from Berne, Dr. Vogt, who in the medical world, was a man of European fame; and the delegate from Prussia, Dr H. Oidtmann, was distinguished in his profession; these and many others, had given their united evidence to the fact that vaccination was a means of inducing filthy disease, and greatly injuring the public health, and their observation and experience had enabled them to say that not only was vaccination powerless to prevent the spread of small-pox, but that it was in reality an evil, and one of no small magnitude. He might, if he choose, quote to them similar opinions by Drs. Alexander Wilder, Gunn, Garth Wilkinson, Forbes Laurie, and Collins, the last of whom had for twenty years been a public vaccinator, and who had relinquished his position and his belief in vaccination from the terrible evils which he saw grow out of the system. He had seen children who were bright and healthy transformed by Jenner's rite into a mass of disease. He was sure that his friend would allow that Professor Newman, the brother of Cardinal Newman, was a man of intelligence. The Professor had written an outspoken letter to the Paris Congress, and enclosed a subscription. He was sure his friend would allow Herbert Spencer to be a man of intelligence, and he had shewn his interest in this convention, and sent a contribution to the Congress. But their was a name greater than either of these and that was Baron Von Humboldt, who many years ago, said he perceived its dangerous progress and influence of the vaccination system. In Germany, where vaccination and even re-vaccination, was vigorously enforced, small-pox was more rife than in any other country. In 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872 small-pox carried off in the city of Berlin seven times as many in proportion to the population as it did in London. In the last metropolitan epidemic, 44,000 thousand were carried off He was in Spain after seventeen years of enforced vaccination. about a month previously, where there was a great aversion to vaccination, and there was less small-pox in Spain than any other European country. He had spoken to the American consul at Malaga, who told him (and this was confirmed by other authorities) that they had no such small-pox epidemics as in other parts of Europe and America, and that many people were so opposed to vaccination that it could not be made compulsory. He had afterwards an interview with the British vice-consul at Madrid, who said that the class of persons amongst whom small-pox was most prevalent was the army, where vaccination was compulsory. In Tangiers, in Morrocco, small-pox was almost unknown, and there was practically no vaccination. In Queensland, Australia, there is no vaccination, and no small-pox. A society was now established in London for the purpose of abolishing compulsion. If parents wished to have their children vaccinated, let them; but he thought it was a cruel and abominable law which compelled parents to submit to that which they considered an injury to their offspring, and which introduced disease into their systems. (Loud cheers). MR. JAMES HOLMES IN LONDON. Sunday April 24.-Goswell Hall, 290, Goswell Road. Morning, at 11 o'clock, subject: "The THEORIES of Science and the FACTS of Spiritualism: Reply to scientific critics." Evening, at 7 o'clock, subject: "The existence of God as proved by the Facts of Spiritualism.” "OMEGA," writing from Plymouth, thus alludes to mediumship described at length in another article: I should judge that Mrs. C— is a medium of exceptional power, for my questions have been answered through the table, with no one touching it—she simply standing by it—and it is quite an ordinary thing for her to see her husband, her sister, or her mother about the house. Whilst writing a letter to me on Saturday last, she saw lights all over her hands, and she stated that a few days previously her husband had appeared with sufficient plainess to have been photographed. My experience with this family gave me to realise the reality of Spiritualism as I had not before, and all that has taken place is only the result of simply using the inductive principle of enquiry, which, if it were in its right senses, would unfold wonders upon wonders to the whole of Christendoin, aye to the whole world! LADBROKE HALL, NEAR NOTTING HILL RAILWAY STATION. On Good Friday, we had an excellent tea meeting, when about one hundred sat down; also an entertainment in the evening, to commemorate the Thirty-Third Anniversary of Modern Spiritualism, when many friends came forward and offered their services. On Sunday, M. J. Holmes occupied the platform both morning and evening, and a hearty reception was given him, with a desire to see him often and soon at Ladbroke Hall. Mr. J. J. Morse will occupy the platform next Sunday evening at 7; morning meeting at 11-30. 126, Kensington Park Road, W. F. O. MATTHEWS. MR. J. HOLMES, 6, Charlotte Street, Leicester.-Appointments: Brad. ford, May 1; Keighley, 8 and 9; London, 22; Stamford, June 18; Liverpool, Manchester and Oldham open, RULES AND CONDITIONS FOR THE SPIRIT-CIRCLE. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS.-The phenomena cannot be successfully elicited very warm, sultry weather, in extreme cold, when thunder and lightning and magnetic disturbances prevail, when the atmosphere is very moist, or when there is much rain, or storms of wind. A warm, dry atmosphere is best, as it presents the mean between all extremes, and agrees with the harmonious state of man's organism which is proper for the manifestation of spiritual phenomena. ▲ subdued light or darkness increases the power and facilitates control. LOCAL CONDITIONS.-The room in which a circle is held for development or Investigation should be set apart for that purpose. It should be comfortably warmed and ventilated, but draughts or currents of air should be avoided. Those persons composing the circle should meet in the room about an hour before the experiments commence; the same sitters should attend each time, and occupy the lame places. This maintains the peculiar magnetic conditions necessary to the production of the phenomena. A developing circle exhausts power, or uses it up. PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.-The phenomena are produced by a vital force emanating from the sters, which the spirits use as a connecting link between themselves and objects. Certain temperaments give off this power; others emit an opposite influence. If the circle is composed of persons with suitable temperaments, manifestations will take place readily; if the contrary be the case, much perseverance will be necessary to produce results. If both kinds of temperament are present, they require to be arranged so as to produce harmony in the psychical atmosphere evolved from them. The physical manifestations especially depend upon temperament. If a circle does not succeed, changes should be made in the sitters till the proper conditions are supplied. MENTAL CONDITIONS.-All forms of mental excitement are detrimental to success. Those with strong and opposite opinions should not sit together: opinionated, dogmatic, and positive people are better out of the circle and room. Parties between whom there are feelings of envy, hate, contempt, or other inharmonious sentiment should not sit at the same circle. The vicious and crude should be excluded from all such experiments. The minds of the sitters should be in a passive rather than an active state, possessed by the love of truth and of mankind. One harmonious and fully-developed individual is invaluable in the formation of a circle. THE CIRCLE should consist of from three to ten persons of both sexes, and sit round an oval, oblong, or square table. Cane-bottomed chairs or those with wooden seats are preferable to stuffed chairs. Mediums and sensatives should never sit on stuffed chairs, cushions, or sofas used by other persons, as the influences which accumulate in the cushions often affect the mediums unpleasantly. The active and quiet, the fair and dark, the ruddy and pale, male and female, should be seated alternately If there is a medium present, he or she should Occupy the end of the table with the back to the north. A mellow mediumistle person should be placed on each side of the medium, and those n at positive should be at the opposite corners. No person should be placed behind the medium. A circle may represent a horseshoe magnet, with the medium placed between the poles. CONDUCT AT THE CIRCLE.-The sitters should place their hands on the table, and endeavour to make each other feel easy and comfortable. Agreeable conversation, singing, reading, or invocation may be engaged in-anything that will tend to harmonise the minds of those present, and unite them in one purpose, is in order. By engaging in such exercises the circle may be made very profitable apart from the manifestations. Bitters should not desire anything in particular, but unite in being pleased to receive that which is best for all. The director of the circle should sit opposite the medium, and put all questions to the spirit, and keep order. A recorder should take notes of the conditions and proceedings. Manifestations may take place in a few minutes, or the circle may sit many times before any result occurs. Under these circumstances it is well to change the positions of the sitters, or introduce new elements, till success is achieved. When the table begins to tilt, or when raps occur, do not be too impatient to get answers to questions. When the table can answer questions by giving three tips or raps for "Yes," and one for "No," it may assist in placing the sitters properly. The spirits or intelligences which produce the phenomena should be treated with the same courtesy and consideration as you would desire for yourselves if you were Introduced into the company of strangers for their personal benefit. At the same time, the sitters should not on any account allow their judgment to be warped or their good sense imposed upon by spirits, whatever their professions may be. Reason with them kindly, firmly, and considerately. INTERCOURSE WITH SPIRITS is carried on by various means. The simplest is three tips of the table or raps for "Yes," and one for "No." By this means the spirits can answer in the affirmative or negative. By calling over the alphabet te spirits will rap at the proper letters to constitute a message. Sometimes the hand of a sitter is shaken, then a pencil should be placed in the hand, when the sp'-its may write by it automatically. Other sitters may become entranced, and the spirits use the vocal organs of such mediums to speak. The spirits sometimes impress mediums, while others are clairvoyant, and see the spirits, and messages from them written in luminous letters in the atmosphere. Bome times the table and other objects are lifted, moved from place to place, and even through closed doors. Patiently and kindly seek for tests of identity from loved ones in the spirit-world, and exercise caution respecting spirits who make extravagant pretensions of any kind. BEFORE proceeding with their investigations, inquirers into Spiritualism. should correspond with Mr. Burns, Proprietor of the Spiritual Institution, 15, Southampton Row, London, W.O., who will gladly forward a packet of publi tions and useful information gratis. Stamps should in all cases be enclosed tor return postage. Deputations of mediums or lecturers may be arranged for te dait any locality where public meetings or seances can be instituted QUEBEC HALL, 25, GREAT QUEBEC STREET. On Sunday, April 24, at 7 prompt, Mr. Macdonnell will discourse on "Our Christian Mission, or Duty while on Earth. Monday, at 8-30, the Comprehensionists will meet to accept and ratify rules or propositions of constitution. Tuesday, 26th, at 8-30, a musical and elocutionary entertainment will be given, at which Little Salvini, the 7-year old Shakespearean reader, has kindly offered to give three recitations. Admission 6d. and 1s., to aid in paying for chairs and piano. Wednesday, at 8-30, Mr. F. O. Matthews will give clairvoyant descriptions. On Saturday, at 8 punctual, the usual seance; Mr. Hancock attends half an hour previous to speak with strangers. Mr. F. O. Matthews, medium at present. J. M. DALE, Hon. Sec. LEICESTER.- SILVER STREET LECTURE HALL. On Sunday last Mr. Howell, of Manchester, gave two trance addresses, morning and evening. The subjects were chosen by the audience. That in the morning was, "The Dawn of Easter Morn, after the Crucifixion of Jesus"; that in the evening, "Earthly Partings and Heavenly Meetings." On Easter Monday, we had tea in the above hall, when there was a goodly number sat down to tea, after which was an entertainment consisting of songs, duets, recitations, and readings, given by Messrs. Howell, Clarke, Larrard, and Glover; the ladies-two Misses Bent, two Misses Andrews, Miss Roberts, and Miss Clarke; Miss A. Andrews presided at the harmonium. Various games were indulged in until a late hour. Thus was brought to a close a very happy and social evening. I am very pleased to state that the tea was a success to the society. Mr. Clarke will give a trance address on Sunday, at 6-30. 56, Cranbourne Street, Leicester, R. WIGHTMAN, Sec. HYMNS AND TUNES FOR SPIRITUAL CIRCLES AND MEETINGS. BRISTOL. HYMN No. 42 in the "SPIRITUAL LYRE.' L.M. 2 There is no death in God's wide world; 3 And when the spirit leaves its frame, 4 Then let us speak not of "the dead," REMARKS ON THE TUNES. The hymn, No. 80 "Spiritual Lyre," introduced this week is one of the most beautiful compositions of T. L. Harris. It has been used in the Order Spiritual Teachers at the entrance of a new teacher into the School. For such a purpose it is well suited, also as an invitation to any visitor to unite in the exercises of a circle or spiritual meeting. Some of the glorious facts of spirit-communion are recognised in these verses. "Vienna," or "Austria," as it is frequently named, is a tune well adapted to the theme. It is a musical composition of a superior order, and to give it trueexpression requires ability. It should be sung with boldness and spirit and a recognition of its well marked peculiarities. This tune is almost universally known, but seldom is it correctly rendered by those whose musical instruction has been defective. 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TIBBITTS, Junction Street, Walsall; or the Secretary— Mr. T. BLINKHORN, 16, George Street, Walsall. SMOKERS BEWARE! AN ESSAY ON "THE NATURE OF TOBACCO," J. BURNS, 15, Southampton Row, W.C.; and London: Printed and Published by JAMES BURNS 15, Southampton Row, Holoon, A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY, PHENOMENA, PHILOSOPHY, AND TEACHINGS OF SPIRITUALISM. [REGISTERED AS A NEWSPAPER FOR TRANSMISSION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD.] By "HUMNUR STAFFORD." In treating of Clairvoyance it will be necessary to include the science of Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism, since the one cannot exist without the other, Clairvoyance being the result of Animal Magnetism or Mesmerism. The latter science owes its modern name to the celebrated German physician, Fredric Antony Mesmer, of Baden, who lived in the 18th century. His attention for many years had been drawn to the loadstone, and he conceived the idea that if inanimate bodies had such affinity and attraction for other bodies, it might possibly be that the ancient Pythagoras, Plato, Hippocrates, had known more of this mysterious influence than was believed, when they asserted that human beings could exert a similar influence over each other. And he put forward as his opinion and belief, that this property did exist and might be used as an aid to medical science. He endured much persecution; but in the end obtained from a large body of doctors a recognition of the principle. The science was named after its discoverer, as he was called Mesmer, and to this day it is known by his name. Since then it has become not only an accredited but fashionable means of practice, and although abused by adventurers and impostors who have pretended to possess the power for the purpose of deluding and imof deluding and imposing upon the credulous, the facts connected with it are so remarkable, and the effects so extraordinary, that as a curative agent it is rapidly taking its place in the first ranks. Its capabilities are almost infinite; it can reach where all the drugs of the Pharmacy are powerless to penetrate. I do not say it can cure all diseases. It can not, but it can give strength and increased vitality to the patient, and in many cases when the magnetism itself is powerless to cure directly, it so acts upon the system that it may, if the disease have not too great a hold, give sufficient increase of strength to throw it off. Although dating only from the last century under the name of Mesmerism or Magnetism, the science is as old as the human family itself. In the temples of [PRICE 14d. ancient India, as well as those of Egypt, there are representations to be found of persons being operated upon, in the same manner as mesmerists now use for curing purposes. The family of Hippocrates, it is recorded, practised the laying on of hands for the healing of diseases, and attended in the temple daily to minister to the sick. In his writings this passage occurs, which to those who are acquainted with the phenomena of Clairvoyance, is sufficient evidence of his intimate knowledge of the existence of this power of wonderful clear-seeing: "The sight being closed to the external, the soul perceives truly the affections of the body." From other remarks in his writings, we find that under directions or indications of Clairvoyance, he used to magnetise and heal his patients by Mesmerism, as we would say, but in other and his own words-" By laying on of hands." The ancient Greek philosophers-Pythagoras, Plato, and many of their successors-according to Iamblichus, had recourse to Clairvoyance or magnetic sleep, which they said was the entrance door to the living realities." 66 Pythagoras studied this subject, which was the one to which he devoted many years of his life, in the temples of ancient India and Egypt, and he who discoursed of Hygiene as a department of human wisdom, used Clairvoyance as a means to further his knowledge in this respect; knowing that, to a clairvoyant, the internal becomes, without the use of material senses, more perceptible than the external is to the ordinary objective perception. He himself used Magnetism to insure quiet tranquil sleep and significant dreams. Iamblichus, from whom we derive the greater part of our knowledge of these philosophers, says, that even in his own person he had the remarkable power of producing quiet sleep, and he says, from the visions seen by Esculapius while in this divine sleep, originated the sublime science of medicine. From Cicero we learn that Esculapius while asleep in the temple uttered oracles for the cure of the sick and diseased. The great Roman physician, Celsus, was intimately acquainted with the science. Many incidents of the effects he produced by Magnetism are recorded by Asclepiades. Tacitus tells us that two men, one blind and the other with a withered arm, were told in a vision, by the god Serapis, that the Emperor Vespa |