The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-21 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

6,PORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LINCOLN RACES.-MIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
BLANKNEY HANDICAP.

Trag,.'dY (Loates) 1
Venture, some (Hear tfield) 2
Actor
La lifechante. (Parry) 0
Knight of the Whistle (Carroll) 0
Elastic , (Elphick) 0
Credulity
Cleopatra (Kenyon) 0
Advance
Won by half a length; a length between second and
third.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Cleopatra, 2to 1 agst Venturesome,
5 to 1 agst La Mechante, and 8 to 1 agst Tragedy.
THE CITY HANDICAP of 5 sous each, with 50 added ;
certain winners extra. Six furlongs.
Lord Westmorland's Indian Star (Kenyon) 1
Mr. Wilkinson's East Lynn.. (Carroll) 2
Lord Stamford's Gemma
The following also ran :—Historian (Parry), Pantaloon
(J. Grimshaw), Reindeer (Hibberd), William Pitt (Heart-.
field), Elactic (Elphick), Pink (R. Challoner), Opposition
(Storey), Musician (Foster).
Betting-4 to 1 each agst Musician and East Lynn, 6 t•o
to 1 each agst Reindeer and Gemma, 14 to 1 agst Indian
S tar.

Won by three-quarter of a length ; two lengths between
second and third.

HENDON RACES.-THIS DAY.

The COUNTIES' STAKE of 3 sovs each, with 20 added,
for hunters ; list 71b each ; Penalties and selling allow-
ances. Three miles.

Comet
Woodpidgeon . ......... (Silkes) 2
The following also ran :—Crucifix (Roberts), King
Arthur (Ellisson).
Betting-5 to 4 agst Crucifix, 2to 1 agst King Arthur.
Won by a length. Winner sold for £4O.

The MIDDLESEX HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 25
added; certain winners 71b extra. Two mites.
Smite ...................(M0nkf0rd) 1
Fairplay (APlrney) 2
The following also ran : Conjuror (Tait), Snagg
(States), Almeric (Ellison).
Betting-6 to 4 agst Sinite. Won by two lengths.

The SELLING STEEPLECHASE of 3 soya each, with
20 added ; four-year-olds, 10st 101 b ; five, list 121 b ; six
and aged, 12st 71b ; allowances. About three miles.
Polly Hopkins .. „ (Knight) 1
Balleycasey.. .... • •• • • (Barton) 2
Light of Other Days . • (J. Reeves) 3
Paleface (Bally) 0
Idiot (Calcraft) 0
Grisette (States) 0
Express
Betting-6 to 4 agst Polly Hopkins, 2to 1 agst Light
of other Days, 4 to 1 agst Grisette.

Won by a length, bad third ; nothing else passed the
post.

The LICENSED VICTUALLERS' CUP of 25 gs ; llst
71b each; certain winners extra. Two miles.

Sir Bobby (Mr. Barry) 1
Ascot (Mr. Martin) 2
Sinite (Monkford) 0
Belphegor (Hogard) 0
Mystery (States) 0
Betting-5 to 4on Sinite. Won by four lengths.

Lord Dundreary and Spiritualism.

MANSION HOUSE.-THIS AFTERNOON.

This afternoon the summons granted against Mr. Cole-
man of 12, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, and 51, Pem-
bridge-villas, Bayswater, a gentleman connected with the
Spiritual Magazine, was heard before the Lord Mayor in
the Justice-room in the Mansion-house. The gentleman
complaining of the article which the defendant had printed
was Mr. Sothern, the celebrated actor and representative
of Lord Dundreary. He denied altogether that there was
the slightest truth in the article, but, on the contrary, the
statements contained therein were false and libelous.

MraSerjeant Ballantine represented Mr. Sothern; Mr.
Lewis, of Ely-place, was present for Mr. Coleman ; and
Mr. Chamberlain, of Basinghall-strect, appeared for Mr.
Kent.

Mr. Lewis said he had been instructed to appear to an-
swer a charge of libel preferred against Mr. Culeman ;
but, as the summons had not been duly received, he (Mr.
Lewis) begged that his lordship would adjourn the hear-
ing of the case for a week, with the view of affording him
an opportunity of preparing an answer to the charge.
And, again he (Mr.,Lewis) was personally unwell, and
quite unprepared to go into the case.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said there was only one ground
upon which he would accede to the application, and that
was in consideration of the ill-health of Mr. Lewis. All
that ho intended to do was to prove the libel, and to ask
his lordship to send the defendant for trial. He then
laid down the law of libel, and contended that upon public
grounds he ought to object to the adjournment, and, upon
reflection, thought he would do so, and he accordingly
protested.
Mr. Lewis hoped the case would not be taken at that
time. He was not at all prepared to proceed, as a portion
of his evidence had yet to be got from Glasgow.

Sergeant Ballantine said they would admit at the part
of the case relative to the Glasgow letter, they wanted to
go on now. He intended to put Mr. Sothern into the box,
not for the purpose of examining him, but to allow Mr.
Lewis the opportunity of cross-examination as to the truth
or falsehood of the charges contained in the libel.

Mr. Lewis said as they were determined to proceed ho
had nothing to do but to get as much as was possible of the
defence entered on the depositions, and therefore he should
put a few questions to Mr. Sotherit.
Mr. Sothern then entered the witness-box, and was

sworn.
Mr. Lewis—ls your name, sir, Sotheen or Stuart ?
Witness Sothern.
Mr. Lewis—And never, I suppose, sometimes Stuart ?
Witness—l was known for some time in America by the
name of Stuart.
Mr Lewis—Did you not originally belong to a theatrical
company in New York ?
Witness—Well, yes.
Mr. Lewis—ln the years 1854 to 1856 ?
Witness—That is so.
Mr. Lewis—And during that time you endeavoured to
teach spiritualism ?
Witness—Quite so. I did so in a free and open manner.
There was no charge made for the instruction. There
were some other gentlemen in the circle of the names of
Harroway, Wolff, Norwood, and others, but I don't recol-
lect of the name of Hooper.
Mr. Lewis—l suppose you had some high personages
come to see your performances.
Witness —Judge Edmonds and other gentlemen used to
come.
Mr. Lewis—And you kept this up for two years.
Witness—Yes. The circles met about once a week, but
we were constantly changing. I was the medium.
• Mr. Lewis—Then the medium was the principal of the
seance ?
Witness—Yes, myself and another named Wolfi.
Mr. Lewis—For two years, then, you admit you prac-
tise deceit, if deceit it was.
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Lewis—Then you admit for two years you were
practising deceit ?
Witness—No, I don't. (Laughter.) Nothing of the
kind.
Mr. Lewis—Upon your oath, did you not practise
deceit ?
Witness—Well, what do you call deceipt. (Laughter.)
You put your questions strong. (Laughter.) I don't know
what you may call deceit.
to Mr. Lew is—Pretending to teach that which you know
be false.
that ; I wished to discover the
Witness—l don't say
truth or falsehood of spiritualism.
Witness—l can't say that. I mus
Mr. Lewis—And it required two yet say
olwas no do. it. t
satis-
fied in less than two years.
ndth e conclusion you arrived at was
toad-
velrsfer.ij A
eswpiirsi—tnaliani.
Witness—Yes. I was nearly convincel the
first day I
tried it, but others were not.
making fools of them ?
told them so (Loud
r
audience that you were
Mr. Lewis—Will you swear that you have told
Witness—Yes, positively,.•
I did '
four years ago.not make it known
laughter.) Mr. Woolf assisted me. I left New York
about three or
before I loft that all I had been preaching was humbug.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Lewis—Don't you know that there are persons who
now believe in what you taught ?
Witness—Upon my soul, I can't believe they do believe
it. (Laughter.)
Mr. Lewis—Do you believe, on your oath, that others
believe it ?
Witness—Upon my soul.
Mr. Lewis—You needn't say that.
Witness—Well, then, really—(laughter)-4 don't think
there is a sane man who has not a few spirits about him.
(Loud laughter.) What I wish to say is that Ido not see
how any sensible man can believe it. (Loud laughter.)
Mr. Lewis here said ho came to a portion of his case that
he could not go on with—l referred to a letter written by
the plaintiff to a gentleman in Glasgow.
Mr. Ballantine—We admit the letter, so you can go on.
Mr. Lewis—l wish much for an adjournment, but as
it is insisted I must go on. Have you been practising
spiritualism since you came to England ?
Witness—Yes, on a small scale—(laughter)—but always
at private houses.
Mr. Lewis —And you have endeavoured to make others
believe that true which you knew to be false.