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No. 156.— V o l . IV.] LONDON, MARCH 28 , 1873. [I>iu c e On e P e n n y .

PRENTICE MEDFORD'S LECTURE.E n t i t i .k d , “ W h a t t i i k M o u n t a i n s t a u g h t M is .”

From Mr. Prentice Mulford’e locturo at the Cavendish Rooms, on last Sunday evening, we make the following extracts:—

O p i n i o n i s n o t F a c t .

I do not expect of you to accept the opinions T may advance. Six months hence, 1 may turn about and combat them myself. I hold an idea as I do a garment—when it wears out, 1 exchange it lor another. I do not cave to go ragged for the sake of con sistency. I do not care to imprison myself in an opinion, a creed, a book, or even a prejudice. I find in the world a great deal of opinion written and spoken, which is often unhesitatingly swal lowed as fact. Wo laugh now at much that was called learning even fifty years ago—simply opinion mistaken for fact. Rooks have taught many absurdities. In theology, for instance, that a hoofed and horned Devil was the author of all e v il; in medicine, that calomel and the lancet were sovereign remedies for almost every ill; in politics, that the duty of the subject was simply to obey. Professors would not once admit a science called chemistry into Oxford. A professor once wrote a treatise to prove that the Atlantic could not be crossed by steam power, l ie proved it. One of the first steamships which crossed .boro bis pamphlet,-iff) A m e r ic a .* ^ /w - cv /a , / , ia

Then; is a power Which makes all books, which is greater than all bookt, which is eventually to outgrow all books - that is, mind. Of this you and I have our share. There is a book from which all other hooks arc copied - ■ that is, the world, the universe, men, women, nature, God. That is always open to us; its pages are endless; the story grows more wonderful and thrilling as we advance.

N o t a R e f o r m m u .

I am not a reformer except in the reformation of myself. I deem that the world will he reformed when men and women reform themselves. And this, knowingly or unknowingly, all are doing. I am not vexed with humanity because it does not pro gress fast enough. The machinery of the universe is working well. I have as much as 1 can do to keep my own little department oiled, bright, and in tolerable running order. If 1 do evil, evil, by the Hillering it brings, w ill push me sooner or later, in this world or the next, in tile slraighl and narrow path of goodness ; if I do good, goodness, by the happiness it brings, will continually tempt me to do better. So “ all things work together for our good.”

N o t a S a i n t .

I am not a saint, to toll you how good { am, or how good you ought to bo. I do not care to be a saint. If a man strikes me on one check, I would ratlmr strike him back Ilian turn the other, and thus perhaps touch him lo do unto others as be would, lie done by. When Christ curses the lig-treo, and scourges the monoy-elmiigors from the temple, he is to me simply an angry man, I am glad he is no. Had lie not been possessed of some of humanity's faults, never could lie have sympathised with humanity.

T h e r e a i . R i f e .

Year.; of solitude passed in the sierras of California taught mo to live. They taught me (lie folly of trying to reach heaven by any Hanoi-tower of hoarded wealth. They ta u g h t me that confusion and care only come of undue accumu- hition, While ever relying o n ms '-If -while over making

a reasonable provision for the immediate future, they Height me to trust more fully in God and his unseen ministers; they taught me that existence was made for rational enjoyment; and that to the man who really trusts in that Infinite Power, of which we are all parts, oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, plains, mountains, skies, clouds, sun, stars, trees, flowers, birds, crowded cities, and desert wastes, all cry to him, “ E njoy! ” The mountains and the sea are the fittest places where one may renew his covenant with Deity. One, there, needs no other company. Rabble, there, of trivial things, is blasphemy. The soul peers farthest into tbo infinite when alone. As age whitens men's lmirs, so does the eternal snow the Sierra summits. They do not iiing their thunder about with short, sharp report. They are too dignified for that. Rut during the long summer afternoons they mutter to each other in low voices, dying far away in the distance. They seem brood ing over past eternities, and whispering of a time before our present sun and system w as; of a time beyond all thought or speculation, when nought existed save the great 1 A.M.

They taught mo that custom, and prejudice, and pedantry, and learned men who have not yet learned to become as little children, are over endeavouring to impose restrictions to the grandest life* liberty, and genius, always saying, “ Thus far shall thou go, and no farther !” We must not sing so sublimely as Ilomer ; we must not promulgate a philosophy so profound as that of Aristotle; yet the command has been given, Lot there ever bo m o re , light, in every ago mi ocean of newer, fresher thought bursts in upon us, and sweeps their puny barriers away. Destiny bears individuals toward new faiths and beliefs as irresistibly as the Amazon floats tbo shallop toward the sea. Those who set their oars against the current still go with it; those who resignedly drift are borne past the sublime, the beautiful, the ever-changing coasts of time. Existence becomes a walling dream of bliss; the music of their souls floats from barque to barque.

Such is the life—the true life —of the world beyond. There, every existence is to bo a song, a poem. Here, at intervals, wo may hear only the louder, the coarser strains. There, we shall bo completely in tune, and shall lose not a moment of our thought- melody, and it in then that “ a thousand years become but as a day : a day a thousand years.”

All may not sing aloud; silence for most souls is Gods most ! appropriate worship. Words, after all, are but clumsy vehicles

for carrying thought, or rather baser metal to which the golden j coinage of heaven must be turned ere it passes on earth.

We are all, as iL were, makers of this life, and givers of it to each other. The more 1 cun enter into your lilo, il it be happy and cheerful, the mere do I enjoy mine; the move you can enter into

! my pleasures, the more enjoyable are yours ; and there are count- i less millions of souls so to enjoy through eternity. “ In my

Father's house arc many mansions,” said lie of Nazareth ; and I believe that every sold is for a time a mansion, a pleasure, a rest

j for semi; other .*oul.I L is a life not taught in college or university. Our age admires,

J and almost worships genius. 11 essays its niumifaeturo, but it fears still Lo trust any part of its children's education to Nature to God. Send your boy to school; pass him through the university ;

1 cram him with dead rules and dead languages; stimulate and mllivato liiomon at the expense of every oilier faculty ; bind him. lo traditions, whose, souls have lied ; lilt his brain with borrowed

; lire ; command him to see, to think, to roil on, because el hers have so seen, thought, and reasoned ; start him in Ibe nils worn for

I centuries by pedants; smother I lie lire within him by I,ho dead I a lies of past opinion— but he does not yet liyo !

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M a r c h 2 8 , 1 8 7 3 . THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK 1 4 7

towaviU the sitters, and rising in them r, making obeisance to the Bible | on the table we woro (sitting at; as has been done at my own homo at j Enmoro l'ark, in the quirt of domestic life, and in the presence of my ; own family, teaching ua the lesson that nmsio is the servant of devotion. ' T stay my hand. Thank God special providences are in action for families trusting in H i m . Renewed life at flesh-death has now for seventeen years and more been to me and mine attested by signs and wonders. Caricature, parody, bluster, cannot erase from memory the evidences T, and many others now residing in Norwood, liavo bad, that the intelligent power we call God works through ministering ghosts, and that the new thing called “ Spiritualism ” is as old as history.

« Spiritualist,” writing to the same paper, seems to think that these performers are mediums. W o give the closing paragraph:

Surely Mr. M. here proves too much for his assertion against Spiri tualism. Was there over yet a conjurer who, “ without traps and other usual means of deception,” and “ without the aid of any oonfede- 1 rate,” could pack himself in a box barely large enough to hold him, i lock himself in, canvas it all round, tie it up o u ts id e with strings, j leaving no aperture of escape, and then cord it outside of all with rope | tied round it with many knots? And yet this is what Mr. M. can ! undoubtedly do. in any private room where neither confederate nor trap-door is available. Let your correspondent ponder this fact, and j furnish, if he can, a feasible explanation.

Tbe Davenports, as Mr. Maskelyne well knows, were so illtreated by their audiences for assuring them t hat they could give no explanation of the m \: u * o p ercn u U , which, they said, was beyond their control or mani pulation, having their cabinet broken to pieces by ignorant and excited mobs for what was deemed “ evasion and retioence,” that he, Mr. Maskelyne, wisely for his worldly interest and comfort! doubtless, deems it more prudent to exhibit himself ns, in all respects, a merely clever conjurer; but if investigators will accept this statement as a satisfactory exposition of so-called spiritual phenomena, I submit that the weakness of credulity is not wholly coniined to the much-abused and despised " " Spiritualist.

PHENOM ENA IN THE LIGHT— RING-TESTS.We have received much correspondence on phenomena which

have recently occurred at Mr. W illiams’s seances, but can only find space for brief extracts. From the following letter, which we give unabridged, it appears that tbe spirits have taken the iron ring from off Mr. W illiams’s w rist:—

Sir ,—A remarkable seance with Mr. Williams, at 61, Lamb's Conduit Street, is worth a record. Dr. Speor and I went on the spur of the moment, and found Mr. Williams disengaged. Wo sat in the back room, and, as it was a bright day, the light penetrated sufficiently to make objects in the room clear to observant eyes. Peering round, as my eyes became accustomed to the dim light, I saw a chair suspended over Mr. Williams's head. It remained some four or five minutes in the same position, and then was placed upon tbe table. I have not before seen an object suspended in the air so high and so long in the course of a considerable experience. We attempted to darken the room, so far as to exclude the bright pencils of light which penetrated, and joined hands round a corner of tho table. I sat at the end, holding Mr. Williams’s left hand and Dr. Speer’s right, Mr. W. and Dr. S. joining hands over the table. Before doing so, Mr. Williams had shown us a small ring which was fixed upon his wrist. It had been placed there, he said, at a seance some time Bince; and you have noticed in the Medium the fact that it was upon his wrist. I examined it carefully, and found it to be a soldered ring, which would not pass over his hand by any means. It was physically impossible to remove it, except by filin'*. On tbe table, in addition, was a thick iron ring, which I tested and found sound. We sat, then, grasping each other’s hands with a resolute grasp. Under these conditions the medium was much con vulsed, and a sharp sound was heard, as of something metallic falling on tbe table. It proved to be the ring from Mr. Williams's wrist. Very shortly afterwards the large ring, which was in our midst on the table, fell upon Dr. Speor's hand, and was passed on to his arm. I asked them to keep hands joined until I got a light, and I carefully searched for any duplicate ring or evidence of unfair play. I found none, and I believe there was none. It was the most convincing and satisfactory ring-test I have ever seen. M. A.

We take the following extract from a correspondent’s letter as to what occurred at a recent seance :—

The company asked “ John King” if he would like rings made of any other metal. In bis reply the spirit alluded to the ring which Mr. Williams has been for some time wearing on bis wrist, lie said, “ I am perfectly satisfied with the sort of rings I have g o t f o r Mr. Williams is still wearing the little ring on his arm, not being able to get it off without resorting to a violent process, and so is patiently waiting till the spirits who put it on take it off themselves. At present speculation is rife as to what sort of legerdemain trick or Maskelyne-and-Cook dodge could possibly account for the placing of a solid iron ring, evidently still in the condition in which it was originally manufactured, on this medium’s arm, when bis band is much too large to admit of its passage over it.

Another extract:“Peter” on a former occasion stated, in my presence, that be bad

been an acrobat in India, in tho Madras Presidency : and in a conversa- 6cm with an officer present who bud served out there, lie used some Hindustani expressions, which I, having also served in that, country, at once recognised and understood. Tho seance ended with nn excellenti-'st by “Peter, Dr. ------ asking him to put out. his arm from thocentre window just before bo opened tho door. This “ Peter" did ; and . cl°or ft the cabinet boing opened suddenly within three seconds )rom the appenrunco of the white arm, the medium, with his two arms !! nn black coat, was displayed to the eyes of the whole company,

<1 in his corner, entranced, and with each band still tied down at**■]’ id(‘ be had been left, und the knots tho same.

At another n ance “ lvutey " conversed and shook hands with several j b'/.'y “lilted distinctly that this was his wife, and not his

nD'iter ha’ry. 1 remarked much additional power while she re

mained ; yot, when she was speaking through the tube to a gentleman in the outer circle, she dropped it on tbe floor, and then, taking bis hand, she lowered it down to the tube, when, on his laying bold of it, she took it out. of liis band, and politely said, “ Thank you.” Thus it would appear that spirits find it easier to lift buc!i an object from any position higher than tho floor than from tho lloor itself. And it is interesting to observe that “ Katey’s ” act in this case coincides with A. J. Davis’s statement in “ Philosophy of Spiritual Intercourse,” that ho had observed, when bis attached friend “ James Victor Wilson " had returned from the spirit-world to visit him in his own bouse, that bo did not stand exactly on tho floor, but. about six inches above it, tbe air being apparently too condensed or gross lower than that to admit, of his descending so low. It may perhaps bo inferred from this, that at a high altitude spiritual intercourse umy be easier than near tbe sea- level, owing to rarity of atmosphere.

Our correspondent remarks, that while sitting next to tho medium, holding his hands, ho has been aware of the action of n form in his vicinity, which he supposes to he the spirit aiding in tho manifestation by drawing power from tho medium. Oil one occasion his head came in contact with this assistant, whom lie found to bo “ Peter.” Some remarks follow on the subtle con ditions necessary for these seances :—

I omitted to mention that, at the previous sitting in the outer room, some ono who had once squeezed a spirit-hand without, permission, when asking leave to shake hands with a spirit present, was remon strated with gently for the liberty previously taken, on the grounds that such a proceeding is not in accordance with the laws of spirit-inter course as at present existing; and immediately alterwardsa spirit touched me suggestively on my temple with the sharp edge of one of tho flat headed nails in the tubes, which I instantly understood to be a practical illustration of tbe theory implied regarding undue pressure of a spirit- band. In each case a foreign substance, if not ctutiouslv handled, is liable to produce inconvenience and even injury. These warnings are called for. In like manner, while some spiritual drapery was hanging over my arm next tbe medium, and on my mentioning it to the gentle man holding my other band, bo asked me to pass over bis hand, still joined to mine, to allow him, if possible, to feel that drapery. We passed over our conjoined hands in the proper direction, but when they bad reached within threo inches of it, I felt it suddenly depart from my arm, and “ Peter” instantly remonstrated with us both, saying we bad not received permission, and that damage bad been done. I believe some extra manifestation intended was spoiled by our proceeding. Wo apologised as well as wo could, but I shall be more careful again, now that 1 know more of tho subtle agency employed and tbe danger of interfering with its proper action, which even tbe slightest departure from acknowledged rules on such occasions involves. On two occa sions when I have sat next the medium, my chair has been moved a foot away from him by spirit-power, which I well understood to mean that a little more space has been required by the spirits for ingress and egress beside him during their manifestations.

W e add a short letter from another correspondent:—To the Editor.—Sir,—I was present at Mr. Williams's seance, held

at his rooms, Lamb's Conduit Street, on Saturday last, tbe 22nd inst., when the following extraordinary manifestations took place:—Mr. Williams had borrowed a large musical-box, which (according to tho rough guesses of many present) weighed between twenty and twenty- five pounds. Scarcely were the lights extinguished when the voices of “ Katey,” “ John King” and “ Peter” were beard calling several members by name and chatting most, familiarly. The musical-box, which was lying in the centre of the table, was taken up. and floated about- tbe room above the heads of the circle with great rapidity, apparently with as much ease as though it bad been a mere match-box. I t was also wound up while floating, which must have been a some what difficult task, as this was accomplished by a lever, not by tho ordinary key. “ John King" materialised himself in such a manner

! as to bo distinctly seen by everyone present, shaking bands with many,' tbe hand being as tlesliliko as my own. “ Peter " also showed threo j arms simultaneously, observing in bis usual comic style. “ I should

like to see Maskelyne and Cook do that.” A stout iron ring was put upon a gentleman’s right arm, bo having firm hold of tbe medium's left hand at the time. I also had the pleasure of hearing the voice of one who was near and dear to mo in earth-life, whose characteristic

J mannerism I recognised, and can vouch for her being unknown to the ! medium.

Since I have so far trespassed on your valuable space, grant me a ! few lines more, so that I may say a word or two on the subject of

Spiritualism and tlie orthodox faith. Many persons uncharitably assert that Spiritualists are a class of people having no set religion. I have

, now been a Spiritualist nearly two years, and. to the surprise of many ' of my acquaintances (who imagined that I should immediately have

donned a i*arb of sombre grey and broad-brimmed bat), my face has not increased in length during that period, nor do 1 carry a hump on my back like a Bunyan. Those sanctimonies who look upon religious rites as a penance, who appear to walk about the earth with all their sins tied like fourteen-pound weights to their chins, which gives them an appearance of sanctity 1 have no wish to acquire, say

\ we are heretics ; although, as a Spiritualist, 1 must declare that I do 1 not believe Lucifer is in tbe same line of business as Messrs. Bryant | and Mav, having a cauldron of boiling brimstone always on band (in 1 other words, in eternal damnation). 1 regard the Almighty as a God of i mercy, not a God of vengeance, who does not make to break; and as

such I worship llim. Trusting these remarks will not be considered ! out of place, I am, Sir, yours faithfully, James ( \ Husk.

26, S io in 'ic iid : S t r e e t , H u r t o n I r e seen t .

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v -s. ■ * * i li 1 ■ a bo\es .s therein, si >jed : ■ > . -escrie^st scrutiny by us in a body, while the locks to the two doors leading into and out of this apartment were secured by an appa ratus brought by one of the gentlemen. consisting o!‘ a bit of wood cue so as to bold the handle oi the door, and bavin-.; a pin so contrived as to pass through the eye or handle of the key, whieli was left in the lock, after having been turned, tied with tape, which was liral'.v eit’aerually secured by being sealed with the rin^ of ib-*

bro he u ention. I was i « q i - •’ ■» ■to all that there was no or.e in this room, nor was it possible for anyone to gain an entrance except bv the folding-door of the room in which we were to sit. which was also closed and blocked up by the screen in which was the aperture for the appearance o ' the faces, and through which door no one could have passed without its being known to all. But whence was the person to cotue who could have wished to enter?' for before our room was darkened the door of it was also looked, and the key made over to one of the party.

These preliminaries having been completed. " .* took up our posh ions in the sitting-room in a semicircle, according Mrs. Holmes's ins'ruc tions, Mr. Holmes being seated at one end and Mrs. lVcki:i>on or the other, while Mrs. Holmes placed herself in front of us near a table on which were deposited the guitars, bells, rings, de.. dc. Vflcr an opening speech from Mrs. Holmes, some one was requested to tie her harms. A gentleman was selected to do so. who further secured them to 'he buck of a chair placed in front of Mrs. Holmes. The light was next extiu- gidshed. and darkness had not reigned long ere the guitars were heard playing overhead, sweeping ibout the corners of the room as swittlv as any sportive blue bottle tiy on a summer’s day. “ Hick’s ” voice was also heard speaking, and recognising his various acquaintances amongst our group. Exclamations to my left presently informed us that something out of the ordinary had happened, and on a light being struck it was discovered that my umbrella, which had been left standing in a corner of the room, bad beeu opened and placed over the heads of two of | our party. Darkness being once more created, “ D ick” moved swiftly about with the bells, banjo, die., die., touching us all more or less in sportive humour: he also did me and the two ladies sitting to my right and left the favour of touching our hands with his, which were very small, and certainly very different from either Mr. or Mrs. Holmes’s; they felt moderately warm, being neither hot nor chilly. Presently the lady to my right observed that something had hit her on the head i at the same time I felt something come over my head, and, on a light being struck, lo ! an umbrella, belonging to a gentleman of the party, •was over my head and that of the lady to m v left ; and to show the care fulness of the spirits, they had had the goodness to tie the silk cover in which the umbrella had been encased round its handle. Lti this wise, various aurjin;* incidents occurred during the continuance of darkness, we all holding hands the while ; for instance, a wooden hoop was put round my neck, Mr. Holmes’s w rapper was thrown over the knees of the lady to my right, and the gentleman to her right had a violin placed in his lap, the medium remaining bound all this time. Rosie ” also made her appearance after a while, as is usual, and amused us all with her j broken-English prattle. A most laughable dialogue then took place between “ Rosie” and 41 W hite Fawn,” these two Indian children duly i discussing the merits of their respective Squaws; “ White Fawn." as usual, signifying her disapprobation of the sable attire of her Squaw. This very amusing colloquy was wound up by what seemed to be a palaver in their native tongue, which was of course quite unintelligible to us. The usual ring-tests were then given no less than three times; and 1, for the first time, found that the iron ring had been passed over the arm of one of us, the lady to my left having been selected for the purpose.I mav mention that, prior to the commencement of these tests, at Mr. I Holmes’s request, I took aside hotli the iron and wooden hoops, and placed my own private marks upon them, and it was these hoops which were placed over the arms of the persons chosen by “ Rosie” for these tests.

The most marvellous portion of the dark seance remains however, to be narrated. I t is as follows. On the light being extinguished for the fourth or fifth time, a somewhat longer silence reigned than usual, when the lady to mv right exclaimed that someone was behind us, and almost simultaneously 1 fancied the same, when, to my utter amaze ment, I heard from over our heads, and slightly behind us, the voice

?d themselves :u tIt.* lublc, w!< ; - w • o> i ....chairs and coi oho*. I'o the »*•*.* •* of wa> a ' . v. -.*. t- ,•

j > moderate ic ligh • • - -might w:l'h advantage ha\ * boon allow*.................... ; >•;•. Mlong to wa11 before a. face mud * * mm>-m......... 1 •• ••;* • -a boy, which, if I remember a- ighi, was olu •?*<•*• !*;» A5 V*\. .* 103 ' ....our party, w ' e lud hud i'. nohno*! ;m writ u*g h> : h. - would appear thi* evening to I'tem ihoy \vo:u !•* ' 1 • !•■ Vflcr her appeared anoiher icmuh' fn-e. r eo.*.*-1 .. gentlemen, which l»ad the uoper p*vi ion *f m' * 1 i - * i !

swuthod w u h a h ' ie k s:lk handkerelue1 !'n-*nMrs. Dickinson revoguise«.l. Ahogi*ihor. ... .......... mi - e \ • ' •all save iwo of which wer** rve-'ginsed; hui as wore not very distinct, ii, was sugg-sU\i iha' Mr U - > h - - • inside he dark room, to w r.oh there was, cl o-cecso, *•■• •• - we had seen quite enough to convince u < in.o i no w i-» n - Al'ler liis doing so, five or so other i’ac«*s appeared . -n of . lie elder “ K'ltey King,” win* sf>"ke in her usual w h: 'O-'1 s. very palpable and distinof : h. ’ • h tin* excepi me .- 1 > 1not think that any of the others were any b r i g h t e f . - . n e r whieh showed thems-clves prior to h < entering the room. V our spirit-triends found thai Du-v had consumed dl the ' disposal, and so tliev hud lo h- ng this most interest mg - •:- conclusion. On our rising, I. a* ; -. he-- wifia the genih-^'Oi •-* brought and fixed the ap|*ara'- n* • he l-v’vs. e\«mined room, and found everything in the same condition as ■ wa* 'vi- commencement of the seaeee.

In giving this account, I may, perhaps, h u e o-a-dve- some of the minor incidents which occurred, bin I think I but little worthy of inentiim. and if 1 have, o'he"s wli * may be able to supply the omi*s:-’**s. My objeoi has ‘full and trutlii’ul an account a* possible c»i* what to**k p''!,C‘'. :i not think that anyone who was prc<on! will say iha' I h o e too exaggerated doseription o*‘ w h.u \y»* w finessed. The fi;'1'1' had in view in taking up my pen have b-vn two. I’D - testimony to the reality and ’ - ■ • : ; f • nature of tl'e m o ' obtained by the Holmeses, wlmm ! ha\c always found mo> "i submit to any reasonable cond-tions not d'atnetrn*al’v oppoS'**1 known conditions lor ohiaiuing the desired phonomen v c • but too often are the thankless u*d nutch abus^al expou.-*! . object is, if possible, to save tie* cause of Sp.ni e.a'ism iVoe* *M ’ injury which it must indubitably receive by the puhhca'U,M tales us tl»e public have lately been treated to by a we!’ kn-wvn »* of Spiritualistic phenomeua. which haveilouc-. ami vc( mus1 of harm not only to the Holmeses, against whom they !r’' '' but to the cause of Spiritual:sin ; for it must bo r-nncnihc,",-‘ eases of this nature there are mauv w ho mav hear only th * "the story, and may mu have a chance of I tea ring the oilin' again who, being anti spimuah*tic, mav no eaiv to hear auy damaging version, which they will lose no opporrmn* • far and wide; and we ill know how difficult u is to er.ad impression from tlie minds of most people when one-* u h.-o* therein. I remain, Sir, yours faith full v , V Tm

March 24th, I87d.R.S. 1 enclose my earal .u a guaranlee of good I udi, ’* 1

care to publish my "aim*.

FIT I, FORM OF id HOST SIT-IN.March UHh, 1S7 ‘>, 1 was present at a • *a*tco. M s 0 • *’*

medium. The seance luOed abi»ut an hour. Uev.h-H ("■*members of the family, all of whom sal away from the ed ,!l were five Spiritualists present a eMHtomial to pln-Mom. m \ I " was sutlering much from a so\ ere colil. ami t It * • ••- i i! is not fair t*» have a seamv . let ii be postponed, i . \h t unwell.” Vt last, as tlie meilnim s\*.*ni.*T less tearful of lhe '-\'M store for her than we did. we id! went down to the b'-.akfT -’I saw at once, thid in addition to the usual cabinet, i\*i recess in the wall, created by the elnmv *y luvi-.i, iIi-.m-* " jeetion into the room by the door.-, bring open, and •.u.i-*"‘ from a railway'-wrapper, liaving an opening a' tie*-.id,• l-"' outlet. 1 was made the seephe, with candle in leiml, whde more bound Miss Cooks wristn with white tape in a w n lb ’ very elVective; then the ends were waved to-eth i . and T’ Stalled. I expressed mv.**ell sat lulled. M i s t N*t»k then w " l : the awning, and shortly we heard, as it wer*', a eonveis.it

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- t h e n ** -Yngo.s " :<M sr> “ ' • I ' rankly should a : omv m It ? the problem of spiritual l a w s , wb .oh none but ll'.m-Ifra. Cook, who s ■ ™ *iiw ( the naelodj, the other self, the Author of tb a » law*, caa govern, and at present clearly oom-

='■'*> a s t o t : v g n r s : o n : ■. v r . t kn , ■' 1. f U r . r ; ' : v : u 1 '■ ■<<kr9 ^ better; but we all seemed pleased with our own without a verv near approach to the Divine. Ami so man or spirit

* ' 'U i Swddenlj I w m puUed up m my effbrta br the must, in all his most stringent efforU to (aU ptks ol tbe•• D d you ■ - • 1 stopped my Infinite, neeeasarilv ascend in t e s. ...

‘ d. heard a clear, fud, vouv> ^ !t 'com the upper part of retired in order to be elevated . more intellectnal m order to advance;

S u d d e n l y 1 w a s p u l l e d u p in r o t h e a r :o,o s p i r t : su ig ' ;

'nr, luu, qu.c; voice, as if from >ariu o m o u s i y m i d m e l o d i o u s l y :

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; tin s 1 matea reg re t. Iveause a: t. e tw o io n nor tru :> ■ a tees I so cleariIv s a w the face of the s p ir i t— a face o.s cioi.r.Cvi son:'.S :a..it of s h y At h er worn nt t seen in th e fu ll g..slight. To p rove VO 00iL..e was substau ee a n d fo roe. " K atey " several fit nos lAppod \Y:VMr. Lv.xmore on th e ‘road. an d as a rem em brance, a: • • of i:

1 1 0 <»

IT IK P K O T K IK IY ho !Y .i:or.— ihu.-— 1 vc:*.:..ro : t :o m \\ ... I : v. o r nooosshv o: .1.11 AN I: c :o -.1. .1 : l.c >p. r ..... I

roc*, a n d ; s s : .. :ivo . ; . m' ;„..a t : . t i d e d a .tv . r. b i n s . ..

oroiVuv too h a tr on ii.s head. A

s ,.. , > t . .. m e st : t o r a t t o o a w a t t t e \ t

tit.: o: '.v the head, shoulders, arms, and fee: were in soon form. 1‘ite idea conveyed was tha: she could not ye: out of the tried it: s.u'.’otcnt quantity of mesmerine to clothe ail her body sous to be visible : that the drapery was to fill up the t’c-tro. The lesson she gave t.swas.

1 come to do good. I am glad to do it. 1 find 1 am better for it. and I shall rise (gr. happiness) higher and higher. lam selfish, you see.'

Some other incidents took place, but I have recorded : Itroo leadlst t 1 heard a stuot: sine. Seeottd t 1 s.nv a giiest. robo.i sel their ideal angels. Third : 1 heard a spirit ed. The tranced medium was aw oke: her hands were tied with seals unbroken : scissors cut the tape, and of

eptic was given to t.'.ke home the cut tape.£h ’ .vnr Pcrrk, S.K. «T. Enmoue Joses.T.S.—Those Christians who really believe the narratives in the Acts

of the Apostles will find several incidents of ghosts seen, and they directing by voice what was to be [done. Why not? If ghosts have done it once, they can do it twice. The wind we cannot see often makes a sound loud enottgh : surely a ghost has as great a rurht to be as clever as the wind. J. E. J.

atI c o n s i d e r t h a t t h e

a n y w a y o r m a n n e r • o t o f S p i f t n a l s : o n t h e c o n t r a r y . ; is a r e t a r v . fu s io n o r b e w i l d e r m e n t i n t h e m i n d s , :1 . s o wc r e e i m b t b e d i t s e l e v a t i n g t r u t i t s . A s w h e n s .n . l

M u te ri . . v

Mr.

incidents. Fiias soulp': ors ohThe silt iniZ oh•* AS YOU wore,'course :o :Ivo a

i a to fructify its cliances are likely for futu n o owth : 1'ut i ' .. . .'iO v w inds (of o-ainioiP av.i stormy siiotverS (of 'h '' or.;i:nv' a ro a :: ed:. ho a :AS. vt;t tlie tender upr sa g plants of st'ir;::ml mov.tah! V, \ : o oo'.i'. or.Aov. osnd may be ues:roved altogether. As .1 o'osor\ o. nil ! OS. Ulltc ' o.r..1 o o f

criticism :nearly always come from hAOVO. r e .:d a : ... LOV.O‘ r. t• : minds.tt ho are u:.11 of s.'lf-oo: ceit—too tar it1 the roar (o: r . V 0 0- to see a ray

od of light in. any other form of lamp :inn : 0.0 :r horn :.« torn, laik. sue:;. as;s :he lu.'.linu: isuttn. . essarilt :: s...; : d v i d:s: •ossod.: :o Aid 10'100

b.tfh ted with unholy w tn.ds of ,.oo: rttte. attd the e Itaomony gained by the given dis.v-urse marred by fc

Spiritualism, with its mighty and occult power, by these ignorant quibblings. It maybe necessary tiot.incs in meetin.es devoted to See,.lo.r:sm, for tl

t e n s i : t h e tuttio. r o l i s h o o n t e n t i o n .• a n n o t b e to a l l o w su e ; , q ; e o s t e n s ib l e reason.

benefited ,1.

KIFTS IX THE CLOUD. Tv Hen r y E. R rssri.u

lowest dootiis; atnoncs: sueli a elass of minds is in natural order, as the questioning of nfattor on mind. 1'..: the spiritualistic is the advance party o on. the divine nature of Truth to learn attd obev

fear of man and rupted by the frivolity of own schools, and Iv

ue w . V,

and wherefore dawning of the

: : u e u.u.'. p r e s u m i n g s e. . v'! ' . ; s bv

live se-eu.led conditions wit eh seem to govern, moreor less, the man.!- truth, and then let them enter as studtestations of spiritual beings is in itself a complex question which has pi.--.ried many an experienced investigator of spiritual phenomena. These conditions, at the present stage of our experience, cannot be reduced to arbitrary laws, the strict observance of which would, a: all tunes and seasons, and amongst all classes of persons, make even the very c .nuuen.es: manifestation of spirit-presence a thing only to be desired to be obtained.. U.!S • "5y attempt to endeavour to solve this problem, which overv

bptrr.ua..s: must feel an intense desire to have explained, but rather to endues ottier earnest investigators to record their experiences in the several branches of spiritual phenomena which 1 shall but brietlv M.aree a. pernaps a series of papers. By this means much good mav be liOno. nv.d we may be able perchance to arrive at some more definite ) '’• 'ns as to the cause of the disappointments which are eonstar.tiv ext'erietuud in our attempts to communicate with those on. the otherSlilr* t l.v .1 A

cress. There can i all creatures of ci interrupt In's fello Yours. Sir. respect

;.. :. Im i. -. Mare^ur c o r r e s p o n d

: tie i t.ee: w;..

. in •* trut h >Yit luu:it mvstory. mixture of error. or:s oxpononts And mediums :Ok uid u . : Iv in: or-:y of the1 il] LOTAto: lot the m emanate in tbc'ir•ome bv daw n ire light more dttod to r OOO.YO theent enter AS :b t ndonts in the Cvoa: sohooi of r pO-to otlence tO :my ono in this a rr:»n senior.:. Wo .iroirnatum ; lot oa o:i walk i own pa eo. ""1 l: o:by nnseem:v And idle at tonrots At vuso s > ‘ ,—

A lY.Ov .;:■>?io> .sr.-0. I STM-; points v'At a or;< h'iT a hr. so. w h. io h s h.o iild K- AS•d : on t b10 v'0' *' rv. we h.:\\ o soon sour10 v' I ho; otifoose.i on!: i oo Ip of quest io:r.s from the Audi or vVer. If tl i 0 v ';nos: n'Hoi's desire' m o.u .. :n h. :luon

and usot 1.1 : if. on the eon: ro.rv. : ne aim ot t hoand come-nti.on, n.o co oh. res a h. V..0, 00 ovpec tea.—

Tin. A l.:

P ASS H it AM V\ .side the cloud.

Tirst, then, ns regards these conditions, favourable or unfavourable, w 1" - . . . .., y'uuii; o:. or prevent, spin:-communion. It wo usk tne spurns- m V ? '''" --1 t0 causes of their failing to manifest or eonitiuniieite.

* I “ -nes on.t of ten they either cannot or will not tell us. They may. the ’,**'?’■?''-v :::at atmospheric conditions were not favourable, or tha: ^ tneamai was not iti good health—his mind disturbed from some

0''-' *klt there were sceptical minds present which repelled jf V, clu'rt^ : or tliat the mental states of any or all were not in harmony, dew, °"'° 01 ’‘hese, and perhaps others, or the whole combined, are set c.- V. • :'f ‘he cause or causes of failures. Attd yet. after carefully

f1'1/ ' ' ee.ehand all of these, to which everyone will, of e o . g i v e tio-i luu' : - ' n our desire to arrive at the truth or rent eaus.i-expVr,,’ 0ViT "'any of them, or consider each separately in our own has 4 i010’ 'hereby, perhaps, shedding a tew stray rays of iight on what our mv, . ' heeti unanimously declared as incomprehensible and pa-t title! |k 'l' !ll1s'l'i’rn. Let ns consider, in the first place, how wv stand: Chilil-,V'’ :l!!er our boasted experience, we are but very young spirit? 11 l>Vor-v onp of us. in this great study of spiritual revela:ion. b;;; CUr V ’"'Civt’s, although in an upper section ot the same school, are . ''fi'al.u'. ~1>M pil*. Slach and all a tv under one Teacher and Prin-*he ikr ' ' 3 0ur hat her. This being so. does it seem compatible with : being um m ' °t the Divine laws laid down for the governance and well- interpret |i ' ' en oftrkh and immortality, that, before learning to

. i'..v ‘he laws of material creation and become advanced• ' ■ '"telleetually thereby, men or spirits, beings of progression.

I t s with, feel it t. :> o f d e e p s v m p■atht t h a t w e x C:\in h A VO 0 A* As i OH t o

.. . o a n o t h e r 1"oo.h.v in t h e Ia u u it r l n r l r o f ICr . 1 Coco rs. I a :o » n r -

tt '.oh. S o m e t im e • A CO. in r e p o r t : : lg a s i n u l n r in t o a > enn o n :. ■> 0 .v.i; 00.

t h a t M R o g e r s h::\d w : : h m u c h co . . .. : a s :e s . i p p h v mod tii o u su a ! i r.v'nr n -

i r g ear . .1 by a n at; n o u n o o m en t m o r o in aOvViMAmv \v.: l i t h e m h s of

Siv.ritu;a . i s m . Oo. t h e pro-so'-.t OvOa s :o n t h e o a v u is p u r o \> h ■ 10, w 11:.1 A

very •at e m b o s s . d tlo i*a ! b o r d e r . O n t h e : a o 1o: \n t h e v , ■ i n ' id ,o p.\ SS-

ir .g a t t ; y i n t o spiv!h- l ifo is in t im a te d , in m o to d o w u■.\c >•*.: A Wo '.or:ms —

•• In atR v t io t i ; . ; ; .' r e in e m b r a n c c o f lx t in , l . l rx K o m m s :\UC. l i te r o f

E d i n u n d D a w s o n a n d :S o p h i a J a n e R r g r . s . o f Y \ IV. n o h. U o ;ld. S . t .

tv e l l l , ttih.o io i t te . l h e r s i s te r s , l i r a . '■r a n d R.v<e. i" . he > m n n r -1:m d . on.

th o A 'h o f M a r c h . 1ST-*' . a g e d m i n t eeti t e a r s , da .0 *. S u.v' . lost >Y. C'"*‘0

b e f o iv : a n d , s ta tu ! 1 o 0 u t i ie o t h e r s h o r e , s n r t v , .,, • •. > U3 t o fo hOW.

W c also r egret to learn tha t oi:o f Ua!hh;h\. has lost from earthdepa od th i s life on M arc •i •J'Jn.d.th e fo!llo ny in c versos. th e oo Ilipostt'.i

ipiring friend. Mr. A. D, M the iVnnpaniott of his youth,

d twenty years. The card f the ohiet mourner : —

■ Porgivo, blest soul, the tributary tear.1 iiat m ourns :!i\ ex.: trou t tlr.s w orld ot e.me.

Forgo e the wish lit;'.: would bate kept thee here.To see thy form, and more, thy' love so share.

1 And to : how sweet to know that a lthough now l 'h t hom e is in the Sum m er land a t \ to.

Then’ll not forget the dear ones here below. ^Hut o'er us sued the fragrance of thy love.

1 5 0 TH E M EDIUM AND DAYBREAK. M a r c h 2 8 , 1873.

THE CIRCULATION OF THE MEDIUM. AND TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

T h e P u b lish e r is in s ti tu t in g th e g rea tes t facilities for c ircu la tin g th is p a p e r , a n d su b m its th e fo llow ing .Scale o f S u b sc r ip tio n s :—

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T h e P u b lish e r is d es iro u s of estab lish in g agencies a n d d e p o ts fo r th e sa le of o th e r P rog ressive period ica ls, tra c ts , a n d s ta n d a rd w orks, a n d w ill be g lad to rece iv e co m m u n ica tio n s from su ch as feel d isposed to e n te r th is h e ld o f u sefu lness .

! press early in April, after w hich tlio list w ill most positively i ! closed, and the further extension of tho work by these means I be at an end.

L i s t o f 1 ’a t i i o n S u b s c r i b e r s :—

S P E C I A L X O T I C E .

A l i f t o f A lc e t in y s a n d S e a n c e s a t th e S p i r i t u a l I n s t i t u t i o n , i n L o n d o n a n d in th e P r o v in c e s , m a y l e f o u n d on p a y e 154.

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AVe have been asked whether booksellers are entitled to partici pate in the cheap subscription for copies of the forthcoming edition o f the “ Report on Spiritualism.” W e answer yes, most em phati cally, and are glad to know that a considerable number of copies have been subscribed for by the trade. The following letter indi cates what is being done in this legitim ate channel for the diffusion o f knowledge by the aid of literature;—

T o th e E d ito r .— S ir ,— Please reco rd m y nam e in y o u r l is t o f su b scribers fo r th irty -s ix copies o f th e “ R e p o r t o f th e D ia lec tica l Society on S p ir itu a lism .’’ I feel desirous th a t such a n im p o r ta n t sub jec t sh o u ld be b ro u g h t before th e notice of a ll h o n est in q u ire rs an d inv es tig a to rs in to th e question once asked by P ila te , “ W h a t is t r u th ? ” I do n o t come fo rw a rd as a ch am p io n o f th e cause of S p ir itu a lism , b u t sim p ly to s tim u la te in q u iry a n d p rom o te a know ledge of the subject am ong those w ho a re g ro p in g in darkness a n d d espa ir, th o u g h anxious to receive an answ er to th e o ft-repea ted a sp ira tio n fo r m ore lig h t. I n conclusion, a llow m e to express a hope that, o th e r booksellers m ay likew ise become subscribers for th e R e p o rt, a n d h e lp th e cause by p ro m o tin g th e inq u iry to confirm o r re fu te th e t r u th o r e r ro r of S p ir itu a lism .— I am you rs , re sp ec tfu lly , C h a r le s L ow e, B ookseller.

1, A n n S t r e e t , B i r m i n g h a m , M arch 24, 1873.

W e shall be glad, indeed, to avail ourselves of the aid of as many booksellers as may choose to enter upon this work. There are n o t 1 a few in the trade who are either Spiritualists or inquirers into Spiritualism, and these, as a matter o f course, push the book for the love of the thing as any other Spiritualist would. Book sellers who have no interest in Spiritualism as a matter of Investigation have yet another, and it may be a more efficient incentive to action. W e refer to the profitable nature of the transaction as a business adventure. There is no doubt as to th e increasing demand there w ill be for works on Spiritualism, and no book is so conclusive as to the reality of the phe nomena, and how to investigate them, as the Report. As an article of commerce it w ill continue to he more and more in repute, and prove a cheap and saleable volume at os. To be sup plied with such a work at half price is a business arrangement presenting advantages considerably greater than are usually to be met with, so that as a matter o f policy the prudent bookseller would act w isely in taking advantage of terms so very favour able. To those booksellers who w ill endeavour to obtain sub scribers at 2s. Od. each, we oiler a special advantage which may be learned on application. W hat we ask our readers to be so kind as to do for us, then, is to go to their book seller, and endeavour to enlist him in this cause. Read these remarks over to him, ask him to send to us for terms and sub scription lists, and head one of them w ith your own name and as many of your friends as you can persuade to join you. From many places wo have received no subscriptions because of the fact that all the local Spiritualists are so very much occupied in other ways that they cannot give their attention to this work. I f so, then, le t this dutv be delegated to the newsagent who supplies the M edium . AVe feel confident that if this step were adopted our subscription list m ight be doubled in a couple of weeks. This w eek we add to the subscribers' names the towns in which tliev reside, showing where work has been done, and how much has been done. It w ill be seen on examination that tho results are very unequal. In places apparently unimportant large numbers have been subscribed for; in others the returns fall far Below reasonable anticipation. In all cases it depends more on the energy of the c a n v a s s e r than the fertility of the soil. Those of our re:ulels w ho reside in places not yet represented on this list, will, w e hope, lose no time in remedying such a defect. Hut what has to Is: clone must be set about quickly, as the work must be put to

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| Six years ago we opened a lis t of lec tu rers, m edium s, and corre spondents, bu t a t th a t tim e there were no m ateria ls available, nor de m and for them of a steady and vigorous k ind . Now the cry for efficient speakers increases, and wo invite a ll who a re able and willing to occupy the p la tfo rm to favour us w ith th e ir nam es and addresses, th a t we may bo able to place them in the bands of applicants.

Ma i m'ii ‘2H, 1H7.1. T\ I K MKDI DM AND DAYlW tKAK. \ r , \

A CURIOUS (HI A I’TKIl OK AUDI WONTS.I*a ita <mc a imi T u m id .

Tin' skirmish will) Spiritmilium in sustained in the N a t io n a l J N fo rm rr , whirli gradually given up Mio ground hit hy hit. Tim (.dllhi' iniilicm more ** lilintiiUom, which, liy III" wily, lire excellent material In pile up ii wall "I defence in u ilubalc. The majority tif mi audience cumtol see through llicin, ami u man win* bun fiomothinK but lor In lull. about in glad In oiuhmco I bn <ipii<irl-iuiiI y of no lining'. Tim editor iif llm N a t io n a l lu / 'o r n i r r thinks Mr.Jturns wan mil very “ complimentary, enurinims, nr modo.il," in liin all ii di ii i In Mr. i Iriullaug'li in llm Inli.nr foupertiiig llm dnbal.ii wit It Mr. Rcihhills. \ \ n muni (•diiIomh llial. lit il pm mid through llm pi'i'.ia wo considered il. a lift I o “ cheeky," bill, roeool. writinpu hurt' pniolainind if strictly Inn'. Tliitl wo lilivn unfeigned plea euro in substantiating. Mr. Brndliutgh in bin debate wilb Mr. Hunts, mid in tlio bud urn given by him mi a preceding evening, arrived ill llm conclusion that llm boat, thing In do willi the spiritual phenomena was In laugh uf I limn. I ,asl week if was writ Ion in llm N a t io n a l / i i / o r n t c r , ‘‘ Tlio only legil jiiinln Inihioii In l'ofuto Spiritualism is by tlio oarnliil illvn.,1 igalinn id' llm plicnomoim. nlaimnd ns spiritualistic.” Surely Ibis is lint only “ silencing Mr. Itradlaugli's guns, bill. Iiirniiig them agaiusf bis own jolly, laughter-shaken position! It iH by the process ol “ refutation" roconinmnded by llm N a t io n a l 1ft f o r li te r tluif nil Spiritualists liavn been made. If iiiusf bn nppiimnt to Mr. Brad- laugll that tlm “ logical fashion’’ attempted by him in bis recent debate must not liaye been “ legitimate.” Inigic, cannot be ox ported (o entertain any kindly feelings Inwards Mr. Itradl.nigli lor thus declaring her illegitimacy.

As to compliments, Mr. ISradlaugh, like a. Obiimso dignitary, always returns them with an undue excess of consideration, lie attaches great significance to “ charlatans and clover conjurers” to bo found amongst Spiritualists. This is not only very “ un- Courteons,” but an evasion id' the question at issue, which is not, Are mediums and Spiritualists honest ? but, Are tlm phenomena facts, lie also returns to llm case of alleged imposture which Mr. Hums rebutted in the lute debate, and flunks that the state ment made in IhoAlr.mi'u that, we never asserted the honesty of the Holmeses is not, consistent, therewith. This is another log- i cloud on the horizon of Mr. Itradlaugli’s intellect. To maintain I that persons are absolutely honest is one thing, and to sav that ! you never found them dishonest is quite another. Mr. Hums indeed asserted the b o n d /h ie s of the manifestations adduced hy Him, and know that the assumed case against the medium was false. Y et those are different matters from general statements about a medium's character. Kor instance, wo are thoroughly convinced that Mr. Ilradlitugh’s essays on Spiritualism are a series of “ mistakes,” which ho is gradually correcting, hut wo would not he on that account warranted in saying that therefore Mr. Bradlaugh was a hopeless fool. As to a “ Spiritual M agazine” condemning and repudiating Mr. Burns, Mr. Bradlaugh must remember that two of a trade seldom agree- an aphorism which is continually being verified in the history of Secularism. One other “ mistake,” and wo close this “ paragraph.” Mr. Burns apologised for his health, and the consequent vigour of his treat ment, hut in no way as an excuse for eliciting his opponent’s commiseration, or as a cloak to conceal tho weakness of Spiri tualism. That no such course was necessary is amply evident from tho last number of the N a t io n a l l i t f o r m e r .

Our contemporary, in giving advice to a correspondent on tho investigation of Spiritualism, says, “ Our experience is o f little use lo guide you, tlio results being so very slight.” l i e also says, “ We have never witnessed anything supernatural.” Our expe rience bus been considerable, and tlio results ample, and yet “ wo have never witnessed anything supernatural ” either. Wo consider spiritual phenomena to la: as natuial as trees, animals, and men, and (lint nature as a system would ho folly w ithout a demon strable immortality to sentient and intellectually conscious beings. Our contemporary proceeds: “ If, however, you dabble lor your selves, take care neither to he the victim s of deception or illusion.” This is excellent advice, which we continually reiterate. In some circles the whole of tho phenomena, or very little of them, are spiritual at all; careful testing and a lengthened course id' experiments are necessary before any definite result can la: arrived at, in other instances clear indications ol' spiritual action are visible from (lie first. Mvory boy who commences to read does not become a literary genius, nor is every m ediuinislic person able to give effect to the grander phases o f psychological phe nomena.

Now, then, we have tho satisfaction of having our vigorous contemporary striding lustily alongside of us, conveying needful admonition to the incipient investigators o f Spiritualism. Look ing ill such results, w ho shall say that the recent discussion has been altogether w orthless? W e w ill not for a moment delay our ; contemporary by slopping to argue about theories and results. Let us leave these alone, and labour away diligently at the facts, throwing overboard all such rubbish ns undefined terms about wliut in or what is not “ supernatural,” ridiculous, or impossible. Such a free and broad inquiry would uiiilo into one phalanx all shades of real trufhsoekcrs, and by basing their view s or human life upon tho phenomena of man’s existence, they would arrive at a scientific, successful, and harmonious menus of dealing wit 11 the j ills that afliict society.

Mu. Mo ii hi: will this evening it biuiio I i ih weekly houiic o nt the Spiri- * tutil fnititutiori.

VIOUCNT MAJVJKKNTATIONH AND INJCX’PKRI KWD'KD ItlCI’OimcitH.

Wo 11 ii v ft I i>t 11 our nXtmitioh ri,|M,al4*<lly <*il1 1 «*« I to Mr. Hint hern four- eoluiuii nr lie. Ni in llm Hull Nrtn/t, In wliir.li vvn itlliifhfl two W1 * I *H ugo. hVom nun cIiimm I.ho iui/'/m r<l ion ronur. thiil, N| >iri l.iiul ml* in /'< lit ml mIiouM rnply lo il. ; from unollur 11 in I. llm nmdiiihiM should <h m l tlu-ir eliiiriU’l.or. VVn nmoimu* ml m il Inn* eounm. II im diumM look tlio Iroulilo lo ri*|ml nil itl.lunlm iiiimIo upon tlmir rrpiihiiion, l loy wouhl hn loo immli rngiig' d lo »it lor pln'iioim nn, Mont of l|i« < rli.-u ('ch ui*b llm Iriiiln of igiionmcM or ill w ill , uml to ntlnek l.linn v/oo!»l only l,<> lo rxitll. I Imin into uii mimorilwl iiiiporlmiw, Wlm.!, nil rayin I II in : I lore I am, open In frets and investigations from all comers;It you deaht my powers, try them, and welcome, ns iifleu let you phiiHc.It it in nriTMiiary to drlrrmiiie whether a. cerium pcriou i n ie<diuei,or wind 1 ii'i* I II" plieno....... are (e-nuilie, 11ie only iiece scary i 1, 111g I», tr■done ih to go and have a i.sries of , ;jieriliionlaj siftings with that person, mid the ohjnel. sought i l l UCOomphihcil. To iluw'iie . .'.dll All-. Hint her would lead lo no good result whatever. Iiuleed, lit Ini ulale, ineiilii el I'sel, we wholly agree with Itini , lull, not in his opinions, whmlj I l l ' l l Iiiil'irtiiimfnly utterly ill. variance with his fuels. To rend h; art ielo mill believe Ins stateioeiilm one is loreeil lo ndinil. that plu uoiiiena occurred, the cause ol which win other I him the iiie.lietot' or oilier persons present. An lo the cpieHtiounhle phenomena, M r. i dntle-r floes not supply the slightest tittle ol evidence lo show that they „erc, not genuine. l ie iihhiiiiic h that the persoiis holding the incdinin’n hands were net trustworthy ; lull, lie gives nothing hut his own lec.iiieptions lo siihshintiale this. Ilccuusn the ring lesl.did not occur while Mr. Slather and eerlain other persons held t he m<*f Iiitm*H liiinds, lie I In id ora con- nhides that the ring-test is a trick, and that il. is performed hy the medium " n ip p in g and p inching” the siller’s hand, and piecing it. to the other limid.

To those who have witnessed the ring-test repealedly with various mediums, and have neither been “ nipped " nor manipulated in any way, Mr. Slather's convict,ions sound like the very height of childish absurdity. In the next edition of his report, we enjoin Mr. thither to give the testimony of these who laid the ring-test at the seances he report s its to whether this nipping mid hand -changing did real ly lake place. At present, according to the facts supplied hy Mr, Slather, there is not. one single impiilatinii against the. conduct or reputation of Me uicdinins

except in one matter, in which Mr. Slather was himself a partner. It w h s this: Mr. Slather informs the public that ho supplied the mediums with what he calls “ refreshments,” hut which seem lo have hern chemicals of some sort, calculated to lake away the sensei of those who indulged in them. One of the mediums, it appears., lied appre ciated Mr. Slather's mistaken or barbarous generosity rather In ly, and in an addendum which was lacked on to the seance afterwards, some violent phenomena occurred ; heads were hit, blood was spill, and a poor fiddle was disincarnated. Now, the hospitable Mr. .Slather assumes that tlm chemiculiHcd brain of one of tho mediums rendered his actions so erratic that Im overdid llm phenomena ; hut at tho Hinne I imo we are led to suppose that his hands were held all tho t ime hy the persons on either side of him. We ask Mr. Slather to state in his local organ whether t his was so or not. If so, then by no chance can a charge of boistcroi'. trickery bo attributed to the medium, unless the charge must hav». emanated from tho fact that I lie gentleman who makes il. has been indulging in his own deleterious chemicals. We have seen equally violent plionomomi, nay, even miinifeslafioiiH of force, more powerful and dcsl.niel.ive in seances, and such wild pranks of " psychic force ” have been due to two causes; (I) tho free use of intoxicating drinks hy the medium and sitters; (k!) the holding of a supplementary seance after the spirit-guides have said “ good-night.” In the first caso intoxi cants provide an atmosphere in which defunct publichouse loafers and rowdies take special delight; even a docent, sober spirit., by going into an alcoliolised atmosphere, becomes drunk just as an ordinary human- would by saturating his fluids with (lie intoxicating chemical, in (ho second instance, after tho guides have left the circle tho course is open for all comers to take full advantage of the deserted position. On one occasion, at the Spiritual Institution, while only two Indies and a gentle man wore present, with a medium who persisted in sitting in tho dark alter the seance was over, the two solid mahogany legs of the sofa were snapped like a sugar-stick while no person was near them. Another dlustration may ho derived from what, occurred at Newcastle shortly after Mr. Slather's seances. We allude to a seance reported in the Me d iu u No. 140, page (14. I t appears, then, that Mr. Slather was the author of Ids own misfortunes; and when wo couple these with the un paralleled disappointment that, lie. didn’t see “ John King ’’ after all the t rouble lie laid taken and tho chemicals ho had u s e d , surely there is some excuse for his lengthy communication. Mr. Slather is no doubt a very excellent engineer and substantial, well-meaning man generally, hut his experience in the matter of Spiritualism does not entitle him to write for any hut. those who are entirely ignorant of tho subject, and not very critical as to tho consistency of literary performances.

MR. UUItNS’S APPOINTMENTS.Sunday, March ">().—Kingston-on-Thames.Tuesday, April I. East. London Association.Sunday, April (I. -Liverpool.Mr. Burns is open to receive invitations to visit country towns from

Saturday till Monday, and hold two public inertings on the Sunday. 'This arrangement has been found more successful than meetings on week-day evenings. Applications should he made ut once, as hisappoinl- ments arc being lixed in advance.

C a v e n d i s h Ro o ms .- Mr. Morso will deliver an address in the trance on Sunday evening.

Mil. IhntNi got wet through in Yorkshire on Monday week, which so seriously affected his health that, instead of going to Liverpool on Saturday, lie was forced to go to bed. Be had bettor say " Uood-hyo everybody” before lie attempts more such doses of " atmospheric con ditions." In olden times apostles were admonished to go forth without, an excess of clothing; in the present day, considering the weather, (lie opposite advice seems more suitable.

THE MEDRM AXD DAYBREAK. M a r c h 28, i f " .

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nnrew Jactsoai l a r i s to kn :w that otieea in As: -neck's iss-s

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abonr. He hasbest, stgagen m m a: B irkenhead and in d ife rsn r places m : _ *er-pool — . • - . . : ■ - bee® . ■_rem. snot-ess : : me • _ss . f t rm - M a t r eminent m ints bee® m m . . . ' u - qnire A t: its tro ths and n things Sftres bsn m ined the society and are determined to Ares', ram dor Tiemss.rss

m m tt be t r - tn . - m . I n - older n n • n working 0 .rah aA n r to Ti s . t fresh cird.es erery night. People a n m ry d e s ir:. s too pressing t o r e : any one k t s anything -o.m ' ft.r.m .a.-im m r: tc tis A houses . fo ra .• . • • Every bejp .:. : m.d n . m s going 01 ... . . . A rr:..:

• ■. g developed in various parts m : _: :VTe erpec: Mr. M allace to" arrive to-day. who v il l os : : m . oh sc rr.

no d o .::" tc many of the mrd.es lately formed. : hod a cisonpmt.:-n s : .: T « te rd a - when we rocs.red me- m .-rran. m at M r .__ rr.s was ...

theand •: d m m i bn: nm erm ticss. the serrices -were a s.o.mssmm a - t w _ =

- • - - - still another for * • A e bad an 1 restingihA atm r. so that a Tiers on, Asoea_ of pm yitg a piece of Ta_sio.- t o o o f f a s e r a . . . . ? m ' . • . . . •. . : ' . • eetm, tta v cat on type a: a a_: m m. its p.Acs : s. tarn • . m. -.hr- :.a . . m . ::ai n - a l . ■: y :: m •,. • : on ..net,:- meth oa A -as may be p rin ted upon m e s - r iic s

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M p u b l i A e d a ' f e e M n « r » , X o . 1 ^ 5 . J « . u * r y A m . 1 8 7 v- ........... m . ' — Ti " - •• '-a on the

made, and nav* a.s tried to m ar- m-;m - t t o b r i i l s e . I ,, - - . a n - ■ " a .. I m - -

7 T UA I SiMk wrtMM jhe report I the Midxcjl la mA m - - mm ■ . m m •'•asim. not being Spiritualists h a

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some time on " CiiAntr, to me oi h:i prentrant- -d ... me evening, after the meture, her anproorAte. and me mongr of attributing: many in me a:

In the evening Mrs. Lamont was also entranced, and spotno! . d iluen ts: f it - ............Ages a t t ic

m e reas: a - r : : r . as . rid. r s:. Hud the s irits c : . dm re: 1. a

7 r.c- Lv " :i " a? ..ow t*c*ss:;.:• . r : : ao.: __ i __/ .-. : rayed. Mr. Wallace has just arrived. His address until farmer not: ••: is - Dunkeld Street, LiverpoA.

t, L iv e r p o o l . John C ra rv .v .Am, s; r-

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. /I-’ - *5 ^ ■* - . , <*-.u J/y //> E ditor o f the JiM tt ■ 8 G a ze::'.

Sir,— A few weeks ago there tt tfd to b? a k n

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" ’ . . . I d . ... i-7 | ’ belonging to the "dead pak. eoctetv would soon breathe * healthier

rP O G L E S S AT IDAELUXGTON.The cause steadily but surely advances in D arlington YA Am

w ithstood mi- - . ■ : . an m the press a.td p a .p m and are sd. -vi: . m a b e t te r exam ple. W e do not care to ra il on them , bu t we love to declare th e tru th s we baTe verified in Sp iritua l.su t. I f ail would con.-

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And atmosphere for the soul to cm.

M a r c h 2 8 , 187.3. THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. :.5 3

Wo are greatly indeb ted to tlie self-sacrificing effort* of ou r good friend- -Mr. and Mrs. Butterf ield , for t.lie ra p id advance of tin-w ork hero Through the developing in ed ium sh ip of Mr*. Butterfield we have had nianv that a re mediuiniatic opera ted upon , and arc now undergoing (lie usual’ process of developm ent for fu ture work. I loathe flattery, but I wish the cause had » few moro such noble souls as Mrs. B utl.’rliexl has proved herself to be— oftentimes in weakness, m ore fit for the quiet !Spg|S of the bedcham ber than the Sunday-evening platform in u*t'< Ace of truth. She braves it. out as a heroine alone tan do, and stands up to

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the accustomed place. T he sp irits’ streng th is made weakness to dispense the bread of life to those who hunger lor it. are glad to find it is appreciated by the poor in station and spirit ; l! rich iiave too many cords binding them to o th er interests, while tl poor are free and mostly the first to en ter into the kingdom i heaven. Tho gospel of spirit,-communion they have preached nnt them, and they are gladly reoetiing it ; they a ttend r sguuxrly o ir mee mgs. I-ast .Sunday evening we had a nioely-filled room : th audiem were very attentive, and lingered when the service was over, a g-m sign that they teit at. home. D uring th e u r v im we sung hymns from the L y r e — .Vos. lti.h, !).;, and 7(>, to the tunes ■■ Starlight, and '’T p v o l i ; and instead of reading passages ancient inspirations ot the Bible, which have become so lutr tbe many processes they have undergone since they were w r i t te n , ' • pre.erred on this occasion to read a m odern inspiration, and cun-c th '1

_ >y ‘ u j. 1.-hatu — juge 11:;, •• Year-book of Spiritualism " for 1871—a glorious poem indeed ; a fter which an inspirational address wa- given through Mrs. B utterfield on the “ Im m orta lity of the .Soul, verified by Spirit-com m union,’’ which was deeply in teresting to the Spiritualist an 1 astounding to the non-Spirituaiist, as it w ent in to a description of the present startling inodes the sp irits a re adop ting ot materialising them selves so as to be recognised by m ortal friends, and the progress generally tha t was being made in th e sp irit-w orld for bringing homei thooo tru th s to tiie w orld at large. W e would like to see more sym pathy shown by S piritualists fo r the outside w orld, among whom arc many w orthy of knowing the grand tru th s of’ Spiri- •ua.titn. I have heard it preached from the p u lp it th a t Jesus was the only one who ever drew or could draw aside the veil of th e unseen worid. W hy should such ignorance rem ain in the w orld when wo have so many enlightened Spiritualists and developed m edium s able to draw aside th a t veil every day of th e ir existence? I suppose it is because the world is no t fulfilling the w ords of Jesus by seeking that, they may find, and so m any m edium s are h id ing th e ir ligh t under a bushel.—T o u rs fraternally , G . I t . I I .

NATURAL RELIGION’.All tilings proclaim a God. The tender germ unfolding to th e ligh t

if- fragile tiny leaflets, and the rushing orb* of light tha t roil i.u endlessha rut ot. e through the vast expanse of s j , p r o c l a i m ah’ a 11m v cause, and open to the mine, thought a page of that great, hook wherein is four Ol the-oul, in which the heart s-■'•- bright rifbctio bound!- - wodoin of that infinii" p <werl.ha' ru!- ti, aiul l -1;i? with gentlest can- tends e'en the t r y lead t rob : be fiercest rage of claehing element*; and wJb Cfisej -j harmony uphold* the M-a-on's tianquil eon

ii le nd

tin ti„

Vo. !:s of Boil we ,’i.id ii.e true .o ru lii-d p ig " of h" u we are surrounded, and tie- thuotv S'-ul f II . and w hether in tl ' ■ *, or in the awful

-we. f, influence ■r. a id in the otb s we see, and all i I he good alone d ungrateful souls that,

ide- ce and care. W h - -1 f in labyrin ths of th o u g h ', : -1 , or,■r plain the mystic language of a w ritten bool., v-ni'Ui for not accepting as God .- bolv . . r-i ■ yet still the silent evidence of this fa

moves yet points a b righ te r way, and P:

d, and ti ;• sweet j

; g r a n d e u r m ighty 1 . siiadriws 11 i

....... and s< - ing3 Jfe shower dow it feed upon hi-:

hough the

e a greatth me of- religion love and : worlds, will con- l love in- only in

<1 word.

fell i devi andgent ’*- steps from sm all to great, of < rod - great w isdom ; and in this great earth , the soul, delighted, see* that in the

unfolds, be

world on ead ing -

e his arde; o - glori > g lei vorki alone of

A rchitect is his revealed word. Wha* cares he now thongu for lie has seen, tiiough in the sm allest nart, in unmi? glorious tru th , the D eity revealed. "NY. A.

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' soul t)y ... .of G od’s■ n’s greatrots rave, able andt'.'.MBK.

T ::e East London Association of S p iritua lists w ill inaugurate th em selves on Tuesday evening by a tea-party a t tb e Tem perance I la ll ,Tyson Street, B ethnal Green R oad. A fterw ards a public m eeting will be held, J . B um s in the chair.

T h e C hurch now called C hristian was once called “ th e C hurch of God, and spent its earliest years w ithout any div id ing nam e; and it is no t generally supposed th a t these were its w orst years. T he “ C hristian Church is as little a N ew -Testam ent term as “ T r in i ty ” o r “ vicarious sacrifice. A nd therefore I frankly adm it th a t w hile the w ord C hristian is to be fraught w ith unutterab le meaning, I nevertheless believe th a t C hristianity w ill not accomplish the w orldw ide purposes of its founder till it is content w ith h im to d rop d iv id ing names, and to proclaim the Kingdom of G od th rough the agency of a C atholic C hurch o f G od.—P r o f e s s o r J a m e s D r u mmo n d in the I n q u i r e r .

I s the religious consciousness, pow er and au th o rity , as represented by Peter, first w ork and induce reverence an d obedience. T hen faith and knowledge operate, as represented by P au l, and create patience and hope. Lastly, tru th and love p reva il, as represented by Jo h n , and sanctify and sp iritualise the en tire personal life an d all social existence. 'Peter also represents th e p riestly , h ierarch ic , ecclesiastical system ;Paul, the m any-tongued, sectarian preach ing of doctrines ; and Jo h n , the practical religious life in w hich each soul is in d irec t com m union w ith the spirit of God. T he P e trine , Pauline, and Jo h an n in e develop ments have each to be received by due stages in each ind iv idual soul.Collectively we have to pass from th e Papacy of P e te r to th e P ro te s tan t ism of Paul before we a tta in to the L'niversalism of Jo h n . In d i vidually we have to pass from a w orship o f fear and servile obedience, and even from freer theories and modes o f w orship , to an adoration of °* Tv hies,’ p rin ted in colours on a large card. The author, M r. E . Adams Jove, which shall p ene tra te the w hole life and east ou t fear, and prove o f. B oston, U .S., th inks m uch good would be effected by having it tbe consummation of all fa ith . I f we are in the first stage o f th is development and i'eel th a t wo serve G od w ith dread, le t ns strive for the second phase, in w hich, th ro u g h faith , we m ay obtain hope. I f wo are already in th is second stage, le t us still fu r th e r press on to the m ark

Tin; coRKn.sroNiir.M r. on Spiritualism in P u b lic O f i A o u i n - : woundup ju s t as th e epoch of hard talking was about to supervene, i . .-all v the

1 le tte rs o f the an ti-S p iritua lists have been as m uch ns a:.v honourable man could bear w ithou t strong emotions. T his is evident from some of lust week’s le tte rs, in which D r. Speer, over his full r.a .. ’. address,w arm ly characterises the dastard ly scu rrility of anonymous . blifiers of men too far above them to be com prehended. M.A. to i le r s i -he same stra in . A “ S tu d e n t” th inks th a t because a soldier in •ho Peninsula saw his m other a t the tim e of her death in this country, fore her brain acted on his. Q uery. Can dead brains act, better in is wav than liv ing ones? A m ongst o ther w riters is a renegade modi ;m. ’I . . . difficulty is to know w hether she was a g rea te r rogue w hen sir- pro"-: . n to be a medium, o r when she tells a very im probable-looking s' about her past experiences. H ow ever, it is good enough for a:.'.’- r ,■ . :ai;s‘.s to believe, for they are the m ost credulous people in a ll um:: rs coinciding with th e ir prejudices. The w inding-up of the w hole affair is a request from some great unknown to give the present address of tbe Coram - S tree t m urderer. H e ought to have explained, in the event o f the address been given, how he could have verified it. W e th ink it h igh ly im probable th a t any of those w ho have dem anded th is address would bestow the slightest a tten tio n on a m edium who advanced th e statem ent th a t th e sp irits had com m unicated it. O nly fancy a m edium under influence in the w itness-box a t the C en tra l C rim inal Court testifying to th e g u ilt of a m urderer.' A fter all, we are g ratefu l to P u b l ic 6 / , in P i t for allow ing the discussion now closed : it has tem pted hundreds to look in to Spiritualism .

L it e r a r y N o t ic e s .— T here is a useful accession to the 1:'eratu re of the anti-vaccination m ovem ent, by M r. E dm und P rocter. Newcastle. I t is in the form of a w ell-prin ted tw openny pam phlet of .1 2 pages (J . B urns, publisher), en titled , “ Im p o rtan t f a c ts on V accination u rg en tly dem anding P ub lic A tten tio n .” The w ork could not be in tro duced to the reader m ore effectively than in tbe title quoted. On tbe same subject M r. Jo h n Thom son, GO, Jo h n Street, Glasgow, has issued a penny card, headed “ The New School B o a rd : o r V accination A lphabet.” E ach line o f com position commences w ith a le tte r o f the alphabet, and the rhym es are an epitom e of the evils arising from the superstitious rite of infusing co rru p t m a tte r into healthy blood. W e have ju s t received ano ther alphabetical production in the form of a “ Code

of our high calling, and th rough tbe gate o f fa ith p ss into the hall of charity .— B a n d o f F a i t h M e s s e n g e r .

The Na t u r a l T h e o l o g y o f D e pa r t e d Sp ir i t s .— The theological dogmas of our churches em brace the doctrine th a t a ll men are p e r mitted to come in to earth -life in a slate of “ to ta l dep rav ity ,” conse quently requiring a “ plan o f sa lv a tio n ” to raise them out o f th is sinful state, and its consequences of e te rn a l pun ishm en t after leaving thi* worid. M any o f th e departed ones who have entered tho lowest state of spirit-life on leaving th is, and have progressed to one or more higher planes o f sp iritua l condition by m aking know n th a t there, ns well as here, men can “ w ork o u t th e ir sa lv a tio n ” from th e degraded and unhappy conditions o f ignorance and crim e obtained w hile here, and which there plunges them in to d a rk and direful states of suffering, deny this doctrine of e te rn a l pun ishm en t. T hey em phatically bring against it the f a c t of th e ir own redeem ed and p rogressing conditions. Whate ver, then, m ay be the w orth o f th e dogm as of the churches, if true and as applicable to a fu tu re salvation of m en, a ll th e progressed and loving sp irits who come to us show they are n o t to save w hile . in this life only, and from an e te rn a l suffering a t th e hands o f H im who is Infinite and Ineffable Love, and from whoso natu re , as such, no such eternal enm ity could spring , and “ H e buteth no th ing th a t H e h.-m made,” “ know eth the beginning an d end ing of a l l , ’ “ is no respecter of persons,” and “ whose m ercy en d u re th fo r e v e r ’’ tow ards all who stand in need of redeem ing aids and redeem ing love, th a t a ll spring ing from and through, shall also finally tend to H im ,

exhibited in every home. F o r every le tte r of I he alphabet, a m oral p r in ciple is illu s tra ted , th u s : “ E (subject) a little \c<-< E go tism ; (issue) a little l e s s E ffro n te ry ; (resu lt) a little m o r e Excellence.” Again,

. “ G , a litt le l e s s G r in d ; a little l e s s G reed : a little wore Good ness.’’ A no ther of these “ S hort T houghts for R eady Reckoners we recom m end to the consideration o f those scavengers who are a t present scattering th e ir litte r about in the ranks of Spiritualism : it is, “ T. a little I '- 'S T a t l e r ; a little l e s s T reacherous; a little m o r e T ru th fu l. Such sim ple works, though apparen tly insignificant, often exercise a much w ider influence than more extensive productions. M r. Cros- Ipnd’s work on “ A pparitions,” cloth, 2s. (id., is now ready, and may be obtained a t the S p iritua l In s titu tio n . I t i= a book well w orthy the a tten tion of a ll Spiritualists . Some trance-addresses bv M r. Morse, recently delivered a t L iverpool, a re about to be published by the L iver pool .Society. “ In my L ady’s C h am b er” is a speculative romance, 1120pp., 2s. Pub lished this day by J . B urns.

M r. W a l l a c e w ill speak in the trance at the Assembly Rooms, Is ling ton , L iverpool, on Sunday next, a t 3 and 7 o'clock.

Mies. Sc a t t k r g o o d w ill speak in the trance a t the New IL I l ot F reedom , Back L o rd S treet. H alifax, on Sunday next, at 2.-’)0 and li.UO. ’ •W e understand after the execution o f M ary A nn Cotton, the notorious Auckland poisoner, a p laster cast o f her head was successfully taken by M r. W . C risp, G reatham , in the in terests of phrenology.

J . F. N .— T he verses “ D ear Boy ” a rc not quite up to the m ark for publication .

S. H h n x e k .— W e saw the verses long ago, but did no t consider them of sufficient im portance to in any way d is tu rb our equanim ity . W e recom m end equal p lac id ity on your part.

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