or L300 per annum in any county where he intends to
serve.

Secondly, His royal highness promises, in like manner, to support,
and forthwith grant, whenever he shall have it in his power, a bill to
create and establish a numerous and effectual militia throughout the
kingdom.

Thirdly, His royal highness promises, in like manner, to promote and
support, and likewise grant, when it is in his power, a bill to exclude
all military officers in the land-service under the degree of colonels
of regiments, and in the sea-service under the degree of rear-admirals,
from sitting in the house of commons.

Fourthly, His royal highness promises that he will, when in his power,
grant inquiries into the great number of abuses in offices, and does not
doubt of the assistance of all honest men, to enable him to correct the
same for the future.

Fifthly, His royal highness promises, and will openly declare, that
he will make no agreement with, or join in the support of,
any administration whatever, without previously obtaining the
above-mentioned points in behalf of the people, and for the sake of good
government. Upon these conditions, and these conditions only, his royal
highness thinks he has a right not to doubt of having a most cordial
support from all those good men who mean their country and this
constitution well, and that they will become his and his family's
friends, and unite with him, to promote the good government of this
country, and that they will follow him, upon these principles, both in
court and out of court; and if he should live to form an administration,
it should be composed, without distinction, of men of dignity,
knowledge, and probity. His royal highness further promises to accept of
no more, if offered to him, than L800,000 for his civil list, by way of
rent-charge.

_Answer to the foregoing proposal._

The lords and gentlemen to whom a paper has been communicated,
containing his royal highness the prince's gracious intentions upon
several weighty and important points, of the greatest consequence to
the honour and interest of his majesty's government, and absolutely
necessary for the restoring and perpetuating the true use and design of
parliament, the purity of our excellent constitution, and the
happiness and welfare of the whole nation, do therein with the greatest
satisfaction observe, and most gratefully acknowledge, the uprightness
and generosity of his royal highness's noble sentiments and resoluti