The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-25 00:00:00

AN ADURFSS

OW SIVIWAL OW HIS MAJESTY'A ROMAN CATHOLIC
SUB./ACTS TO THLIII PiIOTISTANT YELLOW-SUB•

JtFra
Hip ijesty's Roman Catholic SulsjeSs flattered
themseli el, that the declarations they had already
made i.; th- integrity of their religious and civil te-
nets—the oaths 'Fey had taken to Hit Majesty's
person, Fern,ly, arid Government—the iseroic ex-
alters., of a couodlerable proportion of them in His
Majesty's fleets sad armies—the repeated instances
in which they have come forward in their country's
cause i their irreproachable demeanor in the general
relati.‘ns of Life; and above all, the several Arts of
Parliament passed fur their relief. avowedly in conse-
quence of, as.d explicitly recognising their merito-
rious con.suct, would have been a bond, to secure to
them for ear., the afeftion and confidence of all
their fellow-subjed., and to make any further decla-
ration of their principles rholly unnecessary :
But, with astonishment and coact tn, they ob-
serve, that this is not altogether the case :—they are
again publicly traduced s and attempts 4re again
made to prejudice the public mind against them :
We, therefore, English Roman Catholics, whose
names are hereunder written, beg leave again to
solicit the attention of one countrymen, and to lay
before them the following unanswered and unan-
swerable dociments of the purity and integrity of
the Rtliginus and Civil Principles of all His Ma.
jetty's Roman Catholic Subjeds, in respect to their
-King and their Country.
We tntreat you to peruse them s and when you
have perwed them, to declare-6i Whether His Ma-
jesty's Rom-a Catholic subjects maintain a single
mei, inv....went with the purest loyalty ; or In-
torferitig, in till slightest degree, with any one
which an Englishman owes his God, his
King, or his Country t"
- I.—The first document we present to you, is, the
Oath and Declaration pseictib-d by the British Par-
liament, of the Slat of his.rresent Majesty, and

which is sakes by all Enghsh-,"Cathnlics.
" I 1. 8 Jo declarer du, I du 1, lACS's tbc itotnaniCatltelic

aolowan
• I, A. B. do yineerely priumi.te and swear, that I will be
faitl.l.l., and hear trust Ailegtatiee to Ilia Nlajesty King George
it.. I nail. a. 'tt-ii "phi ri to the utmost of my pave,
tegatnyt al. iionsiiitte•es and attmndts *batty/ever that *hall he
Made agys-.4 Oil Person, (Amu, ur Dignity t ...A I will do my
tietmoia and a.. ar it, diaLlime ami make known to HIY 111. j
hi. Flair., a,w Suce...-rs, all tptasiniss and trai•erout etrnspita.
*ins which filly be formed' against hint or them t And Ido
faithfully !mime! to maintain, support, and &dead, to the
.t.-rat of my luaaer, the sucees.ton to the Crown ; which
thice.iinon, by An Acs, entit:ed, Au Art or the fu,thet li
aunaii al of tae Croorn, and betty, the Rights and
Leitertus ni the Sufiject, to, and hinited to the Princes;
S. pins, ii,ctiess and Duel.e., I),,,,hzer ef Hann..., and the
vie,„ , hereby utterly renounc.

ring ant abjuring any O.:admire, or allogiaoce unto any other
peiso4 cilium:lg or pretending a right to the Croon of Ines,
realms And Ido bOC4I', that ito ieject ant detest as an un•
Ithrii,ian and impious position, that it- a lawful to murder or
de-troy arty person or persons whatsoever, fee, or under pre.
*,rune of their helm' heretics no ; and aim that
Man and, impious priiimple, that faith is not to be kept with
.heretics or infidels r And I further declare, that it is out an
motet, of my faith ; arid that I do reriounce, reject, and abjure
the o:iinion, that Pei-ices, excommu ireited by th. Pope and
Coinicil, or ant mithneity of the Sec of Itione,or by ar.y su-
- tionity whatsoever, may be deposed or murdered by their sub-
jects, or any penal. nnaterieser And Ido promise, that I will
mint hold, maintain, or abet env anal) °pilaw, or any other opi-
nion• contrary ov what o expressed in tin, declaration : And
I do declare, the 1 de out beltrvi-, that th, Pope of Rome, or
any other twos,' piinee, Prelate, State, or Potentate, bath. or
ought to have, any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, sups-
liooty, or per eminence, directly or indirectly, within this
ry elm : Arid I Its solemnly, in the presence of God, profess,
Unify, arid &relate, that I do make this declaration, and avail
part thereof, the plain and ordirisry vensa of the worth rat
t is oath, *thou* any evasion, equiv. cation, or mental reser-
vation whatesio, and without a, y mspemation already granted
by the Pope, or sow astlireity of the S. of Ronne, or any
Penn whatever, and weihout thinking that I am, or can be,
acinitt.4 bean. God or man, or abiolved of this declaration,
or any part thereof, although the Pure, or any other person or
sothority whaboevet, shall ditpente with, or annul the same,
or deame that it was oat' or viiiit—So help me God "
ll.—The next Documents we present to yon are,
Os-. Oaths and Declarations prescribed by the Ads
of the Irish l'atliamenz, to Irish Roman Catholics.
The first is the Oath of Allegiance and Declara-
tion. prescribed by the Irish Aa of the 13th and
ith et His present Majesty; and is taken by all
Irish !Inman Catholics.
~ lA. P. take Almighty God, and his nnly Son, 3etus
("pito?, to wino-so. that I will be faithful and
be.. true aiiiiiipaioe to our mint gracious Sovereign loud King
Ceurge the f wed, and him will defend, to the utmost of my
pow,. as :not all cnoicoiraeies arid attempts whatsoever that
trtiall he male agaion his persona, ciown, and dignity ; and
I erri,i do my u*.limirt endeavour to discloie arid make known
te Ho Ilajesty, and his .revs, ail treasons and traiteious con-
spoar e-is which may be formed agn.i.st bun or them and
I do faithfully mini* to maintain, supper., and defend, to
the *Atmore of my power, Cie 11U,:eVriutl of 11:e Crown in Hio
family. against any person or perto:is whatsoever,
heresy utterly follOrgar.i/11 .rid abjuring any ub Mience on alle-
giance unto the person talirg upon the -tile and tllle
or priors of IV•les, in thus Itie-rime of his father, and who
since ha death is sad to have &nomad the stile and Ole or
irg* ,real Britain and Ireland, be the name of Charles the
Third, and to any other person 'aiming, or prOtohling a
right:o the Cr-ran of these Resilins l do swear that I do
op Ii aid detest, at UOd.ftlltlAt) and irr.riiius to believe, that
it is Ise. of t- emote. or don,, city or persons chatma
eye-, Mr or tinder pretence of their being hitherto', and also that
uncnovian and impious pin iip'e, that nu faith is to he kept
*A- nenetics: I further decla,e, that it u no article of my
fa..h, and that Ido ;anomie-a, rejed, and abjure the opinion,
that Pima", irscommuniested ny the Pope and Counsil, or lay
a," authority of the Sec of Rome, or by any authority w hat-
eco.ter. may rie deposed or murdered lip their Subjects, orb,
any paivait wuatooteer; a ad I do loomise that I will not had,
roainsaiii or abet, any such opinion. or any other opinion, eon.
La to what a tit ;mowed in taik declaration : and Ido declare
to it i do not Wilma drat the Pope of time, or any other fo-
reign. Prince, &fiat!, State, or Potentate, bath, or ought to
have ale temporal sr evil jursidielioto power, superiority, or
ee. "esp, within dal realm; arid I
6,1,c,r,17, in Vie rem= o: Gad, arid of lus only ea.* Jesus
Cneug, ray Redeemer, ;ler4elia, t..ftl'f. sod declare, that I do
oaks the, declaratti•n, ant every lint t:_iireo•, in tht titain mod
aa,ns the wed, nf this (q.t., without any ay*
*no, egootiocation, or marital rest” whatever, tql With-
Witte/ difianalgiAn .:ready grantee: Oy tam Pope, ar any ammo-

flay of the See of Rome, or any person whatever, and with- 1
out thinking that I am, or can be ocquitted Wore God or man,
or absolved of this declaration, or s"1 part Intros'", although
the Pope, or any other person or penserts, or authority what.
ever, shell dispense with in anon] the same, or declare that it
was null end void from the beginning. Sr. help me God."
' The nest is the Oath and De-laration prescribe .1
by the Irish Aet of the 53d of His present Majesty.
and is taken by all Irish Roman Catholics,
to cntille themselves to the benefit of that A.
A. H. d,r hetet)), declare, that 1 do profess the Roman
Catholic Religion."
" I, A. H. do swear, that I do abjers, condemn, and detest,
as unchristian and Impious, the principle that it is lawful he
murder, destiny, or any ways injure any persons whatsoever,
oor under the pretence of tieing a heretic : And I do d..
dare animal, before God, that I believe' that no act, in itself
unjust, immoral, er wicked: can everbejostified or encased,
by or under pretence or colour, that it was done either for the
good of the Church, or in obeilicire to any ecclesiastical power
whatsoever: 1 also deem*, that it is not an A rtirle of the Catho-
lic Faith, neither am I thereby required to ty-five or prole, that
the Pope is infshible, or that I am bound to obey any order,
in its own nature immoral, though the Pope, or any necle,ias-
tieal power, should issue or direct such order, but on the con-
trary, 1 hold that it would be sitifol in me to pay any respect or
obedience thereto t I further declare, that I do not Wive, that
&or, sin ehatever committed by me, can he forgiven, at the
mere will of any Pope, or any Priestuor of any person or per-
sons whatiosei, but that sincere sorrow for past sins, a srm and
sincere resolution to avoid future guilt, and to atone to God,
are previous and indispensable requisites to establish a well-
founded expedatien of fergivenent, and that any person who
receives absolution, without these pr libel requisites, so far
Rom obtaining thereby any remission of his sins, inters the ad
ditiunal guilt of vivitting a same.nent s Aril I do swear that I
will detmd, to the uttermost of my power, the settlement arid
arrangement of property in this count's, as e,ablithed by the
laws now in being : 1 de herby dialatin„ tLativow, and as.
Wordy aijure, any intention to subvert the present Church
Establishment, fur the purpose of rubstituting a Catholic
Establuihniona In Its stead : And Ido solerienly swear' that
will not exercise any privilege to which I am or may become
entitled, :o disturb and weaken the Protestant Religion and
Pioh-stant Government its this Kingelors.—So help me Go."
Such are the principles which His Majesty's Ca-
tholic subjeas have publicly and solemnly declared
and professed on oath. There is not, in any of them,
a siogle pfinciple, which every Roman Catholic sub.
jell of His Majesty does not profess, or which, if his
King and Country required it, he would not think
it his duty to seal with his blood.
the year 1788, a Committee of the F.ng.
liah Catholics waited on Mr. Pitt. respeding their
application for a repeal of the Penal Laws. He re-
qaested to be furnished with authentic evidence of
the opinions of the Roman Catholic Clergy and the
Roman Catholic Universities abroad, M
oon the ex-
istence and extent of the Pope's dispensing power."
Three questions Were accordingly framed, and sent
to the Universities of Paris, Louvain, Alcala,
Doway, Salamanca, and Valadolid, for their opi-

nines.
The questions prnpose4 to them were:
1. Ha. the Pope or Cardinals, or any body of men, Of any
individard of the Church of Rome, any civil authority, power,
juriulictinn, or pre-emmenc.t, whatsoever, within the realm of
England f
2. Can the Pope, or Cardinale, many body cf met, or any
individual of the Church of Rorn•;absn'.ve or dlspen-e with HIS
blajestv's subj..ets from their t/atli of Allegiance, upon any pre.
teat whatsoever'
3. Is there any principle in the tenets of the Catholic Faith,
by which Catholics a o ju,tifin4 4n not keeping laith with He-
retics, or other persons differing from them in religions opt-
inn , in any tialisaction, either of a public or a private Ili-
tUr•
hr Universities answered unanimously—
' t That the Pope ee Cardinals, or any bwly of man, or any
individual of this rihureh of Rome, has run, any civil arishorftv,
ouwer, jurisdiction, or pre mui.aerice whatsoever, within the
Realm of England.
11. That the Popo or Cardinal% or any hotly of rnen, or any
individual of the Church of Rome, cannot absolve or disperses
with Hi, Majesty's subjecit fruit tier oath of alleviate. upon
any prereet whatsoever.
HI. That there is no principle in the tenets of the Catholic
faith, by which Catholics are justified in out keeping faith with
Hersties, or other persona rt-ffering from them in religious
opinions, is any transactions either of a public ur a private

niters.
As soon as the opinions of the Foreign Universi-
ties were received, they were transmitted to Mr.
Pitt : but we earnestly beg of you to observe, that ,
it was for his satisfaction, net ours, that these opi-
nions were taken. Assuredly, His Majesty's Ro-
man Catholic sillies% did not want the wisdom of
Foreign Universities to inform them, that His Ma-
jesty is the lawful Sovereign of all his Roman Ca-
tholic sufijeas, and that, by every divine and human
law, his Roman Catholic subjects owe Mtn true, du.
time, aftiv?, and unreserved allegiance.
Such, then. Fellow-Countrymen and Fellow.
Snbjeas, such being our religious and civil princi-
ples in reaped to our King and our Country, let us
now again ask Top, is there in them a sipgle tent t,
which is incompatible with the purest lnyslty, or
which, in the slightest degree, interferes with the
duty we owe to God, our Ring, or our Country ?
But, are these principles really instilled into us ?
Do ow adions correspond with them ? In reply, 1
we ask—Are there not, at this very moment, thou-
sands of His Majesty's Roman Catholic staijeds.
who daily and hourly make the most heroic exer-
tions and sacrifices in those fleets and armies, to
whnse patient and adventurous courage it is owing.
that we are still blesed with a King and a Country
Now, then, Fellow Countrymen and Fellow Sub-
jells, be assured, that, among these heroic and in-
estimable Defenders and Supporters of their King
and their Country, there is not orte, whose Parents,
and whose Priests, have not taught him, that Loy-
alty is a religious as much as a civil duty ; and that,
when he is fighting for his King and his Country,
he is performing a duty to his God.
JOHN LX.MGLASS, D.U. ♦ie. Ap. Lond.
Sheen.bury. James Wholes.
Petro. Thomas Sueleton.
Dormer. Ralph Riddell.
Henry Charles Fnglefield. Greene Cary.
Willurn Jeeninerism. Juhn Cary.
Jahn Throat, swam Edward Blount.
Thomas Gage. William Cruise.
George Jerniugham. PAward Jerningbani.
Marniaduke Langdale Charles lionishohl.
John Webtae Weston. 'Noma Walmestey.
Francis Canning. John Prujsan.
Charles Bellasyse, 13 D. Francis Chulnaeley.
William ShOrion. Francis Witham.
Charles Conon,. Ifenry Huddleatone.
George bilvertup. Francis Lyre.
Jo'.') Charlton. John Greenhorn.
James Langdale. M. Constable Maxwell.
Richard Kinn Cox. Robert Clifford.
John Robert Rookwurel Gage.
Lawrence tinsel!, M.D. Thomas Wright.
Chad's Butler. Nicholas Selby.
Michael Ann. Anthony Wright.
William Throckmortsn. Juba Wright.
Thomas Lloyd. Thomas Wright, jon.
J. Sew, 13 D. Thomas Thorpe.
j Richard Butler. John Gabli.
Char es Fairfax. lames Yorks lirssWen.
Brian Sahrin. Edward Wright.
Juba Webb, Weston, jun. Edward Walsh.