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atsd deserters; annexing a state thereof to the said
Pay List; and is to balance his final accomptexaetly
with the Agent.
16 If you should deem it expedient to detain the
Serjeant-Major, Quarter Master Serjeant, Paymaster,
Serjeant, or the Pay-Serjeant of a Company, 1)&yond
;the day of disemlyidying the corps, for the purpose of
.assisting in finally closing the accempts thereof, the
said Non-commissioned Officers wi:l, whi'e so de
twined, be permitted to receive
their usual pay and
alloWances, provided the period of detention do not
exceed seven days from* the date of disembo4i.ig.
As she charge of the pay, clothing, contin-
gencies,. and allowances• to reduced' •Subaltertis, &c.
of the disembodied
.militia. will in future be defrayed
under the .superintendance of Office, the appoint-
ment of Battalion Cie! k will !lilt be revived, and the
financial concerns of the corps whets disembodied,
will be carried on by the Paymaster, who is to be re-
tained as before-mentioned.
61 I transmit herewith a copy of tie Act of 551
Geo. 111. eap..165, before referred to, in which the
pay and allowance of the Officers and Non-commis.-
skilled Officers, and drummers, who are to be retained
permanently, on duty at the head quarters of the
corps are specified ; and have the hont;ur to state that
thp Paymaster may accordingly account with the se•
veral individuals conoerned, for their respective al-
lowances, from the date of the disembodying exclu-
sive, in the manner hereafter mentioned.
64 He will immediately transmit to the superiaten-
dants of Military Accompts, an estimate,
the particulars okothe sum wlech will Le •regairej,
from the date of disembodying up to the A oril,
1816, when he will be authorised by the Agent'Ge-
neral for Militia and Defence Acts, George liht!e,
Esq. Great George-street, Westminster, to draw li.r
the amount. His future estimates for this service are
to be prepared for tour months in advance, and are to
be regularly forwarded on the 21th of the month, pre-
ceeling the periods for which the c.titrates arc wade.
66 The pay-of the Commis.ioned 00i.:ers are to be
issued to them on the 21411 of each inooth, and that
of the Non-commission.] Officers and chum:lie:A at
the end of every week ; but it is to be understood that
the pay of either is not to be issued in adeance.
66 You will observe, by section 10 of the act last
mentioned, that the allowance granted to the Subal-
terns and Surgeons-Maces of the Militia, whilst dis-
emb,,died, are to be issti.ed on the 21• th c,f Ju:,e and
21,h of December in each year.
4, The Paymaster will accordingly receive the ne-
cessary forms of estimates and accompts for this szr.
vice, in proper time, from die Stiperintenclants of
Military Accompts, with whom' he should, it nec:s-
Lay, correspond.
" Tile manner in which the arms. accoutrements,
great coats. and other stores of the cntps arc to be
kept, and various other points necessary. for ',ctr
guidance, being specially provided for in the same
act, I. have only to request your partici:4 atten-
tion to it.

" I cannot conclude this lettrr without expressing
to you the sati4Action which I feel, in having the
honour of sguifying. on the present occasion, the
Prince IC•gt:nt'a gracious approbation of the services
of the OdiLeis, Nun-commissioned Odictrs, drum-
mers, and private men, 6:liaising to the Regiment
of Militia under your command.

(Sighed)

" PA C.itasrox."

COMMERCE.
IMPORTANT NEAPOLITAN DECRET.

THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TIIE INDIRECT TAXES TO

lIIS EXCELLENCY THE SECRETARY 01.' FINANCE.

His Majesty having ordained, that with regard to
English, Spanish, and French ships, as far as regards
the visit, should be allowed the same exemptions el
every kind as they enjoyed before the militari occu-
pation depending upol the system then in force with
the limitation, that from such a privilege sl:ould be
excluded Maltese and lonian Island ships, and ell
other vessels covered with the flag of the three s.id
powers ; and lastly, that the maritime laws be exactly
observed in the quality of the crew. I, in crder t.,
carry into execution the royal orders, Lave thought
it my duty to draw up the followiag ReAnlations,
which I pray your Excellency to present for the sanc-
tion of his Majesty :
Art. I. The English, Spanish, and French ships
must carry their clearances from ports belongin' to
their respective Sdvereigns. The Spanish and French
vessels must yore the Captain and two-thirds of their
crew subjects of their respective nations, and the
English vessels mustte able to present their register.
Art. 11. The ships above specified a:: freed from.
any visit of the Custom-house Officers, Loth upon
their arrival and at their departure, but they must he
cautiously watched from the Castem-house barks,
that they neither discharge or take on board any
goods with the purpose of defrauding the revenue.
The other Articles, to the number of ten, refer to
the visits of the tfficers of quarantiae, the netimer in
which the paymett of dutei is s,:ciired alter tl:c
landing of goods, the conduct of owners and con-
signees, warehousing, re-shipping, coasting, etc.
The 13th article says---4 Considering that, the si-
tuation of England and its dependencies beyond die
Mediterranean, presents particular circumstances
which exclude any idea of fraud. :tad that tl. it naion
ought not to be treated, with regard to the vessels
that come from plates beyond the Medi:erratic tn.
and from the Continent of Europe, with the same
rules as those on which the present general instioc-
tions are founded for the said nation, and the others
which enjoy the benefit of a privileged flag. It has
been determined that the Captain of every English
vessel shall carry along with him the manikst of his
whole cargo, signed by the proper atitlaniz'y of the
port from which his vessel sails, and ty the Neapoli-
tan Consul, if there he one resident at said port, and
that immediately upon his arrival he shall present it
to the officers of the customs. Afterwards she mer-
chants to whom theloods are consigned shall rive,
within three days from the arrival of the vessel, a
of the contents of the manifest.
1' • Considering, however, the particular circumstances
'of England, detached from the Continent, if shall be
allowed immediately to execute the declaraticn of
detail (upon the assurance that the documents have
not been received), in conformity with a manifest'
signed by the Captain ; and upon salt a declaration
being made, all the articles destined for the kiaedem
of Naples may be unloaded at the Custom-house for
examination and liquidation, in the presence of the
k owners or consagnees of the sante.