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London, England, 1821-03-26 00:00:00

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The T 130 LO .TEJD Urlf ENT of the CATHOLIC
DIVINES of the MIDLAND_ DISTRICT on the two
-BILLS pending in PARLIAMENT.
However desirous, we are that our laity should get free frame
the civil discpiarifi:ations under which they labour, yet we are
well asured that they cannot conscientiously purchase this
boon by taking t'ae 0 iiTir oT ST:F47.MACY; the taking of whhili
has &Vats hitherto been considered by all Catholics, and Pro-
' testariN aiico, as the PRECISC AcT OF ABJLTIM:tit? THEIg
LWscv Hence Stweral scores of Catholics have her:l*re los',
not only their civil rights, but a:so their lives, for refusing to take
it, Nor does the Injunction olQUeen inabeth, in the first year
of her reign, wh:ch is referred to in the Bill, by any means se-
move the conscientious objection of sincere Catholics, as in that
Injunction she barely disclaims the Ac TUAL x ric sit or TUX
MixisTUY,kt thesame time that in every act whether legislative
ur regal, of her reign, she claimed the entire, supreme, spLitlial
jurisdiction within her dominions, to the total exclusion of
ouch jurisdiction on the part of the Pope [l]. This is so slew
and notoricus, that we _are convinced, in case our legislatori
should, in their wisdom and liberality, .admit our people to tie
enjoyment of their civil franchisee, notwithstanding their acr
knowleoEment of the jurisdiction oi their Church in faith and
disci* e, they will prefer the plain and explicit terms by which
we abjure the Pope's authority in ALL CIVIL AND TEMPO.'
am. CASES, in the Act pgsaed for our relief in 17i1, to tbi
neW-inVented and forced construction of the Act Lula Oath of

Supremacy; by.m ear, sof the ahovc-rn yled injunction.
Again, though we oursilvzs, in, the Oath of 1791, ahwis•
cited, have abjured " the do trice and' rositlon that Princes,
" communicated or deprived by the Pop? (,r any authority of
" the See of Rome, may he deposed or nntrdered ,by their slat.-
" jeets, &-:." yet, following the clotrine and elp.ruple of o'.l r
pre-
decessors, who (ehiJiy en-account of the extravagant and fai*T-
tctrins therein contained in King .larn.2ys Oath of ATht,,lance)
refused the iLime, we declare that it i 3 Lttterly unlawful, 'aud 'con-
trary to the anctrine of our Church for- a Catholic to coniem-
upon Oath, the ME 111/ DE1?0"://lici :oocT RIKF.a as DAMNAtiLt

and HERETICAL [2.} _
With respect to the Bill of Pains and Penabies'against th
Clergy, With which some modern Catholics ar: content to our-
chase civil advantAge.s for therus.dves, we deelire,—lst, Tl•lat,"
we, the Clergy, cannot conscientiously take the Oath prepared
for us, in the terms in it stand; in the Bill because,
however remote we are from all trzlitoroas conspiracies 'against
the establishments of our court y, whether civil or ccelesiasti, -
cal, yet Ire cannot- bind ourselves " n?ver ' to hare any corr As-
.- pondence or communication with the Pope or the. See of Rome,
" or with any persons authorised
,hy the POpe, &e.
" wouna COMPREHEND ALL TIIE CATHOLIC) ,CLERGv or
" THE UNITED KINGDOM) tending directly or intiZreLtly do.
" overthrow or disturb the Protestant Church ;" in as much as,
in on r judgment, all oar preaching, writing, and ininintering- •
TEND INDIRECTLY to vim effect.
2dly, Though contrary to the fact, we were justly suSpre-eted.
oar personal conduct and our professional ministry, to be dis-•
loyal and seditious ; and there were greater reason for.Goverry.
ment interfering with our Religions Economy, than with thee,
of the numberless Sects protecte7l.by it, and esTiL.,cizdly w.th
of the (ire k 6 ehis antics, the*GerMan M emviAns, tad the. Jels
yet we knew that we are not conip:tcnt to cnneur in or conce.
to the alterations in our-Churches and Missio•la provosA is the'
present Penal Bill; much less 'would .it be lawful for the ill"
tended Episcopal Commissioner to o:ke-the Oath prepazrd for
him to take, this- being incompatible with Ids. eanstn4.,(l4o.
and Obligation; . . .• •
:idly, As the revision by the Coinmissioners and Cinks,of
new devised Civil'Office, of all Rescripts from the Holy SeS,e
implies. in nanny cases the breach of most sacred professional.
secrets on our put, and as such revision has been recently de-
glared by that See to lee a violation of her DIVINELY CONAT'I'
TOTED .I,iiti'ruAL SIIPUEMAOY 1.31, hence we declare,
wecannot uncur in or consent to any such r:rulation. Nor wcu2l
the difficulty-be removed by referring this revision to the itit4m4•-
ed. Ecclesiaitical Commissicaner, because, in the cases 1,1ppc5.01.7
we etre each of us as much lecalad•to seqesy.witli respect to Le-
cleaisstical as to Lay Persons. •
Such is our conscientious judgment, and that of the Divinrg
and Pastors of the -Midland District, and we have reason to tae"'
live cf the Catholic Divines and 1-.):stors of England and Err,
land in g'...neral, on the pending Bills : - We therefore join our
vOices with those of the Vicars Apostolic in 1817, in calting;
upon the Catholics in general to employ whatever constitution'
and peaceable means or influence they may.possess, to preVe.nc
thr enactment of the unlawful contents of them.
Wolverhampton, March 13, 18'21.
. R. R. J. MILNER, Vic. Apost.
Rev. WALTER BLOUNT, Arch Pri,:st4,
Rev. WILLIAM BENSON, Secretary.

[l] See .the Injunction in:Bishop Sparrow's CollectiOn.riN
83, also the whole Act of 1 Eliz. c. 1. to restore to the Crawl/
the ancient Jurisdiction over the Estate Ecclesiastical and Spi,"
ritual, and to abolish all foreign Powers repugnant to the same^
See also. Act 5 Eliz. c. 1. ElsO Act 13 Eliz. c. 2. See 110
Archbishop Parker homage, to the Queen, in Collier's Eec'
Hist. Vol. 11. Record. 81.
[2] See Supplementary Memoirs of the English Qatolt-i.,5,..
lately publiShed byiKeatingnnd Brown, Duke-street;" Grove"
nor-square, whica the terms of their Oath and the rito*t nut,'
terini incidents in the History of -Catholics of late years, 3r4='•
clearly discussA.
[3] ",De Reseriptorum ReNisione—ne tractatus institui 130-
test, nam cum libertatem Magisterii Eeckshe, diviaitus
crediti apprime Lica) pot.!stati,permittere•aut vibtre.re
" ticfas profectO esset." Card. Litta's J. inter, by ()He:. of the
Pope, to Bishop Poynter, &C. April 2fi,1815. Sea Report frogs
Committee of House of Commons, folio, p. 513.

SPORTING INT EIJAG.WCE,

FOR TILE vitESENT. WEEK.

3lajesty's Stag Hounds will =et on rtiday7 atlitlerP"
head Folly.
The Pytehley Hounds, on Wednesday; at Rozkinghata Shirt ;
Saturday, at ripwell Abbey. - • • •
The Duke of Grafton's ,Hounds, on Friday, .at
Ash. _

The Quorndon Hounds, on Wednesday, at II Ll T 1 r: ars -
:lauy.,s,t)eayts2l:liluidrmithe,rpoul ; Saturday, at Banton Hall- .
The Hanr'pshire flound4,-on.l'wsday, thc Chequers, Roy-
ley ; Thinsday, at the NON' Inn, LaVinn ; and' on. Saturday, at

The Hand-dedon Hounds, on Friday, et th9.llillierrics,
Lord Scarbrough's Fox II ounds, or. Wadies lay,_ .riar
beck Park; Friday, 'at White (louses.
The Badsworth Fox Hounds, on Tutsday, at Ilickleton';;
Wednesday, at Smeaton Bridle ; Friday. at Pontefract Park-
Burton llunt.—Sir It. Sutton's Fox Hounds, on Tut$JAP
at Saxilby Village ; Thursday, at Langworth Bridge; Bata'•
day, at Nocton Wood.

The Worcester Fox Hound, on Wednesday, at "Ert..-:Z;
•
Wood ; Friday, at Wooller's Hill.
The Earl of Darlington's Fox Hounds; Wed.n.,sday,
Clifton Lodge Gate ; Saturday, at Burton Park.
The Lambton Fox Houn(4l,.on Tuesday, at Twinn; Thu
day, at Little I,,lripletou ; Saturday, t Castle Eden.
The Northumberland Pox Hounds; en-Tuesday, g Ve'49o
Park; Friday, at Illagdon. North Lodge. •

TUE TIE EAT It E.—The very favourable imprec'
sion made by Miss DANcr: on her first, a ppeArancet
was more than confirmed by her admire..ole 1"
pcut of the character of Mrs. 11iler ori Saturdsf
last, at Covent-Garden Theatre. Alto succes4.
‘Thich atteuded her dthut had, in r great degree,
subdued her fears, and (14)144 her to bring'
forward the varied passiages :-with more aPl3"°:
priate effect.. She again es-...cited the warn-104
applause of a nurneroo an:l,;ence. , The once Po-
pular farce of nePailloc.?: followed, and .1411
IIALLANnE rendered full justice, at least,_ to tit*
airs in the part of Leo);bra.
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