The National Register. — London, England, 1813-10-31 00:00:00

OCT. 31. EXTRAORDENARr PROPHECY. JOANN % SOUTHCOTT's LETTER TO THE NATION. Joaiwa Southeott. have been more than twelve years pith liely warning the nation of what the Lord bath revealed unto me, he will do upon earth; and the events have been daily flailing abroad and at home, which causes aome to believe the visitation to he from the Lord : while others, with the most infamous abase and falsehood, have publicly declared me to be' s an ImpOstor: and others. with the same ignorance and folly say, that my writings ere fiwn. the devil, fill! of blasphemy, and wondered that the sh .std have :suffered me to go on in this manner. I have borne the mockery and abuse of men : but now let all their wonder cease ; for I shall return to mock them, as they have mocked me ; nod prove It is the devil, in the tbrm of men, from whence all this malice and persecution proceed still : and now I shall say with David, if I have been vile, I will he viler; and, if I have bevu bold, I will be bolder. To my other prophecies, I have added two books, lately published, entitled " Books of %Vaulters ; " and five more will appear hereafter, which I defy all the Bistaps in Fogland, the Member• of Parliament, and all Judges in the land. witn ail tip judgement they can form together, to be able to prove thew two books of Wonders, 'with the other Prophecies, were ever hrought round by the wisdom and knowledge of the devil, or by the wisdom and knowledge of an impostor. Let the Mishops come forward, with the Rev. Mr. Pomeroy, and I will soon convince them. that I could as soon make the world as I could make my v.ritings ' and bring them round in the manner they have been brosight round to be fondled. lam not so wise as the nark! make me; therefote I shall give onto the Lord the honour and glom . that is sine unto his name : and those that say they are from the devil, I shall torn their blasphemy upon their own heads ; because it is blasphemy, to say, that such wisdom, knowledge, and power, can be ni the devil. And I was answered this morning that if nt4n scut' on this way, and the Bishops did not awaken, to proet. the calling is from on high, to stop this blasphemy in men, that awfai juketnents should now come on, upon them and upon the nan) ; tom these are the words said unto me : " I sit laugh at their calamity i I will mock when their fear conical ; when yam- fear eonteth as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a tshielwind ; distress and angnish come upon you : then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer ; they shall heck nit' esrly, hut they shalt not timid me : for I have looked, and there is none to help ; and I wondered that there was none to uphold; therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me, and my fury upheld me : and I will tread down the people in inioe anger, and male them drunk in my ffiry ; I will bring down their strength to the earth." 'Phis i, the voice of the Lord unto me, from the Scripture Prophecies The watchmen are blind ; they are all ignorant ; they are all dumb dog* that cannot balk ; sleeping, laying down to slumber." But this is the answer of the Lord to me :—" They shall i.e visited of the Lord of Hots with thunder, and with earthquake and great noise, with storms and tempest, and the time of devouring fire, Stay yourselves and wonder ; cry ye out ; and cry, they are drunkest, but not with wine; they are staggered, but not with strong drink. The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man ; lie shall stir no jealousy as a man of war ; he shall cry, yea roar ; lie shall prevail against his enemies. I have long time holdeu my peace; I have 'ueen still and refrained myself; novi I will cry like a travailing woman ; I will destroy and devour at once." Here are the threatening.', that I am now ortlered•to bring home to the nation, of the scriptures that the Loid will fulfil, if men now carelessly sleep, after this warn* ; but it they awake, as men out of sleep, and obey the call, then they may look to the promises in the following chapters: Isaiah, 1, tl, 9.—chapter xlvi. chap. lxv. aid chap. lxvi. This I am ordered to put in the public papers; and if I have no nit to come forward to plead my canse for me, the Lord is work kw a way for me to plead it myself; and shame all that shamed me, and confound all that couluunded me. NOW, as R H called my friends " three-and-twenty mad fools," for believing that my 'visitation was from the Lord ; let him bring forward three-and-twenty mad tools, to prove these two books, which I have lately published, with my other prophe cies, were ever brought conivi by the wisdom of a wonum, or a wisdom of the devil;--then they must he mad fools indeed, it they attempt it ; far it, has been none but mad fools that have ever writ ten a, hook against me yet, by Satan's forming himself in t h an; and that their publications Lave proved. October 28, 1813. JOANNA SOUTHCOTT. VONAt REGISTIR. . MOCK AUCTIONS. 701 Friday a Court of Common Council was held al terildhall, to take into consideration a report of the Committee for Generel Put poses, detailing their proceedings relative to prusecuting, in the last Session of Parliament, petitions against Mock Auctions. Mr. Warritatex stated, that had this subject been brought for ward on a former dey, his duty as Chairman of the Cooanittee. in laying the report betbre the Court, would have been extremely easy; but to-day it was likely, there would be considerable oppo sition, The Members for the City, though they would receive u l b political instructions from their cunstituerits, led professed them selves ready to attend to any that might be given them on matter: of local regulation. On the present subject there had been no scant of caution an the part of the Committee, who had waited. on the City . llfembers to ask their support. A Bill was then in couteihple tion to prevent frauds, and the traders were told, that their caw might be embodied into that Bill. That, Bill, however, had been thrown out. Another Bill wow then brought forward, and some Gentlemen had waited on Mr. Wharton, to state what redress they wished. It had, however, been asserted by a certain Gentleman. an auctioneer, that that Bill was the Act of a Junta only, and lie would get 40 Members to vote against it. That Bill lie thotiglit, however, would have clone some gaol With respret Rd tin. hot bill by 'Mr. Lockhart, there was not in the whole of it a single clause in favour of the traders, but all in favnur of. the parties com plained against ; one of whom had been made the dope of a fraud, and had sold goods fur one-thitl =pre than their actual value, as the property of a naval officer. The good character of the gentle man in question, made in favour of his argument. Irish linen had been likewise offered as 'German, and the Captain bad said, we have gat Mut rell on our side, and no matter for Waitliman. (The wor thy Member here produced a paper having on the back or it, " To Mr. Waitliman," and which he said would enable him to athivipate the arguments that would be used.) The present was a question of character ; and the practice of mock auctions enaldea a t reauts to rob their masters, and debtors to cleat their creditors. Mi. W. here alluded to some recent instances of fraud, and particularly the case of Mr. Chapman, who had been robbed of :,:00 gross of screw*. These stolen articles were exposed for sale, not by itinerant bat by resident auctioneers, who had regular rooms as specified in the Act of Parliament. An auctioneer had stated, that he was in the habit of buying the property of noblemen, and selling it again as such ; but this was converting the auctioneer into a pawnbroker, and not a broker. A young man in his own employ bad confessed to him that he had robbed him of 3501. and prosably the amount was muck more, and he had seen the goods of which he had been robbed in a regular auction room. Such practices loudly called for reformation. Mr. IVaithman then moved, that the report of the Ccuunittee of the 'list of July, 1811, be read. [The report was accordingly read, as also that of the Sub-committee, amid went to state, that a meet mg held at the house of Alderman Atkins, the clauses in the 1Ji:1 awn pending in Parliament, by which auctioneers might introduce property of their own into their sales. were reprobated by the trade!, present, and that the City Members had concurred in tee objection then made, but, nevertheless, when the bill seas read a third time its the Cominons, bad made no attempt whateser to have the obnoxious clauses left out.] He concluded with moving, that the Court de agree with time report. the. BROWN admitted the evil of mock-auctions, but saw nu reason to throw imputations on respectable characters, who in fact deserved the thanks of their country, "Co sign such a r port was infect an act of iefatuation. Should this report be agreed to, the Common-council would sanction a gross breach of conti , icisce. He should move, as an amendment, that the Report do lie on the table. Mr. Munn EL seconded the motion, and stated tl v mock auctions had much decreased in the course of the last twenty yeaN. Mr. Dixon lamented, that the report had been brought forward, and thought Mr. W.liimself would do sc in his cooler motnt-ivs. Mr. Qum condemned mock auctions as most injurious to the nation at large. He, however, strongly opposed the adoption of the Report. Alderman ATM NS. at considerable length, defended his own con duct, and cotiteneled that the statements in the report were com pletely unfounded. Alderman Woon was sot ry the Report had been should move as an amendment, that it be referre I to prepare a petition to Parliament, for the purpose Auction Marts, founded on the Resolution of tht. Mr. DAVIS seconded the motion. brought up. ;ma a Committee to of doing away- • lth of Ma!-.