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place, trust, or employment, relating to the govern ment of any city, corporation, borough, burgh or district, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall within one calendar month next before or upon his admission into any of the aforesaid offices or trusts, take and subscribe the oath hereinbefore appointed and set forth, in the presence of such person or persons respectively as by the charters or usages of the said respective cities, corporations, burghs, boroughs, and districts, ought to administer the oath for due execution of the said offices or places respectively, and in default of such, in the presence of two justices of the peace, councillors, or magistrates of the said cities, corporations, burghs, boroughs, or districts, if such there be, or otherwise in the presence of two justices of the peace of the respective counties, ridings, divisions or franchises wherein the said cities, corporations, burghs, boroughs, or districts are, which said oath shall either be entered in a book, roll, or other record to be kept for that purpose, or shall be filed amongst the records of the city, corporation, burgh, borough, or district.

And be it enacted, that every person professing the Roman Catholic religion, who shall after the commencement of this act be appointed to any office or place of trust or profit under his majesty, his heirs, or successors, shall within three calendar months next before such appointment, or otherwise shall, before he presumes to exercise or enjoy, or in any manner to act in such office or place, take and subscribe the oath hereinbefore appointed and set forth, either in his majesty's High Court of Chancery, or in any of his majesty's Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas or Exchequer, at Westminster or Dublin, or before any judge of assize, or any court of general cr quarter sessions of the peace in Great Britain or Ireland, for the county or place where the persons so taking and subscribing the same shall reside; or in any of his majesty's courts of session, justiciary, exchequer or jury court, or in any sheriff or stewart court, or in any burgh court, or before the magistrates and councillors of any royal burgh in Scotland, between the hours of nine in the morning and four in the afternoon; and the proper officer of the court in which such oath shall be so taken and subscribed, shall cause the same to be preserved amongst the records of the court; and such officer shall make, sign, and deliver a certificate of such oath having been duly taken and subscribed, as often as the same shall be demanded of him, upon payment of two shillings and six-pence for the same, and such certificate shall be sufficient evidence of the person therein named having duly taken and subscribed such oath.

And be it enacted, that if any person professing the Roman Catholic religion shall enter upon the exercise or enjoyment of any office or place of trust or profit under his majesty, or of any other office or franchise, not having in the manner and at the times aforesaid taken and subscribed the oath herein before appointed and set forth, then and in every such case such person shall forfeit to his majesty the sum of two hundred pounds; and the appointment of such person to the office, franchise, or place so by him held, shall thereupon become altogether void, and the office, place, or franchise shall be deemed and taken to be vacant to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

Provided always, that for and notwithstanding anything in this act contained, the oath herein before appointed and set forth shall be taken by the officers in his majesty's land and sea service, professing the Roman Catholic religion, at the same times and in the same manner as the oaths and declarations now required by law are directed to be taken, and not otherwise.

And be it further enacted, that from and after the passing of this act, no oath or oaths shall be tendered to, or required to be taken by, his majesty's subjects professing the Roman Catholic religion, for enabling them to hold or enjoy any real or personal property, other than such as may by law be tendered to and required to be taken by his majesty's other subjects; and that the oath herein appointed and set forth being taken and subscribed in any of the courts, or before any of the persons above mentioned, shall be of the same force and effect, to all intents and purposes, as, and shall stand in the place of, all oaths and declarations required or prescribed by any law now in force for the relief of his majesty's Roman Catholic subjects from any disabilities, incapacities, or penalties; and the proper officer of any of the courts above mentioned, in which any person professing the Roman Catholic → religion shall demand to take and subscribe the oath herein appointed and set forth, is hereby authorized and required to administer the said oath to such person; and such officer shall make, sign, and deliver, a certificate of such oath having been duly taken and subscribed, as often as the same shall be demanded of him, upon payment of one shilling; and such certificate shall be sufficient evidence of the person therein named having duly taken and subscribed such oath.

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England and Ireland, and the doctrine, dicipline, and government thereof, and likewise the Protestant Presbyterian church of Scotland, and the doctrine, discipline, and government thereof, are by the respective acts of union of England and Scotland, and of Great Britain and Ireland, established permanently and inviolably.

And whereas the right and title of archbishops to their respective provinces, of bishops to their sees, and of deans to their deaneries, as well in England as in Ireland, have been settled and established by law; be it therefore enacted, that if any person after the commencement of this act, other than the person thereunto authorized by law, shall assume or use the name, style, or title of archbishop of any province, bishop of any bishopric, or dean of any deanery, in England or Ireland; he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds.

And be it further enacted, that if any person holding any judicial or civil office, or any mayor, provost, jurat, bailiff, or other corporate officer, shall after the commencement of this act resort to or be present at any place or public meeting for religious worship, in England or in Ireland, other than that of the united church of England and Ireland, or in Scotland, other than that of the church of Scotland, as by law established, in the robe, gown, or peculiar habit of his office, or attended with the ensign or insignia, or any part thereof, of or belonging to such his office; such person shall, being thereof convicted by due course of law, forfeit such office, and pay for every such offence the sum of one hundred pounds.

And be it further enacted, that if any Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, or any member of the orders, communities, or societies hereinafter mentioned, shall after the commencement of this act exercise any of the rites or ceremonies of the Roman Catholic religion, or wear the habits of his order, save within the usual places of worship of the Roman Catholic religion, or in private houses; such ecclesiastic or other person shall, being thereof convicted by due course of law, forfeit for every such offence the sum of fifty pounds.

Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing in this act contained shall in any manner repeal, alter or affect any provision of an act made in the fifth year of his present majesty's reign, entitled "An act to repeal so much of an act passed in the ninth year of the reign of King William I11. as relates to burials in suppressed monasteries, abbeys, or convents in Ireland, and to make further provision with respect to the burial in Ireland of persons dissenting from the established church.

And whereas Jesuits and members of other religious orders, communities, or societies of the church; of Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows, are resident within the United Kingdom; and it is expedient to make provision for the gradual suppression and final prohibition of the same therein. Be it therefore enacted, that every Jesuit, and every member of any other religious order, community, or society of the church of Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows, who at the time of the commencement of this act shall be within the United Kingdom, shall within six calendar months after the commencement of this act, deliver to the clerk of the peace of the county or place where such person shall reside, or to his deputy, a notice or statement, in the form and containing the particulars required to be set forth in the schedule to this act annexed; which notice or statement, such clerk of the peace, or his deputy, shall preserve and register amongst the other records of such county or place, without any fee, and shall forthwith transmit a copy of such notice or statement to the chief secretary of the lord lieutenant, or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, if such person shall reside in Ireland, or if in Great Britain, to one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state; and in case any person shall offend in the premises, he shall forfeit and pay to his majesty, for every calendar month during which he shall remain in the United Kingdom without having delivered such notice or statement as is hereinbefore required, the sum of fifty pounds.

And be it further enacted, that if any Jesuit or member of any such religious order, community, or society as aforesaid, shall, after the commencement of this act, come into this realm, he shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be sentenced and ordered to be banished from the United Kingdom for the term of his natural life.

Provided always, and be it further enacted, that in case any natural born subject of this realm, being at the time of the commencement of this act a Jesuit, or other member of any such religious order, community, or society as aforesaid, shall, at the time of the commencement of this act, be out of the realm, it shall be lawful for such person to return or to come into this realm, and upon such his return or coming into the realm, he is hereby required, within the space of six calendar months after his first returning or coming the United Kingdom, to deliver such notice or

ment to the clerk of the peace of the county or place where he shall reside, or his deputy, for the purpose of being so registered and transmitted as herein before directed; and in case any such person shall neglect or refuse so to do, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay to his majesty, for every calendar month during which he shall remain in the United Kingdom without having delivered such notice or statement, the sum of fifty pounds.

Provided also, and be it further enacted, that notwithstanding any thing hereinbefore contained, it shall be lawful for any one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, being a Protestant, by a licence in writing, signed by him, to grant permission to any Jesuit, or member of any such religious order, community, or society asforesaid, to come into the United Kingdom, and to remain therein for such period as the said secretary of state shall think proper, not exceeding in any case the space of six calendar months, and it shall also be lawful for any of his majesty's principal secretaries of state to revoke any licence so granted before the expiration of the time mentioned therein if he shall so think fit; and if any such person to whom any such licence shall have been granted shall not depart from the United Kingdom within twenty days after the expiration of the time mentioned in such licence, or if such licence shall have been revoked, then within twenty days after notice of such revocation shall have been given to him, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be sentenced and ordered to be banished from the United Kingdom for the term of his natural life.

And be it further enacted, that there shall annually be laid before both houses of Parliament an account of all such licences as shall have been granted for the purpose herein before mentioned within the twelve months next preceding.

And be it further enacted, that in case any Jesuit, or member of any such religious order, community, or society as "aforesaid, shall, after the commencement of this act, within any part of the United Kingdom, admit any person to become a regular ecclesiastic, or brother, or member of any such religious order, community, or society, or be aiding or consenting thereto, or shall administer or cause to be administered, or be aiding or assisting in the administration or taking any oath, vow, or engagement, purporting or intended to bind the person taking the same to the rules, ordinances, or ceremonies of such religious order, community, or society, every person offending in the premises, in England or Ireland, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and in Scotland shall be punished by fine and imprisonment.

And be it further enacted, that in case any person shall, after the commencement of this act, within any part of this United Kingdom, be admitted or become a Jesuit, or brother, or member of any other such religious order, community, or society as aforesaid, such person shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be sentenced and ordered to be banished from the United Kingdom for the term of his natural life,

And be it further enacted, that in case any person sentenced and ordered to be banished under the provisions of this act, shall not depart from this United Kingdom within thirty years after the pronouncing of such sentence and order, it shall be lawful for his majesty to canse such person to be conveyed to such place out of the United Kingdom, as his majesty by the advice of his Privy Council, shall direct.

And be it further enacted, that if any offender who shall be so sentenced, and ordered to be banished in manner aforesaid, shall, after the end of three calendar months, from the time such sentence and order hath been pronounced, be at large within any part of the United Kingdom, without some lawful cause; every such offender being so at large as aforesaid, on being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be transported to such place as shall be appointed by his majesty, for the term of his natural life.

Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend in any manner to affect any religious order, community, or establishment consisting of females bound by religious or monastic vows.

And be it further enacted, that all penalties imposed by this act shall and may be recovered as a debt due to his majesty, by information to be filed in the name of his majesty's attorney-general for England or for Ireland, as the case may be, in the Courts of Exchequer, in England or Ireland respectively, or in the name of his majesty's advocate-general in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland.

And be it further enacted, that this act, or any part thereof, may be repealed, altered, or varied at any time within this present sessions of Parliament.

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MEMOIR OF SIR WILLIAM GRANT.
(With a Portrait.)

SIR WILLIAM GRANT is among the few distinguished Scotchmen who have rendered themselves eminent at the English bar. He was born at Elchies in the northern Highlands, about the year 1754, and is the son of a respectable farmer of that place, who afterwards obtained the situation of collector of the Isle of Man, which office he retained till he died. Sir William received the rudiments of his education at the grammar-school of Elgin, from which seminary he was sent to King's College, Old Aberdeen, where he completed his studies, and prepared himself for the choice of a profession. About this time he attracted the regard of a wealthy uncle, and by his advice and direction was induced to proceed to London, where he entered himself in one of the inns of court, and devoted himself with ardour to the study of the law. After having passed through the usual routine of preparation, he was called to the bar, and had the good fortune to be shortly engaged in the duties of his profession, the first business in which he was concerned obliging him to appear in the House of Lords.

The abilities which he displayed in the earliest period of his professional life, had obtained for him the attention of some of the most eminent members of the bar, but remaining unemployed to any extent, he determined upon seeking a field more open to exertion, and affording a better promise of reward. Canada, which had just evinced its firm fidelity to the English government, by refusing to share in the revolt of the other colonies, presented the most attractive prospect, and, induced by the flattering appearance of this new scene of labour, he bid adieu to the difficult and apparently barren road which was before him in England. He arrived in America at a remarkable juncture, and almost immediately after settling at Quebec, found himself necessitated to bear arms in the defence of the town.

As soon as peace was re-established in the country, he commenced his practice,

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and in a very short time acquired considerable celebrity and emolument. The increase of his fortune was in a few years followed by the acquisition of rank, and he had the gratification to find himself appointed attorney-general of the province. But the success with which his labours were thus crowned seemed to stimulate him to fresh exertion, and conceiving that he might now fairly expect promotion in his own country, he determined on returning to England.

His reputation was by this time sufficiently established to recommend him to the favour of the persons most able to assist him; and after having become known to lord Thurlow and other distinguished men of that period, he was chosen member of parliament for Shaftesbury. His opening speech was made during the important debates which arose on the policy of a war with Russia, when the ambition of the empress Catherine, and the success which attended her war with Turkey, gave strong cause of alarm to the English ministry. Mr. Pitt was especially sensible of the danger with which the country seemed threatened, and employed all the force of his oratory to prove the necessity of a firm and speedy adoption of defensive measures. To him, at that time, was opposed Mr. Windham, who with equal energy endeavoured to demonstrate the absence of any just cause of alarm, and the absurdity of putting the nation to expense by warlike preparations which were not needed. It was an admirable season for a man young in public life to make his appearance, He had before him a subject of sufficient interest to make good sense confident of gaining attention, and he stood before an assembly which had then been long accustomed to the most noble displays of parliamentary oratory. On the occasion of which we have been speaking, he followed Mr. Windham, and obtained great reputation for the manner in which he answered his arguments. 'Mr. William Grant,' says the parliamentary report of the day, "exposed, with infinite talent, the absurdity of the legislature intruding itself into

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