1803. ] 
ed on the only bafis which his Majefty con- 
ceives, under exiiting ctrcumitances, to be 
fufeeptible of a definitive and amicable ar- 
rangement. The Minsiter for Foreign At- 
fairs will not fail to obterve to what degree 
his Majeity has endeavoured to conciliate the 
fecurity of his interefts with the dignity of 
the Firtt Conful. The underfigned flaiters 
himielf, that the Firlt Conful, doing jultice 
to thefe fentiments, will adopt, in concert 
with his Majelty, an expedient fo futable 
for reftoring permanent tranquillity to both 
nations, and to all Europe. 
¢ WHITWORTH: 
Second Inclofure referred to in No, 70. 
Project [—Tfhe French Government 
fhall engage to make no oppofition to the 
ceffion of the ifland of Lampedofa to his 
Majelty by the King of the Two Sicihies. 
I1.—In confequence of the prefent tate 
-, of the ifland of Lampedofa, his Majeity 
 fhall remain in poffeilion of the ifland of 
Malta until fuch arrangements fhal!l be made 
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by him as may enable his Majeftv to occupy 
Lampedola as a naval ftation; after which 
period, the ifland of Malta fhall be, given 
up to the inhabitants, and acknowledged as 
an independent ftate. 
IlI.—The territories of the Batavian re- 
public fhall be evacuated by the French 
forces within one month after the conclufion 
of a convention foufided on the principles 
of th's projet. 
{V.—VThe King of Etruria, and the Ita- 
lian and Ligurian Republics, {hall be ac- 
knowledged by his Majeity, 
V.—Switzerland fhall be evacuated by the 
French forces. ‘ 
VI. A futtable territorial provifion fhall 
be afligned to the King of Sardinia, in Italys 
SECRET ARTicLs.—His Majelty fhall 
not be required by the French Government 
to evacuate the ifland of Malta until after the. 
explrasion of ten years 
Article IV. V. and VI. may be entirely 
omitted, or muft all be inferted. 
NEW ACTS OF THE BRITISH LEGISLATURE. 
An Analyfis of all the A&s of General Importance, paffed during the prefent 
Seffion of Parliament—Continued from the laf? Number of this Magazine, page 3711 
auiih Lifts of other Public Acs. 
eee 
*¢ An Act to provide, until the twenty-fifth 
day of March, one thoufand eight hundred 
and four, for the more fpeedy and effectual 
completion of the eftablifhment of officers in 
the Militia of Great Britain ; and for facili- 
tating the filling up vacancies therein. (Paf- 
fed 22d April, 1803.) Chap. xxxviii. 
Y this a& it is ena@ed that in all 
cafes, when any reduétion of field or 
other officers, fhall have taken place in 
the militia of any place, or in any regi- 
ment, battalion, or corps, thereof, either 
in England or Scotland, or in confequence 
of the diminution of the number of mi- 
litiamen for any place, or in any regiment, 
battalion, or corps, previous to the laft 
difembodying of the militia forces, every 
fuch field or other officer, who shall have 
been fo reduced, if duly qualitied, fhall 
be competent to fucceed to any vacancy 
of a commiffion of equal rank, in the 
corps in which he was terving at the time 
of reduction, or any corps of the fame 
county or place, provided {Gch officer 
fhall be approved by his Maijelty, as eli- 
gible to fill fuch vacancy, and every of- 
ficer fo appointed fhall take rank ac- 
cording to the date of his original commif- 
fion, §. 1. 
It fhall be lawful for his Majefty, on 
the recommendation of the Lord Licute- 
nant, or, in his abfence, of three Deputy 
Lieutenants, to approve the appointment 
of any perfon, who at the time of the 
late difembodying of the militia, was ac- 
tually ferving as a captain in the militia, 
and who by virtue of certain atts, cap. 
go, and cap. gt, of the laft fetfion, thall 
have been confidered as reduced, by rea- 
fon of not having the qualification re- 
‘quired by law; and every perfon fo fer- 
ving fhall take rank in fuch militia, or 
in fuch regiment, battalion, or corps, ace 
cording to the date of fuch original com- 
miffion. §. 2. 
Every perfon who at the time of the 
paffing the faid a&s of the laft feflion; 
was actually ferving asa captain lieute- 
nant of militia, may continue to ferve as 
fuch ; and fhall be entitled to rank accord- 
ingly. §. 3. 
It a fufiicient number of officers, duly 
qualified, cannot be found to accept of 
commiffions in the militia, within two 
months from the date of his Maje(ty’s 
warrant for embodying any regiment, 
battalion, or corps, the lieurenants and 
deputy lieutenants, re{pectively may ap- 
point for that fervice, fuch a number ot 
officers in the army or marines, whether 
on full or half pay, or of perfons who 
have had commiflions in any of his Ma- 
jcfty’s forces, or in the militia, including 
fuch officers as are ferving at the time as 
licutenants in the militia, in which any 
, company is become vacant, or in any 
corps of provifional cavalry which may 
have been embodied, and have retired 
therefrom, as his Majefty fhall approve, 
3K 2 although 
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