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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Of the Corsicanjlag and navigation. 



Article I . The standard shall be 

 a Moor's head, quartered with the 

 king's arms, according to the form 

 which shall be prescribed by his 

 majesty. 



Art. 2. The king shall afford the 

 same protection to the trade and 

 navigation of the Corsicans, as to 

 the trade and navigation of his other 

 subjects. 



Art. 3. The Corsican nation, 

 deeply penetrated ^vith sentiments 

 cf gratitude towards the king of 

 Great Britain and the English na- 

 tion, for the munificence and pro- 

 tection which it has always enjoyed, 

 and which is now, in a more special 

 manner, secured to it by the present 

 constitutional act. 



Declares, That it will consider 

 every attempt which in war or in 

 peace shall be made to promote the 

 glory of hismajcsty,and theinicrests 

 of the empire of Great Britain in 

 general, as its ownj and the parlia- 

 ment of Corsica will always manifest 

 its readiness and deference to adopt 

 all regulations, consistent with its 

 present constitution, which shall be 

 enacted by his majesty in his parlia- 

 ment of Great Britain for the ex- 

 tension and advantage of the ex- 

 ternal commerce of the empire, and 

 ef its dependencies. 



CHAPTER X. 



Of religion. 



Article 1. The Catholic, aposto- 

 lic, Roman religion, in all its evan- 

 gelical purity, shall be the only na- 

 tional r-ligion in Corsica. 



Art, 2. The house of parliament 

 is an ho ized to determine on the 

 numLer of parishes, to settle the sa- 



laries of the priest?, and to take 

 measures for insuring the discharge • 

 of the episcopal functions, in con- 

 cert with the holy see. 



Art. 3. All other modes of wor- 

 ship are tolerated. 



CHAPTER xu 



Of I he crown and its succession. 



The sovereign king of Corsica is 

 his majesty George the Third, kmg 

 of Great Britain, and hi« successors, 

 according to tiie order of succes- 

 sion to the throncof Great Britain. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Of the acceptance of the crown aud of 

 the conslilulion of Corsica. 



Article 1. The present act shall 

 be presented to his majesty, theking 

 of Great Britain, through his excel- 

 lency sir Gilbert Elliot, his com- 

 missary plenipotentiary, and speci- 

 ally authorized for this purpose. 



Art. 2. In the act of acceptance 

 his majesty, and his plenipotentiary 

 in his name, shall swear to maintain 

 the liberty of the Corsican nation, 

 according to the constitution and the 

 laws ; and the same oath shall be 

 administered to his successors, upon 

 every succession to the throne. 



Art. 3. Tiie members of the 

 assembly shall immediately take the 

 following oath, which shall be ad- 

 ministered by his excellency sir 

 Gilbert Elliot: " I swear for myself 

 " and in name of the Corsican na- 

 " tion, which 1 represent, that I 

 " acknowledge for my sovereignand 

 '* kinghismajestyGeorg.-the Third, 

 " the king of Great Britain ; to 

 " yield him faithful obedience, ac- 

 " cording to the constitution and 

 " laws of Corsica, and to defend the 

 " $aid constitutiwn and laws." 



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