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London, England, 1813-05-03 00:00:00

&F 771. E C4THOLIC BILL.

T his sill enables Roman Catholics to sit in either !louse of
Parliament, and to hold civil and military offices, 'Too theft
taking and making a certain Declaration and Oath, ins•ead of the
Oaths of Allegiance, Abjuration, and Supremacy, and the
clarations against Tranattbstantiation and the Invocation of tits,
required by the preseut laws, excex the offices of Lord High
Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Lord Commissioner of the Great
eel of Great Britain, or of Lord Lieutenant or Lord Deputy, os
Chief Governor or Governors of Irelands Roman Catholics are
also to continue disqualified to hold.or to present to ar.y office,
benefice, place, or dignity, belonging to the Es:abl shed Church,
or the Church of Scotland, or to any Ecclesiastical Court of Judi.
cature, or to any of the Universities of this realm, or to the C.d.
leges of Eron, Wesminster, or Wiacheyer, or to any public
School of Royal or Eccles;asecal foundation within tui, realm,
otherwise tbau as they are by the law, u now existing, qualithd
to hold or present to the same.

No Roman Catholic shall present to any Protestant advowsote
If any ecclesiastical patronage be attached to any office to wh:eh
a Roman Catholic is appointed, the patronage shall be excetite4
by such Protestant Privy Councillor as his Majesty may Appoint.
Roman Catholic Clergymen shall take the fallsiwiug Oath :
" I, A. B. do swear, that I never will concur in, or coniell
to, the appointment or consecration of any Roman Catholic
shop, or Vicat Apostolic, in the United Kingdom, but such a, t
shall conscientiously deem to be of unimpeachahle loyalty 41.c1
peaceable conduct. And Ido swear, that I have not, and w:II
not, have any correspondence or communication with the
or See of Rome, or with any Court of Tribunal, estalia.heil ur
to be established, by the Pope or See of Rome, or by the autho-
rity of the same, or with any person or persons authorised, or
pretending to be authorised, by the Pope or See of Rome, tend-
ing directly or indirectly to overthrow or distarb the Pretestant
Goternment, or the Protestant Church of Great Britain and Ire-
land, or the Church of Scotland, as by law established; and that
I will not correspond or cominonicate with the Pope or Sce of
Rome, or with any Tribunal established, or to be establisheei,hy
the Pope or See of Rome, or by the authority of the same; u:
with any person or persons authorised, or
.pretending to Ise iu-
thorised, by the Pope or See of Rome, or any matter or tie: ~
not purely ecclesiastical."
Persons dischargiog spiritual functions without takingthii 02th
will be guilty of a misdemeanour. None but a natural born
Ject, tray.nz been resident in the kingdom five years hunh, tats ty
previous to consecration, shall exercise the functions of ISi•liop.
These are the heads of Mr. GRATTAN'S *II, to wi;ich sits
CANNING has proposed several supplementary clauses to the tol•
' lowing purport s—llar every Roman Catholic Bit hop to be here.
after appointed shall obtain a certificate from five English Calla-
lie Peers, named in the Bill, as to his loyalty; and any Bishrp
olficiating without this certificate may be sent out of the !deg-
dom. lle.t all buds or briefs received from Rome, shalt ho
insmelately communicated to commissioners appointed by the
Bill, namely, five Catholic Pre,rs, the Rothan Catholic
of the Londe', district, the Lord Chancellor, and one of the
ereraries of State, beinru Protestant, ex. epilog such buds as re.
late to the spiritual concerns of individual., which must be ci.rtie
led Von oath to be purely of such 4 nature.
The Commissioners to be sworn to secrecy.
1 here Is a similar provision for Ireland.
'I he Connuissitmers to certify for the loyalty of Bishops to be
het Irish Catholic Peers. The Commissioners for the iiispee.
tints of bulls to be the same lye Peers, the Roman Catholic Arch.
bishops Dublin and Armagh, the Lord Chencellor, and decree
' tary of State, or one of the Privy Couticil, being a Protestant.
In the-orent of the death or absence from the kingdcun or any
Of the five Catholic Peers in either of the kingdoms, a subacute
to be appolited by his Majesty from amoug the remaining Ca.
tbolie Peers; or, if there should not be a sufficient uutnik r of
Catholic Peers, any Roman Catholic Gentleman, possu.siug a
landed agate of £lOOO a-year, :pay beapppointed

007TENBURGH Milli,.

COTTEWBURGIL APRIL 21.

The Commander in Chief and several_ regiment*
have arrived. The Crown Prince is daily expecte.l tp
review them, previous to their embarkation.
Baron Jacobi Kleist, formerly Prussian Minister as
the Court of London, is also expected here immedi.
awl), to embark for England.