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... | {{Style S-Small capitals| The}} Rev. Bourchier Wrey Savile has just issued a second edition of his valuable and interesting book on “Apparitions,” published by Longmans and Co., and in it he gives fresh instances of the seeing of spontaneous apparitions by persons not Spiritualists. In the preface he says:— | ||
{{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|10-245}} | I am indebted to the kindness of George Sparkes, Esq., of Bromley, Kent, for the following very singular incident connected with that eminent states-'' ''man, Warren Hastings, who together with Lord Clive and the recently deceased Lord Lawrence have done more than any other of our great men to found and preserve to our descendants the finest empire in'' ''British India which the world has ever seen. Mr. Sparkes informs me that one evening, when his great-uncle, Joseph Cater, Esq., then secretary to Warren'' ''Hastings, was sitting with the Supreme Council of India, in the Council Chamber of Calcutta, Mr. Shakespeare, one of the members, suddenly looked up, exclaiming, “Good God, there is my father!” The whole Council then saw a figure of an unknown person glide through the chamber into another room which had no outlet, and disappear. What particularly attracted the attention of the Council was the fact that the figure appeared with a hat of unusual shape, commonly known in our day by the name of “chimney-pot.” The Governor-General was so struck with the occurrence that he ordered a minute to be made of the matter, and placed in the record-chest; and where it may possibly still remain. In {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|10-245}} | ||
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Legend
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An Apparition Seen by the Supreme Council of India
The Rev. Bourchier Wrey Savile has just issued a second edition of his valuable and interesting book on “Apparitions,” published by Longmans and Co., and in it he gives fresh instances of the seeing of spontaneous apparitions by persons not Spiritualists. In the preface he says:—
I am indebted to the kindness of George Sparkes, Esq., of Bromley, Kent, for the following very singular incident connected with that eminent states- man, Warren Hastings, who together with Lord Clive and the recently deceased Lord Lawrence have done more than any other of our great men to found and preserve to our descendants the finest empire in British India which the world has ever seen. Mr. Sparkes informs me that one evening, when his great-uncle, Joseph Cater, Esq., then secretary to Warren Hastings, was sitting with the Supreme Council of India, in the Council Chamber of Calcutta, Mr. Shakespeare, one of the members, suddenly looked up, exclaiming, “Good God, there is my father!” The whole Council then saw a figure of an unknown person glide through the chamber into another room which had no outlet, and disappear. What particularly attracted the attention of the Council was the fact that the figure appeared with a hat of unusual shape, commonly known in our day by the name of “chimney-pot.” The Governor-General was so struck with the occurrence that he ordered a minute to be made of the matter, and placed in the record-chest; and where it may possibly still remain. In <... continues on page 10-245 >
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London Spiritualist, No. 387, January 23, 1880, pp. 38-9
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