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abjure the opinion , that princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope , or any authority of the See of Rome , may be deposed or murdered by their subjects , or by any person whatsoever . Aud I do declare , that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome or any other foreign prince , prelate , person , state , or potentate , hath , or ought to have , any temporal or civil
jurisdiction , power , superiority , or preeminence , directly or indirectly , within this realm . I do swear , that I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of the property within this realm as established by the laws : and I do hereby disclaim , disavow , and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the preseut Church Establishment , as settled by the law within this realm : and I do
solemnly swear that I will never exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled , to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion or Protestant government in this kingdom : and I do solemnly , in the presence of God , profess , testify , and declare , that 1 do make this declaration , and every part thereof , in the plain and ordinary sense of this oath , without any evasion , equivocation , or mental reservation whatsoever . "
With regard to ecclesiastical securities , the Roman Catholics to be put on the footing of all other Dissenters . No veto ; no pensioning of the Catholic priests ; no interference with the intercourse in spiritual matters between the Roman Catholic Church and the See of Rome . The
Catholics not to hold places belonging to the Established Church , the Ecclesiastical Courts , or Ecclesiastical Foundations ; nor any office in the Universities , the Colleges of Eton , Winchester , and Westminster ; nor any school of ecclesiastical foundation . The laws relative to Roman
Catholic rights to presentations to be retained . In cases where any Roman Catholic shall hold an ofijee with which Church patronage is connected , the Crown to have the power of transferring the patronage . No Roman Catholic to advise the Crown in the appointment of offices connected with the Established Church .
The episcopal titles now in use in the Church of England and Ireland not to be assumed by the members of the Roman Catholic Church . When Romau Catholics are admitted to corporate and other offices , the insignia of such offices iu no case to be taken to any other pJace of worship thau a place of worship of the Established Church . No robes of office to be worn in any other than the Established Church . The communities bound by religious or monastic vows not to be
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extended , and provision to be made against the future entrance into this country of members of the order of Jesuits : those already here to be registered . Such is the substance of the Emancipation Bill . A second Bill limits and regulates the elective franchise in Ireland with a view to diminish fictitious rotes ,
and raise a more independent yeomanry . The freehold qualification to be raised from forty shillings to ten pounds : freeholds to be registered , and the registry to be taken before the Assistant Barrister of the Irish counties , with the power of an appeal in certain cases to a higher tribunal .
Mr . Peel founded his case for the Government on this intelligible proposition — that the time had come when it waa more dangerous to leave the Catholic question unsettled , than to settle it by granting the claims . For himself , he acted on his honest conviction , and gave his conscientious
and best advice according to his oath of office . This conviction had been growing upon him for several years ; and he had proved his sincerity by offering to retire in 1825 , an intention which he relinquished only out of personal regard to Lord Liverpool . It was not for him to maintain the struggle with inadequate materials and insufficient instruments .
He was unsupported in the House even by the speeches of those who were uow so clamorous ; and in the country the state of opinion was shewn , through its legitimate organ the representation , to be favourable to the cause which he had so unavailiagly opposed . To prove this , he analyzed the Parliamentary divisions , and
the votes of members for fifteen of the most populous counties and twenty of the largest towns iu England . In Ireland the case was eveu strouger . How would all the evils of our situation—with a divided Cabinet , a divided Legislature , and a divided Couutry—be aggravated in the event of a war !
The statement of Mr . Peel was received with the warmest cheering perhaps ever heard in the House of Commons . It was fiercely assailed by a few leaders of the minority j but their speeches present hardly any materials either for analysis or extract .
Mr . Bankes took the lead . Mr . O'Neill followed , and with great perseverance quoted Mr . Peel ' s own speeches against him . Sir Robert Inglis appealed to the Constitution of 1688 . Sir George Murray spoke with much animation in reply to Sir Robert . It was objected that the " securities "
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Intelligence . — Catholic Question . $ 9 $
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1829, page 293, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2571/page/69/
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