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

MESMERISM.

The following-letter, 'which 'appeared in the Darin
Evening Mail, will be read with interest by all, whether
believers or, unbelievers„ who have paid any attention to
the subject of Mesmerism
MESMERISM—TFI 1001. NOTE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING .MAIL.

have-little doubt' that many` of your. readers,
(believers ai' 'well as 'unbelievers in mesmerism), are
curious to learn what has become of the 1001, note which
was deposited for .six montbsin the bank of Mesirs..Ball
. and Co.,.which was (according to .the terms.ofthe Over.
rn tiseent in the,priblie papers)," to become the property
of any, person; - who, without opening the envelope. in
which it was contained, should describe every, particular
respecting' the "
notesuch at itt number, its date, the
bank at which it was payable, &c., and. ho ShOuldli•ead
three 'English words, plainly written 'on a slip of paper,
which was contained in the satne,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-
riv from London in the beginning of the month, and
whti expressed a wish to have some time longer to pre-
pare her claiievante for the test.
Six months and seventeen days haying expiredo and
no person having appeared at the bank to examine the, .
envelope, it was opened on the 18th instant,, in the pre-
sense of; .Messrs.. Ball and Doyne, ail one. or two other
persons connected with. the establishment. The note
pfoved to be a printed cheque .(No. 1,) iistied by the
house. of. Messrs, Ball and Co.. for 100/. 'payable to
CEdipus, or bearer, and dated the ISt of:October, 1845.
The
_English Words (written on a separate slip of paper)
were, " TO lEdipus alond"1-4 translation from the Greek:
of :the celebrated oracle delivered .at Delphos, which
committed to CEdiptis' -the difEleultpand somewhat dan-,
gerouslesk of solving the ,Sphmx's. riddle, on the true
solution. of which ,depended the, safety of ,his country,
and his own.life,

The result is well bnoivn; CEdipui 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 toinspect'tbe envelope' containing' the•note;
I received a- teiv-communications from different parts of
Eng!anti, one from Amer;e4 (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 is unneces*ary
to add, that these mesmerically-inspired persons were
mistaken in every particular. All the mesmeric guesses
shall appear in a future communica,ion.
I remain, Sir, your °bilged servant,
SC RUT ATOR.

It appears rather extraordinary, that with the reliance
placed in the powers of mesmerism, and the ivontlerl ul
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 cf the 'Mansion-house. Upwards of
150 sat down to dinner, which was supplied by Messrs.
Ring and Butner in the finest style. Perhaps there
never were so many Bishops assembled under the hos-
pitable.roof of the" Mayor's louse" as appeared upon
the occasion, which was . the celebration of.the anni-
versary of the Institution for the Propagation of the
Gospel,
t e Amongstb rLincoln,. Bangor,
~
thethßeicshomorpsanty,ewßeroechtbseeAr,rciskop of Can-
Llandaff, Chester, Gloucester,' Exeter, Ripon, balls-
bury, Norwich, Hereford, St. David, Worcester,
Chichester, Oxford, Calcutta, Jamaica and Barha
does, and their Ladies ; the Dean of Westminster ;
Archdeachns- Hale, Sinclair, Manners, Wilberforce,
and Harrison ;' Lord and ady Courtney ; Sir Ralph
LRoupissezll;., Doctor
ivßiaoynd,
a;njd liSsptirean gHeri g;g ethr me
aRn DlZsts°rlss.
Dale,
jinugdhkeins, (of Oxford), m
),Bilimcknenrsteth, Lupton, Good-
Cstlin Hutchinson
Austin, Onslow, TUrner ; Aldermen g
Sir C.
S. Hunter,
Thompson, Farebrother Sir C. Marshall, Sir W,
Mignay, Gibbs, the Recorder, Thomas Wood,- Sir.
George Carroll, MusgroVe, W. Hunter, Challis,
Hughesilughes, Sidney, and Moon ; the ilev.-Charles
and Mrs. Fart brother ;. Sheriffs Chaplin ind Laurie ;
Miss Vidler (the Lady Mayoress's sister) Miss &tuber,
Mr. William Johnson (brother to the Lord Mayor), and
his lady , Mr. and Mrs. Delane, Mr. and Mrs. Brown,
Mr.. and Mrs. Michell, Mrs. Lewellyn Dr. Turner,
Miss Lewis, Mr. tvans (the late Sheriff), Mr. Alex-
ander,- Mr. Langridge, Mr.' Thompson, Miss Green,
Miss Moss, Mr. Gardner, Poynder,' Captain
Darkin,•&e. &c. • ' •
After the round of 'the usual loyal toasts had passed,
The LORD BlAYoßpropsed 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 bergh, 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 CANTrariney,•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 CaLcurro., in responding to the toast,
in which his name had been included, spoke of thene-
cessity of those who were to give religious instruction
in the vast empire pith which his labours were 0,
nected. - -
. t
The evening was full of pleasure, and the shoP Bishops
ex
pressed their high gratification atmanner
in which the Lord Mayor testified the
e respectP he enter-
, tained for the Church.

10.—Chester
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Races.—Fulland exclusive particulars. Every rr.ce timed and gra.
p',lcallv described. The opening 01 tne cricket season. Price of,
Beira Life (40 fell, columns), 6d. &Ws Life 01 May 3, contained tour
folio columns of the five di3:s' 'Newmarket First Spring Meeting, with'
a table of thirty-three winners, the amount of the stakes, the time of,
each' race, the distance and weights—Chester meeting by.
' Pegasus--Paris races and steeple chases—Florence races—Notes
from curragh—lildexes to races, including Ireland—gteeple dines_
The ring, regattas, pedestrianism, and CeurSing. and a matchl
variety of sporting and general intelligence. Bell's Lifs ess
published in time for all them tnfday Ammo= ratiwaris• r
ThegUlarly
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
CHESTER RACES.-=WEDNESDAY (CoxcLuDED). '
"nil,. Crl..-Our last report carried the betting up to twelve
Ti.-,,!;1:- ri:;•Ili ,• tb' r,,,-9, Ir:,, ex,,wded until a

. .
on the tvh.4e, wa..4 dull bryou:t ctfct : i l i, of the
many horses quoted, 'we cannot stleet,or. been
realiyin force ; is, a remafkable.thet that ort the eve
of so great a race- 9.t0 1 should be currently offered on the
field! Last vear it Was,only 7 to 4. Layers were not wanting,
but the backers appeared resolved to abide the event of the
draw," it being very naturally inferred that the best horse
in the world, if drawn for the third rank—and a fourth ap-
peared by no mean* improbable—would.' have little chance
of finding his way to the front; short, the same draw,
combined with the heaVy state of the ground, gave the race
the character of a lottery.

The morning was dull, and the -appearances were all in the
• favour of rain, but this had-no effect op the attendance, which
was a " bumper,'" showing, however, it decided felling off in
rank and fashion as compa-ed with last year. Both the
stands were full, and there can be no doubt-that had the en-
largenient of the principal one, been to double the extent, the
c,,rporation wouitthave:had nothing to regret. The weather,
mfolunately, wasjust what. might have been -anticipated ;
it could not have Oen more •unfavourable... The fist race
came off-at two o'clock, between which and the Cup an in-
terval of an hour and three-quarters was allowed for weigh-
ing, drawing for places, &c. As th,, last-mentioned ceremonial
excited considerable interest, we subjoin a list of the horses
composing the different ranks.
First Rank.—St. Lawrance. V‘ 1-an-Vent, Run', Roderick,
Polish, Lady Wildair, Pedometer, -Miss Burns, Vitala,
Billy Purvis, and Bro, to Sir Henry.

Second Rank—The Baron, Corranna, Sweatmeat, Glossy,
Queen of Tyne, Little Hampton, Roper's Daughter, Plaudit,
Tire Magni-t, Best Bower. - -
• Third Rank—lnheritress, 'lntrepid, Redstreak, Pettit
Morceau, Mermaid; Finvaragh, Valerian, Punch, Flahow-
lagh, Connaught Ranger. • -
In all thirty •one starters. It will be seen that three or
four horses that.had been looked upon as certain runners,
did not come to the post ; amongst them were Clumsy, who
is stated to have hit his kg, and was scratched at ten o'clock
this morning; Hope, at twenty-five minutes past eleven, and
Catartet.- •

The
.scratching of Hope has excited a very strong feeling
of indignation against Mr. _H. l'ennett, and the parties con-
sleeted-with bins in the ownership She was received into
John. Scott's stable with an express understanding that he
was to have an absolute control over her ; and although
slightly amiss some time ago, was now perfectly fit, in fact
pnlearteerd,lobokd or
aeekedb,s,v7s t
verybegtetnerdent
caotnakneec‘tveads
upai
tidh,
thseltsetasbviaes,
and Nat engaged to ride her.- To the surprise, therefore, of
John Scott, Mr. Bennett, in defiance of the stipulation re-
ferred to, waited on the clerk of the course this morning,
andthi struck her out ! It is impossible to have two opinions
of s- flagrant proceeding ; what is thought of it by
John Scott is shown by bis determination to send the mare
out of the stable the moment his bill is paid.
PARTICULARS OF THE CUP RACE.
The jockeys, having drawn for places and mounted,
paraded in front of the stand, and assembled at the post a
little after four, and at the first E ign al got away. Pedometer
was the first to take the lead, but, after going two hundred
yards, was passed by Lady Wildair, who went on with the
running, followed by Brother to Sir Henry, Pedometer, The
Roper's Daughter, St. Lawrence, Miss Burns, Vol-au-Vent,
and several others; Corranna, Inheritress, Queen of the Tyne,
and Valerian, bringing up the rear. They ran in pretty
nearly this order once round, the pace excellent for such
deep ground. Polish, Vol au-Vent, Valerian, Sweetmeat,
and Redstreak, Here. then disposed of; at all events, they
made no figure in the race afterwards. Finvaragh here
ski.vett with the lea ing horses, but dropped back, died
away in a few stride, an I Miss Barns and Glossy
took the third and fourth positions, Roderick, Intrepid,
and Billy Purvis also lying forward, Corranna and the Queen
Atilt in the rear. The race continued in this way
to the last turn, and then the front rank rapidly
lessened' in number—Billy Purvis who broke down; Miss
Burns, Intrepid, and Roderick died away, and Corranna
passing them, was about fourth on entering the straight
running Before she reached the distance post, Lady Wildair
tired, -and Glossy went on with the running, Brother to Sir
Henry- second, and Corraona third, nothing else having a
chance. This select lot ran together half way up the dis-
tance, where Corranna challenging*, headed his Gpponents-in •
two or three strides and won cleverly by half a length,
Brother to Sir Henry beating Glos yby three parts of a
length-. .Queen of Tyne by struggling on, .obtained a fourth
place, Intrepid was fifth, ' Pect,dieter sixth,- and • Lady.
Wildair seventh. Valerian, Polish, . The Baron, • (who was
run against and: nearly knocked down at the back of the
course in the second round), Sweetmeat, Redstreak, and
several ethers, were pulled up some distance from house.
Run in four minutes, forty seconds.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three yrs old, 7st 2lb
'four, 9st 21b ; ,five, 105t;.6 yrs and aged, lOst 51b. Thrice
round.
Mr. G: H. Moore's Wolfdog, 4, yrs • • (Nat) 1
Mr.-Mostin'a b b,.by&nix, out Cifl'ifirondelle, 3 yrs... 2
Sir J. Gerard's Parthian, 6.yrso
Oolonel Crailoek.'s Jingiepot, 4 yrs.
7t04 on Wolfdog. Won by two lengths.
Parthiari made strong running-for nearly two miles a half,,
Wolf-dog, who had folloued him, then took' it up, carried it
on to, the, end. , Jinglepot aud Parthian did not pass the
post. Run in six minu:es and twenty-five seconds.
Sixty guineas, given by the City Members,•for three yrs old
colts, fist. 1014; fillies,- 6st-71b;' fOur yrs old colts, Bst 61b;
fillies, Bst 31b, once round'and a dis.
Mr. Meiklam's Diomed, 3 yrs. ....... 4 1 1
Mr. •A wenn i t h'i Tree t 4rian,73 yrs 1 -2 3-
Mr:'Hairerth4 Robin 'Burns, 4 yrs- - ' 5 s. 4 'fit:
Mr. Flintoff's Princess Roval„.4 yrs.- ' '3 3 dr
Mr: W. Scottnligliffela;3—Yri .
!First and second heats .w, in very easy. Diomed won the
third heat in a canter, but flaying carried fist 6lb-instead
of 6st..lolbile.waa disqualified, and the Leat given to Robin
Burns; but as it was tiusk before the 'matter was laid before
the Earl of eheaterfividi the deciiing heat was fixed for die
first race' 'n Thursday. •

;CHESTER; TitURSDAir AFTERNOON FIVE o'cLocE..—Paying
aftd receiving for the Cup commei,cei this afternoon, in the
apoloiy fOr a subscriptiOn foom,iit the Royal Hotel, but fiorn
the want of accommodation for the members that crowded
into it, was not concluded when we left for the course.
Until the London and Manchester accounts have been closed,
it wotlid be impossible to speak with any certainty of the
edttling, but as we de not hear of any, great winners, except
.14ord Wateif)rd, and Mr. Moor; we may vulture to predict
diet it will be easy. It was generally understood last night
that Tractarian and Miss Burns were to run a deciding heat
fel. the Member's Plate at two o'clock this afternoon; but it
-13Eving been represented to the stewards that the rider of
,lliomed. had carried the wrong weight from the first, the
,stewards went into the cases ihis morning, and deiided that
I:Owned was disqualified for all the heats, and that Tractariau.
having won the first, and run second fof the next heat, was
the- w ;num -of the-plate:. -The -decision made the third heat a
`nullity, and of course all bets made after the second heat are
void. .

_ .
The fir§t eVent, a race Prolific of very interesting sport,
mias,

The Dee Stand Cup Stakes of llisovs. each, and 50 added.
Onterouvd'and a distance. (11 Subs.)
Mr. Moore's Wolidog, 4 yrs, Bst 21b
Mr. Banks's The Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs, 6st 2.
Mr. F. Ongley's The Warrior, 3 yrs, 6st ..
4 to 1 on Wolfdog., who made all the running and won
by a length. Run in 2 minutes ancl•l6 seconds.
The Marquis of Westminster's Plate of 100 soya. added to
Wilandicap of 20 soya each, h ft. Grosvenor Course. (17
Subs.; f, of whom declared.)
Mr. Pedlev's 111i,s Burns, 7 yrs, Est 71b (A. Day) 1
Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 4 vrs, sst 101 b
.. 2
Col. Anson's Rowland tall, 4 vrs, 6st 41b 3
The tbllowing• also s-arted but were not placid:—Mr.'
Meiklam's Philip, 6 yrs, B't—Mr. A. W. Hill's The
Ironinaster, 4 yrs, 7st 1011)—N1r. Meeson's Fair Caroline,
6 yrs, 7st 61b —Mr. Irwin's The Pride of Kildare, 4 yrs,
7st 31b—Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Chertsey, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Sir
C. Monck's Flattery, 4 yrs, Est 91b—Lord G. Bentinck's Best
Bowei, 5 yrs, Est 31b. -
Betting-5 to 2 agst Miss Burns, 4to 1 agst Philip, sto 1
agst Flattery, 6 to 1 agst Fair Charlotte, 7 to 1 agst Chertsey,
Bto 1 agst any other. Fair Charlotte made the running at
a steady pace, followed • by Miss Burns and Rowland Hill,
Arthur and Best Bower • lying off; the race went on in this
waV to the Ship-yard Turn, where lronmaster and Chertsey
fell, and Arthur, the rider of the former, was very seriously
injured. The leading horses ran in the position they took
atsta rt
awaying to
from the lower
FairvloN er
Charlotte,turn
,wher
foebilited bys took
Bumthe
running
in
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and sued. the mare winning
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The
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Stakes'
or
2.1 n
stusoyina.2 meacihn,utwesitad
with
seconds.added
. The
second to_receive 501. Derby weights. Grosvenor Course.
Arr. W. D. Cook's Fancy Boy (Templemaa) 1
Lord Eglinton's Dal°
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Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Mal-
lice L oTrah
eG:f,' Bmennwt ii nn: 's
also`Pr i ns
teaerstse
dA:I
colm, Mr. Worthington's Shorston, Mr. F. R Price's Tobac-
conist, Mr. Mostyn's c•by Hetman Platoff out of Thomasina,
Mr. Meiklarn's Alliance, Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, Mr.
o,baldeston's King Charles, Mr. E. W. Nunn's colt by
Touchstone out of Sister to oanna, Mr. E. Peel's Spithead.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Malcolm, 4to 1 agst Fancy Boy,
7 to 2 agst Spithead, and 9 to I agst Princess Alice.
Alliance made the running, followed by Sharston, all the
others lying up in a ruck, Princess Alice in the rear. In this
way they ran to the Bridge Turn, when Alliance declined
and Sharston went on with the running, followed by Spit-
head, Fancy Boy, and Malcolm ; Princess Alice fifth. At the
ta
disneeeuFta,nacny BodayinPerrina
by halt a neck. Run in two minutes and
half seconds. cecesstoAoklicpel'aca
h two and a
place,
dD
Fancy l osiß n tl, ewd i them-
selvesnni
ng
by three patts of a length, and Delo beating
thirty-two
Princess
irtyo. Alice

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE SPRING- MEETING.
oNDAy. _

The Welter Stakes, of 3 i3OCS. each, and 15 added, 12st
each, Gent. riders, 2 miles, were won by Mr. Jobling's Royal
Charlie, aged (Mr. Clarke). beating Mr. Caley's Beauclerk,
aged, Mr. Brown's Amy Robsart, Mr. Carew's Charlie, and
Mr. Smithson's Queen of Hearts.
The Lark Stakes of 2 soya. each, were won in four well-
contested heats, by Mr. Lamb's Sunbeam, aged (Livesey),
beating Amy Robsart, Royal Charlie, and eight others.
EPSOM RAcEs.—The 4 ring," during the approaching-
meeting will assemble in the Grand Stand enclosure, and the
horses, it is officially announced, will be saddled in front.
The decorations of the Grand Stand are finished, the whole
building has been thoroughly cleansed, and the offices for
weighing, and other matters of business connected with the
races, made as complete as possible. The laws against de-
faulters, &c., will be rigidly enforced.

TATTERSALL'.s—YESTEILDAY.
Only seven members present, and not a bet laid.

own
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t r paper of the income and expenditure of
SERVICE.—An account has just been
mEncHANT
from the Ist of Ja
f the ye v was 20,6291. is. 10d.; comprising 18,3151. 16s. 4d. as
Rt
oe iti lel
-;urtie., 3321. IBs. dead men's wages, 811. 7s. 6d. benefactions, and
113,teissinhaitePraersItianoeficaapYital. TheSe
total expenditure was 23,0411.
16.. 2d . of which pensions amounted to 17,821/. Os. Ild., temporary.
relief to widows and children, 2,3261. 9s. bd., Seamen's Hospital So-
ciety, 5701. 95., and the expenses of management 2,323/. 16s. 10d.
po foaro,twh3e,
In the port of London the receipts were 14,3081. 17s. Id., and the
expenditure 15,993/. 13s. 4d. Ily the general accounts for the year
the sum received, including the balance in hand, was 23,191/. 19s. bd..
and the sum paid 22,6741. 14s. 10d., leaving a balance in hand of
517/. 4s. 7d. An account is rendered of the income and expenditure
at the various ou'ports of the United Kingdom.
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