Governor, Lieu- 
“tenant Governor, or Person administering the Government for the 
“time being, to appoint such Person or Persons as may appear to him 
“proper, for the purpose of arresting such Person or Persons not hav- 
“ing been an Inhabitant or Inhabitants of this Province for the space 
“of six months preceding the date of his Warrant, or not having taken 
“the Oath of Allegiance to our Sovereign Lord the King, who by words 
‘or actions, or other behaviour or conduct, hath or have endeavoured, 
“or hath or have given just cause to suspect that he, she, or they, is 
“or are about to endeavour to alienate the minds of His Majesty’s Sub- 
“jects of this Province from His Person or Government, or in any 
“wise with a seditious intent to disturb the tranquility thereof.” 
NOW, KNOW YH, that I, ISAAC BROCK, Esquire, President, and 
Major-General Commanding His Majesty's Forces within the said 
Province, by virtue of the powers so vested in me under the authority 
of the before recited Act, have appointed and deputed, and do by these 
Presents appoint and depute you the said Thomas Talbot of Port Talbot 
in the District of London Esquire, to carry into Execution the several 
Provisions in the said before recited Act contained, strictly conforming 
yourself in every particular thereto. 
Given under my Hand and Seal, at Arms, at the Govern- 
ment House, at York, this Twenty seventh day of February 
in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and 
Twelve, and of His Majesty’s Reign, the fifty second. 
Tsaac Brock, 
Presid’t. 
By His Honor’s Command 
JAMES BROCK. 
