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DIE jOVIS, II II4RTII, 1640.

'Resolved, upon the Question, That for. Bishops, br any
other Clergymen whatsoever, to bolo the Commi.v-auns of the
Peacts, or to haveany judicial power the Star-Chatnber,
or in any Civil Court, is 4 hindrance to their Spiritual Func-
tion; prejudicial to the-Commonwealth, and fit to be taken
away by a Bill ; and that a Bill be drawn to that purpose,
DIE MARTIS, TRICESIMD r64t, r OST MERIDIEM.

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Prima vice Ice cst Dil la. An Atlto restrain Bisliolig, and
others in Holy. Orders, to interinetile with Set:War Arikirs.

jovts, AralLas,-1641, rosr,isnazotElt.
Secunda vice leAa est Bil la, An Al to restrain Bishops,
and others in. Holy Orders, from intermeddling with Secular
Affairs; upon 'Question, committed unto the Conimittee
for the Act to disable Clergymen to exercise Any Xcniporal
or Lay Otfice or Commission.

DIE MERCURII, 21 APRILIS, 164!.

Frideaux reports the Bill, intituled, an sk.4, that
Bishops, and others in Holy Orders, shall not intertneddle
with Secular Affairs : And the amendments thereunto were
twice read; but. by reason of the great hufiness of the
House, by former order appointed for this time, the further
consideration of the said ROL-arid amendments, was adjourn-
ed to the next convenient time.

'An Aet-•lot disabling the Clergy to exercise any Temporal
or Lay (Mice, or Commission in his, Majesty's Courts of
justices within the -Realm of Enland •and 'Dominion of
Wales, was, this day brought from the 'Committee ; and,
according to the opinion of the •Committee, • for laying of it
aside, upon thz question for ingrossing, it was fejt-CIO.
An MI for disinab,ling all Persons in Holy Or-
ders. to exercise anie Temporall Jurisdiction
or Authority.
•

•
• -Wfiereasilithopps and other Persons in Holie ()niers ought
not tote entangled with Secular jurisdiecon (the °Rice of the
Ministery being of such greate importance - that it will take
upp the whole. man) and for that it is found by long experi,-
enc.-. that theirn interfnedilling with Secular Jurisdic'cons With
occasional great-niisehietes and Scandal! both to Clntr...dt and.
State His Majesty out or his religious' care. el-the Church
and Soules of his Atiople. ,is giatiotisly pleased .that it bee
`matted and by authority of- this present Parliatnetn he it
enacted That no Archbishop!) or Bishopp otber Person.
t hat now is or hereafter-shall oee in HolyOrdei%shatktt anie
tune after the'isth Feb. 164 i have anieSeate or Place -gut::
rage or Voice or use or execute anie p,ower or ,410burify -in
dre Parliaments4if this-RU*lO nor abed bee Oi tkie Privy
ilis..llldjesty. his Ileires or, Successors -lit
oCf?tinl
tectltfetof °yet\ anciTe.rmyaer ibr Caole Delivery er
ccute anie Temporal' Aathority, by virtue of anie Conimis,
Sion but
,sll,ll.bee. wholy dishatiled and bo encaj,ablc t6havt:
receive use or exceute•anie of the said 0 Pices - Places Powers
Alrthoritit4 and Things ateresaid And bee it further enacted
by. Litz itetlanjty aforesaid :That all Acts dross and after the'
sail:110i day of February w4.1-ch -shall Ix* doae-or executed
py., :jolt; ri:li bishop por Bishop p .vt ot lier -Person' Whatsoever
in Holy Orders and all and everte Suifrage or Voice given or
deliVeral by, them •or. ante of them u other- Thing done by
them-. or :Lilt: of them contrarie to the purport and truninean-
imsg •
. • Act shalt- be utterly void to all intents
corutruc'cons and purposes.-

AN INIPOS:OR...-.-A Frenchman was -yese_reloy
taken into costudy,'by:Townsend, one of the7Uow.
street Officers, who has ciermuded a numbes of thc
Nobility of money, by representing himself as a
French Count in the greatest distress, his wife and
tw:o thildrea lying dead, and, he tor hpring money
twdefray.their funeral exllences. By this lament- -
able tale. he tolleaed a considerable sum, but the
imposition being deteaed, .he was yesterday appre..
hendtd on going to. the house of a certain Great
Personage,. who had liberally subscribed toward,
his pretended distresses; and on'being takcn,blibre
Mr.:FORD at Whitehall, confessed his whole story
toile was therefore committed to the
House of Corredion. ' •

. ,
On 'ruesddy .evening, abou( eight o'clock, as
Mr: TiroU,vg DAVV, Of Pentonville, 'was- retufning
hoineacross the tolt*.kid, 'near Sadler's Wells,: ha,
was stopped by three footpads, in smock frocks,
who, with hdrridimprecations demanded histinotr7,-
and after:having. rok?bed him of upwar41,4.94-
blindfolded him, and threw him, fact doW4w4tyls,
into; a ditch, in which situation 'he iemaincci,4;cAm.:
siderable time before any person -came to his relief.
A, man was yester4ay.cOmoutted by tfte:Lorto
MAY va, for,Ticking the pocket of the key. Mr.
DAv is, of Blackfriar's Road,. of a prayee.book.—
Mr,' Dattls; at the time, had cOnsider4lr ro'perty.
about him,' and the thief', no cloulit; thou lit he had
got his pcnket.liook.

BEFORE *M. hIAINWAIiTN4, ESO;
ASTIOLOC E R.
yob': Rowe was indihed for defiaddink Sarah
Hall of the SUM ,of 2s. 61.

It appeared the Prisoner had announced his cele-
brity in resolving all questions appertaining to fu.
Lure events in a handAill,- addressed to-the Ladies
only, in which he acquainted client he attended at his
Evening Planetariunr,Nols, Exeter street, Strand, at
Maligter's,• the end next Catherine street, up two
pair of stairs, where he answered all lawful questions,
calculated nativities, Sec.:Sarah Hall; a woman about
'5O, having heard of his matvellous great fame, deter-
mined to visit him,
.and,, through the medium of his
influence with the stars, acqUire the knowledge of her
future destinies. Shebat] neve r submitted to the diains
of.'matrimOny, -Consequently .her ingoiries` Chiefly
tended to ascertain'whether the Fates had ordained
her to a life of celibacy, Having deposited the
usual :;,mbol, which was. half-a-crown, the'clistiple
of Zoroaster proceeded io 'unfold the high behests.-
of heaven: •he faithfully delineated her horoscope,‘
traced the planets through their several houses,, and.
discovered, by mystic lore, who wailOrd of the
-ascendant at her birth ; having systematiCally ar-
ranged their seVeral aspefts, lie exelaiined, with the
inspiration of the Cumxan Sybil,' that tlle.Fates' were
prepitious to her wishes ;_ that -Mars'arid Venus were
- in. conjunetion ; Virgo and Gemini,. Sextile,- -and.
Mercury,. lard of the .seventh house, the very hour
she was born, and consequen.tly that these appear-
denOted marriage, and titimerotis progeny.
Her having hitherto lived'a single lif& he said was
attributable to the malign- influence of Saturn, but
that it would no' Itinger prevail ;, he therefore de-
sired her to go, home, and assure herself *of ap,
proaching happiness.: ie informed hey she would be
first courted by a dark man with broad shoulders,
dark hair) large dark eyes,, bushy eyebrows, and
thin legs, but he was. not the man she. was to have ;
the huSband for whom the stars intended her was a
fair man, with light hair, and blue eyes, and very
wealthy : she was to see him, for the first time,
within A few days. He likewie • informed her
she might gain a considerable, sum. rd.:money: if
she would 'insure a certain number in the Lottery.
The old lady ex.tpcy at the idea.of her good
fortune ; she, left the mysterious apartment, return-
ed to her house, and,;cunnnunicated her approach
ing nuptials to all her acquaintance, She waited
with the utmost iinpiiiterire;• but neither dark or
fair man made his -appearance : she insured the num-
ber in the Lottery, as she had been dire#ed, but
it o=ver came up;, and,. in addition :tb her other
disappointments, . she' lost her _money.. Happening
to inform n friend,_ who: had more wjsdom than .
self, of the cause of her expeaations, he advised ;ter
to apply•-to a Magistrate, she did,: and the
pseudo Prophet was apprehended, his magicalappa-
rams and books seiied,. and himSeilinearcerated.
The fads lta v i .been, llv
Prisonef_Was, called -upon torilis once. •
He said be waS•a poor man,
.aparpehter by trade,
and, by the eze;cise. ig,ll.4.vrafr4.sl.ol), had hitherto
maintained' a .wife and large family ; • bin. that such
was the pressure of the tirtithi:'tkough'he worked as
hard as ever he did,,.he could dot suppbrt 'them.—
That Ws wife hadbeen-jusif,ronOt to.-bed,' and he
was, unable to provide her wi:h tto 'comforts het si-
tuation required-•—he therefore- thoiight ?here. could
be no harm'.in his gaining a trifle by availing him-
self 'of the r-üblic credulity. '
The Prisoner was ound- G. .
The Chairman observed, ..
that.
.howeVet: inch a
cause-as this-might provoke laughter;: it, was really
an offence which 'was of the. Mos.! serious tendency,
and might be prodtidive of thc.‘vorst consequences.'
The Prisoner promised, if the Cii!urt would be
merciful to birth, than 'he. would.. never -again be
guilty-of a similar offence. He begged to liatte-his
magical books returned,- as he had onlyPitichased
them on .credit, and the booke,eller.had threateued
'to summon him fori their valne.• This application
was not granted..
The
.Prisoner Was. then sentenced to a further con-
finement of one month."