Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-05-04


The resolutions which he intended 10 pro.
pose were six in number, which he would now
read
4. That il appears 10 this Committee, thar,
by Acts passed IN the Parlisments Of Great
Britain and IL Gland respectively, certain dec,
araiions and affi fmatious are required TO be
made, as gnalihcatioustor tho enjoyment OF
certain offices. franchises, and civil rishts
therein mentioned.
q That such parts of said oathS as reuuire
declaration 20 be made against the bclltt OF
| transubstantiatiou, or that the Invocation o,
alteration OF the Virgin Mary, any other
Saint, aud the sacrifice Of the Mass, as used
in the church OF Rome, are superstliious and
idolatrous, appear TO this COMMITTEES to relate
to opinions merely speculative and: docinati
cal. not affecting the allegiance or civil duty
OF the subject and that the same may there.
fore safely be repealed.
). That IL appears 10 this Committee that
IN several Acts passed la the Parlismeuts Of
Great Britain ana Ireland respectively, a
certain oath, commonly called the Oath of
Supremacy, is required TO be taken, as a
qualification for tue enjoyment of certain Of
fees, franchises, aud civil rights, therein men.
toned.
4. That in the said oath aud declaration is
contained. thai no foieisn Prince, Person,
PreIate, State or Poteniate. ought TO have
aUy jurisdiction. power, superiority pre- emf
nenee, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual
within these realms.
.. That Il appears TO this Committee that
| scruples are entertained by his Majesty's Ro,
man Catholic subjects with respect TO taking
the said oath. merely on account Of the word
'sprithat being inserted the reis and that for
The purpose OF removing such scruplas, il
wonid be eXpedient TO declare the sense
in which the said word IL used accordio,, IA
the injunction issued by Queen Elizabeth i'm
the first year OF hst reign, and recognised i'm
The Act of the fifth year of her reign, and
wn'ch AS explained by The thirty seventh of
| the Articles of the Church of ENGLAND i'm
ports merely. that the Kings of this realm
shonid govern all estates aud DEGREES COM
mltied To their charge by God whether thew
De ecciesiasticdI or temporal. aud restrain
with the civil sword The stubborn and evil
dOer
o. That il is the opinion Of this Committee.
That sucb Act of repeal and exclamation
shouid De accompanied with sach exceptions
anu regulation as may he found necessary far
preserving nnal,erably the protestant succes.
siou TO The Crown, according &c the Act for
The fu'thfr limitation OF the Grown and be,-
Ter securing the rights and liberties of the
subject, aud maintaining IN violate rho pro
'estant Episcopal Church of ENGLAND and
ireland, aud the doctrine government and
discipline thereof; and the Church of Sco,
laud. aud The doctrine, worship, government.
and discipline thereof as the same ar. bv law
respectively established.
We learn tiom respectable authority.
!hal the King of Sardinia, like hi. Sicil,an
Majesty, received snnmons To appear
before he high Court Of Drspoiism. as.
s'mbled al Laybach. Victor Enanne,
however knew bow TO answer as BEGAN, a
king. He replied 10 The summons ,ha, i,
vas inconsistent with lis various do,,rs
o be absent from home and with his
flgnl'y as an iadep-ndeni Sovereign 10
aliend the commands ofany toreigu prin.
crs; [Horniag Paper.
diamond. An rXfTaordinarv .arge ,,ia.
m"ni belonging 10 The Hon. Eas, India
COMPANY, has been recenily received
on lntia; MS denominated the Nassnck
diamond, ana vas aiken With r.,e bagyaye
.rom,the Pr'shwa OF .he MAHRATTAs.
! weighs sos grains, o. s98 carrots. LIS
shape is triangular. II Is of the finest
safer, and ih- iarges, diamond Ina, has
appeared lii Europe, except the Pitt dla.
of Russia.
LONDON. March Z. The FOLLOWING
ls an extract OF a letter from SiockhoIu,
The English traveller, NJ. de Rrnol,e
VINO last summer arrived al SiocISluIm
win the Intention oi prosecuting his ira
wells hey TIL Polar Circle. has reiuru-
ell here safe after his arduous undertake.
ng.-Procreding first 10 DroulIieim. he
pursued his way along The cnasts Of Nor
lander and Finmarker, until he reached
The Northern Cape, and waiting there
unlil The Tall OF The snow, h. in the mid
die OF WINTER traversed the deserts of
LaplanI with rein deer, until he again
reached Sseden.-During part of iIus
singular journey the cold is described 10
hBv' been intense"
March S.-The Qneen has written
letler to the Earl Of Liverpool, in which.
according TO the Mor,ing Chronicle. "shr
slgn'fied her determination 10 Acorn tbe
establishment granted by Parliament.
desired HIM TO expires 10 his Majesty her
grateful sense OF the manner in Which her
name had been noiieed in the Speech
from the Throne, and her regret. that
her name was still Withheld from the ii.
inrgy "
March 9.-The following extrac, of a
letter (da,ed Barcelona, 24tli OF February J..
gives very melancholy, but, sc suspeei
avery Irur account OF tne consequent es
vt The late revolution IN Spain -T'hc wi
Ter, after describing several inst noes {
daring outrage against priva,e pfoperty.
aud Of personal yiolenu., in Ca,alous
against which neither the constituted
authorities, from hr contempt IN which
they are held by The o. palace, nor the
military, from Ibr Inadcquacy OF ,helr
! Uumbers, could Of any protection.
proceeds "a follows:
Although the Constitution may be
considered firmly established, there is
sill wanting much 10 br done 10 circulate
| lis Influence Throughout The country.
"Tne CieigV siIIi bold All unrivalled
sway amongst The ignorant aud supe, sii
Ii0us inhabitants OF lie interior oi Spain :
and II may be positively asserted, that
the ne1 81 -irm - only III vigpur III pops
| lOus and armed towns, where the mIlI
tary aud Tie Milliias keep the seyuiies in
| awe.
" liz many places, The Priests continue
10 abuse publicly in The Pulpit, The Rulers