"Again--our attention was directed at different times during the night to certain sounds on the bed's-head and walls, resembling the scratchings of two or three fingers; but in _no_ instance were they '_the clawing of a voracious animal after its prey_.' During the night I happened to leave the spot in which the party were assembled, and to wander in the dark to some more distant rooms in the house, occupied by no one member of the family (but where the disturbances originally arose), and there, to my astonishment, the same scratchings were to be heard. "At another time, also, when one of Mr. Stewart's children was requested to hum a lively air, '_most scientific beatings_' to every note was distinctly heard from the bed-head; and at its close, '_four blows_' were given, louder (I think) and more rapid than any which had before occurred. "Neither ought I to omit that, at the commencement of the noises, several feeble '_moans_' were heard. This happened more than once; after a time they increased to a series of '_groanings_' of a peculiarly distressing character, and proceeding (as it seemed) from the bed of one of Mr. Stewart's children, about ten years of age. From the tone of voice, as well as other circumstances, my own conviction is, that these '_moans_' could not arise from any effort on the part of the child. Perhaps there were others present who might have had different impressions; but be this as it may, towards daybreak four or six shrieks were heard--not from any bed or wall, but as hovering in the atmosphere in the room, where the other noises had been principally heard. These screams were distinctly heard by _all_, but their cause was discoverable by _none_. "These, Sir, are the chief events which occurred at Syderstone Parsonage on the night alluded to in your paragraph. I understand the '_knockings_' and '_sounds_' have varied considerably in their character on different nights, and that there have been several nights occurring (at four distinct periods) in which _no noises_ have been heard.