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caster and Chester, appear to make 

 a considerable impression, they 

 have been far from restoring peace 

 and security to the disturbed dis- 

 tricts. 



A great military force has been 

 assembled ; the local militia has 

 been in many places called out, 

 and has done good service; the 

 yeomanry corps have been active 

 and highly useful. Many of the 

 magistrates have zealously exerted 

 their powers, some of them at great 

 personal hazard. In many places 

 great numbers of special constables 

 have been appointed from amongst 

 the more respectable inhabitants, 

 and the Watch and Ward Act has 

 been in some places put in force, 

 though attempted without effect in 

 others, or abandoned from circum- 

 stances already stated. All these 

 efforts have proved insufficient ef- 

 fectually to put down the spirit of 

 disturbance : and it is therefore the 

 decided opinion of your commit- 

 tee, that some further measures 

 should be immediately adopted by 

 parliament for affording more ef- 

 fectual protection to the lives and 

 properties of his Majesty's subjects, 

 and for suppressing a system of 

 turbulence and disorder which has 

 already proved destructive of the 

 tranquillity, and highly injurious 

 to the property and welfare of 

 6ome of the most populous and 

 important distiicts of the country, 

 and which, unless effectually check- 

 ed, may lead to consequences still 

 more extensive and dangerous. 



Embargo and Detention of Ame- 

 rican Ships. — From the London 

 Gazette, Saturday, August 1. 



At the court at Carlton House^ 



the 31st of July, 1812: present, 

 his royal highness the Prince Re- 

 gent in Council : — 



It is this day ordered, by his 

 royal highness the Prince Regent, 

 in the name and on the behalf 

 of his Majesty, and by and with 

 the advice of his Majesty's privy 

 council, that no ships or vessels 

 belonging to any of his Majesty's 

 subjects be permitted to enter 

 and clear out for any of the ports 

 within the territories of the United 

 States of America, until further 

 order ; and his Royal Highness is 

 further pleased, in the name and 

 on the behalf of his Majesty, and 

 by and with the advice aforesaid, 

 to order, that a general embargo 

 or stop be made of all ships and 

 vessels whatsoever, belonging to 

 the citizens of the United States 

 of America, now within, or which 

 shall hereafter come into any of 

 the ports, harbours, or roads, 

 within any part of his Majesty's 

 dominions, togetlier with all per- 

 sons and effects on board all such 

 ships and vessels ; and that the 

 commanders of his Majesty's ships 

 of war and privateers, do detain 

 and bring into port all ships and 

 vessels belonging to the citizens of 

 the United States of America, or 

 bearing the flag of the said United 

 States, except such as may be 

 furnished with British licences, 

 which vessels are allowed to pro- 

 ceed according to the tenor of the 

 suid licences ; but that the utmost 

 care be taken for the preserva- 

 tion of all and every part of the 

 cargoes on board any of the said 

 ships or vessels, so that no damage 

 or embezzlement whatever be 

 sustained ; and the commanders of 

 his Majesty's ships of war and 

 privateers are hereby instructed 



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