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London, England, 1818-04-03 00:00:00

THIRDLY-48 to Religious' Liberty.

Under this head, the Protestant Union wish
to enquire, not so much what are the senti-
ments of a few individuds upon the highest
of all earthly rights (those of Religious Li-
berty) but what the Church of Rome teaches, and
allows her Members to exercise on this subject. Ro-
man Catholics submit themselves to her autho-
rity, and by that authority the great body of them
will he governed.
I . Does the Church of Rome recognize, or al-
low those under her authority to recognize, the
absolute right of every matt to worship God after
the dictates of his own conscience, and also the
right of every man peaceably to promulgate the
religious truths which he believes ? Does that
Church recognize that right equally, wimp.: she is
united with the State, as where she is..irsen-
tient from the religion of the State ? And,:parti-
cularly, ‘vouhl her present principles allow her to
admit that right, if berg were the national reli-
gion of this country ?
2. Does the Church of Rome consider those
who maintain this right, not only not obnoxious
to Ciril penalties or disabilities, but not obnoxious
to Ecclesiastical punishment If they be, or would
be, subject to Ecclesiastical censure or punish-
ment, what would be its nature and extent ?

3. lit what point of view does the Church of
nue consider those who have never been iw her
communion, or who, having been in her coin-
, muniou, have left it ? Are either of those 4e-
SCI iptions of persons liable to any, mid what
punishment or penalty, either civil or ecclesi-
astical ?
4. Does the Church of Rome allow, that ;that-
ever she may suppose the theological errors of
the United Church of England and lrelarol may
be, it is the undoubted right of the latter Church
and her Ministers to exercise her own ritee,,- ce-
remonies, and worship, and to enjoy those bene-
fices for ever which her Clergy now possess ?
5. Does the Church of Rome admit, that what,
ever she supposes may be the theological errors
of the various classes of Dissenters, the Preshy-•
terians; Independents, Baptists, Quakers, Me-
thodists, and other denominations of peaceable
Christians of this country, they have an hide.'
feisible right to follow the dictates of their con-
sciences, in worshipping God, and teaching .the
religious tenets which they prolessedly hold
FOURTHLY—As to the Tenets and Policy of .the

Church of Rome.

In the answers to the following questions, it is
desireable that the acknowledged authorittfla
which such answers are given may be quo,tittdi
as the decrees and doctriues of the Church of
Rome are in writing, it will not -create needless

inconvenience to require a quotation of th 6
thority. The Board of Eng!kit Catholics, as well
as the Protestant Union, must be convinced, that
to prevent as much as possible the recurrence of
any misrepresentation, the undisputed authorities
from which, they collect the tenets and policy of
the Church of Rome, should be mentioned, in or-,
der that Protestants may he perfectly satisfied ,on
those points. The Church of Rome will. no more
be answerable for the private opinions and con-
duct of her Members, however respectable, or
her Universities, however learned, than the
Church of England can be answerable for her
Members, whose conduct is contrary to the:to-
lerance of her declared principles. Therefore,
the Protestant Union are anxious to know, ;from
proper authority, what are the views of the Church
of Rome, and not of a few of her Members, •liiDll,-
ever respectable.
1. Are the principles of the Roman Catholics
friendly to the perpetuatiug of the Crown in the
Protestant Line ? Or would it not more consist
with the policy of the Church of Rome that the
Monarch of the British Empire should be a Ro-

man Catholic ? And would it not be the duty
of the Members of that Church to support a Ro-
'man Catholic Succession, rather than a Protest-

ant Succession ? And would it not be within the
policy of the Church of Rome, in any competi-
tion between a Protestant and Roman Catholic
Pt ince, to endeavour to obtain an alteration of
those Laws which guard the Protestant Ascen-
dancy?

2. ilow.:does it appear that the Roman Catho-
lic Religion is friendly or consonant either-to the
ciyil or religions rights of Protesvits

INCREASE OF

THE POOR.

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EXPLANATION.

The above Table is intended to shew in one view the pro-
portionate increte in the several years, 1776, 1783, and 1-603,
compared with the abstract as taken in 1815, a period of
nearly 40 years, and is thus explained, viz.:—The increase
in the first Column, money raised, was in the proportion from
the years 1776 to 1785, as 17 to 21; and from 1785 to 1803 in
the proportionate increase from 21 to 53, and again from
1803 to 1815, in the proportion of 53 to 81, or nearly five
times In the said period, doubling itself every 16 years.