THE HANDLING OF RED-HOT COALS UNDER SPIRIT INFLUENCE On one occasion, in the presence of four other wit  nesses, we saw the remarkable manifestation, so often mentioned in the journals devoted to Spiritualism, of the handling of red-hot coals by Mr. D. D. Home while he was in the trance state. The fire was a large one. He turned over the coals quietly with his hands, and then selecting one half as big again as an egg, he resumed his seat at the circle, held the red-hot coal on the palm of his bare hand over the table, and sat talk ing to those present till the coal was black, and nearly cold. At a guess, the time he held the coal thus, one short interval of half a minute exeepted, was about four minutes. He then dropped it into the fender, put his hand into the fire again, and seleeted tho largest coal in it. This eoal nearly eovered tho palm of his hand with its base, and it stood six or seven inches high something like an irregular pyramid. As he walked about the room, with this coal on the bare palm of one hand, the coal was so brightly heated, that at first it threw a ruddy glow upon the walls of the room ; and when he resumed his seat, and held it over the table as before, the heat it emitted was felt upon the faces o the members of the cirele. This coal he held thus for more than fivo minutes, giving trance communication all the time. The first eoal, while upon Mr. Home’s hand, was too hot to be laid hold of by those members of the circle who tried to take it at the request of the spirit speaking through the medium. He then remarked that one lady present had a portion of the same mediumistic power ; placing the hot coal upon her hand, he allowed it to remain there about half a minute, and nothing but a sensation of gentle warmth was felt. While this coal was still red, he curved his other hand close over the top of it, and the coal could be seen glowing through the spaces between his fingers; while he held it thus enclosed, he brought his hands before the eyes of oue or two witnesses in succession, that they might elearly examine it glowing between his fingers. While this was being done his hands were, of course, exposed to the full heat due to contact, radiation, and conveetion eurrents. Some other remarkable manifestations took place at this séance, and after it was over, when Mr. Home was in his normal state, in reply to a question, he said that the spirits tell him that while he handles red-hot coals, they send a current of some of the forces under their eontrol down his arms and hands in such way as to prevent injury from heat. This séance took place at the residence of Mr. C. F. Varley, C.E.; but Mr. Varley was on the continent at the time In the evidence given by Mr. H. D. Jencken, F.R.G.S., before the Dialectical Society, it will be remembered that he deposed that he had seen Mr. Home plaee his face on the top of a coal-fire, in such a way that the flame played between his locks of hair, but that no injury or pain resulted. The Banner of Light, of the fifth of last month, cor tains the following statement by Lord Adare, about the faets witnessed at a séance held at the house of Mrs. Hennings, at Norwood “He (Mr. Home) went to the fire, poked up th coals, and putting his hand in, drew out a hot burnin ember, about the size of an orange; this he carried about the room as if to show it to the spirits (who, he said, were present), and then brought it to us; we all examined it. He then put it back in the fire and showed us his hands; they were not in the leas blaekened or seorched, neither did they smell of fire, but on the contrary of a sweet scent, which ho threw off from his fingers at us across the table. Having ap parently spoken to some spirits, he went back to the fire, and with his hand stirred the embers into a flame; then kneeling down, he placed his face right among the burning coals, moving it about as though bathing it in water. Then, getting up, he held his finger for sonie time in the flame of a eandle. Presently he took the same lump of coal he had previously handled and came over to us, blowing upon it to make it brighter. He then walked slowly round the table, and said, I want to see which of you will be the best subject. Ah! Adare will be the easiest, because he has been the most with Dan.' Mr. Jencken held out his hand, saving, “Put it in mine.' Home said, No, no; touch it and Ho touched it with the tip of his finger and