every sheet of the writings; and some of the writings, thus signed, were delivered into the hands of Joanna, in order to be copied and deposited with the Rev. Mr. Pomeroy. They were again sealed up in the presence of six witnesses, about two months after the opening of them, or in the spring of l 601, and were left in the care of Mr. Symons, of Exeter. Having been after that committed to the possession of Mr. Sharp, of Titehfield Street, London, they were cut open a second time at Paddington, on January 12, 1803, in the presence of forty-nine persons in all, twenty-three of whom acted under the denomination of judges and jury. The writings were again verified there, leaf by leaf, generally by the signature of three of those denominated judges and jury. Some parts were read to the audience, and others were given to be copied, from which the book called "The Sealed Prophecies" was printed. At six o'clock in the evening of May 1, 1803, the writings were sealed up again, in the presence of six of the judges, Joanna, and four or five others. Each of these judges affixed their seals and signed their names on each parcel, and Joanna put her seal thereon. The bundles thus signed and sealed, being six in number, were exhibited this day, December 6", 1804, and the signatures and seals on them were acknowledged, by the Rev. Stanhope Bruce, Rev. Thomas Philip Foley, Rev. Thomas Webster, John Wilson, Elias Carpenter, and William Sharp, as their own respective signatures and seals. At the conclusion of thus identifying the bundles of writings, taken out of the box, agreeably to the directions of Joanna, that is about one o'clock, she became very faint, and was helped out of the room, after signifying that the writings were not to be cut open till she had strength to be present-.

About three o'clock the evidence of the female witnesses was entered upon, and verified in the following order:

The Evidence of 'Mrs. Taylor, of Exeter.

Q.. Do you know Joanna Southcott?
A. Yes.

Q. How long have you known her?

A. About twenty years or more.

Q. Was she in the service of any one, when you knew her first?

A. She was in the service of Mr. Wills, of Exeter, upholsterer.

Q. What situation was she in?

A. She worked in his business.

Q. How long did you know her before she left Mr. Wills?

A. About one or two years.

Q. After she left Mr. Wills, how long was it before you saw her?

A. It might be about a year.

Ct. What circumstance was it, that led you again to know Joanna?

A. By her coming to our shop to purchase something ; Mr. Taylor then asked her, whether she had not once lived at Wills's? She answered, she had once lived with them, but was now with Mr. Wolland, at Heavitree, near Exeter; Mr. Taylor then asked her, if she meant again to go out to work at her business? she replied, if she could get a place she liked, she would.

Q. Well, Madam, what further conversation passed?

A. I certainly had a great prejudice against Joanna, (because she had lived with Mrs. Wills,) and did not wish Mr. Taylor to hire her.

U. Did Mr. Taylor hire her immediately?

A. He immediately hired her; and I said, you have hired a person I shall never like.

Q. Did Mr. Taylor make any reply to your observation?

A. Mr. Taylor replied,, we want such a person, and I dare say you will like her in time.

Q. Then, Madam, how soon did she enter into your service?

A. In a few days she entered into our service?

Q. Was she completely a domestic servant?

A. She was.

Q. Then, Madam, after she came into your service, did you observe any thing in her manner or conduct, which led you to suppose she was deranged in her mind?

A. Not in the least.

Q. Was you in the habits of seeing Joanna doing her duty in the business, in which she was employed?

A. In the constant habit of working with her.

Q. How long did she continue in your house, after the first hiring?

A. About a year.

Q. Then, Madam'j during that time had you a sufficient opportunity of judging, whether or not, she was in possession of a sound mind?

A. During that time, she seemed to be in more complete possession of her intellects than any person I ever met with, and more industrious than any one perfon I ever met with.

Q. Then she left your service?

A. Yes.

Q. Did Joanna assign any particular reason for leaving your service?

A. No; but all our family was sorry to part with her.

Q. Then, Madam, after she left you, what situation did she get into? A. She was an upper servant to Mr. Burrow.

Q. Did she ever come back into your service?

A. She came back about two years afterwards, and worked with us as a daily servant.

Q. Did you observe, when Joanna came back into your service, any change in her character or conduct?

A. Just the same person for honesty, sobriety, and a chearful disposition. ''

Q. Pray, Madam, how long did Joanna continue in your service, before you observed any material change in her character or conduct?

A. About a year or two.

Q. What was the nature of the change, which you observed in her character or conduct?

A. She was not so chearful, but seemed rather melancholy, and not so attentive to her business.

Q.. Did she at that time make any pretensions to prophecy?

A. She did not; but I thought the reason of Jot anna's lowness arose from the circumstance of our having hired another person to accompany her in the work.

Q.. How long after that, Madam, did you observe any symptoms in Joanna, of her pretensions to prophecy?

• A. Between one and two years.

Q. Before you knew she assumed the character of a prophetess, was she in the habits of communicating to you any dreams that she had?

A. She was, and told me several,

Q. At what period was it that she left yon?

A. About the beginning of the year 17Q2.

Q. Did she come back again into your service?

A. She did, about the latter end of the same year.

QL. Did she, upon her coming back into your service, tell you immediately that she had been visked by any Spirit?

A, She did not immediately; but told me that H 1

there were troublesome times approaching; and though the necessaries of life were now cheap, everything would be dearer than ever was known in the memory of man; and advised Mr. Taylor to lay in a store; for that she had wonderful writings at Plymtree. Mr. Taylor then said, "Joanna, you are a prophetess ?" to which she immediately replied, with great spirit and apparent sincerity, "So I am;" which was the first information I ever had, that she assumed the character of a prophetess.

Q. Did she, Madam, inform you of any particular circumstance, that afterwards took place, according to her predictions?

A. There was scarce any thing happened to the nation, or to particular families, or individuals, with whom she was acquainted, that she, Joanna, did not inform me would happen before it did, and all were fulfilled as Joanna predicted; and this continued for two or three years.

Q.. Did you believe Joanna was visited by the Spirit of the living God?

A. I did; I believed Joanna to be so good a creature that she would not have said those things of herself.

Q. Do you know the Hev. Mr. Pomeroy, formerly of Exeter? A. I do.

Q. Do you know, Madam, whether Joanna thought it necessary to consult Mr. Pomeroy, as a minister of the church of England, and to take his advice as to what Spirit she was visited by?

A. About 1796, Joanna said, she was ordered to write to Mr. Pomeroy upon the subject of her visitation, and to inform him of the approaching awful period,

Q. Did Joanna do so?

A. She did.

Q. How do you know that she di .1 so?