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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. [Dec. 



Holy See, except by the powers 

 granted to the Bishops by the 

 Council of Trent. 



9. The Pope shall grant insti- 

 tution upon the presentment of 

 proper persons to fill the sees by 

 the King. 



(The three following articles 

 relate to the forms of nominating 

 Bishops, and regulate their rights 

 and functions in the administra- 

 tion of their dioceses.) 



13. When the Bishops or Arch- 

 bishops shall point out to the Go- 

 vernment works printed in the 

 kingdom, or introduced into it, 

 containing doctrines contrary to 

 the faith, the Government will 

 undertake the care of suppressing 

 them by proper means. 



14. His Majesty will prevent 

 the Catholic religion, its rites 

 and its liturgy, from being held 

 up to ridicule either by words, 

 deeds, or writings, and will take 

 care that the Bishops and Pastors 

 shall not encounter any obstacles 

 in the exercise of their functions. 



15- The Archbishops and Bi- 

 shops shall take before the King 

 the oath of fidelity, couched in 

 tlje following words . — " I swear 

 and promise on the Holy Evange- 

 lists, fidelity and obedience to the 

 King. 1 promise that I will have 

 no communication, that I will 

 attend no assembly, that I will 

 maintain no relations, within or 

 without the kingdom, that may 

 injure the tranquillity of the king- 

 dom ; and if I learn that any plot 

 is formed in my diocese, or other- 

 wise, against the State, I shall 

 make it known to his Majesty." 



9. Before the Recorder and a 

 London Jury. — Child Stealing. — 

 Louisa Perkins was indicted for 



having forcibly and fraudulently 

 carried away a certain female child 

 of the age of five years and seven 

 months, with intent to deprive 

 Susannah Porter, widow, of the 

 possession of the said child. 



The prosecutrix was a widow, 

 and lived at No. 15, Vere-street, 

 Clare-market The child in ques- 

 tion was the only child she had. 

 On Tuesday morning, the 4th of 

 November, at half-past 8 o'cloclr, 

 she sent the little girl with a 

 basket and cloth to buy some 

 rolls, to Mr. Kemble's, the cor- 

 ner of Vere-street. The child had 

 been gone nearly half an hour, 

 and witness being uneasy, sent a 

 man to the baker's to inquire if 

 the child was there : she heard no 

 tidings, and witness then went 

 out herself, and sent two other 

 persons in different directions. Be- 

 tween 11 and 12 o'clock, on her 

 return home, somebody called to 

 her, and said that the child was 

 at home. When she went home 

 she found the child there. 



The little child, whose name 

 was Emma, was then examined 

 on oath. She said, when she 

 went out of her mother's door, 

 to go to the baker's, she crossed 

 over the way. She then saw the 

 prisoner, who followed her ; she 

 went up a street, and the prisoner 

 followed and laid hold of her 

 hand ; then she let loose of it, 

 and she went into the baker's 

 shop. When she came out, the 

 prisoner, who was at the door, 

 took her up into her arms, carried 

 her up Duke-street, and set her 

 down to walk in Lincoln's-inn- 

 fields. Then she went down Por- 

 tugal-street into the Temple, and 

 went through a number of dark 



passages. 



