Lives of Irish Martyrs and Confessors . ight have been avoided, because the lawof PDynings required that every bill should be approved * 9 William III, c. 3. 110 William III, c. 13. % Ibid., c. 8. § For excluding from any public trust all such as had been concerned sntlie encroachments of the late reign. II Concerning free and impartial proceedings in parliament. 486 Treaty of Limerick in the Reign of William III. bv the kinor and council of Eno;-land, before it couldpass the House of Commons ; and it a bill was exception-able, by withholding their approbation,—a very commonproceeding,—it fell
Lives of Irish Martyrs and Confessors . ight have been avoided, because the lawof PDynings required that every bill should be approved * 9 William III, c. 3. 110 William III, c. 13. % Ibid., c. 8. § For excluding from any public trust all such as had been concerned sntlie encroachments of the late reign. II Concerning free and impartial proceedings in parliament. 486 Treaty of Limerick in the Reign of William III. bv the kinor and council of Eno;-land, before it couldpass the House of Commons ; and it a bill was exception-able, by withholding their approbation,—a very commonproceeding,—it fell, of course, to the ground. But, ifWilliam and his ministers were guilty of perfidy to-ward the Catholics, his successor far outstripped him,nor has any succeeding prince been free from the blameof having been accessory to his misconduct, in proportionas he has neglected or refused to repeal those penal laws,which are so many glaring violations of the Treaty ofLimerick, and a scandal to the boasted good faith of theEnglish PATRICK SARSFIELD. PENAL LAWS Reign of Anne. 1701-1714. On the 4th of March, 1704, the royal assent was givento the act to prevent the further growth of Popery,being the first of those two famous acts which have, mostdeservedly, been termed by Mr. Burke the ferociousacts of Anne. By the third clause of this act, the Popish father,though he may have acquired his estate by descent froma long line of ancestors, or by his own purchase, isdeprived of the power,—in case his eldest son, or anyson, become a Protestant,—to sell, mortgage, or otherwisedispose of it, or to leave out of it any portion of legacies. By the fourth clause, the Popish father is debarred,under a penalty of ;^5oo, from being a guardian, or fromhaving the custody of his own children; but if thechild, though ever so young, pretend to be a Protestant,it is to be taken from its own father, and put into thehands of a Protestant relation. The fifth clause provides that no Protestant
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