The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-15 00:00:00

RELIGIOUS WORSHIP ACT.

The following is an •Ahstratt of this very im-
portant-Ow Icgi3lativeineasure.
The. first Clause of the Act .repeais ,-the Act of
the -13th and 14th of 'Charles 11. c. 1. intitulvd,
" „An:Act for preventing the mischiefs .aad dan-
gers that may arise by certain persons cAlled 'Qua-
kers and 'others, refining to take lawful oaths ;"
and the Act of the 17th of Charles 11. intituled;
" An Act for restraining NonLconfortniSti from in-
habiting in Corporations," (commonly culled the
Five-mile Act ;)—andalso the Act of the 22nd of
the same King, intituled, " An Act, to prevent
and suppress Seditious Conventicles."

• ,
Clause 2, EnaCts that there be no congregation
for Religions Worship-of Protestants-, exceeding
the number of twenty persons (exclusive of the
the immediate family and servants of the !nasty:
of it e hawse, or -premises where such congregati-
on shall beheld)' until the same shall have been
duly certified and registered,,according to the Act
of Parliament-for registering places of Religious
Worihip, under a penalty for every such assembly
of a sum not exceeding twenty pounris; nor less
than twenty.shillings. •
Clatthe 3, Enacts for a breach of the last enact-
ment, a penalty, not exceeding thirty pounds, ribs
less than, forty shillings.
Clasue 4, Exempts Ministers, and Persons at-
tending Public Worship, in places duly certified,
from all the penalties mentioned in the Statute of
the Ist of William, and Mary.
Clause 5, AU ..preachers not having taken the
oaths re.scribed..by the Statute of the-19th of his
present Majesty, intituled, " An Act for the fur-
ther relief of Protestant Dissenting MinMers and
Schoolmasters," shall take the oaths when re-
quired by a Magistrate.

Clause 6, Provides that no person shall be re-
quired by any Justice of the Peace to go to any
greater distance than Five Miles from his own
home, or from the place where he shall reside at
the time of such requisition, for the purpose of
taking such oaths.

Clause 7; Makes it imperative on the Magistrates
to administer the oaths, and tender the dechtra;
tion, to any of his Majesty's Protestant subjects;
requiring him
.so to do and tbe oaths and decla-
ration being taken, to attest the same, and te,
transmit it to the Clerk of the Peace in the usual
manner.

Clause 8, Makes it imperative, on the Jtastic.es
to give certifieAes to persons taking. floe oaths,
&c. of such fact and provides that such certifi-
cate shall be conclusive of the fact.
Clause 9, .Eentpts -from offices specified in the
Statute-6f and from serving in
the Militia, or Local Militia, all Ministers )vho
she.il have taken the oaths, &c: and shall not fol •
lowan), profession, &c. except that of a School-
master.

alas 10,. Imposes a penalty of fifty pounds on
every person producing "false certificates.
Clauso 11, Enacts, that no congregaticiri for
Religions .Worship shall be held' with fastened
(loins ; and, for every breach of the same, im-
poses a penalty, not exceeding twenty pounds, nor
less than forty shillings.
Chtusel2, Enacts, that any person, who shill
wilfully and maliciously, or contemptuously, -dis-
quiet, or disturb, any congregation assembled for
Religious- Worship, duly authorised, as above, Or
shall, in any way, disturb, molest, or misnse, any
preacher, teach-Er, or person officiating at Such
congregation, or any person there assembled, such
offender, upon proof before any Justices of the
Peace, by tivo or more credible witnesses, shall
find two sureties, to be bmind in the penal sum of
fifty pounds,to answer such offence, and shall suf-
. fer the pain and penalty of forty pounds.
Clause 13, Saves the jurisdiction of the Este.,
blished Church.
Clause 14, Provides that nothing in the 'Act
shall. extend to the people called Quakenrs, or their
Meetings, or in any manner to alter or affect any
Act relating to them, or their Meetings for Reli-
gious Worship, except- the Statutes 'Of Charles
1.1.- already repealed in the first Clause of this
Act. • •

Clause 15, 'Enacts, that offenders may be 'con-,
victed, before two or more Justices of the Peace,
" except where other and special provision is Made
in the• Bill-; and that forfeitures are to be levied
by distress anclwhere it cannot be got' by dis-
tress, the offender shall be committed to prison
for a time, at the discretion of the Justices, not
exceeding-three months;.
Clause 16, Gives appeal to the General or
Quarter Se'zsions, the person convicted giving
notice in writing, to the Justices, before -whom
the conviction took place, within eight days
after such conviction, of his intention to appeal.
Clause 17, Provide that penalties shall not be
recoverable, unless the same be sued for, or the
offence for which the same is imposed shall be pro-
-secutedowithin six months after the cOnunissioit.
of the offence.
Clause 18; Provides,, that every action or suit,
for any thing done in pursuance of the 'Act, must
be commenced within three months after the fact.
committed, and 'shall not afterwards;' and shall
be laid in the county wherein the alledged cause
of action accrued ; and the defendant may plead
the general issue, and give the Act and the special
matter in evidence, and. that the same was done
by authority, of the Act ; and, if the plaintiff dis-
continuetis action, or a verdict shall pass against
him, or shall be non-suited; or, on demurrer,
judgment be given against him, the defendant
shall have treble costs, with .the usual remediee
at law for recovering the same.
Clause 19, Declares this to be a Public Act,

L 0 N-D '0 N,

SATURDAY; AUGUST 15, 1812!

It is with the most heartfelt• satisfaction that

we feel ourselves enabled to communicate to our.

Readers, not only the confirmation of the victory
obtained by Lord WELLINGTON over the French,

but also some of the details of that most glorious

event. The first intelligence, which reached town

at a. very early hour this morning (and (hough not,

strictly speaking, official, was considered as so
indisputably authentic that Lord BATHURST wrote

a Letter‘to the LORD MAYOR upon the subject),

was a letter froin tolOntel TRANT, at Oporto, to

Colonel TORRENS. Colonel TRANT gives some

...details of the extent of our success, but sup-

/posing that the news must have previously

Tedclied.England, he, of coni-sei_ does not go

into pattieulara. The next intelligence was

brought by an • Officer, who came direct frqm

Lord WELLINGTON'S army, and a.crived at Lord

BATuuusT's Office, about half past ten o'clock

this morning. This Officer was present during

the different. actions which took place previous to,

hnfi on the 22d ; 'and on that day the defeat of the

enemy was complete. The loss of the enemy was
from. 14 to 16,000 men, of whom a large propor-

tion (near ten thousand) are prisoners. IHe

also states, that the enemy were' retreating in

the greatest confusion, and the Allies were

pursuing them with vigour. This Officer left

the Army on the 25th, and at that time it was

estimated that the French had not :less than

20,000 men hors -de combat. Marshal MARMONT

lose an arm, and General BONNET died of

the wounds which he received. That the Bri-

siU. troops behaved with their accustomed va-

lour. on this glorious occasion, it is hardly neces-

nary to state; and we feel the sincerest gratifica-

tion in adding, that our Allies are fully entitled

to every praise that we can bestow. The Portu-
,guese fought with a degree of steadiness and bra-

'very .that attracted- universal admiration, and

the Spanish cavalry distinguished themselves

gre?tly, and contributed essentially to the success of

the day. The loss of the Allies upon this occason

vas necessarily. severe ; it is estimated at. 3400

men, and we add, with deep regret, that the let-

ters from Oporto state, that Gen. LE MARCHANT

*as killed ; and Generals BERESrORD, Sir•STArLE-

TON- COTTON, COLE, and ALTEN, were wounded.

Since writing the above, we learn, that a tele-

graphic message has just reached the Admiralty,

from Plymouth, stating, that Lord CLINTON, who

is the bearer of the dispatches from Lord WEL-

LINGTON, has landed at Falmouth, and is on-his

way to town, His Lordship came over in the

S:xtflower, and may be expected in town to-nior-

row night.

We think it right to add, that the German

trr..,7.ps in the-British service behaved with the. ut.-:

most one regiment of thein attacked

ald made prisoners a body of 1700 Frencb troops.

Since writing the above, We Lave received the

fu:l,4-1,-irt-g- Bulletin :

BULLETIN

" Horse Gaads, Aug. 15, 1512.

" A setter was this. morning received by Col.
TORRgNS, from Sir Nicn. TBANT) dated Oporto,
'3oth Jul), in which he mentions that Lord.CLIN
TON had been dispatched from the Army on 'the
•
25th for Lisbon, with an accdunt of Lord WEL-
LE;GTO having obtained a decided victory over
Marshal MArimONT, on the 22d of the same month.

" The British Army had arrrived at Ariselles, fol-
lowed bythe enemy. -Lord WELLINGTON, seeing
ai favourable opportunity, halted his columns, and
attacked with. such vigour, at five -" o'clock in
the afternoon, as to oblige the Vrendi to re
cross the •Tormes- in the greatest. confusion,
and had not night come on, the whole of MAn-
14.ONT'S army must 'have been destroyed, They

prisoners ; -MAII:stoNT lost an alrm, and BOt:NET. is
said to be killed, and four other Generals hounded.
The number of prisoners taken i said to-exceed
10,000, some sayl4,ooo men, but it is certain
that 7000 men lead 'already arrived; on tbe 266,
at Teuebron.

"- On the following day Ole 23d) the heavy ra
Tatty came up witifa: considerable .column of the
enemy, and took .a great many prisoners. One
German heavy regiment took 1700.

Ipss is estimated at about 3,500.

‘‘ 141. Gen. LE_ iIERCIIANT killed, and the fol-
lowing 'Officers wounded :—Sir Wm. BERESFOED,
COLE, COTTON, LEITE, and ALTEN.

On the 2-I,th Lord WELLINGTON was in march
upon Penacorde."

We have teceivecl•Cortiona Papers to the Ist
nstant, of which the following are extracts :-- •

SUPPLEMtNT

TO THE CORUNNA EXTRAORHINARY COURLER Or

JULY O.

CONFIRMATION OF THE GRAND VICTORY OBT.4IICED

BY LORD t"ELLI NGTON

The Governor of this place (Corunna) is happy
to communicate to the people all, the firtimate
results obtained by our arms and thov; of rour
Allies; which be has this mornin,c.v, reeeiv('l from
a person- worthy, of confidence. The, following
are the partiCulars •

Under date of. the Nth:inst. they write from
Panaranda, that the enemy's l(}ss is not limier
16,000 men, that 'they are closelY pursued in their
retreat, and their direction thought to be Burgos.

Ori the 24th, the Allies .'had made MOre than
6000 prisoners, with 200 officers, and many others
were badly wounded. The enemy's rear-guard
was attacked by only nine squadrons of cavalry,
and the Frpch, who were very superior, shame-
fully fled, abandoning four battalions of infantry,
which were all sabred or' taken prisimers, The
division of ESPANA marched at the van-guard.—
.Our invincible English have offered some troops
and assistance to Senor SANTOCII.DES,. to enable
him to undertake the sieges of -Zamora and Toro,:

MOM THE CORUNNA DIARY OF JULY

CONFIDENTIAL INTELLIGENCE RECEITED BY 713 E
GOVERNMENT OF CORtTNNA.

We have the'
most satisfactory that intelligence ;
the Allied Army incessantly pursues the enemy;
their loss already exceeds 18,000 men, with 32
pieces of artillery ; all his Generals, with the excep-
tion of two, are killed, wounded, or prisoners.
MARstot4T hag had an arm wnputated, and tv-
ceived another wound in his body. The vic-
tory has been one of the most complete that
can possibly be imagined. Yesterday an English
Division was to be in Segovia, and the,fortresses
of Toro and Zamora to be beSieged by the sixth
army. -

The intrusive Icing, to whom we cannot deny
the merit of having foreseen this success, on the
20th inst.'fled to Burgos. The fate of Spain will
be very different at the end of this campaign.

Copy of a Communication printed at Salamanca, respecting
the memorable battle fought on the 3rd July, in the 'lid-
nity of that city.
" Field of battle, close to Salamanca, July

" The French Army, under the command of,
Marshal MAILMONT was routed 'yesterday after-
noon by that of the Allies, directed by his, Excel-
lency Lord Viscount WELLINGTOI4, Duke of Ciu-
DAD RODRIGO, in the fields of Salamanca, upon
the left of the Tornies, close to Arapiles, after an
obstinate battle of 7 hours, in which infantry, ca-
valry, and artillery performed prodigies of 'valour.
The enemy were successively dislodged from
all their advantageous positions, with the loss of
all the artillery which they had placed in them; the.
loss which they have sustained in arms, ammuni,
tiim, and baggage, is immense'; that in men, up to
this' morning, is from 10 to. 12,000, of which
more. than 4,000 are prisimers ; some eagles have
'also been taken. At night MARmoNT cowmen*
hiS retreat by Alba, and as he is very closely pur-
sued by the victorious troops, it is expecte(' he
will suffer other lOsses in his retreat. ,

Castile and all Spain will reap the fruits of this
signal victory, and the Castilians in whose terri-
tory the allied army is, will -distinguish them-
selves in furnishing generously all the aids want-
ed
in the neighbourhood of the field- of battle.
May the God of armies be praised, and may that
gratitude whichis due tothe Allied Army, and its
invincible And enlightened Chief, be transmitted
from generation to generation.
" P. S. BONNET has just arrived here.wnunded,
and with him more prisoners. The field of battle,
for more than two leagues, is'cos•cred With dead
~„
bodies ; among which is the Colonell-Of the
regiment, and among the Wounded the colonel of
the iOlst,' and some others.. The ringlisb have

the .3par:iqh ctivi§ion's 'los," is triflirig.—lt nut
rfrmght that the-total lolls of the'altied army ex-
ceeci3 2500 =ca."