The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-03 00:00:00

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Stag of the Great Lord, passed through Mancha to dbokßkS
join the Fourth A-thy, comminded by Vsavas, who OF THE ROMAN CATIIOLIC ORELATIS TO TER
kad arrived at Alcaraz. These forces, which amount t'LERGY AND LAITY Or THE ROMAN OATH°.
Lie CHURcHEd IN IRELAND.
to out less than 30,000 infaatry and VA() cavalry, •
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orto act on the rear-guard of the army of Seevr. REVEREND BROTHIRS AHD BRLOVID CHILDREN,
Tan Expedition from Alicant was reinforced by 7000 Peace be to you 1 Recurring exigencies in the course
mon from Sicily, and with them there is a new English of the last few years have repeatedly induced us, as
General- guardians of the Roman Catholic Religion in Ireland,
Thus this army, which consisted of 1-1,000 men/ to declare our sentiments upon the subject of its con-
being reinforc.al by 7000 men from Sicily, and 3000 cerns ; and we have had the unspeakable satisfaction
from Majorca, will amount to 21,000 men to act of witnessing, that such declarations, on our part,
raiast St•CIIET, in Valencia. I were received by you with that unanimity and that
A division of the French army has marched for spirit, which proclaim to the world, that your in-
j3,,nevente ; but we know that it will retire to the violable attachment to the Creed of your ancestors ,
baas of the Douro. .The General who commands/ hath not hitherto been, and, under the Divine Protec-
:id inlaid:, the army, called the Army of Portugal/ tion, never will be lessened, or impaired by privations,
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,u. We have read a dispatch transmitted by penalties, or hardships. Of that conscientious loyalty,
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him to the Minister at War iu Paris, in which he which all good subjects owe to their Ring and to the
communicates the retreat of our army from Burgos. State,and which the spirit of ourßeligion so emphatical-
From some letters received by the ordinary courier, ly inculcates, you have given such unequirosal assur.
it appears, that the Great Lord has made a retro- antes, such unparalleled and satisfactory proofs, that
grade movement. ! the most distrustful ingenuity cannot possibly devise
English cavalry has been for several days landing securities more binding. We learn, notwithstanding,
in this capital ; infantry likewise may be expected, with the deepest regret, that in the opinion of many
a, it is known to have already sailed from England. ' respectable individuals, your restoration to the full
General CLINTON has arrived at Alicant, to take enjoyment of the blessings of the Constitution ought
the command of the expedition. ito be postponed, until what we consider necessary
General Couttis was not taken, but on the con. 'to the integrity of our Religion, shall have been
trate, proceeded for the Fourth Army, as GenPral 1 first surrendered : a ranaluter., to whtett,- sttth the
at Division. ' assistance of "Gon, we shall prefer that of our lives.
The head-quarters of the great Lord were still at . We arc also concerned to observe, that various at.
Salamanca, on the I Rth of this mor:th. The heights' tempts have been made, and are still persisted in, to
of San Christ.oval sod Calwert zos had born fortified, • mislead the public mind. Periodical papers and
bitt no event of importanoc had taken places 1 pamphlets, replete with misrepresentation, are an-
The divisions of D. CARLDS DE If ' ceasingly employed to frustrate the exertions of our
and Cot= PEFNE VILLEMUR, accomrauied the friends, and exasperate the prejudices of our oppo-
army of Gencral lltt.L. A small French corps, nents. Amongst these publications, we find it ne-
which, on tilt. 31st, arrived at Va! de Moro, entered , „mil to particularise cortain tracts, which have
'Madrid on the Ist of Nevemhar. LONGA took a lately appeared, under the title of Colansbanut ad
convoy escorted by sno French, near Vittoria. 1 Hibernos, fraught with misrepresentation and ca-
lumny, and presuming to dictate, as Roman Catho-
lic tenets, opinions contrary to the genuine doc-
trines, and subversive of the discipline of the Ro-
rel ri Catholic. Church. To obviate, as far as in our
power, these mischievous attempts, we deem it a duty
to announce to you the subsequeut Resolutions,
which we have this day unanimously adopted :
I. That we do hereby confirm and declare our un-
altered adherence to the Resolutions unanimously
entered into at our last General Meeting, on the 26th
of Febrnary, 1810*.
11. That we do hereby confirm our condemnation
and censure of certain propositions, extracted from'
a book, entitled Abus sans Example, atc.by Pm's'
LOUIS BLANCHARD, printed by R. JUIGINC, London,
1808; and specified in our Declaration of the 3d of
July, and 21st of August, 1809 f : sad further, we
in like manner declare, that we will not grant fa-
collies of any kind to any Clergyman who may or
' shall assert, that our afflicted Holy Father is a He-
retie, or a Schismatic, or the Author, or the Abettor
i of Heresy or Schisns.
° 111. That, although the substance of the answers
returned by six Roman Catholic Universities, rela-
tive to the duties of subjects, in the years 1788 and
1789, is manifestly contained in the Oath of Alle-
giance and Declaration, which we have solemnly
sworn ; we think it, nevertheless, fitting to declare,
that we consider those answers as perfectly conform-
able to the doctrine and tenets of our Religion; and
that Tee adopt them as our omit.
IV. That admiring as we do, the determination

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM stANctr.%-REAr., HtAD-

QUARTERS Or THE Fourtrit ARMY, DATED NOTES!.

PER l 1.
" We are pursuing our march towards the Alta-
fa: mountains, though rather slowly, from the want
of p;odsions, which we cannot get from these ex-
hausted districts. The second division, however, is
in the environs of Infantes, and the march of all the
troops of this army (the number of which does
cot fall short of 2,000) must call off the attoution of
the enemy from Madrid. Our Third Army is in
their rear, and it is to he hoped will soon join us, as
it is not sufficiently strong to act by itself, if the ene-
my should be on the alert.
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Yesterday being the day appointed by the PutSCII
Resew, to receive the Address of the Rouge et
Commons, at ten minutes before three o'cloci the
SPL4ILEit arrived in his state coach at Carlton house,
accompanied by his Secretary, Chaplain, Train•
bearer, and Mr. SEYMOUR, the Serjeant at Arms.—
The following Members attended the Ses.stin In
Court dresses :
Lord Clive and Mr. Hart Davis, the Mover and Seconder of
the Wren; Viscount Castlereagh, Earl of Yarmouth, Eurd
Lowther, Mr. Yinsittart, Mr. G. Rose, Lord Charles So perset„
Mr. El 'Mums, Mr. I).Glidv.(3eneral Thornton, Mr. M. Sutton,
Mr. H Itord, and Mr. Dail,.
In a few minutes after the Pelves being seated on
his throne, they were introduced, and the SPEAKER
read the Address; to which his Royal Highness re-
turned a most gracious answer.
His Royal Highness gave audience to the Lnrd
Citeactctost, Viscount St: mourn, and Carl Mut..
GRAVE.

Much surprise was yesterday excited by the pan- l of the Roman catholic, of Ireland, to persevere
city of Members who vcom pallier' the SpeAKER with
the Address to his Rum al ill4lint.s.: the Niece az- in their temperate, firm, and constitutional efforts
GOVT. The whole number present on this occasion i for the removal of the disabilities which still continue
did not exceed a dozen ; of these, the major part i to affect them ;* we contemplate with peculiar Wis•
were the Ministers themselves. Mr. 0 %VIES GIDDY, i faction,the zeal which they have evinced in their
and the Mover and seconder of the Address we be-1
ireaditess to forego the attainment of civil assn. I
lieve, were the only exceptions. Upon former oc- I cages, rather than purchase them at the expense of
caMons, at the opening o' a Parliament, where an I
sacrifice, which might compromise, or endanger
Address was voted to the Kt sic., to be presented by i any
" the whole House," almost entry Member, who i the safety and integrity of their Religion.
Lad taken his seat, seemed anxious, by his presence V. That as we are at present precluded from any
at St. James's, to prove tho sitteaity with which he ' intercourse with our Supreme Pastor, we feel our-
had
acceded to the Address.—hors different was the ; selves utterly incompetent to propose, or agree to any
scene yesterday displayed ! inead of the state car- '
change, in the long established mode of granting
riage of the SPEAKER being Mowed by a string of
a hundred carriages, j VI. That we are firmlyiJs only joined the processiou, Nish Romans Cutholie nishain•
I
scarcely sufficielit to disturb the solemn stillness Of convinced that no pledges
the Prune's Court-yard. , or securities of more efficient obligation can be de-
Arumour prevailed yesterday, that the Parstovirs ' vised, than these which we have already given ; most'
opening Speech to Congress was in town, having been humbly conceiving that our long-continued ender.
hoeught to uverpool by the. S 4 edisit ship Speculation,
' ance under the pressure of the Penal Code, from
which had waited some time elf the Capes for that .
A% lii:h a sacrifice of conscience would have instantly i
purpose. We believe that Cie rumour is unfounded ;
as we understand that th- Sneculution sailed from relieved us, is proof inoontrovertible, that the sacred-
Now York on the 24th of October. By this channel nest of an oath is no where more binding than on the
we learn, that ou the 15th of October, the Jano frigate 1 consciences of Irish Roman Catholics.
arrived at New York from Halifax, with the propo.. VII. That our warmest thanks are justly due to
sale of the British Government, which were sent out
N. They were immediately for- Jimes BERNARD Currey, Esq. for the ability, learn-
by Sir J. 13. WARRwarded to Washington ; and a few days afterwards it ing, and zeal, which he has successfully displayed in
was known at New York, that a Cabinet Council his refutation of the errors and slanders published
was held at the Seat of Government to take them under the title of Colutnbanut ad Hiberwos.—We
under consideration, the result of which had not conclude, Rev. Brothers' beloved Children, by el-
transpired at the departure of the Speculation. It is honing You to persevere in the faith of your fore-
farther stated, on the same authority, that the elec-
tion for President had taken a most favourable tarn fathers, in CHRIST ; to rest your hope on Hut,
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for Mr. Cutrroe. I • These Revelations ore seveatern is soother t—by the Mat of
The recent defeat of the American force in Canada them the Prelates claim to their Order the exclusive tiled Ode-
was ascribed to the militia of the United States bay- eidiao .1 all matter, relative to the Raman Catholic wets 1
ing positively refused to march across the lines into by the intermediate Rosolotion they refute and reject the riser
the British territories, which necessarily weakened meats la [moor of the Veto, mad dollar armagentettsi sad, by
the invading army. The Americans, in enumerating Be test, they ewes *dr flasks to Dr. knaves, fur btu Ina-
their loss, mention General RANSELAAR as wounded, stain withstanding thonno at a Ideating et wrath /NOM Ca-
and a prisoner ; and Major ROYTER, as bowleg been sheiks, at the St. Allmigitavora. 111110. 1,11110;
killed. I tßy this Deetaratisse the Frolouti molar* emu& Semi
sehlatuttles 600400 MR ISLosibM, sobs. Wider tbegadent
The Cadiz packet spoke a vessel from New York, of a eertai's pm" suagatami Iwo 60.00 ..
who informed her that Commodore Roalizas had eons the insoss gliugsk • dligolit, by
bon off Madeira, and had taken two pad" WWI , baltolibdr lisiabelaill . OW P
bad been sent into American ports. 4 swim is VIOL,
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whose promises cannot fail ; and that your Faith
and Hope be ever enlivened by Charity.—Once
more, Rev. Brethren, beloved Children, peace be
with you! Amen.
Dublin, Nov. 18,1x113.
R. O'Reilly, J. T. Troy. T. Bray, P. J. Musket, D. Mar-
-1 ray, F. Muylaa, P. *Mullen. D. Delany, W. Copplager, E.
Derry (by proxy), P. Ryan, John Young, C. O'D000ell,• T.
Cot:elle, J. OShauglinessy, P. *Laughlin, N. J. Archdeacon,
C. Snghrue, J. Murphy, J. Caulfield (by proxy), J. Power,
F. O'Reilly, J. Flys (by proxy), A. &Kelly, V. C. Tatra, P.
Daly iby proxy), V. C. Artiagh. R. Maaxfield (by proxy), 0.
C. Oisory, G. Plunkett, V. C. Elphla, D. Maania, V. C. Cal-
-1 way.