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London, England, 1815-01-09 00:00:00

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He found Joanna eiucb ezhattahtd, kat and dejected,
and unable to speak ter mind. Finding herself, she
said, ;re:dually dying, she could not but consider her
inspiration and prophecies as iishdon. It was on this
visit that the writer thinks she Was inclined to confess

her imposture, but was prevented by the believer: then
present. She particularly said, 44 When you have
heard me speak of my prophecies, you have some-
times heard me say that I doubted my inspiration;
hut at the same time yeti would never let me'despair.
When I have been alone, it has often appeared delu-
sion ; but when the communications were made to me,
I did not doubt them. Feeling, as I now do, that
my dissolution is drawing near, and that a day or
two may terminate my life. it all appears delusion."
Upon which Mr. Stowe, one of her disciples, said—
" Mother, your feelings are human. We kpow that
you are a favoured woman of God, and that you will
produce the promised child, and whatever you may
say to the contrary will not diminish our faith." This
assurance revived her, and the scene of crying was
changed with her to laughter., Mr. Tozer after-
wards said to the writer-64 Poor woman, how can
she despair The reasoned as a human being ; but Goo
will soon give her comfort. I have strong reasons to
believe that the 'child is to be cut out of her side, as a
%vomit was taken out of the side of man." Even
after the writer had changed his opinion, Mr. Tozer,
Colonel Harwood, Mr. Sharpe, Mrs. Townley, and.
A. Underwood, persisted in believing the child would
be born, and establish the millenium. Previously to
the dissection, Mr. Sharpe said to the writer, " that
he had an arduous task to perform, but that the re-
sult would-greatly redound to his honour and repu-
tation ; for the soul of Joanna would return, having
gone only to Heaven to legitimate the child which
would be born. Fifteen years ago he had purchased
flannel in.expectation of this event, in order to keep
the body warm.
On the day of her death, the news of. peace with
America arrived from France. This event inspired
her followers with fresh confidence. 46 Do
,you not
think," said one of them, 44 it is a most curious cir-
cumstance ? Oh! if you do not see that GOD is about
to do a great work, you must be blind indeed I"
In the course of Tuesday I called again, for the
purpose of informing the attendants I would decline
opening the body it they would not consent to it en
the following day. I saw on this occasion Mr. Sharpe
and Colonel Harwood. who considered the time would
not• be expired till the following morning at four
o'clock, according to her dying injunctions, making
four days from her death; after that time I was at
liberty, they said, to open the body. On this I ap-
pointed two o'clock next day, when the Colonel in-
formed Me he would himself acquaint the medical
gentlemen who 'were appointed to attend by Mrs.
Southcou. He requested to know the names of the
medical gentlemen that I intended to introduce,
when I gave the namerof Messrs. Clarke, Want, Ca-
ton, and Maccloud. The disciples in attendance were
equally sanguine in the idea of her rising again. She
is not dead, but sleepeth, seemed to be the opinion of
the whole. In performing the dissection, it was re-
quested by Mr. Tozer that* I would conduct it in the
same •manner as the Caesarean operation, that all
hopes of resuscitation might not be destroyed. To
this veva; I replied, that certainly the same power
that could.' raise a putrid body could raise one that
had been opened. His next request was that I would
take care of the chit,' ; for he and ail the disciples
were fully confident, it Joanna was not raised before
opening the body, the child would.be tound on dis-
section.
The fallowing day, a quarter of an hour before
the time. appointed, I arrived at Ms. S.'s, in order to
prepare the body for the operation, but I was not
permitted to touch it till the expiration of the hour
haoging as it were with a fond and eager hope to the
last moment, in the cherished expectation of her
rising again. At the appointed hour of two, the
medical gentlemen were puncttial in their attendance,.
viz. Dr. Adams, Dr. Sims, Messrs. Taunton, Clarke,
Want, Caton, Mathias, Cooke, and several others
whose names lam not acquainted with. I then went
with some of the disciples to the apartment where
the body was lying, and I was turprised to find her
exactly in the same situation as when she died, lying
in bed, and covered with flannel, with her wearing
apparel, her rings, and every thing in the same un-
altered state. The body was now in such a high de-
gree of putrefaction, that we could not trust to the
limbs to convey it, and it was accordingly moved to
the table on a sheet. On every thing being in readi-
ngs:, the attendance of the medical men was re-
quested, who all placed themselves round the table,
and behind them stood the disciples, smoking to-
bacco, a proof that they did not consider the pros
phetess to possess the most savoury odour ?
[Here follows an account of the opening of the
body, which we gave on Monday last.]
The disappointment of her disciples on opening of
the body, may be better conceived than described:
It was strongly depicted in every countenance. Mr.
Sharpe was the only one that he'sl out to the reit the
balm of consolation. Life, be observed. was ist.
volved in mystery. His mind had been so often
turned to the investigation of the works of the Deity,
to discover evidence for the existence of the melt
that he was satisfied of the existence of a GOD and
of a soul; that be was in hopes, by this woman,
something would be revealed ; but now he felt greatly
disappointed, and all he could say was, that he was
in the same state with respect to his knowledge of
Gov, as before he saw this woman. The two female
attendants, Mrs. Townley and Mrs. Underwood,
were inconsolable. They had all pictured to them-
selves many happy days, the enjoyment of Heaven
on earth. This sad event, this unexpected change,
so suddenly coming upon them, was too much to
bear. One of the disciples declared he would turn
Unitarian.—None condemned her as an impostor.—
One declared he would ever revere her memory, and
once a month visit the spot where she was laid with
pious and reverential awe I I
Mr. Reece in conclusiofl, states it to be his decided
opinion, that Joanna produced an appearance of preg-
nancy by the retention of urine, and that she was
wilfully practising a deception.

A hum.' FOOTPAD —Friday evening Miss Tow; of Pan-
eras, was stopped in a kid leading from Union-street, Semen%
Town, by a woman of maicaline appearance, who belt s, halts
lin bee band, and demanded. her money. Miss Tons, is rem
alarm, declared that she had none. The Amason, by whom she
was attacked, then cried ont—m Necessity has no law; l brill
have your par* ;" which Miss Tees, with great t
deliveted. The woman then ran off towards Camdennr:l4