The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

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THE. LONDON PRINTING and PUBLISH-
MG COMPANY. —At the SECOND ANNUAL MEETING
of PROPRIETORS. held this day at the Company's Offices, Blue-
coat Buildings: the Report and Accounts were adopted, and a Third
Half-yearly Dividend, at the rate of Eight per Cent per Annum,-
was declared, whi h will be paid on the 15th of September next.

C. B. ROGERS, Secretary.
Bluecoat Buildings, London, 25th August, 1855.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
WINTER SEASON, 1855.

HE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH-
begs most respectfully to announce that this favourite place
of amusement will OPEN on MONDAY, Sept. 31, under new ail-
spices, and with a series of Extraordinary Performances. As every-
thing the Wizard lays his hand on necessarily undergoes some
startling charge. the,Lyceum Theatre will, by a wave of his Magic
Wand, be instantly transformed into the Wizard's Psycomantheum
while the class of Enterta'nments presented within its walls will be
as unlike anything that has been seen before as it is possible to con-
ceive. Preparations have been in progress fir many months pest to
produce these Entertainments on a scale of magnitude and excellence
worthy of the Wizard's fame and popularity. Ills assistant spirits
have been ordered to spare no expense in the compounding of their
spells"; and the result it is hoped will be an :Entertainment which,
'or " startling effects," will far outstrip the wildest French melo-
drama ; with " rapid changes" more surprising than an actor's play-
ing twenty parts, in twenty different dresses ; with triclis more
wonderful than those of an adulterating tradesman: and " trans-
formations" which would make the alchemists of old expire with
envy.
Paoimssox ANDERSON (the Great Wizard of the North) having
completed the entire circuit of the globe, and visited almost every
part of Europe, Am rice, India, and Australia, attended everywhere
with a' decree of success •unexamnled, he believes, in the bareer of
any individual aspirieg to the titles of a costrp•peltan artiste, will give
his extraordinary DELASSEMENii MAOIQUES in the aho-Ve
Theatre for a limited period, i‘reparatory to his final retirement
from public life. No exertion will be spared on his part to secure
the continuance of the public favour which he has hitherto enjoyed
wherever he has presented himself. On the Continent. from .t
Petersburg it) Madrid; in America, from Canada to Merico, and
from New York t). San Francisco ; everywhere, in short, have the,
Wizard's marvels succeeded most effectually in "astonishing the
natives" of the various cotintries visited. His performances •have
been prtronized t)y audiences amounting
in the ag-regate to very
many millions ; and he is the only British Professor of his art
,
who, in adaltion to haling been honoured- by all the Courts of
Europe, has also been commandel to perform before her Majesty
•

the QUEEN.
Without aWmptlng to exalt the Professor's art beyond its due
deserts, let it suffice to say it is his art. He has devoted h mself
for ye,firs to the perfecting it, awl rend-ring it more fltred to amuse
and entertain the public. That he has been successful in his efforts
he thinks. from what he has'said, is pretty certain ; indeed a life-
time spent in diligent pnrauit 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 presented at the
Lyceum Theatre. Feats in Modern Magic hitherto unattempted will
be exhibited by the aid of apparatus outrivalling any that has been
previously constructed.
Another feature in Professor Anderson's Delassemens Magiques
Will he a complete disclosure of some of the principal impostures of
the age, with illustrations of the mechanism, mystery, arid 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 ; parado' es, for the lovers of the paradoxical ; wonders,
for thane who like the wonderful ; startling surprises,.'or those eager
for excitement. There will be science for the sage, wisdom for the
philosopher, art for the artistic, and cheerfulness for all. It will be
the Professor's object. in fact, to produce a play each night in which
the audience themselves shall be the actors, and which, whatever
the plot may be, shall. certainlV_be free.from.lhe fault of many mo-
dern dramas—the fault of lacking incident or exciting situations and
unexpected d6.nouernens.
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 etnyt to please the taste of every guest who may honour
hig. 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, September 3i.
The Prices of Admission will be thus arranged :—Private Boxes
(which will be obtainable attire principalLieraries and Mus'esellers,
and at the Box-office), 1/. is. and 1/. Ils. 6d. ; Orchestra Stal's, 45.:
Dress Circle, 35.; Upper Boxes, 25.; Pitt, Is.; Gallery. 60. The
Box-office will be onen from 10 till 5, on and after Wednesday next,
under the direction of Mr. Chatterton.