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hath not any power or authority, ecclesiastical or
spiritual, within this realm—which refers to the fact—
but by declaring " that he ought not to have such,"
binds himself to its prevention, *and becomes a party
in opposing any and every measure calculated to bestow
such.

NOTICE.

as the bloodhounds of Cromwell, who butchered three
hundred defenceless women who were anembled round
the cross in Wexford, and who would, if they had the
power, commit similar atrocities at the present day.
There was much of the Cromwellian spirit in the pre-
sent Parliament, and there was little to be expected from
it,. It was assembled at the cry of bigotry ; and though
Peel had betrayed his party, and falsified the principles
by which he got into pdwer, yet he was supported upon
the ground of hatred to Ireland. He had read a most
able article in the Morning Chronicle of last Saturday,
with most of which he agreed ; there was, however,
one part of that which was wrong—it said that re-
peal was an absurdity ; but, with the blessing
of Heaven, he would show that the absurdity was the
ether way, and be was sure that the Irish people would
deserve to be designated the most absurd and con-
temptible wretches that ever crawled on the earth, if they
relaxed for one moment in their peaceful efforts until
they accomplished the glorious object they had in view.
—(Loud cheers.) The Chronicle said if the Irish Mem-
bers went over and called for an inquiry, and that it was
granted, they would have a great triumph over the Irish
Government ; and if it were not ranted, they would go
back doubly armed for repeal. ?Vow, if the party which
the Chronicle represented were sincere in their wishes to
expose to the world the iniquities of that prosecution,
they would call for the inquiry whether the Irish repeal
Members were there or not; and although hethought they
would fail in obtaining it, they would have a better
chance of success in their absence than if they were
present. He had always great confidence in the
Whigs when he knew that it was their interest to
act honestly—(Laughter)—and he knew that if they
had a chance of victory over the Ministry, they would
bring forward the motion, but he also knew that they
were not likely to encounter oertain defeat ; and he
would tell the Whigs, if the motion was not brought
forward, that he knew they were satisfied of being
defeated. Nothing, he said, remained for Ireland
but to look for a Parliament of her own, that would
keep a check upon the bench as well as other officials,
and protect the interests of the country. It was in
their own Parliament alone that they might look for or
expectjustice—a Parliament that would compel absentees
to remain at home, or, what would be equally serviceable,
to make them sell their estates to those who would spend
their rentals amongst the people, then they might go and
live where they pleased, as they could afford to lose them.
If he (Mr. O'Connell) was only able to announce to-
morrow that he would have some six millions annually,
or about 500,000 L a month, spent in Ireland, would not
they think him their benefactor? No doubt they would;
and that was precisely what he was struggling for, as
that sum should, and must, yet be spent in Ireland.
The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then stated
that he had said more than he intended to do when he
first got up, as he merely rose to apologise for not
having the report ready on that day. He could not saywhether or not they would go to England this session.
He would anticipate nothing, as he could not see how
the Committee would decide ; but he would assure them
that whatever decision those geatlemen should arrive at
it would be made in the best candour of their judgment
and sincerity of affection for Ireland.—(Cheers.) He
begged to move, " That the Committee would have liberty
to meet and decide upon the matter between that and the
next day of meeting.'
The motion was then put from the chair, and passed
unanimously.
After the disposal of some routine business,
Mr. O'Comizu. announced the rent for the week as
amounting to 257 L
Mr. John O'Connell was then called to the chair, when
the usual vote of thanks was passed to the former Chair
man, and the meeting separated.

TO THE GENERAL irkACTITIONERS OF
ENGLAND.—The most important questions connected with
your interests at this momentous crisis are fully discussed in the
MEDICAL ARGUS of TO-DAY, together with a Report of the
Meetings of last night.
Published at the " Medical Argus" Office, 60, St. Martin's-lane,
Charing-cross; and may be had of all Booksellers and Newsmen.
Price 3d. ; Stamped 4d.

Although we have exceeded our usual limits, we have
by no means exhausted the subject, which, it will be
seen, is one of paramount importance, and to which we
must of necessity return. We have stated the case
calmly and dispassionately ; and if our views be cor-
rect, there can be no doubt that the " oath of supre-
macy 'i is virtually abrogated, if not formally repealed.
We are by no means prepared to accuse Sir Robert Peel
with having done this intentionally • but if the very ex-
istence of Protestantism be perilled, and the rights and
privileges of its professors be abridged or destroyed by
ignorance, we should like to know what degree of culpa-
bility attaches to his late procceeding; the alternative of
this abrogation or repeal being, that Protestants, who
cannot conscientiously take the oath, are disqualified
thereby for all those privileges, rights, and functions for
the enjoyment and exercise of which the law requires
the taking of the oath as a preliminary ; yea, as fully
disqualified as the Roman Catholics were previou,ly to
1829, bh the oaths of which they were relieved by the
Roman Catholic Relief Bill.

THE CHARITABLE BEQUESTS
BILL—THE ACT of SETTLEMENT.
THE OATH OF SUPREMACY.
(From the Dublin Evening Mail.)
While as journalists we have been fighting bye-battles
upon minor points connected with the recent enactment;
while we have been congratulating our Roman Catholic
countrymen upon the protection which this law affords
against the rapacity of their priests ; and encouraging
such members of their hierarchy and their Church as have
evinced moral courage enough to combat the d4vices of
unprincipled demagogues, and encounter the hootings of
uncivilised mobs; we greatly fear we have not been suffi-
ciently watchful in regarding the subject upon high con-
stitutional grounds • or enough alive to the dangers with
which recent proceedings by the Ministers of the Crown
threaten to shake the empire to its very foundations.
If the view we are now about to take—and we are
fully impressed with its solemnity and importance—be
correct in law, as it is in fact, consequences the most
serious, and, probably, the most fatal, that ever befel a
Protestant pt-ople and a Christian nation are nearer at
hand than any of us had calculated upon.
By the statute 1 William and Mary, s. 2, c. 2, a
statute preceding, by some
al-ears, that known as the Act
of Settlement, and by which the.
ffliocession to the Crown
re
of England was decladAnd di/tided, it was enacted
" ;hat every person who should be reconciled to, or hold
communion with, the See of Roma, should profess the
Popish religion, or should marry a Papist, should be
excluded and for ever incapable to inherit, possess, or
enjoy the Crown; and that in such case the people should
be absolved from their allegiance, and the Urown should
descend to such persons, being Protestants, as would
have inherited the same, in case the person so reconciled,
&c., were naturally dead."
Many other enactments were made, rendering it not
only obligatory upon the Sovereign to " join the com-
munion of the Church of England as by law established,"
but the following declaration was introduced into, and,
to the present hour, forms a prominent feature of, the
Coronation Oath—that solemn compact entered into
between the Sovereign and the people, at one of the most
august and sacred politico-religious ceremonials known
to our Church or to our Constitution—a compact sworn
to on the Gospel of the living God :
Archbishop or Bishop—" Will you, to the utmost of
your power, maintain the laws of God, the true profes-
sion of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion
established by law ? And will you preserve unto the
bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches
committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges
as by law do, or shall, appertain unto them, or any o
them ?"
King or Queen—" All this I promise to do."
It will be seen that all those enactments and declara
_

One word in conclusion :—•lf the oath of supremacy
cannot longer be conscientiously taken by Protestants—
the law pronouncing that in certain cases it is absolutely
necessary that it should—let us see the position in which
Protestants are placed. There can be no succession of
clergymen of the Church of England in Ireland. There
can be no members of the professions ; no magistrates;
no Protestants can accept of office under the Crown, or
take their seats as representatives of the people. The
privilege of electing temporal Peers abolished ; Pro-
testantism is virtually put down ; and the Established
Church actually annihilated—for, supposing the scruple
to be well founded, none but Roman Catholics can exer-
cise the several functions pertaining to each—for they
alone are exempted from taking the oath.
Suppose for a moment that the present apparent
movement in Ireland is the result of diplomacy on the
one hand, and deceit on the other—we dun't say it is—
but supposing such a thing possible, what will the people
of England say to their Prime Minister for duplicity or
ignorance ?

IRELAND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

DUBLIN, JAN. 27.—The weekly meeting of the Asso-
ciation was held this day in the Conciliation Hall.
On the motion of Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, M.P., the chair
was taken by James Kelly, Esq., M.P. for Limerick.
The CHAIRMAN, after thanking the meeting for the
high compliment, said he was not only an admirer of his
native country, but he was, moreover, a representative of
the people in the Imperial Parliament, and considered
that he attended to their interests best by a constant at-
tendance at the meetings of the Association. The people
reposed the most entire confidence in the Association,
and placed reliance in their counsels and advice, and
looked to them in the hour of danger as to a pilot to
steer them in the course they should pursue. There
was another good reason why the people should have
implicit confidence in the Association : inasmuch as
there was considerable danger attached to those gentle-
men who addressed them, as they did not know the
minute that a construction might be put on their words
which they were never intended to bear—that, he said,
was no visionary idea—a gentleman (Mr. John O'Con-
nell) then present could bear testimony to that fact—
(Hear, and cheers)—the
.people of England, them-
selves, could also bear a similar testimony—and after
the decision of their law Lords, shame should rest upon
the English people if they neglected to call for pu-
nishment upon the abettors of that injustice.—(Hear.)
There had been a great deal of disturbance in a district
of the country to which he (Mr. Kelly) belonged; but he
was rejoiced to say that it was now upon the decrease ;
he considered that the Government had left themselves
open to the suspicion of being abettors of those dis-
turbances, by hawing superseded those magistrates in
whom the people had confidence, for in his opinion that
act had tended much to the increase of crime. Tho Hon.
Gentleman mentioned having received several com-
municationa from the south of Ireland, approving of the
proposed deputation to the see of Rome, and the delight
ekpressed by the 'writers at the intimation received of
Mr. John O'Connell and Lord Ffrench being two of the
delegates 'named. He. concluded by saying that he
aver felt more certain orthe success of their cause than
a that, ino4nent, and that success, he alleged, depended
entirely upon themselves, and if the people continued to
pursue the same course, and. by conciliation and kindness
to win over those who were opposed to them, they
would before long have their Parliament assembled in
Dublin.—(Cheers.)
Mr. S. O'BRIEN handed in the subscription of Mr.
Caleb Powell, M.P., and several remittances.
Mr. O'CoNNELL entered the hall and was received
with the usual manifestations of regard. The Hon.
Gentleman then handed in several sums of money,
amongst them the subscription of John Hyacinth Tal-
bot, and 23/. from Waterford, per Alderman Delahunty,
being the sum collected in that city during the present
month.

tions had referenCe,-itra were intended to increase&
stringency of the Oath of Supremacy-1 Elizabeth, c. 1
—and revised and embodied in other Acts during the
reigns of William and Mary, Anne, and George the
First ; and it is necessary for our purpose that we should
give it here at length :

OATH OF SUPREMACY.

" I, A. 8., do swear that I do, from my heart, abhor,
detest, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that dam-
nable doctrine and position,that princes excommunicated,
or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of
Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or
any other whatsoever. And Ido declare that no foreign
prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, hath, or ought
to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-emi-
nence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within
this realm. So help me God."
Our purpose in going thus far back is to show, that
in the reconstruction of the British Constitution, every
,Act passed, and every declaration promulgated, from the
'period-of the Reformation down to the passing of the
EmauciPatioreAct, had a twofold object always in view
,—the spirit of which pervaded every Protestant law and
every Protestant document i—namely,' no, communica-
tion with the Pope—no connection with his See—
eschew both, politically, internationally; and religiously
—no conference, no intercourse, no concordat—in fine,
"no fellowship with Rome."
The British Sovereign, unlike any other potentate on
. .

THE LATE STORM.
One of the severest storms known for many years was
experienced on Sunday morning last by the inhabitants
of Yarmouth, and the loss of human life and property
occasioned by its ravages has been dreadful. The gale
commenced shortly before four o'clock in the morning,
and as the day advanced it increased furiously, eventually
blowing a complete hurricane, to the terror of every
ship's crew lying at anchor in the roadstead ; rain and
snow fell heavily at intervals accompanied by a severe
frost. In the early part of the morning, at the com-
mencement of the gale, a brig called the Jane, from Mid-
dlesborough, for London, was making for the Cockle
under double-reefed topsails, &c. By some unaccount-
able means she missed stays. The crow, perceiving that
the ship was driving on to the Scroby Sands, let go the
anchor for the purpose of bringing her up, but in an in-
stant the chain broke by the force she was driving, and
directly afterwards she struck, where she soon sank, tho
crew barely having time to get their clothes into the
boat before the vessel went down. Another brig, named
the Ann Porter, laden with coals! of and from Sunder-
land to the metropolis, met with a similar fate ; she
drove on to the Scroby Sands, and became a total 1( ss.
Another, but, alas, a more dreadful n-roek, sueeeeeled the
above during the height of the storm. At about half-1
past eight o'clock a large brig was observed in a state of
distress, all her sails blown away, apparently having lost
her rudder, and driving in the direction of the same
sands. Immedietely the alarm was given, a party of
thirteen brave fellows pushed off in a largo yawl, about
fifty tons, named the Phoenix, from the beach, to the
rescue of the crew of the hapless vessel, for it was evi-
dent that she must strike the sands long before they
could come up with her, and such proved to be the case.
As the yawl neared the sands, the vessel could be seen
beating violently, while the sea was making a clear
sweep over her masts. The crew had taken to the rig-
ging, where they had lashed themselves. A ray of de-
light beamed on the countenances of both crews as the
yawl approached, steadily steered by a veteran fisher-
man, and the chances of saving their lives seemed cer-
tain. The yawl, however, was just being brought along•
side, when a terrible sea caught the boat and dashed it
to pieces against the bulwarks of the brig. Ten of its
crew contrived to grasp hold of the brig, as their frail
craft sank beneath the waves with three of their com-
panions, who were never seen more, and conse-
quently perished. The brig's crew having, as before
said, taken to the rigging, this was the only place of any
safety for those of the yawl. The latter having been
seen to go down by those assembled on the beach, the
life-boat belonging to Yarmouth was instantly launched
to render assistanee to the unhappy creatures. Those
in the life-boat used all the energy they could to reach
the vessel in time, but ere they had reached half the dis-
tance the foremast, with its living freight lashed to it,
fell overboard, and every soul with it perished. The
feelings of the remainder, lashed to the mainmast, at
witnessing the melancholy fate of their companions were,
as may be imagined, of the most heart-piercing descrip-
tion. This mast also gave way, and fell over the ship's
side, and several of the party it is stated have likewise
perished. The life-boat was then close near at the time,
and, after very great exertion, seven were saved. These
all belong to the yawl; but the remainder of the crew,
six in number, as well as the whole of the brig's crew,
were drowned.

the earth, is rendered incapable of ruling hii or hersub-
jects under the dictates of despotism or the influence of
caprice—for all the jurists and standard writers upon
Constitutional law, even at so remote a date as the third
Henry, held, and it is thus laid down in Bracton and in
Fortescnf, "that the law maketh the King. Let the
King, therefore, render to the law what the law has in-
vested in him with regard to others—dominion, and
power; for he is not truly King where will and pleasure
rules, and not the law ;" and again it is relied upon as a
principle, "that the King of England must rule his
people according to the decrees of the laws thereof."
But to obviate all doubt upon this subject. it is ex-
pressly declared by statute 12th and 13th William 111.,
c. 2, that,

Mr. GRATTAN, M.P., addressed the meeting at much
length. He regretted that he was not present at th 3
last meeting, so that he might have had the pleasure of
hearing the speech of the Liberator, but he red it in
the newspapers, and agreed in almost every word it con-
tsined. He thought they should follow up with increased
perseverance the glorious cause of repeal, fur every hour
convinced him more firmly that. Ireland never could be
prosperous until she had the management of her own
affairs. In seekinr for repeal they would evince no hos-
tility towards England or English interests. Their ob-
ject was to benefit their own country, and not have her
legislated for by those who call ,d them a filthy and
felonious rabble, and used other epithets of an equally
atrocious character. The promises held out at the union
were never realised, and the Irish people had a right to
say, give us the benefit of the bond or cancel it.
Mr. O'CONNELL said he had to draw attention to a
very lengthy document : it was too late to read it at full,
but it would, he trusted, appear in the papers the follow-
ing morning ; he might, however, mention the nature of
it. It was a correspondence that had taken place between
the Right Rev. Dr. Hynes, Administrator Apostolic of
British Guiana, and the Governor of that Colony, by
which it appeared that he would not allow the Catholic
bishop to dismiss a catechist who held a kind of Govern-
ment appointment under him, without a trial of his capa-
bilities before the Governor.

" The laws of England are the birthright of the
people thereof ; and all the Kings and Queens who shall
ascend the throne of this realm ought to administer the
Government of the same according to the said laws ; and
all their officers and ministers ought to serve them res-
pectively according, to the same ; and, therefore, all the
laws and statutes of this realm, for securing the esta-
blished religion, and the rights and liberties of the
people thereof, and all other laws and statutes of the
same now in force, are by his Majesty, by and with the
consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com-
mons, and by authority of the same, ratified and con-
firmed accordingly."

Having now shown at some length—but not at greater
we hope than our readers will think was absolutely ne-
cessary—what the law was and is, in spirit as well as
in letter, let us see in what manner her Majesty's " Mi-
nisters have served their Sovereign and her subjects ac-
cording to the same ; and for securing the established
religion and the rights and liberties of the (Protestant)
people in respect thereto."
By the 7th and Bth Victoria, c. 97 (commonly called
the Charitable Bequests .Act), sec. 15, it is enacted—
" That Roman Catholics shall be enabled by deed or
will to make grants, and vitt in the Commissioners his
or their estate, &c., in lands or goods, or chattels, in
trust for any Archbishop or Bishop, in holy orders of
the Church of Rome, officiating in any district, or having
pastoral superintendence of any congregation of
And
professing the Roman Catholic religion." And again,
in the 17th and 18th sections, the titles and the status of
the Roman Catholic Prelates are fully recognised and
established by law, after passing of said Act. But it is
not only that this recognition takes place, but the Act
provides for priority in the Board of Commissioners, and
gives to her Majesty, in Council, the appointment of the
Commissioners; and therein, as we have seen, not only
the Romish Archbishops and Bishops are recognised as
such, but appointed to priority and precedence, accord-
ing to the rank of the same titles in the Established
Church, and placed before Peers of the realm and of
Parliament. _ _

Mr. DOEENY handed in, some money, and read a do-
cument which contained an allusion to Bishop Murray,
at the mention of whose name there were groans from
some portion of the assembly, which Mr. O'Connell at
once repudiated.
Mr. DOHENY said that throughout the country repeal
reading-rooms were being established, and that one of
the principal books read in those places would be O'Con-
nell's Memoir of the Saxon and Irish ; and he thought
that premiums should be given to those who were best
conversant with the facts contained in that work.

Mr. O'CONNELL said he had to n;ologise for not
having the report of the Parliamentary Committee
ready upon the question as to whether theljrish Repeal
Members ought to attend their places in the House of
Commons during the coming session. Mr. Grattan
had told them what he thought of the English Parlia-
ment, and read to them what honest Tom Duneombe
said upon the same subject ; indeed they all knew that
there was little chance of the success of any popular
measure in the present Parliament, particularly if it
were Irish. There were some things said by Mr.:Grat-
tan in which he did not agree ; he was not against a
connection with England. Under any circumstances he
was for the golden lialk of the Crown—one sovereign and
two Parliaments. Now the question was, should
they attend in the coming session or not ? He
would not pronounce any opinion of his own until
he consulted with his friends around him ; but
he might with truth observe that, whether they at-
tended or not, the result would be the same—there would
be no measure of substantial justice passed with regard
to Ireland. They could not know what would be put
into the mouth of the Queen in the speech which she
was to deliver from the throne in a few days, but they
might anticipate that, whilst it contained a great deal
about the peace of Europe, the friendly relations with
foreign powers, the increase of the revenue and the pros-
perity of England, there would be no allusion to the
prosperity of Ireland, because it did not exist, and he
feared that there would not bo even a promise held out
as to any good measure being introduced with regard to
it. He would not say that he hal made up his mind as
to whether he would go or not, for the truth was that
he had not done so, bet when ho and his friends met and
had the benefit of each other's opinions, they would come
to an arrangement upon the matter one way or the
other, and would most certainly be prepared with their
report on the next day of meeting. He admitted that,
although he knew the presence of the Irish Mem-
bers could do no service in tbo House of Com-
mons, he was still most anxious about the monster prose-
cution, and that the parties concerned in it should, at
least, be brought before the bar of public opinion ; but
that could he done as well in the absence of Irish Mem-
bers as in their presence; nay, he thought better, for such
was the hatred of Ireland and of the agitators on the
part of some Members, that they would vote against the
motion for inquiry merely for the sake of a personal
triumph, though they might be disposed not to Tote at
all, or to vote the other way, if the agitators were not
there. His friend Mr. Doheny had referred to his
Memoir of Ireland, and no doubt it was said, and would
be said, that ho had written that book for the purpose
of exciting hatred against the English. Such was
not the fact ; he had written it to show the virtues cf
the Irish, but he could not have done so without giving
in detail the crimes and atrocities of the English party,
who had always been predominant in Ireland.
He
would be sorry to excite hatred against the Eng-
lish people, but he would excite, if
.possible, not only
the hatred, but the execration of the civilised world
against the canting, cruel, and sanguinary party that
had always trodden on Ireland—against such wretches

The brig's name is as yet unknown, or where she be-
longed to. The wreck has entirely gone to pieces. It
is expected, however, from her size—upwards of 200
tons burden—that she was one of the Newcastle traders.
A melancholy shipwreck happened on the Cornish
coast, all hands on board, excepting one seaman, meeting
with a watery grave. The unfortunate vessel was a
brig called the William Pitt, belonging to Sunderland,
Captain Thomas Bowser, master, laden with 3,190
ardebs of beans, bound to Gloucester from Alexandria.
On Sunday morning last the ship made Scilly and Long
Ships Light. She then passed up the Channel, when
she encountered the storm, and sustaining considerable
injury, the master was determined to run into tho first '
harbour. That df Padstow being the first, the ship was
brought before the wind in order to run her in, when
unhappily, owing to the pilots not being at their posts,
and the captain being unacquainted with the locality,
she struck on the rocks on the Miners side, and after-
wards on the Dunbar, where she almost immediately
went to pieces. One of the crew, named James Ilewson,
was saved by lashing himself to a spar, which was carried
by the waves ashore. The rest of his companions, how-
ever, ten in number, including the captain, met with a
watery grave.

Now, let us' bear in mind that the oath of supremacy,
which we have set out in exteneo, is not only in full force
of law, but that no Protestant can be sworn as a member
of any of the sacred, learned, or military professions—
cannot be ordained as a clergyman, called to the bar as
a lawyer, or admitted as an attorney—that he cannot
hold nay office of trust, responsibility, or emolument
under the Crown, or be a Director of the national banks
in either country—that no Peer or Commoner can take
his seat in either House of Parliament—in fine, that no
Protestant can, on any occasion, take the oath of alle-
giance to his Sovereign without swearing :
" That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or
potentate loth, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power,
superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or
spiritual, within this realm."
We must here beg of our readers to go back to the
whole oath—to read it carefully in the context--to me-
ditate deeply upon the spirit in which it is evident it
was framed, as well as upon the feeling in which it ought
to be taken ; for those to whom we address ourselves
view oaths, and swear that they do so, " in the plain and
ordinary sense of the words, as they are commonly
understood by Protestants, without any evasion, equivoca-
tion, or mental reservation whatsoever." We call upon
them to consider well against whom (" the Pope"), and
against what (" the See of Rome") this obligation was
framed—personally, politically, and religiously ; and
seeing that the Irish Roman Catholic Prelates derive their
dic'nity and their titles direct from the Pope and the See
of Rome • and that these titles are now for the first time
recognised by law, and proclaimed under the sign manual
of a British monarch—we put it deliberately and calmly
to the considerations of believing Protestants, whether
any one can conscientiously swear :
"That the Pope or See of Rome hath not, nor ought
to have, power or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual,
within this realm."
When we commenced writing this article, and after
bestowing all the thought we were able to command in
Pops
" hath
in contrast to not,"
considering the nature and construction of this oath, and
its bearing en all the points it so amply embraces, our
impression was, that the words " or ought to have," in-
troducedv Ra
merely
after
the
the
expressionassertion thatf a n
opinion,t P o
the declaration of the preceding fact. More mature re-
flection has convinced us that this impression was er-
roneous ; and, if we be correct in our interpretation, it
only serves to show the extreme care, skill, and astute-
ness with which the oath was framed, and the more than
ordinary precautions taken to secure the result sought,
and to effect the object for which it was administered ;
and goes to strengthen our view with respect to those
who already have, or who may hereafter be called upon,
to take it. For the party not only metal; that the Pope

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals—Her Majesty's ship Dido, Koppel', from
Singapore, at Portsmouth, sailed Oct. 16, Penang Oct.
31, Cape Doe. is, St. ll,Acn:t Drc. 28.
Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Au-
gustus, Hart, from Adelaide, and sailed Dec. 5 to Lon-
don ; True Briton, Consitt. from Portsmouth, and sailed
Dec. 6 to Madras ; Thomas Young, Rumford, from
Bengal, and sailed I)ec. 7 to Loudon ' • Ellen, Ross, from
Liverpool, and sailed Dec. 9 to Ichaboe ; Timandra,
Skinner, from Calcutta, and sailed Dec. 11 to London ;
Courier, Frye, from Mauritius, and sailed Dec. 12 to
Monte Video ; Emma Eugenia, Kettlewell, from Mauri-
tius ; Harriet, Duthie, from Liverpool, and sailed Dec.
11 to Algoa Bay ; Stedfast, Merritt, from Bristol; Ew!-
quibo, Cain, from Ichaboe ; Grace, Smith, and John
Thomas Carr, Wilkins, from Shields; Sirius, M'Kinnon,
from the Clyde ; Actfre, Bruce, from ; Mary,
Jane, Harper, from Liverpool, and sailed Deo. 16 to
Ichaboe ; Janet 'sat, Squire, Dec. 5, from Newport ;
Exeter, from Liverpool ; Regent packet, from Crozets
William Metcalfe, Philipson, from Calcutta ; Phcen• ;
,laltshte, a from
steamer, from Algoa Bay; Velox, Dec. 7, from Rio;Amlexr
temise, from Gothenburg; Leiranos Bth, from Si r-
Bay, and sailed 14th to Mauritius ;
Bristol ; Isaac, from Ichaboe ; her Majesty
Emerald, inn's
Thunderbolt, from Ichaboe ; British Settler, 12th, from
Kowie River ; Adele, from Ichaboe ; Parkfield,
15tli,
from London ' • H.F.M. ship Sirens, 17th, from Macao.
Departures from Table Bay--Elizabeth, to China; Earl Durham, Bth, to Londoann;seSnOppheiac,
10th, to Mossell Bay; Tunor, 1. to Batavia; Active
and Grace, 14th, Rosanna, 16th, to Ichaboe; Antigone,
16th, to Havre; Governor, 1621
th,ttolL, Liverpool.
Arrivals in Algoa Bay—Lalla Rookh,pforoioln London;
John William Dare, from Table Bay; Ann Caitlinehs,
Dec, 3, foul

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