The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-25 00:00:00

JOANNA SOUTHCOTT.

' Mr. EbtToß,—Will- auy of your readers have
the goodness to inform me, wheth,T a. yof he
Bishops, to whom Joanna Southcott sent :.el\• book
and portrait,• have done any thing to expose her
imposture ? You consider, her, and aist rei
justly, as only capable of deceiving the most
ignorant, of whoa', it is clear, she has deceived a
great number. she says, " the number of
who have signed since 1.808, .when the •iea'ting
stopped, and have had rio seals gif•ep th;:in
" yet, ainotints to six thousand tour kindred and
". upwards." What was the cause of this sop-
page ?. Who are the medical gentlemen that are,
said to concur in her statements respecting her-
self?'

few more facts %void& give grounds for any
applicationto procure her confinement. -
Acg. x 3, 1814, u• •

ANCIENT..NOVELTIE,9.

.r, .
MR. EDITOR-Be so good as.. to infortn the
.Ignoranti, that there is nothing new under the
Sun. the surprising Eire-Woman is to be heard
of in the 17th chapter of the Second tiooli of
b Kiwis) where• itis written, erse 17— „ .

" And they.eaused their sons and their daughters
.to pass
through the tire, and used divination and enchantment's, and
Sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to prUvoke
him to anger."

Your obedient servant,

808 ORTHODOX.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EGHAM RACES, ,Auc. 2a

The Gold Cup, of lOugs. value, the surplus to be paid In
speCie, a Subscription of logs. each, for horses of all ages;
3-yr olds, Gst.-31b. 4-yr olds, 7st. 1011). 5-yr olds, hst. 611..
One four-mile heat. •
Mr. Wood named Caterpillar - 1
Al r. Dalrymple,named Kriave of Diamonds
Mr. Blake's Banquo -
Duke of York's Eurus .
6 to'.4 on Caterpillar; hut in runninr, .5 to 4 oa tine Geld—S
to, 2 agst Eurus-5 to 2 asst Bangui). Any odds against tile.
KnaVeof Diamonds.

A §%yeepstakeiq, 15gs. did nut All.

-. ~ . .
The Nuttlemen and Gentlemen's-Plate of bui.• for all
~„.
Mr. Tamer's itostopehin.. •'. ) . 2 - 1 I
Mr. Aittison's Pranks - • :,-- - • 1. 2 2
Mr, Weatherill's Congreve , , '
; 7 to .I,on 1 rauks-5 to 2 agst Rostnpchin.•
• This day Blucher will run fur the Magua Charta. ,

WEUNESDAY, AUG.
The Magna Charta Stakes uf 50gs. each, for 3-yr old colts,
• BSt. Mb. fillies, Bst. 21b. The New Mile. ' •
St4welrs Blucher, by Waxy 1
„
Mr. F. Scaith's f. by Haphaza,rd •
. Two only started, although 7 were entered, 5 aud to 1
on Blucher, which horse carried 51b. extra as-the winner of
the tWi'by. Won in a canter.
. .
A Sweepstakes of 25gs. each for all ages. Two Miles and a

.
. . . ' quarter. - . - ___ _
Mr. Batson's Dorris, &yrs old - 1
Mr. Blake's Whipt,bong, 4 yrs old. , -
Duke.ot Clarence's Wilmington
Duke-of,Yorlei 1. 1)y Zodiac - 4
.Ereabettingtetween the Diike of i'vri;. aid Dorus. Won

easy. • •
The Ladies Plate of 501.
Sir C. Banbury's Skip Jack 1 3
Mr. Prior's Rose...
2 4 dr
Lortt-Stairell's GOldeti 1.4 g
Mr. Pearce's Billy •
4 2 dr
Skip Jack walked user for the third beat.—Even betting
betwixt Skip Jack and Golden Leg.

. A strong party, of the' Staff Corps, and a de-
tachment of the Royal Sappers and Miners, are
at Cumberland Fort, in readiness to embark for
Arnerica. Strong detachments of the follo‘ting-
regiments embarked last week :-4th, 9th, 39th,
44th, 49th, 58th, 81st, 89th, and 103 d. De-
tachments of the tollowiug corps twill tdso
bark::-Ist, or Royal Scots, 3d,_ 6th, 21-st, 29th,
37th, ,41st„,57th, 62d, 70th; 76th, 82d, 85th,
98th, 990), and 100th, the whole amounting to
about' 2,100 men, 'in the best order and equip-
ment.

The depOt for. prisoners of war at Stapleton
being lOW quite cleat- of its late inhabitants, the
several regiments of 13ritish Militia hitherto com-
posing the garrison of have marched ftar:.
their respective countries to be disembodied.

• It appears from returns drawn up from the re-
; cords of the Court of Adthiralty, and delivered
into the House of •Coninuons, that
.124
.vessels
laden- with Slaves have been .captured at va-
rious tiaies, and on different stations, under the
Act loy:7!the.Abolition of the Slave Trade. Al-'
most all' of them were condemned. The main-
tenance ,of captured negroeS in the colony of
Sierra Leone,- for the year 1813, cost this coon-,
try 4,039/. Of thesemegroes, 428-had been en-
listed in the Royal African corps.
A *URDERED INFANT.--70n Tuesday there was
an Inquest held at the Bull's 1-lead, on Standait-
green, near Chiswick, before GEORGE HoUGsoY,
Esq.. Coroner for the County of Niddlesex, on
view' of the body of a new-born 'infant, found.
drowned the preceding day in the River Mathes.
It appeared in evidence, that .the„ body was found
in a bag, at. low water-mark, having both bands
tied with a cord, to whiCh` there were a stone at-
tached; evidently for the purpose, of sluicing 1; in a
ditch close to the place the bOdy was found ;and
in-the rear ofthe house of gr:l3. there was found
something thatied to suspect a Lady that lodged
in the house of Mr. B. who was taken. itl ebout
the time and confined to her room for some days.
lier maid servant was.observed by a neighbour to
empty a nail in the ditch, in. the place the thing
was found. that led to the ,susyieion. On Satur-
day last,"the Lady having recovered from her ill-
ness, quitted the house of, Mr. B. where she
iodl.;ed, taking both, her servants. with her, and
has not since been heard of, nor at present is it
known
.where they removed to. In consequence
of the above circumstance, much suspicion, is at
present attached to her. The Coroner and -Jury
Wade the strictest inquiry into this mvste-
runs aft'ar, and after severaii hours examiniu.ion
of many witnesses, they, adjourned the inquisition
to another day, in order to give time, if possible,
to trace out the fugitives.

•
PLAIN, rg3pTn.---There is no truth more clear,
than that very, superior and unusual udiantages
are secured to the Public by, the admirable Luau
of the Lot,tery,, which draws on the Ist of ,tiep,-
.teulher: The lowest Prize pxeeeds the co-4 of a
Tickut.77-No axed Capitals,—rliekets,ehe4per than
for years past, yet Tweatiei and 'Fens of Thou-
sands, with other great Prizes, in prolusion.—
This is; in'truth, the golden opportunity. Yur-
chAsc and be independent !

I

NI

:roatiElti.da

BRITISH a:U.4)EO/.

DULWICH COAINWN,

AND

During the course of this Exliihition, which
clitsed on Saturday, NNC have availed ourselves of
the opportuliitS to offer, from.time to time, re-
, mark 3 upon ti, fine Vrodations therein stibinit.-
1.1. d to, ptibli,; ioneetion. Before vie take, (Po.e
v4a subject. which' we have. commented upon with..
great satisfaction, we shall take a ena-sory,glance
at the s'atc of the Arts, as connected with tins inn.
tional undertaling. There are two thingwhich
ore likely to procure an extraordinary
mentin the Arts ; "either' the appearance of some
T:.niter of wonderful-genius, or the establishment
of a perpetual' sourcx of excitement, the spirit :of
which shall not, flag with partial .nor
sink :under procrastinated hopes. 'the furrier
these events is in the xvornb of the'
latter, we think, 'ne can obsettve in the British
Institution. The past year has ,been_marked by
acts of judgment and generosity, so well applied,
to assure us they must be productive of the
best of cts: The fttas of.the Institution, ..ang.-
meriting by the uncommon attractions of-the Ex-
by the subscriptions 'of triends to the
Arbts, and by an
,augmentation of the min-they of
Governors, from which alone, between .12 and
1400 guineas must have been added to the funds
of the Institution, and consequently alloWed the
Directors, not only. to he liberal at the present
time, but to contemplate greater liberality, and a
larger -scale of exertion in time to.come. Their
purchase of Mr. HiuroNs.pieture for &tiO guineas
is well known, and much tolthe honour of all the-
parties concerned. . This Artist, yo'nny„ and of
course not fully experienced, produced a work in
wLich..manrerrots- occurred, but the attempt at
the highest excellency of the art deserved the en-
couragement bestowed. Another act, ,in :which
the gracefulness of the compliment far exceeded
its pecuniary quantum, and enhanced its value'be-
yond price to' the individual, xvts the presentation
in the handsomest manrer of 100 guineas- to Mr.
BANDON, for having painted the Judgment.of-So-:
lomon, though that aspiring performance' -was
otherwise .disposed of. A third instanet-Of the
proper feeling which dictates to ,the Governors
of the Institution, was a premium of 100 guineas
awarded to Mr. Moz•mo, whose premature death,
while it 1-oW:et! the Society of an. opptirturity of
countenancing living merit, enabled them to be-
tow a grateful offering to the.memo6.7 of the
dead, and a solace to his surviving friends and
relatives.
We need not dtVell.,on the other pretninMs.
200 guineas. to Mr. ALSTON, which Was; eatherdue
to
..the attempt than to the merit of .his
_picture,
and of 100 guineas to Mr: EloFFtititi, for the
prize pictures exhibited in the spriug, With .which
all oxir readers are well acqudruted. it is not
what the InstitutioNgives that chiefly eonstittites-
their".eicellenee as-patrons of the ArtS. ' Their ex-
ample stimulates -in innumerable instances—the
foundations 'which they lay are built-op-by others
. in every direction ; awl' when eve observe the,
commisslons for pictures given to Artists (and
many arising-out of. the Exhibition of their vvorks:
here), by Noblemen and Gentlemen throughout
the country, we are ,sensible that, -perhaps, the
most powerfdl effects produced by this -Institution
are altogether imperceptible to us, and the' less
known, as they operate in a multitude of ways,-
whiFh may be traced to this source, and yet over-
-spread .the land. .The 'advantages. thus derived
are incalculable; and ‘vhat is - niore, gratifying
still, every one who has marked thie- progress
cf. such things must be aware. that,they will in-
crease and null the _clinger .they continue in

progress.
We•understapd, that after the usual Exhibition
of British Artists next season, it is intended to-
open:the Gallery, as vasN done this and last year,
with a Collection of Flethish.and Dutcit pictures,.
contributed by Noblemen and Gentleimn,
en-
couragers of the Art, wi.io possess the finest of
these specimens, Itid are willing to strip their re-
sidences for a while of their greatest ornament 4,
for the purpose .of raising -t further fund, to be,.
as hereto fore, devoted to the promotion- of like
`incrit-:among our native Painters. Of this design
it is scarcely necessary to say we highly.approvo.•
There-is not a friend to the Art living,- who must.
not hear of it with the, highest approbation,
wish: it that success which we. cannot 'doubt will;
attend it.

Having trespassedrso long on our Readers, we!
shall now conclude, • .ivith our couii
try's•nume, those persona who. brave sol honour-
ably, at their o-wn.risk, sent the best and most.
valuable of their pictures, and sonic from great.
distances, in order to prolnote these truiy laudable
anti noble objects. ••

PICTURES OF THE Lvre.Slß P. F. BOURC-;EOIS:

The will of the Iate.Mri.DESF.NFANS,
Intte-street,-Portlan&plike,. widow of Nom.
sF.Fn .PESENFANS, contains• some' curious otir-'
ticulars relittive to the pictures Which were be-
queathed -to-Dulwielit °liege by the this
artist. She states it to liave'beep'the intention-of
Sir Frt.trwts-BouttoEols to ihrpower thefresidefiv-
aint Aeademiciatis-..0f 'the Roy ::-.1 Acadeiny of-Art,g
to inspect elle said pietures regularly; once in
every- year, on a stated •day, the' purpos.&:b.f
ascertaining that they were plieserved.WlthlwonPr
.are; and, in fulfilment .of-this-ifitentoliSir
ttiAzsicts, Mrs. DE‘Act4eNs bequeaths t.) the 'Mas-
ter and Wardens of the-Colleg-e 5l 01. the intereq
of wlneb she desires to be expended annualty-on
the day the said visit- shall take phtce, which Slit!
reconlmettk to be,s'oine awe in May, in provid;•
dinner for the aitl.Presid•ent and Aleiettstrs:
moreover, ti'han-dstlitte service of. plate
and china, which she very partiCuliir in ents;-
•Inerating,•and a.nrahogany press for micainin,4 it,
which is to be' constantly kept in the (:ollege; and
only used upon- these She
adds, that it WeS also the-intention of Sir FRAN CM!,
to the view of the, pub)._
10 have the Pictures upeo
lic one thly -in esivry-rveek, flrk( :9.lta.re-a keepe'r
or custodio appointed for their 'superlhrenderieet.
To render this intention effectual, 'be,thakesit6r
ti6ave liegqcies dependent upot! the compliance.ef
the I'l.laster and ‘Vardeus•Of tli;e- College .witt this

design of their liberal benefactor, -revoking thell
unless.. it is put into execution, and unless rto-
13811T ARNOLD, Esq. one of his executors, or some .1
other @roper pc son, is appointed such. custodio
with a salary of, she Lopes, not less than
2001
per annum ; but, by a codicil, she. recants this,
condition of her gifts, and tritsts,l4folly to the.
honour of the Master tind'WardeNs:lo" concede
this favour-to -the leaves Aso,
_sonic
handsome furniture, consisting of a velvet scitu-
and,chairs; several commodes,.tabics, Bw. statues
and.husts ofSir FC,ANCIS and- her husband,. tor
the pictnre-rooin, and for the matist;lemu„
joining the gallery of the. College, She
desires,to be interred Avith her -said husband and
'o Ftroicts, She bequeaths some cases and huSts,'
and the Crimson furniture, with, gold lace, that'
belonged to the eltapel her house -at Char-
lotte-Street. .