The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-15

And be it further enacted. that fuch oath
and declaration may be administered and atteR-
ed by any court of record or judge OF fuch court,
or BY any juffce Of peace or other magiitrate ha-
wing power to adminiifer oaths in any part ofhis
maiefty's domnions, & that if thf party taking
and fubfcrbng the fame, ihall at the time of his
taking and fubft riding the fame, not be within
His maiefty's dominious, the fame may then
be administered and atteRed by any generator
commanding officer of his majeRy's land forces,
or by any admiral or commanding officer of his
majefty's naval forces: provided always, that
in this last cafe the perfon holding fuch COM
milton, warrant, or appointment fhall, with
In months after his return to any
part of his majeay's dominions, again take,
make, and fuofcribe the fame oath and declara-
ton in prcfence of fome court of record or ma
citrate as aforefaid. =
And be it further enacted, that no perfon ha-
wing 70 taken, made, and fubfcribed fuch cath
or declaration respectively as aforeiaid, nsall be
liable to any pains, penalties or disabilities
whatfoever, for having exercifed or acted in or
under any fuch commifiion, warrant, or APP
pointment, any law, ftatute, or utage to the
contrary notwithstanding, and although iuch
perion fhall not have complied with any OF the
directions of the former ftatute respecting the
qualifications of perfons holding or exersihng
Offices within this isalm.
And be it further enacted, that the faid oath
and declaration, 70 to be taken, made, and
fubfcribed, irall be in the words following, VIZ.
a, A. B. being by this commiffion appoint
ed to he there Jet forth the aApointmentj do
thereby foIemnly promiie and iwear, IN the
prefence of Almighty God, that viii! be faith
ful and hear true allegiance to his maJehy king
George the Third, and that ! will do my ut
noft to maintain and defend him againf all
reafons aud traterous confpiracies, and againit
vi attempts whatever that fhall be made againtt
lis perfon, crown, or dignity; and that Will,
10 the utmof of my power, reiitt all fuch trea-
fon, confpiraces, or attempts, and Will alio
difclofe and make known the fame as foon as
they fhal come to my knowledge; and l do
,lfo promife md fwear, in the preience or AL
mighty God, that will, to the utmot OF my
power, maintain and fupport the fucceillon to
the crown of the united kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, as the fame now ftands IL
nlited by law and that will alto, to the ut
mott of my power, maintain and fupport the
efabfbed contribution and government or the
faid united kingdom againft all attempts what
ever that ihall be made agant the fame"
And whereas it is expedient that his maJchy's
fubjees, however employed in any OF his maJet-
tvs fea or naval forces, or any OF his maJefty's
land or military forces what(oever, Mould be
allowed the free exercife of fuch religious OPT
Mons as they may respectively profefs; be it
enacted that no perfon employed in his majef-
tys fea or naval forces, land or military forces,
and having previou1y 6gnihed in writing,
Iigned by himfelf, to his commanding officer,
his difIent from the doctrine or worfhip of the
church of England as by law etabihed, ihall,
under any pretence, or by any means, be pre-
vented from attending, or be fubjeet or liable
to any pains, penalties disabilities for attend
ing fuch divine worlhip or religious iervice as
may be confident with and according to his re-
ligious perfuaGon or opinions, at proper and
fashionable times, and fuch as fhall be confident
with the due & full diicharge of his naval or mi
litary duties nor lhall any iuch perfon be COM
PEELED or compellabe to attend the worfhip or
fervice of the faid eftablifhed church and that
any commii1ioned officer acting in violation of,
or contrary to this provilion, fhall, upon con-
Siction thereof before general court martial,
b. liable to be fufpended or diimifed from his
maieAy's fervice, or TO fu0h other puniAment,
not extending to life or limb, as the faid court
martial fnalI award and that any warrant or
aforementioned officer 70 offending, fhall be
liable TO fuch puDiihment, not extending to life
or limb, as fha be awarded by general or re-
gimental court martial.
And be it further enacted, that this act fhall
be and continue in force from the in
the year of our Lord until the
in the year Of our Lord
Let our immediate circumtances be affected
as they may, we trut in the good fenfe of the
Irifh nation to diminilh the effect of any unwel
come disappointment whatever, by every thing
that has taken place 70 diiturb the cordially of
the cabinet, yet we hope that no ferrous DIFF
union will refult out Oft. Tbr fate Of this En-
Pire, and indeed of FArobe, is nozV in tire ba1d5
.ffbe brefsnt a2n,iniqration. If they break up,
upon any point Of donIettick policy-if warm
with sdyerfe opinions they defrrt their potts,
and limit to chance the defines of their own
and of other nations with which they are en-
trufted-who is bold enough TO look at the Pro-
babe refrilt unmoved ?. Important as the in
tended meafure of minittcrs ale 10 orr profperi.y
and happinefS, yet in the vaf fcalc of human
interetts confided 10 them at this mott critical
of alijunttures, they are comparatively fmall {:
and if any unfortunate fchfm fhould dilable
them, from duly performing the efforts neeeha.
ny for the general deliverance of Europe, all
muft be engulphed, and parties, fees, factions,
nations and empires, perrin in a common ruin
Dublin paper.
Since our laf, French papers to the 9th, and
Dutch TO TIE 4:L ialt inclu6Ve, have arrived,
hut their contents are not of great importance
1t is faid the towns of Elbibg, Marienbourg,
and Marenwerder, have been again occu pied
by the French, who are alto in pofTclien of the
whole of the coat along the gulph of Frifch-
half but nc. comfortable body Of troops had
arrived in the7fuburbs of Dantzic, for the DUR
pofe of commencing the hege ofthat city. The