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London, England, 1828-04-14 00:00:00

orders which have been issued to the public de-
partments for information, it was to be expected
that some obscurity or intricacy would arise ; but
the complaints have been reiterated, we believe,
from all the offices except One or two, and the
Committee, when they meet again, will have to
re-Issue orders for information, which, had the
first application been perspicuously expressed,
they would have now before them. It cannot
reasonably he expected that Sir Henry Parnell,
the Chairman, should be so conversant in the
mode of doing business at the difierent Govern-
ment offices as to know exactly the precise form
in which their accounts are kept, or the manner
in which an interrogatory should be framed so as
to he applicable to their pla'n of arranging their
documents ; but it is not too much to expect
that Mr. Huskisson and Mr. Ferries, who must
possess the requisite knowledge, would suggest
the form in such instances, in which the requi-
site information is to be sought, so as that the
offices may have no excuse, but feel compelled
to pay implicit obedience to the orders. When
it is considered that the fate of many of these
departments must depend upon the ultimate de-
cision of the Committee of Finance, it is na-
tural to expect that they will not eagerly afford
facilities to lead to their own undoing. No delay,
however, ought to arise in taking from them the
reason or the pretext of the want of perspicuity
in the applications for information.—Times.
We insert a copy of the Bill for the repeal of
the Test and Corporation Acts, as it has come
from the Commons for the discussion in the
Lords. The declaration is extremely brief, and
is, therefore, the better. But what surprises us
most is the introduction of the Church of Scot-
land in the third clause. " Whereas the Pro-
testant episcopal church is established in Eng-
land and Ireland, and the Protestant Presbyte-
rian church is established in Scotland, therefore
the test" (which was never used in the last-
uanzed iiagdonz) " shall be abolished in the
other two, and a declaration used instead thereof.

It is certaL.lv very invidious to introduce the
of Scotland here ; as if she
Presbyterian lOrk
had required 4 ever ha:.l a test, upon the pretext
that it wa, necessary for her I;Teservation. Scot.
land has no test or corporation acts : she never
wanted any such ; and it is therefore a libel on
the Church of England to say that she requires
an artificial support, of which another church,
founded, like her own, on Gospel truth, has 1-,o
Deed.

" Whereas an Act was passed in the 13th year
of the reign of King Charles the Second, entitled,
An Act for the well-governing and regulating of
Corporations ;' and whereas another Act was passed
in the 25th year of the reign of King Charles the
Second, entitled, An Act for preventing danger
which may happen from Popish recusants :' And
whereAlknother Act was passed in the 16th year
of the reign of King George 11., entitled, ' An
Act to indemnify persons who have omitted to qua-
lify themselves for offices and employments within
the time limited by law, and for allowing further
time for that purpose; and also for amending so
much of an Act made in the 25th year of the reign
of king Charles 11., entitled, 6 An Act for prevent-
ing dangers which may happen from Popish recu-
sants,' as relate: to the time for receiving the sacra-
ment of the Lord's Supper now limited by the said
Act: And whereas it is expedient that so much of
the said several Acts of Parliament as imposes the
necessity of taking the sacrament of the Lord's
Supper according to the rites and usage of the
Church of England, for the purposes therein re-
spectively mentioned, should be repealed; be it
therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Ma-
jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this
present Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, that so much and such parts of the
said several Acts passed in the 13th and 25th years
rof the reign of King Charles the Second, and of
the said Act passed in the 16th year of the reign of
King George the Second, as require the person or
persons in the said Acts respectively described to
take or receive the sacrament of the Lord's Supper
according to the rites or usage of the Church of
England, for the several purposes therein expriiss,ed,
or to deiiviir a certificate or make proof of the truth
of such his or their receiving the said sacrament in
manner aforesaid, or as impose upon any such per-
son or persons any penalty, forfeiture, incapacity, or
disability whatsoever, for or by reason of any ::eglect
or omission to take or receive the said sacrament,
within the respective pekiods and in the manner in
the said Acts respectively provided in that behalf,
shall, from and immediately after the passing of this
Act, ii and the same are hereby repealed. I
_

" And whe:eas the Protestant Episcopal Church
of England and Ireiand, and the doctrine, discipline,
and government thereof, and the Protestant Presby-
tcrian Church of Scotland, and the doctrine, disci-
pline, ar4 government thereof, are by the laws of
this realm ci.vcrally established permanently and
inviolably : and whereas it is just and fitting, that
on the repeal of such parts of f4e raid acts as impose
the necessity of taking the sacrament of th,f.! Lord's
Supper f;,.cording to the rites or usage of the Church
of England, as a qualification for office, a declaration
to the following effect chould be substituted in lieu
thereof; be it therefore enaetd, that every person
r. 40 shall hereafter ha placed, elected, a: chosen in
or to the office of mayor, alderman, recorder,
town clerk, common councilman, or in or to any
office of magistracy, or place, trust, or employment
relating to the government of anv city, corporation,
borGuh, or cinque port, within Engiatn: and Wales,
or the town of J3erwick-upon-Tweed, shall, within
one calendar month -;text before or upon his admis-
sion into any of the aforet;W offices or trusts, make
.Ind subscribe the declaration follow:nr?---
" f, A. 8., do solemnly declare, that I will never
exercise any power, authority, or influence which I
may possess by virtue of the office of to injure
or weaken the Protestant church' as it is by law es-
tabfisbed within this realm, or to d:zturb it in the
possession c,r any rights or privileges to which it is
by law entitled:
" And be it enacted, that the said declaration shall
6,e made and subscribed as aforesaid, the presence
of such parson or persons respectively, who, Ly the
charters or usages of the said respective cities, cor-
porations, boroughs, aixd cinque ports, ought to ad-
minister the oath for due ek;opition of the said
offices or places respectively, and in defult of such,
in the presence of two justices of the peace of the
!corporations, boroughs, and cinque ports,
if such cities,ti-dl tre be, or otherwise in the presence of two
justices of the peace of the respective counties, rid-
ings, divisions, or franchises wherein the said cities,
corporations, boroughs,
and Cinque ports are ; which
a t records
i n
said declaration shall either be entered in a book,
roll, or other record, to he kept for that purpose, or
shall be
tilersmg? tigst the of
rthes o city,
placed, cor-
poration, tAi onn(i borough,i)eit ot.
enacted,cinre poi
any p ort.
elected, or chosen into any of the aforesaid offices
o
places, shall omit
.or neglect to make and subscribe
the said deciatatmn in manner above-mentioned,
such placing, election, o;.' :mice shall be void.
" And be it enacted, that it alO4l and may be
lawful for Liz Majesty, his heirs and successors, to
require any person who may be appointed to any
civil office or trust whatever, or who may hold any
commission from his Majesty, Ilk heirs and suc-
cessors, and who would, by any of the acts above-
mentioned, be required to take or receive the
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, to make and sub-
scribe the declaration above-mentioned previously to
his admission into such office or trust, or to acting
under such commission.

" Provided always, and be it further enacted, that
it shall be lawful for his Majesty, his heirs and Fle-
from time to time, by order in Counril, to