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or plate 'Whatetei of or belonging to 'any 'of the Univer-
sities of this rearm ; or any office or place whatever,
and by whatever *name the same may he. called, of in
or belonging to :any of the Colleges .ar. • Halls. of the said
Universities; or of the Colleges of .i,Eton, Westminister
or Winchester, of any College or Schntl o Ecclesiastical
Foundation within this realM ; or to repeal, abrogate, or in
any manner to inter& re with any local statute, ordinance-or
rate, which is or shall be established by competent authority
within any such University, College, Hall or School, and by
which Roman Catholics shall be prevented from being admitted
thereto, or from residing or taking degrees therein : Provided
also. That nothing herein cOntained shall extend, or be
construct to extend, to enable any person professing the
Roman Catholic Religion, to exercise any right of presenta-
tion to any ecclesiastical benefice whatsoever; and that in
every case in which a *right of presentation is or shall be
vested in a person professing the Roman CathOlic Religion,
the same shall he, and continue to he exercised in the same
manner, and in no other than is now by law required, save
and except where such right of presentation shall belong to
the office in the gift or appointment of his Majesty, his Heirs
and Successors ; in which case if such office shall be held by
a person professing the Roman Catholic Religion, it shall and
may be lawful fur his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, to
appoint by commission under the Great Seal such member or
members of the Privy Council, being a Protestant or Protes-
tants, as he or they shall think fit, to be a Commissioner or
Commissioners fur exercising such right of presentation, whilst
such office shall be held by a ,ptrson professing the Roman
Catholic Religion.
Provided also,-and be it fort brr Enacted, That it shall not
be lawful for any person professing the Roman Catholic Re-
ligion, directly or indirectly,-to advise the Crown in the ap-
pointment or disposal of any office or preferment, lay or eccle-
siastical, in the Unites! Protestant Episcopal Church of
England and Ireland, or of the Church of Scotland ; or that if
any such person shall presume to advise his Majesty, his
Heirs or Successors, touching or concerning any such ap-
pointment of disposal, be shall, being thereof convicted by
due course of law, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
disabled froM bolding any office civil or military under the
Crown : Provided always, That nothing herein contained
shall cid endoir lie construed to extend, to enable any person
being a Romau Catholic, to hold and enjoy the office of Lord
High Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lord Commissiouer of the
Great Seal of Great Britain, or of Lord Lieutenant or Lord..
Deputy, or other the chief governor or chief governors of
Ireland.

.(.S7u. 11.)

A BILL to-RECIIILATF. the INTERCOURSE between PER-
SONS in 1101,Y ORDERS, processing the ROMAN CA-

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.TIIOLIC RELIGION; withthe SEE of ROME.
Whereas by an Act of this present. Session of Parliament,
his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects have been relieved
from several disqualifications to which they were legally

And whereas it is expedient that such precautions should
he taken in respect to persons in Holy Orders professing the'
Roman Catholic-Religion, who may at. any time hereafter he
elected nominated or appointed to the exercise or discharge
of Episcopal ditties or functions in the Unman. Catholic
Church, or to the duties or functions of a Dean in the said
Church, within any part of the United Kingdom, as that no
such person shall at any time hereafter assume the exercise
or discharge of any such ditties or functions within the
United Kingdom, ur any part thereof, whose loyalty and
peaceable conduct shall not have been previously ascertained
to the satisfaction-of his Majesty, his heirs or successors:
And-whereas it is St to regulate the intercourse and corres-
pondence between the Subjects of this realm and the See of
Rome ;

May it therefore please your MAJESTY; • '
That it may be enaCted • and be it enacted by the King's
Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Lords Spiritual and. Temporal, and Com-
mons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by
the authority of the same, -that every person now
exercising or who shall hereafter. exercise any of the
spiritual duties or functions exercised by persons in [July Or-
ders, professing the Roman Catholic Religion within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall, within
calendar months from the passing of this Act
or within . calendar months after entering upon

the exercise of any Ecclesiastical function within the said
United Kingdom, take, make, and stibscrihe the Oath fol-
lowing; that. is to say,
" I, A. B. do swear, That I will never concur in or consent
to the appointment or consecration of any Runyan Catholic
Bishop, or Dean, or Vicar Apostolic, in the Roman Catholic
Church in the United Kingdom, but such as I shall conscien-
tiously deem to be of unimpeachable loyalty and peaceable
conduct ; .and I do swear, that I have not and will not hare
any correspondence or communication with the Pope or See
of Rome., or with any court ur tribunal established or to he es-
tablished by the l'ope or See of Rome, or by the authority of
the same, of with any person or persons authorized or pre-
tending to be authorized by the Pope or See of Rome, tending-
directly or indirectly to overthrow or disturb- the Protestant
Government, or the Protestant Church of Great Britain and
Ireland. or the Protestant Church of Scotland, as by law
established, 'and that I will not correspond or communi-
cate with the Pope or See of Route, or with anytribu-
nal established or to be established loy the Pope
.ur Sc•e of
Rome, or by the authority of the same, or with any
person or persons authorized or pretending to tie authorized
by the Pope ler See of Rome, or with any other Foreign Eccle-
siastical Authority, °wally matter or ailing which may inter-
fere-with or affect the civil ditty and allegiance which, is dde
to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, from all his sub-
jects," •
And be it enacted, That evety pinion who shall presume to
exercise such duties or functions without taking and making
such oaths and declarati,ins in manner•berein prescribed and
directcd,being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall he
deemed guilty of •
And be it further enacted,-That the oaths and declarations
by this Act appointed to be taken and made as hcreinbefore
and hereinafter is mentioned, and not otherwise provided for,
shall and may be made and taken in any of his Majesty's
Courts of. Chancery.... Ring's Bench, Common- -Pleas or
Exchequer at Westatinster or Dublin, or any of his Ma-
jesty's Courts of Session, Justiciary. or Exchequer, or
in any Sheriff or Steward'Coutt• inScotland, and by Ma-
gistrates and Cotinsellort of the Royal Boroughs. in
that part of the United Kingdom, before the counsel of their
respective tioroughs, or in any Courts of General' Quarter
Sessions in Great•iSritain or Irelatid, and shall be-subscribed
by the person taking and making the same, and shall remain
of record in.such.Court and the proper officer of suet] Court
respectively with whom the custody of such record shall re-
main, shall _make, subscribe, and deliver,,a cerfineive of such
Oath and Declaration having beet) duly made, taken, and sub-
-crit;eil to the person who shall have so made, taken and sub-
scribed the same, if the Same shall be demanded .immediately,
fur whichcertificate there shall be paid no greater fee or re-
ward than .and such certificate, upon proof of the
eel tifter:s band, and that he acted as such officer as aforesaid,
shall be sufficient evidence of such person having duly made,
taken, and subscribed such Declaration and Oaths.

'And be it further Enacted, That from and after the
no person burn out of the United Kingdom of -Great
,Britain and Ireland, or the dominions therunto belonging,'
except such as are horn of BritiSlr or Irish Parents, shall be
cspable of exercising any Episcopal ditties or functions, or the
duties 'or functions of a I)etn of the Roman Catholic Chureh
within the United I(gdont, or any part thereof; and if any
such person shall presume to exercise such duties or Noe,
tions within the United Kingdom, or any part thereof, hr
beirtg thereof convicted by:due course of law, shall be deemed
guilty of
And be it further Enacted, That from and after the
no person in Holy Orders, professing the Roman Catholic
Religion, shall be'capable'of exercising :env Episcopal duty or
function, ar the duties or functions of a Dean in the
Roman Catholic Church within the United Kingdom, unless
he shall have been usually resident within the same for
five years rust..preceding his first exercising such Epik-
copaT duty or function ; and .that if
.any person shall
presume to exercise the same, not having been so resident,
lie being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be
deemed guilty of Provided always, That
nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to ex-

tend to such persons as afores.aids who shall', before the pass-
ing of this Act, liaee been in the exercise of such duty or
function of the said. Chinch._
And whereas, it is fit and expedient that such further pre-
caut6ns should be taken iii respect to persons in Holy
Orders professing the Roman Catholic Religion,- who may at
any time hereafter be el-ected, nominated, or appointed, to the
exercise or discharge of Epischpal ditties or functions, or of
the duties or functions of a Dean in the Roman Catholic
Church within the United Kingdom, as that no such person
shall at any time hereafter assume the exercise n„Ligichawe.
of any such duties or functions in the said Chad), within
the United Kingdom, or any part thereof, whose loyalty and
peaceable conduct shall not have been previously ascertain-
ed to the satisfaction of his Majesty, his Heirs, and
Sacces-
sors; And whereas, it is reasonable and necessary that Ilk
:Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, should be fully informed
of the extent-and nature of ,any intercourse which may take
place between the ..subjects of this realm and any foreign
power, in order to prevent any evils or dangers to the State
which might arise therefrom ; And whereas, the laws made
in former times against intercourse between the subjects of
this realm and the See of Rome are of extreme and undistin-.
guishing rigour and severity; Be it therefore Enacted, That
it shall and may be lawful for his Majesty, his Heirs and Suc-
cessors, by two several Commissions to be issued under the
Great Seal of Great Britain and under the Great Seal of Ire-
land respectively, to nominate and appoint in Great Bri-
tain, such person or persons-in Holy Orders professing the Ro-
man Cat holicAeligon,and exercisipg Episcopal duties or func-
tions in the Roman Catholic Church within Great Britain, and
one of his Majesty's principal Seci!etai ies of State, and such
other members of his Majesty's ruoo honourable Privy Council
being Protestants in Great Britain, as his Majesty, his Heirs
and Successors, shall from time to tim-i. think fit ; and to
nominate and appoint,- in Ireland, such persons in Holy
Orders professing the Roman Catholic Religion, and exercis-
ing Episcopal du ies or functions in Ireland, and the chief
Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, or Lord Deputy, or other
chief governor or governors.of Ireland for the time being, and
such other members of his -Majesty's most honourable Privy
Council in Ireland, being Protestants, as his Majesty, his
Hcirs and Successors, or the Lord Lieutenant or Lord Depu-
ty, or other chief governor. or governors of Ireland, shall
from time to time think fit to he commissioners under this
Act in Great Britain and Ireland tespectirely fiir the purposes
hereinafter mentioned.

And be it further enacted, That any number not less than

of the said commissioners shall form a hoard fur exe-
cuting the several powers and duties by this Act vested in
the said Commissioners in Great DlA:tin and Ireland respec-
tively.
-Provided always, and be it further enacted,.That in Great
Britain, one member of such board shall be either his Ma-
jesty's said principal Secret:try of State, or one other mem
her of his Nlajesty':s most lion. Privy Council being a Protest-
ant, and that one other member of such Board, shall be one
of the Ecclesiastical Roman Catholic Commissioners afore-
said : and that in Ireland, one member of -such Board shall
be either the said Chief Secretary of • the said Lord Lieute-
nant, Lord Deputy, or other Chief Governor, or Governors
of Irelawl, or any other Member of his Majesty's most lion.
Privy Council of Ireland, being a Protestant, and that one
other Member of such BOard shall be one of .the Ecclrsiasti-
cat
Roman Catholic Commissioners aforesaid-.

And be it further Enacted, That in G.rtat Britain his Ma-.
jetty's said principal Secretary of State, O.S. in bit absence, the
Commissioners first named the said Commission fur Great
Britain, and in Ireland, the said Chief Secretary to the Lw 1
Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, or other chief Governor or Gover-
ours of Ireland, or in his absence, the Commissioner first
-named in the said ComnriSsion for Ireland, shall 'be the Pre-.
sidents of the said Boards I espectively.
And be it further En-Acted, That it shall and may be law-
ful fur his Majesty, hislicirs and Successors, from time to
lime, at his and their will and pleasute, to revoke and deter-
mine the Commissions aforesaid, or either of them, and to
cause a new Comuiission or Commissions to be sealed as afore-
said, appointing any other person or persons to be Commis-
sioners and. Members of the said Boards.

Provided always, and he.it farther Enacted, That such new
CoMmissiOn or Commissions 'shall issue within

after the revocation and determination of any Commission or
Counnissions so recolied and determined as aforesaid . And
prociderl aNays, every .board appointed by such new
Com Mission-in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, shall
consist in lilse-manner of Roman Catholic Ecclesiastics exer-
cising, Episcopal duties or functions in Great Britain and
Ireland respectively, as aforesaid, and of members of his
Majesty's most Honourable-Privy Council in Great Britain
and Ireland respectively; of whom, in Great Britain, one of
his Majesty's principal. Secretaries of State, and in Ireland,
the Chief .etretai y -of the Lord Lieutenant, 1.0, d Deputy, or
other chief governor or governors of Ireland for the time
being,- shall be one.
And be it further enacted, That suct Comriii,:sioner so to
be appointed under this Act in Great•Thitain and lielarut
respectively, shall before he takes upon himself the execution
of any of the powers and duties hereby vested in the said
Commissionirs, take and substAbe the following Oath :

" 1, A. B. do promise and swear, That I will, without fa-
vour or affection, prejudice or malice to any person whatso-
ever, faithfully and impartially, and to the best of my
judgment and discretion, execute and perform -the du-
ties of a Commissioner vested in me by virtue of an
Act of the second year of his Majesty, intituled, .• An
A et, &c.;" and will honestly and truly advise his Majesty in
all matters which shall come before me• as a Commissioner
under the said Act : and that I will not directly or indirectly
publish disclose or make known, except to his Majesty or by
his Majesty's command, any matter or thing whatioever which
may or shall come to my konwledge by reason
.or in conse-
quence of my being a CoMmissioner under the said Act."

And be it further enacted, TW it shall he lawful for the
said Boards of Commissioners in Great Britain and Ireland
respectively, to make fruu► time to time such regulations to
be binding on themselves for all purposes incident to the
discharge of their office, as they thatl think proper; and to
nominate and appoint such Secretaries or Clerks as shall
lie necessary to attend upon the said Boards respectively,
who shall be liable to dismission at the ple►sure of the said.
board- : provided always, that such regulatitins and appoint-
ments shall, in Great Britain, be submitted to the approba-
tion of his Majesty, and in Ireland to that of the Lord Lieu-
tenant, Lard Deputy, or other chief Governor or Governors
of Ireland.

Provided altvays, and be it further enacted, that no Com-
missioner of either of the said Boards respectively shall re-
ceive or be entitled to any salary, reward, fee or gratuity,
for his attendance at the same.

And be it further Enacted, Tbat the secretaries or clerks
of ttie said board of commissioners in GI eat Britain and
Ireland respectively shalt, before they proceed to act inlbe
execution of thair said offices, take and subscribe beftne

or inoreof t be.said cot»mis•ioners, fa ho-are hereby empowered
to administer
.1 he same) the following0411:---
B. do promise aad swear, That I will, according to
the Lest of my skill and Loins le4e, faithfull) execute the other
of Secretary [or, Clerk) to the Commissiiin appointed by an
Act of the second year of his Majesty, intitultd ' An Act,
&c.;' and that Twill nut publish, disclose, or make kii.)Wit to
any person whomsoever, save to the Commissioners of the
.aid Commission, or by their; authority, any matter or thing
which may come to my knowledge by reason ur in consequence
of my said office.".
And be it enacted, That every person in couttunnion with
the See of Route who shall be nominated to exercise the Nue-.
tions of a Bishop or Dean of the said Roman Catholic Church
in Great Britain or Ireland shall at the least
•
before his actual consecration, give nu,tice of such his
nomination to one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries
of State in England, being a member of the sad
Commission, or the Chief Secretary of the Lord Liente-
nant, Lord Deputy, or other chief Governor or Governors of
Ireland, and shall nut exercise the same if any such secretary
'shall within after the delivery of such noir e in-
form him by writing that he is.cousidered I)) his Majesty's
Govetnment to be, fur some reason of a civil nature, a per-
son improper to be entrusted with such office; and that such
his Majesty's disapprobation, or the disapprobation of the
Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy,, or other chief Governor
‘or Governors of Ireland as aforesaid, shall be sie,nitied
to the said persons, if in Great Britain, by an instrument un-
der the hand and seal of one of his Majesty's principal Secre-
taries of Slate, being a member of the said Commission
Great Britain, and if in Ireland, by an Instrainlent under the
hand and seal of the Chief Secretary of the said Lord Lieute-
nant, Lord Deputy, ur other the Chief Gurernoror Gover•
i,ors of Ireland.

And be it further Enacted, That the instrument so signify-
ing his Majesty's disapprobation as aforesaid, or the dis•tppro-
bation of the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, or other chief
governor or governors of Ireland, shall be enrolled its his
Majesty's Court of Chancery in London or Dublin respectively.
and that an attested copy thereof shall he evidence ou any
trial to be had touching any matter or thing• in this Act
contained.

And he it further enacted, That if any such person is Afore,
said shall either tefore his name shall have been so notified
as iforesaid, or notwithstanding such signification of His Ma-
jes►y's disapprobation, or of the disapprobation of the Lord
Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, or other. chief governor or gover-
nors of Ireland as aforesal; presume to exercise any Episco-