The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-26
SCIENCE AND THE SPIRITS.
A sHARP DIsCUSsIoN ~ the BRIT
1871 ASSOCIATIONS.
rrof Barrett on Abnormal Conditions OF
Mind - En- periucnts and Incidents Dr.
SInd de In Lnndnn-A Very IiNely Debnte.


FROM me mao" b"S f"NgIW"'
GLASGOW, Sept. 11.-In the Anthropoio-
i, ST.. 10 ,.v prof p,rrett Rad a paper
f'ca' Sect'o"' '"-u'S' i'"'' ""'s 49,, s..,
on some phenomena associated WIN "on0''n"'
conditions Of mind.
mo pr,,.s.,r hsco, hv u,eing tho claims of
i"' i"''SS"' "oN"" " "'N'"-
the subject To be treated In scientihc way Wy
scientific men. and then proceeded to give an
..,. a., 81, ,o.,,,, ox,crt,,cpta na to unesmeric
N"""' y, .','','' ~. 49,. -, -,
effects which had been Hauo IN h's o"" pres-
ence while he was on visit to a friend In West
,,., ,h r,,o ,,,csss ,dopted was tn,t Of giving
nv "" nv -. -, ,,.,. -,
reople particular ooJect anu ftpu"inh lne"
81 look AZ 1t steadily, and the general result was
,,, c,oa,,ct,o, of a aleeuv Atate In which the
'he prouuct,on 81 S'se's s'1'e' :" ~" ."o
,uiject cou'd rcaahN DC haue 10 "e"eNe '"e
IL 90 . mountain and a. At m mark on tina
'''' " 49,, -. n, ,,...s.
nour was formidable oost'cle. Dr. Carpenter
remarked I'm one Of his works that, so far from
a., ,,,.,,,,,..,, hc,,, ansurd or incredihle
NO. ~
they ", re snpiY tnAhitesthl"hs OF conuitloh
90 which we might frequently detect n close
..o.ox,,o,,or !, nm, own consequences Dr.
G roenter maintained that there was no fcundg-
ton for the rapport whcl was said TO exist ne-
~ ,tcu that the ex lHnntion 81 the whole matter
+ 10 he inuhu ID the ihuuehce !" h'ch one VET
nt1orcised over mother M ordinary IIe. lie
Uruf barfctU I'd not mink the phehomena
c.ul. be disi osch ni 50 rea"lN nv ~. ,,,,,n
book. ana gave tne closed v.lwme to gti. She
held y close Co her heeu, u liu" ncnlnu tue ear,
nnd then sdu II see sone'nint lhslue ne oook
with red spots on u. Ito askeo her to count
tho Spots ana she fcpleu ,nat mere were hVe.
which wss uuils correct. 10, me caru was tne
I'VE ~ ulan"hus' Ntl ne was .he pniN lefspn W
theloom VINO .ouIu possibly hANe SHOWN Wnatt
W. az, ~ wns,' an LISP Ssns ne.e VS. suus.
tuttd Tue 4liI ahSMeitu lhht she = NUMBER
~ heaIs So many .hat sue .ouIo not count
them. lnV"rldnly ne iound mat she could give
no information a. TO what was w the book
unless he mad known hin sell what was there.
ALun he told hsr 20 20 IN lniaRinaton 70 ne.
gent street, M l.uno"n ana although she had
never been out OF her ltish village, che correctly
Described shop ~ regent street Oh whieh ne
buppencd 20 be thinking. Then he thought OF
dock IN the same street and on his asking
her tue time sue gave IL TO him according 10 the
:urrect English time.
The Professor went on TO refer TO the wonder
tul writing ieats performed oy Dr. SIade, an
American u edium. who IL nov on visit TO
London. ana appealed 10 tnose pre,ent not 10
rome To me conclusion lbat they must he due
10 tnrosture merely because tney could not
,e submitted tnat the proper plsn was to ap-
point con nlittee OF inquiry; ana not 10 ainw
Inclination we're possible or themselves TO be
mis'ed into thinking they were all an haiiucina-
Non. lthc-rs.l
The President (Mr Alfred Russell walace)
Thought the subject had icen opened IN thor-
ausn,y sclen.nc MN snd e, 90 u wac nhsv
seq 10 low u" nne 20 sPe1h Wno hny~ no.n
nkoi lhc ,aSis' |. hes.s' ne Iopeu wa. gen,
aemen wouiu my r'se 70 ven ' S,,, ufreB
Wnethet or not tue' oe"eNeu III Sp"""a"sui'
Iusar' hsar - ,.,. =, .c.o,,o, q, soroox
Vol. iAn- FOX gave an scconn. oI some ex-
perimsuts whlen mao oeen eonuueteu on mem
bers OF MS own familv. -
W.. Srooses, sos"x,ns a. sp,tltu Is . con
Tended az INST the theory that people were ae-
Iuneu NY" .ue oellei .nht tnS' saN III
lions WIN nesel uV a.. ev. me u al aau.e
ia -, ,,er 80, 49, 4, a,
man u uhton i.I my VonnJu,ei' anu tne', " ~
@ -, n ~ f,'nn t i s.s fIiar
rou'u "A'e 0ee" 'o"iiu ou' ''"k "so' i'i'"''
hear y..,.,., . a., -, ,..,,A
va s I,, IN ~
Wae spn ON, .n'"e invr. 'us" REPRESENTATIVES. !" TUG
p,,ltn s pnehoihn"na. lned, nesn,
1T. tarpe',er, ,eiert' , 70 tne quo.att,ons
ta,u re hau never taken up we Rrounu 'ns.
sclen,,uc men knew e'eiiysniae; ou'' pu tne
&C. uos.,i ,I,ry Ne nckn"w,eSged int tSere
, some PEOPLE wno mao curious power o,
touLut ie'u .ls, Ilu .'iai NJ va. IN 10 49,
sueqlateiy ihvestgsled tns way ~ when INA.
ioNc' Nes eAe' 81, 'noutn VI. tnou u tus,
nal Gus 70 u; 4, was qu'te celta'n wa. ."eIo
were individuals VINO by long ptact,c ,, snu ea
pcrlehee' Daseu On peVuha' iacu'., W .ne,i
0wn, mao tne powef es nrohshS co,d
.luutr inu,va''ons' Wn'oi, .ue, prooa"N no,it A.
not themselves expIsln' OF "hs, was psss,hH W
men e he nelisysd. mad tSis power in wonder
iui degree ana ne reterreu 10 tne tonss nc
ZEN GaS dI nn tS 70 , SnYw nv ntu,,on
tleguentlI MT upon the tIutu o1 In'u'',"u' ~
y lDr. siaos ne Iranky confessed tnat that GET D.
tleman h"d aone tblu9s whlcn had astonlshed
challenged lin TO repeat them 10 his own
house ~ the CON pany OF bis own iriends, and
Dr. slade had agreed TO do SO, and therefore ne
.dsred nm On his tris ana te.,s'h hr iIo"
Miss Lydia Becker, while disoeneying IN spir-
It,. thought the subject deserving OF the consd-
Grafton OF men Ct science. and In proof Of this
mentioned some extraordinary phenomena
which mad been produced through the medium
Of young cousin Of her own.
Mr. Parke Harrison referred TO an American
case In which woman had confessed that she
had been paid to pretend that she wa IN e.
uium.
Inc President said that this woman was after
ward proved to have been telling falsehoods
when he made the pretended confession.
The Rev DR.. Mclwaine Of Belfast impeached
the crediuiity Of Prof Iiarreu's witnesses. lie
knew them al, ana every one OF them was un
trustworthy, especially one who was connec-
uon Of MS own. lLaughter.l He Was man
who denied everything ABOUT religion. IL .ugn-
teri
Dr. NcIiwaine said he would not do so bu,