The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-08 00:00:00

ROMAN CATHOLIC CLAIMS

STEPHEN
.CATTLEY, Esq. in the Chair

3, That although it may not be necessary to Petition Par-
ament at this moment, yet at a period lilac the present,
when the Roman Catholics are using every effort to carry
their object by means, which, although less ostensible that
formerly, are probably more efficient, we cannot avoid callini
upon the Protestant part of the community to exercise a rigi
last attention to this most vital subject. •
4, That the more this great question has been agitated and
considered, the more obvious it appears, that Roman Ce 2.
thulics cannot be admitted to Legislative and High Political
Power in this Protestant •Country, without highly enditngrr-
ing if not subverting the great principles of the 'British Cod...
stitutiun, and those great National Acts which secured the
Monarchy of these Realms in the PROTESTANT MOUSE
OF BRUNSWICK. It is an incontrovertible Constitutional
Maxim,. THAT THE THRONE, THE PARLIAMENT,
AND THE GOVERNMENT OF COUNTRY, AttE
FUNDAMENTALLY PROTESTANT." To this principle,
errading every part of 'Government in, the State 'as
well as in the Church, wild operating upon all the
Sects and Separatists, its well as upon our excellent Eccle-
siastical Establishment, the ruling and religious principle-
of a Roman Catholic is directly hostile; and we are
firmly persuaded,. that no Oaths or Engagements which have
been proposed or, suggested, will afford a securityagaiast the
operatien of that silent, but powerful influence, whicli oil
be always attendant upon the Opinions and principles of 119
man Catholics when in possession of Legislative and hie
Political Power, and which cannot fait to a Most (lett!.
rioratiug effect upon a Government essentially Protestan

5. That so far from the concession of, legislative and high
political power being calculated to allay irritation, and pro-
mote the security and strength of the Country, we ore par-,
suaded that it will lead. to further demands on the part of the
Roman Catholics, and to jealousy and discontent on the part
of the Protestants. And, should the mensiirtrhe 'adopted,
we aqicipate, from the temper and state of parties in!
this Country, those bitter controversies in Religion and.
those feuds in Politics which unhappily prevailed anterior
to the Revolution of 1688, and which may lead. to censrii uences
the most fatal to the peace and prosperity of this Empire.

(Ls That the*se Resolutions, sigped by; the Chairman, be

sorted in the Public Ayers.

(Signed)

STEP. CATTLEY, Chairman.

PATRIOTIC METROPOLITAN COLONIAL INSTITU-
TION.
In a few Days will be puhliiherf,

•
, APROPOSAL for establishing in London a
new Philanthropical and Patriotic Institution, to be
called THE. PATRIOTIC METROPOLITAN COLON NIAL
INSTITUTION, for assisting new Settlers in hil Majesty's
Colonies, and for 'encouraging new Britnehes of Colonial
Trade ; With a Postscript un the benefits to be derived from
establishing' Free Drawing Schools, rind Schools of the Ma-
thematics; and on other means of advancing the National In-
dustry and Population.
By EDWARD AUGUSTUS NENDALL, Esq. F.A.S.
" The glory of a kingdom is men and money; England
hatli in a competent proportion, the blessing of both, but
might be improved to more than double. For at the most
moderate computation, it is not half peopled; and since there
is se much wanting in number, the be 4 way to Supply that
deficiency is by industry, which tvould not only increase the
treasure of the kingdom, but that which is the more valuable
treasure, men." )'
" Now, as this employing all sortsof people would increase
the strength of the kingdom by its slumbers, so would it also
as well the riches and stock of it, by its treasure. Every bee
adds some honey to the hive."
" But the comseson plea of idler's is, that they would work if
any would employ them ; which seems to charge the Govern-
ment with omission', in not providing employment for all ages
and sexes; as to which the laws already matte (we see) do
not."—A Discourse of the Necessity of Encouraging Mechanic
Industry, London, MO.
London,: Printed for• Baldwin, Cradock, and , Joy, Pater.
noster-row J.M. It ithardson's Cambia. and J. Booth, Duke-
street, Portland-place.

AT ,a GENERAL iIIEETINqr of the COM-
MITTEE of PROTESTANTS of VAAIOITS DENO-
MINATIONS Of the CITIES of LONDON and WEST-
MINSTER, and their ENVIRONS, _bad at the I.,cINDON::
TAVERN, Dishopsgate-street, the 6th day of May, 1817,

,
RESALVEn UNANIMOUSLY, •
Ist, That since the last discussion in Parliament of the
Claims of the Roman Catholi'es, to be admitted to legislative
and high political power in the Government, no circumstance
Was occurred to shew the safety or expediency of granting
those claims; but, on the contrary, the known dissatisfaction
which the Roman Catholics hate expressed at the large.and
almost unlimited eoncessioos propos'ed' to be tuade by the
Bill isre,ented to Parliament in its la, the fate the j
order of Jesuits by the Pope, which furnishes such new and
ample means of mischief and of concert with similar Popish
Establishments, in this United Kingdom, and the proofs we
have recently bad in different !guts of Europe of an active
revival of the dormant zeal of popery, in bringing into strung
operation those tenets which mark its intolerance and its
hostility to the sacred Scriptures, as well 'as the peculiar si-
tuation of political affairs in Enrope, fni:nish the strongest
evidence of the danger of giving' Legistitive and High Poli-
tical Power to Roman Catholics in this Protestant Country.
24, That at so late a period as the year lSta, the public
opinion having been most gravely expressed by Protestants
against admitting Roman Catholics to Legislative and high
Political Power in the Government -of this Country, when
in particular two Petition's from the Inhabitants of the
Cities of London and Westminster, and their Environs, each
of which were signed by upwards of Sixty Thousand Persons,
whose Places of Residence were set opposite to their Signa-
tures, were pr'esented, the one to the IT)use of Lads by the
Right Honoarable Lord Eldon, the Lord High Chancellor of
Great Britain, and the ether to the House of Commons by
Sir William Curtis, Bart., we do not .deem it necessary,
IneollE the Introduction of some 'specific ineasuse into Par-
liament; to renew our humble Petition upon this important
subject, especially as the different branches of the Legislature
have repeatedly rejected the Claims in question,,so repugnant
to the principles of the British Constitution in Church and
State

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