The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-02 00:00:00

JOANNA SOUTINOTT. ,

The public curiosity excited by'the prophecies
and assertions of this impostor,, and, her High'
Priest, has been such as to-renor it necessary she
should decanip from her lodgings at
Bridge, near. St. Paneras,..tO some more retired
situation„where she can-be free from thejmpor-
(unities of the impertinent, and in her approach-
ing confinement enjoy that retiretnent so essential
to.- the re-establighment of her health, and the
comfort and eonvenien.ce of young Si/do., or
Sheelak as it may
:turn . out. Her dwelling-,
it appears, had of :late been beset, 'by protli-
-gions crowds, composed of persons of all ranks,
sonic of whom Went to the place in their car-
riages. ,O these, Many, obtained admission to
her peter and supernatural presence, .and -had
the felicity, of witnessing the costly Feprations
which were making tar her.accoachemedt..Various
stratagems were had recourse to, to obtain this
indulgence. in. some cases', Barops'ancf Bu;unets
assuthed the characters of medical ?ten; anxious to
establish the truth of Joanna's prophecies ; while
others did not scruple to 'produce 'forged orders
from 'the Pi-ivy Council, to hold intercourse "with
the Sainted Virgin. So numerous, however-, did
these visitors become, and so irreverent did some
of than conduct therust,lves, that Joanna, with
due regard to the sanctity of her own. Character,
thotight it .prtident 'to retreat ; and accordingly,
on Friday night last, St the solemn- hour' of mid-
night she fled from her persecutors.
The order for shutting, the Chapels, it appears,
enianated train- the iNlagiitrates of Surrey, who,
from the tumults which •constantly occurred in
their vicinity on the Sabbath Days, deemed it
prudent to prevent the recurrence of such scenes
in future.

We have copied the following Letter from the
Liverpoyt Mercvy ; it spews that this inabittc, or
imposter, does not waist Advocates whose abilities.
ate,, above the level of mcdiocrity.7—The Letter is
addressed to the Editors.
" I consider it my duty, as a belicVer in the Divine Mission
of JoannaSouthcott, to vindicate her character and the mission
attacked in the Mercury ; she who has lbeen liberally branded
in other Papers, I now see has seached yours; I ai.,,eee in your •
opinion so f.tr, that if insane she should he ex,sinind,—
if an imposter, punished according to law; she- has repeat-
edly callo fur such •examitiatiou in a public manners. jn
the Newspapers ; should : She he " insane or a money-get-
ting imposter, the. fault is in them wit() permit it, Afar
reading all her writings now in print, and examining them.
with toy Bible, lam perfcctly'convinced that the same Spiht
that visited he prophet of old, visits her (God being the §:tine-
yesterday, to-day, and'for ever) to fulfil the scriptures;' if they
were written hy ihppiration from God, thvylnust be all follilled
from the hcAhining to the cad, Which she proves in her writings,
but
:not ivc‘ori:n.,,to the :lodgment of man. i shall liot.quote
script tires to prove the coming of Shiloh ; the truth or false.;
hood of tlic•mission will be•proved before the evil of this bar-
vest ; thew will her trial take place, and nut before. We are
.desired to try tar spirits whether they the of God, and they
are known, by their fruits; this I have \done, and I shall only'
say, I have read her life, and think it impossible to find any
thing in her,but huneili:y, innocence, and purity, as far as
buthan hatnre will allow in the present state of the world.
Pope irahis Messiah mentions the child., so Muds radcked by
the unbelieving world:—
" Peace o'er the world her ()Tire wand extend, '
" And white rob'd innocence from heaven descend ;
" Swift fly the years, and rise the'expected morn,
" Oh spring to light, auspicious Babe be &I'm,
the.joyful Son,
" Shullto isii wl,ut iris siii)et-liCti Sire begun," &c. &c.

" Now I would ask wli., is the Sire and who the Son ;—I
really should nut -wonder, if what you quote from Mot!re in
,the same Paper, do not allude to her marriage, whirls kunst
take place before the Birth of the is mentioned in
Joanna's Writings, that she heard a voice, saying " Jo-
anna; the Angels rejoiced at thyhirth."—Sdie was born in
l7sot.and the hieroglyphic for that, year in Moores Almanack
is Angels sounding their trumpets.
". You say the belief in/this mission shesys the dark besot-
tedicelly of the present age, I will take the liberty sf inform-
ing you what chews it more; the almost universal scepticism,
and uni)elief, that with God all things Orr ; I, shall
Only just state that one faith is,all t;otitaineditt the Lord's
Prayer, acid we look for its fulfilment; the -Mission' id nu
Chang, in religion ; all her believers are, e. .most be, mem-
bers of the established Protestant Church, it heing the only
tr,ne'Clitirch -on earth according to bee writings: We know
froth what quarter so touch enmity arises a4ainst the wo-
man and her believers; he (tiatan),.tbe.g4id of this world-, is
near his fall ; Itnonaparte's fall (tbe power of the beast),
in my humble opinion, is a type. of his niaster'S fall; oar
carm:‘st prayer is, that, it may soon 'come, and that the kiwg-
dourt of this maid may beconie the kingdoms of. our Lord
iiid Lis iThrist. _The Bible and-Missionary Svcieties Wive ,un-
furled lice standard of tnroligh the MahomeLin cud
-pagan world, and ere long he will be the desire of all nations,
according to the serpitures. 1 shall couclodc by observing,
that should a child nut appear before the end of this harvest,
in the manner mentioned, Myself and tiff usatids likewise will
give up our faith in this mission.. I shall always remaio, let
the instrument be evei- so mean and huMhle,

A LOVER OF TRUTH."

By recent accounts &obi St. Petersburgb,it ap-
pears that 45,400 casks of tallow had already been
.shipped for this country, and they continue to ship
on an average 1500 casks daily. The quantity
expected at St. Petersburg 01 from the interior was
estimated :at two millions or pounds, or 80,000
casks ; the quantity, expected. at Archangel. was
about 13,000 casks to which may be added
-'about 700 casks remaining over, and in winteri4;
ships that did not,arrive. last year, making a grand
total of 100,000 casks of tallow ; a quantitz never
I„.fore known. The quantity shipped from St.
E'etersbnrgh ui 18,2 was 46,245 casks; in 1813,
40,‘24};..fr0ni Archangel, in 1812i-871.5 casks; in.
1813, 5671 easki•