sincerely, and truly, profess, testify, and declare, that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and renounce, as impious and heretical, that wicked doctrine and position, that princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murthered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, hath, or ought to have, any power, jurisdiction, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm.'

Form of Affirmation when used instead of an Oath, settled by the same Statute.

'I, A. B., do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm.'

Affirmation of Abjuration, instead of the Abjuration Oath, settled by the same Statute.

'I, A. B., do solemnly, sincerely, and truly acknowledge, profess, testify, and declare, that king George is lawful and rightful king of this realm, and of all other his dominions and countries thereunto belonging. And I do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I do believe the person pretended to be the Prince of Wales, during the life of the late king James, and since his decease, pretending to be, and taking upon himself the style and title of king of England, by the name of James the third, or of Scotland, by the name of James the eighth, or the style and title of king of Great Britain, hath not any right or title whatsoever to the crown of this realm, nor any other the dominions thereunto belonging: and I do renounce and refuse any allegiance or obedience to him. And I do solemnly promise, that I will be true and faithful, and bear true allegiance to king George, and to him will be faithful against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever, which shall be made

1 W. & M. s. 2, c. 2.

12 & 13 W. 3, c. 2.

against his person, crown, or dignity. And I will do my best endeavour to disclose and make known to king George, and his successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which I shall know to be made against him, or any of them. And I will be true and faithful to the succession of the crown against him the said James, and all other persons whatsoever, as the same is and stands settled by an Act, intituled, An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and settling the Succession of the Crown, to the late queen Anne, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants; and as the same, by one other Act, intituled, An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, is and stands settled and intailed, after the decease of the said late queen, and for default of issue of the said late queen, to the late princess Sophia, Electoress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants. And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge, promise, and declare, according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, renunciation, and promise, heartily, willingly, and truly.'

Form of Affirmation to be used by Moravians, instead of an Oath, imposed by 22 Geo. 2, c. 30. (Alluded to in p. 37).

'I, A. B., do declare, in the presence of Almighty God, the witness of the truth of what I say.'

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No. 6.

, in the

Indictment for disturbing a Congregation of Protestant Dissenters, on the 52 Geo. 3, c. 155. MIDDLESEX (to wit).-The jurors for our Lord the King, upon their oath, present, that A. B., late of the parish of , in the county of Middlesex, labourer, on the day of year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, with force and arms, at the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, a certain congregation of [Protestants Dissenting from the Church of England] (a), permitted and authorised by the said act, being then and there lawfully assembled for religious worship, in a certain [chapel] (b) there situate and being, and then and there duly certified, registered, and [recorded] (c), pursuant to the [statute] (d), in that case made and provided, the doors of the said chapel then being neither locked, bolted, barred, nor otherwise fastened, so as to prevent any persons entering therein during the time of such meeting and assembly, then and there, during the time of divine wor

(a) The congregation should be so described in the first count, as to correspond with the registration.

(b) Meeting-house, dwellinghouse, or other description used in registration.

(c) If registered at the General or Quarter Sessions, it may be as well to state in the first count where the place is registered.

(d) Os statutes, if certified under more than one.

Second count.

Vide first count.

Vide first count.

ship, unlawfully, wilfully, maliciously, and contemptuously, did disquiet and disturb, [insert the kind of disturbance, as by talking loudly, &c.], in contempt of public worship, to the evil example of all others, in like case offending, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity. AND the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further present that the said A.B. afterwards, to wit, on the day and year aforesaid, with force and arms, at the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, did unlawfully, wilfully, maliciously and contemptuously, disquiet and disturb a certain other congregation of Protestants, being then and there lawfully assembled for religious worship, in a certain other chapel, there situate and being, the said last mentioned chapel, then and there being duly certified and registered, pursuant to the statute in that case made and provided, in contempt of public worship, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.

Fine 401. for each defendant. This offence may be tried at the Sessions, 52 Geo. 3, c. 155, s. 12: or in the King's Bench, see 3 Bur. 1683; or at the Assizes, if removed from the sessions by certiorari. 5 T. R. 552. 4 M. & S. 508.

It will be easy to frame a similar indictment, on the 1 W. & M., s. 1, c. 18, for willingly and of purpose, maliciously, or contemptuously, coming into a chapel or congregation, permitted by this act

to disquiet or disturb the same: the fine under this act is only 201.; but Quakers are protected by it.

Any person present may, without using undue violence, remove an individual so misbehaving in a place of worship, if the nuisance cannot be otherwise abated. I Mod. Rep. 168.

Sacrilege, it would seem, cannot be committed in a Protestant Dissenting Chapel, on the statutes 23 H. 8, c. 1, s. 3; and 1 Ed. 6, c. 12, s. 10.

See also for other precedents, Chitty's Criminal Law, vol. 2, from p. 24 to 34 inclusive; and vol. 4, p. 68.

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No. 7.

Form of Certificate of a Chapel or Meeting House:→ The certificate of a building, to be used as a chapel or meeting-house, may be addressed either to the justices of the General or Quarter Sessions of the peace for the county, city, or place, in which it is situated, or to the bishop of the diocese, or to the archdeacon of the archdeaconry.-It had better be signed by two or three Protestant Dissenters.

Form of Certificate to the Quarter Sessions. To the Worshipful his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, acting in and for the county of in General Quarter Sessions (a) of the

(a) Or General Sessions of the Peace.

peace for