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CATHOLIC QUESTION.
HOUSE OF COMMONS„ MARCH 2.
RESOLUTIONS
Reported from the Committee of the whole House, to whom it
was referred to consider the state of the Laws by which
' Oaths or Declarations are required to be taken or made as
Qualifications for the enjoyment of Offices, or for the exercise
of Civil Functions, so far as the same affect nis Majesty's
Roman Catholic subjects ; and-whether it would be expedient, _
iri any and what manner, to alter or modify the same, and '
' .subject to what provisions or regulation i and which Resolu-
tions were agreed to by the House.
1. Resolved, That it appears to this Committee that by cer-
taln Acts passed in the Parliaments of Great Brit,ain and Ire-
laird' respectively, certain declarations and affirmations are re-
lofted to be made, as qualifications for the enjoyment of certain
offices, franchises, and civil rights, therein mentioned.
i. Resolved, That such parts of said oaths as require a decla- ,
ration to be made against the belief of transubstantiation, or
that the invocation or• adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any
other Saint, and the sacrifice of. the Mass as used in the Church
of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous, appear to this Com-
rnittee to relate to opinions merely speculative and dogmatical,
not affecting the allegiance or civil duty of the subject; and that
the same may, therefore, safely be repealed.
3. Resolved, That it appears to this Committee, that in seve-
ral Acts passed in the Parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland
respectively, a certain Oath, commonly called the Oath of Su-
premacy, is required to be taken, as a qualification for the en-
joyment of certain offices, franchises, and civil rights, therein
mentioned.
4. Resolved, That in the said Oath and Declaration is con-
tained, that no foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State, or Poten-
tate, ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-emi-
nonce, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual,within these realms.
5. Resolved, That it appears to this Committee, that scru-
ples are entertained by his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects
with respect to taking the said oath, Merely on account of the
word " spiritual" being inserted therein ; and that for the pur-
pose of removing such scruples it would be expedient to declare
the sense in which the said word is used, according to the in-
junction issued by Queen Elizabeth, in the first year of her reign,
and recognized in th• Act of the fifth of her reign, and which,
as explained by the thirty-seventh of the articles of the Church
of England, imports merely, that the Kings of this realm should
govern all estates and degrees committed to their charge by Gon,
. whetha they be ecclesiastical or temporal, and restrain with the
civil sword the stubborn and evil doer.
6. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that',
such act of repeal and explanation should be accompanied with
such exceptions and regulations as may be found necessary for
preserving unalterably, the Protestant succession to the Crown,
according to the Act for the further limitation of the Crown,
and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject, and
fur maintaining inviolate the Protestant Episcopal Church of
England and Ireland, and the doctrine, government, and disci-
pline thereof, and the Church of Scotland, and the doctrine,
worship, government, and discipline thereof, as the same are by
law respectively established.
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Abercromby, lint. J. Farquharson, A. Mostyn, Sir T.
Acland, Sir Thomas Ferguson, Sir R. C. Neville, Hon. R.
Alexander, J. Fitzgerald, Lord W. Nugent, Lord
Allen, J. H. Fitzgerald, Re. lion. Nupent, Sir G.
Althorp, Viscount 'M. O'Callaghan, J.
Anson, Sir G. Fitzgibbon, lion. R. O'Grady, Standish
Anson, Hon. G. Fitzroy, Lord J. Ord, W.
Arbuthnot, Bight Fitzroy, Lord C. I'almer, C. Fysche
Hon. C. Fleming, John Palmerston, Lord
Brandling, C. J. Forbes, Lord Pares, Thomas
Wilk, J. Frankland, R. . Parnell, Sir H.
Bagwell, Re. Hn.W. French, A. Peirse, Henry
Barham, J. F. Finch, G. Phillitnore, Dr.
Barham, J. F. jun. Gladstoni, John Phillips, G.
Baring, Sir Thomas Gaskell, Benjamin Phillips, G. R.
Baring, Alexander Gleeorchy, Lord Plunkett, Rt. lin.W.
Barnard, Viscount Gordon, Robert Pole, Rt. Hn. W. W.
Parrett, S. M Graham, Saridford l'onsonby, lion. F.C.
Beaumont, T. W. Grant, C. Power, R.
Beetive, Earl of Grant, J. P. Powlett, Hon. W.
Beecher, W. W. Grant, J. M. Prendergast, J. S.
Bennett, Hon. H. G. Grant, F. W. Price, R.
Bentinck, Lord W. Grattan, James Pringle, Sir W.
Kenyon, Benj. Grenfell, Pascoe Pym, Francis
Blake, Sir F. Griffith, J. W. . Plumber, John
Binning, Lord Wadsworth, T. Ramsay, Sir A.
Birch, Joseph Itarvey, C. Rice, 'l'. S.
Blair, .1. H. Hamilton, Loif. A. Milky, Sir M. W.
Browne, D. Hamilton, Sir H. D. Rubinson, Sir G.
Browne, P. Hamilton, H. Robinson, lit. Tin. F.
-Browne, J. Harbert!, Hon. Ed. Rowley, Sir William
Browne, Dom. Ilardinge, Sir H. Rumbold, Charles
Broadhead, T. 11. lieathcote, G. J. Russell, Lord W.
Bury, Viscount Hill, Lord A. Russell, R. G.
Beuett, John ilubhouse J. C. Scott, James
Butler, lion. C. W. lionywood, W. P. &bright, Sir J. G.
Byng, G. Hornby, Edmund Sefton, Earl of
Culthorpe, llon. F. Howard, Hon. W. Shaw' Robert
Calcraft, John I Toward, lion. F. G. Smith, George
Calvert, Charles Hughes, W. L. Smith, John
Calvert, N. Hume, Joseph Sinirh, ‘l' illiarn
Campbell, Hon. J. EI lurst, Robert Smith, Robert
Carew, It. S. liuskisson, Right Smythe, J. 11.
Cavendish, Lord G. lion. W. Somerville, Sir M.
Cavendish, henryy Hutchinson,lin.C.H.Stariley, Lord
Cavendish, C. Ilartopp, G. Stewart, A. K.
Carter, John JoUiffe, 11. Stuart, Lord J.
Castlereagh, Lord Johnson, C. Sykes, Thin.
Caulfield, Hon. li. Kennedy, T. F. Staunton, Sir G.
Chichester, Arthur Kingsborough, Lord Talbot, R. W.
• Clifton, Lord Lamb, Hon. W. Taylor, N. A.
Clifford, Captain Lambton, J. G. Tennyson, C.
Cocks, J. S. Latouche Robert 'llerney, Rt. lIon.G
Coffin, Sir Isaac, Legge, lion. IL .4 Twias, 11.
Coke, T. W. Lennard, T. B. Upton, lion. A.
Colburne, N. W. R. Lewis, T. F. Vernon, George
Concannon, Lucius Lloyd, Sir E. Wilmot, It.
Courtenay, Wm. Lloyd, J. hi. Wall, C. B.
Courtenay, I'. P. Lloyd, Sam. Ward, lion. W.
Crompton, Samuel Lusbington, Dr. Water, 3. A.
Crosby, J. Lawley, F. Warrender, Sir G.
Creevey, T. hleteale, H. Western, C. C.
Daly, .I. Mackenzie, Thos. Wharton, John
Dawson, J. M. Maberky, W. L. Whitbread, S. C.
Denison, W. J. Macdonald, James Whitbread, W. 11.
Denman, Thomas Mackintosh, Sir J. 'White, Luke
Douglas, W. K. Mahon, lion. S. Whitmore, W. W.
Doveton, G. Marjoribanks, S. Williams, J. P.
Dundas, lion. T. Martin, John Wilson, Sir Robert
Dundas, Charles Martin, R. Wood, Alderman
Dunlop, J. hlildmay, Hon. P. Wortley, J. S.
Don, Sir A. St. Jahn Wynn, Sir W. W.
Ellice, F,dward Milton, Viscount Wynn, C. W.
Ellis, C. Rose Mona, J. B. Wyvill, M.
Ellis, lion. G. A. Money, W. T.
Ellison, C. Moore, Peter MUIR&
Evans, William Moore, Abraham Duncannon,Viscount
Farrand, Robert Morland, Sir S. B. Fremantle, W.
PAIRED ore whit
Phipps, lion. Edward Ward, Robert
Bourne, Right Hon. S. Ryder, Hon. R.
Belgrave, Lord Lowther, John
Colthurst. Sir N. Wynne, Owen
Maule, lion. W. Campbell, A.
Maxwell, John i-littrell, John
Ticbfield, Marquis of Clive, Lord
Cumming, G. Montgomery, J. .
Lester, U. Lester Swann, Henry
Evelyn, L. Scott, Sir WiMara
Curwen, J. C. Goulburn, H.
Ramsden, J. C. • Northey, W.
Newport, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Cartwright, R.
De Crespigny, SirW. Powell, Edward
Tavbtoek, Marquis of Worcester, Marquis of
Ebrington, Viscount - Newman, Robert
Gurney, Hudson Dent, John
Barlett, J. Noel, Sir G.
Guise, Sir W. B. Lockhart, J. J.
Prise, Pryse Estcourt, T. G.
Russell, Lord John Nicholl, Sir John
Wilkins, Walter Bradshaw' T. 11.
Croker, J. W. Yarmouth, Earl 0
Scutlamote, R. P.. Walker, S.

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