The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-03-12 00:00:00

THE CATHOLIC BIL.Ls.

BILL TO Pitovfoi FOR THE REMOViL OF THE.
• DISQUALIFICATIONS UNDER .WHICH HIS WA•
JESTY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC SUBJECTS Nthw

LABOUR.
'it kern. the Proconsul Succession .t'l - - -
n la\the Imperial Crewii
of this Clotted Kingdom sad its Depsudaucies, is, by the Act
fur the further limitation of the Croon, and the better germ,
hag the liturgies of the People, establish. d peransueatly sod
inviolably :
And whereas the Protestant Episcopal Minh of Ea,lan,
sad Inland, sad the doctrine, disciplioe arid guserunier.•
thereof, and likewise the Prutestatit Presbyterian Choir.
of Scotland, and the doctrine, discipline and governmen:
thereof, are, by the respective Acts of Uuiou between Cog-
load sod Scotland, and believes Great Britain sad Ireland,
thereto lly established perassuently and inviolably :
AO.l • kerma', after due coosiderstion of the situation, dia.
positions and coaduct of his Majesty's Roman Catholic sub-
jects, it appears jest and fitting in communicate to them the
full eajoyment of the benefits sod adraotagis of the casual-
lotion and government happily established is this United
kingdom, thus putting an end to religiose jealousies, cumin-
lodating the Union between Great Britain and Ireland, and
uniting and knitting together the hearts of all his Illajesig'..
subjects in one and the same interest, for the support of hie
Majesty's perms, family,rr.iwu,and govern men t, and for the
defence of their *gamma rights tad liberties :
Awl whereas by certain Acts passed in the Plullittrients of
Great Brissia and Ireland, the oaths of citsoisuce enc.
supremacy, &bezels provided, are requited N 'oe taken tor
certain purposes Iberia* mentioned ; and the said oath of
arsprenisey M explored ia the following linos :—" I, A. A.
do /wear, thatA Goan 57 heart down-and abjure, as im.
pions and heretic'', Bent l'adonbl,r‘lbeirine sad Position.
that Priaces eacommainieatedoe 4optived by the Pope, or
any authority of the Ola'.of Ilinijol mays. be deposed or mur-
dered by their subjects •e. key other whatsoever; sod I
deelaie, that no foreign Prione,'APelata.. State, or Potentate.
bath or •uglst to have any jurfridietion, power, superiority,
pre-emiaence or authority, orck‘itidtical be 'Writes!, withh.
obis realm : So help n.e Gral.N.
shad whereto big illiajesty's &WU' Clitlialle subjects i-.
Great Britain and Ireland bias bota'at all time ready and
desirous to tribe abe laid oath of allegoinee io criainnon with
kis Majesty's other subjects; but aotertait *triples cu t
respect to takieg the oath of sapremacy:lio far as the same
might he construed to import a disclaimer Of the @pintos:
authority of the Pope or Church of Borne, iii smatters of reh
gigue heifer: •
And when's, It appears frees the adenanitioa ournexed
the asjaactions of her Majesty Queen Itlinatsetb, publiand
in the Ire year of her Majesty's reign, sod gelatinised by
she Act passed it the fifth )eas of tier reign, totimiled, Ar
Act foe the assurance of the Queen', regal powers over al•
ostabes and oubjeets within her &Isiah:ram" that such di.
&inset was originally meant only to 'stead to say such se-
bliewletigruest of foreign jarisiticsion, pews", enperiority,
pre eminence or authority, as is oe could be isaompatdili
with the civil duty and allegisece which is doe to his Ma
jesty sod soceessors from all bis subjects: •
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-And whereas a legielatire esplanade*, to dot effect, may
therefore br properly and safely gives aaA declared;
klay it therefore plea., Majesty..—That it may be
enacted mid declined; as Ibe it epaeo d the King's Stoat
excelleur Alaj.•mty, by a.•d with the advise and cueieetst of 'hr
Lards Spteitual and TelOpOest, 11041 CJIBDOILO, to Parhamear
assembled, arid by the authority of the suer, that notlitag
couteused is the mid oath of snsernsarty shell be understood
to express or imply further or otherwise, than that the ;scr-
awl, taking the same du then by wasverrvedly and uneguieu
rally prufes awl declare, in the presence of Almighty God,
that nu foreign prince, person, prelate, slate or potentate,
►ash or nagtit to have any jarradretion, power, supremacy,
pre.eantaence o► authority, trmpural, ecclesiastical or spir►
Susi, within t►is real., that is any eteeper or• for any pur-
pose roolliets or ititerferes w►th the ditty of full and nada
veiled allegisace, which by t►e laws et i►is melee is due in
►is Majesty, his hair* sad successors, fros all his itutletta,