STATE PAPE RS. 
fully assembled themselves to- 
gether in a disorderly and tumul- 
tuous manner, for the purpose of 
compelling the ship-owners and 
others concerned in the trade of 
the above-mentioned ports, to 
comply with certain regulations 
prescribed by them with respect 
to the navigating ships and vessels 
proceeding to and from those 
ports; and have actually detained 
and prevented divers ships and 
vessels from sailing from the said 
ports, and have proceeded to other 
acts of violence: and whereas it 
has been further represented to his 
Royal Highnessthe Prince Regent, 
that these misguided persons have 
formed themselves into commit- 
tees, and have administered illegal 
eaths, with a view to the pur- 
poses before-mentioned; and have 
also upon various occasions used 
force or intimidation to compel 
persons to join such unlawful as- 
semblies, and to prevent their en- 
gaging with the said ship-owners ; 
his Royal Highness being duly 
sensible of the mischievous -conse- 
quences which must inevitably 
arise from such illegal and danger- 
ous proceedings if not speedily 
suppressed, and deeming it indis- 
pensably necessary to have re- 
course to the most effectual mea- 
sures, with a view of bringing to 
justice the persons concerned 
therein, has already caused an 
adequate military and naval force 
to be assembled and stationed in 
those parts where the disturbances 
have prevailed, for the purpose of 
assisting the civil power (if neces- 
sary) in supporting the same, and 
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is hereby pleased, in the name and 
on the behalf of his Majesty, to 
promise his most gracious pardon 
to any person or persons who have 
been concerned in the illegal pro- 
ceedings before-mentioned (except 
the President or person acting as 
President, in any such Committee, 
or any person having actually ad- 
ministered any such unlawful oath, 
or having used any actual force or 
intimidation for any of the above- 
mentioned purposes), who shall 
come forward and give information 
against any of the persons whohave 
administered the said oaths, or as- 
sisted in the administering the 
‘same, or who have acted in a Com- 
mittee of any sach unlawful as- 
sembly as aforesaid, or who shall 
have used foree-or intimidation to 
compel persons to join those un= 
lawful assemblies, or who shall 
have prevented any persons from 
engaging themselves in the service 
of any of the ship-owners before- 
mentioned: and, as.a further en- 
couragement, his Royal ‘Highness 
the Prince Regent is hereby 
pleased to promise 'to any person 
or persons (except as aforesaid! 
who shall discover and apprehen 
or cause to be discovered and ap- 
prehended, ‘the authors, abettors, 
or perpetrators of any of the ille- 
gal proceedings before-mentioned, 
so that ‘they or any of them may 
be duly convicted thereof, the sum 
of One Hundred Pounds for each 
and every person ‘so convicted ; 
the said sum to be paid by the 
Lords Commissioners of his Ma- 
jesty’s treasury. 
SIDMOUTH. 
