Star.
London, England, 1830-04-16 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received Cape Papers to the 20th of January.
The following is an abstract of the Act of last year for
the establishment of religious liberty as applicable to
the Cape :
" Whereas an act was passed in the rOth year of his Majesty's
reign, entitled, An set for the relief of his Majesty's Roman
Catholic subjects,' and that it is expedient such enactment and mei-
skins of said act as are applicable to this colony be extended thereto,
so modified as to meet the circumstances of the we; it is there-
fore enacted, that after the commencement of this ordinance,
it shall be lawful for any of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects
to hold, exercise, and enjoy, all civil and military Alas, and places
of trust or profit under his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, and
to exercise any other franchise or civil right, upon taking anti sub.
scribing the following oath instead of the oaths of allegiance, supre-
macy, and abjuration, and instead of such other oaths as may be
now by law required to be taken for the purpose aforesaid."
Here follows the oath, in which deponent swears to protect his
majesty from all conspiracies and attempts against his person, crown,
and dignity, and to disclose such, ac.—also to support the succes-
sion to the crown of the Hanoverian family—to abjure the opinion
that Princes excommunicated by the Pope can be deposed and mur-
dered by their subjects, and to deny a belief that the Pope or any
other foreign potentate has temporal power or influence over the
realm of England; and that the deponent will not exercise any pri-
vilege he possesses to weaken or disturb the Protestant religion or
government of the United Kingdom.
Every person professing the Roman Catholic religion shall, within
three months from the date of the ordinance, before he exercises the
privileges above-mentioned, take the oath required.
Any person entering upon the exercise of such privileges without
having complied with the above provision, shall forfeit 1001. to the
Kinand the appointment he may have accepted shall beeome void.
Any Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, or member of any order, com-
munities, or societies, who shall, after the commencement of the
ordinance, exercise any of the rites or ceremonies of the Roman
Catholic religion, or wear the habit of his order, except within the
usual places of worship, or in private houses, shall on conviction
forfeit GOL _ _

Jesuits and members of other religious or monastic orders being
allowed to reside in the colony at the date of the ordinance, and it
being expedient to make provision for the final suppression of the
same therein, it is enacted that they shall deliver in a statement of
their place of residence, and in ease of any person of the above de-
scription not complying with this, they shall forfeit every month
501. to the King during the time of their remaining in the colony.
Any Jesuit or member of such monastic orders deemed and taken
guilty of any offence, shall be ordered to be banished the colony for
his natural life.
It is lawful for the Governor to grant. by licence, permission to
any Jesuit or other member of a religious order, permission to come
into the colony, and remain there for such period as the Governor
shall think proper, not exceeding in any case six months, and any
person not deporting within 20 days after the expiration of the term,
shall be banished the colony for life.
An account of all such Hamm are to be laid annually before
His Majesty's CounciL
Any Jesuit, or other member of a religious community, who shall
admit any person to become a member of his order, shall be fined
and imprisoned, and any person becoming a member shall be ba-
nished for life.

---AlLilitisfitrther enacted that this ordinance shall commence and
take efect at the expiration of ten days from and after the passing
theme.

By commend of his Excellency the Governor,
J. BELL, Secretary to Oovanment.
Given at the Cape of Good Hope, Jan. 13.