The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-11 00:00:00

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/ T. HALL'S
MR. SPENCER
TuREs 01 NT MESMERISM.
Ster T. Hall, S en
On Tuesday evening, la. /Ts
I a series of lectures
the Phrenn-Magnei, comma. 9c" _ New AS'
15 science, in the oon..
this interesting and mysteriot
We had Dimes •
sembly Rooms, Harrison-road. lre tore,
eluded that mesmerism had becv.-ene a thread!).
__;,,od
but the well-inPr7
and little regarded by the public;
reputation of Mr. Hall as a lecture:, and the startt
nature of the phenomena he educes, brothetog'e!Del
large and respectable audience, who manifested, 1.1 P 2::
sable, a greater interest in the wonderful experunv:
submitted to them than we have witnessed upon an.f
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vious occasion. The lecturer commenced by a few it;
ductory observations, and quoted somewhat largely In,.
old authors of acknowledged merit in proof that •ine.sTr.
rism is no new science. Upon the conclusion 01
most interesting lecture, he announced his intention
submitting a series of experiments, but requested,
r;
the audience would elect a chairman to watch an
port the proceedings. The assembly with one
elected Major Pollard, who in obedieace to the gene'''.
request took the chair. on err
The experiments then proceeded, and were of
tirely different class to those submitted to
is
audiences upon previous occasions. The patients
anon
operated upon were in a vigilant state': A young ton.
the name of Holbrook was operatedupon in this in— one
his arms were extended, rendered rigid, ailld then by,
waive of Mr. Hall's hands both arms were'
Two powerful gentlemen were then requested t
the arms, and prevent their contraction. The siiiiso
being given that they were ready, the experilnen
made, and despite their endeavours, both arms wers
stantly contracted. A young man of the name of 17_
a compositor in the Guardian office, was introduf;
and several most curious experiments performed To
him. His hand was fastened upon a chair by tw of,
three motions of the hand of the operator ;.Lees wtwf„
fered any sum of money if he would remove it ! Ile,":0. •
contrca,
hot
but in vain ; a few moments after the hand was be
off from the chair, as if by some serious impulse, and tbo.
was offered 201. if he would place his hand 11134r1,
chair ; he tried, but found himself absolutely riv
the spot and unable to move even as much as a ?",o.
breadth. A little boy from Bradford was then ;test
duced, and several similar experiments were percrwwo
upon him. Mr. J. H. Mitchell offered the little feu,str,
sovereign if he would only take his hand from the not
and held the coveted coin before him ; the boy IR° to
wistfully at the tempting gift, and exerted his ntavostbteir
win the prize, but in vain. The audience expressed loch
astonishment at the almost incredible experiment wtheo •
they themselves witnessed. The three patients were, wok
thrown into the most grotesque shapes ;. with defog
limbs, the St. Vitus's dance, palsied arms, and in °lto
stance one of them was struck dunt:l at the will
_,‘sr,
operator! All this may sound strange,
selves we are only recording facts which were wiLit.,°fised
by hundreds. One of the patients was uns:llersv,%74
,but we pledgee; ei
with his finger pointing towards a given object, `pd
dared his utter inability to stir. Money,.
every inducement were offered him, but to Ilt,r-te, OP,
Holbrook and Lees were then placed back to 11 area
by a few passes of the hand inseparably fastener. 700
together. Their endeavours to get from each odic xtor
laughable, and was only effected by Mr. Hall deninejad"
rising them. The influence of music (by Taylor's m'tteili
rule band) was then tried, and several most belitiolots
and astonishing effects were produced. At the concloo,
of the lecture, a vote of thanks was given by acolt.o
to the Chairman, who in reply passed a glowing o'll
upon Mr. Hall ; the Gallant Major said that • ntchot
he had been surprised at the experiments which.'"tore
witnessed as performed by Mr. Craig, he was stw
astounded at what he had witnessed that evening togs
audience then separated, wondering " how these tj
could be ?" na'4l
On Wednesday evening the room was crowded's.; oe'
the request of many parties present, several a t-vviiiick
vious evening's experiments were repeated, during,„lool.
a singular and somewhat painful circumstance Oct ort
Mr. Hall is not, apparently, afraid of having th avtl
four patients under the mesmeric influence .-
at o-toe,
the same time, and moves among them with the loss
ease ; but there is evident danger in allowing gena
promiscuously to meddle with the parties operate.„ei
while in a state of coma. During the course of some 5)-7.0
experiment upon what phrenologists term thenrg(4.o:
tune, several phrenologists were invited upon the Ye
form, and, while Mr. Hall was attending 1,0 flood
patient, Mr. M'Taggart incautiously placed ink% 10'
upon different parts of the head of Holbrook,
,_llsjOr'
soon after thrown into convulsions, with loce.'"iotiff
The audience were detained three quarters of anntafier
with the joint endeavours of Mr. Hall and Mr• e`odur
gart to demesmerise the patient. The lecturer s;:sof
buted the cause to what he termed cross-mes°,l°,lol
certainly the young man appeared to suffer great]
was not able to have any other experiment Per ;00
upon him the whole of the remaining part of the ev`•,„ter
Mr. Crossley, of Dean Clough Mills, wished tO ;Os
duce to Mr. Hall a young man, whom he was certsVO
lecturer had never seen before, and upon whom 118 pre
Crossley) was anxious to see if any effects would 11;1011/
duced. Mr. Hall allowed the young man (Baxer`‘nr tie
come upon the platform, and in a moment olv
the young man found his arms extended, On as
as two pokers ! The terror depicted in his cottoo poor
as he eyed each limb, and felt his awkward,,,, 1'
tion, produced shouts of laughter from the audience'
working-man came forward, who was said `dies'
confirmed stammerer • his friends and several ye
gentlemen attested the fact; in a short time 11,.,e.1ter
correctly, fluently, and pronounced the word
„rote
bury with great rapidity of utterance Mr. 11",, tos'
mised to give one of his friends some instructo.l ,
1
to act, and expressed his belief that the man wer„
effectually cured Several most wonderful exper'ool
were performed by uniting the patients with A
eachiolesl,
fastening them to the platform ; removing then, ""ille
sure ; and then by a few twirls of the hand 10 01
them spin round, contrary to their own will, Itifer,
audience were dizzy with beholding them.
startling musical experiments were also educe('_ 117:
the most astounding phenomenon was the suF"„
dreaming, or something else, of one of the 10111'ne" its;
at the close of the lecture, and which seemed tO
the audience. The young man was about to be "oat'
when he suddenly laid himself down, and cool 0e!
making a series (apparently) of astrological els, pifj
the carpet ; a sheet of paper was given him all 01:1
cil ; the latter he refused, and taking out a Pe,_ -peoL.
knife from his pocket, he pointed and cut tuenten
(withont injury to his fingers) and then wrote 0
tion that but it would be unwise in us tO p
The lecture shortly after terminated, and the *u
separated tenfold more amazed than ever. "
as sBet.
On Thursday evening, the splendid rooms'Toe
crowded. Previous to the commencement of the
ments Captain Stansfield, of Field House, was „Clit
the chair, and read a paper which had been Pof
hand, and which stated that in consequenceooll o
Hall's interesting experiments, a Medical Cotoe
tb
had been determined upon in Halifax, to hle,s-e; ettsl
truth, or otherwise, of' mesmerism. Dr. Otis- tne!,,f,
that this resolution had been come to by .tue,sesn,4,
gentlemen irrespective of their belief 1n40741,
ism. Mr. Hall then proceeded with the exile st!'4,
and succeeded in bringing out several vellolbrog
phrenological manifestations in the patient
is ip
He then educed several wonderful experilnelifolbro
vigilant state. In one of them he placed loot
Lees, and a little boy back to back in a cluster, glit
6"°,
the
the same time a slight motion with his own back' e
r
sum of money was offered if the trio wcni,dhesr I
but in spite of all exertion they clove toge4i ,ew,tetl
operator attracted them to himself or !True ing
pleasure, fastened them to the ground, and theunto of
them round. In another experiment the r 0001!0;
fore fingers of two young men were placed id- bf $
a sudden jerk was given by the operator, all, 406'00
means or other the two young men were, tineetsd 0
each other by their finger-ends. Every inu.,ue-se ; L'lrr
offered them to separate, but all to no Pu'r-be Or d°
moment one of them disengaged himself, but irresiLber
stantly attracted back again, as if by soule;bO P-411
impulse, and until the operator simply hfte our
they were inseperable ! Our limits preven",flystePtir
merating many other equally startling_andt,:s he
experiments. We perceive that Mr. 0,00106'
duced to give three more lectures, and We,
readers they will miss a treat if they neglecveerv,nue
Mr. Hall is incomparably the best lecturer we
on mesmerism, and his experiments are perfec'i
and unequalled.—Haqax Guardian, March 2.
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FIRE AT BROMPTON.—On Saturd --l-ioa
ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises ocelot/0 0;
Eyres, facing the Swan Tavern, Old Bromptos% bieg t
lost after the discovery was first made in disPa'etsstiotgait
cessary intelligence to the different engine-5 Wt.-00
Carter and Fogs soon arrived with the Countiop0;000;
and the King-street Brigade engine. The the adtoley
great fury, and speedily extended itself to bel efl;
building termed Heath Cottage, and from thenelgre 11: ir
in the occupancy of Mr. Lyater. The flames "0-,c14;00..
tirely extinguished till about half-past eleven cesbqk
very considerable damage has been done. ;'l,srii/i.1140`
buildings belonging to Mr. Joyce, consisting 11' at 0 •
and a shed, are burned down ; the greater P
Cottage is also destroyed.
BIRS.
On the 4th inst., at WestonTH
-super-Mare, thelsa of
lady°fs.
Goodwyn, Esq., Madras Civil Service, of a son. the
sreOwningthto, Esq., AD., of a son.en7thinsti.,atKno
le House, Franc,
e la y
off
On the 7th inst., at Upper Woburn-place,
k. the I
Hussey, Esq., barrister, of a daughter-
On the Bth inst in Kent-terrace, Regent s-P
of John Dangerficld, Esq., of a daughter.. 101''
PhippsO n t
jh.e
Hornby,7th inst., at
LieutenantA l l Saints;
MARRIED. southter:
to Frederica, third daughter of Peter Breton, ,eorg:
.ter„;c0„1,
House, Southampton. Westune- room
On the 7th inst., at t. John's, • porthvo
Douglas Aubin, Esq., of Devonshire-street, istaer
Ellen Frances, eldest daughter of Mr. Henry.
surgeon, of the Horseferry-road, Westminster'
de°
DIED. 011 TO°
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On the 29th of December last, 11114 of MO 11•0011
action with the enemy at the battle_ toot , _no
nChtbuerchlioz.Lrroor
Lieut. Charles Newton, of the 16th low tiCallr
belovea
John Newton, Esq., of Calverley Park, cftr.-
Grenadiers, in the 23d year of Isis age, the
unbridge
formerly of South Lambeth, county of SurreL Golf
On the 10th inst., at his house in UPPe'
John Morice, Esq., F.S.A., aged 76. a OS. 0116
Helen, 'ot
On the 19th of January, at Cannanor,
On the 9th inst., Sir Henry Halford, Bart, gelvife a
Bl
sge_ect
Cheape, Esq., Madras Medical Service.
00 thethe 2:dt hinustlt; atat Ucxlithtriond,gGe,ulkelrrnst•seJ3,•,Tetbeaerrilin'e' re'
the late Anthony Priaulx, Esq., aged 71. e 441°11
On the 6th inst., at Putney, Richard Le ; fwlbar_4o4.4.
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