The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-11

would by this means be demonstrated and
monarchical institutions approved. Such is tho
view OF the case taken not only in Great Bril-
tain, but all over Europe. At the Lesosic fair,
/, which really is the fair of Europe, the oro-
To- zionist proclivities of Old Ben Wade were
freel, canvassed, and the general opinion was
that we were "riding very wild horse" In q
few weeks " will be found that the horse is not
40 verv wild .. ter all, and that whichever way
the imneacbmens ends the nation will be little
better. little worse. Europe wondered at the
war; Europe will won4er more at the result
of the impeachment. The sovereignty Of the
American people will be more a. "a more fact.
The Great English Spiritualist WI Case
Lyon Homo.
We published yesterday four columns of the,
report of the great spiritualistic will case Of
Lyon vs.. Home, which was opened before Vice
Chancellor Giffard, in London, on the 23d Of
April. The plaintiff, Mrs. Lyon, is widow,
about seventy years of age, who seeks to re-
cover money and securities to the value Of
sixty thousand pounds sterling, which, she
alleges, were improperly obtained from her by
the defendant, Mr.. Home, the well known
spiritualist Without repeating all the details
of this interesting report, we may mention
that Mrs. Lyon, ON her cross examination,
testified that she had no attachment what
ever to Mr. Home; that her intimate relations
with him were due simply to ''the power
he had of bringing her into conversation
with her dead husband !" that at her first in
terview with Home her husbands spirit had
communicated with her through the medium
ship of Home, when, as she informed another
Witness Mrs. Fellowes, the spirit chad knotted
her handkerchief" and that at subsequent in
terview 'the spirit, with Homes assistance,
communicated the tidings, Il love Daniel"
meaning, presumably, Mr.. Home-''he is to be
your son, he is my son, therefore yours" The
table then ecstatically kicked up its legs and
the spirit continued, 81 am happy, happy"
According to the report the defendant Home
further informed her that she should adopt
him as her son, that friend of Homes,
named Hall, should be sent for, and that
she should produce stock receipts for the
sum of about twenty-four thousand pounds.
Under the influence, as Mrs. Lyon alleges, Of
Homes spiritual powers and ascendancy, she
went, on the 10th of October, 1866, to the Bank
of England and there transferred the sum Of
twenty-four thousand pounds stock to Home.
Shortly after this Home, at another interview,
assured her that it was the spirits will that she
should destroy her existing will and make an
other will, bequeathing everything she pos
sessed to Home, and that DR.. Hawksley
and Mr.. Ruder were TO be the attesting
witnesses The will to this effect was soon
afterwards prepared for the defendant by
William Wilkinson, solicitor of Lincoln's Inn
Fields, and was executed by the plaintiff and
attested by Mr.. Wilkinson and Mr.. Hall.
Further sums of money were afterwards trans
ferred by her to Mr.. Home. The plaintiffs
property is said to be worth nearly one hun
dred and fifty thousand pounds sterling.
Mrs. Lyon said in the course of her CROSS
xamination:-''Can't tell when my eyes were
first opened. I always disliked the deed by
which was made an annuitant My husband
would never have made me an annuitant under
q spiritual adventurer. disliked it from the
first My spirits were always reminding me
that must execute that deed. That was the
first point that opened my eyes, Another
point disliked was that Daniel told me was
not to go to other mediums" Mrs. Lyon gave
the date 'when," as she said, ''Daniel denied
that the spirits had anything to do with my
giving him the money" She added, ''He
denied there had been any manifestations
during the first seven days of our acquaint-
ance." Mr.. bruce, @. c., in his address upon
the plaintiffs evidence (of the nature of which,
as well as Of the case ITSELF the preceding ex-
tracts will afford an idea), animadverted with
justifiable severity upon this denial of Home
that there bad been any manifestations"
previous to the 18th of October, and upon his
denial that those of this date were produced
by him, together with his suggestion that
whatever communications there were at any
time were caused by the plaintiff herself"
Mr.. bruce also declared, in abiding to the
deed of the 10th of January Nbe assignment OF
The mortgage security, that the recitals that
the thirty thousand pounds were transferred to
Home, ''of her own free will and pleasure
only, and without any influence control or in
reference of the said Home or of any other
person." and again that the settlement 'is alb
solute and irrevocable, and shall in no wise be
disputed or controverted by her heirs,
executors or administrators" were fraught
with suspicion, and showed conclusively
that Home well knew at that time
the transaction would hereafter be impeached
and had the instruments framed so as to meet
the anticipated objections. Nor did Mr.. bruce
spare Mr.. Wilkinson, the solicitor, whose own
spiritual proclivities seem to have prevented
him from asking, as he was in duty bound to
ask when he listened to the plaintiffs narra-