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obedience or resignation is prolonged to ten days 
for the nearest^ and four weeks for the most 
distant parts of the country, after the expiration 
of which period all who have not given in their 
declarations are to be suspended from their em¬ 
ployments : the sixth article announces that all 
officers who shall resign are to repair to West- 
mannoe (Westman’s Isles), until an opportunity 
is found to convey them to Copenhagen: the 
seventh promises to that part of the clergy who 
are willing to declare themselves in his favor, 
that their circumstances shall be bettered : the 
eighth repeats the intention of placing the island 
in a state of defence: the ninth announces the 
design of sending an ambassador to his British 
Majesty to conclude peace: the tenth contains 
something relative to the duties and rights of 
British subjects living in Iceland: the eleventh 
states that none but Icelanders are qualified to 
fill public employments : the twelfth shows that 
Mr. Jorgensen intends continuing in his office 
until a regular constitution is established: the 
thirteenth again declares the confiscation of Da¬ 
nish property, which, by the fourteenth, the 
Amptmend are enjoined to execute: by the fif¬ 
teenth we learn that some civil officers, in order 
to secure themselves against the displeasure of 
the king, their master, had expressed a wish that 
