The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-17 00:00:00

RIPPONDEN AN]) MANCHESTER.

An adjourned meeting for promoting this pro-
posed railway was held at Manchester on Wednes-
day. Mr. J. Bradley was in the chair. The com-
mittee appointed at the last meeting to canvass the
neighbourhood, respecting the feeling for or against
a through line to Manchester by Blue Pits, gave a
most favourable account of their proceedings, and a
resolution was unanimously carried to the effect
that it was highly necessary that a through line
should be made from Sowerby-bridge to Manches-
ter, via Blue Pits, pledging the meeting to support
the undertaking, and appointing a provisional com-
mittee to canvass the districts of New Heys,
Crompton, Shaw, and Roytoh to obtain their
support.

SPIRIT RAPPING AND TABLE TURN-

EV lIULL.

It may not be generally known that for some
mouths past one or two houses in Hull are said to
have been the scene of the most startling incidents,
which are alleged to be the result of spirit rapping.
The house to which most attention has been attracted
is situated in the neighbourhood of Humber-street.
From what we can learn it is now some three
months since several persons, some of them occupy-
ing respectable positions in life, met together for
the purpose, as they said, of " testing the spiritual
movement." At first the results seem to have been
insignificant, gradually it became rumoured, how-
ever, that most startling wonders had been wit-
nessed, and within the last few days the neigh-
bourhood has been thrown into a considerable
state of alarm through the disclosures which have
been made. The table turning, we are told,
has been carried on in the ordinary manner by plac-
ing the hands upon it. The result of this, it is said,
has been that the table has been seen to walk about,
turn round, increasing in velocity according to the
expressed wish of those present, and turning which-
ever way it might be required. The table is said
to have even rolleti about the room without any
visible agency, and also to have risen from the floor
to a considerable height. Questions have been
asked and answers returned. In obtaining the
answer the alphabet is placed upon the table, and a
knock responds whenever a finger is placed upon
this
letter forming part of the word intended, and
pers
is continued until the whole sentence hasebaeennsws spelt
out. A book has been kept containing
tehlaestions. The,
and is said to contain some curious revelations.
wonders, however, have notconfinedv merely
beensaid to have been
to table-turning. N
the occupiers
of the night, and upon one .
heard in various parisooifsetsheahroecuassieodnuring all hours
were much agitated by
ahneda rianoicgswow..thh,aet they
clattering supposed
to be the growling of several_ anunali,
bells of firev
appa-
rently under the _
t .hereby creating a erayredsraela.ddftuol
occasionsout the room, and the wall
have
to-
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has opgenseadgaondit
iadmitteds said
tahe sickeningy suc succeeded
do
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raising
. Aifewg
spirit of John Wesley, The effect
minds of those who have witnessedthese
ptehhveeennionmena is variously stated. One female, upon
returning to her home a f
confi-
dently asserts that after sheew evenings
startling
itnhge
hadbeen
ina go
bed,
afew
imperceptibleminutes,
agency
thcerself carried away, and by an_
yw awsasboirnn ea asbtaotuet tohfeasrrookmn,e ass:
though at that time all
The woman states that she is under no delusion,
and during the whole of the time she was
perfectly sensible. Another female states that
while she sat at her own table the was lifted from
her chair and thrown violently down. A third
person, who has been a participator in these pro-
ceedings, has not dared to go to bed for ten nights,
for he alleges that if he were to do so he should not
be able to obtain any rest on account of the fearful
dreams to which he i§ subjected, and the continual
noises which are going on in the house. In another
part of the town, in a street leading from Lowgate
to High-street, the movement has assumed a more
serious aspect, for there it is carried on under the
garb of religion. Conversion is proclaimed by
means of spiritual communications, and it is boasted
that " fourteen souls have already been brought
out of nature's darkness into marvellous light.
By a statement which the leader of this new seq.
has published, we find he estimates the numb(!r.ost
angels at 4,553, and the number of glorified bP__'l,llt
at exactly 43,667. These spirits, he asserts,w;h
the eartS, and " eat, and drink, and sPea
audible voice."—Hull Packet.

,rus-lNisTs.—A
DEPARTURE OF ITALIAN ET‘"---. left England
body of the excursionists to South ItalyATv", fine vessel,
on their interesting journ.Y. They UPgican victory.
passengers.
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hCifgahrilbyasldatrissf?lchrest.cursusrailway lan-
guage, they consisted of second ana"unded with cheers
As they departed the English shoneheard once before,
the echo of his name
ON THE NORTH-EAST
for Garibaldi such as have wed
when his own presence avvak
up the earnings of the season
herrion:ghernicn of the north-east coast
on
TthReET),H-neEßsindelNinGlBs4-
oars,
COAST.—The
Many of the small four-men
during the laBt d as much as £230 and £240 each ;
have had leisure
boats have °WTl:Dings of this class of craft, and
where no
the mininnon
_;„,et has been sustained, such as the loss of
fetw Gays, Many
serious accts about £l4O or £l5O for
nets arsow— onli ht eights which the season. The
2 . _Ana rao have lately prevailed
bright 7.—thn (,f Bland have b If
in th9n" t'of th
...ecu ion efisheries, been highly unfavourable for
the r- - „
roauctive only afe •and
have consequently been
r unp ) Vi chance hauls having been brought
to shore. On the whole, howeNer, it is long since so pro-
fitable a time has been experienced,to
result owing more
the state of other markets
a -
for provisions than to the actual
productiveness of the fisheries themselves.

The launch of the line-of-battle ship Anson took
place on Saturday from the slip on which she was
constructed at Woolwich amid the acclamations of
some 10,000 persons. Long before the appointed
time for the admission of the public the gates were
thronged to such a degree that a thoroughfare had
to beformed by two lines of the police so as to render
a passage for those who were furnished with tickets
in any manner attainable, and those only were ad-
mitted
who were so provided until 20 minutes before
1 o'clock, at which time the great gates were thrown
open to the general public. A literal torrent of
human beings then rushed headlong forward towards
the great square, at the northern side of which the
building shed of the Anson is situated. The reserved
seats were already well filled, and about 600 well-
dressed persons of both sexes had mounted to the
ship's deck by special tickets. The flagshipFisgard,
together with the Vivid, Princess Alice, and other
ships in the offing, had each their allotment of
visitors, and a number of river steamers, crowded
with passengers, had taken up their berths in
available positions. The ships were all decked
out with coloured bunting, and the Fisgard
and the Venus (training ship of the Marine
Society) were ornamented from stem to stern,
and from the mainmasthead to the water's
edge. The Royal Marine band, together with
that of the Dockyard Artillery, played agreeably
during the interval preceding the launch, and by
the admirable arrangements of the police force the
most perfect order was preserved throughout. At
20 minutes after one Lady Sydney, who had con-
sented to perform the important ceremony of chris-
tening (by the unavoidable absence of H.R.H. the
Princess Mary of Cambridge), dashed the bottle of
champagne with successful force against the bows
of the ship, giving her a good " God speed," which
was announced to the vast crowd by a shout of
voices from those of the immediate spectators. A
few minutes afterwards a crack betokened her being
about to move. The cry of "she's off" immediately
followed, when the huzzas for a moment completely
drowned the sounds of the two bands, which had
simultaneously struck up the National Anthem,
followed by " Rule Britannia," and the right noble
Anson glided slowly and majestically down her
well greased ways, taking the water in a most satis-
factory and splendid style, clearing herself of every
stick of her cradle to perfection. Making her way
up the river stern foremost, ropes were thrown out
to the powerful steamtugs Monkey, Bustler, and
Widgeon, by which means she was brought down
and moored alongside the Hebe hulk. This morning
at noon she will be taken in tow as above named,
and will be conveyed to Sheerness in charge of Mr.
Hall, commanding the steam reserve branch at
Woolwich, to be fitted out for service. During the
proceedings a number of the light-fingered gentry
from London were found plying their avocations on
the pockets of the unwary spectators. A body of
.the police in plain clothes under the superinten-
dence of Chief Inspector Forbes, having been dis-
tributed in every direction, no less than ten young
fellows, averaging about 22 years of age, and who
were caught in the very act of rifling pockets by
the detectives and others, were marched in irons to
the town cells. To the credit and vigilance of the
police it should be stated that not a single com-
plaint of any loss was reported beyond the disco-
very of watches and money found in the hands of
those who were secured. After the launch the dock-
yard brigade of artillery marched in a body to
Welling, and partook of refreshments provided by
the officers of the corps.
The Duke of Somerset held a levee at the Admi-
ralty-house, in Portsmouth dockyard, on Saturday.
The Lords of the Admiralty afterwards returned
to London. The men in the dockyard were granted
on Saturday the usual half-holiday allowed on the
occasions of their lordships' annual inspection.
The gun and mortar vessels which are lying in
Yantlet Creek, adjoining Chatham Dockyard, are
undergoing examination by a party of shipwrights
from that establishment, in order that any defects
may be made good. The further, however, the
survey of the vessels is carried the more rotten they
are ascertained to be. In order to arrest the
decay of the timbers the exterior planking of
most of the boats has been removed, to admit
of the beams and timbers being ventilated, but a
very cursory inspection of the numerous vessels
under examination leaves no doubt whatever
that even in their present condition few, if any,
of them will ever be fit for the service for
which they were built at such great cost. In
several the timbers of which they are constructed
may be picked with the nail, leaving no doubt what-
ever that faulty timber was used in the construc-
tion. The shipwrights have received instructions
to make good any defects that may be discovered
during the examination.
The Bulwark, 91, and the Undaunted, 51, screw
steamers, building at Chatham, are progressing very
fast, and all efforts are making to have both those
vessels completed and launched early in the ensuing
year.

The following vessels are now fitting at Chatham
for the second division of the steam reserve at that
port :—The Orpheus, 21, 400 horse-power ; the
Racehorse, 4, 200 horsepower ; the Cormorant, 4,
200 horse-power ; the Linnet, 2, 60 horse-power,
and the Pigeon, 2, 60 horse-power.
The screw steamship St. George, 91, Capt. the
Hon. Francis Egerton, left Plymouth Sound on
Saturday, under steam, fur Spithead.
The St. George, 91, screw, Capt. Hon. Francis
Egerton, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the
westward, and exchanged salutes with the Victory,
flagship of the Commander-in-Chief.
The Avon, paddle, sailed from Portsmouth yes-
terday morning for Devonport.

The screw line-of battle ship Donegal, 101, Capt.
Henry Broadhead, from the Channel fleet, arrived
at Plymouth under steam on Saturday, with her
steering apparatus damaged.
The screw steam line-of-battle-ship Mars, 80,
Capt. J. L. Strange, from the Channel fleet, arrived
in Plymouth Sound on Friday evening, and on
Saturday morning saluted the flag of the Com-
mander-in-Chief, Sir A. Fanshawe, K.C.8., which
was acknowledged by the Impregnable. The de-
fects of the Mars are to be made good, and she is
to be provisioned and stored for foreign service in
the Mediterranean.
The gunboat Trinculo, built under contract by
Mr. Joseph Banks, at Queen Anne's-yard, Ply-
mouth, was launched on Saturday evening. Her
construction was superintended by Mr. Godfrey, of
the Devonport Royal dockyard. Dimensions—
Length between perpendiculars, 120 ft ; ditto over
all, 126 ft ; ditto keel for tonnage, 106 ft ; breadth
for ditto, 21ft 10in; ditto, extreme, 22ft ; depth,
9ft 6in ; 268 tons; 60-horse power; draught of
water, 7ft Din.

The Government establishments at Plymouth
were closed on Saturday afternoon, and the artisans

and labourers granted a half-holiday according to

Admiralty order.