...found necessary for preserving unalterably the Protestant succession to the Crown, according to the act for the further limitation of the Crown, and better...securing the rights and liberties of the subject, and for maintaining inviolate the Protestant episcopal church of England and Ireland, and the doctrine,...

...Hanover, were Koman Catholics. Their claims, therefore, passed unheeded ; and, on the 12th of June, the act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the people, received the royal assent. In this act it was declared, " That the mo*t excellent Princess...

...promise to maintain, support, " and defend, to the utmost of " my power, the succession of " the Crown, which succession, " by an act, intituled, ' An Act...the further Limitation of " the Crown, and better secur" ing the Rights and Liberties " of the Subject,' is and stands " limited to the Princess Sophia,...

...promise to maintain, support, 1 and defend, to the utmost of 'my power, the succession of ' the Crown, which succession, ' by an act, intituled, ' An Act...the further Limitation of ' the Crown, and better secur' ing the Rights and Liberties ' of the Subject/ is and stands ' limited to the Princess Sophia,...

...was given <o an. act to explain the act made in the twelfth year of the reign of king William III. intituled, an act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights iMd-liberties of tin subject. An act for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies, and for the more...

...th« late queen Anne, and the Aeirs of her body being protestants :" and as the same, by one other act, intituled, " An Act for the further limitation...rights and liberties of the subject," is and stands settled and entailed, after the decease of the said late queen ; and for default of issue of the said...

...all that at present occurs on the Statute of Union. * Commonly called " The Act of Settlement,'' and intituled " An Act for the further Limitation of the...securing the Rights and Liberties of the subject." In short, the Question resolves itself to this : Will the proposed Act violate that Oath, which promises...

...power, to support, maintain, and defend the succession of the crown, against the descendants of the said James, and against all other persons whatsoever ;...succession, by an act, intituled, An Act for the further 12 & 13 W. limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Li- "• C- *• forties of...

...and the hiirs of her body being proiestanls ; and as the same by :mother act entituled, An oat fur the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties nf the subject, is and stands settled and entailed, after the decease of her majesty, and for default...

...to support, maintain, and defend the succession of the crown ' against the descendants of the said James, and against all other persons ' whatsoever ; which succession, by an act, entitled ' An act for the further It' nutation of the crown, and better securin9 the ri9hts and liberties...