...tho oath contained in tho bill the following words prescribed by the Emancipation Act of 1829 :— "I do swear that I will defend to the utmost of my...power the settlement of property within this realm, aa established by the laws; and I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure uny intention to...

...address of the Romish archbishops and Bishops in Ireland declared that : — " The Catholics of Ireland disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure, any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment for the purpose of establishing a Catholic establishment in i ta stead. And further, they swear that...

...its meaning, the guide for my theology.'* " Remember the terms of the Emancipation oath, that ' they disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention...present Church Establishment as settled by law within the realm.' Only think of the absurdity of the ministers of that day supposing that the Roman Catholics...

...obtaining thereby any remission of his sins, incurs the additional guilt of violating a sacrament : and I do swear that I will defend, to the utmost of my power, the settlement and arrangement of property in this country as established by the laws now in being. I do hereby disclaim,...

...civil Jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm. I do swear, That I will defend to the utmost of my...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...

...Ireland, shall be deemed and taken to be an essential and fundamental part of the Union." " OATH. — And I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure...intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as established by law within this realm ; and I do solemnly swear that I never will exercise any privilege...

..."simplifying, as it was called, the Oath taken by Roman Catholics. He proposed to omit these words — 14 1 hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure, any intention to subvert the present diurch Establishment as settled by law within this realm." There was at that time a mania for simplification,...

...by the Pope might be deposed and murdered ; and that he disclaimed, disavowed, and solemnly abjured any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this realm, and that he would never exercise any privilege to which he was or might become entitled to disturb 'or...

...inter alia gave the elective franchise, the safeguard of the following oath was relied on : — ' 1 do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any...intention to subvert the present Church establishment for the purpose of substituting a Catholic establishment in its stead ; and I do solemnly swear that...

...he felt a strong objection — namely, that part of the oath which called upon the Roman Catholic to swear — " That I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of the property within this realm as established by the laws." — [760.] Now, lie would ask their Lordships,...