The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING•
MAIL.

Sir,—l have little doubt that many of your readers,
(believers as well as unbelievers in mesmerism), are
curious to learn what has become of the 1001 note which
was deposited for six months in the bank of Messrs. Ball
and Co., which was (according to the terms of the adver •
tisement in the public papers) " to become the property
of any person, who, without opening the envelope in
which it was contained, should describe every particular
respecting the note—such as its number, its date, the
bank at which it was payable, &c., and who should read
three English words, plainly written on a slip of paper,
which was contained in the same envelope with the note."
The six months expired on the 31st of March, but the
time was extended to the April 18, to meet the conve-
nience of a lady, a professor of mesmerism, and the
authoress of an ingenious book on the subject, who ar-
rived from London in the beginning of the month, and
who expressed a wish to have some time longer to pre-
pare her clairmygnte for the test.
Six months and seventeen days having expired, and
no person having appeared at the bank to examine the
envelope, it was opened on the 18th instant, in the pre-
sence of Messrs. Ball and lloyne, and one or two other
persons connected with the establishment. The note
proved to be a printed cheque (No. 1,) issued by the
house of Messrs. Ball and Co., for 1001. payable to
CEdipus, or bearer, and dated the Ist of October, 1845..
The English words (written on a separate slip of paper)
were, "To Edipus alone"—a translation from the Greek
of the celebrated oracle delivered at Delphos, which
committed to Edipus the difficult and somewhat dan-
gerous task of solving the Sphinx's riddle, on the true
solution of which depended the safety of his country,
and his own life.

The result is well bnown; Edipus solved the riddle;
the Sphinx in despair flung herself (or itself) from a
rock into the sea, and Thebes was saved.
Perhaps I should add that although no person applied
at the bank to inspect the envelope containing the note,
I received a few communications from different parts of
England, and one from America (but none from Ireland),
containing mesmeric revelations respecting:the number
of the note ; and one letter (from Plymouth) inclosed a
picture or (intended) fac simile of it. It it unnecessary
to add, that these mesmerically-inspired persons were
mistaken in every particular. All the mesmeric guesses
shall appear in a future communication.
I remain, Sir, your obliged servant,
SCRUTATOIt.
It appears rather extraordinary, that with the reliance
placed in the powers of mesmerism, and the wonderful
exhibition made in public of the miraculous effects it is
capable of producing—that no person should condescend
to claim the paltry hundred pounds alluded to in the
foregoing letter.

GRAND DINNER AT THE MAN-
SION-HOUSE TO THE BISHOPS.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave a splendid entertain.
ment to the dignitaries of the Church, and their ladies,
in the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house. Upwards of
150 sat down to dinner, which was supplied by Messrs.
Ring and Brymer in the finest style. Perhaps there
never were so many Bishops assembled under the hos-
pitable roof of the " Mayor's House" as appeared upon
the occasion, which was the celebration of the anni-
versary of the Institution for the Propagation of the
Gospel.
Amongst the company were the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, the Bishops of Rochester, Lincoln, Bangor,
Llandaff. Chester, Gloucester, Exeter, Ripon, Salis-
bury, Norwich, Hereford, St. David, Worcester,
Chichester, Oxford, Calcutta, Jamaica and Barba
does, and their Ladies ; the Dean of Westminster ;
Archdeacons Hale, Sinclair, Manners, Wilberforce,
and
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Russell, Jelf, Vivian, and Spranger ; the Rev. Messrs.
Dale, Hughes (of Oxford), Bickersteth, Lupton, Good-
child, Judkin, Lusignan, Milman, Ceding, Hutchinson
Austin, Onslow, Turner ; Aldermen Sir C. S. Hunter,
Thompson, Farebrother, Sir C. Marshall, Sir W,
Magnay, Gibbs, the Recorder, Thomas
George Carroll, Musgrove,
W. Hunt Ch 11:
Wood, Sir.
Hughes Hughes, Sidney, and Moon ; the Rerev. Charlesis
and Mrs. Fart brother ; Sheriffs Chaplin and
Laurie Miss Vidler (the Lady Mayoress's sister), Miss Bamber,
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Mr. William Johnson (brother to the Lord Mayo )
and
his lady, Mr. and Mrs. Delane, Mr. and Mrs. Brow
Mr. and Mrs. Michell, Mrs. Lewellyn Dr. *Mr:wDell'i.
Miss Lewis, Mr. Evans (the late Sheriff), Mr. Alex-
ander, Mr. Langridge, Mr. Thompson, Miss Green,
Miss Moss, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Poynder, Captain
Darkin, &c. &c.
After the round of the usual loyal toasts had passed,
The LORD MAvon proposed the health of the Archbishop
of Canterbury, and prosperity to the Society for the Propa-
gation of the Gospel. His Lordship took the opportu-
nity to speak in terms of the highest praise of the cleri-
cal bench, and declared that it was impossible to have
the pure religion of the heart more completely repre-
sented than it was by the venerable prelate.—(Cheers.)
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in returning thanks,
referred to the extraordinary success of our missions to
distant countries, and instanced the result of our efforts
in China as an example of the efficacy of the Christian
doctrines, established under circumstances of the most
remarkable description.
The Bishop of CALCUTTA, in responding to the toast,
in which his name had been included, spoke of the ne-
cessity of those who were to give religious instruction
in the vast empire with which his labours were con-
nected.
The evening was full of pleasure, and the Bishops ex-
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