STATE. PAPER'S. 
ad together with energy and fpirit, 
‘in enforcing fubordination to the 
_ laws, and reftoring tranquillity in 
their refpective neighbourhoods, 
and they may be affured of pro- 
’ tection and fupport fromme. And 
I do hereby invite all perfons who 
are enabled to give information 
touching arms or ammunition which 
may be concealed, immediately to 
‘communicate the fame to the teva: 
‘ral officers commanding his Majef- 
ty’s forces in their ref{pective dif- 
‘tris; and, for their encourage- 
‘ment and reward, I do hereby pro- 
‘mife and engage that ftrict and in- 
violate fecrecy fhall be obferved 
with refpeét to all perfons who fhall 
‘make fuch communications; and 
‘that every perfon who fhall make 
it, fhall receive as a reward the full 
value ofall fuch arms and ammu- 
nition as fhall be feized in con- 
fequence thereof. 
Signed by G. Laxe, 
Lieutenant General, 
Commanding the Northern 
Diftrict. 
Proclamation of Lord Cavan. 
WHEREAS I have thought it 
expedient, during the prefent dif- 
‘turbed ftate of the country in the 
neighbourhood of this town, to give 
orders that the gates of this garri- 
fon fhall be locked every night, 
from the hour of eleven till day- 
light of the following morning, dur- 
ing which time no perfon or per- 
fons will be permitted to have either 
ingrefs or egrefs but on {pecial af- 
fairs, or on the public fervice. This 
regulation to commence on Thurf- 
day evening, the 23d inftant; and 
in order that no perfon may plead 
‘ignorance of the confequences of 
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attempting to fcale the walls, I have 
given particular orders that the fen- 
tries fhould immediately fire at any 
perfon fo attempting. 
(Signed) Cavan, 
Brigadier General, 
“Commanding at Londonderry. 
Lord Bellamont?s Proteft on the Subject 
of General Lake’s Proclamation. 
DissENTIENT. 
BECAUSE I confider it to be 
the pointed duty of the Peers, as 
hereditary counfellors of the King, 
and of his Majefty’s reprefentative 
in this kingdom, but moft efpeci- 
ally the duty of fuch as are mem- 
bers of his Majefty’s Privy Coun- 
cil, to take good care that the juft 
influence and high authority of his 
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant’s 
name be not brought forward to the 
public in order to cover error in 
any man, whatever may be his rank, 
character, or department in the 
ftate. The nature, magnitude, and 
impreffion of the prefent fubject 
upon the public mind, moft emi- 
nently demands the facred perform- 
ance of this duty—infomuch that 1 
fhould confider myfelf unworthy of 
the high offices of truft and honour 
which the goodnefs of the beft of 
Kings has from time to t'me moit gra-. 
cioufly conferred upon me, if I were, 
not at all times regardlefs of the con- 
fequencesas to myfelf, ready toftand 
forth between his Excellency the 
Lord Lieutenant and mifreprefen- 
tation or mifconception. Withre- 
gard to the legality or illegality of 
the proclamation alluded to in the 
above amendment propofed by me, 
ifany man at this day entertains a 
doubt upon the fubject, I refer any 
fuch perfon or perfons to the opi- 
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