A W E E K LY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY, PHENOMENA, PHILOSOPHY, AND TTM nOTNm oT?

S P I R I T U A L I S M .[ b BGISTEHED AS a NEWBPAPEB FOB TBAN8MI88ION IN THB UNITBD KINGDOM AND ABBOAD.]

N o. 288 .— Vol. V I .] L O N D O N , O C T O B E R 8, 1875. [D o u b le Sh e et— P r ic e l£d .

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EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENA AT- 'NEWOASCDHE, It will, doubtless, be interesting to.theaeuQois^of/jtlie^llEDXipr:

to be (informed of the varying- characteri,of spiritual phenomena’ obtaining in Newcastle, and-Iifoiward notes;(assluoidly;as '.brevity: ^ ill allow) of three typical seances for insertion. i

No. 1.—My friend Mr. 'Reed, .along -with vhis igood "la3y,scomi menced> aboutytwelyelnonths:ago:,to investigate Modern Spiritual-; ism in, their own house, resulting, in Mrs;; Reed "developing iifitp i'aj drawing ;and..clairvoyant medium, conclusive -proof \of >y?hi6h;is manifeflted;in,the most perfect an4.flrtietic:sketcnes of the-i 'Smani (or divine)-faces, drawn in total darkness, and less ttime than a skilledartisfccoulddo it, evenin daylight.’ I was privileged with an invitation to theinmnJlo W e jn6t at 8.p.m., numbenx^vteyoUadieB^U^k.igenilettienjsnud seated ornv selvesjftanttsij6ineByssnu^pimfflitdBleim^i^ijy<some.draw-: ing paper an&jpencik we^con-veraed.awMle;\wh6n®un^,^ihBr|penomenai(t4ble tilting, j&c.,) occtuTed,iT>n4heitei,mination^vv«liioh''we..as]ied Mi’s. Reed if she saw^vanytHing;: the-question >was scarcely completed when she gently.anl9mated',shB®aw,fiQmooiieis|andi^g;bfiside1the lady seated Jmiiaedi«fi^ijggp(oiite1tom^;^^--l6^g|^|^^rtto1&e. a 'little 4»y , and, ..that it rwasOTOT^g i^Om dSw&CT^iid sE^hough^sHe sS^htttake its portrait,

. Her hands beipg freed, and material close at hand, presently we

..'.lU ^ .'p^^^qeE ajd iiiig .the |japer with indescribable rapidity, and';|paMz:t' three minutes shereported the picture finished, and j o i f t n i ^ o n the lights, we found a perfect pencil sketch of the little boy.* After due examination of this evidence, either of extraordinary natural ability or spiritual power, the Rights were again extin­guished and hands joined, and, after sitting about five minutes, Mrs. Reed commenced describing the features of an old lady stand­ing by the side'of one o f ithe gentlemen. Her hands were again released, and we heard, the same rapid movements of the pencil ovq^thenaper, and in even less time was this second sketch-com­pleted,. _ Tne vito 'pictures-were a complete contrast—youth and beauty-in the one, age and decay in the other—the lines that lit up the hoy’s face with joy and gladness are freighted with thought and care in the other. I induced a successful student at our local School of Art (who expressed great pleasure with the sketch) to attempt a drawing under similar conditions, who failed to produce anythuig more than a very ill-proportioned outline merely. Mrs. Reed is not a professional medium in any sense of the term, occupies a very respectable position, and though she has some artistic ability naturally, declares she is totally unable to put off her hands 'such ‘ perfect work in so short a time even in daylight.

No. 2 S e a n c e . — I attended a private seance at Freemasons’ Hall on Friday, 25th June, on which occasion our much-esteemed friend Miss Faiilamb, who is now, along with our equally valued friend Miss Wood, well-known to the readers of this paper. She ;lay o,nt a couch plainly visible to all the sitters, who formed a '^ n iic ir ^ j in front at about a distance of seven feet from the metfium. 'Inf twenty minutes we observed something white appar^ntj^ growing on the chest of the medium, We waited the niller $6Velopment of this phenomenon, until it reached a height of abop|t!iree feet,, •when Miss fairlamb was disentranced, and expressed-aj8|<>Bishment,?" somewhat tinged with fear, at finding a white form statajjn^jupon her. On ascertaining it was “ Oissey,” she became moi6'^^pi^e4,y requesting, however, her familiar spirit to go beside ithe ’sitters. This could not be done, we were informed, andy after stand- ingsome time, the figure slowly and-gradually appeared to sink again into the medium’s chest. This manifestation was followed by almost striking and singular phenomenon, effected, we were in­formed, by “ Oissey,” through the aid of “ Peter,” who had come down from London. I cannot better describe it than .as a fragmentary form materialised in our presence. The legs, which appeared the most perfectly developed—the one was shorter than the other— seemed to by formed be electrical flashes; out of a dense white mass (which ultimately formed the body), the arms became ap­parent. The huge masses of white occasionally obscured the medium from our sight, but was distinctly visible to all the sitters. Aa the fprm lay sprawling on the floor, and in various stages of the process, it appeared so entirely disjointed as to suggest the dissect­ing-room ofth e surgeon to . some, whilst it reminded others of the sitters of the lively discussions there have been of-late on -vivi­section.

Jto. S Seance.—Some weeks ago I sent you an account of a seanceLVitlOfAVtAllflAflAM AT nvwui Akai*.! Ja J_ l_ _ . _ T_ * _ 1 _

deluaivfi.ua will-o’-the-wisp, i f what .we .are about 'to -record did not occur. ' ; .

Mrs. iPetty.ftnE'har.sons on either side.flnt,.alongswith.the other members of the ioirdla,outside the cahinet, anfl after waiting about half-an-Aour, a talh-plliite iform 'flj)pearstl art sj&e' aperture of -tl *• ■— It stoodtthereifully three qua?t6rBiffi'flnihoUr, grow-jthe curtains.

•Gently drawing me inearey,'ij jjto % tw een Willie and Mrs. Petty, and saw-at the^metiiMe.JOr<^{fefflte\and'\younger boy, when approaching'thejfiigwre. ' s ''r 1' ' ’ ” -

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^.fter its -fuller; fleygli Waller-thamtheoia than about an'incl three feet apart.

This phenomenon was,repeated 'five (tinges ^unnj&jtihe sitting, each succeeding appearance Being stronger and" more palpable until the figure nearest Willie permitted him; at our request, to handle its T o n e s and.afterWards lass it. As?ummfc|}iis all to be true, what is the use of it P exclaims' the sceptic. ;3 t ’find the investigation highly interesting; besides it is mightily amazing to find one’s materialistic f r i e n d s , who*think so jiigh lj^ f ,pejis!,iknowledge, and experience, asking us to ignore the evidence of those very faculties which they allege and which I believe to be still the foundation of all-knowledge. J. M o t j l d .

the remarkable results obtained on that occasion induced Mr. Petty, to form a small and’strictly select circle, of which I am privileged to-be a member. We have had several sittings since I last wrote, and though the results aTe not so.astounding, they are none the lesS marvellous, To witness unexpected phenomena may and does produce ast6nishment,--hut we prefer to - witness it over and over again, and after the novelty of that phase of the phenomena , has passed away, so that we-may feel assured in .ourselves they'-are objective realities. No reliance can .be placed in any of. our senses, at least o f sight and feeling, and corroborative .testimony'is- as

# The illustratlonon tho first.page.is from the drawing done by lfrs.-Keed. Itis not however.so SQft aiid. beautiful S3 tho .original drawing, and the.‘reason isthls.^IM e, pp'ntiffg blook i t prodncedby a‘‘pIiot"grapMo process, and the slightest

line.. Thd-eyes, month, and shading o f theoneeK aretieautifauy defined in the original, whioh may he seen at the SpiritualI n s u t u t ™ . . ' B l n c e t h ' o . p o r t r a i t o f t h e l i t t l o b o y w a s d r a w n , M r s . H e e d h a s p r o -d u c e c i q u i t o a n u m b . o r o f p o r t r a i t s o f - s u p e r i o r ' f i n i s h , s o m e o f w h i c h w e f i n a e r -

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Mi’s. Reed, the lady through whose hand the portrait of a spirit-boy, printed on our first page, was drawn, is also a medium for communications written in the same manner. The following letter from Mr. Fidler , waa received upwards Of a year ago, and appended to it is a little poem, the first of a series containing other poems of much higher merit. A9 Mr. Fidler’s letter and the.verses accompanying it are historical, we give them in this connection. We hope tp be favoured with further products of Mrs. Reed’s mediumship.

(Burns.—Dear Sir,—I enolose a poem written by a medium here. She writer is never entranced. Whilst the poem was being written,iber.ring was taken from her finger, and, on her return home, was foulrd.onthe, table, a distance of two miles. The seance was held in the light,—the.sun shining in at the window. We have been getting lessons in light, heat, magnetism, and mesmerism, and I intend to send a

\reeorctf0ftone or two interesting experiments—on.e is howto asoertain whethqisftgierson ia mediumistio, whioh is simple and may he useful in that respflf, as well as tending to illustrate how spirit-lights are formed.

-Tours Binoerely, M. F idleb.H8, Graifigcr Street West, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Aug. 6,1874. .^ .8 .-^ 8 1 am unknown to you, and the poem, for anything you

might&ow to the contrary, might be copied from some of our authors’ gnijjHShea works, I have got Mr. Blake to put his name to this, so that you may rely on my honesty and publish the poem in the Medium if you think.proper. I would like to see it appear.

(Signed) E dmund J oseph B lake.

BE A S T H B SUN.Poem written through the mediumship of. Mrs, E, J. Reed, Newcastle-

on-Tyne, Aug., 1874.Be as the sun in the morning hour,

Ready and true at the time of need:W i t h t n e o a l l o f d u t y c a l l f o r t h t h y - p o w e r ,

For the potter that helpeth is power indeed.Beas the sun on a oloudy day,.

Seeking the flowers it oannot-see;Beam on the clouds that bar thy way,

Till brigtness breaks where shadows be.Be as the sun so oalmand-grand,

Sinking .aw^ tpthe silent,west:Leave what thou Iov’st in the pleasant land,

Go like a hero down to rest. .Be as the sun in thy daily life,

Bring warmth and beauty wherever you.tread;Tben thou shalt blossom in Paradise,

When men in their darkness call thee dead.F elicia Owen.

Mitfl, J ulia B. D ickinson,— A s wo go to press we have justreoeived aoard from this lady, announcing her marriage on the 12th September with Mr. David A. Oheever, of the firm of David A. Oheever and Son, Vineland, New iJersey. We had a high opinion of this lady’s oharaoter when here, both in publio and in private, and have now much pleasure in wishing her happiness in'herretirement.

A u stra lia .— We have received flles.of the Harbinger of Light, pub* lished by Mr. Terry, Melbourne, and the Spiritual inquirer, published at Sandhurst, whioh paper has now a printing-office of its own, The cause seems to be on the move onwards. Mr. Joseph .Williams,'228, High Street, Sandhurst, is agent for the M edium and all works on Spiri- ttiDUr IMrrTerrj has now moved to 84j Bussell 'Street,' Melbourne. He keeps a 'fu ll‘stock of our works, sind has regular suppliee of tHe

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To spm e^hds'the'facts are' so .strange "that they say ------ ‘m e ^ you wore''that -spirits % 'this-? Are

have'had not^briiyicolivincing but wonderful tests, when ques­tioned as'toTOeu-'bi^ say, “ Oh,'I am an investigator, but jxot;_exactly a.'Spiritualist.1’ Wlien people asfcme'whetherT amaBpiritnalist is a y , “ Y e s ; heart,-soiil, mind, and body, I am a^piritualiSt.’ - W ith me Spiritualism is not aahere matter o f f^ ^ ^ 'IJ s jfa c t j^ jid .h a s been a fact from my easiest days. l & :im other‘has'CSld Tne that in my eatly childhood 'I often played,-:with an uhseen child. 1 would spread my little i;oy- tatilefor' sbmebne to' dine with me, I said it was my sister, bujt my mother thought it was a mere freak of childish fancy. I'iyrw 'see -that'matter -in another 'light, and nothing doubt,

» s T;w#s, ’tbat ‘my‘visitor -anti (playmate -was a'renil one. thoij^h'Tiot clothed 'iii -bodily fledh. ’My-sdhool-life was-not a littte^ijnliar,.' .JEty schoolfellows ‘would often‘write things on P^ierajm d^dldihg ‘them, ;pass -them on to m e; a n d ! could, byi^ejrely -placing ijjy fingers on -fte-paper, ■ and ‘Without seeing

^ i t ^ , ■write'6tttja copy of whitt >was written -therein. ‘I a^^pstellt'W.as.-a'lfind of psychometric power in development, W 6our8e,JI -w,as an object Pf ouriosity and wonder— an inex­plicable 'sort -0f girl, and many were -the 'punishments which in j^ p p osed ’i^ntricJties 'brought flown npon me. 'Whether tiiy schodl-day ‘hours-passed dTeamingly away I 'know not,-but I was often accused of idling away my time all day. Other 84h61ars‘ who Btudied (liligently woiild not get on so well. Some srad'S-w&S'jnore apt at leaming'than others. ‘I scarcely‘think sq 'Tqr In !my natural and ordinary state I'was often unpre- jrared ivith my/lessons and answers. 'But-strange things hap­pened tto ope at such times. I would be standing in class, unjEBle imygdlf to answer a question put to me, when the a ^ w er‘^wmil'd'appear 'written in a bright 'light before 'me.' I UBed'to cstft it "firework^ writing. In m y younger days all these ffiSngS were ‘to me quite incomprehensible; but there they were;jcafl 1 now look upon them with'interest as special ffeati^eS'of-a'li?e‘dB^igned to wo^k out some purpose.

O f^rituailism l in e w nothing till my sixteenth -year. My father,•in'the ;year of the civil war in America, strongly opposed myproposed marriage'to an honoured soldier of the 'Northern anny; but I did marry him, and for doing so I was disinherited aoHifqi>s#eniby^friends. ffihe night before my husband left metfo>r<3turn‘toithe<army, she saidito me, “ 'Louie, if yon hear I am‘dead'donftibelieveiit (till i come -.and tell you so, myself.” I loPfcpd^t$im-With astonishment, and replied, “ How can it be possible for>youi:o tdlbme df .your own death ?” -He answered,-‘ ‘ ^r^hevperaeoutioW'af your disinheritance, and the 'trouble

vyou, J am sure the g ood .God ■v^': ailowTOe'>t() <?c6me tand’ announce my death'if l am'taken ■from you.” He left 'me <on April 21«t, and on the 27th June fdUp^glhewasOTeported “ ..missing in action ” after the en­gagement .&t Steams >8^^ metill Jt% 4th. •> !?fhe mews ioame So ime ilike ?a thunderbolt. I was ‘Oiily,‘Bixte&ii ;yeara nrf jage, disinherited :by .my 'father, the tfabra.afmy parenttttshomei closed against me, .banished rby my friends,,»nd—Jthe (husband that I '.loved “ missing in action;”

. tertibte wbrds stoja'lona heart iin the would. What was their meaning# Missingl” iw-as ?he :filive <m 4eadJ -Was .he in prisdtf? -Oriwes ihis (bodyiiying oold iand tlifeless on the .gory battle-field ? l!o -my ;sad 'heart came .only the ione word, ■“ ‘missing.” iLavailed myadlf-of,every .possible opportunity i o hear tfromshim and -of shim. I put myself dn cbmmunioastion with<the 'War (Department. No, nat.a word more to .‘relieve my aching heart; 'but on the-0th of "the following September came a snrprise. I had been -sittingiupiwith a.fflok friend. I retired to>rest aceon^>anied .withiadady. Within twenty seconds of laying‘B^ihead upon <the pillow wfi .botlisawthe bed-room door open, and in walked my ;husband. I.sprang out of ih e 'bed crazed -with jay,-exclaimed, “ ‘Oh, J.ohnandiM vaneed towards him-'to'dleiap/him in tsapmm. fiat, ilo.1 die ’.extended this ?hand, and-motioning me .off, said, Bonk, Louie. I am not there in form ; I «m ;only there in agirit. I e d tw o weeiES ago, and seeing 'how ;you (haive rsuffered I have itried ito let $on ifcnow before, fbut oould not. S a t it is all right now. I amtJietter off.” In >my. agony I cried. out, “ t'Qh iS o d !” He ihen swalked out o f the room, and though my lady friend-idid Jiot ;see ihuh,

' we^both-sawi±he>dopr closevKraihont’humanbandsineajrJt."N^ipaarnkig vmy diusband’s father 'r!elated;!a«dBeam he/haft.

hadidui3J}||:t!theinigliit. iHe said Jhe ihad .dreamt d;h»t iipy 3hus-„ band-ifficm eJtoihiniaind ituld Llmntllliatihe-waBodead. 'Upon beamngtfche -detetils of rfchat^dr-eam^coming.aiD, qniokly utm -flSiat

I rhad >seen,il Jainted 3?hese oirqum^tan^es ieo ideepjy impreaaed:me-tlu1t •Lwjis reaJlyViwidoTV, that I[put ’onflnopo- ing, ^ or ithus giving mp jail' hope.I wa? et-wHjh rQprpacJwg ’ from-my .friends. Nevertheless, tf$fei )tho mo»iont ,<rf band!s appearance -Hi',the > > ;p o in 2 '(^ .;^ in Q e d )b 0 iP W ''^ i^ Still, hope lingeredfbehind. , ' so long jk >no ,a«1ihoritative 'CoiawTOpatign ^anie, j jl '^wpM- against hope. The general jirifioners had notbeen 'made, and perhaps ->^y..'M ^^-',^i^^;et.'!Q live. Knowing.

heard .was to ;mo .a jnarvel, yet t\,mystery! ■.. .,Eflrvelevm ;mQyitl)B Jrem ained.in,tl^4 t^i»!(f^im eM £, tfyr.it

was jnot5until the.month.of -May ,that .tlie ^riPfficetconflrnied jiay,suspipiop,.and,ijlighiad .e^ylhope. foUftwing the. s p o t t e d “ mis«iQg” ’.I iwensfc'Jo Illijiois, ,on o^isit ,to 4W shiisbanws .relativeiKWhpiw^vOT^- tlialists. ,Jfy rhusband’s ;par,ents -,were;-^rfh#?x an father being a Olnistiau ixlinister, a id 'I his church. Before .going to .Illinois, <my >fat|ieji??m'l^T :said, “ .Daughter, you are going-to-visit..Charles;You aremot versed in .theolqgy,,and I don’t fant.-yotiitpAe i ect away. They do svondoi’ful .things itherp, b it i t 'is the, work )af the devil. -When, therefore, the'talks.Spiritjuilism, ,letat<a»pe-” Well,.1 went to Bloomington. Charles diditalt Spiritudispi to - me. It was-life-and truth,to him,.and, like jail irAie;§pirjtiid- ists, .lie wanted me to enjoy tho .life,and truth ipo. l i^ i^ ft o t •to listen, 1 .even witlidr&w when the.s\»bjeot was talkeff^ofej'sfeut he followed me,up, and I w,is obliged.to«hear. .He was a ’prac- tiual Spiritualist;-he .kvert:Spiritualism. IJis .house .wasisa medium’s , homo. .Howover, I .had mo .test there. 1 Jd i^d ,no circle. After somo w eoksl want to Moline, Illinois.’ TJherp I related the experiences ’tliro^gh-which I Jiadjpasaed, They said, “ This as,the,sort of tiling .we .hear o f piong 'the.'^piri- tualiststhere; andI'cally there are jrepectahle ^people amojjg them.” “ But, of .course,” said I, “ spirits ^iave .noffling ,to do with it.” At .last-I went to a cirdleijn ;the 'house oifTte.jJjestei;, attended by thirty ,persons. In. a .short .time J.fdlt a sensaMon of cold at the pit of .my-stamach, and a'cold thrill went throi^jh my whole frame. I--then lost -.consciousness. "When I regained it, I was told by .tho sitters -that I had .been (entranced .by .my husband, who had given through me full .particulars of Ins cap­ture, .imprisonment, and death. .Nates of w h a tj had spiid were taken by a .reporter who .happened .to be present, iiuring that trance I gave tests to persons who were iheaje. Two weeka from that day I received a letter from the War Office corro­borating what Ihad said at thexiircle, with fliis.difference only, that, the details were not given. The reporter referred to :ms notes, and jill was found to have been as I had said in the trance. What better .proof could I have of Spiritualism ? 'JftPin that time, after the first,hour of grief -was .passed, after I knew of the fate of my husband, sad as it was to inpw that he ,had died of lingering starvation in Andersonville Prison, I<felt the rest that comes from certitude. But I felt more than this, 1 felt that he was with me.

For two years -subsequent >to this a new .experienoe oame ,to me. At different .times I would find writing,-sometimes with • names attaohed, sometimes" not, upon my .dressing-table, or upon my pillow. By whom written I knew not. Upon inquiry I often found the names attested. This went on for .two years.

After the news of my husband’s death,, my father sent for,me to go home. I went back, but it was aiat the same home as before. And, after a widowhood of-two years.a^d-threeanontJiB,. I married again, and iwent .to Dubuque, Jowa. There I oni«red into the parlour games with whioh.the family amused themselves. Once I went in just as they were aboutrto .commencefagame of ^spirit-rapping.” I remarked that J should think ,at a jo r iy matter if -I couldn’t get.better raps .than those. After some coh- versatdon, it was agreed to form ourselves in to-a real cirole, and sit for communications. W e did so. My-husband was present. Ih less -than three minutes from our sitting round the table I was entranced and gave teats. My husband^who-jvas a .disbeliever, arose and.leftithje,table;indipguflt, JElie ispirit of his tf^ther came, and >regaested his son to be .fetdiedfbaii to the seanoe, but he irefused .to-eome. I remainediji>the trance lijsw thours. Wthen I iTfgoped my hushand a t the .-coRolu^n^f -the-seance he accosted-me ithus:— “ Louie, ;I am ashamed of you,,and I shall be very >displeased if you ever,doithe like again,” -This did not rub me exaotly right. I dii.ncit iejd willing-to bo thus.dictated';to ,for J,have..an individiiaiity-of J?iy own. -So, to compromise .the jnatter, I said, “ Well, -deai;,!l. won’t sit.in a oircle /till you^ask meito do so.” Several months after fthis iwe went toihoardfli^a family where Bome .were^Spiri- tualists,4)utinot very united or-consistent in ±heir;helief. ’ Thp wife believed ithe ^ e n o w p a to -he thp^woEk ;of the husband, .whio was a non-^piritualiat, .aaid i t was .all the w ori of ithe .devil. One fnjgfcij, in ,oonyeii8fttjon, .fi gentleman .veraaskecl, “ Well, if. it. ihe jso, J J^sed ithe devil vwhen >the iDavenpoBt 33mthe^ w s p ie re ,: :$o Jet ,ub sitiand .see what i»e ,05m get.” Sly ,^ho,was^bjier^,finding, me (rstrpcjtigg, ,tmo to (my ^ftid,,‘ ‘ ifipw ,Lou,ie, sit iliis tiBio;” 3&e as>t. JPreseat^ those littii-tjps.j5§,m.p.

J 9 « s (Gpd-forthase-iIUtlestaps;! < T h e y ^ e .a 'iJ ^ ^ i^ ^ t^ B xtlioyihay^ ^psnedvthe^QWihetwq^njeptih-wdjhe^v^’v.r'W the tapg.caine. ; I iswaelasfeedrfortwhom? ■wree^a-’

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" it’s alMhe reflex action o f my own mind. I am lin k in g abbut m y father; and,' o f course, my father is going to com­municate. That’s very- easy o f explanation.” But the rap? spelt out the name “ Cordelia.” It was spelt out three or four times* Said my husband, “ That is my sister.” Now, I did not know he had had a sister, My acquaintance "with his family was-small, for we had praotically followed the maxim,

■ " “ Happyis thefwooing’ , ■?; v - t i f That'snot long a’idoing ”'‘Moreover, that sister qf my htjsband’s had died in infancy.

Convinced that I could have had’ntf hand in spelling out that ' , - that moment aroused,, CbiUd;it;after! ^aU;.Ke the%6rk of spirits, and not a delusion of

Hm n w -m a ^ Tnfe? Experiment alone could settle the ques­t io n Consequently- after that we sat frequently at tables. My grandfather'then-began to control and entrance me, giving

. also tests. Here I may mentiona member of a Methodist Church;

'; he 'held spiritualistic views in advance of hisS6ct:|?J,nd'pebple‘ calIed him crazy, which almost killed him. W ei Xiigto'b'Eifore he difed he made a promise to my mother, that

M y t i^ h in Spiritualism be would endeavour to ^.inakVit luibwii to her after his death. Tho ni^ht after he died,

there wore noises like the dropping of water heard about the hoidse.' Erom that time for many years, various noises were he # . > Windows were shaken, bells were rung, doors were rapped at with invisible hands; carpenters were called in to tighten windows already as tight as window-frames could be, all to no purpose; and the unenviable reputation soon spread abroadthat it was a haunted house, and many persons to this daycare jchary o f sleeping in it because of the alleged ghostly proceedinigs that went on within. tJntil I became a trance- medium', tod myself an instrument of the spirits, these things W;e£e' as mysterious to me as to others. Now I see it all clean? enough; and I connect tnbse noises and rappings with my grandfather's projnise, that if he could he would give signs.

my narrative. The second year of my ^afflage,’mjr iusband became very ill, and so remained for t^eniy^even months. The physicians said that his left lung Was'*goiie, and that little hope could be given. The spirits spoke^to me in other words and with happier portents. Said ia'ajilriifc‘tp me, “ Your'husband will get w ell; fret not, fear not. Btiy some wahoo, make a syrup of it, and administer it to your husband.” Pull directions were given to me by the spirit how to prepare the syrup. With all the anxiety o f a wife’s affection I compounded the medicine; and in two weeks my husband’s

- cough entirely ceased. And the curative process went on till health was restored. Marvel! said the doctors; a wondrous curo by' homoeopathy! But who were the great doctors ? Who gate the‘ prescription ? Here was another fact o f Spiritualism, anot^ 'cm dehce to convince the sceptics, another proof of the

. gbpdwill Of the spirit-world to man.An'illtiess of twenty-seven months ontails great expense.

At the end o f that time our little home and dollars were gone, And!my husband, though improved, was still an invalid; I felt 'iP wap my duty to make some effort for oar support^ With that yiew l. for a time accepted a position in a school. But tho spirits s&id I must go to California. Moreover, they said my vocation was to Jje that of a public medium,— that was the field'in which I was to work, and the one in which they could db, most for me, and both benefit me and the world at the same tiih& -'This: Vas not' a welcome announcement to me. My affe'^binfe vyere entwined with domestic l i fe ; I loved my do- rHeMc ciriib, and I felt a repugnance to enter upon any sphere tM ^^otod; as I thought, intrude upon its pleasures and enjoy- tSetits|-ahd’as to being a public medium, it seemed to me to be ■ tl^ ^ bst’uhdesirable occupation for any human being; for I Kaew ’ifell’whait the ignorant world said o f mediums, and I did d idn ot'’relish;the thought o f being called a humbug; but I h&ve'Btbbd it pretty well. At last, however, true to the spirit- injunctibns," we removed to California. We arrived in San J^Aficiscb m th less than five pounds in our pockets, knowing li| tii w h # we were to do. My husband took a situation, and we^both’ ktrti&gled hard to keep the wolf from the door. After ^ I^ H ^ T ih et a friehd who had known of my mediumistio qnali-

said, “ W hy do you not give seances ?” My reply / -Because I cannot become public.” Another friend, a

Spin&lli.Sii oalled upon me, and became much interested in It vras soon noised abroad that there was a new medium in

■San EVaiiciscb, and many persons came day after day to get rftlfsr'^he rapping business increased. A ll day long it was getting r^ps.' It came to this, that I thought I must give it up. I regarded it as something: too sacred to follow it as a mdney-inaking .business. Those raps that were; as it-were, the

- yery-m'eeting-pbint o f two'worlds, is a money value to be put upon'these? Is the almighty dollar to insinuate itself within thesecsacred'preempts ? ' In my mental disquietude I took counsel o f my’ gr&ndfa,ther,— my spirit-guide, who overruled my objectjons- to take" money for my mediumship. “ Are not Christian -min}sters*^aid^and well paid^ too,” said he, “ for preaching what.they :regard as the gospel o f truth? Why, theto, should you hesitaia io yeceiyerthe hire for your labour in what you.believe and kiiowtO b ea still higher and nobler truth for mankind?” Thus encotiraged, I M length‘hired a hall. In a kind ofunconscfous state' I wrote out an'ftdvertisemeiit, and

D A Y B B E A K . __________ OctobeS 8 , 1875;

as,unconsoionsly.tOok itto thernewspaperroffloes:' ■ ■Nexfrdayiny’ ; husband came.rushing. up'tom e almosfrfranticajlyj exclaimirig, “ W hy Louie, what have you done ?” at the same time pointing out to me the . advertisement for a publio seance. “ Well,” said I, “ I can’t go, I can’t do it. It’s no use, we must go down' to the office and have it withdrawn.” At that moment there came, a voice to mesaying, “ Go there, Louie, open your, mouthy and we will put words into it.” I had confidence in my guides. I knew they would not deceive me. I went to the hall, I monnted the.rostrum for the first time in my life;, as little;prepared as'a child; I went in all the trustfulness o f a niiild/arirt was the best seance I have 'ever, g iven ,' years ago. From that time I have;/toiled almost;ceaseles§ly on till I started on my present jourhey to j^ bpeV !. -I ihad, worked so hatd and so long, that my health be^ai.to succumb, and my spirit-doctors ordered me to come to Europe. The ^ay to acccomplish this did not seem clear, but a way was, provide^, and two weeks afterwards I was on.the ocean. I brought no credentials with me, but I have brought facts. ~ By thofle fftcts you must judge me. Whatever may be the experience orothe^y I anj here to say that the spirits have never Received, mo, -There may be lying spirits, but I am sure of thisjwhbre; ’they'can come good spirits can also come. I f the soul is mahiipiined in that condition that woos the good spirits, lying and deceitful spirits are warded off; and the facts presented become sub­stantiated by all the evidence that the good and blessed spirits can command. .

I have said I am a Spiritualist. I take Spiritualism straight.I don’t mix up with it any other questions. This is my first attempt at speech-making—my maiden speech. I do not. dis- cuss, nor do I care ever to discuss, any of your social questions, your theologies, your orthodoxies, your heterodoxies, your isms, and your ologies. I merely give you what comes to me, through spirit-power. I could not be a Spiritualist on the evidence which some people receive. I am remarkably hard-headed, and have sifted the matter thoroughly. My knowledge of Spiri­tualism comes neither from study nor from books. It cannot be said of me in this matter that “ Much learning hath made thee mad.” My knowledge comes from the spirits themselves, and what they do. , ■

Personally I have no complaint to make against the spirits for the choice of occupation they made for me. I commenced my career as public medium with about twenty dollars,.now I have a comfortable home and kind friends t o , greet me wherever I go. Last Christmas I could not but weep .tears of gladness when I opened my parlour door and found, testi­monials from my friends of earth and spirit-life, for ma,ny..things

-were sent me from the spirits. It was a gratifying-recognition ofthe honesty o f my work. I f people can with any pretext call mediums humbugs, I think there must be something wrong with such mediums, wrong in themselves, or wrong in following the leadings of bad spirits. Such mediums ought-to seriously consider whether their vocation is not a mistake., for Spiritualism is too lofty a thing to be thus dragged down into the mire and dirt. .

I suppose it is here, as elsewhere, the name o f Spiritualist is somewhat undefined. What I understand'toy a, Spiritualist is, to be a good person, to be guided by the etewftli;nnchange- able laws of justice and rightness. I f you are really a Spiri­tualist you must be good ; for you live in the presence of those laws, and are ever watched by the loving eyes,of angels and of spirit-friends. And what man is there among you that would do a wrong act i f you thought that the tender eye o f'your spirit-child was gazing upon you? or that the eye o f your spirit-wife who had rested upon your breast and.rests there' still, was mournfully watching you ? or that-p fgeyes of your mother who had reared you, and from yonder jiirit-world was following you in tearful accents, beseeching y o u , M y son, my son; restrain thy hand from the evil d e e d O h , np,-,withjthe eyes o f our loved ones ever upon us, and from whose sight there is no escape, we cannot rush to do the evil* thing.' W e cannot, we dare not, mar the happiness o f thoir celestial abode, z There are people who discredit mediums, andtannot believe that they are really controlled by spirits coming ‘back again. There are very vague notions prevalent about spirits; and the world as a rule expects too much of spirits.. Because they are no longer embodied they are regarded as having risen all at once to a state o f divine perfection, endowed with a sort of omniscience, and entirely infallible. That is not my view of the matter. I know that beings retain their individuality, their identity, their humanity, when they pass into spirit-life; but I believe there is for every spirit that enters that world, an endless progression. - But meanwhile, if a spirit returns to accomplish any work which it must do through a medium, it oan only act and work up to that degree to which it, has attained in its spirit-life. And that degree never is, and never canbe per­fection itself. I f therefore, there are supposed shortcomings, in mediums, it should not go to tiie discredit o f the/imedium’s veracity, but to the inquirer’s exaggerated opinions and expec­tations of spirit-power..

The individuality of a communicating spirit will show itself though the medium. Were it in my power, when I go into the spirit-world, to give help, no doubt I as a medium should come back-to mediums to tell them how^best to advance Spiritualism.

-The gambler in stooks or cards will come baok to gamblers;

Ootober 8,‘ 1875. T H E MEDItJM A N D D A Y B B E A K

.therBp.eciilfttor.I wfll .come back to tho monoy-grubbors; the . sportsman to those o f the turf, And . so' o n ; -while .tho lofty ahd phro will come iko those whoso souls' afford for thorn ah 'open portal. These are considerations that should bo taken into acoountwhenther eputationof mediumsis at stake,

^ mattM/iPf medium-doubting there, w point.It, is :p ften :o l^ ted : that Spirit-communications partake much of :the Baedium. through whom they are; given, and, that this detracts frpm the .value pf the communications themselves. There is some truth in all this. Did you ever taste water that did not partake e f the earth through : which it passes ? So l think i t :is impossible for a communication to come .without being ?ih some <■way 'or other more or less affected in its passage through‘the-medium’s erganisation. The bright sunlight is dimmed in passing through dirty windows, and exalted spirit- laessftges/or coirimunicatiPns must be in like manner dimmed in passing from the brighter spheres of spirit-life through the more 'earthly atiras and surroundings of mediums. Mediums have hot yet come to that exalted spiritual condition in which thp glowing thoughts o f the spirit-world can pass unsullied through them. But as Spiritualism advances to a loftier plane, new mediums will arise, who will bo better able to bring down the spirit-world to us in its loftier beauties.

It i& the same with materialisations. People exclaim that the spirit-form is like the medium. Just so. The process of materialisation is such that under certain conditions it must be so. But , such a similarity is no ground for accusing the medium o f complicity, and it is now well enough established that Hundreds o f materialised spirit-forms appear that in no waybear a, resemblance to the medium. There was the case of Mrs. Oompton, np doubt fresh in your memory. From the dress o f the spirit-form a piece was cut out. Did not micro- .scopical examination show that Mrs. Compton’s dress had undergone a kind of transfiguration? Does not this clear up some-of the difficulties? Future investigations of a similar kind Will, no doubt, overcome all such premature objections as people are so ready to fire off against the poor medium. It is no sinecure to be a medium, for mediums are usually, from their organisation, supersensitive to such attacks on then- moral character. It was a good saying of Mrs. Tappan when asked “ Oould she not give the same lecture herself unaided by spirit-power ?” She briefly replied, “ Think well of every one.”

I am as a medium, a stranger among you. I came to help so far as in my power lay, and what I would say is this, Mediums, be' true and generous to each other. Let no jealousy abide in your heart; let no slander ever be on your longue. The outside world has enough of that for you all, though you were angels. So", long as I have a tongue to speak, it shall be in favour and defence of mediums, and'never a word would I utter against them. I f I can say nothing good, I will say nothing bad o f them.; You are aware of my special form of mediumship,—the reading o f folded ballots on which names of departed friends are written, and making such communications respecting them as are afforded me. That form has not escaped free from attack. Mediums are accused of secretly opening the ballots. In my seances I make that an impossibility. I sit upon a raised platform, where all eyes can scrutinise me. You may fold up your .ballot papers as much as you like. I f you please, enoaseJhe:. Writing in fifty folds—it matters not to me. I wish you to be satisfied ef the impessibility o f the medium getting -a sight of the name. The audience may select the” judges, and I prefer that such judges should be sceptics. A ll I demand is this—tbat they acknowledge the truth. At the same time, let me state,’ I am not always able to give the names in the ballots; I could make thousands of pounds could I do so. That shows that i t i s n p t l myself that do it. I do not claim to anBwer sealed letters. That is another medium’s work. I am satisfied with my own form, and have no wish to intrude upon anpther’S ground.: Nam6s also'-sometimes come upon my arm. This, it is said,-

can be done, by artificial means. Names do not always so come. . It is at the option of. the spirit-control. But if a name oomes" upon my arm that I could not possibly have known, is not that a sufficient test ? I am willing to have my arm examined by any scientific man 5 and I challenge any man o f soience te produce a name en his arm with chemicals like the names placed on my arms by spirits. All these pheno­mena I hepe ypu will have an opportunity of witnessing during my short stay among you. I f encouragement be af­forded, I hope to give a public seance .for -the benefit o f the Spiritual Institution, which I trust will be well supported.

[At this point in her address Mrs. Kerns suddenly paused, and looking upwards, said: “ A spirit comes here in bright light, and I see a name written as in gas-jets in the air, but sp. flickering as te destroy perfect visibility; but the name is ‘ Andrew Whelp * * * * ; ’ the latter pertion is not clear to ine. Mr. Slater at once recognised the. spirit-name, and at the close o f the lecture stated that it was net a common name —it was “ Andrew Whelpdale." Said Mr. Slater, “ I solemnly assure you that I was not thinking o f; that pergon. It Could not,- therefore, be the result of thoiight-Teading. Andrew Whelpdale waa a Mend o f mine, an astronomer and mathe­

matician. We have/passed many; hours together,1 and havd ta ped over the faots o f Spiritualism.- A t length het bedam&'sp interested in the subject that he said : ‘ Well;: S l f t M l ‘ aiitiBpPn gemg, and_ depend uppn itj’ -if ther^ ’ is any truth in^what we have talked about, I will sdmpyday come back;:ahd’|iTO!you! a bcx on the ears!’ and he has come hero to-night. :;N6w,'tf;:as Isay, the reading of his name by Mrs, Korits could nbt have been a process o f thoughtH readm gillii^ it?”] ' :

Mrs. Kerns, on resuming heir, address, c o n t in u e d A t my seanoes I welcome every spirit-from the spiritiworldthat wishfes to convey a message to earth-fnends., , 'I rejfectinone.,;, The niw happy, the degraded, and the undeveloped are>.astiW.elcome i to use my mpdiumship as the happiest, the leftiest,4 M d the :pu^st angel. There is no soul in spirit-world s o -d ^ r a d e # hut perhaps has had or has some darling on earth ^ ifom e^ tiier, some father, some wife, some child, who is still a 4 atliiigi!:atid who would rejoice to have a message o f love from the'lost one'. My mission your mission, is to do good to all of earth h ^ U o f heaven that can be done. And there is much o f good-work to be done in both spheres. I have seen a celebrated preacher walk out o f his church in company with his brother- Edward, and a poor beggar-woman almost crouching at their feet: and I saw the brother Edward draw up the skirts o f his coat a? if;in fear o f contact with that beseeching, suffering woman, - How unlike one of old, the touoh of whose garment gave healing to the sick. That woman was once an innocent bab^an d wretched as she crouches there, there is still some thought of purity beneath that throbbing breast— some silent good1 within that heart that, cultured by tenderness and love, will stairt her on a gladder course. So with spirits from beyond the border­land.. Many a one comes craving help to be raised from ..their benighted sphere, and if my voice can aid them, if my medium- , ship avails to free them from their spirit-bondage, I. am thpirs as I am yours. I come as a messenger from spirit-world--to do good, and to do it to those who need it most.

One duty remains to me. It is to thank Mr. Burns, and I d o it most sincerely, for the kindly manner in which he received me, although I came with no other credentials than the names of mutual friends. I also thank him for the report in the M e d iu m which heralded my coming; and for all the kind things he has said of me to-night. '

Mr. Slater, at the request of Mr. Burns, briefly gave the results o f a private sitting with Mrs. Kerns on the previous evening. He had never before made her acquaintance, yet she read off the name of his father, which he had written on a ballot-paper and handed to her after carefully folding it. In addition to this, a beautiful and instructive message from his father was given to him, containing advice and counsel, suoh as could only be given by one well-posted up in his private affairs. At that interview he had written altogether fifteen questions, most Jof which were answered, and so correctly, as to send him away with the conviction that in Mrs. Kerns we have a thoroughly genuine medium of no ordinary kind.

MRS. LOUIE M. KERNS’ SEANOE AT DOUGHTY HALL, Tuesday, October 5th.

W e ITING ON THE AeM.The deep impression made by Mrs. KernB’ forceful address at

Doughty Hall on Sunday evening, afforded convincing evidence that we had among us, though only on a flying visit, a Woman o f no ordinary capacities. The seance of Tuesday evening last) gave abundant and overpowering evidence of no ordinary me&umsfiip. Besides the usual endowments of clairvoyance and clairaudientie, Mrs. Kerns is enabled to give the names of deceased persons written on pieces of paper folded up, called ballots. Messages are usually written through her hand from the commumcatmg spirits. Test communications are also given verbally b y gpirit- controls ; and spirit-writing on the arm in clear, distinct'Cha­racters, is perhaps the most unusual of the phenomena presented. These may be called Mrs. Kerns’ specialities. * ■■ •

Most interesting examples of all these were freely given at this seance, ahd being in every case attested by those of thp audience to whom they referred, could not fail to carry conviction to e^erv mind not only of the truth of Spiritualism, but of the emtpncS-of occult forces, unknown, it may be, to science, but which ate.the familiar sources of operation in spirit-world. W e invite' par­ticular attention to the writing on the arm as a psycho-physiological- fact, and we think science will not fulfil its mission until its re­searches run in the direction of such marvellous phenomena. •

Altogether, no such seance as. this has ever been given in England. : .

The platform arrangements were extremely Bimple. Two large tables were surmounted by another table and three ohairs. The m^lpis'ohalr for Mra, Kerns, and one on eaoh side for the judges, Thore was no doth or covering of any kind to be seen; every part, iBayethe platform was open and free for inapeotion durmig.the', entir iea&».

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‘ ' ' ANOTHER BAB? MEDIUM.To the E ditor^Sir^A short tame ngoa oorTOpbnd&& wipte to jrou;

cotfaernibg^PByohopathy' in Bltokbura" ani V.Metfmerio-Eritorfcaih- Hiente'and(i;0otur0B' 'in !EiBhfcon,’’ a thriving pLjoi^about threo miles from; Blapkbarn. Itwasat.the invitation, of Mr,.Omerod, thopnly'.

'SpirjtijalistjJn thp' plaoe;.we wont tolpoture, apd whjld!.there,.treated t^atgeritletnan’e" fat>Uoi 1 n-lavr, Mr. !B:oh.4rd ^ J a b a j i ‘t inipbraty_

■ iwejs'fuV. ■ f ,g 9V® it as’-o$'pbq$& ^ his eivthiy ^iigHmigf'^Ve drawing to a

!dtt t^e .'last1 Saturday that1 he was1 hBife‘&¥ed%teiif itw passible, would hedohiebaok andoommuriioate aft&f- K^ffid'^aiss^i'over. He-nbddedihis' head'in consent, but; smiled1 atthe; suggestions, not beingMmaelf a Spiritualist,■ .Oa:^efh0sda , dt;. twd ooloek, ho- soLved the problem, passed- the

r^iQyn .6y goiiig''flv6cito the more spiritual side of our existenoe, after: a/lijfganpgip;ppeMpfldiBSolution;of forty-eight houre. On the after­noon of thejsame day, at fiva o’olook, as his grandBon, of whom he waB dearly'i'ond, lay asleep in the ocadle (the littlo medium’B name is Arthur OfljerqdvMdiiewas bom on the 12th of August, 1875,-rfleven weeks

was oalled to him by the peouliar motions■ the child Made in His sleep—throwing up bis arms, rubbing his little

halnjs'itOgetheV^nbddiiig, and smiling, altogether so strange, that his fatho^and'Mr.':Meredith were oilled up jn. to take notice of what was gbirij^biE Mr.;Onierod-(influenced, no doubt,) took the baby’s hands

-in iis owQ, and found: tbat they were very oold, almost death-like, and gay^it as.his opinipn. that the child must be dying or in the tranoe-state. Afe.the mention of these words the ohild smiled and rolled Ub head from side sp,side.. Then a.strange shide oame over ita fao?. Immediately

- thereupon.-'Mrfl. Omerod declared that she recognised the faoe of her fathep jft’that pf the infant. Mr. Meredith asked the oontrol, it there was ohel 'to, please signify it by opening the baby’s eyes three times in Biifaoessiofl. '. Scarbely had the requoat been made when the little one’s eyes wsr6 bpened and olosad as required. The pupil of the eyes dilated and fixed, as in the trance or mesmeric state. If it was Mr. Plaoe oon- trolling, would he. signify it by shaking handB with them ? Although ^ust previous to-this the little darling’s hands wore lying in the most innooent way by its side, it raised up its right arm aid hand, and held towards' Mrs. <5merod> and shook hands, smiling and bowing, and then shiook hands with Mr. Omerod and Mr. Meredith. Numerous questions Were then put by those around the cradle, and all were answered pfomptly in the affirmative or negative, and frequently, when desired by tbe.qUestioners, answered “by smiling to signify yes, or closing the hand to Signify nos • I.wondier, some one suggested, oan he speak, when an attempt waa made at' once, but not successful.

After a-ssaiifle of aft hour Mr. Meredith suggested the spirit control- ling-'Bhdtildretire and let the baby sle^p. Witb a smile and nod the control left;-&hd the baby fell into a quiet slumbar agiiii.

About eleven p.m., when I returned from delivering a leoture on BpiMtualiSta' and mesmerism at the Mechanics' Institute, Enfield, tfiek&:gOod irjend's' told me what had transpired, and naturally,enough I;l66kedj^it]66fwohderful infant as it lay in-its mother’s arms, looting Bt.it.Iife'S/Stii iieclted Jew for somj sign to help mi out of a state of alttioSt''itDp’iililie' Unbelief. I then saw the ohild quiver all over and BtiffeQ'out,:heafd! the strange s>un:l in tho throat called the “ death rattle.'' Then all was still. I was all attention,'atil slid,-almost un- oonsoiouBly, " ‘Mr. Place, you have got all over th it now.” The child’s eyes immediately opened, looked ms straight in the face, ita head bowed: and a most serene smile passed over its face. 1 then said, " Will you

' shake hands'With me ? ’’ It was done. I was surprised. There ia a beautiful superstition in Ireland among the peasantry that when a baby smiles iu ito sleep the angels whisper to it. I believe an angel whis­pered to this little one.

Pardon the; length of this letter. I have no doubt that many interest­in g details, will yet be forwarded to the columns of the M edium , highly .iftstrupting apd interesting to all Spiritualists concerning the doings of •^hi jitt^rlabp^^rj,ont:p.f whose mouth already there is perfected praise.

Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Omerod, of 5 ipW^n )jnd Mp. Meredith, of Liverpool; and myself, in addition to the fwtjvfii at night. J, Coates.

[This is aprepious babe. The parents must, however, be careful and not,stimulate theoonttfol. Mr. Jenoken takes great paius to prevent the mediumship.of his extraordinary ohildren from being exoited too often.—ED.; M.] t. .

; SOMETHING- NEW.M aterialisations D emonstrated beyond C a v il . C asts of about

T wetoy F ingers- taken* at pne Sitting, varyihg in size prom the odd B abe to t iu t op a -G iant.

CHMStt ’ISfli inist., I tfefijjived a note from Professor Wm. Denton, the tfeil'-ktfbtatt- leoturer on Geology and Spiritualism, who resideB in the to^nr OfTyellesley, some ten miles from Boston, stating that he had dis- oSveWd'a-'Vety simplS method, whereby he was assured he oould obtain Hie oast of the materialised hands or fingers if he could find a medium tfho’ had such manifestations, and'wished to know if Mrs. Hardy w*s willing11 for hiW to try'the experiment with her. I replied bj return mail, thafc we should ba happy to co-operate with him in any experiments tending to demonstrate the genuineness of “ materialisations.” Then fol­lowed a note from him, saying ihit he would oall the next day, Sept. 16th. He did sp,;and we immediately improvised a seanoe, the Profes­sor bringing his materials with him, of whioh he had npt given us the least inkling, nor his method pf applying the same.

We took for fcheptirpdfle’ a dommon table,,4! ft by 2, and drew oloths round the outside foir the purpose of darkening under tiie table.

’ BJif;- Detaton then ordered; a pijirimbo wateir-p'Ml nearly filled with hot 'itetf'jHethen addeda quaritilyof psrafflh, whioh of oourse melted and ■'floated ii|jbh the-surface of the watei*; he then sSfcthepiil under the ialSWfi bttiJie'table, Mrs. Hardy sittiii^t the nd, and Mr. Denton and

“HAjBiiifi pit' e i® r Bide. No battery was'rteeded tp: shpw what aliypne of us wasdoipg with our hands, as they ^ere'ali' u^Pii ttiP'table in sigbt, In a fev minutes we.oould hear a sptashingjinthe ivater, and in a.gjiort

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f a p e , ^ h e r wriBfcin s i g h t a l l t h e t i m e ; a n d h e r f i n g e r s a t n o t i m e c o n n i n g w i t h i n | 3 f t . o f f i i t e V ^ i ^ i ^ ^ p [ r i l i « ’p a a s e d i t p ' - t h e i K l u i i i d i ; o i i « i i < t « ^ t h o ' o t l t e r ; r . a f t e r h a v i n g d i p p e d t h e i n i n t P t h e s p l u t i p u : i m t h e p a i l , f o r t h e m e d i u m todraw the mpuld or coating from their fingers, till we had flfteen or twenty of them, riot only with nails'perfeoljly fprmed;tuVtMli&s intife . oiitiole distinctly shown; Am'origjthts number:ffidre!wereWgrl?iMy!&y«(? .different sizes, three or four of them, bemg the flhgers of babW ftotn one to three yejtra old, then inoreasifi^^ dimensiopBsiill we oKtained; that Pf a thumb!(the nail.well defined, and theflesli-Iines shpwing diitinbtly},1 iihuoh larger thanaiiy wer seenaby.6ittier^S^%t'&ill

Professor Denton has tbem now in his pbssessip.bj'arid will iVb’ tBS* faots in the next Banner, nnder his pwii natrie?: !,''"? J'-*:':V: ‘ ,,i'

These faots speak for themselves, shpwing that%rde'resiipn'iB^ thb;' prder pf the day, The above manifestations ocwsuri iiviia-lqi i fit,-; fwitfa the blinds merely olosed, no cabinet, no hiding of ^ e ine|ittiii 'pvery- thing done in the room by any one of the oompany, being,seei ijjsynbtly by the others. 'Jol^fiS^TiL,

Boston, Sept. 20,1875.[PrpfeBSpr Denton’s letter corroborating the above is in the Banfiet*

of Light, received as we go to press.—Ed.' M.] - .,

PHSTSIOAL MANIFESTATIONS AT BATLEY.Mr. Editor.—Dear Sir,—At the request of the friendS in Batlev, I

send ypu an abridged aooount of a dark seanoe, whioh took place in 'my house on Monday evening, September 27th, 1875. We met as usual' at . 8 p.m., and commenoed our meeting by singing “ Shall we gather at. the river ?” When we had sung the'first verse, the oontrolling spirit (thrbugh Fred Lawrence, our principal physical medium), stopped ua, and'told anpther spirit to go to some sceptio's house and- bribg somethiag whioh they oould own and recognise as theirs. We then" sang tKe seoond vette, but while so doing, something fell with great force pn the- table and bounoed from it pn to the knee of pne of the.sitters. A light was'then called for, when it was found to be an album belonging tp pne pf the 'sitters, a ypung woman whp had never been at a meeting pf the kind before. 0 »i seeing it sbe beoame rather agitated; and a’at mth it in her hand, staring first at one, and then at another, all round, in a: perfeot Btite of bewilderment, her looks plainly showing that she, thought werp was some triokery going on. The light was then put out again, and' thp instruments were immediately knooked about, the bells rung, the- ‘fyim-- bourine playing and floating over our heads, it rattled against thb deiling with a vigour that I have never witnessed before. One old' ihaU was slapped on the top and each side of the head, first with a/ cold hand;'ahd then with a warm one, in fulfillment of a promise made bn the previous night by his late partner. The table was then put pn the top otj thB medium’s head; the tube was rattled pn our heads with a vigour that was.not always so very agreeable; at least, I thought bq,'Sb1 said, “ Thank you, friend,” for two blows that I got on the head,but Iinwdrdly wished I might not be oallel on to return thanks again for like favours.,, While thase things were going on, a light was called for, when the tambqurines and bells were found on the heads of various Bitters; but, strangest pf all, the medium’s arms (just below the elbows) were tied,hetlindjiis back, while both his hands were flrmly held by the sitters- on eifchep, side, pf him. One of the strangers (who appeared rather suspioioh£rwas nb'w requested to exchange seats and hold the medium's left Hknat B ihig rather timid, she was c rationed, not to be frightened, and under'fib oircumstances whatever was she to let go her hold'of the'medium. The light had not been out more than two minutes when it Was again called for, when the. medium was found with the edge of the table- top resting on his left shoulder, one foot passed along the. back of his neck and the other in front of bim, the stranger1 maintaining that she had never left go her hold, nor allowed hjs hand tp- move. Things being again put to rights, tbe oontrolling spirit toldEarJl Walker (another physioal medium) that he might now ask u few: questions and he (the spirit) would try to answer them by raps on the < bles fig Wasasked to give three raps, whioh he did, in a very, low tohe’^ h .......asked to.give thf“in loudsr, then he gi■ave two rather louder.;' m ejjVnat^j then he gave three with suoli foroe they could bs diflSmcfly ji'Sjra outside tbe house ;.then five was.a8ked for and given; then it Wtereqtieited that everything that was on the table should be piaoe^tf pile *jjbes- tioner’s knee, when it was immediately done and the table5 d 'qjiside down on the top of them. All things being righted and tKS'flgKt a^ain put put, the former questioner requested that the table &igllt't|{r6!lfearsd of all things and plaoed on the shoulder of one o£ i-cSjjierequest was no sooner made than the thingB were sent flying in idldireo- tions, the tuba hitting one woman sucn a blow .ou UienbBe.thab Bhe believed it was bleeding, but when a light wasgotthwe was 50 Woodcut the table was plaoed as requested. On being aBkfld if all were satisfied, one of the sitters said, No, he should like to.feel Bpmef^W,;;Bp.thelight was no sooner out than his head was treated as a drum, a^dte.waB 6Qon‘ fain to ory “ content.” He then asked the spirits to bourine and he would buy another. He had no sponer-prb.^&^TO 'ao so than it was smashed to pieoes. Four of the sitters' Md''6we 'S:pn|!.fS into their mouths, whioh they said tasted very nioe. This is but a very*., faint idea of what took place. At one time, th» beffff, Bburfn^s,' banjo, table, and tube, all beat time to the singing; at. another peared as if.four or five drummers were besting time to Bome jjiv yr.. air. During the seanoe we were told that we Bhpuld have fapfBuplsiibr manifestations to what we have, had, and one of our sitters that as soon as he could be properly entranced, he would ba .takeii' fifiim our midst out of the room.-r-Yours, Jqhh

Qjeen-street, Batley, Oct. 4th, 1876. ’ r - :

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M E M E D I U M A N D D A l l S S

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1875.

THANKS TO CONTINENTAL FRIENDS... W e have before had occasion to express our satisfaction at the

kind pianner in which English mediums have been treated on the ftptiM nt. rThe-return of Miss Fowler in such excellent spirits aili|^|eWjediiie8itli presents occasion for again expressing our in-

’ ^ fife^ess fo oue Continental brethren. Whoever aids or comforts pne ;oif. our order, really does so to all. And we hope, in like manner, every friend of those servants of the spirits who may travel pn the. Continent will accept these acknowledgments.

With all those ladies and gentlemen who met Miss Fowler and showed her kindness, we are not acquainted; but we may particu­larly mention Mr. Riko, whose kindly and lucid communication appears in another column. This gentleman is a friend of all mediums who visit Holland. He devotes to their -interests such portion of his time and influence as may be at his command, and, as fie has done in the past, so he will be pleased to do jn the future.

- ,W e must also name Mr. A. de Bourbon, at present on a visit to -jipndbn.. Our satisfaction in meeting this genial gentleman is great.

KHe'is & devoted friend of the cause, and is at all times anxious to promote the mission o f those who are its servants. Dr. H. G.Becht, and Mr. Van Stalk are names that stand prominent among tho earnest supporters of the movement.

Wdknow-there is great prejudice .on the part of stay-at-home people against those who live in other countries, but we can assure all mediums that they would derive great pleasure, would confer

. substantial benefits upon others, and promote the cause very much, by arranging to take an occasional tour into other countries. Any o f our mediums who can leave home for a short time, may find a pleasant holiday by putting himself into communication with the Continental spiritualists, who will be pleased toseethem. We shall ;a i i$ t $ e s be happy to afford any advice and assistance in effecting 8UcH;£jrran|’enients, _

; !,fi6 pif^;^hine, Miss Fowler received very marked kindness from• who introduced her atEms to the Imperial:p ^ t6i 0,ftp':Whpm she (gave 'sittings. I t speaks highly for the spiritualism o f those. distinguished personages that they do not make their high position in society any excuse for not doing their duty 19 the.most cordial manner to those who enjoy with them the ^ m M a l failh of Spiritualism.

W e niight-extend this notice to a much greater length, but the ^&dies ap’d ggntlemen who would be mentioned are not known to*o^Jiea36r8,''and hence we close these remarks with a general e^Wteion df our gratitude for benefits conferred on those who are engaged With us in this work.

TABLINGTON HALL, 90, CHUROH STREET, PADDINGTON, ry To .the Editor.—Sir,—I have to acknowledge, with thanks, parcels of

^■literature from Messrs. Friehold, Alohin, and Ashman, for gratuitous '■distribution at our meetings; lso, the responsibilities have-to thank Messrs. Henly, Cartwright, and J . B u r n B for services rendered on the

•platfOrmduringthe past month.—YourB faithfully,• Sepfo27th( 1876. G, F. T il b y , Communicator,

v Lectures and Debates every Wednesday evening. A free platform.Ootober 18.—Mr. B. Linton. “ Telegrams from the Stars.” An astro*

nomlcal lecture., ,Oqtober 20 .—An openmeefcing.

(Oototyer 27.—--An qpfn meeting.* » „ * < *• ■ — _ l “ ' 'Mb, D., D, 'P oub baa arrived at Faria, weary with the fatigue of

, travel, „ , ....* / , ., M b., Aksaxop .andvjPrqlsssor Boutlerof have gone to Newowtle to yisit.the mediuma there,,,;,.. ■ :; Mrs. I appab,—Itia .'w p o i^ "England,” bear-wgMrs. Tappan andMr, (J.&Hinde and'famlly, arrive^ afcN«$<«k OH —3~

. t h e h a p p y Ev e n i n g a t d o u g h t y h a l l . .This long looked-for event lms beon definitely fixed to take

place on’ thte' Pyening of -Thiirsday, October -21. - The ■ tiokets •are Aow reftdy,‘ price 2s. each ;'double tickets,, to admit a lttdyand '^eii’tleinah, 8s. 6d. . The various Ifrionds-who' in ten i to take part in the entertainment are busy rehearsing, but : the ohief attraction of tho evening will bb the friendly iiaeeting.'of those, devoted to the grand work of. a free and .enlightened * Spiritualism. There m ll.be special fatalities affpr|e| ifirjsooial, intercourse, and many new acquaintances, will ,be made, and old ones more firmly, cemented. Visitprs from the country are expected. The refreshment department will bo amply sup­plied with choice delicacies. There will, no doubt, be a<full at­tendance, and it is probable that the price of tickets is too low on that account.

MRS. KERNS’ FORTHCOMING SEANOE AT DOUGHTY H ALL, IN AID OF THE SPIRITUAL INSTITUTION Mrs. Kerns has kindly offered to give a. publio seance,, in/ aid of

the Spiritual Institution, at Doughty Hall on Tuesday evening next, at half-past seven. Another opportunity will thusibe afforded, to those who have been unable to attend Mrs. Kerns’ 'previous seances, of witnessing the interesting manifestations presented through her remarkable mediumship. Tests and communications from spirit-friends will be given by means o f ballot-jpapers, as described elsewhere in these pages. As this will be Mrs. Kerns’ last evening in London, we are sure our friends will ftvail them- selves of the occasion in large numbers. Doughty flail,’ com­mencing at half-past seven. Doors open at seven. Admission, one shilling.

“ WHEN WILL ' HAFED ’ BE BEADY ?”Dear Mr. Burns,—This is a question you put to me in one of your

notes last week, and a very proper question it is. In answeriag ib through the Medium I take the likeliest Way, perhaps, of getting at the great majority of the sufcsoribers for the work; for, although I bave not bad many inquiries, I doubt not there are many of the subscribers anxious to know when “ Htfed ” will be published. The work is almost all printed—five-sixths of it—and I eipeot to have the sheets in the hands of the binder by the end of this month—that is, if I am notdis- appointed by tbe artist in London, who ib employed in produoing facsimiles of a number of direct drawings and writings for the Appendix, One or two of the latter have not yet been given by our spirit-friendB; but, as they have never in a Bingle instanoe broken their promise, I am quite sure of getting them. -It is now about five or six years sinoe "Hafed" promised to give an extended list of the kings of Persia before Christ, and I had almost lost all reoolleotion of it; but/two or three weeks ago tbe list was produoed, under the strictest test OOnditions, in the same way as the direct drawings were done for tbe4 illustration of the book. Tbe lithographer’s artist has finished twenty-one or twenty- two of the twenty-four illustrations; one of theBe, given reoently—a head of Christ crowned witb thorns, with a line of Greek below—I mean to give as the frontispiece.

Whenever I am able to fix a day for the publication I will give notioe in the shape of an advertisement in all the Spiritualist periodicals.—I ' am, yours, &c., H bnby N isbet .

219, George Street, Glasgow, October 6, 1876.

RETURN OF MR. MORSE FROM AMERICA.To thi Editor.—Dear Sir,—After an eleven months’ sojourn in this

wonderful country I am about 11 packing my trunks” forborne, once more to enjoy the society of my old friends and the oompanionBhip of wife and child. I have been most hospitably and kindly treated oni all sides, and have had my fair share of success. I have made manyfriends. I part from them with regret. I sail for home on Ootober' the 0th per s.s. “ Baltic," White Star Line, arriving in Liverpool, by about the <l«th or 20th, and reaohing London on or about theS&thsamemontbr My family meet me at Liverpool. Thinking your readers would like to bear of my return, I have penned this note for their perusal,. I trust to meet many of tbem again ere long. With fraternal regard* to all, I am, respectfully yours, J jTitMoBSB.

. MR. SADLER, THE WELSH MEDIUM;We had the pleasure of congratulating this young gentleman on hia

eighteenth birthday. Mr. Aksakof Bent for him to come to London for some experimental sittings, and so he was present with ub on the occa­sion of bis anniversary. He was aoeompanied by hiB sister, and we found them good, honest young people, who regard Spiritualism aa a Baored work of the highest importance. We had a goodly number of sittings. The dark seances were very good, the spirits moving and playing the instruments freely, speaking in the direct voioe, and touohing the sitters. The sitting for materialisation in the light did not result in the form coming out, but the white garment of the tbrm was seen by the edge of the ourtain, Mr. Sadler oould not go to St. Petersburg, so that no attempt was made towards tint end. We were vety pleased to meet with Miss and Mr. Sadler, and hope to see them in London again soon. Tbe oause is in good keeping in tbeir hands, and tbe speoial and non- professional seanoes which they hold at bome must be of great,use'in promoting the cause in Cardiff. Mr. Sadler is inundated wipi invita­tions to travel, but he prefers to work in the prepared atmosphere of hia loving family cirole rather than be buffeted about .in the demoralislng sphere produoed bo often bythe unmitigated influenoe of lupioion aiia ill-feeling. Mr. Sadler does not fear the soeptio, but e may be wise in meeting.inquirers after due preparation rather than tp: fiing his precious gift at the feet of those who may trample upon it.

Miss to beyieited bynumerous inquirers, and : those w o ait with her pnoe desiije; i do jo

/again. \:Ha8,l«ul ».£uifti>erme a gteat deal of ptauiiiie to ieo Uin Baker in the olairvoyant «n

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'October 8,Jfl'8?5. THE: M E D I U M A N D DAYBREAK;.' 649

DE. MAOK’S VISITS TO THE PROVINCES.' Sinco ^ arrival iii London Dr. Mack has beeti -Mlbd upon to

- & into th.e country to visit’ patients; ; lie has

fe^ernuy cliosBn- the • end '• of the week for that -purpose/leaving ioindon' on Saturday arid returning on 'Monday, These ■ calls

•increase_; and he finds it impossible to accedq to them alj, for few a ^ '^ l i in g to recompense him for 'the'^reftt loss of time ajid ^teJity^igcurred. To make these tisi)a, it is Decespary to sacrifice Saturday,. Sunday,: and Monday, three days out o f seven., Ifrftipse 'who desire a visit from Dr., Mack would arrange with

other patients to receivp treatment at the same time, they would be' dbla ijointly toi afford some recompense to Dr. Mack for his services;and loss o f‘ time in visiting them.

In some instances Mr. Burns would accompany the Doctor, and a public .meeting could be held on the Sunday evening, for the advocacy of Spiritualism. The programme of such a visit would run’ t t o :—A .social meeting on Saturday evening, to introduce the Doctor, and enable the local friends to make his acquaintance, an4-look,out,patients for- the morrow. A few hours' of Sunday might be devoted to healing, and Mr. Burns could give a discourse to the public in ,the evening; the two returning to London on Monday morning.

MISS LOTTIE FOWLER’S MEDIUMSHIP.Since her return to London Miss Fowler has been visited by

many o f her old patrons and given test seances of a superior description. She is much improved iu health and lucidity by her tour on the Continent, and her sittings ave indeed very valuable.

She does not intend to give seances for physical phenomena, except in the case of a few'friends in whom she may have thorough confidence. Miss.Fowler has but a small stock of vitality, and nothing so much exhaustss, medium and destroys power as wasting suspicious sittings, Mr. Riko gives ample testimony of the extra­ordinary nature of Miss Fowler’s physical mediumship, and it is truly a power too rare and valuable to be ruthlessly used.

Miss Fowler desires us to state that she does not answer lettors. A personal interview is absolutely necessary. Nor does she give sittings for the recovery of lost property, or for speculations on tho turf,: betting, and fortune-hunting.

Miss Fowler’s hours and terms maybe learnt from the advertise­ment on another page.

CONFERENCE AT NOTTINGHAM.To the Editor.—Dear Sir,-—The Committee of the Nottingham Psy-

chologicalSociety desire to inform the friends of Spiritualism in this vioraity,that they (the oommittee) are arranging for a conference to be hold at'Nottingham on October 31st. Mr. Burns baa kindly consented to be present, and we are sincerely anxious that all the friendB, as far as they possibly can, should endeavour to be present. A lecture by Mr, Burns will be given in the evening.

We hope to see delegates from Belper, Derby, Lougbboro’, Huok- nall-Torkard, and any other locality that can possibly arrange to be re­presented. In the antenoe of delegates, we shall be glad to reoeive short reports, showiog the state of the movement in their distriote. We also invite short papers touching on some of the many phases of the Bubjeot, whioh will be read and disouBsed. Tea will be provided at five o’oioek. The eiaot programme is not yet quite agreed on, but more partioulars will be forwarded shortly. All communications and inquiries should be addressed td yourB, in the oause, . J, A s h w o r th , Cor. Seo.

72j. owldni Terrace, Heskey Street, Nottingham.. >/V.,rV - ^ “

Ms. Hbbsb commenoed a new series of developing-sittings on Tues­day evening, at the Spiritual Institution. About six full forms walked out in , the light. ■ Mr. Berne’s power iB on the increase. The other evening a heavy table floated up several times in full light.

Mises Eagae has a good attendance at her Friday evening seances at the Spiritual Institution, Dr. Main was present three weeks ago. On the following Friday Mrs. Pritohard waB much used, and on Friday last Mfe. Kefjis gave several tests. Mr. Wallis spoke well these last two seances .Miss Eagar is undergoing an interesting development, and we hope to report soon from her new oontrols.

Mbs. Akkib Eva Fay announces herself in Boston as 11 endorsed'by the Royal Sooiety of England,” which is certainly newB to us on this side of the Atlantio. Now that the Spiritual Scientist has undertaken the exposure of humbug, here is a job for him. The Boston Herald giveB an acoount of a trial made hy MrB. Carpenter, at whioh that lady was " tied almost precisely bb Mrs. Fay is tied," and the usual phenomena attending Mrs. Fay's light seanoe were done. Mrs. Carpenter repeated the feats before tbe eyes of the Bpeotators, and though Bhe haB not the “ natural suppleness and nervouB energy of the tortuouB little woman,” yet she was able to “ thrust her hands round to the front,” tie a knot, ring bells, and drink water, MrB. Fay may be a very reprehensible person in many respeots—we do not defend her. in any way, yet we say that these so-called exposures are as great a lie as the veriest humbug oould poaaibly perpetrate. Mrs. Fay permitted herself to be held, not Bimply tied 11 almost" in a oertain way, and then the phenomena took plaoe. She also described spirits, ahd the. phenomena and spirit-guides were observed by olairvoyants, When she had hold of the electrical terminals, heavy objeots Were carried a considerable distance, and a monooleid desk with a Bramah look was opened; so that Mr. Crookes oan afford to treat the fools that essay to laugh at him with silent con­tempt. By all means let Mrs. Fay be “ exposed ” if the operation be needful, but while those who pretend to do so do not, then Mrs. Fay’s dishonMl^.(if she be dishonest) is sheltered under tiie shadow of their false pretences, and an attempt is made tp aid truth and justice by base lies and'gtoundless assumptions. The mdsbg^ble.of .Bu human fools ii the abettortif these expoaers of Spiritualismi" Mrs* Carpenter, do

-tellers go to? : •

RE-INO A.RNATJON.—DISCOURSE AT DOUGHTY HALL.During the last few :weeto'O.there have: .been? received- atrthe

office'of the MBpiDM,a,/e^;pp»iSp,miic?itions defending* theiiig- inoarnation theory, and asitheycolumiiSi Qfi thiB paper have-not permitted the disciissicn therein, Mr. Burns proposes to give tt discourse thereon at Doughty- Hall on Sunday evening..next. • The faets and arguments adduced'will be snbjected!;tO''ejc(J.mi- natien, and an explanation o f them be' offered in accordance 1 with the views of Spiritualists. • . ... -m .--:

This meeting will not only be o f interest as it refatatioip f re-incarnation views, but it is hoped tljai; im^ortant infolmar tion will be given on the great questi6n’t .?]D ^V -^iiftiuU surroundings. Service at seven o’clock.—Doiiwiiiy tiall. 14, Bedford Row, Holborn. - .

DE. MONCK IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT.Dear Mr. Burns.—-ThiB is a pretty fair report of a seanoe at whiph l •

wag present with Dr. Monok, at Ventnoi", of tbe genuineness of whose mediumship, I am glad to have had many proofs. Please insert in the Medium.—Yours very faithfully, ’

, Tiiouas Collkt, Curate of Portsmouth.The following is the report from the Isle of Wight Express of

Oot. 2, slightly abridged:—“ The oirole was composed of nine persons, including the medium, Dr. Monck (all strangers to himself); of these, there were three ladies and six gentlemen, and several were, personally unknown to eaoh other. Amongst those in the cirole were Mr. F.-True- man, of Ventnor, and the Eev. Thomas Colley, Curate of Portsmouth. The seance commenced at about ten o'olock and continued till nearly half-past-one. The first manifestation commenced immediately the' sitters had been placed by tbe medium. It was apparent by the shaking of the table and rappings all over it, the gas at thiB time being alight sufficient to see that no visible egency was producing tbe sounds. A tambourine and heavy guitar were seen to rise off the table and gently fall back again several times, while, more curiouB still, a large accordion- was lifted across the table a considerable distance towards Dr. Monck. Tbe light was then put out, and those in the oircle oommenoed singing a hjnm, the raps on the table beating time in the most perfeot manner. The gas having been re-ligbted, the medium threw down upon the table a common white cainbrio handkerchief, whioh was seen by all in the oirole ‘ to lift up and down ns though some animate objeot was beneath it. Each individual was invited to plaoe his or her hand on the handkerchief*and a gentleman who was sitting outside the cirole also asked permission to do so, whioh was granted. The sensation was just as though a tiny hand was underneath ; and the Eev. Mr. Colley declared that he experienced a fe.eling as though he had touched a live fish; the handkerohief was frequently lifted and shaken by the medium, for the purpose, we preBume, of demonstrating that there was no objeot in it. The light was again ex­tinguished, and those in the oircle having commenoed singing a hymn, before the completion of the flret verse, a shrill .voioe, in a very loud tone exclaimed, ‘ I don’t believe it.’ This voioe was reoognised by Mr. \ Trueman and the Eev. Mr. Colley as that of a Bpirit oalled “ Peter,” whom they had heard on previous occasions, at seanoes where Dr. Monok was not present; and in response to an invitation from Mr. Trueman, the voice in a very loud tone answered questions olose to him. In passing we may observe that “ Peter’s” voice onoe heard would certainly be easily • recognised from its peculiarity. Astounding though the manifestations were up to this point, other and even more wonderful phenomena followed. Dr. Monck is said to be oontrolled by a Bpirit called “ Samuel Wheeler,” formerly a shipwright in Portsmouth dockyard, who almost immediately after “ Peter” had done speaking oommenoed aoonverBation with those in the circle, wbioh was kept for a period of nearly three hours, during wbioh time although the medium’s hands were seourely held by ourBelves on tbe one side and by a trustworthy, friend of purs on the other, a musical box was started playing and floated round the room, a guitar was played in a Bimilar manner, and a large bell was floated about the room and rung in a style whioh would hare refleoted no discredit upon the professional touoh of this melodious (?) instru­ment by the town orier himself. The musical box played and stopped playing at the desire of any one in the oircle. Everyone in the oirole was touohed by the various instruments, and thiB not in the most gentle manner, as we oan testify. Lights were also visible in various parts of the room in the form of a lady ’B hand, the hand* taking nold ofdresBes and coats, and shaking and pulling . them. At the request of the medium, we joined handB with him, and having felt down from his head to bis fingers, did not disoover anything to ao- oount for the fact that almost immediately after, when a light was procured, we found hung on our arm one of the heavy dining-room ohaira. The Bpirits of several relatives of those pre­sent were Baid to be in the room, their nameB being given with wonderful accuraoy. Spirit-handB (whioh seemed natural enough) were felt touohing the. sitters, and one did us the honour not only to stroke our face, but to pull our whiskers and remove our neoktie completely. During the sitting a board, hammer, and nails lying on the table were used, tbe nails being driven completely through the board, ’ whioh in the operation was split and one half taken to a distant part of the room, the medium’s bands being held tbe whole time. A'viiito re­oognised as that of •' John King” talked to several in the oirolg,and was- distinctly audible to all, as was also that of a female voioe. In this description we have refrained from giving the slightest oolouring to what we heard and witnessed, and must confess our uttfer inability to aooounfc for tho phenomena. We feel certain of one thing, that whatever pro- duoed the results we have recorded, Dr. Monok most certainly did not do it. Beyond that we oan express no opinion,' and to those pf our readers who look upon the results of this Beanoe aB a series of illusions, we say attend one and judge for yourselves. We understand Dr. Monok will remain in Ventnor for a few days/and can be seen by in­vestigators at bis apartments, 1 South-Grove-terrace.”

Mb, Ashman commenoed hii healing olass at the Spiritual,Institu- tion on Wednesday evening, had a gdod attetjdance. Admisfion, M d , ■■■

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P.TiiHT A ’R.TT. ATiTiTii SEA1SOJ3 ,WXTE LOTTIE FOWLEfc AT THE)uv j T r i > v '-hagH je:/'' i " •''PatBICil,' MANJEB STATIONS IN THE LlQHTi UNDER TEST CONDITIONS.

iM y dear'Brofclier'Bumrf,— I t is with' gfeat jjleasure I taka the pen to kddreBs'ybu."’ ! pried not say with howmuoh interest:I follow im spirit

■ yoUSriwori!, your'fitragglesjyouEBiiooflsseffv ¥ouivlife,l jy.iibat’o f moBt.of our teethrenjiworkors/in the same field of-.prp^esji iB^dnb:.of.7aried-oliange9 o f sadness,, satisfaction, exhaustion, rohef. andiSor^ow, but in'eyery.page o n p ^ Baprifiop. ' Nevertheless, be sure mmy.,|edvenoouraged at your oxample, many thoDk you in their hearts for . your'efforts in . our dear cause,fmanjj wigh to contribute theiMWne. for the ereotion o f the great

g o I, and' it. is/in'.this*Bense I-send you a oom- worthy a plaoe in .your JIbdiuii>

lish bretfiren 'iyill feel interested in it. I have just returned from a trip up the Ilhine and through Belgium j and having had many oooasions to see manKih4 ever^wHeie toiliDg for the neoefliities of life, mostly with* oufcthihking: about,their future after death, and their only real interests, ik irf o trueirelief; to revert to the faots of Spiritualism, aAutumn'brimesi.the radiant blue ofthe sky is oovered, the wind drives

awaythe yellow, dead leaves of the'foreat—everywhere signs of death and> dissolution.: GDheimany ruins of oastles and palaoes I saw, dawn in foggy visions on my spirit bb so many, proofs of the vanity of the things of thesworld|-a1nd the outside forms of so-called religion whioh I ob­served! inth'omosMplendid oathedrals; all these thingB, dear brother, make me; feel- impressed to say a few words about the land of glory, lighfyvresurreotiofc;'■ But lot rae come to my narrative, and allow me to head my artiole,

Lottie Fowler's Phtsical Light Seances.S bn; refonihg to the Hague, I found here our friend Miss Lottie

^w^er,,w^,with her acoustomed kindness, offered us some proofs of h^^fcywOUB'Powers as a physioal medium, whioh I will now relate.} ‘ Cfirjjieir ittrat vipit here, in the mbrith of May, we had an opportunity pfisseing’tbe rst remarkable development of her physical mediumship.

she had only occasionally obtained raps and table fflorings, as abe told us, but never direot playing of instruments, or suoh.things,,;,r,Npvr, those.she obtained, as-1 said, in May here for tfy* first'Vim^lit not then in the light. Perhaps this good result oame itpm the Bui puridipgs in'.wbioh sbe worked, tbat is to say, all were true Sgifitualists^w^o wanted proofs and' solid oonviotion, but, on the other jhandj n e v e r , i n t e r f e r e with the conditions by creeping along' in the dark* suddenly’,striking lights, grasping mediums, walking about the rppp;,and,8bjOii, In this way oonviotion about Spiritualism is not to ‘bOj^ taiiied; j’jthe only real way to get it on a solid basis is patient in­stigation, aiid following up the known oonditionB, without trying to hwe.oiiE;pwn often irrational desires fulfilled or foolish oonditionB fol­lowed fry the Bpirits. Hence we obtained the greatest satisfaction, as ^uC ^iu ;^ergBive from my following relation. I only desoribe one Se^'cjiia,order not to ocoupy too much of your costly space. I give you S^%,^afes,.and pLjoes.

evening of Monday, September 27th, the following persons TMi^assembled at Mrs. and Mr. J. van Paassohen’s, Spui, Wo. 26, at the

their.son/Lewis and daughter Gertrude; further Miss Lottie Fjylerfj iilr., H. fi., Beoht. (Houtmartel, the Hague), his wife, and

wife, .and. myself. The room was a first-floor fur- '.^Bji i.d aiiTXiigiroom, with three windows looking on to the street, and wastwellilighted by a petroleum lamp.,’ r;^ f t ^ fe & e seanoe commBnoed by putting Miss Fowler (who, let it ihaii^^onoe-jfoB allj with the most cordial, willingness accepted every :r$}sonaJ>le. test, an example well worthy to be followed by mediums , jhgij4hcy- sit among true Spiritualists)—by putting, I say, Miss Fowler .ift.S;blaok Jinen bag, whioh I myself had provided. This bag was tied sound her neck by a oord passing through holes in the uppert part of the; bagjiteelf.: Shewasthen seated in an arm-chair in a corner of the room, ivit^fpptBtook under her feet. Now the cords with whioh the bag wasi .plpsed; round her neck were fastened to the upper part of the baok of

;tita,oh)iir. Her arms were placed behind her baok, and the sleeves were: .s%w(ijjvitti> so!lid white, thread to the bag, .The cords were passed alsoj

the shoulders, stomaoh, knees, and feet of thei fixed to tha different parts of her ohair. Every-!

rOjjpijjn; refl^oting on those conditions, even without seeing them, will) jfeeisu^ tiiai it: wa?; quite impossible for the medium to come out of the! ihaj& Ofc ge rtfee, froni the cords, to produoe even.the smallest of the phe* norflena I; am now about to desoribe. -^i^hajppmpanyj sat in a.half oirole at some distanoe from the'tnednim* . ^ i ;,;the,.Jig)it,remained on the table clearly burning. We suspended! i$w$ htok. ljnenvcui-tains on a cord before the medium, and formed! vkiiWl of,partly datk oabinet, whioh was opened at the latter part of the) g$|ingji$8|I v?ill point out further on. The fixing of the medium wat|

ladiep, Mr. H. G. Beoht, and myself. No restraint was placed! i^no^us'ihyitleimedium, who all the time was humorous and merry. Thei phenojnei)((, wiji.oh ocourred with the dosed oabinet,. were :t- , L, Playing.pf,, bells, rattle, tambourine, &o„ whioh instruments had

fhsen.p^e^ipn' MisB. Fowler's;lap by thei oompany. fv< >(‘SnpwiDg. of naked hands,, with and without bell, from between tha

'ioustajnsrtand. in view o£ aU,, several tim s.. 3», (Epuohings-frocn epirit-hands when members of the oompany plaoed rtl)eir, hai)ds between the purtain,.whioh.was* most; graciously allowed bjj -the. medium, -tbBiSpirits ,feeing surei.we should, not grasp in a.rudd -jnjanper. (< ,, • . . ., „ &, Thi;ojving out of $e.io8tiunjents by invisible powpr.

,;;-,;p..,A.glas4 of water, plaoed. out, of the reaoh.pf the medium’s mouthj• yfas partly emptied. .t-njCLMr^ct-^ritingjbyt thpr,spirit? on se,Kprfil pieoea of paper, provided with legd pencils, hy tha cpmpany. These .wriUngs consisted of oom*

;.njuiUotffa9nSi'.greetiDgsi.and<eoipn.,: . .iri>’7<f'Slaking-Qfsa.fapei; tubeppres^ed^mty thro)Jgh,,the'Curtain. ,, 8,:Pullingo£tbe;oU rtain8,bj'i^ jsj^^erB; : .‘

■ f: 9. Hammering.with force by:aMjjiimer placed o i a small board. ] j ^Naw, l|,i9H9fe'state that,on

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seoond, that the manifestations had ceaaed. and there satMiss;Fowler in her;bag,-witfi.' thp/oords: and’ oll' undieturbed^of.iwUwh wdi;ii&nviribedv

sovoraKimep. Moreoyep, at one of'^e.flu^den'. ^i^d^wings.of .ffip ourtains; by.mysolf, l'Baw,:in oleas.lighfc,:theilead? pwoil.thake alwe^n tfie. paper m Miss ^pwlerirlapiand[.tIieoim-.dQim<'

n,e«tt i^/.-^gvw^f:mQfjiifl3aMng,:-i .Tfto> ampfabt waBalsd obaei'Ved by others of thoaonipa^y,;'..;, ' , r 1 , 'NoW,i/atiMiBa' Fowlai'’s request, who . assured ua’ Bhe felt.puita lat'fidi' e&iamo^g-us, we: begati to'tiiy in tHlsthS outtaink atfd!'had; the'medium , in’ full* Y i^ in a' li^ ^ .^ icM w ^ given from-the lamp simply plaoed :in .oeive the'smallest objeot in thb’ whole ^pom/as^Wyi^^h^'m^ium, instruments, and so on. I say this beoause'I vyanfcit to be noticed-that the lightr was 'muoh stronger than I had before .'witneiiedf ,atany cabinet seanoe; in one word, quitesuifioient, Miss J'Qwletherselffinvited us to have as muoh light as possible. What.happened „ 1;;• 1. With Miss Fowler in her bag and lyings ,in M l view, wp,, all

saw the bell placed on her lap slowly moving, then, rising to her pheat, turned upside down, and we heatd it ru ng.';'.'!lSbii)|,m6re tha^oiao^'

2. A, paper jilaoe'd in like manner w m se'enj byj all as if ^anojng, mounting; turning over, and then thrown from her lap.

3. The tambourine was taken by invisible .'i^n^|!^ :iiiii^.'ttidi''<i,iheard it pliayed on Tigoronsly for a oertain;time.: f >«■’

4. The-tambourine when lying on her lap; o f raised fke’itftHefaiif, tjjp plaoed against her ohest, sounded at our request as if a liirgS HHttti'was striking it with foroe.

5. I was allowed to approaoh within a few inohes, banding down to the mediunjs’s lap, I saw the bell rise and move.

6. Mr. H. G. Beoht and myself plaoed our heads Misif .B'biflbr’sknees, and were touohed several times under this oondition bj> spiritr hands. \ '

7. The bag was seen several times to be pulled by iiiviMble-WBd|.Suoh are exaotly, and without the least pxaggerataori, th& oliief inci­

dents of this memorable evening. : ’ .At the end of the Berate the bag, oords, sewing, and .all, after ifainube

examination, were found totally undisturbed. Miss Fowler, seamed somewhat nervouB at these manifestations. She did not go tot, s moment into trance, but remained in full consoipusness. I think if she develops for these manifestations, she. Tyiljl .become "a most wonderful physical medium (as indeed she' is ;ai}d; asplendid materialising instrument too. ;eln^iin^«S('''^r direotion, especially as she has no objeotions' to eSsotiaMe oohdi- tions, and to light! With her usual beneficeWe, she’ asKi9d1'6iii‘ adWbe about giving a seance of the kind desoribed for the benefit o f the113pm- tual Institution. We strongly advised her to db so; 6il’ oondltiotf that in the first instanoe she only sat for real Spiritualist^ w M fiflotf 'the oonditions, and will not interfere with- them, and amidst whom sbe feels at ease and pleased. It would be really a pity if suoh1 a splendidly de­veloping physioal mediumBhip should be spoiled by nonsensical sceptics who never are oontented even under the most striob teat-ipo l|£iQnai' but always require their own ideas to be followed out, and1 tfieil^ofi i ionB to be imposed on the invisibles. My advice is to Mtquietlyj and qalimy, and that splendid results will follow, I do not doubt. Ev|iy<,memher of the above seance will confirm my relation. :. . . .

Let me finish with a few words about another .medium of the same kind I saw at Brussels, the son of Captain Bouvieri a true,.,,r^t,£jpiri- tualist, who is ever ready to reoeive brother Spiritualists in |iB;npuse in a cordial and pleasant manner. The boy is o^ly/t^iRjw; year^of *gp.I was introduced to the family by our good brot)wr iJ,.-N ;:Jie4pman Martheze, Esq., our.countryman,.wpj kiiow:n junoflg ^ isH SpiritiiaJ* ista. The boy is placed behind a screen, is jjou^segn,^^RdjSBpujeain every way, and as sooni as the soreen are shown through an opening, and so on. Ifto develop these manifestations in the light or without, screen, I do not doubt he would suooeed, -. . v .iv ...

Dear Burns, take courage. Everywhere Spiritualism is developing. Everywhere mediums arise in stronger force, and in greateisnumber. Selfishness makeB me Bay I wish we hnd: BOnle. f’ the kind, iii Holland who would be willing* to show their power'ltelftrgefr mrolesi'vCarftydu send as “ John King,” or one of those ppwiftful's^iritso^hiB'MndK^or we like him very mtioh—our good old spii!itiftfi'6nd,".whoni!' Williams made known to us. • ..... \ .<

T a k i n g l e a v e > o f y o u n o w 4 n w o r d s i i b u ( ? r e m t M i n g j W . % M t j r f t i b ' f f e g J S 3 ! i t m o v e m e n t o f w h i o h i i E n g U n d ! i i s n o f r - j < U e i o e a t i % . i , j ^ t h ^ A ® ^ ? l § l i . w y B T e m e a l w a y s d i s p o s e d t b i d o f o r g o o i m e d i u m s ; W h p . B h o u l d f i i ^ p ^ W c p o m e h e r e w h a t i s p o s s i b l e w h e n J t h e y t r u s t i n m & r - r ' S o u r s y p r y ' t e i i l y , ; ' •

O ude M o id s tra a t , 8 a , T h e H a g ue, H o lla n d , - A . J . ' R i k o .S e p t e m b e r , 1875. . -

A B R O O K .“ Little brook that cheerly singest,

Tripping on thy winding, way,.Purest gems the while thou flingest

Flashiog through the beam of day,Oh, whenoe comest ? whither goest?

Wherefore singest blithely now?Wherefore faery diamonds throwest

In the golden sunshine thou' ?”—“ From the mountain-summit’snpwy,

t o a river broad and; deep, .,Winding oft yet'qeisiltt now I,.

Ever on. the way f keep ;“ So,:needs must I treat tp,ripaing,

OE tha’t high place ■yvhenoe I.came ;•Sunward'tiny jewels.fiinmng;,

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. • “ E m m a G i b s o n i s t o b e - t h y n a m e ,! , » - , B y * w l i i f i l i t y i o u t s h a l t h e k n o w n o n - t h i s - e a r t h - p l a n e ; -

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W h e r e . l o u n g a n g e l s d w e l l . ”W h i l s t a l l w a s s i l e n c e , t h e - m e d i u m m a d e p a s s e s o y e r t j ^ f ^ f r o f j t h e

c h i l d , a f t e r w h i o h h e r e t u r n e d i t t o t h ? n u r s e , t h e n t o o k . h p l d o f t h e B a j M ^ h a n d f t ^ r i e - o f - e a c h ) j . a n d i a d d r e s s e d - t h e i n - i n - , w o r d s - b e s t f l t t i n g

* d f c M t j W ^ y i f f f i ; u j c t l i a ; - c h i i l d i t h a f c i t . i j i i g i i f c . i a ? o t s S s v t e ( S M t & d r e a t i u r e a , o B & r W h g i t h i t 1 t h e c h i l d h a d g o t a n e S a l t e C i r i f l u e n o e a r o f e i d i t , , a n d t h a t t h o - l i t t l e o n e s w h o h a d g o n e b e f o r e h a n d ^ r e l d ) ; i v e s o f a g e a d c m r 8 a t ^ o a r a w a r * w i i t e h i n ^ b y e v e n : t a i t o p r o t e c t t h w o h i l ^ . o r h K i f c i g f f l ^ f e . ® r i o S ^ r ; i n e ; , A l t e r - t f i f o J ‘ A d b t t B - ’ f m a d t i - r e m a r k s o n ' t f t e m e a n i n g . o f b i p t i a n i — h o w a h e h o d b a p t i s e d t h e o h i l d w i t h s p i r i t w i t h ­o u t w a t e r , a n d w h i j t s h e ' h a d d o n e s o , a n d w h e n B g i r i t a n d w a t e r i s n e o e s -

f i f c S S f i r b t f a r o f H o k n c s s t ^ - g a d n g B t s t r o k i n g ; c i r c u m s t a n c e A o K i l f f - B a v i i i g f c a t e n ^ f f t s o r c o n v u l s i o n s

f t i r a w h o l e n i g i t a n d n e a r l y a d a y , w a s w a s h e d i n s p i r i t a n d w a t e r — w i . , . m a g j t B t i a e S ' w a t a c — a n d w a a . c u r e d ' . . F o l l o w i n g o n w i t h t h e a d d r e s s ,

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s h o p l d f a l l f r o f a t h e i r U n g e r s , a n d c o n t a m i n a t e t h e c h i l d . .A f t e r t e a , - M r . 4 t P . . F a u c i t t w l s a g a i n , c o n t r o l l e d , a n d a f t e r s o m e

( p ^ o t e t o t i t f k B E a S a n d - a i i s s t e r e ^ . “ A d o n w ” g j s r e f f i b e a u t i f u l d e s t f r a p - t 3 6 S < d f ; I B f p a s S a ^ e ’ f e i m t l i e - t h i r d : t o t B e - f o u r t h - s p h e r e , g i v i n g d e & i l s w h i o h a r e t o o l e n g t h y t o o c c u p y y o u r v a l u a b l e s p a c e .

• . A f t e r t b e f b l T o w m g q u e s t i o n w a s a s k e d , v i z , W h y t h e m e d i u m , t o o t

n J » § S f i - m i i S e - i n - a j i i r t t r w i f f i ' t t i e ^ h i l t f , l m v u g - p a r t i s k e n o f t h e s a m e i n * f l ' u e n c b — t h e m e e t i n g w a s c l o s e d b y “ A d o u a ” c o m m e n d i n g a l l t o t h e g u a n d i a i f i a n g d f c w h i m . w a r e , a r o u n d .

T l i & ' ^ t l f e . m D a f c u j t e r e s t l i ' n g - b a p t i s m a l o e r a m o n y , a n d I t h i n k m o r e i t t h a r m o n y v r i t t t t h e v i e w s - o f S p i r i t u a l i s t s , t h a t e v e r I a t t e n d e d . — ■ S W r & ! f r a f e r t i t f l l y , J o s . G i b s o n .

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&Whitf$:iM.6>30ji fofc tranoe* sppaking, ' We understand that healingrpower- vvi(i|i'ohim }S/ aomevvhat extraordinary,, whp. beliqf^u^sg!|i0pwar'i toUvail themselves of, pie .preae tsjOppqiptunity. Alt.;:«jo^“ letter to Mr; Bland can be made—Gate of'Mr. Thomaat] berry Street,, Drypool, Hull.. , ; ■ : :

Hull, Optober 4,1875. .

• ' . SOUTHPORT.Mk' Ediiibtf—Dear Sir,—Yourself and readers will, no doubt, be

glad' to hear that We formed a oirole in Southport in January last at Mir. Giabiih’s; 1'iOO; William-street. We have now several mediums, tine'Mr. ifc Dodgaon being well developed as a trance-medium. Otherai art deVe&pibg'as trtlncd,. physioal, &c. We are much indebted to that great benafeoWr of Spiritualism, J. N. T. Martheze, Esq., for advice, and also fora oopy (which wd'vHiffl muoh prize): of ©loottfs- “ People from tbe.Otber,World.L’’..tq Mr. John Lamont, the indefatigable helper in, S^irituUis^'taftattfc sdsto^ and; presenoo we are much indebted; but! inriife' Tappan, whosemarvallouaoration has stirred' un the subjeot of Spiritualiam more than anything else here. I bad the* gtetourSoUjefeg.alftiiffpreSEntatioti,.and never Bhalil forget the aweetl

W a s d ' e B t f r i b a d b y M r ; L a m o n t ! 'of'ttnr Spirit,” t h e n e a r e s t w o r d s c o u l d i

. describe! '.&>•■pn 'Sinffiy, last,Mrs. Ohlaen, of Liverpool,'waa with us, and we had!

’ 6 gl'- ^ 'imjr:aj|^teonf.^tbree and' six o’olock “ Lydia” ons.of; fie^oontrblsj gffiw-an oratiion'on “ Tbe Life Hereafter,” a subject aelectedl by myself, alao' one by Mr. E. Hayward on “ Spiritualism Explained;”1 A f^w a^.W 'w ese, honoured with the presence of her old and useful'!

braw Sootoh tongue” gave some-gpodl •afl*.ifcwffirteMpfo to* somrconneoted' with the circle who were unwell. In:tha evening “ Lydia” again gave a fine oration on " Spiritualismi ^ersM/ Eeligion and the Bible.” “ Janet” again controlled, and hoped! all' woUld:keep steadily pushing forward: in the good work.

Wiifriregaro to the MiEDHJM, its sale has increased hew tenfold in thel last six months.

- - We Bhall he glad to see aoy Spiritualists from any looal town who- may be in Southport, and if they would-drop a line taaddreBS- below w& would'endeavour to haVe a Bitting, Truating I have not taken up too* muoh oE your apace, with best wishes for the increased circulation of the' Medhtu, I am yours very truly, J, Stebet Gkiffiths.

itenrihft Place, Southport, Ootober 4, 1875.

MEDIUMSHIP IN MACOLESFIELD. ,Mr. Burria—Dear Sir,—It is now more' Blnoe

Iflifet VtfoW to'^ou:o& tha ihvestigation of'SpiHtimii!tif'^e^ipj%:'M <• noittixf ftjitffejttfr'SlnSe thSn; and’harS hadi to «ix^(SM:tfludh'-^tidneei but? the1 positibn'now attained will place' Ua;- T platform for UaafuliieaS. Of that position I vri'sh to say1

A few mOnthii ago, while travelling from Manchester ;Vask« . u_ Jt » • __ &y-joined by a gentleman, who, haying, heard of our investmtiwuup, «i feased: an interest ia the subjeot. Subsequently, I lent him’ Jui Edtoonds’s Tracts. Ever since he has been an earnest seeker afterftffe truth, and, I think, on more than one oooasion has visited the Splriit&l Institution. . ‘

But, Sir, I am renaihded'of the inspired sentence, “ A wttrd i4 season how good it is,” in reference to this case. The worda spoken to this gentleman haye led to great results. In bis own family are two mediums, youths from 10 to 14 years old ; but, further, ooaneoted with this family ia another, in which is a most promising medium, a girl1 of 12 years.

With these mediums I had tbe pleasure of sitting last evening, and a relation of the faots may not be uninteresting to the friends of and inquirera into Spiritualism.

In th'e first place, however, I cannot forbear juat to Bay I was much interested in the aincere, candid; and child-like manner of the girl, the chief medium. The youngest boy, who united with her in the Bitting, is likewise prepoasessing in thia grace, but still boy-like.

At the commencement, I was instructed to tie these two together; I plaoed them on ohaira, baok to biok, and a9 seourely as I knew hoWj made them fast to the chairs and to cach other. Had I been so tied, I think, without asBiitanoe I must have remained there until now.

We were then ordered to oirry and plaoe them in ft narrow passage leading from the IVont room into the kitchen. With a wrapper tiung over the kitchen side ot tho passage, and the door leading! into it Bhut, this formed a rude cabinet. On one side are a few shelves with crockery, &c., on. The gentleman, his wife, eldeBt eon, and! myself sat in the ligbt in the kitchen. No other human person being to their house.

In a few moments the knockings commenced—plates, basins, &o., were rattled about, and the girl; who ia a normal clairvoyant and apeaker,. in' formed ua the spirit had commenced untying them,.and to ua it waB quite evident by the vibrations of the soreen; theispirits'ware busily en­gaged within. Whilst this was proceeding wa ware' favoured with a shower of oniona, plumstonea, lumps of salt; taken-,<wa presumed;:from the cupboard, and thrown' at ub in the kitchen ;; frying-pan,,plate8, basins, large jar containing plum preserve, were pushediout at thff, sidie _ on the floor. At other times, peioes of rope were thrown, out, aiid finally, the whole of the mediums were propelled forward on; their chairs into-the midst of us.

SP1®ITUAEISM IN HULL.To the Editor.-—Dear Sir,—On Standby, September 26th, Mr. Enooh

Taylor, trancerapeaking- and healing medium, Hoiyle’s Buildings, Lustre Street, Keighley; qommenoed'a series, of seanoes at 4, Strawberry Street, Drypool, Hull*.whioh bave-been a auocess'during the week. Hia engage­ments terminated on Sunday, Ootober 3rd. The manifestations were of Buoh a character as to astdnish even Spiritualists themselves. On Wed-

' nesdav and Friday evenings two Italian sgirita oontrolled Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Piiwson togethei*, and; H long conversation in the Italian lknguRga waa the result. Ok Saturday night, whilst Mr. Taylor was walking through, the market,, a littde girl waa seized with the most agonising pain. He took her aside, and in, less than five minutes the pain waB entirely driven away; We i'rt’feiid shortly to make another engagement witb Mr^Taylon to visittHull;t :Hefleaves here for Grimsby.,

Qn Thurada^,a^9Bihgi Septombtfr- ^ ^ ^ ‘j|^5Saost agreeably aur* priaed by 4epe# yisii/, fnoitt S^d^a^aibysUIra, who spent

iw . W^ha5taa3^aaB!4fti^srith him t o be present

After this, tho mediumB were tied together by invisible ptywer iff a manner impossible they oould, if disposed, have tied themSelVes; rind in a few moments afterwards they were untied. '

Again, I was requested to tie them standing together. I did' ao. A knife was asked’ for, and directly the rope and knife were thrown back to us, the ropa cut, and the mediums wore free.

I should weary you to tell you all the particulars, but, at. Jha olose, we sat iu the dark. Direotly, I was hit on the right shoulder, .theniBomg- thing apparently bulky, came against me, and yot another. The gas;wa8 lighted, an onion, the hearthrug, and a piece of matting lay at my feat, the two. latter having been removed a few yardB from their propqr

Sir, I am personally conrinoed of the genuineness of the phenomena -not taking into consideration the impossibility, as lthiu^ off theili

releasing themselveB; but the artlessneas, simplicity, aud goodness o f Wiese children places the matter beyond suspicion to those who may witness

This is only the beginning o f good things. I feist that many who now live carelessly and recklessly, by this meaMiaatfetfose- iifitifuftienta will be convinoed of the reality of spiritual exiBtenda'liereafter, a&detDSd- strated by faots. • '■

To my mind, it seems espeoially adapted to acoolnpHsh tWa' pa^pos'e with suoh individuals. They come like JesuB, “ Ntjti to oall ‘AevighteoUs

: they are), but BinnarB to redenbmce," “''HVtiiat(nor those wbo think they are), hath an ear to hear, let him hear.”

Make use o f the enclosed to forward the good oanbsi1—Youra- rdsgfeefr- fully, . HoNBSTyi"'

Macclesfield, Sapfe. 28,1875;[The gentleman who writes, and the friend' to whom he rafers aisjb

both well-known in MacolesSald; and oooupy a position wffiBh' erftiiles the above report to reapetstful consideration. We reoomih^d’thSciiitea fender mediums- be protected- froth sitting in promiibuijtiti^Bffit allowing one or two prepared persons to each Beanoe; aft® do: iiol jure the young people by too muoh mediumahip.—B dc. JSC]1

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the evening withusw.

•T W t e ’ f i i f l A R T V ; t h e e m i n e n t p h r e n o l o g i a t , i a " a t p r e a a h t l e c t u r i n g a t W e t i t h d u i ' n e E t a l l w i t h g r e i t a u c o e i s s .

Bnunifdttisi,—On Sunday,. Qctobpr jtQt Mr- HarpeK wil^rja-intcoduoe the “ Currency Q,uep.tion ’’ in tha.mpiinifigiat etorm ;<.and<mthe pven- ing, ab Bprcn,.-wiU leoture in oontihnation o i fhp su%i^„fll„'! Qrgsnip J Iorala.’ .. , . . ,.t ,*•(,. ,, i , ,i ( * bu,

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652 October ,8, 1875.

INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKING AT OHESTER-LE-fiTRElT.' - ’ 1GREAT' EMOTION AMONGST THE OHUROHES. ■

; , ‘J On Suridwifeak tho controls of Mr. Thomas Brown'delivered two . brations in Chester-le-Street. The afternooriaddresswas- fiaaed on the

’. outpouring and gifts of the spirit, whioh are set forth very vividly in Arils ii., and 1 Oor. xii. ■ " - •

The -spiritual friends have inthis plaoe unanimously agreed tp pray ■ and .work for the gi ts-whioh St. Paul reoorda,and the control pointed ' outmost foroibly'tbnt these gifts were tb be had and exeroieed for tho

asking for, and Bhowed oonolusively the reason why the ohurohes had lost them. • - -.Vii’Ito: gifb»:-.oF:-healinsr» and-.the .speaking, of other, tongues were itn-

. : preBflively dwelt upon, and welearnt that now, publio attention being : 1 devoted to the subjeot, the spirits would never rest until the world was

deluged with it, and. theanoient glory whioh had been so long obsoured would transfuse every enlightened spirit with a fresh effslgence.

• The subjeot in the evening was entitled “ God,Life, and Immortality.”1 The following thoughts were recorded at the moment of utteranoe:—

■ God. : Were'it possible for all the mighty minds of judges, philoso­phers, and theologians'to conoentrate their thoughts ou the one idea of God, the idea would be too fast and incomprehensible for the simplest solution.

God. The most practical definition would be goodness.. Never was there a period of time in all ages when the idea of God

was,not impressed on the' human mind—reverence being an attribute of the spirit.-

In pagan countries this idea was manifested in various modes. God is spirit^spirit moves the universe, prompts all the benignant influences fry which we are surrounded; but no spirit, embodied or disembodied, om form an adequate conoeption of this august Bainj.

The views held by the ohurches of the nature of God oannot all possi­bly be right, beoause God being good, oannot look down upon the various forms of suffering with oomplaoenoy.

God oannot do evil, beoause he is all good and holy, all beneficent, God is eternal, We may trace the rivulet to its origin, but by search­ing we.cannot find out Him.- Life <iS“ wondrous, the evidence of design and skill in the stars and olouds is wonderful, but no arohangel oould attempt to disoover the mar.vel.fous power of the human spirit. Life is immortal. I f God had .deii|o^fthat ; man Should have lived on for ever, he would not have mocked him with a desire for immortality,

■ God neYer mocks his ohildren, the appetite oraves for food and gets it,- - Immortal life is varied. ’Everything, not only here, but in the in­visible!state; is arranged to minister to tbe spirit's happiness. No oandle is-required^there, the spirit is a light unto itself.• " They who would be happy there, must be happy here. When onoe aorbBS the threshold, all grief is forgotten, the future will be grand and glorious, no human spirit on the earth’s plane oan form the least con­ception of the change, to that spirit who hath lived for human weal. Love! Love! .Love! is the watohword of those spirits who leave tbe sphere to minister to human needs, &o., &o., &o.. The control proceeded in serapbio strains to pioture the soenery, sur­roundings, and inhabitants of the sphere or state in whioh she was located; the intense yearning the spirit felt to communioate a knowledge of its happiness to.friends on earth; and the indescribable effeots wbioh the advent o f: Spiritualism will have on sooiety if it could only be welcomed unhesitatingly by doubtful ones.

^iritualismis spreading “ thiok and fast" down here amongst the .nuam^iljfigesj verifying the prediction that if ever it got amongst tbe miners,’ “ it would go like wild-fire.” The various dissenting bodies are up in arms; At one place, it having got wind that a leader had attended a spirit-meeting, he was thereupon ordered to give up his “ olass-book;” whilein another place the hearers were publioly cautioned not to attend a “ oircle ” whioh was on th? point of being opened in the place, but inquirers are orowding in notwithstanding. The Rev. R. Abercombie, Free .Ohuroh minister of Gateshead, has hosted to the resoue, and after

. uttering a.budget of lies and naBty slang about the subjeot, he managed to sell'a lot of boots at a profit. After the leoture, publio opinion is

divided with regard to his harangue. Some of the Methodists say that ' he had better visited the orowds of drunken gamblers who occupy the

Street-cornerain lieu of caricaturing a work whioh has brought happiness ;td'BM Vers of- individuals. His reception was altogether very cool, and it is thoughit he will Btiok to his pulpit in future.—I am, yours,

Chester-le-Street. W . H. Robinson,

DR. SEXTON AT CAVENDISH ROOMS.Dr. Sexton’s discourses at these rooms oontiuue to be as attractive as

ever. On. Sunday lasV although the morning audienoe, in oonsequenceof the rain that was falling, was not so large as on tbe previous Sunday, Jet there was a tolerably fair muster, and in the eveoing the plaoe was well-nigh filled. The subjeot of the morning’s disoourse was “ The .Relationof Christianity to Reason,” and in the evening the Dootor took up, according ta announcement,11 The Idea of God.” The subjeot was, in truth, what the Germans oall “ God-Consciousness,” which being an awkward expression, the Doctor substituted for it the “ Idea of God," a term which he also said was not very felicitous. He desoribed this oon- 8oiousnesa of God. as an essential element of human nature, breaking fprth injome form or other, in all ages, and amongst all peoples. He expatiated upon the growth of Polytheism among savage raoes, traced its .development,into Pantheism , and its culmination in Monotheism. He

■. enlarged at some length upon the religions of the Hindoos, Egyptians, Chinejo,.Persians, Greeks and other anoient peoples, pointing out that

. the “ Idea o fG od” underlied all thought on religious subjects. The basis .of this idea he discovered in pure reason, whioh invariably associ­ated a cauBO with ever effeot, a force with the cause, and a volition with

: tbo force; and in conscience, which invariably recognised some prinoiple of right and wrong, and in ita most energetio battles for right, always made&n appeal toheaven. The universal tendenoy to worship sprung also from the “ Idea of God,” a tendenoy whioheven Oomte Bad admitted to bB'Boharaoteriatioof'humamty.the want arising out of whioh he had

.. endeavoured to meet in a matiner that was whimBioally ■ absurd. The prabtioal value of- the.'1 Idea; bf God,” the Doctor desoribed; os being Immense, ainse ft lay at the root of all great and noble'efforta for the

ameliordtipn .of mankinji.; UniveMal Athoiam, he desoribed as impossible, beoause a sooiety in wjiiph Atheism- prevailed would orutnble to pieces and.be destroyed through its own lack.of,Spirituality, -.In the course of

Jhe;ieeture, the Dootpr'pointedly referred. to .spiritual communication's "with the so-oalled dead as having-beeri universally believed in in all ages and in all times. ^ ‘ ' , £, On Sunday next, Dr. Sexton will deliver two discourses, that , in the

morning, at eleven, on ‘ ‘ The Bdatfcm o.f-'.Qbiis^^u^fo.^owledg^” and that in the evening, at seven, bn “ The Dootrine of^F ipal pause ; its Nature and Tra^Ydue.* Those who,attend in the emiing Will do well to be there early, in order to seoure seats. .-

HYMNS FOR SUNDAY’S MEETINGS.

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HYMN No. 1 in the “ Spiritual Lybb.”8.7.B.7.8,7.8.7. A iX S *.

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Fhr from mor - tal cares re treat - ing, S or-d id hopes and fond de-sires,

Here our wil • ling foot-steps meet-ing, Ev - ’ry heart to heaven as - pirea.

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From.the fount o f glo - ry beam-ing, Light aa - les - tialcheeraonr eyes;

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H e r -cy from a - bove pro-claim-ing, Peaoe and par-ion from the skies. 2 Who may share this great salvation ?3 Every stain of gliilt abhorring,

Every pure and humble mind, Firm and bold in virtue’s oause,Every kindled tongue and’nation, Still thy providenoe adoring,

From the dross of guilt refined: Faithful su^^o^' tp thy laws.BleBsinga all around bestowing, Lord, with favour still attend us;

God withholds his oare from none; Bless us with thy'wondrous love;Grace and meroy ever flowing Thou, our jun and Shield, defend us:

From tbe fountain of his throne. All our hope is from above,HYMN No. 150 in the “ Spiritual Libb,”

BI8HOPTHORPE. 11.11.11.11.

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The lo rd is my Shep herd, no woDtehall I know; I fe e d -in green

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s-turea,8afe fold - ed I rest; He lead-eth 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 .where the4 -

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still wa-ters Sow, . Ee -stores me when wand’ring, re-deomB when op-press’d.

2 Through the valley and shadow of death though I stray,Sinoe thou art my Guardian, no evil I fear;

Thy rod shall defend me, thy staff be my stay;No harm can befall with my Comforter near.

3 In the midst of affliction, my table is spread;With blessings unmeasured my oup runneth o’er ;

With oil and perfume thou anointest my head,0 , what shall I ask of thy providenoe more ?

4 Let goodness and meroy, my Bountiful God,Still follow my steps, till I meet thee above,

I seek, by the path whioh my forefathers trod Through the land of their sojourn, thy kingdom of love,

HYMN No. 11 in the “ Spibitoal L yre .”

Tune—" Old Hundredth.”Immortal praise to Godibe given,By idl in earth, and all in heaven;The/Eiritvthe Laaf£ wha reigns alone,An4 fills anondivided throne. .

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OCTOBER 8, '1875< T H E M E D I U M - A N D ! D A Y B R E A K . 653

CONCERT AT CAVENDISH ROOMS IN AID OF DR. SEXTON’S . . ' • ORGAN FUND. . . Vv' ■■r/':

■> ■’ On 'Wednesday last, the enterteinmeht whioh;we had previonsl^ iin- . nounoed in aid of tha Organ Fund oonneoted with,Dn;Seitbn’8' Sunday Services, took plaoe at Cavendish RoomB. The performance com­menoed with' a pianbfbrte duet, played with great credit-bjr'-the Misses Clark. Several ladies and gentlemen, new to tbe spiritual meetings, took rpart in the 'entertainment. Mrs. Russell, who. is stated to be a pu p ilo f tMadamp SaintontDolby, snowed ere»i musioal talent in her rendering: of two, ballads, entitled “ The Spirit's Song” and “ Will He Come," and her duet with Miss Sexton, “ Home to our Mountains” was very-, effeolive; while Miss Florence Lovell, whose only drawbaok was extreme-nervousness, gave‘ great satisfaction to all in her two songs, liriiWilUi«nBj ''ohe of the leading members of Dr. Sextbh’B Choir, who appeared to be’ Buffering from a severe oold, deserves credit for the manner in whioh he sang “ Mary O’Moore.” Miss Olaston and Miss Sexton require no p'raise from us, they are both so well known to our

. readers; we need only say that each sung in her best style and was fully appreciated by the audienoe. Three glees were sung by Dr. Sexton’s Choir, whiob, however, were not as perfeot as oould have been wished, owing, we bel&ve, to the faot that the entertainment was got up very hurriedly,'so that sufficient time oould not be given to praotise them. Mr. R. Mott, brother to the well-known singer, Miss Emily Mott, gave a solo on the violin, with great effeot, The elocutionary part of the evening needs no oomment from us as all must have pronunoed it perfect. Dr. Sexton, Mr. Thomas Menzies, Mr. Albert G, Ogan, Miss Sexton, and Mr. Frederiok Sexton rendering the reoitntionB announced to be given by them in a most masterly manner. Mr. Geo.’Sexton, jun,, added considerably to the amusement of the evening by the dexterity with wbioh he performed thB marvellous feat of the Chinese Plate Spinning, while Mr, Albert G. Ogan created much merri­ment by hia burlesque sketch, “ Ten Minutes at Richardson's.” We understand that these entertainments are to be continued quarterly,

' Due notioe will be given oonoerning the next one, as soon as arrange­ments are oompletea. We believe it is to take place either in the first or second week in Deoember.

COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH IN ENGLAND.On Sunday laBt, at Cambridge Hall, Newman Street, Mr. F. Wilson

oommenced the series of discourses—the first of whioh was designated the Centreatanoe to the Circumference -as follows:—

JSow, the centrestance is the beginning of the beginning, whioh the more ybn.traoed it, the more oircumferated it became, until the centre, as the ultiintltiuiii aotually overpassed tbe limit of comprehension, as tbe out­side of the dll. The outside ofthe all implies that there is nothing beyond, Consequently we oan only think of space as the measurement between two points, bo where there is no point of sight, there iB nothing. I was travel­ling with a Sootohman—and I have never oome aorosB a silly Sootohman— and talking about other worlds, beyond the limit of our survey, he said he assumed worlds without end—to which I could not say, Amen; but it

. was a bliBBfulstate of mind to be in; for where there is oertainty there is no opMBiOn-for mental anxiety. As spirit, then, is the oentrestance, and tfi'I'SiMftrbf the oircumference, we bave to ask, What ia spirit ?

Spirit is composed of buoyanoy, wisdom, and afflation. Buoyancy ie self-sustaintion; wisdom is instinctive truth, and afflation is the breath of life. Consequently,'as Bpirit pervaded all, then all is imperativelyinfluenced by sustaintion, wisdom and afflation.

The next consideration was life, whioh is composed of aotion, guidanoe and emanation. Aotion is the motion of the universe, guidance is the wisdom for the aotion; and emanation is the result of the action under the guidanoe of wisdom; and the all was to be explained by mediumation as through colour, form, and number. In contrast to life we had health. The ohild does not realize it, the boy wonders at it, the young man ignores iti: *the : middle-aged man overshadows the prospect with the •visionB'of fulfilled' ambition, the miser turns his baok upon it, the ripe- year’d mandisoounts it, and,the aged look upon it as a deliverance. In the wirfiiogs they have reoMVed of its approaoh, as finding death in life, many n ^ w '& iW iii deirtfc*' .f&e great cry of the thoughtful is, “ Give ub a guide.’,;The teaohingB of Jesus are as to a world within a world and are a strain upon nature that oannot be endured. The philosophers are in the olouds and the only maxim I oan offer is from Hamlet:—

“ This, above all; to thine own self be true,/ And then it follows, as the night to day,

Thou canst not then be false to any man.”And we know what a world ia enolosed within that one word self.

The subjeot of Progressive Thought will be oontinued next Sunday.

BIRMINGMM SPIRITUAL INSTITUTION.Mr. Editor.—Sir,—On Sunday morning last Mr.' J; Mahony opened

a disoussion—0 Self-Help." After traoing all great reforms,to the aotions otindividuals, Bhowiog olearly that', the souroe of all1, improvement: in man conies from within, he urged:the“ self-help ” system as the best and surest means of self-advanoement. Two or three speakers followed,^-. dorsing1 the whole of the matter advanced. One Bpeaker slidii^at^lie. had only one regret regarding the most exoellent speeoh bf Mri-;Mfthbhy, and that was, it was too short,

In the evening at seven Mr. Mahony leotured on Man’s Immortality Scientifically Demonstrated.” Theleoturei, in hie forcible and impres­sive manner, ran over the ground oovered by the materialists and meta-' phyBioians, proving how the former begged the question -ofviriah’s non­immortality in the most ohildish manner, and how the writings of the latter were but a muddle of learned ignorance; having iio faotB, they were compelled to split the meaning of words and quarrel oyer mean­ingless jargon. The materialists denied the future existenoe ;of >nan, be­cause they were unable to see, touoh, taste, hear, or smell him, yet'they at the same time oredited the existenoe of myriads of organised,'sentiietit beings, both in the air and on the earth, alike invisible to them. ‘

The proofs for man’s immortality afforded by Modern Spiritualism were givon in the most powerful manner and telling effeot; in short,' the dear and foroible manner of their utteranoe seemed to add Value to the proofs themselves. A good discussion followed, which somewhat stirred the meeting, many secularists being present.

On Sunday morning, Oot. 10, Mr. R, Harper will reopen the ourrency question; in the evening, subject, “ Organic Morals.” The monthly tea party will be held on Sunday, October 17th, 9d. eaoh. After tea, in­stead of a leoturo, an experience mooting will be held, when Spiritualists will detail their experiences in spiritual phenomena. Oopies of the Medium and other spiritual literature oan be had in the hall every Sun­day. N. S s i i t h .

Temple Street.

MR. MAHONY AT HANLEY.This first public leoture on the subject in Hanley was a suooeBs. The

Staffordshire Sentinel gives a long report, from whioh we extraot:— “ Mr. James, a, Spiritualist, efficiently presided, and there was a good attendance of the general publio. It was stated that several looal mediums were also present. The leoture was entertaining, if it was not conolueive. The audience listened attentively, and frequently applauded some of the many points which were made. With considerable fluenoy, and at times with real eloqnenoe, the leoturer set forth the olaims of Modern Spiritualism on public attention, and urged the duty of investi­gation, especially upon those who thought it rigbt to oppose Spiritual-

11 A '^ah f l ia 1anfn*A n n u o f in na nt-trl rlia/inaoi/tn ' frtlIrtamf? TTlfl lAflftlism." After the leoture questions and discussion followed. The looal paper says, “ The discussion was parried on very good humouredly, and did not terminate until rather a late hour.”

Copies of the M edium and “ Seed Corn” were eagerly accepted. Some pamphlets wero sold. It is said that a dootor or two and some ministers wero present, and a good impression was made. Mr. Mahony only sustained a small Iobb. We bopo to see similar gpod work done by M r. Mahony in otber places.

THE CAUSE AT OLDHAM.To the Editor.—Dear Sir,—On Sunday last Mr. Quarmby gave

two discourses under spirit-influence, for the benefit of tbe Spiritual Institution, London. In the afternoon the altendanoe was rather thin, but in the evening it was much better. The controlling spirit gave »s name the late “ John Platt,” Member of Parliament for the borough of Oldham. He gave us some of his experiences in passing away from this life into the other life, I think Spiritualism is a great means of ex­plaining the Bible, as it says in the first chapter of Hehrews,.“ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation ?” and I am persuaded in my own mind that if we only carried out more of the spirit’s advice we should be better-members of society. Mr. Quarmby is a medium who is promising to be very useful, and some very intelligent discourses are given through him at different times, and many of the subjeots are selected by the audienoe. At the end of his lecture the spirits invariably ask for a suhjeot for a poem. I think this is something to be thankful for, that we havea medium in Oldham who is now ready for the public platform, and will be the means of carrying the glad tidings of truth to different partB of the country. May the Great Spirit bless him in his endeavours to do

I good.I subjoin the proceeds of Mr. Quarmby’s lectures

TARLINGTON HALL, 90, OHURCH STREET.The disoussion between Mr. Godfrey, Atbeist, and Mr. Tilby, Spiri­

tualist, duly oame off on Wednesday evening, 29th ult. Mr. Godfrey undertook to maintain the superiority of Secularism ove? Spiritualism. This desirable object was attained by denouncing Spiritualism as a super­stition, and asserting that no man could learn anything concerning the future life; that in faot there is no future life ; that we can only live in the present; thatjiis mother and brother having died, there is an end to them, and he wanted to hear no more of them. The idea of a degraded man having to begin spiritual existenoe where he left off, and working out his own advancement by labour and aspiration, was so horrible to him that if he thought it were true it would almost drive him mad. Here the speaker’s voioe and gestures beoame. bo wild that it appeared highly probable that he would carry his threat into execution. Mr. Tilby’s modest, calm, and dispassionate statement .of facts oame out in strong contrast to the blatant verbiage of the disciple of Brad- laugh, . •

There was an unusually large and exemplary audience, who unani­mously voted for a further disoussion of the subjeot.

One WHO WAB

Fbeb Lectubbs.—Mr. R. Harper, 159,'Irving Street, Birmingham, is willing to visit places within 150 miles .of Birmingham, on Sundays, when not engaged at home, for his third-class fate and accomodation.

b. d. 0 0 2 0 4 0

Nil. '

ProoeedB for the InBtitntion ........................Advertising ....................................Room ... ....................................Mr. Quarmby’s expenses ...................

I enolose you £1 worth of stamps, of whioh, no doubt, you will be very thankful. That will be 30s. we have sent you,within a week. I am sorry we oould not get more for you. You know we are.only working people here. I hope ere long we shall be able to do something more for you, and may God the great spirit bless you in your labour of love and important undertakings.

On Saturday, October 9th, 1875, there will be a eandwioh tea-party held in the Spiritualist Institute, Waterloo Street, Oldham. Tea on the table at 4.30 p.m., when mediums and friends are kindly invited from the surrounding districts. All who oome will be made welcome.

On Sunday, Ootober 10,1875, John Lamont, Esq., of Liverpool, will give two discourses in the Temperance Hall, Hortidge Street, Oldham; afternoon 2.30, evening at 6 o’olock. Admission 2d. and 4d,

6, High Street, Oldham, Ootober 5,1865. TnoMAS K ershaw.^ —————

T oouab T ate (Bradford) passed on tothe higher life September 13, 1875. He was a powerful medium, but vraa not placed. amongst those who oould appreciate his gifts. Under influenoe he spoke in theclassical languages. Hewasagooa healer and many a time haa left hisbed to minister to the sick.. It is probable thathe did too much, and ftas not sustained with that sympathy and'aid^Koh his obndition required. He was one of thoBe unknown martyrs wlios'e ordwn is in the future life.

T H E M E D I U M A N D D A T - E R E M ; OcttaBia fy .it&V&iA OIROLE AT M4NOH33STE9 >

i To tho Editor.HDear- Sit,—You mil .oblige hywaertmg the following aotiooinyouroext issue:— , ’VtQHie ciroIey'Tjhiohifor,thelast; two ye^rBffls beon ;:h8la(at^pijij8,;a!rlro Street, Waterloo ®oad, ^ifch-fauoi.icoajjpr/; jatidV tisf eitipn

^u^onlyaBdeBireim o'OT^toBewflhfQrtrftthtan'aa.kflOwledge.of.the laws of Bpirit-oommuniou. "

W e iaeetIeT'flry;:Th«j:8day,eTepiipg,,at ,jrom pt, w d ,.0B A guiar i iM ^ d ^ ^ ^ ii-^<iBkam^dg&tnfe«tovofataia^pPcrqiOTaalte. ■ we .desire n on e ,to jom=us>who:iMehot1p ):ep a r# to^ ee t :yfi&(W8.e»i!h.weekat tbegppointed time. AbsenteelsnMBijthe -.great *tu,mMipgy>loofe to .progress,-rYouts truly, .;•.•:'■■■.•■ _, , Sept. 27 ,1875. .R ichardF ittok.

;S.;H. QPABMBY’S APPOlJmdEENTS,Odd fellows’ Hall, Wellington Street,

.. S. .a;. Q^tmby, I ...eiyBB;inYijaHopB'to, aadre^S

31, Plane Street, Oldham, re- “ “ on Spiritualism.

T i p WCfeUM AT KEIGHLEY. ioJhp.Edito.-^Dfiar Sir,-30n Sunday, October 3rd, two orations

oy'Mtas Longhottoin .in a most able and afternoon’s oration was taken from the hymn,

'“^ r th iB W4Hng,day is breaking” (from the “ Spiritual Lyre ”), wind- iiigi^p t t ;a few Verses of poetry dedicated to tne memory of our late TC? B3( d Ijrtother, D. W. Weatherheod, which were given with great pathos and feeling, and were listened to with devout attention. The attendahoe was very good. In the evening the ball was orowded to exoess, it being previously announced through Miss Longbottom tbat' th,e evening’s ohition would be the forepart of the Lord’s Prayer, viz., ' ‘ Out^atlliOT, Who art in. heoven, hallowed be Thy name.” This dis­course was'ot a most learned, lengthy, and oonvineing oharaoter. Both*

jorations were precejdefl by a sublime and solemn prayer,: which touched ^fWrta.preBent. V't)ur tto female frieh'dB-,'Mrs'.'(Lueas andlfrt. Scott,

eadh in the .afternoon, bo that on the-whole we :pfeaattiit9at d ay a we have had for some time. Other'

[■BOeiStieB would';d<>;'w6 'f they were to have her at times, for I am sure ihS is worthy of a, more useful position in life tban to be engrossed ffith' the oares of this "world. J oseph T illotsoh, Seoretary.

,61, Worth Terraoe, Woodhouse Boad, Keighley, Oot. 5, 1875.

. Maschestbb.—The Memdm is supplied promptly by Mr. It. Buxton, ,6, .Corporation Street, Duoie Bridge. Mr. Buxton also supplies the

“ijDB.moHCE’s iseanoeB at Birmingham.” The report just reoeived is much out of date, and, moreover, oontains nothing which has not been before reported in another form. Dr. Monck’s extraordinary medium- ahip is well known to our. readers.' “ Emanuel SwBDBHBORG,througha Derby Medium,” gives now ne,

iarid-'wd aTe unable to trace whether the communication—“ The reasons 'Why'th^3jordt,wa8:wilHng to be born'in your earth and not in another,” >>9^ h ^ 6ea^^uine^etter. To our reading, it looks much more liko ■^h fOrjner-thajiia MeBBage from Swedenborg.: vBiptodEft~The meetings at this place are announced on a bill, ^ id h jbOn&ins matter suffioient to make a good traot. Tbe announoe- •ptehi’ is «b fallowsOddfellows’ Hall, Stookport. To tbe olergy, gentry, and publio generally. Come and hear Mr. S. H. Qugrmby, tbe popular tranoeimedium, of Oldhnm, give two addresses and impromptu j>oems,! inrthe'tranoe state, on Sunday next, Ootober 10, 1875. After- ’noon i t ’lialf-past two; evening at six! Doors open half an "hour previous. 'WeBley’8Jl}ymn-hook will be used. Admission, 2d. and 4d.; a few reB^efl iBCats,'6d. Subjects Belected by the audience. Then follows im^orSiiCitiforination on Spiritualism, ending with a recommendation

r^riii)pirerB:io apply for further aid -at thelSpiritual Institution and read ' fefie. ‘ifepfqii. ■ ' '! . . ,^ ^ , 'iwL o.CK’s Hlami, 19, Ohukch Steto, Islington.—Mr; Lawrence’s trahce ledture last Sunday on “ Primal Truths/’ gave great satisfaction. Mr. Towns was controlled, and lus guides offered to.give a leoture-jon “ Spirit Flowers,” provided the audience would Bubsoribe six- penoejeaotj towards the expenses of the hall. Mr. Towns will deliver this leoture on Sunday, Ootober 24tb. Ab there is muoh need of help to maintain these meetings, it is hoped a hearty response will he made. The burden bears heavily at present on,.Mrs. Bullook, whose health begins t».Buffer. SpiritualJBtB muat protect auoh workmg mediums from

''S^er-Sh»eij;l; : Sunciajt next, "Mre. Bullock.will speak on “ ’The com- and Error,” and on October 17th Ttfr. Frost

'•will.l oture;ptf " Bdflnoarnation.”

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Mr. iflhman’a Eeallng.OIaaa, at 8. Admission, 3s. 6d.Totbsdat, Oct. 14, llT.iHeriie, at'8, Admisslon‘ 2s, 8d.Fhiday, Oot. 15 , MiaaEagar, Trance Medium, a t S. iAdmissioo, la.

. SEANOES AND JIilBIIlfaS.XN JjQB'Dflfr 4 J0 5 5 JQ.THE v p B K ,8AxnsnAr, Oct. S, ^otti^g,Hlll,,at U^Bl^lOTldpii-^y^-at-T^Q' M ;

Mr.'Williams. .Sie.advt.So^lDAT, q p i. \i)f Dr. Se^lpB, I3ayendish3oon>^t.li!#r)d ,

tfr. dogmas, .Boa4, : . . . .Mrs. Bullook, 19,tOhmvjlvfltrset, Uj)j>er,8tr^t» , rd o ttin g Hill, U , Bleobyadetf MewB,atr7 .M ,^ ^ e e , i (d d ^ e 3,'Sd.

l i m t a , O ct. 11,Developing Oirde, at , i I i , lC?ginaa^, l{,jBt,.Peter:B.Eaa4J Mile End Boad, at 8 o'slook.Mr. Hooker's Oirole for Investigators, 33, Hanrj StEeet^flt.^QtwJs Wood, at 8.4S; admission Is. .Mr. williams. Bee advt.

Tuesday, Oct. 12, Mrs. Olive’s Beance, 49, Balmont Street, Chalk J'arm 'Hoafl, at 7. Admission, 2s. 6d.Miss Baker’s Developing Cirole, at 87, ’InvilleiEoad, ‘Walworth, 8 .® ., at 8. Admisiion la. i ’Dalston Assooiation o f Inquirers into iBptatftmtts®. their rooms, 74, Navarino Sold, Dalstob, B.jrat 7.30 p.m.

WEDirssnAY, O ci. 13, Hotting Hil], at 11, B lgolm ^ep .filfiffq, .at 7.30, for Development, Members only.Tarlington HaU.iOO. Ohiiroh’Street, PaddingiftB. ;Jje(stntB'\att8.H. Warren, 7, Kilburn Park fioad,.6ai'l6ontBo«WatiI^Q. jAiiBrt«i»{Ki».

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RS. .BURK E, h a v i n g h e r s e l f b e e n t h e s u b j e c t o f a m a r v e l l o v w . c u r e o f c a n c e r o u s t u m o u r ( s e e Medium, S e p t . 1 2 t h , 1 8 7 4 ) , t h r o u g h

t h e h e a l i n g p : w e r o f s p i r i t s , i s d e s i r e d b y t h e d o c t o r s i n t h e s p i r i t - w o r l d w h o u n d e r t o o k h e r c u r e , p u b l i c l y t o a n n o u n c e t h a t t h e v h a v e n o w b e s t o w e d u p o n h e r a l s o t h e “ G i f t o f H e a l i n g , ” t o . b e u s e d e x c l u ­s i v e l y f o r t h e i n c i d e n t a l o r a c c i d e n t a l D i s e a s e s o f W o m e n . M r s . B u r k e w i l l b e a t h o m e f r o m 1 0 t o 4 o n M o n d a y s , - W e d n e s d a y s , F r i d a y s , a n d ' S a t u r d a y s , w h e n s h e w i l l d i a g n o s e a n d p r e s c r i b e f o r s u c h c a s e s as s h e ; i s i m p r e s s e d t o u n d e r t a k e . S a t u r d a y s a r e f r e e . ' N . B . — R e f e r e n c e , b y p e r ­m i s s i o n ; t o D r . M a c k . — A d d r e s s 1 4 1 , C o r n w a l l R o a d , W e s t b o u m e . ‘P a r k .

SLEEPLESSNESS, NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, J tE A £-0 A C H E , N E U R A L G I A , a n d a l l N e r v o u s C o m p l a i n t s , a r e s u c c e s s f u l l y t r e a t e d b y a l a d y w h o u s e s . A n i m a l M a g n e t i s m a s a c u r a t i v e a g e n t j ' a n d i s r e c o m m e n d e d , b y s e v e r a l p h y s i c i a n s o f h i g h s t a n d i n g . . J f i s s J ) t E A S T , 4 8 , B u r t o n C r e s c e n t , W . C . "

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'Oliapi ,3.^M#hlfetottona ffa Cplrimbiaj ■ EarrUbarg. and .the .QuSsn's; Bush,( {W^do r ■ '*ik i j*. ? >v*v t /"*' i ' * ' t *'■* r 1 * • i * - s 4. ';ChopVv3.^4hvestigatiba oontianed in J?0Bton,‘ Mas a.—Man Bflei d-r-The Spirit* P ls^^^as(er;■&l.•, ■' ,v r , v’ ‘ ' ' ■" • ’ >r ' .: •.

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C h a r t . ^ 0 . £ ( 3 i 4 & i f l M 6 n o f P W f i o i M i » :^ S p t o t n a l , E H e 8 t o r a f t — D e a t h — T h e B o d y • M r s . M a r y J , H o l l i s ; ' ; ^ : ' V • - r - ' r x : . " • ■ iO h a p j ; 7 . ^ I f e r k O l r o l e s ^ M t s . ' g o l U f f f n l ! e r r b ) H E i t r a o r d I n a r y S i g h t s — A Hew.

T h e 6 r y n o f : 8 i . q 4 r i ? $ s 4 i ‘I W’fefe^Brit^ - L. > » r<-Chap.f8^Sl»te-Wviting—StavtlingGommiinleatlous—Motherannouncesherself

In a'Darlc Circlo. .Chap.: f t - A ViMttoMrs.vHolli3 v Her Family—A Premonition and Prophecy-A!va1« In <1uIaV< n QmUU ainrm n flaxnan snniHowstieTjecamb'a Spfritualibt—IMi’k Cirole in which a Spirit Bings a German song

—Many talk,’ and one shows its face.j Chap.. 10.—Mrs. Hollis's en^geinentSr-Tatyle-WrjtinK—A Ei-enoh communi­cation to the Author—OaW oqiVviling—Sfit'PS Grove—Spirlt-liands .handling Mohew—Three Hands under the Table. * / ' •

Chap. 1 1 .—SpMt-WrltingbnPaper—Frenoh and Spanish Writing—Letters from Jim Nolan* and Ney—Napoleon’s Ee-incarnation Predicted—Six Letters from Josephine—A Slanderer unmasked by Skiwaukee,

Chap. 12.—Several letters from Josephine—Extraordinary statement o f Marshal Hey respecting Louis Napoleon’s Father.

Chap. 13.—Spirit-Telegi'aphing—Frank Stevens'B Messages written in Tele­graphic Characters—Nolan describes Spirit-Telegraphs—Inspirational Ideas— Brldge-BuildingtrrEoebUng as a Medium.

Chap. 14.—A host o f Spirits—Two Private Letters—Cplonel Piatt mystified— A Singular 'Vision—Mohammed's Autograph—Josephine explains—Key and Nolan to be seen .. ,

. Chap, 15.—Tho Dark Circle—Character Dlsclosed-^plrlts Singing-Olapping Hands—A Grip—Bkiwaultee’s Taotics- On a Hampigo—Floats the Musio Box— M ftl HdUis I ^ f e t ^ twifje.—Clairvoyance—Jim Nolan’s Eloquence.

Chap'. 16,-i-Cabintt for the'Spirits—Excitement iu Hades—Wonderful Pheno­mena—M y Mother’s Face, Hand, end Voice—Face, o f the Empress Josephine— Spirlt-Flowers—Spirit pla}’s the Harp—Marshal Ney in Uniform, Materialised.

Ohai and .P a r e n t s - _ _ _ _ _ . . . . . . . _ .conversing through the Apertnre—F. B, Plimpton as an Investigator-HSs able B e p o r t . .

Chap. 18,—Plimpton—Corry—Private Seances—Recognising Friends—Splrlt- FlbWere-^BuohanM Beads and Speaks audibly—A Spirit prints his hand in flour —AbontConditions-“ A Bet "—Geo. D. Prentioe—Colonel Piatt—Transformation —Illuminated Spirits.

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Chapj.ai,—jteiijarwible Interview—Elwood •

• Chap.’ 20„v^E ofd lstW ui

Chap, 22.’—SplHt-Phenomei Talking, atid Malerialisihg—A

‘ Fisuer Interviewed—-Slibws-p' . Chap. 28—Spirits wi'iting.. ........ .........Manifestations were not Fraudulent—Mrs. Hollis oould i l® fi0 h%'jyf?tii|gT7Tiio Test o f A. P.'C.—A German Fable—Elwood Fisher^SpkiWsandjiiVg^r.tJfiin Mrs. Hollis’s—Can make no Discovery of Fraud—A Heidelberg Pupil speaks to Mrs. Vlokers in German. . ■ ‘ '

Chap; 24.—Manifestations in Memphis—On tho Tliompson Dean—In. New Ofleans—Along tliciBaii—llw . Hollis’s icturn to Cincinnati—A remarkable Inter­view witlrFaniiy Wright.

Chap. 25.—Wondei-lul Phenomena—Materialising in the Light—A, Singular Vision—Cowen, the Murderer, released—Hughes's Murderers in bad company— Babies.

Chap, 26.— Private Seances—Many Witnesses— Nolan — Skiwaukee— Fonr letters from Josephine, &o. "

Chap. 27,—Spirit-band on top o f the Table—A ourious Bevelatton by Josephine —Spirits writing in the room—Brush my hair—Play the drum—Eat an apple— Mrs. Lewis—Spirits eat cake and drink wine—Spirits put their hands in float— The needle test—Josephine explains Phenomena—Watoh-Test—Josephine in' a Dark Cirole—Nolau writes while I hold the paper—Beats the Beveille'and " three cheers ”—Drumstioks—Exploits with a Ungearing—Josephirie after Ohurohmen.

Chap. 28.—Tabie-tests repeated—Dark Stance^iying—llettiarkable.fitatement o f “ Old Ski,” with a moral—Josephine happy—Experiment With wstei^-Sinells from the Inferno-Coal Merchant—Spiced Milk—Queer; Taste—A'Dtirk Circle— The Spirits refuse to Manifest—Cause: Whisky—Josephine on the Situation—A donbtful Beverage—Queer Odours—A Miracle—Extraordinary Book-test—Dark Circle—Josephine again—Book-test repeated—A oircle o f Proscribed Men and Women—Josephine pleased.

Chap. 29.—A Dark C rc ie -A Young Medium -Spirit-flower at the table-^A circle o f Filth—Josephine speaks o f it—An Alarmed Dutchman—Ostraotsm—A contrast— SpiriMights—Prediction— Counting money — Pearls, Pearls—Table- lifting—Final Sitting—Valedictory Letter. >

Chap 30.—Mr. Plimpton’s second Report—'The Medium—Objeot in view—The needle-test—The watch-test—The book test—Two hands in fioar—The box-test —The Hand—Miscellaneous. ■ ’

Chip. 31.—Conclusion. '

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