The National Register.
London, England, 1815-01-15 00:00:00

_.....y Ma voluntary tribute to the Omer,- -of this Unknown
evlititry has abundantly maintained her jot eau.. state, and dignity.
Nu! believe me, Joanna was more intattirting than hifoltuated.
Her predictions were loud and frequent -roll of comfort and
happiness to hise.own sobject•-s-ilreadful denunciation* of mot to
the rebellious creatures that did nut acknowledge her sovereignty.
iud frost tu oce ple,cience. But of their iulfCmeut I never heard.
Aud her life was very differently ordered from those,. who atotctime
had Ike name, character. and office of Prophets. •They d
otten-•-walchtil incessantly--and prayed continually : they lived
coarsely : and were more coarsely dud : they upoo all 'ova. ions,
but when otherwise commanded by Him, whose-servants they were,
avoided piiiilicity, and atudiotisly shunned the busy haunts of amen :
sit J./asisia of the ccmtrary, upon all Or het': gl►t publicity I
;
this eta!, %kris one method faited, smother was ii sorted to.
Never could lean that she either watched, fasted, or prayed. • Ott
the contrary. she passed 'noel* of her time in bed—hi downy
muck aid tint u—an,: praved—uever. -Stir loved to lodges
delicately and Least lutturioNsly. Catterly, when she would have it
that she was wits. child, sit. inniorbave, like other Ladiril in the Ilkt`'
condition, her longings toe.. Accordingly she took a longing to
aspoligtok. she it washy no mans ii cheap article of food : and so
%tic:nig was her longing that she is mid to have cat at ona'meal ICu
heads bitore she could allay it.
" If I lime departed somewhat from my otielnal intention by
making these remarks, such as they are 111/011 Joanna's iniPolll I iVII4•
I have been elinust iinperceptibly led astrdy ; and 1 trust this
aberration will be forgiven me.' I remain,
" Thu public's most obliged and humble serVant,
" MATHIAS."
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We ate almost ashamed to revive t•As attention of that part of the
pablie that has attended to such non-e sr, by the mention of the
above named wretched old woman ; but, we ;wheys.. that till her
prophecies were made pnblie, few of the better-infonued people
kiwi* to what a dogire of beastly ignorance thousands of the,ir
, r had 'Udell On religion- sitbject•, by the 4testitn•H Of
their plush churches. reis woman if slit coold write at all: could
neither write sense hot. English. See talks of hat big something wick
walsio her (for quick, • r Wire T; and of pilyPie.lllA subscribing. We
tuppwie her logic priest Ti.t coot-clo4r possesses the same kind of
eloquence. Men of this kind lesei toe the Apostles also us iguoraut
anti illiterate; but forget that they were enatil.'il by the holy •pirit
to speak all laiignaltes : whereas no spirit enables these wretches
even to sin., s then' own
The paw., t f which the sulijoined extract is made, is
written , surgeon, who hid been called iu to Juanita,
hut wit ;pears to have given oftilice m her, or her followers, by
his e,al) ,•••iivict. that she was not with child We must confine '1
otu (1141,if 1011 to his opinion of leer saii,ty, as the iseemilet of het
sli.oraer au diksectiou Is hardly proper for general readers.• Suffice
it to soy, that her complaints appear to have. originated in fat anes
idleness. We suspect the Nev., Air. Tozer is not leani r now than lie
tvas %Alen lie cliised hoots. N hat a pity it is, that the Faitliflil did
not phi; a mari Lee between Miss Joanna and the late es. Hiwt,
alias Iliaitingdon, of leather breeches memory. Hta own bride
µDoll surely nave given him iin. as the Empress Josephine relin•
soisheil Itounapaite, for reasons of state. 'Tozer might have been
she dliciari•ig minister, Airs. Underwood the bride's maul, and the
old I)og and Duck, in St. tieorge's-fields, thee place of eelebration.
Joanna's Seals, and 1-hint's S. S. should bat e been distributed in-
stead of slices of bride cake.

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ITER LAST MOMENTS, 1W DR. REECE...
" To the last this unfortunate woman made no confession of her
f error. On the contrary, in her intervals of reason she still persiste4
" Shoal() the minds of the public be at this period at all curious to i its her ptegnatacy. Two days before her dissolution, on awakeerin,,
learn any thing ale ut ..Joati:sa Siottlicott and her ailments, I here 1 in great pain from one of her dying fits, she loudly exclaimed. llarit
with all due r:sspeel and diffidence preiseast incur witlemy opimon of i the child was making its way through her stile. Ott the sante day 11.
:,....r case formed early in the le cloning:if her disorder, strengthens-di repeated my call, when my. opinion was warmly pressed to know Jr
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;:, its progress, mid folly confirmed Its its conclusion. That some ! 1 thought her actually dead, but I was out allowed to touch any-
of the mettles) gentlemen consulted by tier should/nave mistaken her I other part of her body, but the face awl hands. . She was at this Ina('
',inmost's, and arc .carted ditereotly tor her eomplaints, is not in t (rag- in the same position in which she died, well Wrapped up in
Vie le.ist surprising. In 'warner this net Kra everithry, with alto I flannels. and artificial heat was also conveyed by means of bottles
imputation upon die skill of the practitioner. llnt,that any one filled with warm water. On entering the drawing room I saw 'Mrs. -
medical nom should he sit far mistakes* as to.pe!ctive in her :Igo. , Townley.‘who with a smiling expression of cosseitenance said, that
of prignaney, to believe himself, and endeavour to persuade others she showld return to life ; for this. slue added, has hcen foretold
to believe, that they did really exist, is as situ prising, as that any twenty years back. Mr. Sharp, who was standing by, cotallrnied
one of *nowt intellect • hould be found to place implicit cousfidertre thus, by sisynnt, the believers filly expected it, and would not have
in her pretensions, her predictions, and lair promises That some beets satisfied had this event not happened Taking me to a corner
medical men have been so mistaken, so imposed !upon, and so im, of the room. lie told me; that I had an arduous tusk to perform, but
'ltrilotelital in imposing upon others, we have their own declaration , that the rs salt would greatly redoufsd to my honour and reputation,
ist prow ; that not only one. but multitudes of persous' who in for the soul at Joanna would return, havisse only gone to Heaven to
other respects cannot be denied of unsound 'Moods, have believed, legitiMate the child which would be born rifteess vein ME, lie
from the bottom of their foals, inn Joanna's fallacies anddeltisions, is had purchased flannel in expectation of this event, in oo.Xter to keep
a fact whirls must be allowetk and will he ileiedfler with shame re the body warm. All of the twelve elect were erpoallv sanguinefatod ,
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eorsied. And all this is a thousasol times le one wonderful, titan all buoyed up in their expectations on the subject; and chewed an ele-
Joanna 's wooden' of wonders/ ',titian of *phi:, and every appearance rit. satisfaction. So marvel-
" I have often been asked, did I consider Joanna Sonthcott as lons, it was their opinion. would be the result. that a kingdom
insane? Ceituinly slot. Dr. Sims has gives, it as his opinion. that would be born in a day, according to the -words of Holy Writ; and
she Islestired under strong mental dr Itssions ; but if lw means Isere that the foltilettent of the prophecies woe stow cleanly seen. Mr.
involuntary delusion I am obliged to differ tMb from "so respect! N Sharp, even pointedly asked it she should be resmeiated, and pro-
able authority. If she were mad, there was more of eOnsisterltY, 4 duce a boy, would I then believe hi the mission ofJoannal In that
regularity, and of emit:log working amid the overthrow ()flier uus case I told Ilion I must certainly admit it was the work of tie Lord to
derstaniting, than ever lrelore came under my ot.servation : and I answer some great pOrpose ; but in my present fisisteut mind it
have known and observed many maniacs of all descriptions, and in would appear as reasonable to expect the building ut St. Paul's to ..
every state of mental delusion. from the imagined king to the ideal ascend into the air. Ali ! Sir, replied he, you take only a peetfe4...
beggas. Crowns of paper and sceptres of straw, are the eeogaws sianal view of it, bnt I take a spiritual one ! Pray, Sir, he cam.
of the one : useless pins and worthless shreds, hoarded with care, . tinned, for your credit's sake, do not retract the opinion you have
are meant to preserve the other from dreaded Hants II given, for assuredly there is a chitd. I was satisfied. I replied, she
c' Notoriety', ease, and atroience„appear to have been the prevailing I would not due with a child ill her. 1 then asked one of the disci-
passimos of Joanna's mind : and the means which she adopted i pies, what conduct lie would adopt provnle.l there was nothild ?
to fulfil her desires, would s•em, nod have actually been proved, well He had never, he replied, elven it a thisoglit. so as to entertain it
ealculated for the cud Early ist life, when she should have laboured doubt ; and that I might as well expect the sky to fall, tar the one
diligently with her needle, iii an iipleolsterer'sv:inpluy,iit Exeter, she I was as likely as the other. Mrs. Townley was questioned in a simi-
Immo! i. much easier to talk nonsense by the hour, than to work hard tar manner by a very sousible lady, olio cadet on her for the pair-
by the day. As hur notoriety mod ropowers increase. she must pose of being made acquainted with Joanna s tenets, when she Its-
dexterously niiiltiphea the means or obtaining the objet ts of her termed tier it 1,84 not possible that it should prove otherwise than
.wi'll'B. She sets oat, as it were, upon a voyage of discovery, and ' it was predicted ; for all the communications came from the Lord,
Happily finds a terra incoiolita,—ideal truly, but to her prodociio, of who was their snppurt. Itnt. Madam, said this lady. you mint
substantial revenues. .1f the many allow we are all liable to be deceived. Well, replied Mrs. Towel_..
shares in her milleninta have
really b
:.. -"la diV"vetl of and paid for, which are said to have been, if it /dorsal(' turn out so, I will barn wy Biblt, told declate %Lc
this kingdom of beru omit have proved to her a tunic of wealth, ' whole fabric to be tuna cube ! - - ASS" .144 -• 7
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JAN. 13. NATIONAL RF.GISTER.
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