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 128 C. 4, 5. Anno quarto Georgii III. A. D. 1763. This Aft not to extend LXX VI.- Provided alfo, That nothing in this Act contained (hall extend, or be anyways con- to the Militia farther ft ruec i to extend, to concern any of the Militia Forces of this Kingdom, or of the Kingdom of Ire- MiUdSuwT land, ox mjerfey, Guernfiy, Attorney or Sari, or the Iflands thereto belonging, excepting only in Aich Cafe wherein by any Act for regulating the Militia Forces in that Part a? Great Britain called England, the Provifions contained in this Act, or in any Act for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion, which mail be then in force, are extended and meant to take place in refpect of theOificers of the Militia and Private Militia Men, within the Part of Great Britain aforefaid. CAP. IV. An Act for exhibiting a Bill in this prefent Parliament, for naturalizing his Highnefs the Hereditary Prince of Brunfwick Lunenburg. Preamble. c ^ST THERE AS the King's moll Excellent Majefty (whom God long preferve) hath been ' W pleafed, to the univerfal Joy and Satisfaction of his People, and for the better ftrengthening ' the Proteftant Intereft in Europe, to give his elded Sifter, her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Augu/la., ' poffeffing the mod exalted Virtues, and adorned with all poffible Accomplifhments, in Marriage to ' his Highnefs the Hereditary Prince of Brunfwick Lunenburg, diftinguifhed by the moft heroick Qua- 5 lities, which have, from his early Youth, rendered him illuftrious over all Europe, and endeared ' him to this Nation : And whereas a more grateful Proof of the Efteem and Affection of thisKing- ' dom cannot be given to his Highnefs, than, by an Act of Naturalization, to make him capable of ' enjoying thofe Rights and Liberties which are enjoyed in thefe Kingdoms : And whereas by an Aft Chufes in Aa 7 Jac. 1. ' made in the feventh Year of the Reign of King James the Firft, every Perfon is required to receive c -"- ' the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, within one Month before any Bill for Naturalization be exhi- ' bited, and alfo to take the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance in the Parliament Houfe, before his ' or her Bill be twice read : And whereas by an Act palled in the firft Year of his Majefty King and t Geo. 1. c. 4. < George the Firft, it was enacted, That no Perfon fhall be naturalized, unlefs, in the Bill exhibited ' for that Purpofe, aClaufe, or particular Words, be inferted, to declare that fuch Perfon fhall not " thereby be enabled to be of the Privy Council, or a Member of either Houfe of Parliament, or to ' take any Office or Place of Truft, either Civil or Military, or to have any Grant of Lands, Tene- ' merits or Hereditaments, from the Crown, to himfelf, or any other Perfon in Truft for him; and ' that no Bill fhould, from thenceforth, be received in either Houfe of Parliament, unlefs fuch Leave given for exhibit- ' Claufe, or Words, be firft inferted or contained therein;' Be it enacted by the King's moft Excel- ing a Bill for naturaliz- ] ent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- .FledL^'mnce'of mons > in Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That a Bill for the Naturaliza- Brunfwick Lunenburg, ti° n of ms Highnefs the Hereditary Prince of Brunfwick Lunenburg, without the Claufe, or particular without inferring the Words, directed by the faid laft recited Act to be inferted, and without his receiving the Sacrament, Claufe, &c. in the laft or taking the Oaths by the firft recited Act required, fhall and may be exhibited and brought into recited A£r, or otheiwife tn j Parliament, and twice read; the faid recited Acts, or any other Law, Statute, Matter or Thing qualifying himfeif ac-, ,- • ' ,. -.i n. j- ' * ' ° cording to the firft re- whatfoever, to the contrary notwithftanding. cited Act. CAP. V. An Act: for Naturalizing his Highnefs Charles William Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Brunfwick Lunenburg. Preamble. ' "f¥7"HER.EAS the King's moft Excellent Majefty, whom God long preferve, has been ' V V pleafed, to the univerfal Joy and Satisfaction of his People, and for the better ftrengthen- ' ing the Proteftant Intereft in Europe, to give his eldeft Sifter, her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Au- ' gujla, poff-ffing the moft exalted Virtues, and adorned with all poffible Accomplifhments, in Mar- ' riage to his Highnefs Charles William Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Brunfvick Lunenburg, diftin- ' guifhed by the moft heroick Qualities, which have, from his early Youth, rendered him illuftrious ' over all Europe, and endeared him to this Nation : And whereas a more grateful Proof of the ' Efteem and Affection of this Kingdom cannot be given to his Highnefs, than, by an Act of Natu- ' ralization, to make him capable of enjoying thofe Rights and Liberties which are enjoyed in thefe- ' Kingdoms :' We therefore, "your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament affembled, do moft humbly befeech your Majefty, that it His Highneft Charles maybe enacted; and Be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice William Ferdinand, He- anc l Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affem- rcditary Prime of Crunf- y^. an j ^ the Authority of the fame, That his faid Highnefs Charles JVilliam Ferdinand, Heredi- XTlu^mA-^mni^- tai v P'> iace °' ~ Bntnfw'uk Lunenbu-g, be, to all Intents and Purpofes whatfosver, deemed, taken and j e Q, " " efteemed, a natural-born Subject of this Kingdom, as if the faid Prince had been born within this Realm; any Law, Statute, Matter or Thing whatfoever, to the contrary notwithftanding. 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