Star.
London, England, 1801-04-11 00:00:00

U'ESTiWNSTER SESSIONS.

GUILDHALL. APRIL to
A rrao too Res.—join Rowe was indiaed for de.
frauding Sarah Hall of the fun of as. 6d.
It appeared the prifoner was one of thofe mo-
dem Sidrophels,
" Who deal in deitiny's dark counfili.
And Page opinions of the moon fell..
To whom all people far and near
On deep importances repair."
He had announced his celebrity in refolving all
queftions appertaining to future events in a hand
bill, addretfed to the Ladies only, in which he
acquainted them he attended at his Evening Pla-
netarium, No. 5, Exeter-ftreet, Strand, at a Man-
gler's, the end next Catherine-ftreet, up two pair of
hairs, where he aufwered all lawful queflions,
calculated natives, tee.
Sarah Hill, a woman well firicken in years,
having heard of his marvellous great fame, deter-
mined- to vifit him, and, through the medium of
his influence with the ftars, acquire the knowledge
of her future deftinies. She had never fubmitted ;
to the chains of matrimony, confequently her in-
quirks chiefly tended to afcertain whether the
fates had ordained her to a life of celibacy ? Has,-
ing depofited the ufual fymbol, which was half
a crown, the difciple of Zoroafter proceeded to I
unfold the high behells of heaven : he faithfully ;
delineated her horofcope, traced the planets through
their feveral houfes, and difeovered by myßic lore
who was lord of the afcendant at her birth • hay. I
ing fyflematically arranged their feveral afpccts,
he exclaimed, with the infpiration of the Cumsan
Sybil, that the fates were propitious to her wilhea,
that Mars and Venus were in conjunaion ; Virgo
and Gemini, &stile, and Mercury, lord of the
feventh houfe, the very hour the was born, and
confequently that theft appearances dcaoted mar-
riage, and a numerous progeny. Her having hi.
therto lived a tingle life he laid was attributable to
the malign influence of Saturn, hut that it would
no longer prevail ; he therefore clerked her to go
home, and affure herfelf of approach 11117. happinefs,
he informed her the would be firft c,,urted by a
dark man with broad thouldevs, dark hair, large
dark eyes,buthy eyebrows,andthinlegs,but he was
not the man the was to have ; the hulband for
whom the !tars intended her was rt fair ono, with

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light hair, and blue eye:, And very *healthy : fire
was to fee hime for the fir* time, Within a few
days; He likewife informel iter the might gain
a cotifiderablefum of money If the would• infnre a
certain number in the Lotter {•.' The' old . Lady
was all ..extacy at the idea of her 'good fir:tune ;
the left• the myfterions apartment, returned to tar
houfe, • and communicated he; approachMg nup-
tials told' her acquaintance. She waited with
the utmoft impatience, but neither dark -nor fait
man made his appearance.l 6he infured the num-
ber in thei'Lottery, u the had been direaed, but
it never came up; and, in addition to her other
difappointments, the loft her money. Happening
to inform a friend, who had more wifd.•ni than
herfelf, of the caufe of her cxpeetations, he ad.
vifed her to .!pply to a Magiftrate, which the did,
and the pfettdo propi•et was apprehended, his ma-
gical apparatus. and books feized, and hinui:if in-
carcerated.

The fats having been fully fubflantiated, the
prifoner was called upon for his defence.
He faid he was a poor man,a carpenter by tradt,
and, by the exervie of his profeflion, had hitherto
maintained a wife and large family; but that
fueh was the pre lure of the times, though he
worked as hard as ever he did, he could not fup-
port them.—That his wife had been jutt In ought
to bed, and he was unable to provide her with
the comforts her fituation required—that as he
found in this age every Rate was upheld by decep-
tion, he therefore thought there could be no harm
in his gaining a trifle by availing himfelf of the
public credulity.—The prifoner was found guilty.
The Chairman °Nerved, that however fuch a
caufe as this might provoke langhter,it was really
an offence which was of the milt ferious tenden-
cy, and might be produaivc of the wort' con-
fequences.
The prifoner promifed, if the Court would be
merciful to him, that he would never again be
guilty of a fimilar offence. 11c begged to have
his magical books returned, as he had only pur-
' chafed them on credit, and the bookfeller had
threatened to fummon him far their value. This
application was not granted.
The prifoner was then fentenced to a further
confinement of one month.