The National Register. — London, England, 1814-09-11 00:00:00

3L4R in th am,v such !Jo( ceding might confirm her followels then he lief of hr.r inspiration. " for the purpose of avoitlill:4 deception," enquires Dr. Reece, with great pro .prietr, mtglit net the Loraiiancellor place her in decent aPartmen!s.. and appei , ,tarcouchenis of expel ience and re gl'er:abil itY to alend on her ?" Something ought positively to be done, Iffire hirth of her ii fain, to prevent the sus .picion of ti ;an inteiference which, it seems, would be approved of , yen by her followers. the ne‘viy-m , redicted " King of the Jews" be once brou4ht to , he birth, no moiler how, - and find persons to credit mi'e d ,,, laration of his having been supernaturally con teived h. the s' iritnal Mother of the Southcottian her ti Mal ‘‘il Indeed have become an " awful one !" Hundreds sr'///hen hi/icyr in !lie svremorn of th, e/ii'd, coupled with the mission 7nothrr, -a Iv) are now towlest in !heir censures on bre snijeel. Our guvel rment will, pe , hips, find it no easy ta , k to hi ins .1 , a , eta Se•tithcomt .o the liar, when she can carry ht r infant theme with her ; and %then, to speak in het own style, 4 4 the Lord sh:,ll have worked a way for her to plead her own cause, and confound all that confounded her." Religion, morality, aid decency, all demand that the pre tem sions of the pr,pliete , s sinnild be immediately subjected to the most seri: , os and scam chins inquisition. She has Idasphemon , ly s, initialised the established creed, by affirming. an d in p r int, that '• if the visitation ~ f the Lord to tier does not produce a Son this year, then Jesus Christ was not the Son of (;cd, born in the manner spoken by the Virgin Mary ; but if she has a Son this year, then, in like manner, our Sa viour was born !" Morality is set at nought, throughout her w-iting , , by making her obedience the substitute for man's, and appointing her seals as passports to the society of ti e spiel's of just men made perfect ! She has outraged all the decencies of life. Chastity seems to have been loe‘g ba night d from Ler breast, if ever it inhabited there; and the only hope is, concerning her publications, that they may he at counted too digusting to deprave the dispositions of those mbo shall vainly explore theta for the purpose of informing tl e understanding. ONESIbIUS. JOANNA'S DEFENCE. LETTER FROM JOANNA SOUTUCOTT TO DOCTOR RICHARD REECE. September 1, IRI4. Si R —Beinu informed by Mr. Carder, on Wednesday, Augwsi 31, that you I)4d been attarkrd for potting your jugdment on my case in tlr, , Paper, in answer to the inquiries thra had been made in The Time: Paper, uhirh, if no on. had nswered, there would have been room for the world to say, the Mediral Men refused to give the judgiurnt tbry had drawn, to satisfy the mirds of die Paidic. Now, as yin have p o hli s l:ed v , :nr's, I s; all lay he-fore you the particulars, w but was the j t ,d ameo t of all that crone into my pre-ence, that you may see you do not sr and al, ne iu jodernent. The first maq th.rt came into the room where I was, from the 11th of Oc:ober, 1813. to the Ist day of August. 1811 was 1)r Adams, was called in, with Messrs. 'Vetherell and Phillips, tr; occouNt of mv at that time, and for their opir.irri, of my case ; when I had before them the manner of my illneso and the statement of all my corn. plaiptS from the 17th of M9rch to that day, with my increasing size, and feeling life wit no, Dr. Adams askrit me %%b a r w as th e „Li eet o f their meeting ? I suirl, not pas their judgment according to my age frons the statement 1 had given, or from laving kept from any man's THE NATIONAL. REGISTER. SEPT.. 11. coming into my preseece frem last October to that present time ( Ist of August). or front the pr these things they were wholly to divest themselves of; all the judgment dint was required of them, was to give doir uoitiion what they should judge of a %ming married %soma,' in my situ-ado/I. from ever thine I bad laid before them. Dr. Mame a ISWg rod immediately I should not hesitate a moment, or have any eoub of veur eemg iii a pregnant state, was it in a 'mine woma n ; :but as.this case was of a particular natnre, lie thought an examiaate es was necessary; and as I had been acquainted with Mr. Wetherell, and himself and Mr. Phillips were strangers, he desired Mr. Wetherell weuld examine me, and they world quit the room. Mr. Wetherell exeminsd me in the stone instiller you did. and laid it before Dr. Adams and Mr Phillips, and Dr. Adamtiprescribed- for 4... e accoiei n dy (as the Bislmps had ri fused to send in their Physicinns), I had liberty for the friends to seed in theirs, from which Dr. kVulker applied to Dr. ‘Valchmen, and Mr. Owen implied to Mr. Matti. I then seta to I)r. Adams. to beg the favour of his meetina them ; Its caned upon me. aid said he wrath! attend I I eske:i him if he had ever such a ease brought le fere him, of a we rime at my Dee , he said no, never, neither had lie ever heard of such a case, therefore they could only pass their judgmeet •rom the symptoms and appearuece was it in a yoneg womase but this wds a cause could nit he reasoned epoe. On the Wednesday folloein l e he met the Gi nilemen as appoieted ; when Dr. With:lllll , m came lie prof:feel an internal examination, and said the Medical Men should me all come toecteer, h a t one at a time, an.d give their opinions R.N. r Dr. Adams then came u, . and after externel exammetien, said I had every symptom of a woman in a pregnant oate, andavrote down his judgment thereon. Ile then told me of Dr. Welchnem's propesal examination, that it would be closer tiPan he had done, as he himself examined toe in the same initialer yon did. I asked Dr. Adams what Dr. Wald:men inearit 14y a closer examination ; lie then explained e his •he other meant; this filled me with such horror, that I immediately said I would no: submit to that, for if they could not judge from my s~tusti se and the examivatiim he had wade, then 1 said I w o uld wail till the child made its appearance, strong enough to be seen and felt without any examinatiou Adams said lie himselfahould not have made such a rs quest, hot Dr. Walchman refused seeing me, unless wonld submit to such au examination : this I said I wireld never , übmit to, but !epee it to time, that wou:d prove whether there was a child or not. Dr. Adams infur ed Dr. Walchmaii of my determini tinn, and they left the hotoe, as I n- ii her saw Dr. Waichniriii or Dr. Muff...4llk esing talked of, that Medical Men were admitted, a Mr. Meallin, surgeon, applied to have permiseion ; duel Mr. Plidlips waned upon him. lie gave a reference to I)rs. lleavysides and Pearson, alter that he came with Mr Phillips, and alter hearing my statement, and examining me extetn il;y, he said lie had no doubt of my being in as pregnant state, though he said it was a wonderful ease. I told him the preposals Dr. ‘Valchmati had made of examination, at which he sestet(' surprised, and said he conceived lie could be no judge from such an examination, of a eternal' at toy age. The Monday followieg, Mr. Ferster came, and after laying the whole of my case before him, and he examined me, tie gave it as his opinion, if it was a young woman, there was no doubt of my being in a ',regnant state. When I mentioned to him the proposals Dr. W. had made of an internal examination, he said, like Mr. Medlin, he could be no judge from that, at my time of and t he advanced time of the pregnancy ;as those examinations took place at an early period, at Ladies' own desire, when they were not clear of broo ! in the family way, and wished to know, or at a time, when they went beyond the time to bring on the pain, or to ascertain the carne, if not pregnant ; he gave liberty for any one to call upon bins, and he would give his opinion. The next day Mrs. Forster came, and Mrs. Lock, a female mid,vife, and two others, that have had fami lies, after lasing my case before them, and being strictly examined by the women, they all passed their judgment there was not a doubt of my being in a preguant state ; after the examination, as we sat conversing together, I felt the life winking very strong %%hid', me, Mrs. Forster was sitting clsse by my side, and perceived it. she immediately laid her hand over me, and she felt the life of the child as strong as she ever felt one of her own in her life. Mrs. Lock felt it likewise, the other two saw its movements. The following day, you, Sir, came yourself, yoarlotigtnent i need not mention, but the next morning Dr. Sims came with Mr. Wetherell he heard all the symptoms, mad examined me, but ease it as his opinion, I was not with child, though lie would not say it was impossible, for all things were possible with God, yet he himself should nut pass his opinion I was in the family e ay, but said he would rot take it upon himself to say I was not, neither would lie give any (edition of the cause that had produced the effects I had felt, or the in crease of my size ; when I asbal him what he would prescribe for me to prevent my sickness and pain, or to bring hie to an appetite, he men tioned the •same as Dr.. Adams hed• prescribed. for me, but mould not pre cribe any thing further; he said he shouln suppose . such an event as this, if it took place, it would not be hid its a corner. I told hat. 1