I look upon my Roman Catholic Brethren as fellow fubjects and felHow Chriftians, believers in the fame God, and partners in the fame redemption. Speculative differences in fome points of faith, with me are of no account: They and I have but one religion, the religion of Chriftianity. Therefore, as children of the fame father, as travellers in the fame road,and feekers of the fame falvation, why not love each other as brothers? It is no part of Proteftanism to prosecute Catholics; and without justice to the Catholics, there can be to fecurity for the Protestant establishment; as a friend, therefore, to the permanency of this establishment, to the profperity of the Country, and the justice due to my Catholic Brethren, I hall cheerfully give my vote that the Bill be committed."

Extract of the Bishop of Killala's Speech in the House of Lords, 13th of March 1793, on the Bill for the relief of his Majesty's Roman Catholic fubjects.

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CONTENTS.

I.

Laws, past against Roman catholics fince the
Reformation:

1. For exercising their religious worship

2. For not conforming to the established church

3. For refuting to take the oath of fupremacy; the declaration

against tranfubftantiation, and the declaration against

popery

4. By the Corporation Act, 13 Car. 2.

5. By the Test Act, 25 Car. 2. f. 2.

6. Excluding them from a feat in either house of parliament

7 Depriving them of the enjoyment of their landed property

II.

Laws paft for their relief:

p. 4.

5.

7.

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9.

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10.

·

ib.

Penalties, which Proteftant Diffenters do not
incur, but which are incurred by Roman
catholics in confequence of their religious
principles:

1. Exclufion from both houfes of parliament

2. Restraints on their voting at elections

& on their prefenting to advowfons

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16.

17.

ib.

4. Obftructions to their receiving the benefit of the annual Act

of Indemnity

18.

5. Reftraints on their making provifions for the minifters of their

religion -

20.

6. Their embarraffments in confequence of the Marriage Act

7. Extreme penalties to which Roman catholic foldiers are sub-

ject by the Articles of War

ib.

21.

8. Singular hardship, in this refpect, of Irish foldiers, when the

fervice takes them to England, or any other place within

His Majesty's dominions out of Ireland

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22.

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HISTORICAL ACCOUNT

OF THE

LAWS

RESPECTING

ROMAN CATHOLICS,

TH

HE following Statement may be found
to give

I. Some account of the laws, which, fince
the Reformation, have been past against the
Roman catholics :

II. Some account of the effect and operation of the laws, which have been past, since the acceffion of his Majefty's family to the throne of England, for the relief of Roman catholics :

III. And fome account of the penal laws, the effect of which is felt by Roman catholics, but the effect of which is not felt by Proteftant Diffenters.