The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-10 00:00:00

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

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-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 7I; A. .e. •do swear,- That I do horn my heart detest
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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,
stater, 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 sanieeare 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
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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•