CLAIRVOYANCE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 160, 16 November 1868, Page 2

CLAIRVOYANCE.

The following is taken from the Bendigo Independent of a recent date : — ; Eight gentlemen accepted the invitation of Professor Hume, and attended at the

Bfianij^ciron'Wednesday evening to hear the of a clairvoyante. The medium 'was a lady residing at Long Gully, who had called in the forenoon in company with her son for the purpose of having his head manipulated. During the interview which resulted from this introduction, the lady informed Mr Hume that she was a clairvoyante, and at his request she permitted herself to be mesmerised. Her son being the only person present, Mr Hume requested a gentleman connected with the Shamrock to go into the room aud put what questions to the lady he thought proper, aud in consequence of the peculiar statements the lady made with respect to himself and his family, Mr Hume requested her to favour him with another visit during the evening, when he would have a few others there to hear and see and judge for themselves.-- On going to the Shamrock at the appointed time we found the lady there, accompanied by her husband, and. as soon as the i remainder of those who were invited made their appear- . ance their curiosity was gratified in the first place by seeing the subject put into a state "^ of Clairvoyance, and she was then submitted ' to a.series of questions' by soine of the gentlemen present. The answers given to some of them were certainly strange and beyond our comprehension. Relations of ; those> ' examining the lady were described ' satisfactorily to those inquiring about them. One of those present has a broQer-in-law residing in South Australia. The gentleman's sister was, according to his statement, accurately depicted, and ' afterwards her husband; the most extraordinary part of the affair, being that the gentleman in South Australia had one of his hands .- blown off some years since, and without having any intimation of this further than s being asked, "Do you see anything the ' matter with him,- Mrs — ?" The same gentleman who had his one-handed brother- . in-law described' to ' him was taken rathe? ' aback by some information possessed by the lady as to the personal appearance of a friend whom he stated to the company he had not seen or thought much about for a number of years. After the lady had been relieved by Mr Hume out of the mesmeric state in which she had been, she was put into the same condition again at the special request of a well known gentleman, who has recently taken up his abode in Pall Mall, who "wished to ■ ask the lady one or two questions." He was evidently sceptical, and proceeded in his peculiarly quiet and deliberate manner to make minute inquiries respecting absent members of his family. As we have not the pleasure of knowing the ladies and gentlemen who were " conjured up " in the mind of Mrs , we must take the gentleman's word about the accuracy of : the description given. His opinion waa ; (after it was all over), " You know, sir, I do noi believe in it, but it certainly was very extraordinary." Two ladies — residents one in London and the other in New Zealand — were described to their brother. According to the clairvoyante, one was a "merry, thoughtless looking lady," and the other quite | the reverse, which was stated by Mr to be strictly correct, there being a peculiar diversity in the temperament of the ladies. Without offering any opinion as to what we witnessed on "Wednesday ,weare perfectly satisfied that there could have be«n and was no collusion in the matter. It was impossible that some of the statements could have besn { made from information received. ]