LETTER ΤΟ AN ENGLISH LAYMA N, ON The Coronation Oath, AND HIS LATE MAJESTY'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH LORD KENYON AND MR. PITT; IN WHICH ARE CONSIDERED THE SEVERAL OPINIONS OF MR. JEFFREY IN THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, NO. XCI.--OF MR. DILLON, DR. MILNER, AND MR. CHARLES BUTLER ; AND THE APPLICATION OF THE WHOLE ΤΟ THE PRESENT CLAIMS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS IN IRELAND. BY REV. HENRY PHILLPOTTS, D.D., RECTOR OF STANHOPE. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXXVIII. 457. PRINCIPAL MATTERS. Page. 1. The Church of England an essential part of the British Constitution 7 Present Coronation Oath 3. King George III.'s interpretation of the Oath 14 18 19 21 25 4. Alterations made in this Oath at the Revolution Revolution. 6. Another interpretation of the Oath 6. Mr. Jeffrey's attack on his late Majesty in the Edin 9. The King as Legislator is bound by his Coronation 51 54 74 76 . 116 16. Authority of Lord Bacon-Lord Coke-Blackstone. 170 20. Claims of Roman Catholic Bishops in Ireland. C. (p. 141.) No Pledge of Concession given at the Union LETTER, ON THE CORONATION OATH, ΤΟ AN ENGLISH LAYMAN. MY DEAR FRIEND, I HAVE received your Letter, in which you thank me for giving to the world the interesting and valuable Correspondence of our late revered Sovereign with Lord Kenyon and Mr. Pitt. You need not, however, be told, that some of our common friends have doubted the expediency of that publication; while many of our opponents have affected to rejoice at it, as a measure decidedly favourable to their views. In particular, the British Roman Catholic Association, very soon after the correspondence appeared, passed a resolution to print and circulate it in an edition of their own ;-a resolution, which, I am sorry to say, seems to be not yet carried into effect.-Mr. Charles Butler, B |