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DIRECT SPIRIT-DRAWING.The ' 8pecimenS :()f phenomena, through the mediumship of D.

" which we published last week, have exciteda wide interest/and induced many to make arrangements for secur-

■,of • the:how work, “ Hafed, Priuce ot- Persia,” which isin g aco p j about to Deii

This ■ week rive two additional specimens of direct spirit- ........................................................ - bit ’drftwlbg’j'but'wdmd remark, by way of preface, that the blocks

from w M phW ’]Sm t are not so smooth in outline and forcible in expi^qn-W thW origiiials. “' The $rst contairii iaottoes in two languages, quite unknown to

Underneath is the Jeprtsentfttion of a fossilised1 reptile and apother animal. This drawing was: oljtaiflecl1 in the: preSencfcofDr. Sexton, on one of his Yifiits fo Glasgow, who* pWhaplj . _ , opginalii his possession. WState th6 ability to■■■produce a portrait In an inconceivably Blioit spate of'timBj aad*' without physical light, and also that1 discrimination peculiar to the human intellect, Which,in a rough sketclfof ageologieal’specimen implies the whole history of the individual I’epksented. ;r. ■

The forthcoming Work will be a rich mine bf well autihenta- • cated faots, proving, not only that man exists after flCatlr for <\

the medium and all who were present. The incident which it is intended to iliu^tiate will be found fully described in. the ne5r,V«rk about to appear. All ,th^t wa have to do at present isj to .affirm that it. is from a drawing done by spirits direct, without tha use of human agency; implying power, o f sight without physical light, and a knowledge o f languages quite, foreign to the sitters. Here are powerful arguments for the existence of spiritual beings; and n o th e6ri0 havp yet been propounded by non-spirituaUfte'wMch will explain them. . . .

The other picture is, as everyone will perceive, a .portrait , of Hugli MSU&, ariiiyid in his Scotm p l ^ r aftd accompanied tiy .tbe symbols of ’ ‘ ! ;,v ’ ' ' 1 ; w Lve;wil

tbM s of hi? w6ll-lmown scient^c Hugh Miller npft'a,jry well-mdry^personality,and his pijftrait.w&s always, take^ itfi the ^c6&h‘maid.'

a brief period, but that he can communicate with oil tjid.:.- ’ earth-plane at least two thousand years ifter phy &:,< §- lutioii. ; , '• t .■ • iimjnmtoa 'This goes far to imply, a continued immortally; ijpr inan,: whioh. necessitates a permanent personality. : ■.everyone will perceive, is entirely antagonistic tQjthe wrete ed ;re-incarnation theory., r :: '1 Subscriptions for the forthcoming wbrkj HafeariP™* ®* P raia• Earthilife and Spirit.® are 'bbing'-wcewfa:<at •• tho' Spirittfat Irifetittite, 15, Southa on EbW,- ^ tr -MinVot oici'rte'rtrP'fi Stite'&l.' GlasertiW/:

706 THE, MEDIUM AND DAYBBEAK.s a s f c

... November. 5, .187.5.

v ‘ " c '•A ■ .«N q t t in g h a h :. . i/.:

•ijniei circumstances which, led to our visit to JSot^ngham, on S t id iy are riven in the Report by Mr. A s h y o r t i ,^ t% t, .$ th r out any prebmihary remMks^/we^may a t-o n d ^ pr$g§§$

. business of the .day. The, Spiritpaligta hall close to St.* Peter’s Ohufch yhioli ^^somewhat' oyer one hundred people. They. Kaye it at a y6£y; Jow rental. It is coj r. venientlyBitpaty, dy rec< dwi dleddown Jo th^w st nuni erj;/T ip meetj s .on Sutid e iield in that TQOpii ',....; ■ V" * } ' } : ■ ' ' ' :r"

Tiie first gathering waa jnoie particularly intend ;fo ‘juitro- dncing visi(iprj3 to the local Ironto #alw a wis for ib.e other op&ations W ‘ this acquaintaiiceBlup Tlj|:attendance was small. The morning was cold md .raw, and tfio. tone jjf ;$!ie meeting was of a similar cluiracter. "Ultimately Mrs. Hit ^M| ftI:;contro)led - by the . little spirit. .‘‘ Ppj un44fett63‘:TO'avei been born;

exisiso approi we havethe same , „ ___

This interesting conttol having' ceased, Mtf’SSJrebn, a medium under.development, was seized by an influence which excited his sympathie&ina' lugti degree. Ultimately it was Supposed tbat the control might be for Mi. Burns, who stretched his band across the table, and most marked i^dia^ions:<jf, affection wera exhibited by the controlled medium. \T£e spirit Was ultimately identified as that of little Maggie Simpson, a child who passed away in Oounty Durham two or three years ago.

In the afternoon the formal conference was somewhat better attended, but there was a. scarcity o f visitors from a diqtflijpe. N o ttiijliW i^B ifea ted 'o n Vranotluies of railway, aiid i t is almost impossible to get to it on the Sunday and return the same day. There were, however, visitors from Belper, Derby, and other places, and out a thin sprinkling of the Spiritualists of the town. The room ultimately filled up.

Mr. -Hancock presided, and in his opening speech said their association had gradually fallen to pieces, and it was resolved to suspend public meetings entirely. A few moved a counter resolu­tion, that a fresh start should he made, and hence that conference, M fo Hitchcock had been their chief speaker. Some time ago her guides indicated a change, and that she woqld be taken away from them occasionally, and other speakers would be required. The additional help expected had. not yet come forward, and thus the intefiasthad very much fallen off. Mrs. Hitchcock’s guides had pointed* tot:five reasons for. this disintegration. First, a want of congeniality and harmony among those connected with the meet­ings. Secondly, those who came were only half individuals, for they left their souls behind them, and sat in their places more like wooden effigies than living, feeling, human beings. Thirdly, a lack of patience and perseverance in the work, and a tendency to give up too soon if the results expected were notforthcoming. Fourthly, a want of self-reliance. They all trust to the medium, and do not fall back on their own resources, or seek for the development of other mediums. Those who were mediumistic would not per­mit themselves to be exercised, a id t h p the work of development was interfered with. Fifthly, a ivftpt of attention to conditions, punctuality as to time, and o $ § j arrangements.

Letters of apology were rea^frojn, several who could not attend. An able letter was read froin, Jifo W . Russell, of Birmingham, Secretary of the S ip ^ y -n i^ ^ g -w o y ^ m e h t there, in which he ad­vocated the establi^inent.of^P-Spiritualists’ Lecture Union’’ for the Midland Counties. The. plan £e proposed was to have the names of all speakers on a card, so that secretaries arranging for meetings in the district might very sopn supply themselves with necessary platform aid for their Sunday meetings.

Mr. Ashworth read the following Report Seohetabt’s B e post.

Some ten or eleven years ago several of the friendB now present, viz., Mr. and Mrs. Hitohoock, Mi. Prqotor, the writer, and others who have since passed on to spirit-wo l , might have been seen sitting round a table and endeavouring to oljijain, gpjne proof tijat those “ gone before” were not deador lying in % “ dreaming sleep.’’

After a few sittings without any apparent success, the table moved, and those we loved on earth purported to ba in our midst. The meet­ings gradually inoreased in interest, and test upon test was given. Ulti­mately, tfta < ble. a,oy 5[ioiii Qe Bpd,.an/ ' throilj the

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i andi this mapper.. The meetings noyr

------ — -,r------------ ipts!v/er&^frequently:inade tooaufleMre? !ffimoookl'tb s p ^ , --After 'some few'atfcnlpts Bhe was made to giveJa^rlssib&itdiione oi: two. tfordsj tyitil-VBry :soori after shewas able to spew a whole sentence. Meeting after meeting .\fraa. held*' tha attend- ani^inijr®i(d^rp)*portipp1dyi \^]® the.pi}(^eB9,tnade by the.medium.

th§®riter.pv[nga djstinotre?ollebtiqn of one qq&rijyi wrerspmfed,^ only a, modmate-

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vritii u^ arid on Several occasion ' reported iri ^oftliaiid S e ^ ^ t i fu l

addresses .whioh. jve .believedShe wpj&rhabdistmot _ _____o

and walks he;hkd with;Mr. Beddall8.;' . ftfc '& wett'tu6flibft;;uow pW80nt> ^motty:rebolleofca_eeing Mrs. EeddaUa’.hand.being'nioved by BQipe po.wor w M |)h% e^M t^;]ie oouldnojMully understand* ■, On one

itWit^e Mgtmunicatiops were gi'roagb.a/n^J^^mo^me>it ^of:^b . H ito^pyB hand. At this ti > inedim’s nnger WM made to point to the letters bf tbe alphabet, t

; A^Qtose'bf twelve swjf ^ r o & 'b f ^ e ; spore or $Sj ;ihterest^g:i'sme|ioe waa Bt&f' '^% ;inem 6er,i ’ a,oeriain-amou: 1 t,_

t^ia.m eansw ew hfe:t0 s t Fvwffify'' 8 0 i

A large house; tak]fn an^ ,diri|jd b>|penf'*

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^ p l , e ; ^ u i t t owerev.sivena'1’- - 'poos Ifiayi

' p ^ M the moit J ;fiere ^the/stattM-znuat notjhoweter^ ________ __He informed ub something"of the working'of thiB institution, “ Manupl” was purchased, whioh r^sultedjn tbeform^tippnf’iEyceum No. 1. 'Both young and old will ever remember the many happy, and

.0 I may say profitable, hours, spent in oonneotion with this beautiful institution. We started' with bjjt few ohildren, but have had, aa the journal will show, as many as eiglity on-the roll. After awhile the interest somewhat decreased, and many fell off. Some could not stand the scoffs of the ignorant, others gre# up and were led off by companions, while others, whose parents were not Spiritualists, gradu­ally lost their former interest, and left us. Others, I am glad to say, kept on till its last expiring breath, whioh oeSufred'aoSne fettP -mo&ths ago. The numbers being so small, we thought we might instruot our­selves more by starting an adult class, which meets here fortnightly, when essays, paperB, and addresses are given, and have proved to be of a yery interesting and instructive nature. Some nine or ten months ago it was deemed advisable by some to ohange the name of this sooiety, ap there were friends who felt that they oould not beeome i etAber p# a Spiritualist sooiety, they not being fully oonvinoed who cduid join siibh : a one as wished to investigate the subject. ■ , ■ '

As in other intances, so in this. Some have left their darling-babe to the mercy of the elements, not caring, by their action ,I whether jt was > starved to death or brutally murdered. I may, in Conclusion,, say tbiat severtd. oiroles have at times.been started, but have .nQfc. jne jrith itJiafe succeis whioh many others have obtained. Trance medium iip appear; to be the most general, we having failed to develop any real gqodphyaiT . oal mediums—a want whioh mafly would be glad: to see aijppli di: V?e have for more than ten ’ years field publio Sunday evening meetings, whioh have been attended by many hundreds of the inhabitants of this town. We hope this pleasant gathering will be productive of muoh good, and that we may go on with our work of uprooting error and superstition, and in its plaoe planting truth, happiness, and love, ever remembering that we have the aid of the bast of earth’s departed ones, who are still anxious to bless humanity,—On behalf of the oommittee,

Jas, Asjiwoeth, Oor, Sec.Nottingham, October 28th, 1875.

Mr. Morton rose and said he reganled the Spiritual Institution as related to the cause in all parts of th$. country, as the sun is related to the earth and other planet?., I t might be said that the sun gave light gratuitously, but. g^n-bad to work, |ig the ground, sow seed, and put himself to expenses) and exert biinaelf in labour, or the sun’s heat -^oifl^bring about a fm d eM ie .tljr^ He there­fore argued that tp;olj>$iin the* fijj, benefit o | t j^ i .^ p j i a l Institu­tion, the same cause^as necessary as to reap tlw advantages of the light and heat of the sun. By helping the Spiritual Institu­tion with its work, assistance was afforded to the ]$oyement every­where. To get the advantage of the sun,, we had to open our abodes and admit its rays; and so, to gain the advantages of the Spiritual Institution, Spiritualists should open their minds to its literature, and make efforts to spread it amopg others. Those who had no knowledge of the benefits of the Spiritual Institution were those who refused to avail themselves of the advantages it con­ferred. The literature was calculated to open up the minds of many enlightened, thoughtful people to the subject who could not be reached by any other means. The reduction o f the Medium in price to one penny would, he considered, be a great boon to the public an4 the cause. Next year he intended to take two copies instead of one, apd i f five hundred Spiritualists would do, the same, tWs would be a means of introducing the Medium to 2,000 m V readersimOijtljlyi and. to upwards of 25,6op in. the course of tpe year. Thjstirfat iy6rk cou],d, be accomplished by the expenditure o fo n ^ anaddj^bnaliial^enny a week; asad t^e expense. wa^ §a trifling,' and. th£ results so great, that he had no doubt tjiose wfi.o gave i t a moments thoi^fht woiud at once adopt it. Th^re’ wera seasons in nature, and so there ought to be in Spirituijisip. Hp; regarded printer as the time for them tp sow see j, ipipp peopfe were mpip jM ticd arly connnad wiflijn 4doo^s, m J.b^op porjtu ni- . ties fqr.^ad^ttg- . tjp

^ of maji^epi^jjalthrough its agency , m i Morton aigWd th{it a.kpovf(edgeof

r w W m ic?iu^d^Bstn«miteii!^si ^ a i^ tamtodm9:8pM itj

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o f f i f i l f e f e M M f t - ; M l P i ^ M w j ! « i e 9 8 R m # a , B p ^ A . T O R . I i ? .^«y(,nw ghti;eaig95lj#s^ .fa ,.!*# * q M m M » i|nflMteOA'.w«W|i ,awJ<; ungrajifiad forfwaat o f eft medium. through whoai'ia QonanuyaiOate. By'circulatkg.atea^ledgaofSpiiitualiiBm'flniong'onrirleEd8:oa earths we imgHt be^pavingr -the way for a means of ( cwfamBnwm when’itwafPoUr destmy^ofyepMfcto the spirit^torldr- Bethought it W ^ . 't i^ /® # fetBr6st':o f all1 to promote Spiritualfetf, kiribnd' one b f t f lw 'i i i fy td jiroVe' himsrff an Obst&cle to fyfoft^pitigriasS; by f l e g ^ M t o ^ U is d u t j. : . ? V . ' "T:

. '^ if's q m •&« clvaii: .on, tije d if fe re d , o j bpipieiiwpsfflig 'Hjidu»i?lt made: a sflpsQfefrwW cW ei reviewed Jps: ssprience in regard to,i'9jjgi0iufl.<tuefttiQ»s, W ie n quite young ihfl waa astonished t o :hear :.that there'were, different sects,! ■ H e : had been brought tip as a Methodist, and thought allreligioUa people believed alike. H e gave an account of the d ifie i^ces’ <$■ opinion aM doubts which arose in th® com­munion withwhieh he WM connected!, because, o f the Mrbduction o f i.few 's^rcM pg ^uQStibijs. Durihg bis lifetime he ttad ‘spent u ^ard p of £100 in Jitorature on Various aspects o f the' religious question, whichhie,’thought was & pretty good course ofuiyesti^a- t i o ^ f o r i^ b r % ’ ' ' ■ ■ * > — --*<- i - ■*■-•» - ‘ - - - - 'of hooks, oit the looked upQn tjheauthority whiph explfluwd all Bibles.

W e then, made a few remarks in closing the Conference. W e warmly urgfed the friends to look to the cause in Nottingham, and not trouble themsqlVes particularly with' what' friends itt other phtces niight he doing;. Large deputations from distant towns, on' the saipe day, would to$ a great waste of money; pad reshit in blft little gpod. .friends Ought to do, Woiild. be tb havea

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^ r9’dock,.,thfi Jt^Uj,P%W ' utawrog-iiii W iimnwuk conducted. $ 9 service y Mr. W eatmore]to^iflsid^4iatih».'' p^JtKffllUHb. : . ■;■•,' 'i:'. ::!.i ..-. a -I ilkut'lo'.asufil!'”!; Chrnidiscoursewas entirely impromptu, A visitot^aceitsir'fetter’

M afe.1; Btfty'Oiraf|g|tfhL . _Nv^kj1' xre ’ took up th e' tfsWr inUttfir' raSLpdflftsS. discusSett jarti'culars i^ ’w h ld a ^ i 'o ^ '^ ^ l

A t'tiie close, a cJergyhjaa from ^.'dista^i;yeW ,,highly, of. ouj wp^i; jp f c i^ tfiM st^ ^ i^ .T y m cft, 1Ji^ .o ccu rre i m h i s 0T O ,e x p e ^ n ^ ,.^ d ,1 p|i^bihjfl tm sh^p.: Bi8.Bpeeehefl,Jo?; t b w ,wer?,two^i« theifosa « f i^ s& m t ■ t o : hi^w;e.re!plied} ,<«e8.tpd»ttSS<}elteitij»gjessioBt.J ■; «.i ••:'■ .: Mr. Hitchcock also rase ajid. sfated that i t wa^ the intentiop pf the friends ; to commence a hook dul^, ad had heto-th& caee' before, by suhsmbing each a small sum’ weeMyj.and purohasing1 hooks fdr reading and distjibution attOD^the- Members. ",1 This- gave rise to a demftn.d fo r further teformitibh u jb a the schemes bf the "StnriJajat Instittittbii for tne ’ ffiflfcsSfri bf lrfeMji|ye;. We. gave a brief: explinftti'on of otir a ^ t ie m e ^ ts ;fo r ’iip)f™ ^^, standard works to th e ' friends of the tfl%c'taking part in raising the' ijecessftjy f u i ^ to publish, tte .jjqoK ,,; Tfe.details of thja, plan will he. seea « f t l f l a t . pftge, Af p ft; Mb p it o ,

The .formal proceedings being, oyer, the meetisgbioke.1u>p abwly; ■ after h * r a g lasted upwaida of tw a houirs and a half from tbe com- putocement of the; seryice. Though the day began rathej coldly, yet thei closing scene Was. all that oould bft desired, and everyosei felt that an excellent day’s work had been. done.. Once more all

f e ' aholding out induceWieats tp local Spiritualists to come together to meet their tiendiaifeom the distance.

As to the j ^ o M b t Mr, Russell, it was a good one; but ?t was not irece&WiCtw^ffc f e the coidflumniation o f an elaborate system befbre ttiffing1 AdvaiitSgb1 bf^lt.' Already the friends knew Where several B p ^ e is liy e i, AQ that was necessary was to correspond w ith them.—ask.thejn when' they could come, and make arrange­ments accordiprf}!». A jaui^bef pf speakers would visit. on Sunday, from wmwighaw. and other places, merely for their expenses., This would be the heat step to take to induce other towns to j^ in s u c b .a .u B io B ^ te iliit waawisesfc for people to. act fca theni6ek?)es, and not waifc for others to be ready to act with them. ■

:W e dw«lt somewhat oti' th« question o f individual response b ifity in t o wbik O f ^ p u i t ia l^ . "By labouring iff the eause we could b e t ^ ihM^: b h l'bur 's^ ilin d develtHiiaents, and prepare for tttairttme wheja we shall hsive tb dlbfle Our. eyes to the lights of tif ii world, i j id ' jaias .through the"dirk valley into the light of another' spli^re, , i t ;shb]i^d.;^. ihp o % c t of everyone to have, i f possjblet cnmp g U ^er-.o t'sp i» t^a l . ^ E t , that the great trial of tiansitiop. nright ? or- iima«lf> the speaker said,he.'fladt.do. fipiritW i^ift -w.BSMW#011 whatever, and without^ knowfedge which ^jritualiffln aftorded, his ideas of mta’e nature: and destiny Would hav6 beeu:very different. Of late, he had been- under the -neces^t^ ' of iuakiiig some1 lonely excursions into the ‘ ‘ Valley of the1 ’Shadow of j3eath f and when he endeavoured to lotsk hey®iid; it was tdl dafteiei® tod indefiniteness. No light from the other side tp guide or to invite. Had he been under the neces­sity to qnit the body, it would haver been like divihg into p dark river, without any certainty.as to whether the individual, conscious being would ever alight on another shore. Such Was' the trial' before all who were not developed ip their spiritual faculties. . . J J j hoped t ia t he Blight be parfliittei to live upon e^rth tjll.ihis. developnlent ensued, and taua be able to cross the dark river with the consciousness of safety and guidance, and with the light of the spirit-world beckoning him on. To the stoong and the thoughtleas,. full of life and'passion, this con&leration might seem ridiculous fbUy; but whatever be the physical Btate or mentd' hias of any human being, the de&tiny w&s-before them. The dark Talley had to 1je'traver8ed'j tha river ‘6 f dcWfh had to be' ferOsStyjL ITo1 one dbifld etadb thw co!i^&;''£ihdr.ihb V ise woiild Tie tHbseiwhb' endeavotrbd to make life the Reason in Which to trin?. their Jfiinjpfl with, spiritual enlightenment, that they .jiighf se^ 'and know wiuwier^iey were going in the great traditional trial, of epBj^qe.' Spiritualiam aided'man in this work of development, I t ,afforded grounds for rational satiafaction, and the. eifff ct upon the Mfflit was. to. open the clairvoyant perceptions, excite .^the intuition^ and. develop man spirittially for hia approaching.transition into roiriV life.

ly that a series of public t t e ^ g a . wiU. be, #ei^ ''aa hitherto,, and, With the ..rtftati<ie,: a very decided interest c p w he ed ited ..',. W e JP ''~3''* in London this'winter various speakers fro » the y .Lafl.«ujhire districts. I f our JTo.ttinghw ftfa m «W I fr9m them on their way to London, it wiojohi fe re ^ ^ ijo iro w y # ; and make the tour of some use, to the friends thus vMtaig' ua v h o could return bv way of Birmingham, and do vrork going in' both direcitions. W e had an opportunity of making ah^Dgeme&tx.Mrs. Hitchcock to visit London in a few weeks. Her med&iineM]Continues to develop. She has been making visits to Belp&r apd other places, and a change of conditions hflg heen o{ hei^^fit to, her. "

W e were pleased to hear o f cases of heaJiSg ifte^iTO^aiv

TH E NEWCASTLE CMJKXNICLM S P C O T U M iIS M .of the 6x-

re a j» p B q [Qgy fo? in to *

; gome months ago we promised our reactors a ceUent review of the works of Oroqkes ajia .We tsm whi<ih appeared ip the Mwcaqtk Jppfij/ C5ijjri 1875.' I t contains a summary SQ. CQmprehewtye, 1 well worthy of consideration, that we w e do aj dueing it now.

THE KEW SOIENOE*Apparently the time has coma when soienca must enlarge the area

within, whioh her votaries hava been: acoustomed to woric. Ik cannot perhaps be maintained, notwithatauding the mamllaus extension of haman knowledge during the la£t fifty years, that, aoieaoa has begun to tigh for aew worlds to conquer. Before suoh a deadlook o*n ooour, pnioh will have to be done in the m y of jeouring and utilising the oanqueete already achieved. But there W been bo careful a survey of the,outposts of recant acquisitions that the engineera-in-ohiaf o f human diacavery hf«re somewhat pedantieally proolaimed wt pfaa ultra all round, going sa far as to forbid inquiry into the '^region* beyond ’’ -as a epeoiea o f pluloBQpbieal trespass, and in some oases jo far as to deny the very existence of such region. This finality dogma'has net been decreed in the Vatican of Soienoe without emphatio OMtert on the part Of both Metaphyaioa and Beligion. The venerable theory' bf a spiritual realm within or above or around the vague domtrin bf ina never been either oomplete’ hypothesis of all-Buffloiantimponderable, imperceptible, ------------------ --------, .agent or fountain of foroe in its manifold correlation of iheat,!<li|nt; phemical affinity, gravitation, eleetrioity, galvanism, and tho :‘

elements ; nevertheless the;bigoted renmaot of ;ages which 1 margin for non^materlal'phendmenii hsKrajath^iPjfertniaoiouBly bettt on to the eeemingly un#olehtifl() aiaertlbn, that therois a something in %e universe or in man’s neeeMary cbnoeptipni o f the univeree, wamntmg

1 matter, haa

* v Hesearohea.in Sbe ShajppiHift of Sy iWUUwx ClPSlWiLondpp;

a m

flilirrtlriri-.-iTthe: id& 6f causation, an d ?S '!P i^o tffSui)Wme Cause worthy to be rejJej&uied, ftbou|h.,i5ncapkible'iof ’beuig: formulaWd b ^ ih a canons 'of ^^^^VfcJB'i69irJ^etJ!6fi^U-i^eiS^L«»bl«iobrtinMy,rjuaidipUfl!sdien|iBts^ M yf ;^fe'ne4;from(iutUe .negaUon out pf their lpgitimate.iiphore, or1

hW/W .to i lmgj wit ,;jinytlii gj,lj4yoEid tiie e fc)$,e:pndj.tijitor-

Sofqf&ro'ey#>Mrt'j</f nioral^aWant fbp Mitlvihg oonfinea of matter are not rigidly marked off by an impassable boundary) but:fath,eiJ)pj!Bl]1e i oM (indefinitely by a graduated attenuation,1 'till'.{he

ijsai^e^aniito;iphCnpmenais filled jip' or . bridged lover;: T im e^^^j^fBfjijliefindeedi on the:;patt pf very bUBy jsoiejltifio ^^^‘i^^^u^fitj^jiBtanije to.reppg^ e.as reai phenomena ocour-

w eraBle t p ^ o w i a n d apt arrogant disdain forrtir aasomates’ivlio manifesfc a dispoaition.to honour suoh ocour-

t t d S u ^ i i ! i , 'Boieiitlfl!o treattn'entl B u t tikis ls a okaraoteristio infirm ity« O m t f UILata c 'iiii. j l ; : — A

pattl^oKal ft¥feS oF^lSitB^'IIiidi^idual humanity ja essentially free1 and. ptfbgfefcsiWS’ lAs'Sd'fjiated: humanity—even when avowedly. banded, to­gether to promote i progtess-^B1-invariably conservative.’ Societies are' organised itovpropagate deceived; opinions, or' to pursue truth on lines definitelj^aid-'dbtfn^ I f o|iiriiong<ari&e’which seem ts rub- counter to thoseafceady accepted1, the whole weight of the organisation thuB ithreat- eried is brought tp hear on'their., suppression. I f results are alleged to ^ y e been attoined by 9tljei;,thap the sanctioned methods, they are to $11 in ^ f c | ty d l .p i^ i^ ,^ te ^ M presumably false., It is only fair to add th^t J&jj| ,con(^vat|ye.. .element is ,by no means .withput. its; value in eco- M^ipins :tfttje1guiaing energj' in promising channels, and preventing Wa®|6 ofWeift.bymid and, vague diffusion over areas of inquiry from whJdH little'iste be; aiatioipatea; and it is further to be observed that all progress iitffide by individuals whether with or without the sanction and oo-operation of guilds organised for defensive and.conservative obj&stfl ? IB!exi4tin‘g'.tf6oi'etieS are notable, by the terws of their oharter, or;will ndtjibyreafori of'the lethargy whioh attaoks corporations almost necBsSarily;bomposed 'of old m6n,: makeroom in their archives for tbe Bp4ilB/9.f nei#:(iisQ&very,!a swarm takes place, and a new hive of intellec­tual hpnOT-i^ngis-set agoing. j There is no ground for despondency, «w? fyr raijing,■ ia tbe, jmpaseability of learned conclaves to newtruths o rt^kiijglynew.pbaieiB .of truths already familiar. I t is of oourse ^u^tojP^pj^r:*to b(>libit~(ip-pperatiori, whioh, on account of the prestige at ito.iqommatiq, would sensibly assist the naturalisation of new truth; but aj?tarnl£ th^re’ ii !aii a priori probability that such co-operation will eiimeFba ijefiu^'altogethe*, or n^pered!'with conditions and prejudices Wfriph’will’ttftder it Tyorth ess. - BOoner or later, the aspirant will have to'^imdja'society,''aiid possibly a ' sett of his own, and after a oertain interval of fighting there \vill be peace if not fusion between the old and the newi- Whether the1 views of Spiritualists are on the point of escaping fromthij period of tutelage and struggle for existence into M i general recognition, maybe disoussed with interest; but it: is antecedently pro­bable, that.tbey-will have to go the way. of all flesh, roundabout through t^ayeanra'^lQerne^s;pf probation into the land of rest and glory,-

.-.SpeMfng loosely,. Modern Spiritualism may be described as about flve-and-twenty yearB old; for, although the extraordinary occurrences whioh gaw pee, tf>Lthis newbranch of human, inquiry began long before

■ 1850, and’inideed nave rarely been absent from human experience more than a few years at a time since history oommeneed, it is only since abtfat'a'^rlietvdf a eentrfry ago that the business first gained attention frQw <jtabJe^,erBpns( while it is only, during the. last ten years or so

" M deigned eyen a show of philo- sopbi^'iflyestigation mtp tiie faots vouched for to them and not seldom tfitftw&tjjrt^em.'That men of perfeot soientiflp training would sooner or lararl)rln| t^ it 'lii^hly disciplined minds to bear upon the transoen- d8nM{ph'6honi8na':repdtted tti first th far from commanding authority, became increasingly probable.in proportion tp.t^e number of eminent men in other departmental human attainment,- who one after another, or iu aeleot-groupa, ‘testified-that they^had witnessed Bights and sounds and jmovfflnentevwhiohi' so fer as they' knew, oould not be explained without at least- stretching the known laws of mat ter very considerably beyond! their.ouBfonuiry range o f application, It was also probable that if'investigators ‘of : Known’ soientifio aoonraoy should be oompelled to report,affirmatively of: the phenomena in question, they would at the sime time be constrained to classify thefle modern miracles as previously unobserved natural -phenomena,: thus either enlarging the recognised atfea of- soientifio inquiry, or erecting a new science, aspiring to rank in thafrselfect-Bisterhood who preside over biology, and to be considered as a branch in theihigher physics that postulate mysterious etherial motion as a fundamental: explanation of meohanical and ohemical phenomena. .AS ito the /first-named probability, matters had become rather urgent when even : a l!araday oould be induoed td turn from his absorbing and useful pursuite to ontioiie and, aB he rather hastily assumed, to explain thd phenomena; of table'-rapping; but - his great skill enabled him to simulate, the ■ real phenomena as. Bucoessfuliy as the olever trickery ofuBiHoudin; or a Dobler enabled them to turn analogous mani- fest&tibnSiihtQ ridicule, whiltf the ; unrivalled reputation of Faraday for’iiagaoity tod .fairness lent a'-sanotion to a decision which, it now tuniB out.and was even at tl>e time earnestly asserted,: was wholly undeseryed,; 'Bob in. spite of;derisicm;or so-called soientifio exposure, amidBtthe Soletiin denunoiationa<)f terrified orthodoxy and the super- cilito-:smile-x>f a,philo8ophy, that: felt itself safe in exeroising:a con­temptuous !ohairity,-the,;phenomena persisted in going on, and the number1 of jbelioveradaily augmented. Men who had something like a. reputation: to:losG 5?ere, at first rather; chary of lending’ their august coutitananoe ,-to^uoh -tomfoolery aa tilting tables orazy chairs, tipsy banios, Belf-ringing bella, pusay-oat soratohings at the door which shuts hfitiah , sensfl!r/rom'? the-' ij liter - darkriass,' and an accordion playing the «< Tail a t Bke!:. tm ejmeath a :

t curiosity ijj an-inlieiStea tendenoy on th?'m9&ei:-»ide more

fc^lbW, J8i§ !if-taMng'tHe'■paii tomiw^' inluiyVSiygr^t',men-^pft'ai^oijsly^eat'inen' m&itil—went!' toithishouBe-'and'that h'ouBe,:whWeve'rift’BenBitlVerbrmfediUm:Was-to; exhibit).:/. They wereBdm'etimes:diBappointed;':andiwerit:a ayhuttonmg u 'theirrstout w»{)pers ipf i predjudibe i intrighteousisfent ;rJinpr6: wm* :• nSon.ly: they< w6resimm$ntfely-ainusddiihot[.atMt!30rM48drasd:i.f; © tr;uti» in.svfoli! aicase:could; be : got at, we;-Bj)5)fld frightpned;;[; hen;they.; uet needs, opjaejagaji )»fv'.^nae%iiW;«/l i h f l 7 . ^ ^ d i n g l ^ . j b p l ^ . , , ' , 1! ^

exceptingAmbeHey. who, having,been at' five Be nces'.-'fo epp h.'iiB1 fis

scbpcioisiii!,'aB'’th6 'Bpir ‘6f hiB fat&er' admfeph'.tiiat. wHHtiraB'Befen, heard; and'felt ■^Sni)mtt'Ti66h-poblied • awtiy as cleVetlfege^eiiiaiii; of orf inaefed, 'byr; referdiice to1 ony! of thehad' divided things knPwable and| provable."'‘Mtiny/ tif feMBC/'-Mited-,' and;-finally stepped: aside; but probably-not 'one ttho'haS Mb’ given in-his<'or her .adhesiotr to : the actuality1 cofifihei phenbmenai iever drew baok to the; positionof undiBturbeddinoredulityi! Jfviwe mention a -few -of the better-known names .which ihave. at one time or-aiiother more or.less served as vouohers to tbe'; ^nge'.and' sprayed;-preter­natural appearances, now generally - deBoriJ}ed. s 6pk\tiia}iBtib, _we Bhall make good our point, that it waB getting^tojjbe^fgh-,time for scientific Epioureans to stoop from their suWime rindiflfeferice, and at. least'mafielari effort to prevent, the 'lihole %orldJ goin? oraised. AtohbiBhop Whaiteljr, the skilled l.ogiciaii: iind Jba'rd-h aded ‘pnnce of theological ‘OOtnmPn sense, beoame an ardent SpMtiialist before he died—to the eixtent' o f ‘thoroughly believing1' thiit "he -Was eii rapport in one way or other with disembodied spirits, arid oOuld usefully inter­change communications: with them. Frofessdr. Be Morgan, who had all the shrewdness and.hard-headedness of Whately, together with a double measure of his capacity.and intellectual energy, went even further in. signifying his assent as a philosopher not only to the facto, but to the extreme probability of the spiritualistic explanation of those facts. His “ Cpllectanea,” published in their new, form posthumously, under the name of “ Paradoxes,” will satisfy any unlearned reader as thoroughly as his treatises on the “ Doctrine of Probabilities,’’and, on the “ Quantitifito-tion of the Predicate,” or hih celebrated artiole in the Penny Cyclopadia, headed, “ Sufficient- Beason—Want of,” l ave long sinoe convin-ced the most learned that he waB about the last mail ever born into the world to give hasty, ill-considered credence to a pfcwk of old wives' tales, or' indeed to anything of whioh his exacting intelleot wasi not abundantly certified. Lord Lindsay, who is one of the few members of noble. houses devoted to soientifio pursuits, has no more doubt ofthe transit of Mr, Home, the famous medium, in mid-air, than he has of the transit of yenushe witnessed in the Mauritius last November, or of the fovor whioli attaoked him before he returned, and has hardly yet left him. W. M. Thaiikei y was too well trained a satirist to Btoop very willingly to Buoh follies is'table-spinning and Davenport Brotherism, unless stunned into belief by overwhelming evidenoe. It was in consequbnoe of this belief and riot, as WaB supposed at the time, from a desire to poke fun at the savants, ot to titillate the public relish for Comhill, that he admitted1 into the'pages'of that magazine the remarkable artiole which a few years ago startled its numerous readers. The late Lords Lyndhurst and.fyoVgham, were a . little on. the wane as to their intellectual faculties, it is true, when they were brought face to face with spiritualistic factoand theories; but there was not, even to the last, any such abatement of natural force in these wonderful old lawyers as might justify the reference of their conversion, more ot less, to spiritualism to dotage; Witb Lord Brougham indeed, it did not go quite as far aB conversion, but oonviotion as to the reality of the unaccotintablenesB of the phenomena there Undoubtedly was, and he was; to his dying hour, not at all a likely victim , of gross imposture. Dr, Slliotson, the eminent physiologist, was for years the most formidable, because at once the most capable and tbe most earnest, opponent pf all Buoh pretensiona aa thoserput forwafd by or on behalf of Mr. Home. Yet: ne was. obliged. to fgiye in—not, indeed, definitely to tiie whole system or philosophy of spiritualistio oiroles, but to the not less important extent of “ a reoognitito of the reality of these manifestations, from whatever pausej,which is tending itprevolu-, tionise my thoughts and feelings on almost eve^ subjept,’’ and to . the expression of a touching regret that hehadnotkhPwri'theBe .things earlier. Mr. arid'ilni; wulgo far with an whtt,kndw!theiriVritinWbil''t'neii?; phonal1 #orth ; and Mr; Hall said/sotne years ago"TjTptlbiig! ago fmUst hiye'ConfesBPd tip disbelief in all miracles: I have seen aomany that my faith i» a‘ Glirisdan is now not merely outward profession, but entire and solemn oonvio- tiori.” But who in the wide world would have euapeoted Nassau William Senior—Political Economy Senior—of being inolined- to this new-fangled doctrine, going so far as to prediot that before the -olose of this oentury these phenomena would be found subjeot to ascertained laws, and as suoh of course openly olaimed and owned by science ? Mr. T. Adolphus Trollopd is for certain reasons-not quite suoh an important witness as those just mentioned, and perhaps there might be imagined some latent reason for .discounting tne testimony of William and Mary Howitt, because of their finely constituted natures and highly oultivatea feelings. But the list iB by no means exhausted, whereas our space is rapidly be­coming so; and passing by many witnesses of high credibility we must hurry on to remark tbat the neoessity for some soientifio prootor to intervene in thiB ominous proceeding for a' divorce - between authorised physical dogmas and intelligent belief beganitb be strongly felt Bome five or six years, ago, so that when it was understood that the .editor of the ,Quarterly Journal of Science, Mr. William Crookes,. P.-E.S., was entering upon a systematic inquiry into thp alleged phenomena of Spiri­tualism, there was a sense of relief in many cultivate-minds, and in not a few something like a sly ohuckling in anticipation of the tremendous fiasco Mr. CircpW was sure to bring about. To most; eduoawjl people. the name of this inquirer was a sufficient gu&antee that riothirig raah either way would find plaoe in his experiments. The knowledge of Mr. Orooke’B. qualifications for his self-iinposed: task; is, however, not quite so'6xten'Bive/fls:the interest now felt in the Bubjeot-matter of that task and ; the*efore we ' think it right to mention tbat as editor, author, and discoverer he has long sinbe- -though not yet'by any means an old man—gained a foremost plaoe among living ohemist*.

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% P?^??5^WWP.6"^ giTe the very beet ideaat tjjeir c^m n^dof tbe appearaiiqe, an^ perfloial sirnbtureof the eartli’ft satelliW. ' He has bee in^mately jfliied up in Bome of the best and inosf: important astronpmio^'.Vortpt; the last few years, both at home and abroad... Di one, sentence,‘it Trqiild not Have been an «atry matter, if 'jpoe^i'^ 'aQi' for the'Eoypi^Sboipty.to have found one of its memWs eyeiy Way bo’ entirely eompeteht and trustwortby had they oondesoendeij to take steps for the explosion pf the Spiritualistic bubble. We simU-libt attempt to desoribe the (Mtraprdinary oare with, wbioh Mr, Crookes conduoted his investigations'; th'ework mentioned below will satisfy, as well aa deeply iutereBtjajiy reader, whether Boientifio or not. What immediately oon- oerris ,m is,! thrt this, eminently qualified investigator has been 'drawta head over heels into what the dignified old-fogevism of Boienpe regards1 as a nnserable. qnagmjure; one-half impostpe and the other half piental hallucination,. t Singular, is it not, to say ho more, that this oool porson with all.’ his traps; tp. oatoh imposture or mistake, should himself be trapped into, believing in the reality of ft materialised spirit-fpTja, and even, as he lm sglf cqnjesses, going so far as foldjthe substantive-spiritual Katie King in his arras and do unto her “ as (uoy gentleman would

a o unflersyoh oircilme,ft,T,rt'‘ ° ” A -± ~ _ _ .j. o ilnaturally do.'under snqh oircumstanoes.” A strange'story is it not ? alVevents, a? lVTr. Crookes tells it, it is a story well worth reading.

At~ ~ f. - r kw.w mV, mV ad m b w i j rrou r r u itu r u a u iu g .The oomganion-atory in no Icsb Btrange and much moro rich in literary

and strictly. human. interest. Not to fcnow.Mr. Wallaoe isito argue oneself unknown. The brilliant effulgence of Du, Darwin hasBome- wbafc paled the: far, from intellectual fires of his rival and co-worker’s genius. But it must not be forgotten that Mr. Wallace was first ih tbe field now so completely occupied by and identified with Darwin. He has long been a recognised leader, not merely in practical botany, .but in the. philosophical speculations whioh have led to the. intermarriage of all the physical sciences. His position, as a naturalist, and, still more, as main'pillar, of one part pf Darwinism, and chief censor of another part, is such in tbe eyes of continental professors, that the greatest consternation bas been occasioned by hia reported, and now undoubted, conversion to Spiritualism; and it bas been urged that the two philosophies are incompatible, by way of shutting him up to an alternative which he is at present in no mood to adopt, Indeed, why should he ? In his earliest contributions to the theory of Natural Sel^oUon, h4e ,acknowledged, as all candid physicists do, that there are residual.-phenompija after all tbat can be so arranged, for—have been soientifi^ly.rfasaified—aud amongst these residual phenomena he haB found appa^itiops, miracles, so-called, and tranigressions-of the currently received notiops of gravitation. These he has oarefully examined, and, though.very, reluctantly, yet at last heartily, be has admitted them withm the, range of natural phenomena. In short, the able student of nature, who for flve-and-twenty years disbelieved in spirit, cause, and immortality, is now a thorough convert to Modern Spiritualism, and has much to Bay in its favour as a practical religion, or a philosophy of morals* which may be read with the deepest interest and no small advantage, even by thoqe who deem the teachings of the New Testament sufficiently dear and authoritative, as well as on several accounts greatly to be .preferred oyer any possible communication from Bpirits who oonfeBS. that they arenot muoh wiser out of the body than they were when they.were in the body—whioh, with some of them, is not saying muoh* The orthodox .will also be not a little charmed with- the crush* ing refutation by Mr. WallMeof tbe onoe dreaded argument pf Hume on the inoredibility of miracles. Our author has so much riddled it that it oan never so much as hold water more.

It remains to be considered that the majority of Englishmen will require at least one of three preliminary questions to be answered, if not all three,, before giving cordial welcome to the new science, or new religion, prnew philosophy, whatever it may be styled. Is it founded on unmistakeable faot? Is it forbidden by Scripture ? Is it likely to be profitable ? ' The firBt question we may assume to have been answered by what bas already been written in this article, or at all event® by what the inquirer will find in either of the books described below. The third question must in. part depend upon the attitude ofthe inquirer in refer­ence tp Christianity as generally accepted in this country. I f he is of opinion .that there iB nothing true, or nothing in Modern Spiritualism beyond what he has gained by means of initial .faith in revelation, followed by an earneBt study of the Bible, he will soaroely think it of muoh importance for his own spiritual welfare that he should pursue mediumstic fellowship with departed spirits. To the seoond question we propose to offer a brief answer. Necromancy—or the consultation of departed spirits—was undoubtedly forbidden by the Old Testament; but if we take the oase of Saul and , the Witch of Endor we can discern at onoe the reason for this prohibition in incidentally re­marking tbat the Scriptures do undoubtedly reoognise the possibility of committing the offenoe forbidden. So long as there was anoraole in Shiloh, or an authorised mediation between the visible and invisible the divine and the human spheres, so long was it irreverent and injudicious tq seek guidance from mere disembodied human spirits. Suoh consulta­tions showed distrust towards the provisions of the isanotuarv, and exposed the oraole-hunter to the wiles of misohievous and malicious spirits. TIm case was somewhat altered when the oraoles of Sinai, Shiloh, and Salem hecame dumb; and if it be assumed that the New Testament rests on the Bame authority as the Old, it is at least arguable tbat it is disrespectful and unsafe to forsake what is thus supposed to be given, by divine authority for the most lucid and positive utterances of mediumised human ghoBts. Still, the numerous exhortations in reference to spiritual manifestations scattered up and down the New Testament might, withwt any violent straining, be construed into- a repeal ,of the .stpiot prohibition, of neorpmancy, whioh remained in force under tha old economy. One word aud we have done. Mr.-Wallaqe very legitimacy

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of their ghastly visitors, simply t e a ^ e : they we H S t f f i n experiences tranBoendipr in soihe'partioiiM those of i q S ^ 'K u m a - nity. In putting forth.tb'ljr saving clause, .hoWeVeri we b e g f e ® ® u r hearers that there is as wide a difference between SoripturctM^MTOd almost all Borfs of theblomoSlinference,/as Wallace or the Mr. C r o o W tb:day and the same gentleman L'-the days o f thoir philosophical scepticism. ' / . ^

. ^^.^y^^^av^w \ia\iix\ix\mcastleDdUytO t^ icle ,d.6cwb&r 27tjb, containing a, review, o f two,publications on Spw ta«& m , which has occasioned Spiri­tualists in Northumberland. I t is rumoured .that thd proprietor thinks Spiritualism may injure the paperyand.that hehasfesued instructions that it be treated in a discourteoUBTOannerin fdttit'e. This we think is a T O ry -u n H k ^ ^ h in jf f^ a a n s ^ ^ M a f i o n 'advanced is not tenable, for eveiy publisneif M d # S is nothing which^sells off an edition like' &

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Review is in everybody’s hands, because o f a !ahort paragraph alluding to Spiritualism a t the end of an articls on Theisin. Mr. Cowan must know that his most popular.'issues; ara thdae in which something solid, and reliable respecting -Spiritualism appeals. The Chronicle, does not stand alone in its; publication of articles on Spiritualism. T he other local' papers frequently contain the essays read by Mr. Barkas, a n d if it were reported that there was a jealousy amongst the various eclitorg its to which of them should have the MS., we could uh&rirt«ind'it; but the objection-that a good article on Spiritualispi iniurcB a newspaper is to us unintelligible. .

But what has the Daily< Chronicle done th at it shoulil jmerit the animadversions of Spiritualists ? . I t haspnnted an adyflrse criticism on two works, Thp first was, ' ‘ W here are the Dead?” by Fritz. Now, we all know, that the author iis. an earnest, intelligent, and, devoted Spiritualist, and:thatyviewed from th e . Spiritualist’s standpoint, it is a useful repository4 of information on various phases of the subjeot; and what does the reviewer say? That “ sterling literary a b ility " is hot abundant amongst Spiritualists; that the book under notice was got together with only a year’s experience on the p art of the author, who is withal anonymous, and may either be any­body or nobody. The reviewer says:—

‘'The two workB before us are good examples of the majority of the books whioh are written by Spiritualists. They are distinguished'by no merit which makeB us long to lmpw more of their authors; atideo far bb they may be considered to-be expositions of the opinions held, and the method of reasoning adopted by Spiritualists, it would have been better, perhaps, if they had never been written.” , i . •

Really, we must not take umbrage at honest, independent opinion. The reviewer is not a sectarian apologist, but a man of letters, who has his credit a,t stake as w ellas the .dignity of his organ. W h at he says is all true. “ W here are the B ead ?” is like a pile of sandwiches in the form a manj but not digested nor assimilated to the organic peculiarities of th e form they take. The book is a well-stored basket o f useful m atter rather than a work of literary art.

. I t is not a standard work on the subject a t all, but- a useful tractate indicating the general Btate of affairs'from a rather external point of view. The second “ w ork’’ is entitled “ Spirit-people1’— a few columns df newspaper- type-Jpi^ter, printed on paper much too large, reminding t|e.' reader, pf a little boy in his father’s garments. This tra c t is unfortunately labelled No. 1 of Spiritualist Library, apd the injurious inference is sentabtoad th at Spiritualists; limit their literaryexcursions into su.ch confined channels. When we compare the; review of spring with that of autumn and these again with- the works on- which they^are based, we cannot but admits the candour and dis- orimination of the reviewer o f the Chronicle'. That tHeetwo last works Should be a t all worthy to stand on the; Same1 Shelf with the volumes by the eminent men of science ! i s '‘ iffore than_ the_ most ardent partisan could exp ect.' A.; ; com­pilation is not to be compared with years, of. expejfiniental investigation and personal testimony of tiie $ ^ o r a 6 r . .^ f i [ o r is the broad generalisation pf the' tobe measured alongsidie of a perform aupe^hjSb. reports pheno^ mena a t the vanishing point, and balances the weight with personal grievances-.. . i ; ! ' r’ ijji-. i

The reviewer is indeed a-.little tool flippant in Boine^bf his allusions, but he is led to it by the woftB' bdforfe ’h ittf^ -W e1 do not give any surety for the fideHty'of o'ur:h<i^theHi!1<jbattttaiJ»o- rary, but w e can see little grouiida for his impeachment in

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_______ ___T- !iJ6i6pglnB t»»' one of society's merohafitoAlto #4£^ttaiftf *®fa6'iil' the wcit-erfd1 of Lohdjb'iH-.

nib wtoaragOjiJde atifl1liii\ti!y Which private ipc}'-, dfrii'gritfisia'ttlfltl.'i TOiWatid&bf pounds,

i, iitah, ifiudibiorialy bkpeiifldd, .u -— J ‘-“-aai l: m6iq

ihedbzan,................... .............- » . ;h. luxury,

i^^kptejraiw&ictf. feuman'hsingp i f .pn pBiily

surroiwa wiw rditgioffl aeeem ana aognmlfod'Hfi ‘iBJ|rM btf!6n;taSn’B'imrt(36't)HliBWliy{si' iiWyitej.,_,... .. ,k be^eft'Wat '^M caliy tWy fafffr tif ofifeimi ' ' '''''"'

;y. ®ttry6rie is jJF-fo'ini&b any Vfli^ibhclearly

|p(.fe!i8n4t^ftifteitm ^^fef'Ar'rt4^ op underpaid:mbn , itftjb^^ 'i^ c^ itljft^ e i^ ffgpa jfir ytm&abti ptragesbylhBdbzem,.

.fltt tMfr phases-Bi^by-side, with. foxulrjr

conteaid ihftt ojoney ia : wisely ^ je W le r j ; , beoaus?, forsooth, it

o r soD M .^ej a ^ t ^ e f o r e tnust do gobd.- is o f fins land , n'eyer .pause tb th in? "how

bihttloyin'g ia few foreign workmen, or „_______ _, _____ _ hnfdlyMansion anff furhi&h'liib fittings

i t o » t lv « t f ( i^ 8 ,eB tabM taeiiti,a n 8 ';& e eiftpidyjhetrtflf. five hundred- mBn ,< /;ajflthtiioppO iJfioJ t fe ii% lT e s atld fafuiGeBin someiBduBtrial puwujit.I -:iU rb U B liu b m 0i > ^ i i i y i * r ^ W ^ i i 4*tobiaet :iii the farmer ease,. ••••' apd flsftyjfiadftotway: iritoithffflsiobtanalB all tiie;tiame through tankara , . ^ ^ ptw ri^hqae toinesBit is'to boriaw-and itmd- hnt tberifiaot re, ■..(fipicraM ^M ^'M s^r.its tqgtrfo:the-.w t^th/TvM m m -w merchant ,.,;p.W08, Jfitffi qMMB • w ney im ■ the.; w.ay, we *pa$y~tiB/nntl$, that., his

'■‘m c l h l n i ^ a ia ^ , tmui Acnmr. w i^sm^m^-have.R gog^ mpGve, ond.both may therefore be equally wlfisli'fTbm ourpoint of view, out,nev4r-.

...i jth§1^9fiit|W(n»Btt «to,q^4pbdy>jgrem \diatBraw motive, lreally:benefits

. .. l^Plselfit^i^erflirrm^lthan^eniEni.who doeBnogood at all, for the . :fow)er. jiniotontionadyi 'banefita paisoEs, whose feelings are eon-. l. ^e3a<al% 6 f :£> ,morB ikindly natnrfi towards Oonsself. These persons,■ ^flpiritti^lp:b8iiefi|-: hhnj ifowgh he may not fenow it, ior

even deserve it. The. man indio possesses wealth, and: spends it d l on himself must make many, .enemies. Money is so much coveted,

'-•wte'iffliifo ‘wttj, ' tire tti^orttftate ih'. acquiriiig it .think unkindly tiho hfcte ' ^ p ! tb ,5^cre$se the unhapmnes?,

iv • <M «t/'rftiJi 'mfefdh^t ‘pteps' Mito the;'Category of tlhe,teSiiiis'to ^i4|Ky ;Ms We^thi ® * tihjBri; tjhe

I •■ S»^tinsfare tesiiteii 40 indulge th eif iili-Jfef&lm a. Spiritualiitn teadhes, .y.f& w jbie^litaW batoetaiplp nday l^r octrf for tiwoidvtt regardijng ,\;| t^ ifi4tw ;Uift of!lBtolwft^mHBtaMfceuoh means as will oondaoe.to

make the greatest number of people think well ol themi This is only . $iu>%r:,]ray u>f j(ppJji^ j th^, fO^riBt)^, riuie to do gpod :to jo u r fellow-

,' m?ipiowy..4fiflreJ ■are ii4^eB.Jawa;)ff|uoh,jou (Jannat andewta^di but: ■. ' tiioil^ii i? ail.pov9r$>Mi>

S, arfff i^y,M.counts for. pjiuoh more of the happiness and qn- iVhS^1i'i^M'.|^jonf Wdptd than you are mwk of, yfhtoti

, toedgfir' lvve; iR ail H ^ i ^ e r e of invy, hatied; atid: 'malice—as inpdern X;'-wi9a^-ftifr f^tjaiBtitly i * oonflt^idteaTTlibjf’ can they e^erjfeti'cb! tihe

___— _ _y, _ - „ . ,i ^ IsV et1 1 Mainy: into give w g & f to tM riliie^itoder

IhftitorsBBinnittiatthByjara perfom ing an 'act thatiB pleislng to tlhe . ,;4SB)ghty/i8n4; oflflitfafflt ftb; themfleljies. iP e A u f s they imay alsft ;b,e

their fellowvortaturei, but, as oiftieii )tl i^ :m o t3 ? p .’4 fltf .iseWfih ioneii .Her«,.of .course, tKeraaan be op

latbec tak?$,,the ijhorit.y j i i g b j L ' j i m t w f . a l i j -it.M surelj:po^ to (ihp

in<M.to.’ra0 cW iW »)jut(m^e ^.parM iiwl attod^itis sffaoired1 iojfiiB j a m s b i fflhe.................... - - . _ > f i .

a jj&iduutu uibuawsr-raD au yuuwoi.u oiiotuub «*w peiM v^i^ffiaiiiTO ^e^yen.’’Siiliple^

B^lioiiiisty'' itH # iitan i: In '% e ’Woifld ift'?ffi'e ' is :ea^ ;forpe&db -tola pfirBiiarfetf‘th it e ^ t h l l i ig i^ :a». tt '^ d iild^ ^ 'B jid 'tjtft 'th o

■r,<a'ts18rfbfl io t ‘'td'fe"be'lieve8.’ ; '®fe)6e‘ ':ifhfl6b .ififeir^sfTt is tti’ iaaka_____'stlibiiflr.’toaiftS.

;eii9s—th'a'feoSnteBi ' i^6^6fe^4-3JIc0115® 1' de-ti'diuJofr rhblffest K3vdDateB,’o l ,teiriperant!ib‘'aiid'io6lfl 56rdCT"8B ftinmios, arid'lbva to fe r tb e if f&llow-ooinritrfl}p!#r 'jnbt'e M*ory- everything ib 'thaii yo i suppoBe; vat you ;MSk not! oVerlook‘13j6;faot that tflbti say.vihat l t is tbeir xn'fyreBt tp bw, tmd not,;Wha't patriotism irould’pr'oiflpfiike# to. E^noe yourprjasaw ^ore ^arti|anin its nm - ^tfthiek thafe patriotic, arid prefers' tb down the'bjjpolsilSin'br'beiaudthb Wyerniientl'bF ita1 own patty, irresjiedtive of the inljAif ts of the nation, aiid'iii SplW of obvious proof of dishonesty.and inoonipetenoy, ratheif tban'ftflfil ft's:duty to its readers, fhe g^ei|t;.fflaBB. ot^tiiftttrtieot ttolr''tieWB^e^B to guide arid' ad^Be^tfheni^yffl^ '& ^'itai'^d or Servflely obfey th'ose oh whose patroaagfe they M )y i3 .''‘Shd4^fl it be thbiight b'f "int^eBt to diBCtrss' ourjlent eVbn'ta frOta oii* pbint ttf view, we BbailTie'bappy, through your hatid, to sayintfrb on ttm t aiid lindred topws ftom time to titfle.

/i t»^#djf3u^tnbn6yi:you Should let the poor know thatyou aro their friend and not their paymaster.,

r ^oo' often.mafcafa to Suppose^ _- . j j - - _____- ___________—i.ibej^ditea: about ib» cfutuifa: 'life .BmabtlliBir,

/Q«anM ti»at; itj ! .m ( h . j i t u r in v f '! r j f i . i i f s^r. iU iii e 1/.' jfJ.J

by Sirs, Woodforde.

. AN BMTOB aiVBS IN TO ^H E iSP IE ,!^To thb Editor.—Dear Sir,—'CTrrtjrl' lately J"ta^itfb^ttned «eeptic

•■regarding spiritual pbenonieWa, but, tf#fflg,to ti^nraM al Wf'-Dr. Monok, I haVe^d afeW etperienees at hW VbtttiW^WaiaeeaiiJhM& liave entirely tatenthbiifiiid eut'of theflaile of my'philgB^^^tfnd'ebBvinced me tbat there really arS suohlthingB,M:diBtin(myl in ^ a l;p1ibtt0mBna.

At the very firBt BeaneS, bn being infortriM tnat' ‘£'' tib:titf'teQftor'and sceptic (Whidh. by the Way, he seemed to tiomider ByttOnytoouS terffls), Dr. Motock invited meto sit by his flide tind tapkb farS df'ius left feand, Whiles friend-of Uriiie took charge of tlib'bliheri: 'W«"thuB'bad'him in a net; and kept-all our sensed an thsafert to prweflfl tieSt^tion, We wafe^iflckly convinced everything was 'sfcraig'htforn'flrd. Itr the light, me Saw h^avy awioles -rieB tip! and fndvfe aordsB the taljlb'Without human (tontadfc; a handfeerbhief appeared 'to -to efflddwed with throbbing life ; tups oame in :pbrfeet ttipwerB1 itt all ^rebtiiona -we #OTb: totaohed by invisible handsvand 6htftfed‘%yfa t)*tigfe:Vibftltoi3, fefliieBt!e.• rittibg: in* dai*,:' ehairB "aSd'!!ia\iBlbali lJffitttWebts seemed suddmly to bfioome TOstiric* ^ ia iifei forth^WOVba^t,-^Bounded, touohed Tifl, amd, finally; a oKailf’,caine oh :iriy'aiW'‘Wh%:S held the DMtofo hamd,;atid); on r(fieasing his baindy l'fdUhd litebranding on mv Bhouldew. Strange iightB|'«Mf4utai«ohB faaridfl, tiattt®,-4b.,' danoed about ‘(Wei'head, and thB hatids ^ped'tis'pa'lpSbly. ;Manyof my feiends were told the names and various pivrtio\ilai*6' coilcferhing theit1 departed relatives. !! :i '•; : ; ■

The sea tree staggered m8,aadliaving {tebehad several opportumtieB of witnessing the p^flhf^^barTilienttmteda1 that attond^Dr.'MOnttk, not Jorily at fbrmal■seanoeB, bu« on'tek'sette o f :until6 !6o0asionB, I#m con- atrained tb saytbe'ttpprofflte' o f ^ i i ffir i6avid'*'g^^tef Bridi and just -te-what ahy stter reaBooablei ‘seeptlb would do-'uhdir &e«irmimBfcances, tiaihely,11 w w :iaitt) thfl6piri^.,,; >,.• ••

I have aeoi p 'f .■ Monok -in tbe bouses of others iiiafly'tiittes, and in my >own -office, when BeanoeB v?er6 tiot even thovifiht of, ahd yet I have ■heard the Taps fln the floor «hd all -abodf hiffl iti ih'9 glare of the mid* day Btmlighti ^nly IsBt iiight I waB tarjoying aBooial hour with him and a friend, when,- without warfiing, the table frequently #»nt up with all the supper things on it, none of them; 'however, being disturbed by tbe levitations. Terrifio knocks caa>e on the table and distant parts e f1 tbe room, and a large jar jnmpad off the table and deposited itself ih a far odrb'er of the parlour. Oiit' hoBt had a dog which manifested the greatest alarm tfrom Br. Monoi;fl first -entry, Snd hid itself .right a>way from hidii; trembling violently with terror till itwas removed to tbe kitohen; The raps 'pi-oved tbat Someone knew the minutest details •bf my most private a&fa!s, and ottinmunicatitos were mttdb'whioh I am confident no mortal besides myBelf oould have -known or guessed.

■ A-'CurioiiiB thing ocoiirrod a few days ago, whioh I -’will briefly Telate. ©r-. Monck acoompanied a party of gentlemen,-of whom all but the Writer were absolute strangers toWm, on atrip on tbeodabbtoGariBbrook.

•Ob'. «te* arrival) we all Bat ■dft'wn to dinner at an libtel. “ flajnoeJ,” the ■iDbetorV'guide,! lbBt nd tSmbiit oommehoiBg; bia^ebulte prooeedings. ■The oompany TWre ofihsilwably startled % y’tearaig lbiid and japid blawB'on' tbe ■cU.nfier-tablei'and, while thiB" was: 6bbii»riBg, ,Bome'0f the ^artyloofoa nndet1 -the table, and; of course, disdOfrered nt>*to9 to tbe rtiyHterv, fdr they ■only flaw Dr. Monok’s -feet teStiftg' tjfli€!% cn tha floor, While'thelotid thnmpS were ahaking the tabfeubbvb/'1 '$h6 btmVereation : wag about oertain'deceased natives of the’ Mand/ Who had nlade their aark in'thB wbrM, and " Satnuel’‘ was- eh#M D :!in teocKng: tiUt his aWprovtd or' b&W*»iSB. m> ‘ftattb" eoneeming

* Dinner o n r, tW

; ^ y S S £ 2 # f ^ ^ v f e ^ u s e h e m d e o f it,tbe tobk bpiUW tM Wine Abd eiss-

V S S t S ’l S, “ ! l t o ‘ - t t ^ a s r e k ^ a n i i l i ^ i i s e S i t h ^ y- mulrft^-JttieiinleMure ^gQtfeh' bf a ^ M d f i 'WaiiM in hiB fice

’ S S S Z r l T ^ r ' * u“ ’ ^ e - Prometheusof old, ho saW the :teoede',from: him, lean gracefully at an *ngle of

t i f f i a & C :0Ut biS0°T6t€d Wi“0^ an oh“ oa to M t e r

«ummersault, stood

S ^ ^ r a t e f l Spiritualist,

M ^ 8t«m£,t i M-'99t''-*h?«!* de tw n in a ferment and SpiritualismoinStaizr&rTh-6'ilm n k r M ' \ ® ¥ v J r 1,0 ibel,eI e *? *PWto—not he. I saw o n ^ d E s M * * dW ? a 80rt °« 8tA he *»ld me that

- a s a E ditor op thb “ I sle o t W ight E xpress.”

<Totju,iMu- spir itu a lism in Yo rk .qn; . Y i - IMitoft—-Dear Sir,—I promised to send you an aooount of

ing... Mr! ft.iif ?? ■+*. .. f WAl«» « tne meaiu

C b t f f i f t h 1 \ f0-°ed * * * " * <J™t about* riffht in anuth* ■ 16 T0r^ 111 ’ when onoe he is oertain of beinehi! -“P ^ g on “ 'th oan alter him. This speaks — " -g

. favour as hkeljr t<j beoome a staunch and proper Spiritualist.ftffA r.n A t* DO t i a i t n l XA L . l J . . M • _ .

This speaks well in

u ln the kitchen. For two davi altaost she

a w n '^ b 'cthe mediu“

K - ^ S S S S £ S 3 Sfor joy a a F E r 6 “ a S * ' ,Her husband ~ " U have jumped ./W . ™ ^oung daughter almost wept for }ov to sea W

' ^ ; Tbis, sir, I witnessed myself, thani God You

:3fflSSSt M r he?> - 4 * S fA S linstead o f i i i m m J p t J t u ^ . U ®* practised outside the churoh — ' rifcT w ii„ L-etf l ^ P5ra,0nB anflwer' same medium hasS tt2 S ± S S £ ^ * J -v * -* “»• *

t f ^ a w T s. s s t t K K . ’a r * lh' oueh iu ^ » " -

' • a f i * * * * * * something very pleasing to me

m fi^aif a t ^ ^ ^ O t t s r

20, Orchard Street, York, Ootober S ls tf1875. W ilson,

t o - i_ . SPIEIT-DEAW INQS

’Wmmmiced.the drawing on a f t e & S o f J J J * !

* ^ * * * » « * ■

f.ViA AiAhm A f j *__

. £ £ £ ^ ^ = = * ^ 8 5renewed light, and now there is a flame that‘ m t ^ L 6 of Bla«kbum 8ttdhold Of the new gospel The baby medium at fiishton I h a to b ijK h fr

^ a s K f f f f i ^ w i e ^ a eplaced onnthfltlw aiv ’ • ? e ? lrole waa singing,' its littlo handB,

t,me to the tun0- On® of the. seen saw the i s m M t r hoyering oyer the little darling with a promisfl that

he will try yeryshortlyto speak through him. I L ye u R m of a sittmg with our friend here, Dr. Brown, a p h y s i c a l ^ X ^ ™

h b Z ^ h i d 4W 0;in v are T6ry P°werfuli t X s ^afried all oteij ihe btrase. I had several things put into mybandj ashillinB'mk siyen

was taken o ff m y f t T * ^ to a geDtieman n e it to m e ! » ring S n o ff 8n? pUt 0n to the % « o* “ 6 o f the sitters,ntn m v hand f-v, Put on to m in e ; a purse containing money was put feteh f n l 1 : n a, ^ ' f e w as giyen to m e; a request was madeP to

£ ° v fche/ { K)P ; instantly I had one put into m y Bhak,Dg ° f , hand8 aU round the oirole ; the tubes

f h a d ! £ t a ? • l ?i § 9 ° ft> body- The voice wasWven; i naa a nne test. he oalled me a “ brick ” a "f-Aam ” . .n u i tv,ow? a«iuJinJtWn6n Bftti ng W/ th “ Ja* Todd'” in Liverpool'; no o n e f w S t S S thetirnffhl r' Brown> the medium Was tig^ly tied allwas over the f ? * ? f ° lng 0n; iU f40^ whett ihswas over the dootor complained of the rope outline Us Wrist T ams i going on, and intend to go on, trying to make it self-sapnottine

868 ^ therei knowin8 h ^ bring forth its lu l t o h l^ O c t o b e r 22nd. K V m m m .

EE-INCARNATION PE0B1EM S.Ed'tor-—Dear Sir,—I have read with some degree of interest

the vanous arguments and con. on re-inoarnation^ but, u yit, must utter ‘naWity to see any reason for belief in sitfh a theory.

toT fl . ! an aooount pf a person who had bewpw mothertotiiesame 5hdd twice. Now, I hay/often heard explaiW hoTaKh^h^Tu ‘T 1“termarnages; could become his own grandfither, so fte thought struck me that if the views the re-incamat&istS W l £kucM S u S P°w fo,r a man to beeome his own father (don’t

„ iT if J n l . y . ° exPlam ln the following manner: A rabre- , f„w\ n ’ P b'“ fflfe- B conceives a ohild, shortly after w feh borom B US PS ■ ^ 8‘ f “,d “ a? aSain beoome folded to his s ’sbosom, B, by bemg re-incarnated in the fdrm of his owfl fioh thsrebvbecoming his own fatber.-I am, yours truly, T f . YoS /

6, Stepney Street, Llanelly, Nov. 1,1875. '

0 ,.pfaJ ^ . P T O B M EEH N aS, BIEM lN<?JlAlt.Uur faithful oo-worker expresses the pleasure which he feels in haviiw

w i f f l meetings inorease as they have done repeitfOfcf : t u’ re a larger meeting-room. The aotay 0f "heir oirole'a S

, : S - W0 ’ I 3 Been better day* and laboured hard for humanity,.is without means and out of employment. A oirde will be held on Sunday next at half-past six, at 312, Bridge Street W e S r W ^ Street, a oollection. On Wednesday next at eight o’olook, Same pWeduc'tion nf6flnw >U« by Mr- Horton, ^m edium

other extraordinary manifestations, Wffigfo, a seanoe for the same purpose. Admission 6d.

THE CAUSE IN OLDHAM.On Sunday week Mrs. Ohlsen of Liverpool, gave as two addrtJses

Bp ' ^ aenM’ whioh were of a vel7 interesting «hanoterr- « o w rn .” i ? « 0,m was ^owded in the aftemoon,and at^dght we

M 80 we had to turn numbers :baok.mrs. Ohisen gave a short diaoowse on ^aturdayevenine,anionMon-

t / at J0* dealing; purposes; inWriAt ! ^ 6| 0ti , ! j at 8116 e(f 1“ for any°ne; an3 her2!n k ^ , that S"y ber an invitation to oome' i&ih, which wiU be befdre long'. On the Sunday previous we had M rs .ltoeJ W and she gave great satisfaction. Oflate we hate hadfitth every Sunday, and it seems to take well, so much so, that we are looking out fora larger room, apd I think if we had mare, female lectnrew

a * ? * » “ * ' * 1 - 8 . 9 1 * , * »

PLYMOUTH.t n-. jb the folldwing partioulars:— .

u. i ^ t^e ohapela (Independentf of this toWn fclawyjej tim ed Eooker, He Was a vary good a^d t f■ Of leantfrt^very popular With all t o aiksffMin*r -4& wenfrfot a trip to the Holy Land, and died on his way. uam«, ■

Eeport goes that he ha# tonred np i t ibitit-clrtl^S, WldtSt ’feair <Woa- rioned a deal of_romota,, a!n3 it is Stated tt&fc \ d teJ^lfiw 'bben ■sJArtedy^mpctead *>t members <tX the1 -efiApal fo i *.i& .pm ™gentleman belonged, and the spirit- h ^ ^ ' f ...........tests,

I H E C I E C ] ^ ^ i P » ^ I f M . M E W U J I , AN D

-ibwr oviJ/isUB )jjU ^H & iOF SUBSCRIETIOlf«i.-,..............................

• ^ ^ M d W b ^ i r ^ & ’fdndWingBale'ofSuWcripfloflii— 1 ■Atii'X'.w Wee&ly1,' 2d.} pet:ahn<iiij; 8s. "■' 84.™ .V a - .,,,w 17b. 4d.J.:r!i rionjgjfcg. oAi >4 /. ^ 5 jd : ' p •'■ v; - :; £ l ' 8s: lOd, ^

^c^iesi^Qu^'v^'dH , in' ttio‘'wrrapii6r, pp^t 1fr6o,it d 'each' .6i? liTOelt

ibylealtltftrie.gpnfetallyii! u" . .s/mTOftjubh^hBR cpr^eratM: heartily with friends of the cause in the

^ixdesjfor the qirculation ^,the literature.:'$“ Medium .at 6d.per.ljne. A series by

*|?OI fapaEj f.r -j ,':v .* ; •, ^ ^ . W h e h a l J of, the cause should tie left in the name of “ James

'r^ ^ ^ S ra n tu a l Institution is the “ principal organ" of the cause in ?Brjiii{’&itajn.: ThotaSaticls ofpirfuids MWtl been expended, only a small ' tiMp&rtibtfdf tvhich! HaS'bSte' subscribed -By' the public. All Spiritualists ’’hre^aimeStly'inviWd'to suBt&inthe operations of the Spiritual Institu- ■ tiowi oittiL -J;M'JiTheiJJarnier-ofifjA^iweekly. 16s. per annum, j :: iThei Religio-Philosophical Journal, weekly. 15s. per annum.fna»f-U> <~-ii- ■: • ■ 1 '■ • '_______________:_______:_______: -----

THE MEDIUM AND DAYBBEAK■ ■ii’ >•

FR ID A Y , NOVEMBER 5, 1876.

" INSTITUTION W E EK .

v yealr i t will take place between Sunday, December 5, andi .^ ^ jr D f e p e m b ^ r 12. ' We. have received many, indications i W ^ f R K - f f i^ ! . are,#* work. $he effort '.is of a most.practical insj^e^^^ey^rfl.h jan d red Eounds are required as a guarantee ja ^ jm ^ iJo ^ ijfn flx^t reducing the Medium to one, penny. This <>bject.;is-)Wieipf ..great importance* for thereby the ta x on spiri- :ttoli)^ow ledge-;is'reduced one-third. Someone must stand th e ridfcof'thi8 step,;and unless our friends take p art therein, w e m n st‘take it all upon our own shoulders. Institution Week presents an excellent opportunity for helping in this matter. All can act in it. The smallest act performed will be one ele­ment in a general spiritual organisation banding a ll together in :6rie 'grand1 force calculated t b :win success. W e have re­ceived : intimations of several definite arrangements. Mrs.

•OUv vriU “give :a seance of test-mediumship. Miss ty>ttie FoWlfer'Will give one of her extraordinary physical seances in

•the'light. : The following letter has been received from Dar- ; l i ^ 0 i : — ' ., 'flMr’.jMf.;,^urns,—The subject of Institution Week was brought hflF<)teffha Sunday meeting here, and the result is that our Darlington g|^K(^,medljjms, who how obtain excellent manifeBtions, as reported

^injyp^ila’st issiue, rqlunteer to giye three seaoces for the good of the ^m .thsJpw ceed B to be divided .between the Spiritual Institution in jQ^ap^ and the Spiritual Institution in. Darlington. We . take tbis opportunity to make the flame’known to the people in Darlington and district and to most cordially inrite all who feel disposed to attend

5 of the mediums come off at the

. . adjoinitig the Turkish. Baths,rdley treet. V Admifesion, by ticket, Is. each. Doors open i t half-put (OVeri; bSd;-,' to oommenoe at eight precisely: Dates of seances—SbjroinBr110 Snd: 12; and on Wednesday, the 17th.—On 'behilf of the

yoiiifrtrufy, D. R icdmoxd.0 ^ ^ C ^ u 'Blr^'ffarl^g^n, Nov. 2,1876.

po^geat that as many arrangements as be sent in for publication next week.

M RS. O L IY E ’S SEANOE FO R T H E B E N E F IT OF GEORGE R U BY .

• 'F h eap p eal of the aged and afflicted medium, George Ruby,1 hasaietw ith*& response in the kindly offer of Mrs. Olive to give 'S'sfetafce-fof'his benefit. This will take place on Wednesday next, November 10th, at eight O’clock, a t the Spiritual Institu- Jib n j^ fi’/S o lih d n ijto n Row, Hdlbora. Admission 2s. 6d.

’*9 % 8 - Olive's griod feeling as. a, woman, ^W e hope this Igfoerotu. con--

from many friends who would j^racwp.pged^and infirm workers in the cause.Jini/iVt/I v:*: '•»’«/ -‘j ■-'! .. -H . v i : r i . ..M fEBPO O L SPIRITUALISTS’ HOME.- ‘-*0 th i JMifbr.—DearSir,-—For the.beneflt of the brethren who at an^Siitf &a^ find themselves in the &bbVe town, permit me to state that,' in my opinion, founded upon experience, they oannot do better than make the abode of Mr,- Gostes, of the f syohopatbio Institute, 74, QueenYRoad, Eyertoft;I4v®r^0pl,!their. home during.their stay,

t a o c o z p m o d a j a q n clean* and

jS p K i f s m i o t r !Brother,,Ooatea,’a home now

6UP P W ^ Liverpool.—I am,•t tts-tr J. ItwUB..’ .

d,Lcmdo}t, E. .,Tr ^— e isa lw a " home" for the

38, J M Street* Liyerpo0l^*Mr.

T H E H A P P Y 5V EN IN G ,A TdD 0tIG H TY . BFATiT...

As .already (^nnoiin.ced,. it wiU s^ tfiliro f the .nafure of‘ ^social M,th6ririg, may meiet to, encourage: each otherbjr r^ m tm g 't^ e 4 \ /Bpiritual exjeriehpjs&,and nw/.acciuftintances

■fliav ^e |ormed.for ptjreljgthening, theiympathetifej fcWds that bind ;itfeftearl^.of SpiritusJjsts together in oa6;commori afafcii-)

The .hall.of sympathy will be set.-rolling on the te^tables, at6.8Q,-and, as i t passes round, gladness >hnd good chtef 'will, it .is hoped, take possession o f every soul/ And thus inaugurate an unin­terrupted harmony. '

The evening will be occupied by— .1. A few brief addi'esses.2. H a d e and singi%, norihal anicl inppiratipnal,' consisting

of songs,^ duets, pianoforte and or^ajj,,?dlbsi and .cppcerfed.^inusic with >rtolin, cornet, and piano. Tke following fiio.nds have offered their services in this c^Murtoent:*r-lmr.V4]teq> .-SfiEBi&lffiry’i f i . Cartwright, Miss and Mr. Olaxton, -I Cub Oreighton, Miss D’Arcy, Mr. Bavieson, Mr. Deane, Miss GiihamjhMr. Griffiths, Mr. Mac- donell, Miss McKellar, Miss May, Mr. Ogan, Miiss Sparey, 'Mr. A. Sparev, Mr. E . Sparey, Miss Tilley, Mr. and Mrs. WaJd, ahd Miss Evelyn Ward.

3. A few chemical experiments, illustrative of some of the phenomena of Spiritualism, by Mr. Liliton.

4. Electrical-experiments with'fheindiictiqn.;coil ^nd vacuum tubes, together with magnetic phfiriomeiia.'by'Mr.rsrater..'

5. I f the requisite Slides can he prepared ip time, views of spirit- photographs and other delineations will be shown on the screen by the oxy-hydrogen light, by Mr. I^nton.

8. An exhibition of objects of'interest associated with Spiri­tualism, suoh as spirit-photographs, spirit-drawbgs, direct writings, portions of materialised robes, materialised hair, and objects Drought by spirits.into circles. :

7. Dr. Sexton, Mr. Bums, and other friends will make a few appropriate remarks at intervals.

We repeat out invitation of last week, that, should any friends be in the possession of objects of interest , in a spiritual point of view, the loan of stich for the evening will contribute to the enjoy­ment of .this rfymion; also, that friends from the country will be specially welcome.

Considering that one purpose of this social meeting is to com­memorate the Opening of the Doughty H all. Sunday services* and to aid in their continuance, we expect a large atjJBndance.

Single tickets, 2s- ; double tickets, 3s. 0d., admitting; a lady and gentleman. W e would impress, upon one friends the.desirability of making early application for tickets, in. order to facilitate' the arrangements. •

Tickets to be had at 15, Southampton Row, Holbom, and after the services at Doughty H all/14, Bedford Row.

The musical rehearsal evenings for those who wish accom­paniment, are appointed on Friday, November 5th and 12th, and Tuesday, November 0th and 16th, at 7 o’clock, at the Spiritual Institution.

THE OrECULATION OF; T H E /' MEDIUH.”To the Editor.—Dear Sir,—I am. a oonatant .readet of the M ediuh

and several other of your publications, and endeavour to help .you and the cause by giving several Mediums awa/-weekly.through my news­agent, but if a placard was plaoed outaide the news-ahop, detailing its various contents, it would be an indufcetaent for passers-by to purehase one. I f you print these plaoards, I will pay you the expense of sending one weekly to Mr. Andrewy late Pearson, news-agent', Hyde. I have hopes, with the assistance of the news-agent, to double the circulation of the M edium here by the new year, and after:the reduction to ld., that it will be doubled again.—I remain, yours faithfuUy,

Newton,-Hyde, Oot; 30th, 1876.' “ S ile st Bnhkavodb.”[We print -a oontdnts placard-ef the MnnitTU eaoh week,i and send,

post-free, one or more oopies to any news-agent who will use them. We have entered the name of Mr. Andrew: on our list, and -if ; OUr corre­spondent oan use a placard for exhibition elsewhere we oan enclose one for; him. We wish-all our friends would do the same as “ Silent Endeavour,”—E d. M.]

ME. J . COATES AT DR. MACK’S ROOMS.Mr. S. CoateB, psyohopathio healer, of Liverpool, being at present in

London, has commenced, healing with marked success rat Dr. Mack’s Rooms. We understand he will remain and attend to patients till Dr. Mack's return from the North.

W H ITE MESSENGER FUND.Mrs. Makdougall Gregory ...............Signor Damiani, per Mr. Qeorge Tommy ...Miss S . ................J . Craig , ... ... ............................F . Friehold .......................... . ................

. . .£ 2 ... 3 ... 1 ... 0 ... 0

Oun remarks on Dr. Sexton’s letter will appear, next week. .The W h its M kssenohe F osd.— It will'be remembered that Mrs.

Tappan gave a leoture at Doughty flail * for the benefit bf a work Of mercy in whioh a ladv is engag^d whO wrote in last weei’s MBDiuii under the. signature o f " Z /’ Othir moneys were also colleoted at this office and acknowledged in the MEDitJM wbioh- were handed over. The lady writes, asHng:UB if we know what has become of-, thi' money thus colleoted ; and‘&B we donotknow, we jftake the inquiry publio, in tha hope oi elioiting an answer. ' : ;

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• feftifeSvof^e8®fe'ai\ Bottom' bqth’fi&ni; '.'$&, •$$&fiodrefcS cad;cl lSl)r Sutollffo, of Eobljdalei secretary of . ite.' district• t o i i b M i i : v: . ■ . . ' ' ' ,± ‘ ';■' : , ' " r ' ' " ,

•,-i:'tt'.a4' ^.IwSBlfePoWWfflSOBr.IffflTOWWR-Tllfe 1870. . ' ‘.m .; ^pE jiip .7nAtyf|j,e(,SpiritualiBtB’ Meeting Rootat Reform Olub, Date 5(;j!e^t,:at. l ( ^ i:fl jQonyeroa^one.. .Spiritualists onlyj AdmiiBionfree.

P5BiuC,-;MraWHG0, ApBBlfOON A?n)i.EVja!fUIO, AT!TUH CO-OPKBATIVH ,/ .f i; Hall, B bidob.S teeet, ,. ; . .

. AfibSsoo^, 2;§Of-70pnferenQ8 and. Experience Meeting, Election. of H e jf^ o m ^ tte e ,^ ;, Sco. Admiaaion, 3d. and fid. .■.••' ■ . k > ;

. i Afternoon, 4.3Q.—-Aflrat-olaM Tea provided ,atthe Halit -PritMtof ticket, 9i.,,<Midi;efl,,99i,' The Boltonfriends hope tosee a.goodmiister of tbplr,brethren fi$n.otliep<towM at, tea,. .Allare cordially inviteth. i

. . Eyei ng, , ^ . 3 0 , by Mr- ; J - ®ur;nB, of; London. Subjeot:;-*.“ Splrit^igm expiajned, with on account of bow spirits- :oommt\nioate, the varjoiw Jqcms.fif; manifestation, and the bearings.of the subjectort eoienpe pnd,religiop,”. Doors open at six o’olook. Ohair td • be takinat6.30. ; Admi6eion 6d, and 3d.

The ,secretaries extend a warm invitation to all.friends of the cause in ,the district to he present, if possible. There will no doubt be a large;gathering of friends, whioh is highly desirable, that the views advanced may strengthen the confidence of all in the'grand truths of Spiritualism, and encourage workers in their efforts io dif&se them widely amongst the people. Dr. Mack will

' be 'prfc&nt,'and'treat patients at the Spiritualists’ Edom, Bfiforn. Olub, Duke Street^ from ten in the morning till six in the evening;

L kctuee at U lvebston ,On Mdriday, November 8, Mr. Bum s will proceed to Ulverston,

and deliver a. lecture ih the Temperance Hall, in the evenii “ Yariouf Views .of Spiritualism.” S y l l a b u s H i s t o r y and Spui< tua^sm ; public:opinion and;Spiritualism ; scientific men and Spiritualism; physiology and Spiritualism; Spiritualists and Spiritualism; .the laws of nature and Spiritualism; the religious world and; Spiritualism. The chair to be taken by Mr. E . Oasson. Doom open at 7,80. Lecture at eight o’clock. Disoussion at the dose. Seate—front Is., second 6d., third 3d.

Dr. Ma6k will visit Ulverston on the same day, and attend to patients at the Temperance Hotel.

- L ecture at Coceebmotjth.This town, in the Lake district, like Ulverston, has neyer been

visited by it lecturer on Spiritualism. On Tuesday evening, Nov,

MRS11LI/WGWORTH ’AT B(5TJ&HTYS Halt,.When we p u b liste& ^w ti-O f1provincial l a i t Vrkiek,

iaid pltuied the 'iM fc& ffium !

9thj Mr. Burns will deliver a lecture in the Court House, to coin- . nience at OMht ololock; doors open a t 7.30. Front seats. Is,, back

1 ’ " ’ Same subject as at Ulverston. There is only one Spiri-

.'pame’d tjy M r. and Mrs. S^kes,:tfce’pleigure of meeting them a|pp.- house of E u itii^ogd . 3?ha,t. • gentleman ’has kindly,m,a4e i^e/iair^ngements'sdxW i-*° enable bis guest to speak, in the trancd ;,at.,Doughty H a ll, on Sunday evening.. Mrs. Illingworth is.iin every ^enfie of.ithe wordfi mediunu. The spirits communicate tbrough;her abso­lutely; as we- understand her powers. T h ils^ th o ig h 'q u ite unlettered* she oan give medical prescriptions in'L&tin; and her medical mediuinBhip iB, perhaps, the most extr&oftiMan ' of her work. She is $lso much, prized as a dbmestii^B for quiet family sifting, arid for personal consultation, ditibn to these highly useful qualities1, Mrs. Illingworth is a lg ^ fe every Sunday, as announcements, in our columns show, on soipe, platform speaking under control. Her manner of speaki»g;jte in short controls, partaking more of the features of-a seance than-a lecture, and hence more varied and interesting.

Mrs. Illingworth is the first of our Yorkshire visitors this year, and we have no doubt she will meet with a cordial and sympathetic reception a t Doughty H all on Sunday evening* She comes before the friends in London with no pretensions* but as an obedient instrument of the Bpirit-world to allow h er guides to be heard for the welfare of humanity, and not herselff for any vain purpose. Mr. J . Coates of Liverpool will also tak e part in the meeting on Sunday evening. '' , '

In reply to requests that have reached us, we may venture tb State that on One or two afternoons Mrs. Illingworth will devote a' few hours to giye sittings to those who have expressed a, wish to meet her. Arrangements may be made at the Spiri­tual Institution.

Meeting on Sunday evening at seven o’clock at D oughty Hall, 14, Bedford Eow, Holborn.

O U E W IN T E R ’S W O RK.W e again repeat on our last page the programme of w ort in

connection with the department of literature wnich we desire to see accomplished this winter. After our saying bo much on. th6 .matter of co-operative publishing, many profess not to under'staad it,, while others readily avail themselves of its i " _ I t is. part o f ourwork to educate the public in these matters,"and w e. succeed gra­dually. All our plans are intended to organise the work; and they

i. really present the only form of organisation which exists amongst us.

But now to work: and we crave a moment’s consideration of the comprehensive catalogue of measures given on our last page. W e trust every Spiritualist will endeavour to do something in this department of the movement. The prevailing idea must he to make a knowledge of Spiritualism general; and there is no begin­ning 6o likely to effect that end as the wide diffusion of our literature. I t should be the ambition of all to place some work on. Spiritualism in every family within reach. W e have now mofit effective works to present to the attention of the public, and as yet . they are but poorly patronised. The province of, publisher is not; by any means a position to be envied. To enter into the respon­sibilities. of opening a -shop and producing a stock with the; expectation of making the step useful, and failing to secune: adequate patronage to exist at all comfortably, is an usptea- sant vocation. Give the shop a turn ; do something for the

tualist in the .town. He had a discussion on the subject on,Mon- day evening/At.the Ydung Men’s Christian Association, which has been adjourned. : The room was crowded. Oreat interest is being excited in the subject. On Wednesday Mr. Burns will return to London, -— —

D E. MACK OUT OF TOWN,Patients will please observe that Dr. Mack will be absent from

Loridori from Saturday afternoon till Tuesday, or possibly Wednes­day. ’ Mr. Coates of Liverpool will be in attendance at Dr. Mack’s Rooms, 26, Southampton Eow, London, during Dr. Mack’s

' absenpe.On Sunday,Dr- Mack will see patients at the Reform Club, Duke

Street, Bcilton; and on Monday at the Temperance Hali, Ulversion.Many letters have been received from Manchester and other,

towns, and i f some tioncerted arrangement had been made to invite the Doctor; he might possibly have remained a day at Manchester or som ew hereeteinpasiihg.

MR. MORSE IN. LONDON.M r - J . f - M ° t B e willdeUver a series of inspirational lectures , p bli h b Fund givi£g the ledger folio instead o f the names o f

a t Cleveland H all, Cleveland Street, near Portland Eoad | ___ s.- ^

“ good of the house,’’ if no other inducement to action offers itself. I Next week We intend publishing a list of sums m our

Station, on- Sunday evenings, November 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th. Admission free. Reserved seats 2s. arid Is. Service to commence a t 7 ; doors opened a t 6.30." Inquirers are invited.

STJBSCElPTIONS TO THB SPIRITUAL INSTITUTION ‘ . DURING THE PRESENT WEEK.

Mr. Ale^. Murray ... ................Mr. J . P.,Tujner ... ................J , B. (per Miss L. Powler)................Mr. W. Overton (Melbourne)Mr. MoMahon ............................M . E . E .........................................Previously acknowledged - ................

.£1 1 01 1 01 0 01 0 00 s 00 2 0

24 3 0

depositors. I t will then be seen that this plan is not altogether,- r neglected, and no doubt many more.will be induced to give th e it

attention to this useful branch of work.By this time next week we hope to have received from D r.

| Sexton “ copy ” of Professor Hare’s work, which we will at enee | put to press and quote prices to depositors.

During the in-coming week we hope to receive a eemtmtious : flow of deposits to the Publishing Fund. W e are determined to i raise a capital of £1,000, and it might be done in one day if alL | who have the cause at heart did a little.

DR. SEXTON ON PROFESSOR TYNDALL.On Sunday evening next, at Cavendish RbomB, Dr. Sexton will reply-

to Professor Tyndall’s artiole on "Materialism ” in the ourrent number of th .Fortnightly Review. It will be remembered that Dr. Sexton'Wrote-Mb. Heene’S; S eahcks at t h e S p ib it u a l I n st it u t io n — Mr. Homo _________ ^ ____

having special engagements, will not be able to give the usual seanoes at a Reply to Professor Tyndall’s celebrated Belfast Address, Which ap-_ n - - — L t T J f Llk a _____________ ^ aaaL a j. —-XT ■ ■ ■ 1 ^ 4 W I 1 • J 1 . T _ 1 . 1 _‘ _ A|________ J _ __________________L i ? L J ^ I d *■ .1the Spintual lnsdtution during the week after next, i.e., from. Nov. 14th

to 21st' 'Mk.. Mouse’s; Reception at Cavendish Eooms.—Oii Wednesday even-

ing laat M?,.Morse received a publio welcome on) his return from Amerioa, from a large number of friends, at the Cavendish Rooms. Mr. B. Coleman presided^ The proceedings, which, were of an interesting oharaoter, will be given fully in .our next issue.

' Mbs. Gboom's Seauces.—We bave bad a call from Mr. Harper, who handed in £ 1 15s., tbe proceeds of Mrs. Groom’s reoent-'seance'towards the .small debt due to the Spiritual lnstitution, London, by- the late Spiritual Institute, Birmingham. Mrs. Groom will give anotner seanoe for the samb object at the house of Mr. Hill, 224, Bristol Road,1 Birming- ham, on Monday evening, November 16, at eight o'dook prompt.'-Tickets ls..6d, eaoh. At the former seance the dobrahad to be shut before all could be acoommodikted, This vrill be t h r i f t stance.Mrs.;Groom will

,red in these oolumns, and was afterwards republished in a SepaTatei form. A particular interest attaohes to this address as tt Continuation, of the oonSiot between the spiritualistie and materialistio philosophies.

AN EMINENT SPEAKER.The fr ie n d B bave secured a man of g r e a t eminence, to address the1

meeting at Tarlington Hall, 90, Church Street, Edgware Road, on Wednesday evening at efght o’olook. We refer to Dr. T. L. Nichols,, author of “ Human Physiology,” “ Mysteries of,Mari,” and a.host o f other works on sanitary1 science. He Will disooiirse' on his favourite' theme, We heartily recommend our friends to give him a hearing.

T he Sunday Lecture Sooiety have commenced their winter oourse aft St. George’s Hall, Laneham Place. On Suftday afternoon, at ftrnr o’clock Professor Clifford will lecture ori “ Rifcht' and W r^ g t' the'Sdentifllj Ground of their Di^tintItion»’, • ' >

^M IStf^p eM iM M -' « !.A■ J j t l i y b f Je«Bfea!iti tK6 $ k ,

I;j^t$het3iii®3i6f 8erii 'roAUoH%6tWe6ii twtt.-' Htf tHen;rdiB-

' iahim tsiii^m e^heToitbBm ym ^d^^aniiharfflony; por}) isei and

f .dni.fidSptatidd in thfirlivingbein^s totheir surroundings/ which riri^ y pototed.tof.anvIntelliiSfiOB^guifling and codtrollfog stiie

g atei t ot grrafclength into the; relation pf gpplpgy to tfte .Mo^wi jaojobujit q t 'q re a tio n ,p o in t whiqh sBpmed to, affiqrd;thb

hparerji,' ilp.gape a jjew translation of ofrapiieriJ of.genesis, ani(arguec.

e^enehped iii' the'^ay pf •aqoejpting tha '‘Md^iByiiS^^ri^MtipeaWli ob, Wfafring' fc'tWb Hebltbw Bible. The *ifii^enite, afjgr^t!y,niteiteBtfed aitdrfeW.eiltJiuMastio; and savel^l times bWkSi<rat:int6''4^M,iiBd; Vrhibh thfc'DoMdir i^bdiaiaykdpprbissd. ;'

On Sunday nbStDVjSbitjbfr will deliVef two diWbtees'aif uiual^ The . subjeot ii® tha morfaingj willhe; “ OflWard- -but; Whither?” and iA the

: ,e.vei}ingi'.;“ Professor Tyndall1and hifl Critici: a' Beply to 'hie Article on .fl» Current Fortnightly R ev iew Serriob'at eleven

ftnd seven.

OHKROH IN ENGLAND.; . Oil Suird^ last, the 3 l*t of Ootobbr, Mr1, F . Wilson/considered “ The &n-dow of Comprehension ” as follow:-^;The. first question is as to the o^oy,.^hiph-,Unplie»: a power behind, an overrsupply, so .as to cause

/,tji4 .iirtmihteMnoe ,to’ increase. $ow^ our comprehension means the /ffifflftb 'to fablbtfa'fresh information within tha present oirqumference : of i r n n t o i ^ d & g £ 6'onsequently no prejudicbV traditions, oreads, Ww§, et inaximi' ’ttftb the • bbinjpWhedsionist; H5a Absorbs or inoloiieg what he thinks good from where he oan get i t ; he ignores Ab philosophy, ind-j^libes^piritab'oVe all, as tirt aJlbf all, thbw fis ctll> and the/all in all. Consequently he is in reverse' dirbotidn to H!h6 ieetariin eeodlarifet, who limits his ratiooination by faots, for the comprehensionist is only limited by the extensldh of hii^lniaginiation.. As a simple explanation, the^termj CoinpreheniuoniBt waB adopted to oppose the teaohing of the eo^li^tionistsj or binders of the itipd within the limits of the oreed it Js ffim5&fi^deHrable. shouldbe accepted by those over wtom they were

’ •BfiotilfeifigiSb'defiiiitioA ofa botoiprehehsionist, it is obvious that we, -tt’ai'dltol'flif'tjan acdept the good that wb fin'd everywhere. What is our --bondo'PtililoA ? simply tbe attriibtibn of sympathy, and the motto for 'eafehiisr 'tfThiS, above all, to thihe Own Self be true, and then it follows, ae the.nighttheday, thoii citiBt net- tben be false to any ma*.” . “ Lit a person do as he pleases, and he will do as you please, if you are right,” .hasia deep..'Wisdom.in it. J?or. the. representation of the Ghuroh, wb .qqoept.thp deopratipn and discipline of the Soman Catholic, tha organic s^tion of the Cburob of EnglaDd. (without the orSinatipn), the prin­ciples of ejmbolic interpretation of the SwedenborgiaiiB, an adaptation' of iprvioji <h Mr, ^oysey,.t|ie ri/jht of publio Bpeaking, by the Qoakew; aM.^ereopgnrtioh by tfce Spiritualist? of the internal influ- Brioe! tha 'wOTia for you without your , povyer to asaiafc it other than

• '■JildiBitiSr ydiftlaiid.ik haVjidbny . .Sow,-'tpilfi Suim a*j^eiitdtion’ foih co^defotkm, ft a^pbars to die tfiiit BVer|-

ghb'alS-lb6,i|)Mi^li fbt 'M iMdie feiBSdnOn itf the betettdny (trid .oWiahSe ''-Boiiib^^Mfiat ib, tibe salt "if life^-*i(h tha: brgirtistii of tiiefjGhar^h o f 'iliiglatid- Jfchafc1 W, the bedtring the authority i!a the country,/in. which tbe Ohdrch ie established; with the Dissenters, as giving the-people the arbitration in the appointments ; with the $\Vedepbp,rgiati6, as giving, a systematised symbolismto supersede their i^pfi^aza^;,jntjefpreta?.ion in spiritualising the teaohing of Soripture; mth; Be'i^ua^qrs,. permitting all to.spsak from the platform, or pulpit

'.T O in ^ ^ jtliin g aooeptableto say; with Mr, Voysey’s, congregation, (jtiheir rituali and with the Spiritualists, as

^iymg;H,sm^|6aUty td .tiie spiiritisfa,(of thbir manffeS^tions'of an iinEu- 'hilminuy. t& t feitnertO' had been witnessed in examples,1 but

into’icohfldya bonvictidn for outw'atd aisittila- tion. One, wojd more. W e asildine thb laws of nature are^ajatoaltfd

thbV'la^ dSan’s tfatiirb, in thb laws of adgeifo niature, aM the laws wfisp&ittoliirtaire. ■ JEftcb' iWerratJbA flisooyeHd in tbblbwerwiU'be found correspondingly iu the higher, and afcsuteed in the 'highest,^in

.|aet, (ilat laws are parallels, and that all, being a mathematical fomtilary, To hftTe:to5Vbrkou£ a mathematical morality, a mathematical legisls- tion^ and.mathematical happiAe*..

Tne'subject for next Sunday ii “ The Education of a Comjire- hensionist.

courage, essentially fitfft m ^

r. W rite Bhsi)9(fifitoowleai!e;>or»-.ofr.si)eoie.

physical . nature of msi

imparts. I t is man’s work tq; survey the fleldB^of to ^ a g e ^ s p m d out before .him!,' it' &:woifi^^wWK'1to'iMitenilj}SS^;& t : knowledge, and ‘iriikai i t availabl'ei '-fO ’ tKe K wktpan.rade.!ii; To ihbn must at' rBdetitt- ba— ; but woman'Bears the'palm'OPs^iHttiality.'’1)if f i ^ ;WiUwth&tdfty,''khen woman’s intellect equals:t e ^pitiWdityi'atid! man’s spirituality, rises to hiftlOtelleolaialitgr? Thede^aideiieff 6E!,‘'fli^K dy>™ i^^^W ffig'm p- planted bv the clainiBlbf domestiffdUty,' ^ a^ign-fo'r tfhs’trueladyi,’? said'MrftiBdrkby^'ilB'She who1 iff thHi^OT"#Matf'WM^'lSsitates riot* Whateverher statioh‘ ifl'lifo1, if bbed' 'De,

..t [/MP3.; JU JffiE ’S LEOTURE ON ‘‘ WOMAN’’ AT DOUG5TY

: ; b a l l ., ,“.A, feyf.'Th0Ughtfl on .Woman,” by a wOman, andthat a w'oman of qultivRt^d.inteltect and Jrefinad feeling, aftdmortover-of ripe experience, CQvidnofefaU Of interest to those who heard Mrs. Burke on Sunday last’ ■atDpugbty,HaU.$0,aocu6tomedare wetoheatthafc theshort-comings; of-,wpqia_niftredue to inan that it altnoBt took us by snr^risbiwhen inoet: of the hurthen was placed' by Mrs. Burke on woman herself. W ith not: a Uttle boldness the, fedtalfei! 'abouseii her’ eeS of ignorance of woman’s1

ba4.-a*i»p,t!i«,Tgg9gqF hgj.^ajoivijt.^ie ?vorld qf. hapjanity. Thn great point of .the l^ture

........ _____________ .power withinBBijf Q t^yatjflgfher tiiwniC()|!dition, and thereby of i^moving thpflp

j 1 , - Sf e &eyeforp,.in(M#oated.Bdf-. depOTi|m ^|^^rai^e|lt^fe.:higji:pBn^,|}i^tBrei,. ?Tpt that she had any'sropatny wit£ v^hat was called.“ woman's rights.” She did pot;

tiopg®-Wpmen, ’’ gdg,iWn.

'ormre,or anken areroW kurses, u l l l i i K ^ ^ i d ^ m a l ^ twll&fp'

f itW 'fo r thb enjdyment of (iie iBtblWetuMiliis and ifbfi bnfettW’bf-life.’’ Woman waB averred to be the arbiter of-: bet' l i eWiny.' anu to’IJifiVe ■herfutute inhbr own hands. ' ‘But ixi putog^tf Mlff^gtft^upSn her­self she must see to it tbat she be worthyiofiArhats ihb dekaHdsj ^It is nbt taough' that she admire bnd; appreoia!to<^ent> mothers/sbb-tiutst Beek. to cultivate.the gifts wifch Whion God hasbleisod heraelf.' .- I t feUot enough that she admire and Bpprepiate gppdnMS and1 lo^e i and,charity in. others;, sbe must,herself .be good, andjo^ble^ an^oharjtable.!: ,It is’ not; enougti: that .jfte deppise yice and Jf^seoopd ha ;muBt herself (et aii eMmplb of virtue and! truth.' It is $ p ;aep!p)»temalice, ifl-naturb, ahd Btrife; shb1 must ter^elfob peaob-mafeing and benevolent. If Bhe Bee,impurity iri bthbrSi letter see to it that BMher- balf be prire. Whbd she tniri' lines' the spimiiilij# 'fef' isfcwi ,hek true .natbM'u the' typftj will dhe ,blaim;tjhe nbblBst.'bqdalit^wt'ffian'.' .The Spiritual elbtoent will grbff brighter and brighter, libtil ild ipit'al lirikB of sweet aocordiTeaohing bveit'ujf to heaVen- it; fehall eiitirt thtt,e iin the great.white tiirone of Ghod!fi love.” : - •:■■■■ ■-'V • : '■ Mr. Linton offered tome remarks' ott thb intertilending •. influences of .^an. and woman, designedly arieing <Jdt of -tfieiriindnridual niitural constitution,,and hp: quoted historioai emiipleB 'of the -great. pMr- poses which had been aBcptnplialiefd: in , thei.piiogtPss;.ftfb^ivilisation by w.onpan’s intuitional nature. ..if ^oman; h{idiiBqt orhad ooine short bf her capacities, tiefects of eduoation in the home and in the schoolj Science and sound knowledge had been denied her, while the H ght^ ^ d niOBtyapfd of literature was regarded as suitable to her idtellbbt./&Qmylife. ^ w ^ y ed by absurd conventionalities, and sehboWifb/ mniai sftbntjnacquiring artificiality. In morii'' schools Biturbj-^as a ifcloSTO' book. While he would brokde no ttatin the eduoation of wottan the etudy bf phyBiOlogy -atid' of the' la^s 'of the human body ought to have ^ a t e r proMneilSBi' iA'&oWbdgd of and obedienoe to suoh lawsi wdulcFgive us mothe'rs of' a' highB#rtype,-f(ild, by hereditary tranemiision, a more advanoed race bf hutnaa beijigB.:iSubh eduoated ^pipen ^ere tha hope of the future, , .ii. i Ji.ov

Dr. Hallook, while agreeing with what had been advanced, questioned whether in the present state 'of things in England qnd America, woman had the freedom she ought ip, -have to reapf thp.fuil advantogas of her position' ;Was she not, kept dowii by the^^res^mts ^."opjgjMi, pf oustoiii, andlaw? Byaff.meanf^ye 'wdfiian knowledge, pu^ifli,^»at bio^ledgb'j^vb her f r e e d O m - ^ ^ v e ^ f e i / t l i b ' u s e ' i t i ‘ .Sicte.jiy side-With eddbational rttotm/ h^4rcwidMV^«0bnl-'and^ijl^ioa{'fbwto, so that she might enjoy equality of rights wify.man. .JNor did;hb'tliiiik the legislation of the lilnd w w d ‘had'W lsp^ftSe^ein.But any Vray, with her improved c& acStt&S'Jbli KbrfcaWvMfeteted'ttdWer to employ them to.thi'fullestfdbgree^ ': ' "wf - ; ) {^sU. Mf. T. L. Henly spoke a few words bn tha. womem-^f to^day at the

mothers of our fututelagl^atprs apd'go^now . ^toatitbaiwanient bf the day have tbe highest possible traiuing,,and. ^oie[its$lf:wutt worfc put the problem to a Batistactory issue for thb human race.

BEBMINQHAji g P H t l f t f .' TEMPPE.

On Sunday, pormogla|i,(ftie uB uaj'd^^ion^^,ia^pubj«(tp .^«»8 held, and proved Apst mfejesting afid^nfl|ruofiyfif,

t - t t . - ■_!____ •'TV * 1 * t i * 1------- — * - <• ' - -

“ Organio MoralB’,, 'to ’a xargltilid ings commenced with a hymn frbmthe’MEpmM afti, offefbd ^ iii- ifflgdificbdtguage. It Ib a pity these gt'atid' ‘ittetinbra WaJ tl< that others might form an idea of their lofty c’tfnbb]

Then followed a reading from Andrew Jacfebn after Whidh the second hymu in tWMSStuij tune ,rMalitai” • ■ .

The chairman, Mr. Starling, then oalled upon I f iri Hai^pr tp deliver his leoture. In commencing, the kctijrer,briefly, reviewed hjs former disoouiteeawn (his subjeot, and having fiftB:‘feteti : p -the 'ffiVeSd of his argument, followed them out to th$ir logioal sequence. Haying traced ffib: gWlogy ” Of'bi^anio .jtiWilBy, :fie procbedbd’ tb; Spbafe of'the “ dWbiiBtiy” of tke-sddl; Bb ai'^bd tail'&eBbiil^B'tbe.iM^hitaB^, kind that it’ tftanifeiBtbd itMf-joi# in1 W>$ortioii;'to^the ;def8l<iphient cjf the organism in which it was enshrined. Phrenology showed that the brain was a- cOnglomeratiod;- of entiraly distitl'fit:or^nfe,,!atid^hatl just 68. these ■ organs ‘ were < dsvelopad < in; bay: partisular tsapaoity/ &P! t o e charged withthe obnbentrated- •Htalityof tfed tihofofygp6ia-,g& ‘the Biiaa -wouldoperate irresistibly liv thatidirefltioni 'thfi deBt&i iflf 'th« db’btifirie of “ free-will;” that whenj-imder- esnitiug/botiditiofisrtfe’Vitality:-«as

fromthbiJessdeteloped.tfrgand ixflona^ugi theacSre^faii- .n,ent ,ories,:they.booam«sdi6ea8ed.atidiooiisijniptjoni)eiHuied..’. Meal with Splendid refleetive. fapultieay coSibined with)equallyi:Arorigly-fleveiopbd

lp^.Mo'theifOomtniBsijsi. efi, J&mfcrd«6dthat dBBttoye .iioidioWitetated ^ 9 jiphlft-eifeitScofia iifiatimpi:: ^MSv«l^ntaatBD^^tUBJdi4 .oqcuTCBd!to[Ohe.^hpio6awpied* prominent positidtejnAe diuioliai,.fcB K9B /»nd^9^a».^ : l iH ^ i^ 3#bW!had^derKtlifete a<ih)rictf4j!ihii

Christians who upheld the absurd “ free-.viU.Vjdagnn ii|UK

ueriob. The proceed*

_____ jbliine lan-' reported,verbatim i m U' ,'-'r

lavish wArabula,” (.■mq^beautiful

......... ...........m m M t M s M M i M i . . . . .

. S 9 * H >quenol every n^n.

■ r capable ofVJ

Is, „ $ Syju jitfiererore of the:aot, the deduction waS\ui|4 &RB0Bite. •

^.of:'^.TBm edW :^afe:driiitm diBin3a3#g^: day.V JSrat, gftsfc SOT.itf.tho

. s&oToe qfihe^conditions with which we surround ouraotvea, dgpeoialtyials 's rew4»'gwftJ!9inpinioiis, If we had oslriead of-a vioioqa, deprai

; _'.Wii<CTiBS3ME®tianf8eefc puB*/^»^Ier3m ifc-lllira^ofiMnptles^jbrig^tp^ dv.p^est beings.,that; ,had ever

itn their presence, by seeking their rapport earnestly,..; : .aiid-opnia,gi ^ j pjBgia||ehartBHBgS5j^r ^ i g | p i ^ ^ « » ^ a g S i ^ f ^ ^ a f c . • ~-::;-flfr ff^ ijBiKpl5p ^ betogififritti

1 ohords of tenderea^i^pathy..This waa the great work of Smrituatfsmi. ptoedgjiw kejjflso ottte1toy^Jb^^>a>er to

" irft5jfriptiv<5jo£ VoMld, ita^hoaE’ inf^ljunu^rJfWidi $pf. ita return, to,ijts parents sit a seance. Theae poemis were touohingly rendered, and many of the hearers were .unable to re-

: i^itt tb'rireitibtioik- ■ - ;V -•■■ =--!■:«.■ ' '• '.■ brought the nieetitig tb tl' dose.1■- -SM Biimfijp' W'ttbhiing diacuastoti-’% 3 f; 6e ;t>h' the “ MaMage!’ questttitf. XWtiStfWenfiig Mr. Mahony wifiieotiiire on ,cThe Phenomena

: m JB ftteSPfrjprMlltWP 'tOilfflmortalityt”. .<)aiS«wfeyv JiflWPbW 14th, the monthly -tea-party will be. held in the

• • W. RuaO&fc, Cor. geo.

lips the thick e^d^f lT ioh^'^iich/ Wiit'-'Irtiii^Sbrt, X managed to holdyftrt » ■nro'ment.'-.whili I'^B -iofcain ■^hibi«a-toitW'5feaze )of- those pwqent; ! 'Ai ery a«efeBle^bfei&:w like mafcneriiTOS%eiit;tf: -Bells were Tung;roUnd the cfrolBj-BbtrietiffieB dose to ourfadevbtherfimoa over sour heads; tbeh *p^sof/thei‘sitterB-eveil vrithiipirit-Wanda.- • r :m'ustinij !h6weveri>forgetito,#9prtbaps,the hast teak of. the- evening bccurwd’it* tHeijlieht.! A 3rat&shee%[r £f b.dte- paperwas ihipeoted, «md'profloubed'free_6f;any barky w^then,plaoed itrabook.otld, tbe'-page notedi -:Theryou)^kt:boyiwithiis in^h.tliabd ,held the hobk imd- black-lead pentiiatfider;;llie;feble''(with wm'ply'the ordinary cotar on), and in a moment;'updeHferatlp theitible-topjJra'pa ' were: given with the penoil; and in another mombiifrtthe bobkfelltothe floor. When taken’up and opened at the' p&^eipbeifled', the blank paper was gone, biitwas found lying on the ^&di'fe''«samiti«ai but not anything written on; However, oti further a'ad'Closep ititpBotion of the book- at the page indicated was written theae 'woitip~«Iviban't

r write.” With the exception of thb right hand of tha m'ediuihyallthe others were held in full view of the sitters. . “ Hokbsty.”■ Oot. 26,1875.

.......MR., HOME AND. MRS. WOODFORDE.Dear MBDiuit;—1 wrjife tq e bre i to your readers, aa an individual

Spiritualist, my j j ^ ^ y f r o f Wflwe.fltJfe. Home and the diamond* being introduced'at TOughfy Hall', on ’Sunday evening by Mr. Linton.A spiritual roatriim is not tlie plaoe td wash dirty linen. It now appeara'plflW that.ttooffleis fto lotfgar a fnatterWhioh oonoerns Spiri­tualists, but it is a defence of-aijme supposed injuries wiriGhMs*.;Wood- fprde has reoeived, and a direct personal attack on Mr. D. D. Home,

-/{fa lfiokiog.lwik on-J$r. Hbme’s correspondence, I can see no pretext prsonalflquabble. Mrs. Woodforde haying movedhesvenatid,

earth to hate hBr report in the Midibm, she laid herself open to the ■wqrld’ orlticiapa, and Mr. Home, in givinghia opinion, bf oourse in liba

c 'rtthB-ttiBpDBat of tha fortunes of war. It ia,. however, at* dbusftof fW principlcofdiscuasion and free investigation

to lower it into an opportunity'for bitter personal inveotive, as has been in this itLstknoe. ' If anyone in tbe whole expanse o f. Spiritual­

l y by, bis experience and servioes, a right to offer critioietfi'«ti a- qiiBatiok. rf:mtdinrtBhip, it ia surely Mr. fiomff. ThMUgh an ttMre

lifetime he haa been'a devoted and conaiatent Spiritualist and a mediim of. aurpaBaiBg excellence. If no other phenomena had b«en obtained! in tSe wfaek moreinsnt. hikalone would Save made flpiritiialWtiijegt^b-

’ oWffieatiijn, S « eeema to J«ive"«enap^y^, ..ohosen by'the spirit*world to oarry the faots to the widest

' extihii, 'iUA into tfe highest quartets. His early and important Berrien have paved tbeiway for all other Jhediuma. I often try to fancy what Spiritualiam would^hstve baen todiy had the mission of Mr. Home never been engaged Mi Sfo universal hod hia influence become, that his name is almost synonymous1'With medinmship. Suoh a man is en­titled to be h^aKij and to be heard with Tespect. To persecute him for spewing 64tip..ri4i^lly to deny the principle of free speech, ais well as to break all .fraternal ties. That .there ia muoh psyohologioal misapprehension ih t^a.dianionjj.case, myself and Mrs. Sums are well aware, and Mr, Home'did a publio duty iu questioning the proceeding and leading to ‘ This' the1 Apposite party avoid,and do ijot ifiayfUi tlie pm>lib q lBstiona : whether the medium be fond of jiwffleW,finff~,',Whetlier the ring was bought in hia neighbour­hood. Insteaff 6¥: up' suoh important matters, Mr. Home isreplied <ttyj#f>$ jprpkyp$ly ,ijt eveiy s pse, bnt with a tone which fat

... ^sqegdsijie spiritual needs,,of.thecasB, and olearly ahowa ^a(i|i.petty, personal apite ia being gratiM .’ • " '

, - ^K^^^M 't& iKonalaught cometrom? Mrs. Woodford®; and .... Trf^S^j^^i^-fcrSpir^iralwai that a Daniel ahoidd jiao’ ujj in , judgment oBher|)ehalfi? Were it. not quite foreign to-the matter: of . SbirituiliBm,-! tojght igive substantial reasons for.tbe feud with Mr.

: --JS^,-^^S6|jfeaip^r.wfiieb «*im« peo^eimanifwlitopte^VySihar ' - -- Bate»Wafrtte8-b^^i(® th«iti <)l<)86St aesdeiatea in timte''fia8t t'hew

them, - I docnot particularly critioise arrangements of convenience in .. : that aiwh- .peraona should he sather

j<ftM|tojis^mnB8^|hirita|^rable pi rbnymica of othars;Iwri^'ftlptfflS^irorlffliiao^ that thia'^uarMiBnpt oife arising-qut

of the Beenoa reporfc at efll, and that Spiritualiats may at once and for , .CTM.j BQonnffltitfe gpiiituttlinn. ■ •• ^.ihawL

15; fyfetm, W&j: KoyemMr 2,1875.

MAOOMBSEEBLD._ ny we- l!®e it» aimlaji toih'iiere

. . . t idw ^fitaim .Jh^.-pBrt.nfSM aijrwho1 are now subscribers not to pay leas in.the aggregate, but more.'and'

.-. the^xtittquto.ti,ty!lo be for pr|pent$tiqn (Stpies,-. J 1^ttfeftwM^ppB8afc^ r l t r .4 i i J ffin

' Biit tvitb-tireir two I -fiwft by the fonSwiog aeeoiHil 'you ivillaee we making progress. We oommenced the aitting about balf-

Jiandk .5^© _gas-w a-put;5gafe.and . • Etos Ipfeed an. tha-MlB-*ere

iput bn the heada of the niediuma and aome of the sTtteM.TEen taken % of^andijcplaped on the fcable. At one time a hat wia placed on the top’

weight. Ai-.anotlier time a small han -bell—the handle of whioh was* thrust into my mouth, anil with my teeth I tried to keep it, but pre-

. ferred parting wltiij it rather than loas al.iooOt or tWo—-was then carried tffln tail feJL Again they pitthed the bell-todle'into my

THE HOME FOR SPIRITUALISTS.To the Editor.—Dear Sir,—Allow me through your widely-read

|>agp5 to refer,- as,one interea^d in the question for general goqd, to the auWebt plready mooted by friend. Ri. Linton, of the necessity of a Spiri- tual ,ho^e or itemporary, hotne where any needing .auph for a while might reasonably look, for comfort and, if needs be, sympathy. The lady referred toty vour correapondenj; Mr. tihfoh.ia dno'not entirely a stranger in the ranka.of Spiritualists, a'talented, well-eduoated woman, whose sole desire, next to supporting h?r faring, (at present,tinder the n»09t frying ciroumstanoes), is to work for tie good 'of. Jffie t»use. and shqw forth .to the suffering world the true wdrtfi' $iid\pdWer of that great gift of healing, as given to her through Mr. Slater’a niediumahip, from the liigher aphere of medical, or rather liealing, i talligeiace,—^ t

. gift whioh hitherto, haa been, and still iBj greatly impeded by' the direst peouniary strain .whioh the most earnest of .lis, to- t bjioh' I can per­sonally testify, only know jtoo sadly obsoiires the yeirj d^wping of spirit- power—just as the sun is ofttimes hindered inhis gloripus shinitigby the mista and olouda of earth’s atmosphere. 1 ahaU feel I hare not written in vain if you will insert this in this week’s isaye, for there are generous, hearts who poBsesB ample means who only wait a sufficient objeot upon whioh to beBtow their own indwelling kindnesa.—Truly youra, Adelaide M®-wsurn, Slatbb.

19, Leamington Eoad Villas, Westboume Park, pi, 2nd Nor.

To the Editor.—Dear Sir,—I hare read and considered tfje proposal made by your eateemed’oorreapondent R. Linton, on tha above subject; as also a previous letter from the aame pen, if l mistake not, on the desirability of there being a “ Healing Institute ” established; and I cannot help regretting that he haa left the better, nobier work to pro- pose the lesser. I have not time at present to go into this at any length, but I feel sure that something might and oould be done in the way of an institution by an earnest effort being made to get a ,few persons to take the.matter up. Let it be in.a very moderate wAy at first, its whole aim being to oure poor suffering .humanity. I know enduqh of the subject to warrant me in Baying that, with good, judicious management it would turn out more than a mere suocess.

I : would be very glad to have an opportunity of talking this matter over with a few benevolent persons. I wrote a few remarks on R. Lin­ton’s former proposal, intending it for insertion*, but waa prevented getting the letters forwarded. If not tob late, I may aencf them for next week’s issue bf the Medium. Aa to my objection to a “ Home for SpiritualfatB" (and I have no doubt but it may Appear in the aame light to other minds), it partakes fob much of a private enterprise whioh ought to be started by the individual for the benefit of himself and the comfort of his patrons, but the oall or necessity for I leh ia not so great aa to make it a joint'affair.:. When't say “ a healing inatitute” I mean .aqoh. There is, I think, too little distinction made between ourihg ind Magnetic treifttofent, which ought to be fully underatood ere atarting an effort of the kihd. Suppose an attempt were to be made, there might be a large room aet apart for leotures on physiology and other interesting and inatrnotive subjects to be given tb young women. I am not (ible at tkw moment to promise aid, biit as soon as I am relieved from matters diready in hand, I would only be too glad to be a yearly <ubsctitoer; if not a donator. Exouse a very hasty attempt to touoh upon a great'aubject.— Yonrs, &o., “ Onwabd.”

spirits, for immediately, on the gas being put out, they presented to my

ASTROLO&Y.Tb tha Editor.—Dear Sir,—Aa Zadkiel and Raphael have passed

away and their almanacks passed into other hands, and by 'a notioe in “ Zadkiel’B Almanack " for 18761 aee that the present Zadkiel does • not intend to oommunicate with hia patrbns upon astrology. I shall feel mneh obliged if you or any of your numerous readers will , inform me what almanacks there are that are edited by profeaaional aatrqlogfirs, aa I have no relieh for the productions.of almanack makers. No dojibt there others' amongst yonr readers to whom the above information would be of aervice. .Should be.glad to make the aoquainfcanee of. an amateur if auoh there is among your Bristol patrons.—I remain, dear sir, youra fraternally, “ The Mira.”

Ootober 31st, 1875.

TARLINGTON HALL, 90, CHURCH STREET, PADDINGTON.Lectures and Debates every Waduesday evening. A.free platform.November 10.—Dr. T. L. Nichols: “ Sooial ai>d;5ai?itary Soienoe.”

- Thb second quarterly enbertainmeut in aid of the Organ Fund in eonnebtion with Dr. Seiton’a Sunday Services will take pl ce {it. C a v e n - dkh Soomfe, Mortimer Street, W., on Wednesday, December ^ . Prices

’of<admiBEdon to reserved seats, two Bhilling8.,'. baok aesit one shilling. Friends willing to assist in the disposal df fcicketa, kindly communicate with €1. B. Belton, jun.* 75, Fleet Street, E.G.

e n d - > Violin atiokflllS'WhilShl liflli^hHat the gaaJ "®iisttWMA-^SiftW'ybaif letter tas been-delayed WMeotdng the w 'g JjW F eijoymant o f TO 'C d W p aay r^-^tto ^ '-to thji movement instituted by Mr. Johtt tiibOtttMiv W M M -'W rw WMMpe

- j. - i . i . lL. - t . . . _ . . . . . he will operate again, and that we shall do tiw matter batter juiticav

j s S l

:! Ii-Asnaoj .iiirf-* o-’J * ." hdYd.been.'

: v ' 'l . jL L ^ ^ a A iik ./iA « U A l 'nV:Aniiimvn1a'>an'n «fli.tia i>a o iia 'tn iin ir. n n in fa •

:;6f5yburitiutneroua rfeadersmaygivia uathat light,.;;He ihafc givenl us.to• nd rsta^d/thafcV bisinaTtie:? i s ! ff >Plotiniiaj?.. bd rn. iftt: .Hyooji^lia; ? in Egypt,- iJfcDJ2(^|iMailsa;at44eMUclri&’, atidjoinedflprdiatfs artoy.;>afterjrard|ji sJWfiht tojiiiifiiio^ttnd tiuehtfj-hii in .Oi«npaniar-Ai'P/;274; )We, hats, Bitioej■ ^%be! bc e m ' iniuttnicatedt -learilt hatjBHfihia:; ttafi- did -live, although • fibefprertMt,ttmef\fB\;were':quit»>ignoraui: of tha jhot* •.H«-,infon(i»tjiiB:

7iiha30(Sbtri ed sa!)medium:in .IcndQft faboufc .t??*) yearsiago, ahd wroty ■ .'. mifolu'H ^:ihay« talso had a. <i9it.(frpila; “ Porphjfrm51!’ ::a atudeiifrof,.:MBlQfinuflV;ffHp:IikewiB0.fiontro|lfidjth0.Baine medium. .[ .■ ' u NftWiSit/iif.i ayfof'yQuJci :readir?<09n,gire us,;any idea as .regards the. ■abdvtf comfiairaicatjotfs, and [inform-ub whether they heioorreot ;or- not,.

• iiM!ehdMeeMl<ial» ites'a great favour; ancl, for my fltm part,; jf it ■shouldpidvC oorreot, 1 shall know it is genuine, heoause: I am entirely ■ ignorant of any Buch knowledge. Trusting we shall roceivo a s&tisfac- ■ tory answer, I remain, yourB truly, Thb Medium.

SPIRITUALISM IN HULL.To. thq Editj)^—Dear SirHO% Sdnd^, Ootober 31, terminated'the

• wtth'bur ’ laing-Wglieefedcl medium, J. L. Bland,during the last four Sundays hafe proved

ik|Ri8^'uWei^l 7po^6fe are somewhat different to anj we have ‘ herWfore'wi?S?:8Bed..’ 1yTe will giveiohe case in point. A youDglttdy, - ''i l^ n ^ 'p ^ jr '^ iii 'u a tt ttck ’ df tio-ddloreiii, desoribed ner feelings tpMri'Blandi whbapp$r6d:nbtto:liOtice it for two or three minutes,

; hut-sudilenly turning Bib eyes upoii.the lady, asked her abruptly where her tio'was;’’ She inSwifered, “ It has gone entirely.” He informs us' (that fre can/;Oure OaseB at a distanoe, without seeing the patient. We shouja'Ske'Bome of dur ffiends out of Hull td try him.‘ tthe'BiiBiM of, his trance-spe«ring have been as follows:—First

Sunday niglt', ” Predestination;." seoond, " Formation of the Earth; ” third; “ The'ConbluBibn of the Apostles’ Gftefl';* fourth, controls by two or three lively and interesting spirits, including (in Indian spirit o^ed\‘',(!/arafte a.’’ .

It'is tlhe intention of Mr. Bland ito take up his residence in a central part of aM! iiy ’to establish a central asBooiation of Spiritualism' infiu])?'' .t® h ear of others along with ourselves whoare iiiferytel 'Jri .tBe cause, to rally, round him in the attempt. He will be fouiid'Mther by letter or otherwise, at 31, Grange Stroet, Swan’s

, Mate, .ljull,until Buoh time as we report further progress. Why dantfot’fiutt embrace this' golden opportunity, with such a powerful "heafiiigf and tifanoe-speaking medium in its midst?—Tours respeotfully,•

T homas P awbon.4, Strawberry Street, Drypool, Hull, November 1, 1875.

A VOICE FROM. SUNDERLAND.To the Editor.-?-Dear Sir,—I am very anxious, in oommon with a few

friends, to investigate Spiritualism, and to this end am Very wishful for an introduction intd a oirole in Sunderland or neighbourhood. In faot,I would not consideir it a trouble to travel thirteen miles to Newoastle- on-Tyne if only I could have my curiosity Bomewhat gratified, whioh. has'been aroused; by reading Peebles's “ Seers of the1 Ages,” and Fritz's. “ Where are the Dead;?’’ &c. I would esteem it a favour if you would

!• kindly give -me some’ advice or information in this matter, either by roply to tbis Qr. through the ohannBl of the Mbdiuh, the reading of which :flrstdnduoed>me to inquire into it. Asking pardon for encroach­ing onyour valuable-time; yours, John Grace.

4, Christopher Street, Sunderland,- Ootober 29tb, 1875.

Seance at K ingsland.—Hr. Webster informs us that he intends com­mencing a weekly seance on Wednesday evening, 10th inst., at No. 1, Abbott Street, KinjgBland Gate. Tci fcommence at eight o’olook. Admis­sion 3d. .

.Mn-.T- .T./tTbht,t js about to take a lecturing tour, and purposes to .. visit*^‘'^ ( n ^ ^ p l ^ . . 4iU^..th9'.ennf%' w e e k .Swindon on

: Mond£yi,Ms$f)QrpHga on Tuesday, Calne. . cn : Weclnesday, Devizes on Thursday,.Chippenham on. Friday, andr Salisbury on Saturday. His obj.eot;is to^nlwt tiesympathjes of the educated olasses in the subjectof Spiritualism.

T ablikdton H all, 90, CnnRCH Street, P addington.— On Wednes­day, the 27th, Ootober, the debate, as previously announoed, duly came off. Mr. Hooker opened it by reading a paper touching upon the leading points maintained by the opposition side in the late debate upon Spiri- , tuflfism versus Seoularism. Messrs. White, Drake, Godfrey, Durant, and . several others.took .part, in die discussion which followed;

' Mfi& Builook’s Hah, 19, Chpech Street, Isiingtos.—Mr. E. W. WfiUis' igave a very interesting leoture on Sunday last, on the “ Right* of ;Man/* fcnder the *5ontrol'of " Thomas1 Paine.’’ The Hall.was orowded, anti naany conld Bot gain admission. On Sunday next Mr< Lawrence will' ‘givfc an'laddiess toil ■ “ Great Events.” The usual quarterly .tea meeting will be. held on .Sunday, the 14th inst., to which the Jriendi of the cause are earnestly invited.

FtA/sHiti- R eform .— When the remains of Dr. Robert Di6k8on, .df Harmondsworth, and formerly of 16, Hertford terraoe, Mayfair, were interred in the parish ohurohyardat Harmondsworth a few days ago, the' bScaiioii Was made one more df rejoicing than’ sorrow." Shortly! befdrd'Ji}lsatht; took 'place the pasBing-bell'was tolled, to warn people

soulgdihg to itsrest, and the< death wait, apnonnced by a peal, in accordance with the canon of the church. Whep

• thci,ilpVoiiesBibn Bet out front the iouBe, the bells were chimed mirrily,■ afifl'alsbfeiftih! thb:foB«wers left thedhurohyard. Hat-bands aiid scarveB; # r e biiti'rBlf-.dispensed-with/.the objeot of the deceased gentleman’s

■; faniily ifl(1haviBg the'hrrangtoents carried-out in this way being to Bet ,tfn,1tWfflpleXfor'the'-abolition of: aill display; of worldly Borrowl and undertakers’ pomp on Buoh 'dooarions. Ofl the occasion of Mrs. Diokson’s

. deathi' al jnt tired•.-months iago,4he oeremony. iras. conduQte in a

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A g lo - iy In the 'beairi-lrig' stftMV'ljhe ■ iPw-ealr1 bud-dlng tree.

2 A splendour from the farthest east 4 They epeak in ,every;.Unto the farthest west; :Ihak flaaheB.onthe stream,

In. eifetj, holyvthrill g£ ,ours, iLijd ,every;lofty dream.

5 The world is good and beautiful,; We aU'may'know;it'^ll,

Forthere'aire^manythoiisand tongueB That every day oan tell

6 What love has cheered'tiiem dn their way.r O’ef every ill atiovij- '

It only needB a pddly. Heart To know that all is lovei

HYMN. No. 42 in the “ Spibitijaii Ltee.”BBlSTOZ). I.M.

Aye ! everything is beautiful,, And we are greatly i>leat!

3 There is a host of angels, who : With every moment'thrOng,

If we would only .list awhile The oadenoe of tbeir Bong;

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2 There is no death in God’s wide world;But one eternal.soeiie of .ohange; •

The flag of life is never furled, ,. .It only taketh wider range,

3 And when thespiritleaveBiteframe,Its home in wbioh'it lon'g hath dwelt,

It goas.a lifethafBrealtbclaim,As if in this it had but:'plept. ' '

4 Then let us sjwak not of “ tWdpad,”For none are dead—all live, ail love ;

Our friends have only ohanged rhave sped, ,From lower homes to.fipm^ abdyp.

HYMN No. 96 in the “ SriRiiffAt IrfRE.” '7,6,7,6,7,6,7,6. ' ' ' DS- LOWEn MAS09.

Hark! harklfrom;grove and founritalli - O u r-;joy -fu l .pongs re-sound.

-And ev - ’ry rook and inoun - tain Be - e - ohoes thom a - round.

The dark-ness, eatth for - Bak - ing, Be. - f ore ilie .day .flies fast,

And man, re -deemed, is ! break- lag 'Fromi • Er Lror’s ohMu at last.

2 The light from God above us •Is beaming in our. eyes, • :!.^ 4 ’

And angel-frienda who loveuB Fpri.clad ln.roqe^f .»pIetiaour,. Ar^whiflpering from the aides ; . .. They tread the fieayenl enore.

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That ahinei iri 'tB&'>Bkgfit cohere; ' Wheh deathY&iftctoBe Our eyes,Theyfeaohusofou^dutyi.j ” •Tbyafcgels.Btdridibgn^rus,

To love eaph other/here* ;, Shall lead; us to tneiskiea.'

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jDedicated to James Burris, f t the Spiritual Institution.

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m i iWhere the Bun is e - ver shin-ing; Where no sweet flowers die;

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~J f ~ ? T T ’ ? fWhere nor B o r -ro w nor re-pin-ing Dims af - feo - tion’s eye__

There, oh, there a Home is wait-ing, Rea- dy now for you and me;

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■' r 1 T ; • P T f T f f T 1 1 'There the an.-gels all are'waiMng, Ask-ing God for you and me.

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2 Where all gentle aro the voices,Welling from the heart;

Where another's good rejoices,Eaoh ita all bath part;'

Where encirole each, for ever,Loved ones known the best;

Where is One who faileth never,Blessing all with rest—

There, oh, there a Home is waiting, Eeady now for you and me;

There the angels all are waiting,Asking God for you and me,

S Where the portals wide are gleaming, Seen of many here;

Where, through all the bliss, is streaming Love to soothe our fear;

Where a perfect chord of praising, Blendeth every soul;

Where great hopes are ever raising To a higher goal—

There, oh, there a Home is waiting, Beady now for you and me;

There tiie angels all are waiting,Asking God for you and me.

• Mbs. i ,tyfl '- '"J f . ,1 Southampton.—A correspondent -.writes:. (ftpjjg;c%usp jisriadv'Anoing '

”eed* ^ B 0 •'.?i Babbow-ih-Eprness.—Mrs. Soattergood speaks in the AniphitliM|re

on November 21, at 2.30. and 6 p.m. Oolleotiong at the olose of eaoh.. iheeting. w ;■j T he Anti-Compulsory Va^^tioa-'4nd’Miitaal Proteolibn'femetyV

has, linoe January'iit, paid' in'flneB'afal. (j if<fr^nieiftbtiM.rv£ll f f o There is a defieitSnthe fuhds of ^aftf-ant'fliafpUMiablny- epartment ;*; has been Badly crippled for want of fuijds. . : ^

L iverpool.— On Sunday afternoon Mr. John O^pm^'^e^i.^.paper ' where entitled,Sign?, of the TimeB,” whioh fuUy.Bjwt&Hjed tbe motto . /whloh it'bore. In-’tlrt evetiing Mr. John Priest BpdWoi^iSSS -fSwer •• of Beligion inthe World/’ in which he contended for aioiitinSoaalijfepi- ratioh in man anda desire toglorify God and 'enjoy hi®. /'• Salford.—Tbe meeting at Temperanoe Hall, Ortf sal: Iane,!'Uege'nt

Eoad; Srifoidf on Friday night,^Novem{)er 12,'W;ill:c<>mraenof;ftt.eight ,‘T o’olock, doors open at 7.30, : Mr. George DawB^p,; ^ ,. ;B(«kJ^ay Street, Water Street, Manchester, will deliver an',address ctp “ liles- inerism, Olairvoyance, Table-rapping, Spiritual Mediufeititp, &o.” A - free platform, and disoussion invited. ;

O bituary .—James Ooop, WeBt Houghton, Lancashire, has passed on to the spirit-world. He was aue;of our mOBt earnest correspondents, doing all he could to promote a knowledge of Spiritualism, and to ciroulate the literature; He was'qiiite a young;mali; ancl-fell‘a ’victim to oonBumption. He was muoh respected for his honesty and straight- fprwardness by all who knew him. . . .

B atley,— The Spiritualists of Batley intend holding, itheir first publio tea on Saturday next, November 6tb, 1875, ahd would be giad to have as many friends from the district as can make it cqoyenient to . come. W e expeot Mr. and Mrs. Soattergood and other local' mediums -to fee with ub. Tea on the table at five p.m.—D. BBHjtEwyflime Street, Batley, Oot; 31st, 1875.

, G eo rge R u b y.—The following sums have been received at the Spiri­tual Institution, in response to George Ruby’s appeal in. last week’s Medium :—“ A Friend to Mediums,” per Mr. Linton, 10s.; Tbe Leicester Sooiety of Spiritualists, 4s.; P. Friehold, 3s.; J. D. Bose,-Jsrrow-on- Tyne, 2s. 6d,; J, Raper, Jarrow-on-Tyne, Is.; "Chip,” 7s, 6d.;;J. Oraig, 5s.; E. Hammond, 5s. Mr. R. Barker, secretary to the Leicester Sooiety Of Spiritualists, writes, in forwarding from them the above sum, “ They hope other Societies ^ill send also according to their ability.” Mr, F. Friehold, another contributor, writes, “ It would, indeed, bb ii Foul stain on our beautiful cause if Spiritualists were to permit a brother to enter the Union for want of love and sympathy.”

R. B.. D. .W e lls has engaged to lecture in the following towns during the winter and spring, 1 8 7 5 - 6 Halifax, Mechanics' Institute, November 1 to 13; Sowerby Bridge, Town Hall, November 15. to 20; Birstall, Lecture Hall, November 22 to 24;. Batley, Tovra Hall, Novem­ber 25 to 27; Leeds, Albert Hall, Meohanics Institute, Cookridge Street, November 29 to. December 11; Brighouse, Town Ball, Decem­ber 13 tb 24; Bolton, Temperance Hall, January iO to' 2?; Rbohdale, Publio Hall, January 24 to February 5; Manohester,' LeotWe Hall, Mechanics’ Institution, David Street, February 7 to 26- B»»niiATTemperance Hall, February 28 to Maroh 7; Nottingham, Large. Hall, Meohanics’ Institute, March 8 to S7; Sheffield, Temperanoe Hall, March 28 to April 13. The ChriBtmaB vacation is from December 25 to January 7. Letters should be addressed to Mr. Wells, Pavilion Plaoe, Scarborough. He may be in Southport during tbis period, but the letters will be forwarded. From April 14 to Jutfe 1, new engage­ment oards will be issued. June 1 to October 16,at Pavilion Plaoe, Scarborough.

O ldham,—On Sunday last our speaker did not make his appearanoe. The'afternoon meeting we turned into a oonferenoe. At?night we were alBo without a speaker, when it occurred to me to give Out the hymn, and make some remarks. While we were singing, Mr. Jdhrison* of Hyde, made his appearanoe, and he complied with, my invitation to:: speak. Before being entranced, he told us that on. leaving-home in the morning he felt undeoided as to whether he could return to tea in the evening. After his leoture at Manchester in the afternoon, Mr, Fitton, asked him to tea, but he said he was going to Oldham; but what he was going for he did not know. One ot his controls subsequently told us that they had brought him to speak for us, showing that they knew we had no speaker, of whioh Mr. Johnson had no knowledge till be got to Oldham. We all felt deeply grateful when Mr. Johnson made his appearanoe. His disoourse was on “ Practical Living.” At the oIosb of: the meeting suggestions were made that Mr. Johnson speak in Oldham,, at the Spiritual Institute, Waterloo Street,; on Sunday*’ Noyember.14, for the benefit of the London Spiritual Institution. Mir. Johnson offered hiB servioes—in the morning at 10.30, afternoon 2.30, evening'at 6 o’olook. This was brought before our oommittee, and they unanimously agreed that the proceeds should go to the institution1 at London, and we hope tbat the Spiritualists in the surround ing distriot swill oome forward ana give us tbeir support, so that We may be abte-to send froin Oldbam a liberal donation to assist our brother Bums; Who is a medinm for'tbe spreading bf truth, which we believe is so oaloulated to benefltthe human . family.—T homas K ershaw, 0, High Street, Oldham, November 1,1875,

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HornAT. Not. 8, Developing Oirole, at }Si, Oogman’s, 16, St, Peter’s Boad, Mile End Boad, at'8 o’olook. - . • • ■> ■ .*■ ■ " • . '>Mr. Hooker’s Cirole lor Investigators, 33, Heatf Stteet, S tJobaiW boiUat .8.15 ; admission Is. (Temptnacily suspwded.) ............Mr. Williams, See advt.

TpsBDlT, Nov. 9, Mrs. Olive’s Beance, 49, Belmont Street, Chalk Farm Boad, at 7. Admission, 2s. 6d,itisi.& tar’s Developing Circle, at 87, Inville Qead-, Wahrorttu fk& -

g; ■ Admission Jfi. : .Dalston Association o f Inquirers into. Spiritualism. A Seanoe at

. J M i r o i M p ^ B o w V P a W o p , a t Z,80 p.nj. ... VfEDJTEBliAT; Jjov. 10, Notting Hill, at 11, Bleohynden Mews, at 7.80, for

PevelogpientfMenjbersonly. . .'JarUngton Hail, fltr, C^uwH Skast, Paadfngton. Irw^arsat a. ''& . Warren, T, EUtinm Park B o i}, Caflwa Swd, at 7.W, Admission is.J. Webster, 1, Abbott Street, Kingsland Gate, at 8 o’olook. Admission, 3d,

rptnssjwy, Nov. 11, Developing Cirole At Mr, W. Canneli’*, 35, -Frederick ' Btreet, Charles Street, Portland Town^ at 8 . .leotnra at Mr.Oogman’a, 15, Bt. Peter’s Boa4, Mil* Epd. 'at 8 q’oloot Miss Balter’s Cirole for Investigators at 87, laviile Soad, Walworth, B.H.,at 8. A'dmiSBlon, is;

. Atr. WiHfaimft, SeAadvt. .FpiDAT, Nov. 12, Mrs. Olive’s Seance, 49 Belmont Street, Qhalk Farm Boad, at 3,

Admission, 2s. 6d, '•

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, fldA»CH9 fif TOB PSOVINCHB DTTBING THII WEEK.Svudat, Nov. 7, Keiohik?, 10.80 a.m. and 6.80 p.m. Children’s Progressive

Lyoeum at 9 »,m, and 2 p.m.Bowebby Bbissb, SpWtualist Progressive Lyceum, Children’s Lveenm.1 l0a.m.aBd3p.f^,;rUiilolteetii)g,6.80(^m. JB&wusa. SplritnMirta* Meetlng BboMr 2.fc: «n^ ^ ■B irm in gham , Mr. W. Perks; 812, Bridge Street West,1 near Weft Street Hookley,'United Christian Spjritnitysts at 6.30 for J, for Stoiritualiataoalv! Bpltitnal Institute; Athenanm'/templer Stfeet/’ Blkoasstbn', I i a m - Publio Meeting, 7 p.m. _ . ’ ”MAMOHSSTEBi Temperance Hal^groAvieBorBVAM SaiBtfliftlSHv H ^ j f a x ^^tujlogM ^SooIety, ^;CiUn^Conhi,TOiia^'^cee^

N ottu tq h a m , Churohgate Low Pavement. Publio meeting'at fl.&O p.m O s s e t t Common, W a k e f i e ld , at Mr. John Crane’s, at 2 and 6, p.m! NEWOASTLE-ON-rnre, at EVeeaasons’ Old HaU, Weir’s Cqnrt ffewgato Street, at 6.80for7 p.ni, — ^ . . . . . . . . ■LlVEBfOOE, SubilO Meetings Elllngf/m jjnnmphly £ 3and 7 p.m. Trance-mfedlums frdm all {jarts 'Of England, «o.Dablikqton Spiritual Institution, 1, Mount Street, adjoining tbe Turkish Botha. PobUoMaetlnffi'at 10.30a.m.and,-ftpiio.v • . . . . .SootHsea, at Mrs. Stripe's, 41, Middle Street, at 0.30,I/OUGhBOBo’ , Mrs. Gutteridg8,,.Trani»-madIum, .Dene’» Tatd.Pinfbld T«rra«»,at,fttfp]i0d£, ' - . ■ - v,t " . v : ,wgLASflow, gnblioi meeting, fl.SOpjn., atjlM.Troqgate.Heokmokdwike, Servioe at 6,80 at Lower George Street.Developing Oirole on Monday and ThnsBdw»at;7,30, ; ; ..Ossett Spiritnal Institntion, Ossett .Green (near tho G, If. B, Btation) Service at 2.80 an4 6 p.m. Loeal taedluiBs.' - Oldham, Spiritnal Institntion, Waterloo Street, at 4. .New Shildok, Mr. John Mensforth, 38, Hi/dyard Terrace, at 6.80. H u ll, 4, Strawberry Street, Dtrpool. 2 p.m., Healing Power, 6.30p.m„ Tranoe Speaking. Medium, J. K Bland.

Monday, Nov. 8, Hull, 10, Portland Plaee, Cirole for Investigators. 8 o’clook. Tuesday, Nov. 9, Stocetov, Meeting at Mr. Eroud’s % Silver Street,

at 8.15.New Ssildoit, at Mr. John Sowerby’s, 85, Strand Street, at 7 p.m.At Mr. John MensftrtVs, 88, Hildyard Terrace, at T p.M.BmmtoBAM, Miss Beade : Williams, 71, Alma Street, Aston, tranoe, test and Inspirational medium, at half-past 7 o'clook,L iv e b p o o l , 33, Bussell Street, Mrs. Ohlsen, at 7.41, by Hoket. K e ig h le y , at the Lyceum, at 7.S0 p.m., Trahce-medtoms, Mrs. Lucas and Messrs, Wright and.Bhaekleton,

WtoSEgDAT, Nov. 10, Bowtisa, Bplritnflliito’ Meetln^ B oo*, 8 p.m.Ossett Oouuoir, at Mr. John Crano’s, at JM,L iv e b p o o l. Mjts. Ohlsen, at 819, Crown,Street, at8.Bibmikgham. Mrs. Groom. Developing cirole. Medinms only. 6 to 7, 165, St. Vinoent Street,Bmccro&AH. Mri W. Perks, 312, Bridge Street West/near Well Btreet

1‘anaSDA;, Nov. 11, N e w o a s t le -o s -T y h e , Oldlreemaaona1 Ball, Weir’s Court' Newgate Btreet. Beanoe at, 7.80 for 8.Hull, 10, Portiand'Flaoe, Cirole for Investigators, 8 o’olock.

taxniY, Nov. 12, Livebpool, Weekly Conferenoe and Tratfowpeaking, at the Islington Assembly Boom*, ot j^O p.m. Ihe Obmmittw meet at 7 NoTTmeBAH, Churohgate Low Pavement, BeanoeatiS.BiBHtHSHAM. Mrs.. Groom, 185, Bt. Vincent, Btreet, Development oirole. Mediums only. 6 to 7.Ur. Perks’s, 312, Bridge Street* at 7 0> tor development.

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Mpr&ctuSa" pings, from 2s. 6d.

m f lE “ ST U R M B E R G ” P L A N C H ET T E L?Ji%Vrtes pswers to your thoughts. T^tatlwr,by ^VOjjifr f0r$fl« Pw#qiF^ra,’' ‘‘ iDnbon? o;4a:?ar0-' ^;pration/’ OT “ Spfrit igenoy^ physical soience can-

W -P i Hwfaw________ » i * ' deeply interesting. Qf .most fanoy dealers, or ol

J. Sjfdi&CMisi 5>4s."4d.," 2S. is. 9a:,postfree. ' ' '_______________________________________v.--

A L B E R i.G , 0,Qj-^. WMeq(tovjritli,pi.,Se?fTA ton’a,:0^ti6n/‘,'SpWfriM dlui£i3 and ConjurSs”), .wishes to obtain a ; If »ny, M i i i M could givehim an inttbttacuoii tp a manager or aptor, thpy wmld oblige. References giver? w Itet'IieMe' iStage Mttnager.—AaaresB, 383, Mare’Street)Haofej)y„g, i;;;-i. . , . , . . . , - ' ■ ■■ : ;

A T R . CH A RLES E . W ILL IA M S, Medium, is at home daily, J ltJL t<)rgivfl.POTatei-Swn<^>-from-;I2. to 5 $ .n v r$ B v$® :.attended’ ittt;.t^jh^^;.of/^V^gatq(rj .iJJv bliq s5pic&”a1fji;Conduit Stfeet,' on Monday evenings, admis&on'Sk- 'fid.; Thursday eyeninga,,53.; and Saturday evenings, for Spiritualists only, B b . ; at 8 o’dopk ei».ch evening... Address as above.

Terms per arrangement, i? Efccliyge and: Lime Street Station every ten minutes,

PS T O H O P A T H I O I N S T I T U T E ,for the cure of Nervous and Muscular Diseases, opposite St.

Chrye&stoWA>Ctejroj»j; 14,-' Queen’s ■ Boad* Everton,! LiverpooL ■ 11 'ajn. to .4 p.m. . Operators, sent to all parte. Terms per arrangement. .Good ’bus route:1 froitf daily, ,J.;qoA^,Br&$pal.

r 3. OHLSEN;;KSs! the honour of informing her many friehds that she will hpld.a public meeting every Wednesday evening at eight tfclSdkj'at'Sllfy ©own Street, Liverpool, for traincMpeaking, clair- voy^Qe,.cla^raudienee,..tests, and healing purposes. Admission, 0d.

each. ! Is’ open also for public and private engagements.— /i;hi,yi-b{l!«y.T 1 MtTf li',»r.ir ;"»rri.r i -r-----ui. tt " i1

P . HUDSON,. P 4 PWQPa?5 bb( 2, Kensington Park Road, Ne'ar Nottitg Hill Gate. W. ’

whose reputation is well known throughout EiirOpe and America, can be CONSULTED pi* eithw Jfed'calQuestjpns pTfll§ipp$t£#aws connected with the Living and’ Dead. Hours, 1 tiU.8. Tenn8j6ne Guine .— Address* 2, Vernon Place, Bloomsbury Square, LofidOn;'W;0.':

MRS. O LIVE, Spibit-Medium, 49, Belmont Street, Chalk Farm Boad, N.W. Trance communications for.Tes^fiiuiness,

arid' Medical Advice, Healing by Spirit-Mesmerism, fee.1 'Terms: for private seance, iQne Guinea. Publjc seances on Tuesdays at 7 p.ifcniKid' Fridays 3 p.m., at above address; admission, 2s. 6d. Preyious appoint­ments should be made for private SOancfe's. 1

Mpt W OODFORDE, Trance-M edium and MEbieAi Mbs-' h e b is t , will give Sittings for Development, under Spirit-Control,

in Writing, Drawing, Clairvoyance, or any form of Mediumship. Dis­orderly influences removed French spoken. At home1 Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, Private Seances attended. Address—10, New Ormond Street, Bloomsbury, W.C.

F P A R K E S, Sp i b i t u alist Photographer.—SITTIN G S i & la Seance on Saturdays only. Fep, One Guinea.—Afldress,^, Gaynes Park Terrace, Grove Bow. " T When the weather is unfavourable, or when the sitters desire it,

photography ma .be.talsejj. with fhe .magnesium light.

I * ;J . J . M O RSE, In sp ib a tion a x . T b a n c e S p e a k k b , has

returned to England, and is now prepared to receive calls, as usual, to lecture in London or the provinces. All letters to be addressed tolnmat arWiic^ltvptJ^e,,Old Ford ftoad, Boyf, London, E, (

A R T H U R M A L T B Y ,TAiliQBj HATTEfc, AND GENERAL OUTFITTER,

8, H^NQp:^ PLACE, REGENT’S PARK,. Established 1833,

Has a verv large Stock of New Autumn Goods, including Hats, Shirts,. : ■ *. and Umbrellas.

F . H E R N E , Medium, gives Public Seances at the Spiri­tual Institution, 15, Southampton Bow, London, as follows:—On

Monday Evening, at 8 o’clock; on Wednesday Afternoon, at 3 o’clock; and on Thursday Evening, at 8 o’clock. Admission to each seance, 2s. 6d. Mr. Hebne may be engaged for private seances. Address— Herne’s Oak Villa, Bockmead Boad, South Hackney, N.E.

DR . D E SJA R D IN begs to inform his numerous patients and friends that hid Consulting Rooms have been transferred from 43,

Euston Boad, to 3, Little Argyll Street, Regent Street, for the treatment of all chronic affections by a special method. Consultations from 1 to 5 daily. Electro-Medical Institution, where a limited number of in-door patients can be received, at Brixton Road, S.W, .~ ~ _ t-s*'” ' - ' ’ ’ ------MESMERISM, ELECTRO-BIOLOGY,

Cases of GOUT,RHEUMATI SM,

PARALYSIS,E P I L E P S Y , &c.

taken in hand.

DR. J A M E S MA C K ,I ^ ^ d - l T E T I O H Z E J L L E T R , ,

2 6 , S o u t h a m p t o n R o w ,

H O L B O M , i i O N D O N , W . O .

DR*M A0E,4& ariffa^i to' htimerbus correspondents from a dis- ijtjtigyljmt jipw.req^ivipfai desciriptMn of. thftsyrap*

toms o f any patient, lie win return Magnetised P^per, with fuU mstruc tions. Fee, Five Shillings. . jFon Consultation ■ and -Examination! of

Disease by letter, Fee, Two Shillings and Sixpenqe, At home daily from ten to five. Free days—Tuesday and Friday.

J.: ' v--.; : j ‘

' I f IS S CHANDOS undertakes to Eradicate Consumption, Cancer, IL Insanity, Dipsomania, and all Nervous and Infantile Diseases.

Terms: One Guinea per visit (in London), including the necessary specific tjflatipent, or Two Guineas per month, by post.

Miss Cauroos continues to give instructions (privately, and by post), on Electro-biology and Mesmerism.—Address, 17, Brunswick Squaro, W.C.

MR . R O BER T JOHNSTONE, Healing M e s m e r is t , attends at 9, Gilbert’s Terrace, Old Ford Road, on Mondays, Wednesdays,

and Fridays, from Three o’clock till Seven, for the Treatment and Cure of Diseases. He can refer intending patients to numerous extraordinary cures effected through his agenoy. Terms upon application.

IS S GODFREY? M sbfcA i 'CLAravoYANT, 1, Robert Street, i: : #aiftpstea4 ttpW}i IfOijflon, N.W : Sittings only by appointment,

F U f l E J B i t E , T m o B and Dbapbb, has a splendid l . ) assp?j#B4ot:of :8tfriiniS* tod1 Autumn Goods. AJi iniinenSe variet;

of Scotch and West of England T^fEEDS, A paifcct.ftt g iaffant e.q Everyth&’g-on hatld.:: Visitors passing through London supplied with goods.^ffi ^he .shprtert at’ ppppial priees for cash.—No. 8,gouthi- ampton Sow, pigh Holborn. .

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A lfred william, tubner, isa, iohotked ®tbbetEast, Bibmixqham, Manufacturer of and SepSt for 8EWXITG, WASHING-,

WBIN&IN'Q-, and MAN&LIN& MACHINES of every description. B per cent, on all sales through this advertisement v^Uibe.paic^ <Ket-.1q tha Spiritual Institute. A. W. T., Machine Pattern Maker, Meohanical) Draughtsman, and Inventors’ Assistant.

. fPftNER, faysiaui Medium, for Fruit, Flowers, &o,j Tbaboe BVOIJtST.

PTtOTS’S ALM ANACK AXD E P H E M E R IS, for 1876,containing the best Ephemeris ever published, showing the Daily

Longitudes o£ all the Planets, Longitudes of .th&priwapal Asteroids, and Fixed r 6 t e , 'Monthly Guide, Warnings, &c'.| Predictions of Fit'are Eveftfa,. and a^A^dr&Mrfla-the-Cpnfleciw^hetsreen.Jtaetary'Motidn- and Mundane Events. Price Eighteenpence j post free, Is. Td. London A. Halt, and Co., 25, Paternoster Row; and all Booksellers.

U S M & I W P E O P H E ID IC 3 JT E B S E N G E B .

A1MABAC M D EPH EIEBIS FOR 1876,w ith A HEEROGLYPHIO, bio., etc .

. ( (66|Jx.Year pf .PaMjoa^ion.}. .Prioe hy'post,1 7 a . ; with Ephbmbeis; I s. Id.

IiONDON i CATTY AND BOBSON, X, IVT tANE. E.O.

Mo s e s

Address—9, Granville Square, London, W.C.10 tiU 5.

FASCINATION.The Science taught

by post or personally. Pamphlet with terms testimonials, &c., may be had gratis.

At home for consultation,

■nSYCHQPATHIO INSTITUTION FO R T H E CU RE OF i DISEASES, 254, MARYLEBQNE ROAD.

Efficient Healers in attendance from 9 a.m. till 9 p.m. to aJJ parts,; terms m odern

JOSEPH ASHMAN, P bin cipax.

Healers sen t

MR . .W IL LIA M EGtLINGTON,. P h y s ic a j , M e d iu m , is now prepared toreceive Engagements.for Private Seances—Address,

St. James’s House, Greenlerf Lane, Walthamstow.

,S. B.URKJE, haying: herself been the subject of a marvellous cure of cancerous tumour (see Medium,.Sept. 12th., 1874) through

the healing power of spirits, is desired by the doctors in the spint- world who undertook her cure, publicly to announce that they have now bestowed upon her also the “ Gift of Healing,” to be used exclu­sively for the incidental or accidental Diseases of Wogpsn. Mrs. Burke will pe at home from 10 to 4 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, when she wiU diagnose and prescribe for such cases as she is impressed to undertake. Saturdays are free. N.B.—Reference, by per- mission, to Dr. Mack.—Address 141, Comwall'Road, Westboume Park.

Q L E E IfL E SSN E SS , N ERVOUSN ESS, D E B IL IT Y , HEAD-

is-recommended by several physicians of high standing. Miss Dubant, 48, Burton Crescent, W.C.

DR . MAIN’S Health Institute, U.S.A.—A Medical Diagnosis of

60, Dover Street, Boston, Disease, with Directions for

Treatment, may be obtained by correspondence, stating age and sex, and enclosing a lock of hair of the patient. Fee,. 8s. 6d-, by post office ordfip in favour of Dr. Chakles Maik, Boston, U.S.A.

E ISLIN GTON PSYCH OPA TH IC IN STITU TIO N forthe CURE of DISEASE, 19, Church Street, Upper Street, Islington.

Mrs. Bullock and other Mediums will be in attendance daily, from 11 to 2 o’clock. Fee, 2s. fld.; Sundays and Wednesdays free."—Mr. and Mrs. B o llo ck , Principals.

r lS-B A K E R , T b a n c b an d C la i r v o y a n t M ediu m , attends on Mondays,.Thursdays, and Fridays, f?pn# 12 to 5, at the Spiritual Institution, 15, Southampton Bow, London, W.C., and at 8T, Inville Boad,

Walworth, T odays and Wednesdays, from 11 to 5. Fee; 5s. Private Seances attended. Terms, 10s. 6d. and expenses.

*;.r •' -.v.Mvr,’ a v r : • •720 ^

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" ■ SJK A SO N JB W -O . :. , . , / ;I,,,y" -'A LIBRARY OF S P I R I T U A L W O R K S IN E V & P - p t f f e Y J s f : 1

■ Afi -it "has M erl' to devote my energiea' to the riiffnsiria of~ Spifitua.1 Ttiith hy-fr foria ;hf Ifeel that some responsibility rests .on me as to the due performance o f my duties; and- hence: l'a^ iisipreM ri':toSnngith e. master pa prominently,as,possible before the frien<fy .of- the oause. ____ ______

; " 'W s.ire pOW getting- a Select and PopuliUJ Literature by .writers o f ^ a higSeSlj convin<anglmanner'#iiths of unspeakable importance to humanity. By> making due‘us6 of thia Tlfraitaiirpi wa

an’ IncSciilablei1 influence on Society. During1 the-last, two years I have Issued i^OOO volum es,apeo^iiy^pffpisdj&r cirQula^onr^ongst, subscriber?, and these-yolijmes have been and are doing a work which no other agency could pbsiflbfy effict;: ; \ r j ’ , ’l' J. ‘i 0 II 0 Y £ ■ '

1 '■ _ • v vu-'j r ! T 1This great amount o f work has been accomplished on a plan novel and as yet but irtiperfectly: understood by the

friends of Spiritualism* This vast quantity of Literature h^s bpen sijpplled at.ap. average' rafe ojC.;le8 ’,;tJ^nj the publishing price,.on a plan of co-operation, which enables; every purchaser to be supplied at th'e'8afae!price' a H f he were proprietor. This restricts the price of the books to the actual post o f production and working.i9xp j|Spff.,; ^ ;: i ;

, , • 1 * * }f<' /! J •{< ■{ [ • ' M * J' II urge this co-operative plan upon the attention of every Spiritualist, that our Literature Jnay b®ixend®red as

serviceable as possible to the cause. There are many families of Spiritualists in which not at single book otrth.e", subject exists. There are thousands of well-to-do Spiritualists and warm sympathisers with spirit-communion who would readily take one or more works if the matter were brought before them. Thus they would become better informed.- on the ■ question, .and have.the means at hand of imparting knowledge to friends and visitors.

EVERY SPIRITUALIST MUST DO HIS SHARE IN THIS WORK.To obtain standard works at cost price (on an average less than half of published price) for private use, for sale

or for lending, the following suggestions are given:—

1 . Send at once for a prospectus of the Progressive Literature Publication Fund.2 . Make a deposit towards the .£1,000 of capital at present being raised. (6 per cent, per annum allowed

on all balances in hand.)3. Ask neighbours, friends, and inquirers to combine with you in taking.out a parcel o f books at cost price,

selected from the standard volumes offered to depositors as now ready or in preparation.4. The. greater the number who combine in this manner the cheaper will the works become.5. B y persevering in this method the Literature of Spiritualism may become universal, and correct ideas of

it will predominate.

This is really a. great object, and the plan proposed for its accomplishment has been tried and found to actadmirably. A ll that is wanted is that it should secure wider acceptance.

WORKS ON SPIRITUALISM IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND READING .ROOMS.,. <Hints have been thrown out that it would be well to raise a fund to place Selept .Works on Spiritualism into as

many libraries as possible. . This has been accomplished to a great ; extent already, and copies of Mrs. Hardinge’s “ History of Spiritualism” and the Dialectical Report are in many libraries, and are muoh; read. V

THEREDUCTION OF THE “ MEDIUIH” TO ONEPENNY.O n a j? d a f t e r F E ID A T , JA N U A R Y 7, 1876, the price o f the .M e d i u m ttill be ONE P E N N Y . I t will

not be reduced in size, or in the careful selection of its contents. I t is desirable that no obstacle should stand,; in the way of its widest possible circulation. The M e d i u m is one of the most powerful agencies for promoting ' Spiritualism. To extend its circulation, ask a newsagent to obtain it for you regularly; look up all the new readers ybu can, and introduce them to h im ; ask him to show the paper in his shop, and exhibit a placard of its contents in the window dr elsewhere ; send the card ,of the news-agent to the London office, and a contents placard will be sent to him weekly. B y this simple plan being followed out, the circulation would rise rapidly, and Spiritualism would spread accordingly.

FREE .CIRCULATION OF LITERATURE.• > A vast quantity of Literature is sent out gratuitously from the Spiritual Institution every year. Contributions

for this purpose are received. Those who can circulate any Literature are asked to make application, describing the circumstances.

This grand work, it is hoped, will be' more generally supported in the future. To set it on foot and sustain it has been a sore burthen. No other institution exists in which slender means produce greater results than this one connected with Spiritualism.

Post-office orders on “ High Holborn.” Cheques crossed “ Union. Bank of London, Chancery L a n e Brancli,” and all communications to s '.

J. B U R N S ,P R O G R E S S I V E L I B R A R Y A N D S P I R I T U A L I N S T I T U T I O N ,

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