The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-21 00:00:00

540 'LITE NATIoNATi REGISTER. SOME ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS JOANNA St )CTEICOTT. Whnerefshad earefoliv pelThe the writinas of Joanna Sionthcott, 41"P:0111g hrr hp.tory. witio her maturer 3 / 4 kions, gill perceive th a t I,t r f ee h t::: ,. h av e ! .0.tai:441 nn common conte s t between love 2.1.! re !Lf ‘ jolt. fist iit:aehloci.t to Noah who may be coii•i tiurei a.; La% i.,;::..i)et•tt the %,ovettign of her heart, aceorcline to her o wn eo%t Ili r mlity nor does she appear to Lave easilv, if i.":er, s!iymoltnted it. IVl:vi;ever She met with liowe% cr. ‘ve find her " drterinined to give Ler liv.trt it:!A .{till to Go l." to 64 WI;11) her heart fioin thi4 world," that " p:ndence %void(' wear off love, by keening her liton , „::ct , . in love to her Creat !" She %rac (hiring thi. period 14 I;re %Ole cal1:.(1 44 fiVin2; for lovc," thou.!' slit confirmed to Tf it et tt a %ITN , :min or hut. Ise.) t. J,11 , 111, thi•: ;;Slair, '' but reliaion," declares " ems!!! kru•l) me M my aen•('s " . , 10. w4i . e ;it Ca.% serviceably In her, ie!inf: her earthly love, it is now imma•erial to learn : eert.lii.l% it is :natter of 14-.114, considering the turn of her cha. , t Ite hive, iihtead of i . eing got under by should 1.1..1 been tiansferied with her heart, and, pet haps to her insensibly, thus breoine wOh her operative sensations of faith. fanti:li is in rvquired as to feclins in womei:, " The prof;Lneness of eallantry," observ( s Gilbert Stuart, in hi! , View of !lie Provi,:s of Society in Europe, " diqurbed and tie forint() the nicdoalions nt CIC 11“14 pintlS. ligion." he adds, " a • Vlllll.oyl'd to gi%e a poi, : ininey to the disorders of prostitution and Fst " the devotee was to look tip to the Virgin with the t' CS of a Inv( r, and to eonteinpLte the beaniivs of her person, and the g r at e► of her earriie t :,e." But this " profaneness ofgallantry" is hap. actirable to mankind under the reformed faith, and Call be indulged only by the weaker sex tra L ;rteions and offensive as some or the assailants of rectal ism too arc., thewbre, there is reason to fear that the delirium of is sometimes seen combined with " the tienzy of finati el -111," and that carnality may he gratified under the imnination fat' vit;tuality. Who can p' ruse the flaming vision, fur example, d by ;Miss Toalaili y n; the pamphlet entitled Letters and Corn ssmaieatiens of Joanna Southeott, and not he sta , gered at the di , • flosure of s::eh scenes ?--Moniiity evening, Jn!y the ‘2d, 1814, it T,ctan:, th,,t Joanna tried to compose herself, atter an hard contest the Devil, %vile'', " at last, she fell asleep; and whether awake i;; ;:cep,” continues Miss Townley, " she does not know, but she yt wemhCr. , rile Was quite awake when she felt the hand of the Lord npun her,, but in that heavenly and beautiful manner that she felt joy unspeakable andfull of glory. She felt herself laying as it were in Heavtn, in the hands of the Lord, and was at raid to move, fear . nu she should remove his heavenly hand, which she felt as perfect as ever woman felt the hand of her husband !" Here 'P the Lamb's IVife'' bersell takes up the tale. "In this happy manner." affirms Jitanna " I fell asleep ; and in my sleep I was surprized with seeing a most beautiful and heavenly figure, that arose from the bed, between Townley and me. lie arose, and turned himselfbackwards towards the tiet of the bed, and his head almost reached the tester of the bed ; hut his f ice %yds toward. me, which appeared with beauty and vaie.tv, hat pale as death. His hair was a flaxen colour, all in diss AUG. 21 order around his filet*. His race was covered with strong perspira. tion ; and his locks were wet like the dew ot *tight, as though they had hcen taken out ot a river. The collar of his shirt appeared un- Inv toned, and the skin of W.,: bosom appeared white as the driven s now. Such was the beauty of the heavenly figure, that appeared before me in a disordered state ; but the robe he bad nn was like a sin pliee, down to his knees. He put out one of his legs to me, that was perfectly like mine, no larger; but with purple spots at the top, as mine are with heating my.elf, Townley, Underwood, and Taylor are witnesses of. Metlionght; In my dream. he got k m . sell into that peispiration by being pressed to sleep between Town ley and ine. I to him, ' Are yon my dear dylog Saviour that is to come to d. troy all the works of the Devil ?' He answered me, l'es I' I thought I called Underwood, and waked Townley, to look at him, which they with wonder and amaze. I then thought co out of my bed, and fall down on my knees before him, to retain him thanks for his mercy and goodness : but, as soon as the:e thoirlas entered my head, he disappeared, and a Woman appeared in I.is stead, which gave me pain to see he was gone. But the human told me many wonderflil things, that were coining upon t h e earth, and what vvag coining uponthe Devil ; yet I grieved at the loss of my de:ir lied enter, fOr I saw no beauty in the woman, ant), though the woman would reasOristrong with me, her reasons I did not like. In this confusion I awoke, and heard the bell tolling for . • the dead, and the drums beating at the same time ; which I remark ed to Townl-y." Now; what must the generality of men think of such an inter com-6e as this in • deep ? Joanna has likewise told us, when she was codified to her bed, that " she was very poweifully visited by the Devil, many times a day. He asked Ler, once, if this was the love of Christ, to her, to keep her there in her bed Joanna aw swered, ' yes ;' and assured him that she could lay down .upon her :led, NV hen .he was minded to do so, with pleasure. Then, she sap, the Devil would aggravate her another way, by telling her that ' she svis an idle and ought to get rip Joanna, in turn, told the Devil she never would, till the Lord called her aloud ; but those provoking speeches of the Devil made her eager and desirous, in her heArt, that the Lord would call her aloud, to stop the conten tions ton.vie of the Devil." Still nothing called her. Joanna tlicu .ecd that Satan might be chained down ; after which she telt a ,winuoing round her head, and she was emancipated from the powers of &illness. What manner of COMITHIN kat 1011 S are these io Joanna still prefers to live secluded from the world, never ap pealing in public, as was customary with prophets. " This," says ohe, " the world has . been a wonder to sue all the days of my life.' Joanna has it entirely in her own power to make this " wonder to cease," since she may become known to the world whenever she phases. Though she appears no longer to be what is commonly esteemed as handsome in person, yet both her fotm and face aro very far from being unpleasing, her eye still retaining something of that animation which gave her attraction at first. During her youth, silo must have been judged to be pretty at least, or she never would have obtained the admiration of her crowd of suitors. She is de— scribed as rather short of stature, and lusty ; but, says Mr. Hann, so arc many other ladies, who, notwithstanding, do great mischief among our sex. Literature she has no pretensions to; and she is unable to write even inte:ligibly. Her mum/ iv tenacious of the little she bas • I