Star.
London, England, 1815-01-17 00:00:00

JOANNA SOUIHCOT7'S WILL.

The Will Gf Joanna was intended to be proved in
the Prerogative Court on Friday last ; but her bro-
ther, who resides in Devonshire, hiving entered a ca-
veat against it, and administered to her property, it
could not be done. This will bring on a litigation
between him and the present executors ; as it is re-
ported the brother's objestion rests upon the unsound-
ness of Mrs. Southcott's mind, and her consequent
inability to dispose of her property. It is even as-
serted, by many persons, that the presents which have
been sent to Mrs. Soutkcott, fur the promised child,
cannot be returned, accordensg to law, until it is legally as-
certained who is the rightful owner ; as immediately
upon her death they became the property either of the
brother or the executors. Last year Joanna made the
following remarks relative to her Will :

" Here I think it necessary to notice what men have reported
of the property I ant worth, and to reason with them upon their
own grounds. My sister Caner told meat Bristol, in two, that
the report was in Ortery, that I was worth ten thousand pouuds ;
another told me, that be bath heard the same report at another
place ; and, after the death of Mr. Cosine, the person who left
me an annuity of per annum, I have been informed that
the world have magnified it to fifteen thousand. And now, to
thew the fully of these inventions, I shall let them know in
what manner I made my Will. When I looked forward to
nothing more than the awful trial, and my death to follow, be.
fore this revelation came to me, that I should have sand, I made
pry Will in the following manner :--after leaving a legacy to my
bret`er and sister, to be paid at my death, and an annuity as
long as they lived, wi.h a few legaci s to other relatives, and some
i•gacies and tokens of love to my faithful friends, who have
abeam kindness to me, and stood faithfully by me ever since I
left llevonobire s a ter leaving these legacies and tokens of love,
wl.icia did not amount to more than a thousand pounds ;—then
all the residue of this great fortune, which the world my I am in
possession of, I hadleti entirely to Mrs. Jane Townley, and Mrs.
Anu Underwood, as we have lived together ten years ; and, as a
mark of my gratitude for their having done every thing in their
power to make me happy; and from their having written all the
sonmtanieations given to me, ever since we have lived together.
both fur the press, and in letters to my friends; their giving up the
World, and confining themselves to be with me ; and their
having made It heir study to :INV:ate any sorrows and suffer
lags, under every abuse, that I have had to pass through, from as
unbelieving and malicious world, which bath wouuded we'
greatly, by their false inventions to injure my character. And,
when I reflect on the kind attention and affection which they
have shewn to me through all the persecution I have bad to go
through, if I could forger their love, then I must have forgotten
myself, and have an ungrateful wicked Leart, to bring in a
stranger's child, if I could do it without any one's hnowitAge,
But here men must be void of common sense and TC2VJU, if they
suppose that Townley and Underwood would aid in such an im-
asis which must se speedily come ma disgraceful end."
A slight altercation took place at the funeral, be-
tween Mr. Tozer and the Clergyman who officiated.
Tozer complained that the regular Church Service
had not been gone through ; the Clergyman replied,
that the customary prayer for the dead-bad been read.
Tozer said this was not sufficient fGr so holy a woman
and a prophetess ! to which the Clergyman replied,
that he trusted it would never again be hie lot to
officiate at the funeral of one who had lived by prat.
tiring imposture and fraud, uttering blasphemies, and
died unrepestant. This severe but just remark silen-
ced Tozer.

MANSION Housz..-- SUSPECTED MURDZRe•m•YeSter.
day Captain Fening, of an Extra Indiaman, who had
been formerly examined before the Loan Mayon,
charged on suspicion of murdering a Lascar, by
throwing him out of the cabin window (as formerly
mentioned in this Paper), again went under a long
examination, when the Lagar:, who are of the
Moorish religion, and not knowing English, were ex-
amined through an interpreter, and being sworn,
agreeable to their religion, the oath was administered
by their priest, or religious man of their' cast, who,
after kissing a large book called the Alcoran, ie put
it on the witness's head, who held it there all the time
lie gave his evidence, with his shoes off. The LORD
M*roa interrogated the Serang who made this
charge, as to what part of the ship he was in when
this accident happened ; and if he was the person
who sent the men to scrape the outside of the ship ;
and how they were situated ; if they could see what
passed in the Captain's cabin ? &c. To these, and
many other questions, he persisted in the evidence he
hid formerly given of the Captain's, guilt: Some
other Lascars and a Portuguese sailor, who spoke
English, were interrogated by his Lordship, in a long
string of questions,utuch to the same purpose, to as-
certain the situation of the two men who were scrap-
ing the outside of the ship, who had sworn they saw
the Captain throw Butler John out or the cabin win-
dow.—The Loan blmfon said he had taken much
pains in this business, had been on board the ship, and
had examined all round it, and thought it impossible,
from the situation the ten were in on the outside,
they could see into the cabin ; but as all the witnesses
seemed to corroborate they could, he should not dis-
miss,the case, but lay the evidence before the Mali-
xalty, and remand the Captain for another heating,
rhea the Solicitor of the Admirals will attend, and
dispose •of it as they 'think at. 'The. investigation
lasted from twelve to four.