STATE PAPERS. 



417 



been safe from the hostility of the 

 friends of the parties appie- 

 hended. 



I have not thouglit it necessary 

 to mention tiie numerous applica- 

 tions wiiich have been, and con- 

 tinue to be made, for military as- 

 sistance in aid of the civil power, 

 by niagistrates and others. 1 ne- 

 ver reconmiend the commander 

 of the forces to accede to those 

 applications, Avithout the strong- 

 est evidence of tlieir necessity; 

 and in almost every case, the mi- 

 litary officer in command of the 

 district from which the requisi- 

 tion proceeds, is directed to in- 

 quire peiaonally into the grounds 

 on which it is made. 1 ought 

 not, liowever, to omit to mention, 

 that a very considerable military 

 force is employed in giving as- 

 sistance to the ctfficers of revenue 

 ^ in the suppression of illicit distil- 

 lation, which prevails to a great 

 extent in several of the nortiiern 

 and western counties of this king- 

 dom. In consequence of an or- 

 der of the House of Commons, 

 made in tiie mjnih of February 

 in the present year, a return has 

 been made of the troops at tliat 

 time employed on this service, 

 •vvliich I have annexed to this dis- 

 patch, and which will give full in- 

 formation with respect to the 

 number of men employed, the de- 

 tachments into which they are di- 

 vided, and the stations at; wliich 

 tlicy are placed. 



I am with great truth and re- 

 gard, my lord, your lordship's 

 most obedient humble servant, 



(Signed) 



Whitwohtu. 



The Viscount Sidmouth, &c. 

 Vol. LVUI. 



Address of the Corporation of Lon- 

 don to the Prince Regent, deliver- 

 ed December 9, 1816 ; with the 

 Answer of his Royal Highness. 

 To His Royal Highness the Prince 

 of \\'ales, Regent of the Uni- 

 ted Kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland. 

 Tlie humble Address and Petition 

 of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, 

 and Commons of the City of 

 London, in Common Council 

 assemlded 



May it please your Royal 

 Highness, 

 We, his Majesty's most dutiful 

 and loyal subjects, the Lord May- 

 or, Aldermen, and Commons of 

 the city of London in Common 

 Council assembled, humbly ap- 

 proach your Royal Highness to 

 represent our national sufferings 

 and grievances, and respectfully 

 to suggest the adoj)tion of meii- 

 sures which we conceive to be in- 

 dispensably necessary for the safe- 

 ty, the quiet, and prosperity of 

 the realm. 



We forbear to enter into details 

 of the afflicting scenes of priva- 

 tions and sufferings that every- 

 where exist : the distress and mi- 

 seiy which for so many years has 

 been progressively accumulating 

 has at length become insupport- 

 able — it is no longer partially felt 

 nor lin;ited to one portion of the 

 empii-e : the commercial, the ma- 

 nufacturing, and the agricultural 

 interests are equally sinking un- 

 der its irresistible pressure, and it 

 has become impossible to find 

 employment for a laige mass of 

 the population, much less to bear 

 up against our present enormous 

 burdens. 



We beg to impress upon your 



Royal Highness, that our present 



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