STATE PAPERS. 



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fd affliction of our beloved Sove- 

 reign thy father, thou art called to 

 the high office of administering the 

 j"egal government of this country, 

 vie, his dutiful subjects, the re- 

 ligious Society of Friends, are 

 desirous of representing to thee a 

 subject in wliich we believe the 

 welfare of our country is deeply 

 concerned. 



It is now many years since war 

 }ias been spreading its desolation 

 over great part of the civilized 

 w orld ; and as we believe it to be 

 an evil, from which the spirit of the 

 Gospel of Christ would wholly de- 

 liver the nations of the earth, we 

 humbly petition thee to use the 

 Royal Prerogative, now placed in 

 thy hands, to take such early mea- 

 sures for the putting a period to 

 this dreadful state of devastation, 

 as we trust the wisdom of thy 

 councils, as they seek for Divine 

 direction, will be enabled to disco- 

 ver. 



Impressed with a grateful sense 

 of the religious privileges we en- 

 joy under the present Government, 

 we submit this highly important 

 cause of suffering humanity, which 

 is peculiarly near to our hearts, to 

 thy most serious consideration ; 

 that thus thou may'st become an 

 honoured instrument in the hand 

 of the Almighty, in promoting his 

 gracious designs respecting the in- 

 habitants of the earth. 



Signed in, by order, and on be- 

 half of the yearly Meeting of 

 the said People, held in Lon- 

 don, this 29th day of the fifth 

 month, 1812, by 



John Wilkituson. 

 Clerk to the Meeting this year. 



To which Address his Royal 

 Highnebs was pleased to return 



the following most gracious an* 

 swer : 



I am deeply sensible of the cala- 

 mities which necessarily attend » 

 ittate of war. 



It would, therefore, be most 

 grateful to my feelings, to observe 

 such a change in the views and 

 conduct of the enemy as would ad- 

 mit of a cessation of hostilities, con- 

 sistently with a just regard to the 

 important interests which have 

 been committed to my charge, and 

 which it is my indispensable duty 

 to maintain. 



I reflect with great satisfactioa 

 on the religious privileges secured 

 to you by the wisdom and benevo- 

 lence of the laws, and you may 

 rest assured of my constant pro- 

 tection. 



[Presented by William Allen, 

 London; Morris Birkbeck, Guild- 

 ford; Joseph Smith, London; 

 GeorgeStacey, Tottenham; Edward 

 Jonson, Tottenham ; Rich. Philips, 

 London; Anthony Home, C'lap- 

 ham-Common ; Joseph Foster, 

 Bromley; Luke Howard, Plais- 

 tow ; John Wilkinson, High Wy- 

 comb.] 



Revocation oj" the Orders in 



Council. 



At the Court at Carlton-Hous^ 



the23rdof June, 1812; present 



his Royal Highness the Prince 



Regent in Council. 



Whereas his Royal Highness the 

 Prince Regent was pleased to de- 

 clare,' in the name, and on the be- 

 half of hie Majesty, on the 2Ist 

 day of April, 1812, "That if at 

 any time hereafter, the Berlin and 

 Milan Decrees shall, by some au- 

 thentic act of the French Govern- 

 ment} publicly promulgated, he 



absolutely 



