The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-01-25 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MONTL.TOS, a grandee of Spain, her mother being of Irish or Scotch descent. :It appears that -some opposition -to this alliance was shown by the ministers, but Louis NAPOLEON was positive, and the ceremony is expected to be performed on Saturday next. The circumstance of the granddaughter of an Irishman or Scotchman being raised to an imperial throne, might furnish the theme for a modern romance in fitting companionship with the career of her consort; but it is difficua to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion as to the peculiar motives  " being Protestants ; herely.utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any  retending a right to and, I do further declare, " that it is not an article of my faith, and that I do  other person claiming or  " the crown of this realm.;  renounce, reject, and abjure the opinion that  ees excommunicated, or deprived by the Pope,  -other authority of  ,he see of Rome, may  e deposed or murdered by. their subjects, or by  Tscn whatsoever; and  I do cieclare, that I  do not believe that the  Pope of Rome, or any  .i have influenced this affair. LOUIS NAPOLEON is Lo longer in the heyday of youth, when we might suppose his passions to have overwrought his judgment, but it may be that his disappointment has vented itself in this violation of the etiquette of legitimacy, or, perhaps, it is considered as a practical acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the people. In any case, •it serves to show that he has a will,of his own, irrespective of state-.advisers--a  " other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or no" tentate, hash, or ought to hate, any temporal or  " civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-emi" nence, directly or indirectly, within this realm. " I do swear, that I will defend, to the utmost of  ?mu, the settlement of property wit  din this  rn, as -established by the laws: and I do  " hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure " any intention to subvert the present Church " establishment as settled by law within this realm; " and, I do .solemnly swear, that will never exec" cise any privilege to which I am, or may become, " entitled, to disturb or weaken the Protestant re position which in no degree helps to allay the apprehensions for the peace of Europe, which almost all his proceedings have unded to excite.  " ligior  in the United  ant government, " Kingdom; and, I do solemnly, in the presence of " God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make " this declaration, and every part thereof, in the " plain and ordinary cense of the words of this oath, " without any evasion, equivocation, or mental " reservation whatever. So help me God." This act has now been in operation for nearly a quarter of a century; and after this lengthened experience, the question is fairly before us, how far the oath has proved to be an effectual barrier to the evils which were anticipated from thus opening the doors of Parliament to Romish legislators. It is now no longer a matter of opinion, but we have facts to deal with, and by these should the policy of that measure be tried. Was the oath of any avail, when the Romanist members voted with Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to appropriate the surplus revenues of the Irish Church for secular purposes ? Did it bind those who swore by it, when they entered into the Lichfield-House compact to support a WhigRadical Administration for the surrender of State  patronage in Ireland ? Had DANIEL O'CONNELL no mental reservation or equivocation, when he agitated the Repeal of the Union, and endeavoured by monster meetings to intimidate the Government into further concessions, by which Ireland should have been wholly surrendered to Romish priests ? Was the oath binding on Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTEY and others, in their ceaseless endeavours to remove every remaining disability, and even to legalise the idolatrous processions of Rome and similar mumWas the oath of any avail, when the POPE  meries  OP ROME made the daring attempt to parcel out England into dioceses, and was openly supported in Parliament by men who had subscribed ti  e fore going  declaration Can we indeed Point to any