SPIRITUALISM.

Spiritism or spiritualism—we give the faithful and scoffers a choice of terms —has always produced the game effect on savants a^ that exercised by a red rag upon a fractious bull. This faculty may, perhaps, have had some influence in. deterring first-class men of science from devoting a fair amount of attention to the recognised phenomena. More puissant, however, in promoting scientific indifference are such objections as that urged by Professor Tyndall, in answering a request for the application of his eminent scientific attain ments to the inquiry : The only alleged spirit manifestations he had ever investi gated, were a gross fraud, and he had no time to spare from his more important pursuits, nor inclination, to pit scientific discernment against skillful imposture. The employment of ridicule and contempt —the handiest and mostused weapons against the tenet—is painful to the honest inquirer, and neither very logical or con vincing. But spiritism as a field of fair investigation, is laid peculiarly open to the favourite weapons of the scoffer, by its position as a harbour or rallying point for an impudent set of charlatan?, conjurers, and knaves, who have furbished up their old tricks of legerdemain, .and excited the open-mouthed wonder of the gobermouche by invoking the aid of the unseen world. There is a palpable lack of useful employ ment in the state that follows physical dissolution, if spirits can afford the time to knock about the legs of tables in response to the strings of silly questions that are submitted even by the average believer. But there must likewise be an absolute self-sacrificing magnanimity amounting to spirit-martyrdom on the part of those resi dents in the happy hunting grounds who devote their leisure in earning for mortals, distinguished neither for social virtues or talents, sixpences and shillings, in the spending of which they, the spirits, can have no hypostatical part. The exposure of this "fraternity of wonder-workers at so much per manifestation has lately aiforded a choice dish of table-talk in England. The prosecution of the accredited medium Slade, was followed W the committal of a renegade parson of great repute as a materializing medium, and whose choice stock of masks, mate rialized hands, etc., seized by the police, testified the substantial character of the fleeting visions that had passed before his awe-stricken audiences. In the United States, C. L. Jennings, of the same ilk, after a most successful practice extending over some years, was effectually sealed up in his cabinet by a certain Mr Tubbs, and made a complete breast of it, shewing how, by the aid of an accomplice and certain ingenious arrangements with wire, bells had been rung, music played, hands and faces exhibited, two and three at a time, at the aperture of the cabinet, forgotten events revealed, and other of the well known phenomena displayed to perfection. We have not space to reprint at length Mr Jennings' confessions, but the impression upon those who witnessed the works ■wrought by the powers of darkness was most striking. After explaining various expedients resorted to, Jennings says : —

"We were then enabled to show three hands at once, which was a staggerer to doubters. In some of theae seances I would give statements purporting to come from the departed, but which •were committed to memory from Swedenborg. I didn't make much money, a3 I had to devide with my accomplice, who had me in his power. We practiced in the daytime, with myself as audience and he as the spirit. Many people came and recognized in the seances faces of deceased friends. One evening I attended a temperance meeting in Riley Hall, and heard Gen. Riley tell about Adonijah Green, who forty years before kept a hotel where the Whit comb House is. In my next seance he appeared, and no one knew him. But on inquiry they found, such a man had lived here at that time and kept a hotel. I wont up to Mount Hope, and from tombstones obtained names to use. For baby faces wo used a piece of black velve teen, cuttine; out a small round hole for the face. This placed over a face looked like the small features of a babe. The wigs, whiskers, etc., were produced, and a very choice collection they made when gathered together. They were all of the coarsest construction, but they answered the purpose," and on one occasion Jennings says he merely "held his coat tail up to the chin for a pair of whiskers," as he peered through the aperture."

Preceding Slade's expose, and one of the exciting causes of Dr Lancaster's sudden descent on that professor of the art, the sub ject of spiritualism had found its way into the sage discussions of the British Associa tion at Glasgow. Professor Barrett and Dr Carpenter exhibited a readiness to pass beyond Faraday's theory of quasi-involun tary muscular exertion in tattle - turning. Faraday's test index for registering muscular exertion, which proved such a complete staggerer to adepts in the art of table-rap ping that no manifestations could be obtained with the tell-tale index beiore the operator's eyes, is not a satisfying answer to all the phenomena of spiritism. Pro fessor Barrett favovred the theories of mesmerism and psychicforce,, and the in fluence of one mind on another, known commonly as "brain reading." Dr Car penter admitted mind reading as a fact; but just when the expectations of believers had been raised to fever heat by the supposed inroad made on the scepti cism of so eminent a man of science, their hopes were dashed to the ground by his explanation, that the phenomenon was neither spiritualist nor mesmeric, but proceeded from a detective capacity to read small signs of expression or carriage. He, however, declared his intention to carry out a series of scientific investigations into the phenomena of spiritualism, and had invited a medium to undertake seances in his own house for the purpose. Mr Crookes, ■who, by the way, contrary to the fond Imagination of spiritualists touching his scientific status, was, in the words of a Glasgow paper, " apparently unknown to the assembly, tind was received coldly," declared his unwavering faith in the super natural origin of the phenomena. Mr Wallace followed in the same strain, and words of wrath passed between him and Dr Carpenter, who twitted spiritualists with the fact that a £500 note placed by the late Sir J. Simpson under a case to be given to any clairvoyant who could discover its number had remained unclaimed. And so came to an end what has been described, as on« of " the most extraordinary scenes in the •whole history of the Association," whose sage deliberations are rarely disturbed by controversial strife. It may be regretted that fanaticism and materializing fraud have deterred scientific men from investigating and defining the acknowledged curious force on which a belief in spirit agency has been built. We have a right to complain that a subject coining clearly within the empire of science has been left very largely to ignorant observers. The discussion in the British Association has had the good result of ex citing inquiries which will, we believe, lead to a more scientific diagnosis of the pheno mena and the conditions under which they occur, than we have at present. That such a diagnosis will identify the phenomena with as purely natural causes as the more mar vellous knockings produced thousands of miles away, under given conditions, by the telegraph, there is nothing in the knowa manifestations of the psychic, mesmeric, or quasi-involuntary muscular force dubbed spiritualist developments, to occasion the slightest misgivings.

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY. MARCH 26, 1877.

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T>CTT TIE'S SCOTTISH OILS EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERIES. LUMBAGO, RHEUMATISM, GOUT, BAD LEGS, DEFORMED FEET AND HANDS, PILES, &C. I THE SCOTTISH HIGHLAND OIL . I is immediately obsorbed into the Blood, chang ing its dull black hue into a brilliant red, pos sessing a delicate nervous force, which may be felt as a tremulous motion in the muscles, which of ten instantly relieves a great many painful disorders, which render life unbearable. POTTLE'S SCOTTISH OIL Will be found invaluable in nearly every in stance, and for colonial use is one of the best Medicines ever introduced, especially in the following cases:— TRAVELLERS, who have to shift from bed to bed. SURVEYORS, who are exposed to bush vermin day and night. SHOOTING PARTIES, exposed to the tor ments of the tick. Members of Cricket. Rowing, and Football Clubs, and Athletics, May with greet advantage use it for the muscles of the arms and limbs, rubbing night and morn ing. It renders those muscles elastic and firm ; should the muscles be sore a good dressing will give immediate relief, and prevent the distres sing effects of stiffness, &c. POTTIES SCOTTISH OIL. A slight dressing night and morning will give complete immunity from fleas, mosquitoes, sand flies, ticks, and all kinds of hash vermin. The Oil when rubbed in all over the body or hands and face, dries at once, leaving a beautiful gloss on tho skin, which, while it feels highly agree able, forms a perfect barricade. POTTIES HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. B3T Agent for Auckland— AICKIN, CHEMIST, QUEEN-STREET. "pi q v i c k ' s * LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES, VICTOKIA-STREET, Auckland. m" FOR HIRE- A Grcafc Variety of Ojxjn and Close Carriages. Buggies, single and double-seated, open or hooded, for Single or Pail" of Horses, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Saddle Horses. Carriages, with Grey Horses, for Wedding purposes. Watrgonettes for Picnic Parties. Covered Conveyances for Driving Parties to out-districts. Hearse and Mourning Coaches. 'Busses for Newton and Ponsonby, and to Mount Albert and Whau. Time Table. POKTSONBY 'RUSSES, NEWTON 'BUSSES, via Grey-street. via College Hill and Ponsonby. 8. 0 a.m. 2. 0 p.m. 8.45 a.m. 2.15 p.m. 9. 0 „ 2.30 „ 915 „ 245 „ 9.30 „ 3. 0 „ 9.45 „ 3.15 „ 10. 0 ~ 3.30 ~ 10.15 „ 3.45 „ 10.30 „ 4. 0 „ 10.45 „ 4.15 „ .1. 0 „ 4.30 „ 11.15 „ 4.45 „ U. 30 „ 5. 0 „ 11.15 „ 5.15 „ 12. 0 noon 5.30 „ 12.15 p.m. 5.45 „ K.SOp.m. 6. 0 „ 12.45 „ 6.15 „ \ 0 „ 6.30 „ 1.15 „ 6.45 „ 130 „ 7. 0 „ 1.45 „ and at 9 and 10 p.m. daily. Saturday nights, 8, 8.30, 9. 9.30,10,10.30 & 11 p.m. Mount Albert and Whau 'Buss. L^ave Union Bank: Leave Whau: 12 noon 8.30 a.m. 5 p.m. daily 3. p.m. daily Saturdays 2 & 10.30 p.m. 8.30 and 5.30 p.m. Orders left at Mr. F. Quick's, Ponsonby; or J. Thompson, Star Hotel, Newton, will be punctu ally attended to. .:■ J. THOMPSON. Manager ABERDEEN POLISHED GRANITE MONUMENTS, In Red and Blue, fuom £5, Fryo on board chin to any part of New Zealand, Inscriptions Accurate and Beautiful, Pl&na and Price? FRKSfrom. JOHN LJKGGH



j 8, WYNPHAM-STREET, j HOUSE, SHIP, m GENERAL DECORATIVE PAINTER. H tf 3 m Estimates furnished, and experienced Workmen sent to all parte of the O -. Province. M H £< Sd J H. requests attention of Builders and pq others to his New Glazing Tariff. w » ~~ O J. HENDERSON. tz! 8, WYNDHAM-STREET. FISHER AND C~~67 Wholesale, Shipping & Family BUTCHER, Queen-street, next Bank of New Zealand, , Auckland. Poultry of all kinds dressed to order. Mne Smoked Tongues, Home-cured Bacon. Corned Beef on Sale in large quantities. N B —Dealers in Game. Live Pheasants for warded to all parts of the colony upon receipt of order? Families waited en in town or suburbs. J" OH N S O P P E T, No. 8, Queen-street. Aeent for Mr. A. K. Carter's Waikato Parcels Delivery, and the Booking of Passengers. October an. 187R- . AYLOIi'S PATENT SEWING MACHINES The HAND MACHINE is perfection for fa™rAND MACHINES for Dressmakers seven guineas and eight guineas. I^comnie^dlj* hundreds in our midst who possess them as un eQaewfng Machines of every kind repaired. Authorised Agent : T PEACOCK, OPTICIAN, SHORTLAND-STREET Opposite the Pojt-offlce^Auckland. WH SKINNER, • BUILDER. CARPENTER, AND JOINER, on the Old Site. VULCAN LANE. All Branches of tho Building Trade executed by Experienced Workmen. Shop Fronts, Omce FMttings. &c Br.c. pi IRE WOOD !II FIREWOOD ! ! WANTED KNOW N, that I am now prepared to supply BEST TITREE FIREWOOD, many quantity, at the following prices (terms cash) :- Single ton. 95.; four to ten tons, Bs. 6d. upwards of ten tons, at wholesale prices—Address • Johw P.laih, Bay of Islands Coal Yards, Breakwater Road. . . X AN D J. S O P P E T, O m Freeman's Bat Steam Mills. And No. 101, Lower Queen-otreet Whart. '•— Auckland. H~~A~N~D~~P. GIBBONS, • GROCERS AND PRODUCE MERCHANTS, 58, Welles ley-street. Dealers in Maize, Oats. Bran, Flour, Sharps, Potatoes, &c. ____ USBANI)S~of hidustnous Wives, Remember this day to do your duty by BUYING a PATENT ROYAL WASHING MACHINE. Every wife who does her own Washing deserves one. FATHERS, MOTHERS, BROTHERS, AND LOVERS, call and seicct one of those useful Companions and Helpmates, called SEWIiMj MACHINES, from the following immense stock and variety:—Puincess of Wales, Little Stranger, Jenny Lind, Mermaid, Thomas, also T.aylor's New Patent, Sin«er, Whkkler and Wilson, Howe, Gkover and Baker, and other good makes. m" Weekly Payments Taken. "=®a W. C. DENNES, McARTIIUR & CO.'S NEW BUILDINGS, Queen-street. T>URE MILK !! ! PURE MILK !! ! T. A. BROWN Begs to inform the inhabitants of Auckland and suburbs that he has made arrangements by which he has secured the whole of the Milk from the One Tree Hill E3tat<\ Kpsom, and he will therefore be able to supply a First-class Pure Article, so necessary to both infants and adults. Families waited on for orders. A Trial solicited. Address: T. A. BROWN, Epsom ; or Messrs. Spragg & Co.. Theatre Buildings, Queen-street /GALVANIZED IRON WORKS. \j£ S. PARKER, MANUFACTURER OF GALVANIZED IRON, RIDGING, SPOUTING, PIPING, And all kinds of Sheet Iron and Zinc Work. CORRUGATED IRON TANKS on Hand, or Made to Order, at the Works, Wellesley-street. Plumbing Work in every Branch of the Trade. Gasfitting of every style done at shortest notice. Experienced Workmen sent to any part of the Country. S. PARKER has erected "first-class machinery, and having completed all his arrangements for manufacturing, is in a position promptly to execute all orders. List of Prices forwarded upon application. Orders per coach, train, carrier, or coasting vessel, receive immediate attention. S. PARKER, Licensed Plumber for Auckland Waterworks, WELLESLEY- STREET. ATTCKLANn. QPECIAL NOTICE. J^IME! J^IMEI TIME! ON SALE AT B. KEANE'S, Custom-house-street. To Builders.—B. KEANE having finished his New Lime Works at Wangarei. is now pre pared to supply WANGAREI STONE LIME in any quantity. To Farmers and Others.—For the use of Land or Sanitary Purposes, liberal terms are ottered. «™^?™' AHU, RANGI HYDRAULIC STONE LIME is well adapted for Concrete VV ork. Will set hard under water, as the foun dations belonr'in;,' to Messrs. Combes Sc Duldy Fort-street, wOl amply testify. "«w. SHE} 4 LIME in any Quantity,



y E N E T ia^_ JjT?^ AT THE ****-XJ AUCKLAND VENETIAN BTt» MANUFACTORY ll^ CORNER OF COOK AND GRSY-STP*^ Of any dimensions, in any number ffi^. tea Hundred, within a given time of\ olle best quality, and reasonableiS£ and sent to all parts of NewV«r!' land. Terms cash. Estimate returned by Post M H. BUSBY, Local Manufarturer anfl T porter of the Material, Practical BUn,?\r and Wire Worker (many yeare estaSr 5^ City Road, London), c^ Bhed «t description of Window Blinds Plain «^» s?etT mental Wire Work. Old Blinds Ke^N repaired, and painted.-VENETLAN irrm?4 ' corner of Qook and Grey-Btreet^ffLrffSE. • COLOUR, & GLASS MERCHAVrS1 Importers ofPaperhangingg, Scrim, PaSten? Turpentine, Colours, Varnishes, French tOT - Gold Leaf, Artists' Colours and BrS» Sheet, Crown, Ornamental, and pwli£ty? Glass, Picture Frame and Tapeatw MmS?*1 * Clock and Compass Glasses, G&S sJX* Doors, &c. Glass cut to die, and cS?I packed.—J)s & 97, QUEEN-BTRMT. Wefi% D W A R D BTlTn^ BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. ' Established 1865.] Allflcinds of House and Ship Joinery sn,« Fronts, Shop and Office Fittings, & c &-TOJ prepared at the shortest notice With thoroughly Seasoned Timber. Designs and Estimates Furnished in ay«..» Branch. •™ EDWARD BARTLEY ALBERT-STREET Near Market. . ' X S3J 1 t ||B f&J*JJ3&&£*MgL m * INI PURE, WHOLESOME, & DELICIOUS. ' MANUFACTURED BY BEETHAM 4 CO. AUCKLAND, " i AND SOLD BY ALL GROCERS AND THE TRADE. Orders addressed by post to the Manufacturers wiD receive immediate attention. ]^ O T I C^ i, WALTER GRAHAM, (Late of the City Mart), WHOLESALE AND FAMILY GROCER Has opened those Premises, corner of Pitt and Grey-streets, with a complete and WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF NEW GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, AND OILMEN'S STORES, of the best quality, and offers the aime k> his numerous Patrons, Friends, and the Public generally at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES!! N.B.—Families waited on for Orders, and Goods delivered in all parts of the City and Suburbs. [established 1842.] WJ A M I E S ON, • UNDERTAKER, &c, is prepared to execute Funerals, either in first-class style or plain, at strictly moderate charges. WELLESLEY-STREET EAST, Twe doors from Queen-street. jfjiUNERALS CONDUCTED ' _fij respectably, at moderate charges, by j N. McCULSKY, West End Funeral Esta blishment, top of Hobson-street. The charges includes all Cemetery and Minister's Fees, so that customers have no further trouble beyond giving the order. Coffins always on hand. Graves fenced, and Tombstones supplied. Designs, by J. Brown, may be seen, and prices obtained. on application to N. McCulsky. - IU"OTICE OF REMOVAL Messrs. HOFFMANN & SONS Have REMOVED their PIANOS and HAR MONIUMS, and BUSINESS, from SHORTLAND street to QUEEN-STREET, next Bank of New Zealand. BULBS! "OULBS! "OULBS! Jo i> JUST RECEIVED, Direct from Paris, A QUANTITY OF CHOICE FLOWERING BULBS!! ! As they must be Planted immediately, they will be on Sale for FOUR DAYS only. R. BAIRD, .i VICTORIA SEED STORES, Victoria-street. N.8.--A large quantity of Colonial-growa Bulbs will be ready for sale shortly. C) SHIPPERS, CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. KAURI TIMBER. The undersigned is selling at •___„ or GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. C. A. HARRIS, BRITOMART ROAD, And at the Snlt. Niuier. M. McL AGHLaI. • 218, QUEEN-STREET, Has just bought the following Goods at a Large- Discount off Cost Price, and invites Ladies to inspect them before making their pur chases elsewhere. Patterns will be Kiven on application for comparison. Aline of Self-colored Real Alpaceas at Is. 63. 1 worth 2s. 3d. A line of Fashionable Checks at Is.; worth Is. 9d. A line of Self Grey Camerlite for the present . season, Is.; worth Is. 9d. Aline of Self Colour Satin Check Lustres beautiful shades, Ib. 2d.; worth Is. lOd. A line of " Casohemore de Soie," a soft corded Black Silk, warranted to wear by the1 makers, at a reduction of Is. 6d. per yard- This is without doubt the best and cheap est Silk in Auokland. It is of the same quality as that which gave such satisiac tion last season. Simpson Sewing Machines at half-price. All the Novelties for the Season at a lower pnw than usual 5 cases New Goods, ex Abernrto to open in • few days. Others to follow by ne*s vessels. _^ . JN~O. C. CITO U GS> MECHANIST. M asefie ld's Buildings, Albert-street, Auckland. Serring, Knitting, Washing, anTOWjW description of domestic and ffcffiefal US^ Machinery made and repaired. Model .waffffS* Inventors* Models, and Optical and. ScienWo Apparatus made and rent.red. Metal Turn™ ami Boring. Screw o.r>d Wheel Cutting.-. &«•■ *T