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London, England, 1855-08-18 00:00:00

BIRTHS.

BALDLY—On the sth instant, at Duffield, near Derby, the wife
of Captain Charles Yelverton Balguy, late 42nd (Royal High-
landers), of a daughter.
DARLING—On the 19th ult., at Government house, St. John's,
Newfoundland, the wife of hia Excellency Charles Henry
Darling, Esq., of a son.
LONGMORE—On the 6th instant, at Springfield•house, King's
County, the wife of A. A. Lungmore, late Captain 26th Regt.
of a son.

[ETHUEN—On the 12th instant, at Corsham•oourt, Lady Me-
thuen, of a daughter.
RACY—On the 14th instant, at Brighton, the wifo of the lion.
Charles Hanbury Tracy, of a son.

MAIIIIIAGES.
HARTOPP—HOWARD—On the 14th instant. at St. James's,
Westbourne-terrace, J. W. C. Hartopp, Esq., late Captain 17th
Lancers, to Charlotte Frances, daughter of the late Edward
Gyles Howard, Esq , nephew of the late Duke of Norfolk.
HATHWAY—ROE—On the 14th instant, at Paddington, Henry
Hathway, Esq., Lieut. of 14th Light Dragoons, to Julia,
daughter of F. Herbert Roe, Esq., Q.C.
DPNAIR—DIXON—On the Bth instant, at Humbleton, near
Hull, Robert, son of the late Lieut.-Colonel James hPliair,
K H., to Charlotte Helen, daughter of the Rev. Isaac Dixon,
vicar of Garton _ _ _

REYNOLDS—YENc Is—On the Bth instant. atßradford Church,
near Taunton, Somerset, Wm. Reynolds, Esq., of Wellington.
Somerset, to Emma, daughter of Major R. L. Lewis, late of
H.M. 20th Regt.

DEATHS.

CLAYTON—On the 12th ult., at Sebastopol, of a wound received
on the 18th of June, Robert John Browne Clayton, aged 20.
FAUNCE—On the 10th instant, at Pinner, Middlesex, Brydges,
widow of Lieut.• Colonel Fiume, of the tth Regt., aged 82.
HOOF—On the 11th instant, at Madeley-house, Kensington,
Wm. Hoof, Esq., aged 67; and, in a few hours after, from the
sudden shock, Elizabeth, his wife, aged 56.
LUSHINGTON —On the 11th instant, at Paris. Henry Lushing-
ton Chief Secretary to the Government of Malta, aged 43.

PLAYFAIR—On the 13th instant. at Riddings-house, near
Alfreton, Margaret Eliza, wife of Dr. Lyon Playfair. aged 34.
THORP—On the 22nd ult., at Balaklava, Sergeant• Major Thorp,
of the 4th Light Dragoons, aged 35.

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SATURDAY/

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
WINTER SEASON, 1856.
THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH begs most re-
spectfully to announce that this favorite place of amusement wi
OPEN ou MONDAY, Sept- 3rd, under new auspices, and with a
series of Extraordinary Performances. As everything the
Wizard ►ays his hand on necessarily undergoes some startling
change, the Lyceum Theatre will, by a wave of his Magic Wand,
be instantly transformed into the Wizard's Psycomantheum•
while the class of Entertainments presented within its walls will
be as unlike anything that has been seen before as It is possible
to conceive. Preparations have been in progress for many
months put to produce these Entertainments on a scale of mac.
nitude and excellence worthy of the Wizard's fame and pope.
larity. His assistant spirits have been ordered to spare no
expense in the oompounding of their spells ; and the result, it is
hoped, will be an Entertainment which, for - startling effects,"
wi►l far outstrip the wildest French melodrama ; with " rapid
changes" more surprising than an actor playing twenty parts,
in twenty different dresses; with " tricks" more wonderful than
those of an adulterating tradesman; and "transformations"
which would make the alchemists of old expire with envy.
PROFESSOR ANDERSON (the Great Wizard of the North)
having completed the entire circuit of the globe, and visited
almost every part of Europe, America, India, and Australia,
attended everywhere with a degree of success unexampled, he
believes, in the career of any individual aspiring to the title of a
cosmopolitan artist, will give his extraordinary DELASSE-
IdENS MAGIQUES in the above Theatre for a limited period
preparatory to his final retirement from public life. No exertion
wil► be spared on hi■ part to secure the continuance of the
public favour which he has hitherto enjoyed wherever he has pre.
seated himself. On the Continent. from St. Petersburg to
Madrid; in America, from Canada to Mexico, and from New
York to San Francisco ; everywhere, in short, shave the Wizard's
marvels succeeded most effectually in "astonishing the natives "
of the various countries visited. Ills performances have been
patronised by audiences amounting iu the aggregate to very
many millions; and he is the only British Professor of his art
who, in addition to having been honoured by all the Courts
of Europe, has also been commanded to perform before her
Majesty the QUEEN.
Without attempting to exalt the Professor's art beyond its due
deserts, let it suffice to say it is his art. He has devoted himself
for years to the perfecting it, and rendering it more fitted to
amuse and entertain the public. That he has been euccessful in
his efforts he thinks, from what he has said, is pretty certain ;
indeed a lifetime spent in diligent pursuit of excellence in any
art, whatever it may be, can scarcely fail in producing some degree
of efficiency. It is the result of this long study that will be pre.
sented at the Lyceum Theatre. Feats in Modern Magic hitherto
unattempted will be exhibited by the aid of apparatus outri.
railing any that has been previously constructed.
Another feature in Professor Anderson's Delassemess Magiques
will be a complete disclosure of some of the principal impostures
of the age, with illustrations of the mechanism, mystery, and
mischief of Spirit-rapping, Table-turning, Clairvoyance, and other
delusions, to be classed generally under the now popular head of
the " sell " theory. In the Wizard's performances there will be
found mirth for those who seek merriment, mystery for those
who fancy the mysterious, paradoxes fen the lovers of the para-
doxical, wonders for those who like the wonderful, startling sur-
prises for those eager for excitement. There will be science for
the sage, wisdom for the philosopher, art (or the artistic, and
cheerfulness for all. It will be the Professor's object, in fact, to
produce a play each night hi which the audience themselves
shall be the actors, and which, whatever the plot may be, shall
certainly be free from the fault of many modem dramas—the
fault of lacking incident or exciting situations and unexpected
dinouemens.
Such will be the general character of the Wizard's Banquet of
Wonders. It will be an ordinary to which he will welcome all.
The bill of fare will shortly be published in the programme now
preparing; and Professor Anderson. the carver of the feast, will
spare no effort to please the taste of every guestwho may honour
his table with his presence—cutting it fat or lean as each may
wish.
The Royal Lyceum Theatre will be opened by the Wizard of
the North, as his Psycomantheum. on MONDAY, Sept. 3.

CREMORNE.—Admission, ls.—The coming
Week will be inaugurated by a REPETITION of the
GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE which took place in the
Ashburnham Grounds, and which excited such intense Interest,
and received such high unbounded patronage on Monday evening
last, and which has determined the Proprietor to place it before
the general public, with all its brilliant, varied, and effective fea-
tures, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, on which days, as
well as the intermediate ones, every successive hour, from three
till twelve, will be marked by those artistic exhibitions and al
fresco pleasures which has secured this property the designation
of " The Paradise of Cheapness," and the " Garden of the
World." Open free on Sundays, by refreshment card, ed. Table
d'HOte at Six, 2s. Rd. Haunch of Venison at Six.

DOSA BONHEUR.—In consequence of the
late arrival of Mlle. Rosa Bonheur's Picture of the HORSE
FAIR, the French Exhibition of Fine Arts will remain OPEN
till the Bth of September at 121, PALL-MALL.

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