The National Register. — London, England, 1814-09-25 00:00:00

SUPT. /5. sa)s Mr. C. " s he can never repair ; but in the criminality Of that," he adds, " some of the bigots, who have surrounded her, are deeply infp!icated—must stiffer," and ought forth with to he openly tried. Sooner or later, and it cannot happen too soon, " there must be a complete disclosure of all delusion and deluders; for if she herself be not oneof the latter, she has been surrounded by some persons who have made her the instrument of widely disseminating the former. Had she coutinutd the simple character she originally scliA she would never have fallen into this deplorable snare ; but, as it Ss, he believes what she writes--that she is pregnant, and that she will bring forth this miraculous Son !" Granting. that the " delusion" of the prophetess is, like her assurance and ignorance," to be suffered to protect from the puniliment that her writings would otherwise have called down, this defence will certainly not apply to those abettors by whom she is surrounded; and by whose exertions the delusion is propagated, if not counselled. tier military champions, Colonel 11"w"cl and his Major ; her Northern Neptune, who declares that " be expects to nurse the child as he did the stool" he procured for its mama ; her Re verend Friend, Tom ; her purser, Miss 7 60 0*y ; her secre tary, Ann Underwood the god-mother, Mrs. F"s"r her new Medical Monitor ; her amanuensis, o'n; her Sleeping Partner ; her Counsel Learned in the Law ; and, though last, not least, her " hiecius doecius," William T*er ; thee, surely, with many more, are not likewise labouring under a strong mental delusion, which incapacitates them, each and 201, from seeing morally clear I Joanna may have gone mai ; but it is rather too much to believe, that she has incurably bitten so many rational and sagacious indivi duals as are to be found among her chief supporters. Though it is evident that the Preacher of the House of God still hankers after the Prophetess, hoping that " God will humble her heart to repent," and that " in the midst of her sorrow, when convinced of her errors, she will be glad for the man, whom she and her mad followers have so per secuted, to pour a little balm into the wounds the enemy has made," yet he does not pretend to apologise for her " hic6us doccius," or for any others who are " disguised as friends to the cause." Punishment is that which in this case he prescribes. Why, indeed, should the accomplice of Joanna Southeott be exempted from the penalty that has been inflicted on the publisher of Thomas Paine? Eaton was not long since condemned to stand in the pillory, besides being imprisoned in Newgate, for the circulation of al itings less dangerous, because less operative, than those of the pro phetess. This case is within the recollection of every one, and comes expressly to the point. Spiritual adultery is, according to Mr. Carpenter, " the mixture of the works of God with those of the Devil ; and they must make that mixture, for the charge to apply to them. So," however, he adds, " has Joanna Southeott. Fier confederates boast that 40,000 are in full faith and ex pectation of this imaginary Child, whose mother impiously says—if the child do not so CODIC, then Christ Jesus never came, as recorded by the Evangelists, and the Christian world has been imposed on for 1800 years! Consider," ob serves Mr. Carpenter, "ye who are the Principals in this § " The woman (meaning Joanna) was as ignorant as can possi bly he conceived : she could not write, for any one to read ; nei ther coa!d she spell a word of two syllables, nor, indeed, many souni,syllables. A specimen of each may suffice. The word because, she singes &cos ; the word eyes, ii ; and the word eye, i. But," subjoins Mr. Cat peuter, " she could talk for herself m ith as mulch volulAlity as any of the ladies who frequent the market in Lower Thames Street.' - So also.saith .Satan, by the mouth of his Friend i adding, that her. assurawe and ignorance protect" her! VIE NATIONAL REGISTER. Xl9 Juggle, how you are now misleading souls;" and whetker " any thing can be more conclusive of the source from whence this revelation springs, than such dating assertions ?" Let justice now terminate this hellish hoax Compassion is the miserable victims of it, religion out of the question, calls impeiatively on the constituted authorities to put the PfOPIIETESS to silence, and covet her CONYIDIAAT Ls with confusion. September t:3, 1814. ONESIMUS. *• • Since writing the above , it has been state d t o me that the Pollee (*ars are actually in quest of the great Prophetess, who suddenly decamped f r om kr lute residence, at twelve o'c:osk at night, to arvid the alto native of king lodgcd in St. Luke's! OLD BAILEY. Tuesday, Munnoo, a Lascar, was indicted for committing an unna tural offence on ti Towrey, a child of eight years of age, on the 16th instant. The monster enticed the pour little know, by promises if as much rummy ns he could want, and of new clothes, into a Livid neat the Docks, at Shadwell. He was observed by some persons, and escaped over a paling, but was followed and secured. To show this wretch's utter contempt of all decency, he perpetrated this horrid ofe fence in broad day, between eleven and twelve at noon. In his defence, he said he was very tipsy, and knew nothing of it. Guilty—Death. NVedeesday, James Straneeways was indicted fur ftioniondy as saulting Joseph Longhtirst, on the King's highway, end forcibly taking from his person, against his will, a 101. note, a silver witch, and this whole of Iris wearing apparel, his property. The prosecutor state., that on the 7th of the present month, about eight o'clock at night, ha was returning from Bedfont to Staines, where .be lived ; about a mile from Bedfont he was accosted by the prisoner,. and two other persons, dressed as soldiers, they appeared to be coming from Stained, and inquired how far it was to Bedfent ? being answered about a mile, they said they would return, and turned round apparently for that purpose. The emosecutor became suspicious of their intentions, and ran away hastily ; thee pursued him, and he had not run as hundred yards befere, he fell down. The prisoner and the two others came up 1 to Limn, and demanded his money, which he gave theta ; not satisfied 1 with this, they dragged him through the hedge, and across a field, 1 where they stripped him of every article of his clothes, and left him in a state of nakedness, %rah Ids hands and legs tied ; one of theca Iwas however appointed centinel over him, while the others went nwav, but retained in an hour, and after having examined his legs and hatreds ito see teat they were secure, - left him, threatening his lee if he pre isettled to make any alarm. After a !drone appeal to their eh metear e they condescended to give him an old pair of truwsers. Tie- prose entor remained in that dreadful situation until six o'clock the first 3 morning, wl en hie cries reached the ears of the passeugerv, who came to his assistance. Mary Gleig lived under the Piazza, Covent Garden, kept a ctinfe•:- tioner's sliep ; di put,: d, that three inert came into her shep about sit ()Mock tie the 3:11 of Septemba . ; • two of them were dressed as sol diers, end the prisoner had on a black coat ; they came to breakfast, and the telsoner wanted clienge for a ten rintol note. Witness could not rive visited. Tire prisoner paid for breakfast for all three, and %%too out. On the Tuesday following the prisoner came alive., about right u'elock in the mereiug, and breakfasted ; alier which the Ili saner asked %sillies% to tr Le care of a parcel for l'On, %%hick she did ; it coetuined tl:e gaiters, umbras, shm - , &c. Between three and tour o'clock the .aerie day the rosecetor caiee and claimed the cludiest. Wm. Bacon, an °film', received informatien et' the relit) , ry on the Bth from the prosecutor himself. Witness went in cenoepieeee et in formation to the shoo of the last witness (Mrs (ireie), and found the brindle left by the prisoeer. Witness and prosecuter meta to tlie Nig s Head, in James-street, Cevetit-garden, and saw the pristine' ; prose cutor owned the coat and teidsteuat which the prisome had oe. The prisener said he boneht t tiara Of t,WO St)lii irrs. ‘Vitress asked him if they did not belong to the dath ; prisoner sail ary did; witness them old him he was a deserter as well as thee. l'iis)r.tr s4id he was, :old deserted eote Exeter. The prisoner, iu his defence, said, lie came from Exeter as far as Stilisbury with ter) other s oldiers, feel) ear of whom Ire purchased the clothes about four miles from Salisbury ; the two other men welking before, and In did net see tat as a it er e v eto The Monday previous is elie robbery he came to town, card seid lee slept at a cotretehouse in Coventgardee on the night oh the rebteey. The Common Seajeoit snruiecd up, and the Jury, without Hesitation, found him guilty. 111:iith. l 1 i •