The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-17 00:00:00

OLD "MOTHER MEDIUM."

A few years ago, before " spiritualism " came
into fashion, we bad a low class of publications
called fortune-telling books, and a low class of
sybils Galled fortune-tellers. The publications were
issued by such distinguished publishers as Kyle and
Co., of Seven Dials, and they bore such titles as
"Napoleon's Book of Fate," "Mother Bhiptou's
Dream Book," " Mother Shipton's Prophecies,"
"Norwood Gipsy's Popular Dream Book,"
"Mother Shipt's Prophecies by Cards," "The
Gipsy's Oracle," and " The Universal Dreamer."
These books, which were sold fur a penny or two-
pence each, found their way into most kitchens,
and were viten consulted by cooks, house-
maids, and footmen. Like all oracles, they
were often somewhat obscure in their promises
of health, wealth, niarriaue, and large families, and
those who read them with the eye of faith were
naturally anxious to have their mysteries explained
by competent judges. This encouraged the visits of
OW women whose power of reading the 'secrets of
the other world was not accompanied by a respect for
property. While these women foretold the future
to gaping listeners they stole pieces of family plate,
or made their dupes help them to silk dresses and
other sundries. Such irregular proceedings in the
kitchen and servants' hall soon aroused the indig-
nation of the dining and drawing rooms, and a
police raid was made upon all fortune-tellers. The
books were raked out of dresser drawers and band-
boxes, and burnt, while the old women were prose-
cuted as thieves and impostors. The kitchen was
severely lectured for its "ignorant superstition,"
and the dining and drawing rooms thanked God for
the benefits of education.

Old Mettler Painward, turned out of the kitchen,
and condemned to six months' luxurious idleness in
a prison, had ample leisure for reflection. Far from
being reformed by her gentle punishment, she was
only convinced that she had made a mistake, aid
that more motley was to be obtained above stairs
than below stairs. Too old to alter her own course
of action, she merely bad her daughter instructed,
and that lady, strong in all the showy accomplish-
ments of the hour, instead of being prosecuted as
a fortune-teller in the kitchen, was admired as a
"medium" in the parlour. Educated delusion was
found to be a more pleasant and productive thing to
work upon than ignorant superstition, and old
"Mother Medium'. was fairly started in business.
"Mother Medium's" success encouraged the growth
of many imitators or competitors, and the power of
communicating with the other world soon became
one of the recognised professions. Brass plates
were put on street doors, cards were printed, ad-
vertisements were inserted in certain journals,
special '• organs" of the profession appearediweekly
or monthly, and very business-like circulars were
issued. T. show that we are not drawing upon
imagivati.o fur these statements, we print a circular
of this kind which was put into our hands a few
hours ago, and which is circulated without any fear
of police interference :

THE CRTATIF-r DISCOVHIT WEB LADE 1/5 THE Mret.triott
WRIIIN.. DiAL,..T TO, AHD F 14132, THE SPIRIT WORLD, IN
ONE WIN WITHOUT ANT MECHANIsIX, EXCEPT Pet,
Leg, Aso PAPER.
Mem Duke bACNDERX, Sibyls Medium, has the extra- ,
ordinary gift of holding communions and conversation for
say length of time and anywhere with the departed in the '
spirit world, who are not dead, but living, to give the most
delightful intelligeues of disown world they have passed
into since they h..ve left the earth ; who hail with joy being
able to write to their loved ones on the earth, to identify
themselves to their bereaved friends. Now if this be true, I
surely it is the greatest phenomenon ever heard of, and '
opens the widest field for itquiry and ooneolation ever
known ; for what can be more charming than to write to 1
our beloved ones just gone from us and in a few minutes to
receive an answer telling us they are actually more alive •
sow than when en the earth, bemuse they have left the dead '
material body, and as Si,. Paul declares ,uea "spiritual body,"
sod are elevated to that sphere they have earned co the earth.
What can be more reasonable to the scientific mind than
to believe the higher spheres, or planets, ere inhabited, as
well as our planet the earth ? And as we know man has
got the power of seeding his messap from one city to
another, is it not reasonable to believe that God bee given
His progressive spirits, who are in His keeping, in the
spirit world, the power to communicate from one sphere to
another sphere, Si easy as man can from city to city ? If this '
be denied, it gives more power to man than God ! Man's
power is me.hanical electricity--God's power is spiritual
electricity—which as far surmises the electric telegraph as
heaven surpa,ses the earth I and is a law of nature not yet
understood, but is revealed to me through this marvellous
writing, which swallows up death in victory! through
which many prophecies are written to me ! I here declare
I have no Lesire to keep so great a privilege to myself,
because I have the power given me to teach others—either
believers or
.sceptic !—to enable them to write to their
loved ones, quite independent of me, after I have I
taught them ; who can investigate the truth of
this statement for themselves—for what we can do
ourselves, we know to be true—teaching others
will be the best means of making this great gift known. I
can commune with the spirit nearly as soon is it has left
the body ; Time ir uo Wrier : for no spirit can resist my
call! I have the communions of Adam, God's first man,
who has gives an account of the universal law, which God
gapve him; also Father Abraham, Noah, Moses, Aaron,
Solomon, Lemma, St. Paul, St. Peter, John the Baptist,
John the Evaogelist. Jomphus, the Jewish historian ;
Note, Herod, Amphion, King of Thebes ; Daniel, and the
other prophets, Stephen, Timothy ; the Sibyls of the
Delphi Temple, and other • Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen
of Soots, Pope, Milton, LOrd Bacon, Lord Hastings, the
greet Sir lame Newton, who gives a philosophical implants-
don of this mediation writing ; Swedenborg, who costes-
dicta much he has written ; John Bunyan, Titian, the great
painter, communicates a full account of his method of
painting ; and Van Eyck, the inventor of oil painting, gives
me his secret of oil painting, so the secret of oil painting by
the old masters need never be lost again. Shakrowire,
Byron, Burns, and Thackeray, write poetry tome. Shako.
has written hie own life from the spirit world,
because I have written him all that has taken place
at Stretford relative to himseU. Napoleon Bonaparte,
Howard, Hall, Sir Matthew Hale, Sir Robin Peel, Sir
Francis Burdett, Bloomfield, the Duke of Buckingham, the
Duke of Bedford. Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Whitely, Lord
Lpidlittrat, Lord Clyde, Robert Owen, Mimi Catharine
Sinclair, the Duke of Wdlington, Sir John Franklin, Lord 1
Auckland, Hon. Miss Eden, Lady Craven, George IV.,
King of England, and many others ; three oommunies- '
tams from the Duchess of Kent, to write to her daughter
the Queen 5 ictoria ; a great number from our lamented
Prince Consort, who has come spontaneously ever since he
left the earth, requesting me to write to his beloved Queen,
which I did on the 16th November, 1862. Aod it is by
his request I now make it public for the immolation of the
world. A book will be published with the communications
of all the illustrious characters, as soon as the subscription
lid is filled up. Subscription, is. or lOs.„ according to the
binding. The title is peen from the spirit world—" The
Spirit World :or the Spirit of the Spirit World." Which
will be the meet wonderful book ever published—all
written by inspiration. Communions and seances held in
London, Croydon, and family residences.
Fre. —Teecliing to write, 11. (no fee accepted until taught);
private conimumon for one only, U. Is. • communion for
slits.,l/. 10s. ; evening seance, not to exceed seven, 1/. Is. ;
communions sent by post, by sending right name, or names,
and where died, to secure identity (portage stamps en-
dried), 10$. Engagements from house, with carriage ex-
panse, in addition to the above fee. Three days' notice
will be required to meet etigagemeets. All letters for reply
to be addressed to Mrs. Duke Saunders, Keeley-road, Croy-
don, Surrey. To learn to write independent of me requires
from one to three days only, an hour a day. N.B. Take
care of this circular fora friend, as no other will be issue].
This circular is foisted on the two inside pages, that it may
be framed if desired.
Much comment upon a document of this charac-
ter is not required—the circular speaks for itself.
Old " Mother Medium"—like all her tribe—has,
doubtless, is good knowledge of the extent of edu-
cated delusion to which she addresses herself. There
are huudrok, possibly, who believe that she enjoys
the confidence of Shakespeare, Swedenborg, Titian,
Van Eyck, the late Prince Albert, and the
friendship of Thackeray, Byron, Burns, and other
iiepartol celebrities. When the volume appears, if
it ever appears, in which the communications of
these spirits are to be printed, there will be
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thousands as blind to its absurdities of style as
they are now blind to the defects of the wretched
literature, and art which the " spirit•world"
has, at pre-cut, given us.

A STEAMER " BE'SBED."—FOr a steamer to get
" bushed" is certainly a novelty even la Victoria. Such an
oceunence, however, appear. to bare taken place no the
'Awards. The Swan Hill eat of the In9lerr.<l
Adno too. Fare : The Kelpie, the sew steamer of Maws.
Linton sod Itquglas, got 'bashed,' of all things in the world.
near the mouth of the Edwards. That river joins the Mur-
ray through many breaches, sad up the wrong one the
steamer went for nearly 100 miles, at the end of whi:h she
'teamed into a stout, flooded gum tree, carrying away her
deckhouse and smashing the stern wheel. They got her
back by some mean, into the right channel, and are now
bard at work repairing her. It is a great pity, for she was
one of the beat boats on the river, sod slim was, I believe,
bee first trip. I hear, moreover. that no one on bard
bad ever been down the Murray before."—MeThourne 49e,
Dept. 24.

SPORTING INTELLIGBNCIL

SHREWSBI7RY MEETING..-WZDNZSDAY.

Must delightful weather, and a well filled card, promised
good sport for the third day of kr. Frail's meeting. The
programme for the day embraced eight rues and two
matches, commencing with that between East Sheen and
Tarragona, which was won by the latter, the non favourite.
Odds of 10 to 1 were laid on Antoinette for the Aetna
Burma Stakes, which she won in a canter. The favourite,
Thais, WAS found incapable of winniag the Handicap Sweep-
stakes, which was car ied off by the second favourite, Lady
Bohm. The gentlemen relied upon getting their kisses
back on My Mary, for the Castle Handicap, but she was
easily defeated by Moulsey. The half dozen runners in
the 310ot:wore Handicap were all backed, and although
Dawdle, the favourite, looked far from healthy when in the
straight, she came away from the distance and won easily.
limper, purchased previous to the race for the Longleate
Handicap, won demis from his new stable companion,
Colleen. The Column Handicap produced thirteen runners,
sod in the hands of that finished young horseman Morns,
the winner ran widely different to her performance in the
Shrewsbury Cup. The other amnia protracted the sport
till after half-past four o'clock.
ILiitcff of 50 save. each, h-ft, list 10lb .each. Hall •

Cocentry's Tarragona by, Orlando—Bereeloos, 5 yrs,
list loth (Owner) I
Ma:toils of lisstlop's East Sheen, 6 ps, list 101(3
(Mr. Willkinase) 2
The betting opened at 7 to 4 and finished at 5 to 4 on
East Slim.

THE ACTON BERNIE STAKES of 3 an. each, with 30
added, for aU ages ; certain penalties and allowances.
About three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. W. Mortis s Antoinette, by Chevalier dlndostrie—
!Astir, 3 yrs !PM', 7st 410 (Lynch) 1
Mr. hue s numb, 2 yre tint), est elb (Horton) 2
Ms. 11. It right's Princess Dogmar, 2 yrs (IOL) Est IMb
(Goodwin) 3
Betting : 10 to 1 on Antoinette, who led throughout, and
woo in a canter by six lcngths. Princess llsgmar was
Natoli off. The winner was bought in for 100 guinea.
A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 3 SOTS. each, with 20 NOVO.
added ; Otis winner to be sold for 401. ; winners extra.
About fire furlongs.
Mr. naltularsh's Lady Dolman, by Battle—Subtertoga, 3 yrs.
e
Mr Jro. Osborne, Nell Digby. yr,. est 71b (Carroll) 2
31r. F. Ten Itroeck's nab sister to [nave of Trumps;
3 yrs, cst 111.
Balornoek and (Unbound also ran.

Betting : 6 to 4 apt Thais, 2to 1 apt Lady Bohan, and
3 to 1 agst BalorEOCk.
THE VALDECOT CAW= HANDICAP PLATE, of 50 Dom ;
winiten eves. About 1 mile.
Lord LAWMAII'II !loamy, by Teddlniten—Sabra. 3 yrs,
74 (J. Granulise) 1
Mr. 7.“lhta,l'i 3/) Len, 5 yrs, SSA !lb klordham, 2
Mr. A2hlrj's Welts:aid, 4 yn, Oat Bib (carried Mt Mb)
(Morris; 3

And.ld and Odfoe also ran.

HANDICAP
- -- --
THE NONCKNOtAt HANDICAP of 5 nom each, with 25
soya added ; certain penalties and allowances ; winner to
be sold for l.1)01. About half a mile.
Mr. Ten Broeclga Dawdle. by Saunterer—La Tletinle.
3 yrs. 7st lib (J. Orimahawl I
Mr. J. Low Os Turut...lery, tyre, Tst Jaws
kr. T. novena s Faith, 3 yrs, nat elb dne. 7lb ex) ,Payac S
Tlx following a 1.., ran .tam, Uvulas, and Concordia.

Donal: 7 to 4 spit Dawdle, 4 to 1 apt Concordia, 5 to 1
each apt ..Etaa sad Tomfoolery, sad 10 to 1 each apt
Faith and Lecotes._

Tar LONGLEATE HANDICAP of 5 *ova sash, for all ages;
winners extra. About three furloop sad a quarter; straight
roe in.

Thellusson's Ilesper, by Hesperus—Pletlana, 6
N. ost (Pordtuun) 1
Mr. Inewitt's Colleen. 3 yrs. 7st RD
t;rahanis Vision, 4 yrs. 7st 10lb .... (J. NistitingallJ 3
lbs foUurang also ran :—Land of the West, Lady thrullne,
Dont Cows Law loweine, and Aline.
- . .

Betting: 7to 4 nit Don't Conn Lig 100 to 30 each
apt Hewer and Wi Caroling and 8 to 1 apt Colleen.
THE Cott LI HANDICAP 01 100 eon., 446 d to a away-
stakes of 15 son. each, 10 It; tonna penalties sad allow.
anon. About ono mil• sad a quetor.
I!r. J. Day '5 Tenetitle, by Maraya4—Palma, 3 yrs, 681 Mb
carried Get 111 b, 'Morris) 1
Mr. George An Dunked, 4 yrs, let 121 b ;Perry) 2
Mr. T. Hunts qarmlng Vi!rian,s yre, Tit 41? (Makelmtnt)

IVITTIWODon, The following ran:— e
Quccu ollnitups, Grosvenor. Jack it Newbury, Jou*
ucleui, audyreitaland. . .

BettAng to 30 apt Tamarilfia, 4 to tap! Atharatoas
dam oolt, i to 1 apt Chanting Woman, 8 to 1 apt Leonora,
10 to 1 each apt Gaily, Duakeld. Graeolaad, and Jack
o'Newbary, 12 to 1 Quota of Trump% and 100 to 6 apt
.31tuaiLo.

TIE -kNOLESIT NOBS &T HAlnaus Puri of 40 son. ;
winners extra. About five farloop.
Marquis of Hastings's Calaloom. by Leamington—
Eclogue, Mt ltb (Fordham: 1
Capt. I:offs Jack Jokes, est Mb (Tomlinson' 2
Mr. Payoe's Volatile, Cat lib 6l. Grim.haiv 3
The f.dlosing alto ran:—Bells, Viceroy, Misterion, Sans
Yes, Lord nomad. outer Lary, Maples, and Teesdale.
... . .

Hitting : 7 to 4 apt JaciLiakoa,- 4 to 1 apt Volatilo, 5 to
1 apt Catalogue, 8 to 1 apt Lord Rocuild, and 20 to 1 each
apt Sister Mary and Teesdale.
A HANDICAP of 3 aors. each, with 20 added, for all
ape ; winoors extra. About balf-a-mila.
Lord Dateornau*s Gipsy Girl, by Tarim—Maid of
"rind], 4 )/1. At sib (Loasm t 1
Mr. Grevalle a Lady Caroline, Syrs, tat 71b).6rlmahaw) 1 2
Lord Westmoorhand's Usher. S yin. Tit (Monis) 3
The following also ran Colleen and Iby De Clare—Black
Den's duo.

Hotting : 6to 4on Usher, 100 to 30 apt Gipsy Girl,
and 9to 2 spt Lady Caroliee. Gipsy Girl led to the dia.
Loco, when Lady aftrohne gradually drew up, and finished
a dead heat._llsher was beaten off,

Dockhog Heat : 11 to 8 is Lady Oarolioe. Gipsy Girl
made play throughout, and wan easily by four lenetba.
Mame ; 401., flet met. Ow mile, over four flights of
hurdles. _ _

Nr. Hilton's Aptder. tat (Smokiest) I
Nr. Gri2lth't !Caber, bet .car. bat 21b) (W. White) 2
Betties :sto 4 on Nancy, who bold a clear lead to the
last burulea, when Spider caught ber, and won a capital
race by a head. An objection against the winner on the
gretuad of foul tiding waa °vomited.
The objection apt Birdfinder for the Boyars Slake, bas
been witbdrawo. _ _

ADDMOSAL ARRIVAL3.—The Screw, Vio/a, Spatchcock,
Old Spoke, and Lows Lotter.

AMOYIt= RAILwaY Otrra,lo2,—tarot RIMULTS.
—A melancholy accident, &Maeda with sumpkious einem-
etanom, took place on Monday night, at nine o'clock, a
little to the seat of Caper, on the Edinburgh, Perth, and
Dundee branch of the North British Railway. A young
woman named Janet Lamb, belonging to Caper, who, we
understand, bad been in service in Edinburgh, was coaling
home by the last train ou Monday night, and had with her
• female oompanion named M'Laren, who was to stay with
her • few days. The only other person in the carriage with
them was a young man, who, it in mid, was the won.
lof drink. On arriving at Cups: (station, Lamb and
the girl Wiesen seem to hare sat Mill, and instead of
coming out, as they intended, they went on as if going to
the sett station. They had not gone far, however, when,
from some cease or, other not yet satisfictorily cleared up,
they opened the door of the carriage and 11:11/ rushed out
while the train was running at full The girl
leleren jumped out first almost opposite the farm of
Thane/ton, and was sent spinning down the embankment
of the railway, but happily she moped uoburt. Lamb
followed immediately after her, lighting with her face
upon the iron mile post, which knocked out some
of her teeth, broke her jaw and otherwise en se-
verely injured her that death was iostantaneous.
M'Laren, on seeing the sad fate of her friend, screamed for
amistance. Her cries were heard, and Dr. Mackie was
called. He pronounced life to be quite extinct, and the
body was removed to the police-office, whence it leas taken
lest night to an aunt's home in the Kirkgate, the only redo.
bijou Lamb had in the town. On explanation of the
accident is that aa the last tnin does not stop at Spring-
field, Lamb had mistaken Copar station for it, and that
after passing the latter she recognised that it was Caper by
the belts, and resolved—she and her companion together—
to jump out. The girl bitaren adds that the carriage
lamp had gone out, and that the man who wee their fellow-
traveller, and who la stated to hare been the worse of drink,
wee molesting them in some way—leaving the inference to be
drawn that they both rushed out of the carriage to prevent
him taking liberties with them. After receiving her aoconotof
how the affair happened, Chief• Constable Bremner imme-
diately despatched two officers in search of the man. They
Inquired at Lew:bars, which is the next station where the
train stopped but neither had information been lodged
there of the girls having jumped out of the carriage nor had
anyone been seen answering the description which the girl
M'Laren gave of her and her friend's assailont. The officers,
however, pursued their investigations during the whole
night, and about 6 o'clock next morning discovered their
man wandering on the streets of St. Andrews. They charged
him with the assault, and brought him in to Caper, where,
attar being examined before the sheriff, he wee committed
to pr son for further ioquiry.—Sentrnion.
THE SEWAGE QUESTION AT BIRMINGHAM.—A
meeting wee held in the committee room of .the Town-hall,
Birmingham, yesterday, in referents to the important
question of the utilisation of the sewage. The Mayor pre-
, aided. Mr. Thomas Walker, a resident engimer, submitted
hie plans for carrying out this important work, and in doing
it he estimated au annual profit of from 30,0001. to 40,0004
as the result. A resolution was moved, to the effect that
it is desirable the sewage of this districtlehould be utilised by
distribution over the adjacent lands, and for this purpose
that the corporation be recommended to grant a waterloo
of such sewage to a local joint stock company. Mr.
Bawksley, civil engineer, spoke in favour of the plan sug.
gaited, at the Name time deprecating the idea that the cor-
poration could estimate or obtain any value from the
sewage ; the value would be obtained after a coldly process,
which a company might realise. Cnosiderable discussion
took place, and ultimately it being thought that the subject
was not ripe for decision, the resolution proposed was mum.
tired.

The number of patients relieved at the Hospital
for Diseases of the Heart, 67, Margaret-street, Cavendish-
square, was 147 during the week. .

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Inconvenience, or expense by Da lorry's &Velem Revalents
Ambles Food, which eaves fifty times Its cost In other rentedlok
sod cures the stomach, nerves, hangs, liver, sod Intestines of ►ll
chroolc or recent disorders. 10,0011 cares saneolly of direpepets
liudigeetion , ceustlpatlou, dlantoia, cough, comunaption, oast-
bag, debility to old or young. De Barry and Co.. No. 77, &agent-
street, Landoll, W. In tins, Ilb., to, ed. ; Ltlb. Va,, at all
grocers and shesolsto—(ndrertlsessent I