The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-10-18 00:00:00

STATESMAN.

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If this our determination be erroneous, we should and sincere resolution to avoid future guilt. and to
mitet that we awl our allCestOrg had not loos' since atone to God, are prerieus slid iiidiseensahle requi-
dee , steed the error; as the Catholics of Ireland site' to establish a well.toseided expectation of fors
(joule!, ti) maim; such sacrifices, have seedily ob. gireness ; and that any person who receives shsolu-
(titled relief from the Penal Code which oppressed Lion without Beek preiious requicitee, so fir flora
them. But we do not lament our perseverance, on obtaining thereby any remis:ion of his 4111.1, incurs
the conliar, we are coutirtned in our conviction, the additional guilt of violating a iscrentent ; and
that a cmiscientinus adherence to the same course, do swear, that I will defend, to the utmost of my
tot ultimately obtain the approval of the Holy See, power, the settlement and arrangement of property
and insure the admiration of every faithful member iii this country, as established by the laws now in
of the Church. being; and I do hereby di.claini, disavow, and so.
If shall pease our temporal Rulers to impose timely abjure any intention to subvert the present
this obnoxious regulation spout us, we must bow Church Establishment, for the purpose of substitut-
down our heed, before the ordinance of theAll-Sceing, ing a Catholic Establishment in its stead ; and I do
Providence ;'arid, humbly confiding in his merciful solemnly swear, that I will not exercise any
protection, meet this new trial with the same reli- lege to which lam or may b•cnme entitled, to ilk-
elites spirit as fiRS enabled us to survive every similar turh and weaken the Protestant Religion and Pro.
persecuting proviNfon. Grievously, indeed, would testent Government in this kingdom.—So help me
we'lament, if our enemies should succeed in &Ilene- !God."
ing the mind of your Holiness from so many millions
of faithful children. Should it, however, unhappily
appear, that the influence of our opponents is more
powerful than the prayers of such a people,we would
still proceed in the cosine which practice and perse-
cution tear, tried and proved.
Wennt not, however, anticipate so calamitous
and so portentous a determination on the part of
your Holinese ; we wilt rather cherish our accus-
tomed confi lence the Holy gee; and, resting on
the benign Providen., on the Divine Founder of
our Faith, we will look forward to such a determi-
Dalton on the part of your Holiness es will allay
out religious anxieties; preserve, undisturbed, the
peace et a Church enthusiastically devoted to its Spi-
ritual'aief ; and thereby perpetuate, by indissoluble
bonds, the spiritual connexion which has been so long
maintained between the See of Rome and the Roman
Catholics of Ireland.
Vor these purposes, and with these views, we lay
this our humble Address and Remonstrance at the-
feet of your Holiness, preying a favourable consi-
deration, and again imploring the Apostolical bene-
diction.

THOMAS FAMONDE, Minas%
LOWARD HAY, Secretary.

I certify that the above Address and Remon-
strance was framed by the Ariociatinn of the Roman
Catholics of Ireland, pursuant to the directions of
the Aggregate Meeting, held en Tuesday, the 29th
day of August last.
NICHOLAS MA HON.
Dublin, Sept. 16, 1815. Coatroom of the Assoesetioo.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Ocr. 17.

John Jenkins, a creditor of Mrs. Hodgson, to
the eztent of 1001. personally opposed her discharge,
on the ground that she had fraudulently made over
her effects to her son.

It appeared that the Insolvent carried on buttiness
in the Woollen Drapery line at Rochester. In Sep.
tember, 1811, she proposed getting quit of her busi.
ness ; there was a distress in the house at the time
for rent, to the amount of 901. She owed her son a
large sum of money for wages, and there were other
debts due by her, to a considerable amount, which
the sou proposed taking upon himself, and an in.
ventory was made out and the stock valued at 5501.
the difference between which and the debt due to
the son was paid over to the mother.—Ordered to be
remanded.

Bass was examined as to his schedule by the
Court, when it appearing that to one creditor of the
name of Richardson, he had given a warrant of at.
torney over his effects, at the time that he had other
creditors.--He was ordered to be remanded.

OATHS TANEY IT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC! Of IIP.

LAND, AND itErLituLD TO IN MS ADOTE ADM's&
1.)—" 1 do take Almighty God and his only
Son Jesus Christ, my Redeemer, to witness, that I
will be faithful and bear true allegiance to our most
gracious Sovereign Lord King George the Third, and
him *id defend 'to the utmost of my power, against
all conspiracies and attempts whatever that shall be
made against his person, crown, and dignity ; and I
will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make
known to his Majessy and his Heirs, all treasons and
traitorous conspiracies which may be formed against
him or them ; and 1 do faithfully promise to main.
fain. support, end defend', to the utmost of tett
the succession of the Crown in his Majesty's
Family against any, person or persons whatsoever,
hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any (midi.
'nee or allegiance unto the person taking upon him.
se,l the style and title of Prince of Wales, in the
licr.time of his Father, and who, since hisdeeth, is
said to have asaumud the style and title of King of
Great Britain and Ireland, by the name of Charles
the Third, and to any other person claiming or pre-
tending a right to the Crown of these Realms ; and
do swear, that I do reject end detest as unchristian
and impious to believe, that it isiawful to murder or
destroy any person or persons whatsoever, for, or
under pretence of their being Heretics ; and also
that unchristian and impious principle, that no frith
is to he kept with heretics. I further declare, that
it is no article of my faith, and that I do renounce,
reject, and abjure the opinion, that Princes eacom.
municated by the Pope and Council, or by au. •
thority of the See of Rome, or by any authority
whatsoever, may he deposed or murdered by their
subject., or by any person whatsoever; and I do
promi4e, that I will not tnld, maintain, or abet any
such opinion, or any other opinion, contrary to what
is expressed in this Declaration. And Ido declare,
that I de, not hpli.ve that the Pope of Rome, or any
other Foreign Prince, Prelate, State, or Pbtentate,
bath, or ought to have, any Temporal or Civil Ju-
risdiction, Power, Superiority, or Pre-eminence,
directly or indirectly, within this realm. And I do
solemnly, in the presence of God, and of his only
Son. Jesus Christ, my Redeemer, profess, testify, and
declare, that I do make this Declaration and every
pert thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the
words of this Oath, without any evasion, equi-
vocation, or mental reservation whatever, and with.
out any Dispensation already granted by the Pope) I
or any authority of the See of Rome, or any per-
son whatever ; and without thinking that I am, or I
can be, acquitted before God or Man, or absolved
of this Declaration, or any part thereof, although
the Pope, or any other person or persons, or an.
thority whatsoever, shall dispense with or annul the !
same, or declare that it was null sod void from the
beginning.—So help ma God."
' (No. 2.) "I do hereby declare that Ido profess:
the Roman Catholic Religion.
" I do swear that I do abjure, condemn, and de.
test, as unchristian and impious, the principle that
it is lawful to murder, destroy, or any ways injure
any person whatsoever, for or under the pretence of
being a heretic ; and I do declare solemnly before
God, that I believe that no act, in itself unjust, im.
moral, or wicked, can ever be justified or excused,
by, or under pretence or colour that it was doite,
either for the good of the Church, or in obedience to
any Ecclesiastical Power whatsoever. I also de.
clare, that it is not an article of the Catholic Faith ;
neither am I thereby required to believe or profess
that the Pope is infallible, or that I am bound to
obey any order, in its own nature immoral, though
the Pope, or any Ecclesiastical Power, should issue
or direct such order • but, on the contrary, I boW
that it would be sinful in me to pay any respect or
obedience thereto. I further declare, that Ido not
believe that any sin whatsoever committed by me,
can be forgiven at the mere will of the Pope, or
of any priest, or of 'any person or persons what.
soever; bat that sincere sorrow for past sines a firm