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spected, city, has recently been by the servants 
of the crown, far be it from us to indulge in 
complaint of grievanees peculiar to ourselves ; 
ready and willing as we are to share inall the 
mecessary burthens, and all the dangers of 
eur country. It is of general grievances, 
grievances sorely felt in all ranks of life, of 
accumulated and ever-accumulatisg taxation, 
rendered doubly grievous by the oppressive 
mode of exaction, and of the increased and 
Yncreasing distress and misery therefrom ari- 
sing; of the improvident expenditure of the 
immense sums ae wrung from industry and 
Kebour; of the waste of life and of treasure 
in ill-contrived and ill-conducted expeditions ; 
-of the attempts which, for many years past, 
and. especially within the last three years, 
have been made, and with but too much suc- 
eess, to crush public liberty ia all its branches, 
and especially the liberty of freely discussing 
the conduct of public men, and the nature 
and tendency of public measures. 
Can we refrain from humbly expressing our 
complaints, when we have seen those minis- 
ters who have so long usurped the royal au- 
thority, and who it is now discovered have, 
by practising the most criminal deception 
upon the parliament and the people, carried 
gn the government during his Majesty’s for- 
mer incapacity, exerting their influence to 
degrade the kingly office; when we have seen 
measures adopted evincing the most un- 
grounded jealousy and mistrust of your Royal 
Highness; when we have seen the preroga- 
tives. of the crown entailed end withheld ; 
“when we have secn a new estate established 
in the realm, highly dangerous and uncon- 
“stitutional ; when we have seen power, in- 
@uence,and emolument, thus set apart to con- 
trou! and embarrass the executive govern- 
ment; at 4 time of such unprecedented dif- 
ficulty, when all the energies of the state 
are necessary to enable us to surmount the 
@angers with which we are threatened, both 
at home and abroad. We-confess, that feeling 
as we do, the. most unbounded gratitude to 
your Royal Highness, for undertaking these 
grdvous duties at a moment of such peril, and 
uncer such circumstances, we can discover no 
eause for congratulation ; on the contrary, we 
should be filled with dismay and the most 
alarming apprehensions, were it not for the 
known patriotism and amiable qualities which 
your Royal Highness possesses, and the re~ 
sgurce which, we trust, your Reyal Highness 
will find in the zeal, ardour, afection, and 
Toyaity, of a free and united people. 
Numerous other grievances we forbear even 
ta mention, but there is one so prominent 
> In the odiousness of its nature, -as well as m 
the miagnitude of its miscliievous conse- 
quences, that we are unable to refrain from 
marking it out asa particular object of our 
complaint, and of your Royal Higliness’s vir- 
tuous abhorrence, The present representation 
an the Commons House of Parliament, a ready 
_iastrument in the hands.of the minister for 
State of Public Affairs in February. 
[March 1, 
the time being, whether for the purpose of 
nullifying the just prerogatives of the crows, 
or of insulting and oppressing the people,’aied 
a reform in which representation is therefor 
absolutely necessary for the safety of the 
crown, the happiness of the people, and the 
peace and independence of the country. 
Reposing the fullest confidence in your 
Royal Highness’s beneficent views and inten= 
tions, we can only deplore the present unfor- 
tunate state of things, fully relying, that un- 
cer circumstances so novel and embarrasaings 
every measure which depends personally upon 
your Royal Highness, will be adopted towards 
extricating us from our present difficulties, 
and for promotiag the peace, happiness, and 
security, of the country, 
Thus to mingle our expressions of confi- 
cenceandaftection with the voice of complains 
is grievous to our hearts; but placing, as we 
do, implicit reliance on the constitutional 
Principles of your Royal Highness, we are 
cheered with the hope that such a change of 
system will take place, as will henceforward 
for a long series of happy years, prevent your 
Royal Highness from being greeted by the 
faithful and loyal City of, London, in ang 
voice but that of content and of gratitude, © 
The Prince Regent's Answer. 
“IT thank you for the assyrances of your 
attachment, and of your confidence in the 
sincerity of my endeavours to promote the 
welfare and security of his Majesty’s dom- 
nions, by the faithful administration of those 
powers with which | am estrusted during the 
lamented indisposition of the king, 
‘¢ In the arduous situation in which Lam 
placed, I can assure you that it will be the 
happiest moment of my life, when, by the 
blessing of Providence, 1 shall be called upon 
to resign the powers delegated to me, into 
the hands of my beloved and reveted father 
and sovereign. 
‘* My own disposition, no Jess than the 
example of my royal father, will make me et 
all times ready to listen to the complaints of 
those who may think themselves aggrieved, 
and will determine me on al] eccasions to re- 
gulate my conduct upon the established prin 
ciples of chat ancient and excellent sonstita- 
tion, under which the people of this countny 
have hitherto enjoyed a state of unrivalleé 
prosperity and happiness.’ » 
The season has been characterized by 
its tempestuous winds, and many ships of 
war and jnaumerable merchantmen have. 
been lost, with thousands of their crews, 
Among others, the Minotaur of 74.guns,. 
was lost on the coast of Holland, and 
tvo frigates on the coast of Scotland. 
EAST INDIES. ~ / 
A series of events bave taken place in 
India highly advantageous in their result 
‘to the interests of Britain. 
In August last we lost three” frigates in 
a@ port 
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