The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-08 00:00:00

(No. 1.)

4, Adelphi-Terrace, 30th March, 1852.
Sir,—The Rev. A. G. Edouart has called upon me
this day with The Sun newspaper of Saturday
last, wherein a report is given of a Lecture, which it
stated, you gave at the Freemasons' Tavern, on the
Thursday evening preceding. If the statement be
correct, it would appear that you have in very direct
language, referred to a conversation alleged to have
taken place between Mr. Edouart and a Mr. W. J.
Knight. Now, as Mr. Edouart wholly denies the
truth of what is so stated, I think it proper that you
should be informed thereof, that you may pursue any
course you may think necessary, to correct the error
in which you have been placed.
And I also think it proper to call upon you for the
report, or a copy of it, which you allege was fur-
nished to you, in order that Mr. Edouart may take
such further steps as he may be advised.
I am compelled to add, that it would only have
been common fairness towards Mr. Edouart, to have
ascertained from him, before you used his name, whe-
ther the report was a correct one or not.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
J. COLE.
Rev. J. E. Gladstone.

(No. 2.)
Bowden, near Manchester.
31st March, 1852.

Sir,—ln answer to your communication, I beg to
say that I simply read a letter which was sent to me ;
after calling personally upon the writer of it, and ob-
taining his permission to do so. As I gave his name,
it appears to me, that Mr. Edouart, if he feel himself
aggrieved, should seek any redress Le requires from
that gentleman. Permit me to say that Mr.
Edouart's simple denial of the truth of that accusation
does not make me feel you are justified in speaking of
me as being " in error," for, from the conversation I
had with Mr. Knight, I believe him to be, at least,
equally worthy of credit with Mr. Edouart; and his
affirmation I would at least place as much reliance
upon as upon Mr. Edouart's denial.
If Mr. Edouart thinks I have acted in any way
unfairly by him, I shall be glad (if he will favour me
with a call at the Craven Hotel) to offer any explana-
tion which any misunderstanding may seem to re-
quire.

I return to town, all well, on Friday. evening.
I am, Sir, faithfully yours,
JOHN E. GLADSTONE.

P.S. You refer to some " report;' I do not quite
understand what you mean, and if it has reference to
what I said as touching Mr. Knight's letter, I sup-
pose you allude to what lam credibly informed ➢lr.
Edouart has been pleased to say of me (a person of
whom he really knows nothing except by report),
i. e., " that lam a bad man, that he hates my very
name." Whether it be true or false that he has used
such expressions regarding me, is of no consequence
whatever to me, since my happiness and welfare do
not in any measure depend upon Mr. Edouart's good
opinion.
John Cole, Rig.

(No. 3.)
4, Adelphi-terrace, April 2, 1852.
Sir,—l acknowledge the receipt of your favour
from Bowden, near Manchester.
I must call your attention to the fact of your not
baying supplied me with the information I requested.
The Sun newspaper uses the expression, " a report
from Mr. Knight ;" you say, on the other hand, you
read " a letter from Mr. Knight." Now, whether it
be the one or the other, it is quite clear that I have re-
quested to be furnished with the particular document
or a copy of it. And since it is the foundation of
your accusation against Mr. Edouart, there can be
no question of your having carefully retained the
possession thereof.
I do not enter upon the other parts of your letter,
nor can I remark thereon when I notice the singular
feeling you display.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
Rev. J. E. Gladstone. J. COLE.
(No. 4.)
Craven Hotel, Strand, April 3, 1852.
Sir,—You write to me in a style (as I judge) so
unbecoming, dictatorial, and peremptory, that you
must forgive me for only savidg in reply—first,
that I have nothing to do with The Sun newspaper ;
second, that I decline giving you (or any other per-
fect stranger to me) the right to investigate my pri-
vate correspondence.—l am, Sir, yours obediently,
J. Cole, Esq. JOHN E. GLADSTONE.
(No. 5.)
4, Adelpbi terrace, April 5, 1852.
Sir —I wish you to understand that I act as the
professional adviser to Mr. Edouart.

If you had kept the communication " private," as
You describe it, and not yourself made it public in
Your lecture, you would have been spared all the
trouble now occasioned, and Mr. Edouart would not
have had cause to complain.
It is the publicity tbat you have given to a private
letter (as you call it) that has done Mr. Edouart in-
jury, and on that account we want to discover the
source of the evil, with the view of enabling Mr.
Edouart to be advised as to the ultimate step he
should take.

If you decline to furnish the document I call for,
then Mr. Edouart must follow his own course upon
such information as he now possesses.
In conclusion, I beg to add, that I neither meant
to apply to you in an unbecoming, or a dictatorial
i
rperemptory manner. All that I desired was to, get
information so as professionally to give Mr. Edouart
im
y opinion on the whole affair.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Rev
• - A
• E. Gladstone, Craven hotel.
jOYIN
COLE.
, Craven Hotel, Strand, April 5, 1852.
Sir,—.Lt arr
r ars t
of Air. Edouart me that, as the professional ad-
viserhave pursued a mistaken
course, and have attemptedyou (whether intentionally or
not I do not say) to coerce
am one of the very last menu/ten ain a manner
allow. At the same
which I
time, I may remark, that so far as
the
is given
letter of Mr.
Knight has been made public,
up, which is all (as you a legal m
many authority
y.
Itryr Edouart
well know)
that can be required from any man,
thinks he has any cause of " action at
law"
for (which,
if he will take my advice he will let alone,
t he
11.•
will
burn his fingers) his attack must be upon
Knight and not upon me, and I am not going
give him any help in so exquisitely silly °
pursuing y a
oourse.—l am, Sir, obediently yours,
JOHN E. GLADEITONR.
P.S. I have already told you that I decline " fur-
fishing you with the document" you ask for.
J. Cole, Esq.
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DIAMOND DUST.
A shrug often takes away a
man's character as effec-
tually as the most defamatory observation..
time
may
The loss of a friend is like that of a limb ;
heal the anguish of the wound,
but the loss cannot be re-
paired.
The tongue was intended for a divine organ, but the
devil often plays upon it.
Fine sensibilities are like woodbines, delightful luxuries
of beauty to twine round a solid, upright stem of
under-
standing, but very poor things if, unsustained by strength,
1.t.a.,e
.natage is
they.e.vrae left to creep along the ground.
a better soldier than rashness.
api-"aut down
na field of blackberry bushes. Mean people
gcr 5 their fin and pick the fruit no matter how they black
strides fiercely on ; while genius
gets
and perpendicular,
, and gets nothing but scratches.—Eliza
Cook's Journal.
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TATIONERS' Ailv.r.----z____-----,..
anniversary dinner of thi BlistEFIT SOCIETY.—The
s faxi
Freemasons -hall. Nearly 2,3oetY took place last week at
assembled. The chair was taken rabenabers and friends were
Long-acre, supported by some of the John Smith, Esq., of
a: leading members of the
trade. After the usual loyal to
Chairman gave a
short sketch of the origin and prog%,?:
of
,trade societies in
general, in connexion with the toast
_The Stationers'
Mutual Benefit Society," which v(sausizearrimitly responded to. The Secretafy read a long list of
a rinils, headed by the chairman's liberal donation of 25/. •
handsome
gift from W. Joynson, Esq.; 51. ss. G. bhater, prs
Joseph Smith, Esq. ; 51. ss. Messrs. Magna,,q;;_ 31. 3s.
treasurer, Mr. Mitchell, in proposing ~ The fleal7tel.of The
he
Chairman," acknowledged on behalf of the members their
obligations to that gentleman for the great interest hehad
taken in the welfare of the society, and the support he had
given it, having presided at two of the anniversaries, and
each time largely contributed to its funds. The secretary.
Ilr. Rice, took occasion in the course of the evening to call
attention to the advantages the society now provides for its
members. Besides a weekly allowance in sickness, and a
sum in case of death, a superannuation fund for old mem..
bers, and a benevolent fund for cases of casual distress, had
. been formed; and offering as the society now did, these
benefits to its members, he called upon the trade to strengthen
and increase its resources. The musical arrangements were
under the direction of Mr. Foster, who was ably and agree-
ably aided by Dir. Bew9Dl Mr. AL Smith, Mr. Lawler, And
14 rarlsvr.

LITERATURE.
THE ZOIST. 11To. XXX VII.
An elaborate and very retui rksble paeer is con-
tributed to the April number of the Zoist by Dr.
William Gregory on the "Theory of Imagination as
the Cause of Mesmeric Phenomena." In the course
of this article the writer thus enumerates those facts
which, says he, are at last recognised as occurring in
the waking. state, after having been so long and
fiercely denied as accompanying the mesmeric sleep :
" I. The impressible state is produced in the patient
by his gazing fixedly at an object in his Land or else-
where, and possibly, or even probably, in consequence
of the concentration of his thoughts, and the accom-
panying stillness. Or it may be produced by the operators
fixed gaze, while the patient's eye is also fixed on the
operator. Or, further, it may be found a 3 a characteristic
of the mesmeric slaep, however that may have been pro-
duced. Or, finally, it may be found to exist spon-
taneously in certain individuals. In the two first
methods it is, in all probability, induced by au internal
change in the patient's nervous system, caused by what
may be called au appeal to the imagination, or, in other
words, by the physical effects of fixed gazing on the
nervous system of him who gazes. When the mesmeric
sleep occurs in consequence of passes, gazing, or contact,
the same explanation applies; but when that sleep is
caused without any appeal to the imagination, as we
shall see it may, we are not entitled to ascribe to that
cause the impressibility of the patient. Neither can we
do so in those cases in which the patient is naturally
impressible. But it is certain that in the greater num-
ber of cases the impressible state is produced by means
of an appeal to the imagination of the patient; and
when he is in that state, the very character of the phe-
nomena now to be described consists in their connexion
with, and dependence on, the imagination; that is, on
mental impressions made on the patient. For this rea-
son, we call them the phenomena of suggestion, or sug-
gestive phenomena.
" 11. The impressible state being present, we find, in
a large proportion of cases, that the muscular powers
of the patient are entirely under control. The operator
has only to command, or to suggest, in a tone of firm
conviction of his power, that any muscle or series of
muscles shall act or shall be incapable of action, and the
result follows. The patient clenches his hand and can-
not open it; or opens it, and cannot shut it: he is com-
pelled to sit down and rendered unable to rise, or he
must rise and cannot sit down. He is desired to strike
out at the operator's face, but cannot touch it if the
operator tells him that he cannot; his blow falls short, or
passes to one side or other; he is unable to perform that
easy act, but that only. He is rendered unable to pick
up a bank-note, which is his if he can only seize it; or
when it is placed in his hand, he cannot drop it if not
permitted to do so. Ho cannot jump on, but comes
down before or behind, or to one side of a handkerchief
on the floor. His hand is laid fiat on that of another,
back to back, or palm to palm, or the tips of his fingers
touch those of another, and in neither case can he, if
forbidden by the operator, take his hand away. If com-
manded to move to a certain point, he will overcome
any resistance offered to him, or, if overpowered by
many men with main force, he will struggle till utterly
exhausted. Or again, if told that he cannot move, no
inducement can prevail on him to do so. His will is
exerted, but its power is gone, and he looks and feels,
no doubt, very foolish. In short, the command of the
operator urges to instant and powerful action, or utterly
ptraly z,s one or any number of the voluntary muscles,
in spite of all the efforts of the patient.
" 111. His sensations are equally obedient to the
operator. In an instant his whole frame becomes
insensible to pain, nay, to touch ; the sense of
touch is annihilated, and as quickly restored. Or,
while the rest of his body is in its usual state
of sensitiveness, one finger, one hand, one arm,
one leg, or both, or the head, or any other part,
is struck with instant insensibility. When that
member is pricked, pinched, cut, or burned, he knows
nothing of it, unless he happens to look towards it, and'
at such a time a limb might be cut off without his sus-
pecting it, provided his eyes were directed elsewhere.
Any common object in his hand, a knife or pencil for
instance, becomes at the word of command, but slowly
and leisurely, burning hot or intensely cold, heavy as
lead, or light as air. The water he drinks becomes
milk, beer, wine, brandy, lemonade, punch, soda-water,
syrup, or wormwood, boiling hot or icy cold, according
as he is told. In a hot and crowded room he is made
to shiver with cold, and that so effectually, that in a few
minutes his hand feels, even to others, like that of one
ho WAS been kneading snowballs; or on a frosty day he
feels oppressed with heat, throws off his coat, is drenched
in perspiration, flashed and hot to the hand; according
to the orders of his tormentor.
"TV. In like:manner, his eyes deceive him. He takes
a pianoforte for a horse, a watch for a snuff-box, a man
for a child, a lady for a gentleman, a friend for a
stranger, but only in obedience to the suggesting voice,
He will insist that the clock before him marks half past
four, when the hands point to noon, or vice versa, if told
so. He will see all manner of things and people before
him, where none of them are. He will see and bag,
too, game, invisible to all eyes but his. He will see a
balloon rising from the floor, and follow it with his eyes
through the roof or window till it is lost in the heavens;
and he will likewise follow the aerial voyage of Mother
Bunch on her broomstick, or of Mephistopheles hurry-
ing through the air to the Brocken on the back of a
goat. His ears are equally under control. At the
word of the operator, he hears the sweetest music, the
loudest thunder, or the most eloquent speech. And the
same word can render him both blind and deaf. He
also smells the snuff in a snuff-box, which is really a
watch, and not only smells it, but is thrown by it, if the
operator calls it high-dried Scotch or Lundyfoot, into a
severe paroxysm of sneezing and coughing, which we
have seen last for fifteen or twenty minutes. All the
senses, in short, are subject to the sway of the operator.
It is useless to resist. The patient knows and can tell
you that he sees only delusive objects, or hears delusive
sounds, but still he cannot but hear, see, feel, taste, and
smell, as he is commanded. In the ease of experiments
on muscular motions, the patient often makes super-
human efforts to resist, but finds it all in vain.
" Y. The memory of the patient is completely under
the control of the operator, at whose command the puz-
zled victim in vain tries to recall his own name, or that
of the operator, or those of his relations and friends.
In like manner he finds himself unable to recall a single
letter of the alphabet, and his countenance, while trying
to do so, is ludicrously expressive.
VI. The operator can cell up any emotion, by the
seine aimple command. Fear, anger, grief, pride, pug-
nacity, laughter, &c., are in ,turn vividly felt and ex-
hinited, in spite of the utmost resistance on the part of
the patient, who may in the course of a few minutes be
drowned in tears and sore with laughter. He may be
made to believe any assertion, and to act in consequence,
to quarrel with a bystander for a supposed affront, to
fancy himself to be any individual named, and to act
and speak in character; to engage in any occupation
suggested, such as fishing, shooting, tailoring, painting,
singing, spouting, swimming; to take shelter from a
storm, and swim for his life in the flood; to fly for
safety from a bear, a lion, or a snake; and to become,
after drinking water as whisky, so helplessly drunk as to
exhibit even the unpleasant physical consequences of
inebriety, to stagger and fall on attempting to walk, and
in some cases to be with difficulty sobered after a con-
siderable time, his intoxication appareetiy interfering
with his impressibility.
VII. Lastly, the operator can cause his patient to
fall into a quiet (not somnambulistic or mesmeric)
sleep, in one, two, or more minutes, according to the
command, and in spite of ail his efforts to keep awake.
In this sleep the patient neither hears nor answers any
one except the operater, when the latter says, Awake!'
Nay, the loudest noises at his ear, es well as pulling,
sheeting, pinching, &c., fail to awake him, till the magic
word is spoken, or the allotted time has expired."

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.
Yesterday morning at an early hour a great number
of curious people congregated on the shores and heights
of the Wye, at Chepstow, for the purpose of witnessing
the floating of the great 300 feet tube, which it had been
announced was (after one postponement) to be raised to
its position on that day. In the course of the morning,
too, the trains from Swansea, Cardiff, and Newport, on
ono side, and from Gloucester, Sydney, &c., on the other
side of the Wye, were crowded by part►es who journeyed
to Chepstow with the same object. They were, how-
ever, doomed spin to disappointment. It was rumoured
that an attempt had been made which had failed, but
this is not true. All was apparently in readiness for
the first movement of the tube from its present position
drill them in
on the staging at right angles with the river to the
trohris
pontoons lying in the stream almost beneath it,
but the men being new to the business of work-
ing the tackle, Mr. Brunel thought right to
their exercise before the final attempt, and
aprdeaca_utio.? has led to the experiment being deferred
the tube, am from
that it will for making the experiment of floating
will ha juilaibrday, (Thursday) is the last day which
notrsounto-day tne tide will fall off so rapidly
on g i attemptne
theme. Every effort, therefore, will be
smuraceietnot lxrenrigatehr 011149 to give the required altitude for a
further delga?
, IL,, and a number of most eminent
Stephenson, the
men in the profession
of tide - "t;
emveer arrived to give Mr. Brunel
this day successful. Mr.
ney, and all parties seem
.iatter Thursday will take
Ifizd for the experi-
ment,no
ex-
cessive originally
the tide rose at the bridge,
cessive riee and sudden fall
mechanical operations so difficult, Twilt,:it:h reders any
le, endersu
rapidly to its greatest slain e and almost irena_.,.fiewa ing up with a great wave
.inadny feet in a moment-
con-
stantly a rapid stream running one wrvar or other i
afterwards begins to ebb, so that there j,, aluirstlately
-trthae-
pon this rapid current the l the tube has t_
line across the river and lodged i'icit
ibhiEN!e.eflrreceptacle
a
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THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE —The following notice. ,
henroaastobde
so sentyfrom
thethee Emp
" Gentlemen,—The Executive Council the Antal ga-
lxoyecoursti
of
fe
oCp Councilat e
oofefn
gtihneeeArs7lga_
mated Society beg respectfully to withdraw the circular
issued by them to the employers of operative enginer
the 24th December, 1851, which circular stated 6 that they
kad come to a resolution to abolish piecework and overtime
after the 31st December, 1851.' In withdrawing the above I
circular, which seems to have given rise to a serious contest
in the trade, it is fully anticipated that such a course will
have the effect of inducing the employers to withdraw the
declaration which workmen are called upon to sign before
resuming employment.
" I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
" W. ALLEN, General Secretary, 25, Little Alie-street,
" Whitechapel, London, April 5. 1852."
This may be regarded as a final confession on the part of the
workmen, that they can no longer carry on their opposition.
, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The first excursion
train enithis line for the present season is fixed for Saturday
next, the trains leaving Bristol and Bath for Paddintoll
4W retlirniDg Ow 0111 e day

THE SUN,