The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-06 00:00:00

TABLE TURNING-THE IMPOSITION OF

HANDS.

(From the Framisar.)

The explanation of a writer in the Times would
make it appear that the feat of turning the tablet, which is
now torahs the heeds otthu whole civilised and credulous
world, is mithigrases sr leis than the imposition of hands.
Peoples* the tables gang with their fetters without know-
ing it, and them marvel at their own work. We quote the
prosaic salads& of this problem :
" I have °greenly notheonfortneate enough to see tables
dance polkas, or go op .es down stain, with the hands
plated• on the surfeee-Alla my solution of the ordinary
• Jim Crow' gyrating; is simply this—that when eight or
tea pumas acs pined emit a table, and told all to wish it
le twin the tame dileselha, sad whoa. they have sat in
that eataletliOniaarlsor he etenty. mainfebru their ilapre
Hugh, at bogie to a mamped.paithaa the feet will
eases ' piss undies' in thpeo,%l7:. bogie to Mel
tired, aid are add to wish more ainuilatany
on time, aye sr shoat of the tea er hoggsan se-
gond dais abbe by the alightset tearing if maw in
the mailed climitiat, the tads begin lemon, sit ere re.
wined tot gennaid with it, themmentam irisensad, and
the fen mislitTliawd.
" llaskpsesom is satiated that thrpressum of kis tea flar•
goss sat, sad Gould aot, moos the tattle, and he is
Night t but multiply sir. end Weems sixty. It is
the last straw bpswish the eamoire lash.
" Dot I sat told that sae pumas if *wag perdue of eoli-
ths can alter the atone of the table-16h amarding to
my theory. Amain sixty se be the minieg_pewer, =dd..
hest betir tetherilthe set el sting nlition hen also
Mary, and the alibis
happen, as is ease thatlthstillirit;ble
i.to be made a top of, the
ireeseritimilartihmiglitstligat there is not a t number of
MI Miles* the tame moment In the same
dlesellom. This is the gnat disadvantage of the electric
lITZ-neine aleenlins '
Remarkably verifies the Old saying that
where =l47:llllthere's a way. If the Met be Indeed
estahlkhed that lapse es& men without nonealeasseas,
Fhb at the 044 &gay may cases Is he seewsealie he the
dokop of his Walls head. Doing gest mad a tuns was
the hagnage of our gtedfathsnirsmidit between Ms*
sad man, bat *he nowlusows whet tem he is doing, or
whether the tans se. MM nisgendestethire sr not?
Parties in an irksome paellittri, alma their edgers tingle,
rad their wish is strum tuniJha pensedimists is the Me
predicament.
How little was it onspoeSod what amid be done by co-
operation, the hag pa whiten the Mann pull, nil ealy
sequined the meatless( the eat unnier, predating what.
the lawyers call " a motion by eamest." Aad hew many
old and Injured beliefs are new eseralarated, and is a foal:
way of re-establishment. For all marks of mama the such
was mated einatial, and, in casaineatiwn et this belief,
tables will en be moved to spin without tbe isorsaatioa of a
Mdppeetrssoeaass seemed them. /het the. pirealiar saasapti-
if mss hewn some years age s sera* the
name ufsympetionie tables bag* begat ;non to a patent
iavondien. Ts sew la the highest aisles to now the pri.
viloge of tables, mitheat dianstioni of quality. Four-post
bedlam:le will ash come bite lasi don, and exhibit their
vanatila fifingtiON hith rM AMY as, And will no b,ene,c,-
heet Party give the eellemf time a nave ?
W4t the magic circle is set t'Ass only revived belief. The
rey.pluge restore the credit of many ancient sprites and
I ,bliss. In en times spirits wen reputed addicted to rap-
Asp. At Woodstock they rap , and the Cock-lane
ghost Tinged. Glanville, too, with ittatimm of
Mto haunted hoarse but the tangents was not the*
ood. At preen% ais remarked that the spirits are
slow, and by no means sure is the orthography of their
yetp;esee by rwip, which shows lan education is backward
in other plans hmida this sublunary world ; and unfortu-
nately them midis Min us mortal', live and learn,
speaking as they ir amuge.

Ma. VANDERBILT'S YACHT.—Mr. bele Lan-
luster, the mayor of Southampton, brought fore the
municipal body of that town last week the propriety of
acme public manifestation towards Mr. Vanderbilt; the
distinguished American, on amount of his having honoured
the port of Southampton by selecting it u a rendezvous foe
hie magnificent and gigantic steam yacht. • In coasequenso
of the nomtrone epplicatiou to view the yacht printed
placards are stuck about the dock stating that visitors will
be adraittod on board the North Star on Wednesday next.
For the last two days she has bees a:maim and the en-
trances to the saloons have been completely dwelt. prevent
a putiels ot dot hoot reaching the latter.