A correspondent of the same serial gives the following facts:--
"On the 1st October, 1865, I attended a _séance_ at 13, Victoria Place, Clifton, where the younger Mrs. Marshall, the well-known medium from London, was staying.
"I had previously prepared, as a test, a series of written questions inserted in a book and numbered consecutively; my wife, who was present, was by the usual method put in communication with the spirit of her mother, and the following are a few of the results. It is important to observe that no clue was given to the medium, or to the others present, as to the nature of the answer required, the questions being put in the following form:--'Will you answer the question No. 33?' &c., and as the answers were occasionally given in a different form from what was anticipated, though still quite correctly, these two facts taken together conclusively prove, as it appears to me, that the answers were neither the result of any knowledge on the part of the medium, nor any 'reflex action' from the mind of the interrogator.
"The spirit having been requested to answer the question numbered 33, viz.:--'Will you spell the name of the place where we lived when you left this state?' The reply, spelt through the alphabet, was 'Aust.'
"Question No. 34 having been put in the same manner, viz.:--'Where was your body buried?' The reply was, 'Saint George's.'
"No. 35.--'While your body was lying in the coffin, was anything put in the hand?'[51] Reply, 'Yes.'
"No. 36.--'What was it?' Reply, 'A sprig of myrtle.'
"No. 37.--'By whom was it put there?' Reply, 'Thomas Bowman.'
"No. 38.--'Who else were present at the time?' Reply, 'Ann, Tommy and Mary Bowman Bryant.'
"Many other replies were given of an equally satisfactory character, but I must not further trespass on your space. I would merely remark that the answers in each case were quite correct, and that the events referred to occurred upwards of forty years since."
Again, Mr. James Howell, of 7, Guildford Road, Brighton, writes as follows in the "Spiritual Magazine" for November, 1867:--
"When I was at the Marshalls' last summer, a circumstance, unknown to anyone present save myself, was made known to me by unaccountable means. The name of a young lady who suffered and died from spinal complaint in the year 1843 was correctly spelled out, and the date of her death given. I was most intimately acquainted with her. She was good, pious, and highly intellectual. To her I owe my knowledge of the French language, and my love of its literature. I was not thinking of her at the time; in fact, she was furthest from my thoughts; yet her name--a very uncommon one, you will admit--was given correctly, 'Aletta V----.' Now I am honest enough to confess that a million guesses would not have guessed that name. I was astounded and affected; for it brought back to my mind a rush of thoughts, happy and sad, of those evenings when I sat by her bedside listening to her sweet voice, and imbibing the original thoughts which sprang, not only from a well-stored mind, but one instinct with genius. Twenty-three years had elapsed from the time of her death; she had often promised to communicate with me from the spirit-world, if it was possible, and now that promise was fulfilled, even in the presence of others."