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NUAIBEit 2,272.] GENERAL ELECTION. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. THE COMMITTEE fig conducting the RE ELECTION of Mr. BANKES sit at the British Coffee Ylowe, Cockspur-street. TUESDAY the 13th is flted for the lhy of Election, and the Poll will continue open during the subse. %wilt Day. Every facility of conveyance is provided to prevent delay on the .-veral roads leading to Cambridge, and every requisite infonna ioll may be Obtained at the Committee Room. Committee Room, Jane 7th. TO THE LIVERY OF LONDON. • GENTLIXOI, F RIDAY at Noon is appointed for the Nomination of your Representatives to Parliament, allow me respectfully to entreat the favour of your early attendance and continued support —on that support I cheerfully and gladly depend. They are not truly acquainted with your character, who suppose that you manifest caprice or fickleness towards those to whom your confidence has been g l e n. My attachment to Constitutional Liberty—my attention to the welfare of the Corporation-mand to my official duties as Sheriff, Alderman, and Chief Magistrate—and my zealous labours in favour of local and general improvement—first obtained for me that confidence which I received with graltude, and have uni formly endeavoured to preserve. My Canvass has been necessarily, though reluctantly, limited ; but I have every where found that my independence, my firm adherence to principle, and my constant solicitude to pi mote the Corporate, Shipping, Manufacturing, and Trading Interests of this Metropolis, have produced the most gra- Cring effect, and obtained from Persons of all denominations, and all Parties, the warmest assurances of support. The speedy Nlfilment of those promises I now with respect and confidence invite; and deeply impressed with your , past kindness,, and per ic:::y devoted to your future service, I remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful and much, obliged friend and servant, M. WOOD. Committee Room, Citeatometreet, June 7,11126. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, JUNE 3. 1826. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Session of Oyer and, Terminer, and Gaol Delivery, fur the Trial of Of fences committed on the High Seas, within the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, will be held at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, London. on Savoansv, the Ist of July next, at Eight &Clock the morning. And all Sheriffs, Gaolers, and Keepers of Prisons, in whose cus tody any Prisoners, charged with Offences committed on the High S:as, or within the said Jurisdiction, may be, are hereby required o) transmit a Copy of the Commitment of every such prisoner to Mr. Blexttt.t., the Solicitor of the Admiralty, on Spring Garden Terrace, London, in order that the necessary measures may be taken for removing all such prisoners to his Majesty's Gaol of New gate, (or trial at the said intended Session; and all Mayors, Jos_ tires, Coroners, and other Officers, befor(wbom any Inquisitions, Informations, Examinations, or Recognizant= may have been taken, touching any such Offences, are required to transmit the same forthwith, to Mr. I . IIIOIIIIAS SHELTON, the Clerk of Arraigns of High Court of Admiralty of Englaind, at his Office, at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, London. J. W. CROKER. DhMERARY AND ESSEqUEBO. • I.HE Undersigned, in capacity as Peputy First Mar-, shal of the United Colony of Demerary and Essequebo, Ad- vertises, by these presents, for the First, Second, and Third Times, that he will, by virtue of certain sentences of the Honourable Coon of Criminal and Civil Justice of said United Colony, Batpose and Sell, at Public Execution Sale, the following Plantations, with -.heir Cultivation, Buildings, Slaves, and further Appurtenances, viz. Firstly, In the month of Hires:nate next, the Coffee Plantation, W ITTE ZW A Alt R, situate on Li g uan I s l an d Hir er , E s ! sequel)°, the Property of the Lutheran Consistory of this Colony. Secondly, In the same Month, the Sugar Plantation, TWEE V RIENDEN, situate on Waltenaam Island. Essequebo, the Property of the Heirs of the late Mts. Pt axxxasuan STRUMS. The Jitilitium of Prat et Concurrenths se the Net Proceeds of the above Sales, will be held by the said Honourable Court of Justice Three Al‘r , ths after the respective days of Sale, for which real, a ail those who may pretend to have any Right, Title, or Interest to tLe Net Proceeds of the said Plantations, are herewith by him; the undersigned Dtputy First Marshal of said United Colony, sum ncd to appear in Person, or by their Attornies, to lay their claims, in due form, before the Honourable Court of Justice of the arortsaid United Colony of Denterary and Itssequebo, at their ordinary Session, in the month of April, 1827, under a penalty that, agatnet the non-appearance, will be proceeded as the law directs. The Inventories-of the above stated Plantations are daily to be tten at to Counting-house of Messrs. Hall, MacGarel, and Co. 7, Austinf..iats, London ; and at the Counting-house of P. Ji Le Jelk, 1:..q. Amsterdam. _ 3. D. HALEY, Deputy First Marshal. Demerary and Essequeho, this td January, 1826. MANSION HOUSE ? WITH MANOR, In an excellent Sporting Country, TO BE LET, Completely and elegantly FURNISHED, and entered upon immediately. A LL that CAPITAL MANSION, called ASTItOP LI HOUSILin the County of NORTHAMPTON, with suit able Offices and Outbuildings, walled Garden, Dove House, Fish P.,ndt, and extensive Ma no r, w e ll St oc k e d ; b eaut if u l Sh ru bbery : , ti4 Pleasure Grounds; double Coach House, Stabling for Twelv e ll.,rse.s, and TWENY-EIGHT ACRES of excellent GRASS 1..1N D. If more Land is required, any quantity not exceeding ihir Hundred Acres may be had. Astrop is situate in a fine Sporting Country, in the neighbour hood of three Packs of Fox Hounds, and is five miles front Ban bury, six front Brackley, six from Deddington, twelve from &- freer, thirteen from Buckingbxm, sixteen from Chipping Norton, twer,ty from Oxford, and sixty-eight from London. For Particulars, and view of the Premises by Tickets only, apply to Mr. Richard K N. Lee, Solicitor, No. 43, Lincoln's-Inn 4, Ws, London ; or to Mr. Adam Murray, Surveyor, No. 61, St. Martin's-lane, London; or to Mr. Peter Wilson, at the Farm House. HENRYL. COOPER (l ate J osep h C ooper an d S on ), 11. N.Ne.9i, Bishopsgate.street Within, AUCTIONEER, AP PRA ISER, HOUSE AGENT, and UPHOLDER, begs to :• in his Friends and the Public generally, he continues to RE ,! ;•I ER ESTATES and HOUSES FOR SALE in any part • 'he Kingdom, and trusts that few concerns in the Metropolis, 4 r,.11,g from his long establishment, posatss more extensive Con : f C!10113 for the disposal of Property. Household Furniture pus.- cha•td at liberal Prices, or removed to convenient situations for dispobal if Sales on the Premises are objected to. It is th e principal feature of his Establishment to settle all Sale Acmunts penerally within three days after the Saks have been effected, and to make no charge for Registering Property intended to be dibposed of by Private Contract, unless absolutely Sold thrnugii his Amity. ESTATES SURVEYED and VALUED. RECEIPT of RENTS, Securities, and all description of Pro vrty niatsges.: A I•l l . rioMrtitude and dispatch, whether under truss ur otherwise--,e 1 dr.ple security given where required. i:i Extensive Dry Store-Rooms for Warebottig Awakes of 2 descriptions, on moderate charges. • . 41, , 71 1 1 4 „ . • • '_dk .‘ C7l •• 1 I :. • ), - iidf/ / 9 16 " " rrl ••'• ,/•••, f 1 44 . far. Apr , , tiellii/r TH URSSD. A' EV LETTER OF WILMOT HORTON, ESQ. TO THE [PRICE SEVENPENCE. ELECTORS OF NEWCASTLE•UNDER-LIME _,.w..__. and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary scnte of the words of their oath, without any evasion, equivo cation, or mental reservation whatsoever, and without any dispensation aheady granted by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, or any person o hatsoevet , and without thi nking they are or can be acquitted be`ore Goo or man, or absolved of this declaration, or any part thereof, although the Pope, or any persons in au thority whatsoever, shall dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the be ginning! After this full, explicit, and sworn declare tron, we are utterly at a loss to conceive on what possible ground we could be justly charged with bearing towards our Most Gracious Sovereign only a divided allegiance." The Roman Catholic Bishops of Iceland have net, it will be observed, made any declaration with respect to the cbliga ion of an oath. This I do not impute to them as a fault, bat I do as an omission, because the opinions relsec ing the obligation of an oath are, infect s the key-stone on which the whole principle of resistance to the Roman Catholic claims must depend. I beg, however, to declare, that I, for one, can perfectly under stand an unwillingness to resort to a formal ezpos:tion l of an opinion to maintain the contrary, which is an ,admission wl ich itself distpuelifies a man from entering into civil society at all; but I am glad to find that it is introduced in the declaration of the English Roman Ca• tholies, because it prevents the possible expression of that suspicion which may yet lurk in the minds of some met. The declaration of the English Roman Catholics rn this subject is so satisfactory, so full, and so unequivocal, is, in my opinion, to justify the ma'ntenance of a civil action against any person absolutely denying the inte grity and good faith of the parties in making it; and upon this, as well as other points of presumed Roman Catholic belief, I confess that I sl ould be glad to try the verdict of an English Protestant Jury, as to the fact, whether a Catholic is to be belies;ed upon his oath, with respect to the doctrines which ate contained in these declarations, as contrasted with those which are imputed to Mm by many persons, who will not relax their im putations in deference to any disclaimer, however solemn and conclusive. I am aware that it might be difficult to prove a civil injury sustained under an imputation of erroneous and uticbrisCan opinions in any special in.. stance: and that, therefore, it must be an aggravated case that would bring any charge of this sort within the scope of a civil prosecution ; but, on the other hand, think it is impossible to maintain that the collective body of the Roman Catholics are not injured by the dogmatical imputation to them of opinions, which the imputing party could not be prepared to abjure more readily and entirely than the party against shunt the imputation is unhesitatingly made. There is another point of extreme importance, as cons netted with the civil part of the question upon which the declarations of the Roman Catholic Bishops, both of Great Britain and of Ireland, are in my opinion completely satisfactory. I mean the imputed or alleged claim of the Ronson Catholics to the property of the Church Establishment in England and Ireland; or to any other property which may have been forfeited by Roman Catholics in former days. On this point I beg also to refer yr u to my letter to the Duke of bli.rfolk, in which the subject is considered in detail. The Rn. man Catholic Bishops of Ireland say_" the Catholics of Ireland, far from claiming any right or title to for feit lands, resulting froth any right, title, or juiciest, which their ancestors might have had therein, declare, upon oath, that they will defend to the utmost of their power the settlement and arrangement of property in this country, u established by the laws now in being." They also " disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure, any intention to subvert the present Church Establish ment, for the purpose of substituting a Catholic Estab lishment in its stead. And further, they swear that they will not exercise any privil.-ge to which they are or may be entitled, to disturb and weaken the Protestant reli gion and Protestant Government in Ireland." The English Roman Catholic Btshops declare as fol lows :—" British Catholics are charged with entertain ing a pretended right to the property of the Established Church in England. We consider such a charge to be totally wi.hout fonniation. We declare that we enter tain no pretension to such a claim. We regard all the revenues and temporalities of the Church Establish ment as the property of chase on whom they are settled by the laws of the land. We disclaim any tight, title, or pretension, with regard to the same." There is only one other point to which, in accordance pith the limitation which I have laid down, I hold it necessary to refer yeti. viz. the question about keeping faith with heretics. Upon this subject, the English Roman Catholic Bishops make the following declara tion :—Catholics are charged with holding the principle that they are bound to keep faith with heretics. As Catholics, we hold, and we declare, that all Catholics are bound by the law of nature, and. by the law of re. vealed religion, to ob erve the duties of fidelity and justice to all men, without any exception of persons, and without any distinction of nation or religion..- British Catholics have solemnly sworn that they reject and detest that unchristian aad impious principle that faith is net to be kept with heretics or infidels. After this, the imputation of their holding this principle can not but be felt by them as grievously injurious to their reli4ious and moral character." 'llse Irish Roman Catholic Bishops state, that " the Catholics of Ireland not only do not believe, but they declare upon oath that they detest, as uncbristiau and impious, the belief that it is lawful to murder or destroy any person or persons whatsoever, for or under the pretence of their being heretics ; and also the pi ncirle that no faith is to be kept with heretics. They further declare on oath their belief that no act in itself unjust, immoral, or wicked, can ever be justified or excused, by or under the pretence or colour that it was don-, either for the good of the Church, or in obedience to any ecclesiastical power whatsoever : that it is not an article of the Catholic faith,neithe t r o a ob re e th y e a y n t y he ora ret e or r e in re it q s u o k v. ed n to believe that the Pope is infallible ; an d t h at t h ey do not hold themselves bound nature immoral, though the Pope or any ecclesiastical power should issue or direct such an rider, but, on the contrary, that it would be sinful in them to pay any respect or obehence thereto." I have tip toques( you to read these declarations, in the tone and teml.et in -which you are invited to do so GENTLEMEN—Yoe will recollect that, on the 4th of October, 1825, I pledged myself that, before the period should arrive when it might be proper that I should personally claim your suffrages, I would give to every person within the borough of Newcastle the means of judging for himself on the subject of what is called "the Catholic Qu..stinn." I should much regret that the fulfilment of that pledge (which circumstances have made it impossible for me to execute at an earlier period) had been delayed so long, if I thought there was any extra :rdinary mystery in the subject ; if, in fact, I did co: think that I could succeed in bringing it before you, in such a plain and simple form as might render it, comparatively speaking. a short and easy matter for you to decide on the adoption or rejection of the pro position submitted to you. After a very attentive examination of the history of the "Catholic Question," I considved that the best mode of bringiortisis subject befdie you would be to obtain a distinct explanatory statement of the doctrines , and opinions of th e It mean Catholics of the present day, in so f.-r as such doctrines and opinions can be considered by the most jealous Protestants as calculated to affe. t the exercise 3t their civil dirties as subjects.— With reference to such a statement I addressed and published " A Letter to the Doke of Norfolk," to which I beg to ici. r you. In that letter I pointed out at length the advantages! anticipated from a distinct statement of this nature, both to the Roman Catholics who seek the boon of admission to all the privileges of the Constitu tion, and to the Protestants who deny that boon, from an apprehension and distrust of the possible conse quences which might arise from its concession. Since the period at which I addressed that letter to the Duke of Norfolk, two publications have appeared, which (though I have no authority to state that they have arisen from th at appeal on my part) have so close a bearing on that view of the question which I wish more particularly to investigate, that they appear to me to have mainly executed the specific purpose which I considered as so desirable: true of them is entitled, " A Pastoral Addreis of the Roman Cotholic Arch bishops and Bishops, to the Clergy and Laity of their .Communion throughout Ireland," and is signed by 'thirty Roman Catholic, - Prelates in that country. the `other is a declaration of the whole 'body of Roman Ca tholic Bishops (the Vicars ApOstolic and their c tadju tors) in England and Scott and. • You will find in these decimations a most unquali fied and distinct rejection of the authority of the Rpe in temporal matters, while at the same time there is the most unequivocal acknowledgment of his authority in spiritual matters. It therefore becomes of essential importance to consider the distinction between tempo ral and spiritual authority, and, this distinction is laid down with such precision as to remove doubts from the mind • of any man who is not disposed to distrust dr.,' integrity of the, parties making this distinction. It is also to be observed that these declarations are not the declarations of the Laity, whose authority on the sub-, ject of Roman Catholic doctrine, unless it were sanc tioned by the opinion of their Clergy, alight be disputed, although their sincerity Might be admitted ; but solemn declarations on the part of the highest Roman Catholic Ecclesiastics within these realms. Nor, again, are they the declarations of indieiduali, but of a body carrying with them all the weight inherent in its ccrporate character. With respect to the doctrinal points of the Roman Catholic religion which do not bear in any degree upon the civil conduct of the Roman Catholics, and to the explanation of those doctrines in the subjoined declara tion, lam not prepared to offer any c•:mment. It is not to be expected that, as a Protestant, Ican concur in the soundness of the reasoning which is applied in jus • tification of particular points of the Roman Catholic faith. It is only where such doctrines interfere with the exercise of civil duties that my jurisdiction as a member of the Legislature commences, and that I have a right to examine before I determine to concede. I shall, therefore, proceed to shew you that nothing can be mote satisfactory than the opinions entertained by the Roman Crthotcr respecting " the obligation of an oath." I shall next demonstrate that their opinions upon the civil points of " divided allegiance," " Church property," 4 4 faith with heretics,"are so satisfactory, that it is not fitting that any man, otherwise duly qualified to 'sit in Parliament, or to hold civil offices, should be dis qualified by his religion from doing so, provided that he will be prepared to attest, by his oath, his genuine accordance in the principles explained in these Resolu tions; and, finally, I shall shew, that leaving the ques tion untouched, of the entire and absolute independence of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, with respect to the See of Rome, n 3 sort of danger can occur, even if such independence should not be admitted. Adore, however, this subject can be approached, it is possible that a preliminary difficulty may be started.— Hovfever satisfactory and explicit these declarations may be in their tone and language, have we (it may be ask ed) any cvideice of the genuine and uncompromising sincerity of die parties who make them ? I would an swer, we have that test which is the most perfect that can be applied in civil scciety—their readiness to con firm by their oath this expression of their opinion. I may then be asked, What is their opinion of an obliga tion of an oath ; and I answer this question in the words of the English Roman Catholic Bishops, in Section 7 of their ,declaration. 4 1 . Catholics ale charged with holding that they are not bound by any oath ; and that the Pope can dispense them from all the oaths they may have taken. We cannot sufficiently express our astonishment at such a charge. We hold that the obli gation of an oath is most sacred ; for t - by an oath, man calls the Almighty Searcher of Hearts to witness the sincerity of his conviction of the truth of what he asserts, and his fidelity in performing the engagement he makes. Hence, whoever swears falsely, or violates the lawful engagement he has confirmed by an oath, not only offends against truth or justice, but against religion. He is guilty of the enormous crime Of prrjory. No power in any Pope, or Council, or in any individual or body of rnms invested with an authority in the Ca tholic Church, can make it lawful for a Catholic to con- KING, JUNE 8, 1826. firm any falsehood by an oath, or dispense with any oath by which a Catholic has confirmed his duty of al- legiance to his Sovereign, or any obligation of duty or justice to a third person. He who takes An oath is bound to observe it, in the obvious meaning of the wot ds, or in the known meaning of the person to whom it is sworn." • It is possible (though, I trust more than improbable) that I may be told that, although this statement on the subject of the obligation of an oath should be itself confirmed by an oath, doubts may still be entertained of the veracity of the parties. My only answer to such an observation is this ; that those who are capable of making it must in c.msisttncy be prepared nqt only to renew the penal laws against the W.man Catholics, but to aggravate those laws by such provisions as may overly and completely exclude them from the pale of civil society—in other words. to disfranchise the freeholders of Ireland,,who are now entitled to vote at elections, to prevent Catholics from holding commissions in the army and navy, and above all, to prevent. them from being allowed to give evidence in Courts of Justice, either civil or criminal. If the sacredness of an oath be to be doubted, there is an end of all hum:in means of cunt, oiling or directing any class of persons except by Vie most rig d , deter mined, and systematic coercion ; but if the sacredness of the oath of a It.man Catholiz be admitted in general, it must be admitted in the special instance now under consideration; and then the only remaining questions are, first—what opinions are our Roman Catholic fel low subjects prepared to confirm by this species of sanction? and, secondly, Are those opinions such as to qualify them for a full participation in the privileges of the Constitution? An objection of the most general and practical nature to what is called Catholic emancipation is founded on the presumed incompatibility of obedience to the Pope, the spiritual head of the Roman Catholic Church, with entire allegiance to the Sovereign, to whom entire civil allegiance is due. If any real doubts can remain in the mind of any man, with respect to the opinions of the Roman Catholics upon this subject, I admit that a strong justification is afforded for the refusal of those privileges, to a participation in which the Roman Ca tholic body never ceases to aspire ; and here again, I can only transcribe the eighth section of the declaration of the 'lomat' Catholic Bishops of Great Britain: " Catholics are charged with dividing their allegi ance between their temporal Sovereign and the Pope. Allegiance relates not to spititual.but to civil duties— to those temporal tributes and obligations, which the subject owes to the person of his Sovereign, and to the authority of the State. By the term spiritual, we here mean that which in its nature tends directly to a super naoural tud, ar is ordained to produce a supernatural eff,:ct. Thus the office of teaching :Ile doctrines of faith, the administration of the sacraments, the conferring and eercising of -jurisdictioo purely ecclesiastical, are spiritual matters. By the term temporal, we mean that 'which in its nature tends directly to the end of civil society. Thus the right of making laws for the civil Government of the State, the administration of civil justice, the appointment of civil Magis- trates and Military Officers, are temporal matters.— The allegiance which Catholics hold to be due, and are bound to pay to their Sovereign, and to the civil authority of the State, is perfect and undivided. They do not divide their allegiance between their Sovereign and any other power on earth, whether temporal or ecclesiastical. They acknowledge in the Eovtreign, and in the consti tuted Government of these realms, a supreme civil and temporal authority, which is entirely distinct from, and totally independent of, the spiritual and ecclesiastical authority of the Pope, and of the Catholic Church. Toey declare that neither the Pope nor any other Pie late, or ecclesiastical person of t! a Roman Catholic Church, has, in virtue of his spiritual or ecclesiastical character, any tight, directly or indirectly, to any civil or temporal jurisdiction, power, s upe r io r ity, pre•emi nence, or authority, within this realm, nor has any right to interfere, directly or indirectly, in the civil Govern ment of the United Kingdom, or any part thereof, nor to oppose in any manner the performance of the civil duties which are due to his Majesty, his heirs, and sue. cessor3, froth all or any of his Majesty's subjects, nor to enforce the performance of any spiritual or ecclesiastical duty, by any civil or temporal means. They hold themselves bound in conscier.c: to obey the Civil Ga vernasent of this realm, in all things of a temporal and 'Civil name, notwithstanding any dispensation or order to the contrary, bad, or to be bad, from the Pope, or any authority of the Church of Rome.—Heace we de clare, that by rendering obedience in spiritual matters to the Pope, Catholics ‘l4 nut withhold any portion of their allegiance to their King, and that their allegiance is entire and undivided ; t'ie civil power of the State, and the spiritual authority of the Catholic Church, being absolutely distinct, and being never intended by their Divine Author to interfere or clash with each other. " Render unto Caesar the things that are Cosies, and to GOD the things that are Goo's." I also transcribe the twelfth section of the declaration of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland, on the sub. ject of allegiance, which will be found rigidly to csncur ' with the statement of doctrine which I have now quotea, though not so detailed, and on that account only, in my opinion, not so satisfactory as the English statement. "The Catholics of Ireland swear that they will be faithful and hear true allegiance to our Must Gracious Sovereign Lord • King George the Fourth ; that they will maintain, support, and defend, to the utmost of their power, the succession to the Crown in his Majesty's family, against any person or persons whatsoever; ut terly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegi ance to any other person, claiming or pretendiug a .right to the Crown of these realm::—that they renounce, reject, and abjure the opiMon, that Prince:excommuni cated by the Pope and Council, or by any authority of the See of Rome, or by any authority whatsoever, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or by any person whatsoever ; and that they 4 do not believe that the P..pe of Rom-, or any other foreign Prince, Prelate, State, or Potentate, Isiah or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this tealin: They further solemnly in the presence of Goo, proles, testify, and declare, that they make this de,.lara ion, 1