several exhorters came and prayed with her, and spoke comfortably to her. She was then questioned why she did not send for a minister of the church of which she professed herself? She answercd, "that they told her she could not have one without paying a deal of money for his coming." A notorious slander, daily confuted by the contrary practice of the parochial clergy; and necessary to be yet more effectually confuted by all, whose lot it is to have prisons in their parishes, for which no chaplain is yet provided by the public charity. Is there no balm in Gilead? Jer. 8. Sure there are still genuine disciples of Him, to whom this prophecy was truly applied: "The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek, he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound." Isaiah lxi. I. St. Luke iv. 18.

May 17th she was brought up to chapel for the second time, and spoken to before prayers; the deep dye of that unnatural murder she had been guilty of, against: the strongest instinct and tye of nature, (i. e. the God of nature) and the clearest design and appointment of his providence was set before her - that this was expressed in that strong affection and guardian care of the mother, in every species, toward their offspring, and that provision of milk, &c. with which they are furnished for their nourishment: on reminding her of this, she bedewed her face and garment with tears.

She was then directed to read a part of the 9th chapter of Genesis; wherein the same guardian care and protection over the life of man is expressed in the volume of God's revealed will, as in the book of nature; that-fruitfulness, and the means of it, are the effect of the divine blessing, which, by a sad reverse, and perverting of the passions, she had turned into a curse. When she came to the 6th verse, Whose sheddeth man?s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man; she seemed to pronounce and feel the sentence of death against: herfelf. 'She again burst into more plentiful tears, and was ready to sink under the apprehension of this divine judgement, often repeating, "Oh that I had known, and thought on this in time. "She was then asked, if she could patiently submit to this sentence and judgement of God? She answered, I do submit. She was then directed to pray daily, that this her first death might be accepted, through the merits of Christ, as a means to save her from the second death; she promised she would pray for this great mercy. At the same time other proper chapters and psalms were pointed out to her; a manuscript prayer for a murderer, properly adapted, was put into her hands, together with an address to prisoners for crimes; and an introduction, to the Holy Communion.

When asked, next day, how she had spent her time, she answered, in reading what she was directed to, and in prayer; and by these means she was much easier, and felt lighter.

In the afternoon she was detained from chapel by some visitors, till sent for; and then they came up with her; they were her brotherin-law, and some good women who kindly contributed to keep her from the commonfide felons.

May 20th she was again more closely examined, whether she had not sinned against strong checks of conscience, in going on in that course of wickedness which led to these shameful circumstances? And were not the checks yet stronger against: committing this rash and dreadful fact? She answered, that she was betrayed into the first by promises of marriage; that she was very ill in body, uneasy in mind, and almost: stupid and insensible when she committed the last: and worst fact; after which she was seized with horror, which continued long upon her, and was not much lightened till Saturday or Sunday last.

At different times, she gave the following account of herself; that she was twenty-three years of age in August, 1759, born at great Tower-hill . Her father was a packing porter to the East-India-house, and died when she was about eight years of age; her mother worked hard to maintain this, and another sister, twenty months elder; had her taught to read well and work with her needle, till about eleven or twelve years of age, when she was put out to serve a friend in that neighbourhood, where she lived about two years, till her mother's