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kirby’s wonderful museum
night, by blows or knockings, either with or without an in-
strument, in order to induce any one human being what-
ever to believe, or even to think, that there was any thing
unaccountable or supernatural in the house. Also, that
they have never requested any other person so to do, and
that they firmly believe no such attempts have been made
by others. Also, that they have repeatedly heard in mid-
day most violent and loud noises in the house, when nume-
rous persons have been assembled, some in the upper, and
some in the lower apartments, at the same time; and all of
them anxious and eager to discover the cause. Also, that
the marks on the ceiling have been made by the persons
trying, but in vain, to imitate the same sounds. Also, that
to the best of their knowledge and belief, there are no sub-
terraneous passages in or about the house.’—Sworn before
me, the 27th of September, 1810.
“ J. Govett, Mayor of Tiverton.”
Among these opinions, we have been well informed, that
Mr. Colton, when at college, principally ranked his attach-
ment to the Manichean Philosophy, and actually penned a
Treatise in support of the mummery of its founder Manes 1
This at once accounts for his bold oifer of giving money to
the poor of his parish, when the Sampford Conspiracy should
have been proved to be the contrivance of human agency.
This accounts for his belief in the invisible agency of
Demons; and this accounts for his unwillingness to give
any explanation or statement of the facts of which he must
have been fully satisfied. Mr. Talley lives within half a mile
of him—is a person of considerable property—bears a most
irreproachable character, and will swear, not on a Greek
Testament, but on an English Bible, if required, to all the
facts we have stated, in regard to his detection of the plot.
It was wished that it would have ended here, but Mr. Chave
had like to have paid, dearly at the hands of an unruly
kirby’s wonderful museum
night, by blows or knockings, either with or without an in-
strument, in order to induce any one human being what-
ever to believe, or even to think, that there was any thing
unaccountable or supernatural in the house. Also, that
they have never requested any other person so to do, and
that they firmly believe no such attempts have been made
by others. Also, that they have repeatedly heard in mid-
day most violent and loud noises in the house, when nume-
rous persons have been assembled, some in the upper, and
some in the lower apartments, at the same time; and all of
them anxious and eager to discover the cause. Also, that
the marks on the ceiling have been made by the persons
trying, but in vain, to imitate the same sounds. Also, that
to the best of their knowledge and belief, there are no sub-
terraneous passages in or about the house.’—Sworn before
me, the 27th of September, 1810.
“ J. Govett, Mayor of Tiverton.”
Among these opinions, we have been well informed, that
Mr. Colton, when at college, principally ranked his attach-
ment to the Manichean Philosophy, and actually penned a
Treatise in support of the mummery of its founder Manes 1
This at once accounts for his bold oifer of giving money to
the poor of his parish, when the Sampford Conspiracy should
have been proved to be the contrivance of human agency.
This accounts for his belief in the invisible agency of
Demons; and this accounts for his unwillingness to give
any explanation or statement of the facts of which he must
have been fully satisfied. Mr. Talley lives within half a mile
of him—is a person of considerable property—bears a most
irreproachable character, and will swear, not on a Greek
Testament, but on an English Bible, if required, to all the
facts we have stated, in regard to his detection of the plot.
It was wished that it would have ended here, but Mr. Chave
had like to have paid, dearly at the hands of an unruly