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PARIAAMENTARY PAPERS. No. I - A BILL to PROVIDE for the REMOVAL of the DISQUA LIFICATIONS under which his MAJESTY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC SUBJECTS now. LABOUR. Whereas the Protestant Sncession 'to the venial Crown of this United Kingdom and its Depctulancies, is,. by.the Act fur the further limitation of the 'Crown, and Vac )4,flt_tetvteming; tbe.liberties of the People, 'established perraatrntly and irsciolAbly : And 'shrm.as.thq Protestant. Episcopal Church of Englhnd and Ireland, and the doctrine, discipline, and government :Lttru . of, .p.tutlikewite the Protestant Presbyterian iThnrCh of hedoct or, and government the'reof, are, by the, respective Acts nt 1..7n05s between England and tind..beteveen Great .Britain and Ireland, therein '?ererally established.pecimaneutly and inviolably An‘l whereas ; after.due consideration of the situation, dis positiocl, and conduct Uf bis iNlajesty',3 Roman Catholic Sub jests, it appears just and fitting to communicate to them the !mil : filjoynvent of the benefits and advantages of the con'sti government - happily. established in this United • I%:in,:d" . li, 'thus. putt ring au end t.. religions jealousies, ennui ,' lidating thOlnion betw, en eireat Britain and Ireland, and 4. - uniting and knitting togetber the hearts of all his 11,41:jesty's ~.subjects in,on e and the same. interest, for ‘ the support of his 4 "Majesty's'Peron, FaMit (7rown, and Government, and fur the dc fe;_tce . ft heir cowmen iighti and liberties : -.• Acid t‘hereas by certain Acts passed in the Parliaments Britain and Ireland, the Oaths of • Allegiance s4.reEriacy; therein provided, are lequired .to he •ialit'!'for certain ' - purposes tlierein mentioned; and the tadbafir:of Supremacy is expressed in the followlog terms: — . i 4 7 I; A. .e. •do swear,- That I do horn my heart detest #.: . . andapjute, itp i.ions and heretical, that &minable dire , trine and .position that , Princes excommunicated or deprived hr- the Pope, pr.any authority of the See of Rome, may beide , posed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatso re4r ;•a:td I d i declare, that no foreign prince, prelate, state ,or p4entate, kith Or onght to bare any jurisdiction; power, sop'eriority, pre-eminence or authority,. Ecchisiastical or this realm : So help me God :" .Ind whereas: his MajeSq's Roman Catholic Subjects in Clr'at Brit4infaml. Iry and , have been at all tunes ready and ersirous to take the said,Oath of Allegiance in common with Majesty's other Subjects; but entertain scruples with re spect to talrin4 the Oath of Supremacy, so : far as the same might be construed to import a disclaimer . of the spiritual Authority of the Pipe or Church of Rome in matters of re ligious'belief And - wliereas it appears from the admonition annexed to the Injunctions- of tier Majesty Queen Elizabeth, publi,bed in 'the first year of her Majesty's reign, and sanctioned by the Act passed in the fifth year of her 'reign, intituled, " An Act the,assuratice of the Qrseeti', regal powers over all Estates and subjects within her dotninions,'! that snub Disclaimer was'orig.nally'meant-cnly't6-extend to any such acknowledge- Ineut of foreign jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-enii in>liceoir autlrirrity, as ie or—could be iucompatible with the civil duty and allegiance wh;ch is due to his Majesty and Suc cessorg ton, all his Subjects: - - And whereas a Legislative explanation, to that effect, may tliert:itre he foo'ricrly arid safely given and declared; Mi.) , it Vtierefore joleair your MAJZSTY, That it maY'be enicted and declared"; and be it enacted by . the King's Most , ExCiAlriit Itfajeity, by and aith the advice and consent of Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com inons;in Parliament assetubli;d, and by the authority of the sante, That nothing contained in the'said Oath of Supremacy •shall be understood to express or imply further or otherwise, than that the persons taking the same do thereby unreserv. iedly and unequivically profess arid declare, in the presence of Altnighty.God, that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state r , or potentate, bath or ought to have any jurisdiction, ipowisr:, supremacy, pre-eminence or authority, temporal, ec; '•clesiastical, or spiritual, within this realm, that in any manner vr-fof.any purpose conflicts or interferes with the duty of full audundivided allegiance, which by the laws of this realm is due to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, from all his -'tiobjicts, or with the legal rights of his Majesty's Subjects, or any album. • • And whereas by other Acts of the said Parliaments, certain -other oaths and declarations, commonly called the Oath and Declaration against Transubstantiation, and the Oath and, Declaration against 'ciansubstantiation and Popery, and against the belief of Transubstantiation; the Invocation of the Virgin Mary or other Saints, and the Sacrifice of the Mass, as used in the 'Cinirch of Rome, are required to he .ialsen as •qmilificatiuns 'fur the enjoyment of certain offices franchises and, 'civil *rights : And whey, as all the said last mentioned-Oaths and Declarations 4cl:de - solely to matters of spiritual and religious belief; and do not in anywise relate to affect or interfere with" the allegiance' or civil duty of his Majesty's subjects, and may flrereforc properly, and safely be abrogated ; lite it thrref,re enacted and' declared, That such parts tsf the Acts hereinbefore 'mentioned, as require any ile claratioa or declarations to be made against Transubstantia tion, or the Invocztion'of the Virgin Maryor any other Saint, or the sacrlfice of the, Slass, he arirt tire sanie e are hereby abso• Intel) , 'repealed, arid such declarations shall no longer be tendered or required to be made virtue or in execution ut the sail Acts, or any of theM. And be it' further enacted and - declared, That from ,and no other oaths shall be tendered after the to, or rrquired to be taken by his :Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects within the emit:lions of his Majesty, fur enabling them to take bold o'r enjoy ally civil right, or any real or personal property, tban can *Le "tendered to; or required t b, taken by' his Mayesty"s other stiljects—within his said dominions, Prosided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing i o this adt contained shall extend, or lie construed to extend to divense with, repeal or alter any of the lawi now in force respecting the succession of the Imperial Crown of these ivahlts iii the Protestant line, or respecting the marriages of the descendants of• his late Majesty King George the Second, or for establishing the uniformity of public prayers, or ad sviuistrion eff sacraments in the united EpiScopal Church of ~ • Enkrand and Ireland. 'Worided also, and be it ftirther enacted, That nothing in ibis Act contained shall be construedtO enable any person or i)eisons, othirWise than' as the'y arc now by law enabled to laUld; enjoy, or to exercise any office, beneficial place or dig nity, Of in or helonging to the said united Church of England and Ireland; or to the Church of Scotland ; or any place or office whate'rea, : of or belonging to any of the Ecclesiastical Courts o'fiudicattire of this realm, or any Court of Appeal, •om or review or the itntences of such court or courts, of or belonging tu..any Cathedral• or. Collegiate •or •Ecclesiastical . E4tablOment br 'Foundation within the same; or any oflici• or plate 'Whatetei of or belonging to 'any 'of the Univer sities of this rearm ; or any office or place whatever, and by whatever *name the same may he. called, of in or belonging to :any of the Colleges .ar. • Halls. of the said Universities; or of the Colleges of .i,Eton, Westminister or Winchester, of any College or Schntl o Ecclesiastical Foundation within this realM ; or to repeal, abrogate, or in any manner to inter& re with any local statute, ordinance-or rate, which is or shall be established by competent authority within any such University, College, Hall or School, and by which Roman Catholics shall be prevented from being admitted thereto, or from residing or taking degrees therein : Provided also. That nothing herein cOntained shall extend, or be construct to extend, to enable any person professing the Roman Catholic Religion, to exercise any right of presenta tion to any ecclesiastical benefice whatsoever; and that in every case in which a *right of presentation is or shall be vested in a person professing the Roman CathOlic Religion, the same shall he, and continue to he exercised in the same manner, and in no other than is now by law required, save and except where such right of presentation shall belong to the office in the gift or appointment of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors ; in which case if such office shall be held by a person professing the Roman Catholic Religion, it shall and may be lawful fur his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, to appoint by commission under the Great Seal such member or members of the Privy Council, being a Protestant or Protes tants, as he or they shall think fit, to be a Commissioner or Commissioners fur exercising such right of presentation, whilst such office shall be held by a ,ptrson professing the Roman Catholic Religion. Provided also,-and be it fort brr Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person professing the Roman Catholic Re ligion, directly or indirectly,-to advise the Crown in the ap pointment or disposal of any office or preferment, lay or eccle siastical, in the Unites! Protestant Episcopal Church of England and Ireland, or of the Church of Scotland ; or that if any such person shall presume to advise his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, touching or concerning any such ap pointment of disposal, be shall, being thereof convicted by due course of law, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and disabled froM bolding any office civil or military under the Crown : Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall cid endoir lie construed to extend, to enable any person being a Romau Catholic, to hold and enjoy the office of Lord High Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lord Commissiouer of the Great Seal of Great Britain, or of Lord Lieutenant or Lord.. Deputy, or other the chief governor or chief governors of Ireland. .(.S7u. 11.) A BILL to - RECIIILATF. the INTERCOURSE between PER SONS in 1101,Y ORDERS, processing the ROMAN CA- - • .TIIOLIC RELIGION; wit hthe SEE of ROME. Whereas by an Act of this present. Session of Parliament, his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects have been relieved from several disqualifications to which they were legally And whereas it is expedient that such precautions should he taken in respect to persons in Holy Orders professing the' Roman Catholic-Religion, who may at. any time hereafter he elected nominated or appointed to the exercise or discharge of Episcopal ditties or functions in the Unman. Catholic Church, or to the duties or functions of a Dean in the said Church, within any part of the United Kingdom, as that no such person shall at any time hereafter assume the exercise or discharge of any such ditties or functions within the United Kingdom, ur any part thereof, whose loyalty and peaceable conduct shall not have been previously ascertained to the satisfaction-of his Majesty, his heirs or successors: And - whereas it is St to regulate the intercourse and corres pondence between the Subjects of this realm and the See of Rome ; May it therefore please your MAJESTY; • ' That it may be enaCted • and be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and con sent of the Lords Spiritual and . Temporal, and Com mons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, - that every person now exercising or who shall hereafter. exercise any of the spiritual duties or functions exercised by persons in [July Or ders, professing the Roman Catholic Religion within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall, within calendar months from the passing of this Act or within . calendar months after entering upon the exercise of any Ecclesiastical function within the said United Kingdom, take, make, and stibscrihe the Oath fol lowing; that. is to say, " I, A. B. do swear, That I will never concur in or consent to the appointment or consecration of any Runyan Catholic Bishop, or Dean, or Vicar Apostolic, in the Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom, but such as I shall conscien tiously deem to be of unimpeachable loyalty and peaceable conduct ; .and I do swear, that I have not and will not hare any correspondence or communication with the Pope or See of Rome . , or with any court ur tribunal established or to he es tablished by the l'ope or See of Rome, or by the authority of the same, of with any person or persons authorized or pre tending to be authorized by the Pope or See of Rome, tending directly or indirectly to overthrow or disturb- the Protestant Government, or the Protestant Church of Great Britain and Ireland. or the Protestant Church of Scotland, as by law established, 'and that I will not correspond or communi cate with the Pope or See of Route, or with anytribu nal established or to be established loy the Pope . ur Sc•e of Rome, or by the authority of the same, or with any person or persons authorized or pretending to tie authorized by the Pope ler See of Rome, or with any other Foreign Eccle siastical Authority, °wally matter or ailing which may inter fere-with or affect the civil ditty and allegiance which, is dde to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, from all his sub jects," • And be it enacted, That evety pinion who shall presume to exercise such duties or functions without taking and making such oaths and declarati,ins in manner•berein prescribed and directcd,being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall he deemed guilty of • And be it further enacted,-That the oaths and declarations by this Act appointed to be taken and made as hcreinbefore and hereinafter is mentioned, and not otherwise provided for, shall and may be made and taken in any of his Majesty's Courts of. Chancery.... Ring's Bench, Common- - Pleas or Exchequer at Westatinster or Dublin, or any of his Ma jesty's Courts of Session, Justiciary . or Exchequer, or in any Sheriff or Steward'Coutt• inScotland, and by Ma gistrates and Cotinsellort of the Royal Boroughs. in that part of the United Kingdom, before the counsel of their respective tioroughs, or in any Courts of General' Quarter Sessions in Great•iSritain or Irelatid, and shall be-subscribed by the person taking and making the same, and shall remain of record in.such.Court and the proper officer of suet] Court respectively with whom the custody of such record shall re main, shall _make, subscribe, and deliver,,a cerfineive of such Oath and Declaration having beet) duly made, taken, and sub -crit;eil to the person who shall have so made, taken and sub scribed the same, if the Same shall be demanded .immediately, fur whichcertificate there shall be paid no greater fee or re ward than .and such certificate, upon proof of the eel tifter:s band, and that he acted as such officer as aforesaid, shall be sufficient evidence of such person having duly made, taken, and subscribed such Declaration and Oaths. 'And be it further Enacted, That from and after the no person burn out of the United Kingdom of -Great ,Britain and Ireland, or the dominions therunto belonging,' except such as are horn of BritiSlr or Irish Parents, shall be cspable of exercising any Episcopal ditties or functions, or the duties 'or functions of a I)etn of the Roman Catholic Chureh within the United I(gdont, or any part thereof; and if any such person shall presume to exercise such duties or Noe, tions within the United Kingdom, or any part thereof, hr beirtg thereof convicted by:due course of law, shall be deemed guilty of And be it further Enacted, That from and after the no person in Holy Orders, professing the Roman Catholic Religion, shall be'capable'of exercising :env Episcopal duty or function, ar the duties or functions of a Dean in the Roman Catholic Church within the United Kingdom, unless he shall have been usually resident within the same for five years rust..preceding his first exercising such Epik copaT duty or function ; and .that if .any person shall presume to exercise the same, not having been so resident, lie being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be deemed guilty of Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to ex tend to such persons as afores.aids who shall', before the pass ing of this Act, liaee been in the exercise of such duty or function of the said. Chinch._ And whereas, it is fi t and expedient that such further pre caut6ns should be taken iii respect to persons in Holy Orders professing the Roman Catholic Religion,- who may at any time hereafter be el-ected, nominated, or appointed, to the exercise or discharge of Epischpal ditties or functions, or of the duties or functions of a Dean in the Roman Catholic Church within the United Kingdom, as that no such person shall at any time hereafter assume the exercise n„Ligichawe . of any such duties or functions in the said Chad), within the United Kingdom, or any part thereof, whose loyalty and peaceable conduct shall not have been previously ascertain ed to the satisfaction of his Majesty, his Heirs, and Sacces sors; And whereas, it is reasonable and necessary that Ilk :Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, should be fully informed of the extent - and nature of , any intercourse which may take place between the ..subjects of this realm and any foreign power, in order to prevent any evils or dangers to the State which might arise therefrom ; And whereas, the laws made in former times against intercourse between the subjects of this realm and the See of Rome are of extreme and undistin- . guishing rigour and severity; Be it therefore Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for his Majesty, his Heirs and Suc cessors, by two several Commissions to be issued under the Great Seal of Great Britain and under the Great Seal of Ire land respectively, to nominate and appoint in Great Bri tain, such person or persons - in Holy Orders professing the Ro man Cat holicAeligon,and exercisipg Episcopal duties or func tions in the Roman Catholic Church within Great Britain, and one of his Majesty's principal Seci!etai ies of State, and such other members of his Majesty's ruoo honourable Privy Council being Protestants in Great Britain, as his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, shall from time to tim-i. think fit ; and to nominate and appoint,- in Ireland, such persons in Holy Orders professing the Roman Catholic Religion, and exercis ing Episcopal du ies or functions in Ireland, and the chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, or Lord Deputy, or other chief governor or governors.of Ireland for the time being, and such other members of his - Majesty's most honourable Privy Council in Ireland, being Protestants, as his Majesty, his Hcirs and Successors, or the Lord Lieutenant or Lord Depu ty, or other chief governor. or governors of Ireland, shall from time to time think fit to he commissioners under this Act in Great Britain and Ireland tespectirely fiir the purposes hereinafter mentioned. And be it further enacted, That any number not less than of the said commissioners shall form a hoard fur exe cuting the several powers and duties by this Act vested in the said Commissioners in Great DlA:tin and Ireland respec tively. -Provided always, and be it further enacted,.That in Great Britain, one member of such board shall be either his Ma jesty's said principal Secret:try of State, or one other mem her of his Nlajesty' : s most lion. Privy Council being a Protest ant, and that one other member of such Board, shall be one of the Ecclesiastical Roman Catholic Commissioners afore said : and that in Ireland, one member of -such Board shall be either the said Chief Secretary of • the said Lord Lieute nant, Lord Deputy, or other Chief Governor, or Governors of Irelawl, or any other Member of his Majesty's most lion. Privy Council of Ireland, being a Protestant, and that one other Member of such BOard shall be one of .the Ecclrsiasti cat Roman Catholic Commissioners aforesaid-. And be it further Enacted, That in G . rtat Britain his Ma- . jetty's said principal Secretary of State, O . S. in bit absence, the Commissioners first named the said Commission fur Great Britain, and in Ireland, the said Chief Secretary to the Lw 1 Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, or other chief Governor or Gover ours of Ireland, or in his absence, the Commissioner first -named in the said ComnriSsion for Ireland, shall 'be the Pre- . sidents of the said Boards I espectively. And be it further En - Acted, That it shall and may be law ful fur his Majesty, hislicirs and Successors, from time to lime, at his and their will and pleasute, to revoke and deter mine the Commissions aforesaid, or either of them, and to cause a new Comuiission or Commissions to be sealed as afore said, appointing any other person or persons to be Commis sioners and. Members of the said Boards. Provided always, and he.it farther Enacted, That such new CoMmissiOn or Commissions 'shall issue within after the revocation and determination of any Commission or Counnissions so recolied and determined as aforesaid . And prociderl aNays, every .board appointed by such new Com Mission-in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, shall consist in lilse-manner of Roman Catholic Ecclesiastics exer cising, Episcopal duties or functions in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, as aforesaid, and of members of his Majesty's most Honourable-Privy Council in Great Britain and Ireland respectively; of whom, in Great Britain, one of his Majesty's principal . Secretaries of State, and in Ireland, the Chief .etretai y -of the Lord Lieutenant, 1.0, d Deputy, or other chief governor or governors of Ireland for the time being,- shall be one. And be it further enacted, That suct C o mriii,: s i o ner so to be appointed under this Act in Great•Thitain and lielarut respectively, shall before he takes upon himself the execution of any of the powers and duties hereby vested in the said Commissionirs, take and substAbe the following Oath : " 1, A. B. do promise and swear, That I will, without fa vour or affection, prejudice or malice to any person whatso ever, faithfully and impartially, and to the best of my judgment and discretion, execute and perform -the du ties of a Commissioner vested in me by virtue of an Act of the second year of his Majesty, intituled, .• An A et, &c.;" and will honestly and truly advise his Majesty in all matters which shall come before me• as a Commissioner under the said Act : and that I will not directly or indirectly publish disclose or make known, except to his Majesty or by his Majesty's command, any matter or thing whatioever which may or shall come to my konwledge by reason . or in conse quence of my being a CoMmissioner under the said Act." And be it further enacted, TW it shall he lawful for the said Boards of Commissioners in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, to make fruu► time to time such regulations to be binding on themselves for all purposes incident to the discharge of their office, as they thatl think proper; and to nominate and appoint such Secretaries or Clerks as shall lie necessary to attend upon the said Boards respectively, who shall be liable to dismission at the ple►sure of the said. board- : provided always, that such regulatitins and appoint ments shall, in Great Britain, be submitted to the approba tion of his Majesty, and in Ireland to that of the Lord Lieu tenant, Lard Deputy, or other chief Governor or Governors of Ireland. Provided altvays, and be it further enacted, that no Com missioner of either of the said Boards respectively shall re ceive or be entitled to any salary, reward, fee or gratuity, for his attendance at the same. And be it further Enacted, Tbat the secretaries or clerks of ttie said board of commissioners in GI eat Britain and Ireland respectively shalt, before they proceed to act inlbe execution of thair said offices, take and subscribe beftne or inoreof t be . said cot»mis•ioners, fa ho-are hereby empowered to administer . 1 he same) the following0411:--- B. do promise aad swear, That I will, according to the Lest of my skill and Loins le4e, faithfull) execute the other of Secretary [or, Clerk) to the Commissiiin appointed by an Act of the second year of his Majesty, intitultd ' An Act, &c.;' and that Twill nut publish, disclose, or make kii.)Wit to any person whomsoever, save to the Commissioners of the .aid Commission, or by their ; authority, any matter or thing which may come to my knowledge by reason ur in consequence of my said office." . And be it enacted, That every person in couttunnion with the See of Route who shall be nominated to exercise the Nue- . tions of a Bishop or Dean of the said Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain or Ireland shall at the least • before his actual consecration, give nu,tice of such his nomination to one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State in England, being a member of the sad Commission, or the Chief Secretary of the Lord Liente nant, Lord Deputy, or other chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, and shall nut exercise the same if any such secretary 'shall within after the delivery of such noir e in form him by writing that he is.cousidered I)) his Majesty's Govetnment to be, f ur some reason of a civil nature, a per son improper to be entrusted with such office; and that such his Majesty's disapprobation, or the disapprobation of the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy,, or other chief Governor ‘or Governors of Ireland as aforesaid, shall be sie,nitied to the said persons, if in Great Britain, by an instrument un der the hand and seal of one of his Majesty's principal Secre taries of Slate, being a member of the said Commission Great Britain, and if in Ireland, by an Instrainlent under the hand and seal of the Chief Secretary of the said Lord Lieute nant, Lord Deputy, ur other the Chief Gurernoror Gover• i,ors of Ireland. And be it further Enacted, That the instrument so signify ing his Majesty's disapprobation as aforesaid, or the dis•tppro bation of the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, shall be enrolled its his Majesty's Court of Chancery in London or Dublin respectively. and that an attested copy thereof shall he evidence ou any trial to be had touching any matter or thing• in this Act contained. And he it further enacted, That if any such person is Afore, said shall either tefore his name shall have been so notified as iforesaid, or notwithstanding such signification of His Ma jes►y's disapprobation, or of the disapprobation of the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, or other. chief governor or gover nors of Ireland as aforesal; presume to exercise any Episco- pal duty or funition, or the duties or functions of a Dean of the said Roman Catholic Church, within the United King dom,.or any part thereof, such person shall he guilty of And be it further.Enaeted, That from and after the . -so often as. any subject or subjects of his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, shall receive any Bill, Dispen sation, or other instrument from the See of or from flty , Foreign body or individual whatsoever, or from any per son or body whatsoever in foreign parts, acting under the authority of the said - See. sir timid- That of any other spit' ritual superior, thelterson or persons so receiving the same, shall within is- t cr,receiving thesanre,.deliver the same, or cause it to he deliVered, in the original, to the Presi dent of the Board of Commissioners by this Act appointed in Great Britain, if the same shall have been received in Great Britain, or if the same shall have been received in Ireland, to the President of the Boat d of Commissioners by this Act appointed in Ireland, who shall respectively lay the lame be fore the said Boatel of Commissioners in Great Britain or Ireland (as the case may be); and the said Boatel of Comthis sioners in Great lit itain or Iteland, shall forthwith inspect the sate; and if the Said hotrd of commissioners shall nut find any thing in the said instrument so submitted to their inspection, which shall appear to t tient to he in any way in jurious to the safety or trantinillity of the United kingdom, or to the Protestant Establishment in Church and State, they shall forthwith report the save to his Majesty, or to the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, or other chief Governor or Governors in Ireland (as the case may be;) and theteupois the said in strument shall be returned to the person by whom the same shall Nave been so submitted for inspection as aforesaid, with an indorsement signed by the said principal Secretary of .St j ate in. Great Britain, or by the said Chief Secretary in Ire land (as the case may be,) signifying that the same has be'en duly.inspected and reported upon to his Majesty, or to the . Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, or other Chief Governor . or Governors of Ireland (as the case may tee,) according to the provisions of this Act. Provided always, and he it further enacted, That where• any person shall by a writing under his hand and seal, to the said President of the Board of Cnnunissioners in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, that he has it ceived from the See Of (tome, or from any authority under the same, an instrument which relates wholly arid exclusively to the spiritual concerns of an indi►idual or iudiriduala , and which is of such a nature as that he does sincerely and conscien tiously bilirs•r that be c. f, according to the discipline of the Roman Catholic Church, submit the same to Lay iuspec and shall so certify within after he has received the same, and shall verify such certificate by the following Oath • " 1, A. 13. do swear, That the Instrument [describing the Instrument - I which 1 hereby acknowledge to have received from the See of Rome, [it,.front such other body or per son (as the case May be) under the authority of the said See] dues relate wholly to the personal - spiritual concerns of the party or partiesin respect of whom it has been issued, and to no other matter or thing whatsoever, and is of such a nature, that I do sincerely and , conscientiously believe that I cannot, according to the discipline of the Roman Catholic Church, submit the same to Lay inspection. _ " So help me Gon." Which Oath it shall and may be lawful fur such person to take and subscribe either before the said board of t annuls-. sioners in Great Britain or Ireland, (who art- hereby empowered to administer the saute), sat any of the courts liereinbefore mentioned, sir before two of his Nlajesty's Justices of the Peace In, Great Britain or Ireland, if the person taking and subscribing the . saute shall be resident more titan miles from Leoedon or Dublin respectively, or shall, from ill health or infirmity, he unable to travel : then, and in every such case, it shall and may be lawful for the said Board of , Commissioners in Great Britain or Ireland, in the exercise of their judgment and discretion, to di rect the said instrument to be transmitted, sealed op, for the sole inspection and verification of the, senior Ecclesiastical Commissioner belonging to the said Board, and the ,aid senior Ecclesiastical. Commissionyr shall inspect the same ; and if ht shall, after such inspection, declare upon hissiath (whiLlipath thesaid board otecniallissioners are hereby empower - ed toad ' tlt•r,t±:ttl. the said instrument is.an nit enriseless:Lti‘ ()Pi nion and judgment, of the nature described in the certificate - and oath of the person by whom the Same shall have been so transmitted as aforesaid, the same shall be repotted to his Majesty, or to the Lord Deputy, or either chief Governor or Governors of Ireland (as.the case may be;) and thereupon the said instrument shall be returned, sealed up, to the pet suit by whom the same shall have been so transmitted, after being indorsed by the said senior Ecclesiastical Commissioner alone.. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons in Great Britain or Ireland so re ceiving any such Bull, lispensa thin or other instrument as aforesaid, who shall so deliver the same, or cause it to lie dc-livered, in the original, or who shall so certify the receipt, and so describe and verify by oath the nature of the said instrument by him or them .received as aforesaid, and a hose certificate and oat h shall be so confirmed and allowed as aforesaid, shall be free and exempt front all pains and penalties whatsoever, to which be or they .would be liable by any Laws now existing in Great • Britain or Ireland respectively, against. the receiving and publishing Bulls, Dis pensations or other instruments front the Sec of Rome, or ft out any authority or pretended authority under the said See. And he it further enacted. That any person or persons Si) receiving any such Bull, Dispensation or other insti umetit as aforesaid, and not so delivering, or causing to be delis ered as aforesaid, either the said original instrument, or such eertifi: cate of the receipt thereof, accompanied by such oath as here inbefure prescribed ; or who shall pobtisb or put in execution, ur be wilfully and linowingly concerned to publis-ing and potting in execution any such Bull, Dispe nsat ion or other,io strument as aforesaid, ill Great Britain or Ireland, before the s.me shall have been properly inspectedand indorsed as afore said, shall he guilty of The accounts arrived from Jamaica this week, speak with confidence of the recovery of the Duke of MANCHESTER ; hut they add, that his faculties have been so much impaired by his late accident, that there is no doubt of his speedy re turn to England. Whether a successor *ill be appointed, or whether he will perform his office by deputy, until his health is fully restored, is not yet known. But the people of the Island hope to see him again, as they never had a Go vernor more popular. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, *hen Captain W. MANNING was sworn into the Command of the ship Thomas Grenville, consigned to Madras and Bengal. Mit. KEAN.--ThiS Gentleman has completely triumphed over the hypocritical efforts of his enemies to injure him at Philadelphia. Public opinion has decided in his favour, and he is even, if possible, a greater favourite in Phila delphia than he was in this City. It appears tat his engagement at the Walnut-street Theatre expiled On Wednesday evening last, when he performed the character of Othello, amidst the most enthusiastic applause. After the cur tain fell, the call for " Mr. KEAN, • Mr. KEAN!" was so, often and so loudly vociferated, that, al though greatly exhausted, he found it necessary to come forward and ascertain the pleasure of the house. A voice from the boxes answer ed," A re -engagement ;" he then retired,' and, a few minutes after, the Manager appeared, and stated that 'Mr. KEAN had intended to set out next morning for Boston, but, in compliance with the wishes of the 'audience, he had agreed to renew his engagement for two nights longer.— (New l'Ork, Feb. 3,182 l.) At the 'conclusion of the second Act of the Opera of Love in a Village, on Thursday night, at. Drury-lane, Mrs. BECHER was recognised in Prince:LEopoLn's box by some persons in the pit, who called out " Miss O'Neill," " Miss O'Neill." There was instantly applause from all parts of the house, which Mrs. BECHER came forward and respectfully acknowledged. PlaonA. BRIDGE.-The whole of this bridge is now pulled down, and most of. the materials removed. Workmen are•employed in forming a foundation for a very handsome iron bridge, which is cast expressly for it at.Falkirk, and which is expected ,to arrive in town in about fortnight. , Paris Papers of Tuerday and Wednesday last reached us this morning. The intelligence from Naples comes down to the 16th alt. but the par ticulars have been anticipated by Naples J ou rna direct from that Country, the contents of which were given in our columns on Monday and Tues day last. Four Decrees of the PRINCE Kr ;ENT announce his acceptance of several offers made by different individuals for the formation of free corps. General CARAsCOSA, who in tire first' iu stance refused to accept the command-in-chief of the Neapolitan Army, to avoid excising any jealousies, hai by a recent letter declared his willingness to accept that or any other command in defence of Iris country, which the Govern mentmay think proper to confide to him, even if it were only the command of a company. 'I Generals commanding the different divisions of the Army had set out to join their troops, and it was imagined that the Ambassadors of Russf ? Austria, and Prussia, would leave Naples on the 16th. Every thing on the part of the Neapolitans seems-to spew their intention of acting on the offen sive ; ,and in the event of their being obliged to re treat and abandon the Capital, the Royal Family, Ministers, and Parliament will retire to Cosenza, the chief town in Calabria Citeriore, where pre parations are making for their reception. The Provinces are represented to he animated *with the greatest enthusiasm and firm determination to resist their invaders. It appears certain that the PRINCE REGENT 'till not leave Naples. On the 15th ult, a diVision of Austrian troops, 10;009 strong, from Ferrara, Ravenna, and Ri mini, marched by Pesaco (in the Roman States), on their route to Fano. Another 'corps, 1500 strong, was expected on the 19th. These troops are destined to enter the Kingdom of Naples by the Abrurzi, where they vvill be opposed to General Cur.: PEPE: . The Austrian troops have tin:shed marching 'through Florence; but as late as the 22d 'no intelligence had been received in that city of their .ulterior movements.—Letters from Rome, of the 20th, mention the arrival of the Austrian advanced guard in the De ; 111 l.Lour hod of that capital. From Vienna we learn, that the King of Puussfi will not go to Laybach, and that Prince de nu; will return shortly to Prussia, leaving Count de BEtiNsToFT to act for his Prussian Majesty at the C6ngress. The Em peror ALEItANDEIt was to return to St:Peters burgh the beginning of this' month, Accounts of the total d e f ea t o f A m PAcfn by the Ottoman troops have been received at Venice. ALI has lost his best officers and most faithful soldiers; and the small portion of Iris follow ers who escaped are completely dispirited, and likely to offer further resistance. It appears this event was brought about by a well concerted plan' on the part of a certain OmAtt He had succeeded in intercepting the corre spondence of Au with the rebel Suliotes, by which it iras arranged that the latter should at tack the Tifrkish carnp,.whilethe former' would protect them by a sortie. Even their countersign was known to the VIZIER., who commanded the Ottoman troops,' in person,: The attack. 'took place, but, in consequence of the exceile;;t ulePt PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. irOUSE OF COMMON. 3. Veneris, 9 9 Di 411artil, 1821. RE TURNs..- 2 -Pre.4ented, and ordered. to be printed—Corn, Grain.; Account:4 of Fet paid to Counsel in the Revenue Departments. , FORRION TRADE.—Report of Select Committee Presenta!, ... ...;,. . ',. and ordered ttlike printed. Conk AVERAGt BILI.-11,gtir,Ni , tiil riexC;NVl.lnday. ABSENCE.—Leave of, to At. o: , .Banks, Western Circuit; Sir C. Edmonstene, aNnonth ; Mr. O'Callaghan, three weeks. , , • • lannouns.—Lyme Ilygis—Petition for lease to present a Pe , . _ . titioa for a Bill referred•to a Committ^e. . s .... COUNTRY BAN - k 1 Account of Country Bank Not :•2 staMic.ll , NOTES. j in 'each year from 1816 to 1421.' ORDERS of the DAY for MONDAY, March - 12.. 1. Capital Crimes Defence Bill ;—SecOnd Readin:. 2. Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill ;—Further Ur:side:T.6bn of Report. . 3. Proprietors of Wharfs Bill .....Second Reading. , 4. East India Prize Money Bill ;—Committee. 5. Supply ;—Committee. G. Ways and Means ;—Committee. 7. Clerks of Nisi Prius (Ireland) Bill ;—Second Reading. 8. King's Bench Busine ss Bill ;;—Committee. 9. Attornies Fees '(lreland) Bill ;—Further Consideration of Report.. . 10. Stamp Duties Acts ;—Report thereupon. 11. Flax, &c. Manufacture Encouragerner:t—deport. 12. Cochineal and Indigo Bill ;—Committe.e. 13, Silk Manufacturell4—Cononittee. 14. Glass Duties Bill ;,-Committee... 15. • husbandry HorsLs, • Reducti.n of Duties Bill NOTICE OF MOTION, for MoNDAY,, nth March,lB2l. Lord Viscount Palmerston,—:my Estimat2s.. (In Commit tee of Supply.) . _ PRIVATE BILLS :—SECOND READIN'GS, , for MoNDAY, • 12th March, 1821. I. Lambeth Inclosttre. -11. Leeds and (Miry. Road. 2. Macclesfiqd Road. 7. Dun. :Navigation. . 3. Henley • and Dorchester 8. Gloucester and Berkeley Road. • - - Canal. 4. Ilchester Road. Newport( Irants)G as Light. 5. Stourbridge Roads. 18. Chels2.a Poor Rates. lIERACtiIMEDARI. SUNDAY, March 11.=First Siinday in Lent. —Sun rises at 13 m. after 6; sets at 45 lA. after s.—Moon sets at 52 m. aftt r 2 morn. MONDAY 12.—Sun rises at 13 m. after ; sets 47 m. after 5: Moon sets 4g tn . . after' 3 morn. - • TUEADAY'I3.-;-,Sun rises 11 in. after ; sets 49 m. after Moon sets 25 in. after 4. . Twilight last 1. ii. 55 m. WEDNESDAY 14.—Ember rises 9 in. after . 6; sets 51 in. after s.—Moon sets 52 M. after 4 morn. THURSDAY 15.—Sun rises 7 m. after 6 ; sets 53 in. after 5. Moon.sets 12 in. after 5 morn. FRIDAY 16.—Sun rises S m. after 6; sets 55 m. after 5 Moon sets 27 in. after 5 morn. SATURDAY 17.--St. Patrick.—Sun rises 3 m. after 6 ; sets 57 in. after s.—Moon sets 38 in. after .5 mon, PRICE. OI Tills DAY AT Tv Bank Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red shut 3 per Cent. Cans 7244 34 per Cent. shut 4 per Cent. shut STOCKS ELVE O'CLOCK. 5 pertent. Navy Ann—JOG 23 Bank Long Ann. Irisl , 5 per Cents . EN4 k.'quer bills . r , 3 pr.:. Cuns. for April 73i 72. ii 7J lIIGII WATER AT LONDO:' minus after G. s 7 BRIDGE TO- ) MORROW- Ev:ming, 35 minutes after riln - c I - r - lecr +::a4 . SOLE?! (LUIS DICERE F.ILSUAI 41:DE.1T? LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH - 10, 1821.