STATE PAPERS. 
that province, as to bid defiance to 
‘the exertions of the civil power, and 
to endanger the lives and proper- 
ties of his Majefty’s fubjects in that 
part of the kingdom. 
Thefe outrages are encouraged 
and fupported by treafonable affo- 
ciations to overturn our happy con- 
ftitution. Threats have been held 
out againit the lives of all perfons 
who fhall venture to difcover fuch 
their treafonable intentions. The 
frequent treafonable affemblage of 
perfons, and their proceeding by 
threats and force to difarm the 
peaceable inhabitants; their endea- 
vours to collect great quantities of 
arms in obfcure hiding-places ; their 
affembling by night to exercife in 
the practice of arms; their intimi- 
dations, accompanied by the moft 
horrid murders, to prevent his Ma- 
jefty’s faithful fubjects from joining 
the yeomanry corps eftablifhed by 
law; their having fired on fome of 
his Majefty’s juftices of the peace, 
and threatened with murder any 
who fhould have the fpirit to ftand 
forth in fupport of the laws, which 
threats have been recently exem- 
plified; their attacks on the milita- 
ry, by firing on them in the execu- 
tion of their duty, — have fo totally 
bid defiance to the ordinary exer- 
tions of civil power, that I found 
myfelf obliged by every tie of duty 
to his Majefty, and of regard to the 
welfare of his faithful fubjects, to 
provide for the public fafety by the 
mott effectual and immediate appli- 
cation of the military force entruft- 
ed to me. 
I have accordingly ordered the 
General commanding in that pro- 
vince, to difpofe of and employ thofe 
troops under his command, with the 
_affiftance and co-operation of the 
yeomanry, to fupprefs thefe ‘out- 
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rages; and, by feizing upon all 
arms and ammunition, to recover 
fuch as had been traitoroufly taken 
from his Majefty’s troops and 
others, and more effectually to de- 
feat the evil defigns of thofe who 
had endangered the public fafety. 
I have the fatisfaction of inform- 
ing you, that by the firmand tempe- 
rate conduét of the General, and the 
troops under him, and the zealous 
co-operation of the yeomanry corps, 
a very confiderable number of arms 
has been taken; and I am encou- 
raged to hope that a continuation 
of the fame vigorous meafures will 
give confidence to the well-difpof- 
ed, and reftore to the civil power 
its conftitutional authority, which 
it has ever been my wifh, and fhall 
be my ftrenuous endeavour to fup- 
port with energy and effect. 
Meffage delivered on the \1th of April, 
1797, from the fame. 
CamDEN. 
Gentlemen, 
IN purfuance of the refolution 
entered into by the Houfe of Com- 
mons on the 1ft of March, 1797, 
for raifing towards the fupply grant- 
ed to his- Majefty the fum of 
3,395,6971. upon the terms therein 
mentioned, I have given fuch di- 
rections as appeared to me moft 
proper to earry the fame into exe- 
cution; and I am forry to inform 
you that it is found, after the moft 
diligent endeavours exerted for the 
purpofe, that the fum intended to 
be raifed by the faid refolution can- 
not be obtained according to the 
‘terms thereof.’ I therefore thought 
it incumbent on me that this Houfe 
fhould be made acquainted there- 
with, not doubting that the Com; 
Re mons 
