Star.
London, England, 1814-09-05 00:00:00

1104 INNA SOU 1-ICO7 T.

The impiety and nonsense connected v lih the pre-
tensions of this audacious impostor. should not he
ail,,wed--to pass unnoticed, as they may furnish h••re-
after a Useful lesson to that class which c-wl alone hi-
deceived by such pretensions. We therefore insert iu
our columns the following authentic letter, irom this
designing woman, (copied from the Sandoy Monttor);
and we add to it a very particular letter tr:mi Dr•
jOIIN SIMS, the eminent accricheur, which may serve
to open the eyes of some of her own Jeluded,iollowers

TO DOCTOR RICHARD REECIt.
• " Sei.temb,r 1. 1814
Sta—dieing informed by Mr. Carder, Wet'lkes-
day, August 31, that you had been attacked for put-
ting your judgment on my case in the Paper, in an-
swer to the inquiries that had been made in The finer
Paper, which, if no one had answered, there would
have been room for the world to say, the Medical
Men refused to give the judgment they had drawn, to
satisfy the minds of the Public. Now, as you have
published your's, I shall lay before you the particu-
lars, what was the judgment of all that came into my
presence, that you may see you do not stand alone
in judgment.
" The first man that came into the room where I
was, from the 11:h of October, 1813, to the Ist day
of August, 1814, was Dr. Adams, who was called
in, with Messrs. Wetherell and Phillips, on account of
my illness at that time, and for their opinion of my
case; when I had laid before them the manner of my
illness and the statement of all my complaints from
the 17th of March to that day, with my increasing
size, and feeling life within, Dr. Adams asked me
what was the object of their meeting ? I said, not to
pass their judgment according to my age from the
statement I had given, or from being kept from any
man's coming into my prestnce from last October to
the present time (Ist of August), or from the pro-1
phecies—all these things they were wholly to divest
themselves of ; all the Judgment that was required of
them,' was to give their opinion whatthey should judge
of a young married woman in my situation, from
every thing I had laid before them.
" Dr. Adams answered immediately; I should not
hesitate a moment, or have any doubt of your being
in a pregnant state, was it in in a young woman ;
but as this was a case of a particular nature, he
thought an examination was necessary ; and as 1 had
been acquainted with Mr. Wetherell, and himself and
Mr. Phillips were strangers, He desired Mr. Wetherell
would examine me, and they would quit the room.—
Mr. Wetherell examined me in the same manner you
did, and laid it before Dr. Adams and Mr. Phillips,
and Dr. Adams prescribed for me accordingly (as
the Bishops had refused to send in their physicians),
I had liberty for the friends to send in theirs, from
which Mr. Walker applied to Dr. Walchman,
and Mr. Ower applied to a Mr. Horff. I then
sent to Dr. Adams, to beg the favour of his meeting
them ; he called upon me, and said he would attend :
I asked him if he had ever such a case brought be-
fore him, of a woman at my age ? he said no, never,
neither had he ever heard of such a case, therefore
they mild only pass their judgment from the symp-
toms and appearance, was it in a young woman, but
Lois was a cause could not be reasoned upon. On the
Wednesday following he met the Genthman as ap-
pointed ; when Dr. Watchman came he proposed
an internal examination, and said the medical men
should not come up altogether, but one at a timed
and give their opinions separately. Dr. Adams then
came up, and after external examination, said I had
;:very symptom of a woman is a pregnant state, and
wrote down.his judgment thereon. He then told me
of Dr. Watchman's proposal of examin ition, that it
would be closer than he had .one, as he himself exa-
mined me in the same manner you did. I asked Dr.
Adams what Dr. Walchman meant by a closer exa-
mination ? he then explained what the other meant ;
this .filied me with such horror, that I immediately
said I would not submit to that, f r if they could not
judge hom my situation, and the examination he had
made, then 1 s.iid I would wait till the child made its
appearance, strong enough to be seen and felt with-
out any examination at all.
" Dr. Adams said he himself should not have made
such a request, but Dr. Watchman refused seeing
me, unless I would submit to such an examination :
this I said I never wonid submit to, but leave it to
time, that would prove whether there was a child or
not. Dr Adams informed Dr. Walchman of my de-
!erveipation, and they left the house, as I neither
sa,v Dr. Watchman nor Dr. j-lorff. This being talked
uf, that Medical Men were admitted, a Mr. Meallin,
surgeon, appried to have permission; being a Stranger,
he v. ts -cquestei.: to leave his address, and Mr. Phil-
lips a atted upon him. He gave a reference to Drs.
Heavyside. and Pearson, after that he came, with
Mr. Phiiiips, and after hearing my statement, and
examining me externally, he said he bad no doubt of
my Ling in a pregnant state, though he said it was
a wonderful case. 1 told him the proposals Dr.
Walchman had made of examination, at which he
seemed surprised, and said he conceived he could be
no judge born such an examination, of a woman at
my age. The Monday following, Mr. Forger came,
and after laying the whole of my case before him,
and be examined me, he gave it as his opinion, if it
was a young woman, there was no doubt of my being
in a pregnant state. When I mentioned to him ti .e
proposals Dr. Watchman had made of an internal
examination, he said, like Mr. Meallin, he could be
no judge from that, at my. time of life, and the ad-
vanced time of the pregnancy; as those examinations
took place at au eat ly period, at Ladies' own desire,
when they were not clear of being 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 cause, it not pregnant ; he gave liberty for any
one to call upon him, and he would give his opinion.
The next day Mrs. Forster came, and Mrs. Luck, a
female midwife, and two others that have had fami-
lies ; after laying my case before them, and beirg
strictly examined by the women, they all passed tla.ri
judgment there was not a doubt of my being in a preg-
nant state; after the examination, as we sat con-
versing together, I felt the life woe king very stroag
within me, Mrs. Forster was sitting close by my side,
and perceived it, she immediately laid her h.ind over
me, and said 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 ether two saw its movements.—
The following day, you, Sir, came yourself: your
judgment I need not mention; hut the next morning