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ELECTION 01 ALDER:II-AN ANIL
STPEET PPARD.4r"imMI,
Yesterday the Lord Mayor held a cou'rt'of
for the election of au alderman for Bread-street ward, in
the place of the late Mr. Alderman Lawrence. The
only candidates for the office were Mr. Lawrence, son
of the deceased alderman, and Mr. Donald Nicoll, •
member of the Court of Common Council.
The precept having been read,
The LORD MAYOR said he had the honour to preside
for the purpose of performing one of the moat important
duties wifich the Lord Major ha 'l to discharge, and be.
gofc
fei rieu eeon
ot e ring x
press
corporation—the i uponthe
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strong
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labusinesste of
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Alderman
regretn
im a eneti
thatntg er he eebxnpecgee-
rienced at the loss of one of the most efficient members
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(Hear, hear.) Their late representative was a man who
had bought his experience by mixing with the world.
He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, a
good magistrate, and one who was not only anxious to
do his duty to his fellow-citizens, but who probably
knew the history and affairs of the corporation better
than any other person. (Hear.) It was now their duty
to send an efficient representative to the Court of Alder-
men in the place of their deceased friend. (hear.)
Mr. T. HUTCHINSON said ho had great pleasure in pro-
' posing Mr. Lawrence for election as alderman of the
ward. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") Mr. Lawrence
was the son of the late alderman, a man who had filled
the office of common councilman for a great many eears,
and afterwards that of alderman, and to whose memory
they owed a debt of gratitude. As an instalment of that
dtshie the o
r. Lawrence
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the or
and integrity, but also a man of fortune and education,
and in every respect qualified to discharge the duties of
the office. (" Hear, hear," and "No, no.") He had
been born, brad, and brought up in the ward. He had a
good example before him in the career of his father,
which he would doubtless follow out to the greatest ex-
tent. (Cheers.)
Mr. G. SHERRIFF seconded the nomination.
Mr. MooeE, in proposing the nomination of Mr. Nicoli
said he could assure the meeting shit he should not utter
one word to disturb the harmony of the proceedings as
far as his hon. opponent was concerned, for he was a
gentleman whom he had known for a great many years,
and he was sure that the high esteem in which the late
alderman was held gave the son a legitimate claim to the
suffrages of the electors. The gentleman, however, whom
be (Mr. Moore) had the pleasure of proposing, was not
connected with business in any way whatever, his time
was entirely at the disposal of the electors, and had Mr.
in
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been a member of the Court of Common Council for
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about five years, and had also held the office of sheriff
He was also a magistrate for the county of Middlesex,
and had been elected frequently chairman in the district
the estimation in which he was held by his brother ma-
gistrates.
Mr. WALPIN seconded the nomination.
No other candidate having been proposed,
Mr. LAWRENCE, who was warm'y received, rose and
said, that in coming before the voters as candidate for
the office of alderman of the Ward •f Bread-street, be
felt himself surrounded by so many kind friends of
his late father, that he could hardly find words to ex-
pre,s the very great obligations which he was under to
them. The only doubt that appeared to exist in the
minds of the friends of his opponent was in respect to hie
(Mr. Lawrence's) experience and capability for under•
taking the duties which had been FO ably performed by
his fa her, and he appealed to the members of the ward,
who knew him well, if they had ever known him under-
take anything which he had not suc <reeled in carrying to
a satisfactory termination. (Cheers.) Wnen it was a ques-
tion of experience and of fitness for the office, he was
prepared boldly to meet his opponent in respect to 'any
matters connected with the City of London. For a very
lone time he had taken great interest in everything con-
nected with the corporation, and there had been hardly
a meeting in that hall, or a wardreote that he had not
attended. He entertained the views that his very kind
and revered parent held with respect to the system of
municipal government as opposed to the system of cen-
tralisation which it had been the fashion in latter days to
bring into vogue. The very essence of the liberties of
the country depended upon local institutions, and the
libel ties of the citizens of London depended upon their
managing their own affairs. From his acquaintance
with the internal working of the corporation in its dif-
ferent depart-nents, he challenged proof that it 'Was not
as well conduce,ed as any of the d?partaients connected
with the Government of the country. (Cheers.) Any
other ward than Bread-street would equally have served
the perposes of his opponent, but it had been his (Mr.
Lawrence's) ambition to be the alderman of Bread•
street ward only.

August, and the Adjourne
baying been read—

It was moved by Charles Horton Pulley, Esq., seconded by
Joshua Clark, Esq.,—
That the Report of the Committee of Investigation, ap-
pointed on the 31st day of August last to inquire into the
affairs of this Company, and which has been distributed
among the Proprietors, be now taken as read, and be received
and adopted, and yte red on the proceedings of the Meeting
of this day.
Upon which an Amendment was moved by Daniel Maclaurin,
Esq., and seconded by Richard Sedgwick, Esq.,—
That the Report of the Committee be now received, and
that this Meeting be adjourned to Friday, the 4th January,
i 556, at 1 o'clock p.m.
The Amendment and the original Motion having been put,
the original Motion was declared to be carried.
John Knight, Esq., demanded a poll.
Upon which, the Chairman declared that the poll would
commence half-an-hour after the close of the Meeting, and
continue till six o'clock in the evening; and would be con-
tinued from day to day up to the same hour, and would
family close at 4 o'clock on Friday, the 14th hist, when
the number of votes would be declared.
Thomas Sherwood, Esq., and Joseph Box, Esq., were ap-
Pointed Scrutineers.
It was moved by Charles Horton Pulley, Esq., seconded by
Joseph J4cobs, Esq., and carried—
That the continued sacrifice of the interests of the Eastern
Counties Railway Company by Mr. Waddington, during the
time that he has held the office of Chairman of the Board, dis-
entitles him to the further confidence of the Shareholders, and
that he no longer be the Chairman of the Board of Directors
of this Company :
That his pay as Chairman do cease and be determined t om
this day, and that he be requested to resign his seat at the
Board.
It was moved by J. S. Barnes, Esq., seconded by Charles
Horton Pulley, Esq., and carried—
That an inventory and valuation of the assets and liabilities
of the Company, in every respect, be forthwith prepared, by
or under the direction of the Committee appointed at the
last meeting of the Shareholders, and published, and that a
further account be also prepared by the same Committee,
showing the amount of moneys misapplied, and debts con-
tracted by the Directors, contrary to powers or terms of the
Acts of Parliament relating to the Eastern Counties Railway
Company, or any of them, and such accounts be forwarded to
each sharebolder.
That the opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor General be
taken, under the direction of the same Committee, as to
whether the Directors who have sanctioned, or been parties
to such misapplication, are personally responsible to the
Shareholders—and if so the proper and best means to be
adopted to compel such Directors to account for and repay
the moneys so misapplied.
It was moved by Charles Horton Pulley, Esq., seconded by
Philip Van de Wall, Esq., and carried—
That the Committee of Investigation, consisting of Horatio
Love, Esq., Edward Ball, Esq., M P., Thomas Christy, Esq.,
J. T. Norris, Esq., Jeremiah Pileher. Esq., Hy. Soper, Esq.,
be, and they are hereby appointed, to continue their labours
until the half-yearly meeting, iu February next :
That the said Committee be authorised and empowered to
eoufer with the Board of Directors, and to make such sugges-
tions and recommendations from time to time as they may
think necessary, either as to present or future contracts, bills
in Parliament, the appointments of, the- continuance, or en-
gagements with officers, or in any other and all matters affect-
ing the administration of the Company's affairs or the inte-
rests of the Shareholders :
That for such purposes the Committee be authorised to
employ such clerks, or to obtain such other assistance as they
may require, and to call for all books, documents, papers,
and persons under the management or control of the present
Executive of this Company :
And ;hat the Committee be requested to report their pro-
ceedings to the Shareholders as soon as they are in a position
to do so; and that no order of Mr. Wadding,ton's be attended
to from the present time
It was moved by Robert Alexander Gray, Esq. ; seconded by
Robert Dawbarn, Esq., and carried—
That those Directors of the Company who, by the evidence
adduced before the Committee, are proved not to have
watched over the interests of the Shareholders, in the dis-
charge of their duties, be, and they are hereby, requested to
resign their seats at the Board.
It was moved by Horatio Lova, Esq. ; seconded by Robert
Dawbarn, Esq., and carried—
That this meeting cannot refrain from expressing the high
estimate in which they hold the services of Mr. Bruce, as a
Director of this Company ; and that Mr. Broadbent, Mr.
Margrave, and Mr. Simpson, also deserve the thanks of the
meeting for the valuable services they have rendered to the
Shareholders in assisting the Committee in their labours.
The demand which .John Knight, Esq., made for a poll was
withdrawn by him, and such withdrawal having been sub
mitted to the meeting, the same was agreed to unan'mously.
DAVID WADDI'GTON, Chairman.
J. B. OWEN, Secretary.
Bishopsgate Station, Dec. 7, 1855.

No. 19,714.]

[PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D-

!empts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual
ugglers.
In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have
visited the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed,
than has ever before been assembled within its walls i❑ so
short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even.
ng, the programme being continually changed. Grand
fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, December 8, at
2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ;
Part 1. —Act 1. Tho Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical
Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do
by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer-
ism, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in
the air.

Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of
Chancery in England.

BANKRUPTS.

Alex. ItlcCarrol, music seller, Brighton, to surrender,
Dec. 19 and Jan. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfeld, official assignee ; Barron aid Clarke, Blooms-
bury-square.
John Solomon, beer merchant, Vine-street, Minories,
Dec. 18 at two, and Jan. 15, at half-past one, at the Court
rf Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Leverson, St.
Helen's-place, Bishop Tate.
Sadler Smich, carrier, Holywell-row, Shoreditch,
8 and Jan. 15, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Wright, Lincoln's-inn-
fielas.

Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power
of producing animated nature frost fire and water only, and
the possibility of elicitityz. from the simplest elements the most
complex forms of ornithological existence.
Act 3. T.:: Livre des Recuoils Choisies : or, Puck's Owu
rocket Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the
evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu-
minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude
out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears
'or its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and
;n bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely
place for to be found.
Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Tron.
ble. Iu which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed-
ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor-
mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article
in the position which would seem the most inappropriate.
Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verre; or, the Casket of Crmsus. Into '
which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent,
and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present,
Lite Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport
tself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed,
'ocked, and the key in the possession of the audience.
Act C. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency
of Opacity. _ .

Bernard Hagen, merchant, Aldermanbury, city, Dec.
21, at lrdf-past eleven, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. 8011, official assignee, Coleman-
street-buildings ; Dean, New Broad-street.
John Virtue, carpenter, Alfred-mewsP Tottenham-court-
road, Dec. 21, at twelve, and Jan. 17, at two, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings ; M`Duff, Holborn.
Thomas Peregrine Courtcnay, cowkeeper, Thames Dit-
ton and East Moulsey, Surrey, Dec. 14, at twelve, and
Jan. 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrance, Plows, and
Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Hugh Baird, linen draper, Sheffield, Dec. 22 and Jan.
26, at ten, at the Leeds District Court, Sheffield. Brewin,
official assignee, Sheffield ; Terry and Watson, Bradford ;
Bond and Barwick, Leods.
William Edward Brockett, money scrivener, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, Dec. 17, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 25, at
twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater and
Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
John Granger, licensed victualler, Blackman-street,
Southwark, Dee. 18 and Jan. 15, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Shaen
and Grant, Kennington-cross.
George Frederick Hipkins, patent spring manufacturer,
Birmingham, Dec. 21 and Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Bittloston, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Smith and Elkington, Birmingham.
Stephen Jackson, manufacturer, Sutton, Yorkshire,
Dec. 18 and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Loads District Court.
Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Paget, Skipton.
John Butler, jeweller, High-street, Rochester, Dee. 14
and Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen-
nell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Jones, Chan-
cery-lane._

Act. 7. A Now Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine
and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible
bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in-
exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the
word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk,
Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, run'', whisky,
noyeau, or any other wine or spirit required; and finally
proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry,
and ocenpying the whole space when tightly packed.
Act S. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose of
Spirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and
tocsin of the invisibles.

Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of
the Wizard's 'patroUg;..Will undergo some strange metamor-
phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become
transformed into the victory—the banners of Msg.
land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia.
Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of CORMS, in which he who
seats himself will he under the magic spell, and appear to
the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi-
tion as peculiar as perplexing.
Act 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the
Nucleus of the .Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the
audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part
of the evening, the chest suspended (like 'oaliommed's coffin,
in mid-sir, into which all things will travel, and out of which
all will be produced.
Act. '2. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest
Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of
ridding our-elves of a trolblesome friend, and the advantages
of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west-
ern to the eastern hemisphere.
Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8.
Private boxes, 11. Ils. 6d. and 11, Is., to be obtained at the
Pox-office, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress
circle, 3s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, Is. ; gallery, 6d. The
Blx-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction
of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per-
forinanee on fkaturday, December 8, at 2 o'clock. Doors open
at half-o,oa 1

James Worthington Mande, lighterman, Nicholas-lane,
Lombard-street, Dec. 21, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 26,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Surr and Gribble, Ab-
cimrch-hine.

Henry Francis Norton, brush seller, York-street, West-
minster, Dec. 17, at half-past two, and Jan. 15, at half-
past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee, Sambrook-court ; Johnson, Chancery-lane.
James Lewin and Thomas Lewin, wine and spirit mer-
chants, Liverpool, Dec. 20 and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liver-
pool ; Dodge, Liverpool.
Arthur Richard Fry, builder and provision dealer, Sun-
derland, Dec. 18, at eleven, and Jan 17, at twelve, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as-
signee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Harle, Bush, and Gaskell,
Chancery-lane; A. J. and W. Moore; Sunderland.
Thomas Sutcliffe Sladen, corn and flour dealer, Manches-
ter, Doc. 17 and Jan. 23, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester;
Hiy-
son and Robinson, Manchester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
William and Andrew Walker, builders, North Berwick,
Dec. 7, at twelve, at the George Inn, liaddington.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the lit day of Dec., 1655.
ISSUE DEPLSTMENT.
Notes timed •• 24,580,570

Government debt.... 11,015.10 C
Other securities 2,984,9, 0
Gold coin and bullion 10,,58(,b70
Silver bullion ...... • • -

£24,580,573

X 24,580,570
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 6th day of Dec., 18,

B•NHINO DE

pARTMEra.

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ................ 3,185,588
Public deposits tin-
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and

Government secnrities

(lncludg.Dead Weight
Annuity) .......... 10,275,480
Other socurittes 18,8F8 757
Notes .... • • 5,505.485
Gold and silver coin.. 646,537

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS
EVENING, and every evening during the
week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC
and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great
Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety
of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary
effects.
•• ~• Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos-
sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of
amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them-
selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of
.•• them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition,
• for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the
• eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any
ono thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the eons-
, pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex-
,• . erected denouements; a. Jnagnificont spectacle, with 2,000 of
the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and au ex-
travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond
the bounds of probability.
Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged anti
'ashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum
Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid lie
has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con-
inuous repetition. He believes that no professor of his art
has at any time or in any place been honoured with an
amount of imecess so extensive, so decided, and so unusual.
Re would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that
n his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors
the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of
perfected skill in ono peculiar art, and to perfect which he
has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has
spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on
the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment
of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly,
that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those
who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that
it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor-
unity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring wher •
ver it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by
re-sortiug to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner
the designing have succeeded in making dupes of th•
credulous.
The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pre
fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening th •
theatre up to the present date, hear witness to the great in-
terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst
many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dancers which
ttend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri-
tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has
resulted, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping and
his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro-
duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex-
pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible
for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the
communications which reach him on the subject. He regret,:
that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen
who, from their position in society and their well-known in-
tellectual attainments, lie would least have expected to have
1 een converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so
easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every
evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on
spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the
Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited
and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that tlik
pulleie exposition will be accepted generally as Professor
Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his
multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the
names of the great and learned of the land should
have been made to figure in the documents ernanatine
from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex-
tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem-
ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri-
tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American
spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster
frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what lie has
witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to he
thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought
the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon Llie
solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial,
actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits
who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate-
; ial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a ques-
tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the
above, has recently left England, and the following account of
who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Trerald, No. 645:
—" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now
in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations
without apparatus. Barnum. who is well-known throughout.
the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendidhumbug, offered him 2,000
dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New
York. Barnum then took it for granted that medium' could
be bought. Ho was somewhat astonished when his offer was
refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply
and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very
acceptable to him, for lie was poor, young (under 20), an or-
phan, and in very bad health : hut he would have been afraid
of losing his power as a medium, and ho would sooner lose
his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful.
He inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the
greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is
ene of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer.
t•tinlY surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the
editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whore
might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe
in spirit rapping--does spirit-rapping gain or lose be
this accession to its adherents ? and, with Barnum's endorse
ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more
-to be negotiated? Professor Anderson would believe not ;
but. when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of
Feagland have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross
a swindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the
Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts Lis belief in it, and
writes a book on the subject, be considers it t be time for
him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which
it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the
Morning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir
David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel.
in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that
which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night--that
spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bail
purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day.
. however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one
who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their
seance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the
table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most
extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a largo ac-
cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and
then to Lnrd Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship'e
right band, apart from any person, it played an air through-
. out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of
the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that
the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves
to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the
greatest novelist of the age is vow engaged in making it the
subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention"
has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall
Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual-
ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will
by realived by the people of England as genuine honest at-

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Mr. NICOLL, who on rising was loudly cheered, said
that probably at no period of the history of that ancient
city was it more immediately necessary that the elec-
tors should take care whom they selected to take the
reseonsible position of aldermen of the City of London.
(Hear, hear.) The question of municipal or local self-
government was to a great extent about to be placed on
its trial. The le port of the Commission of Inquiry
into the state of the Corporation had yet to be con-
sidered, and he trusted that when the proper time
for the consideration of that subject arrived, every
right-thinking man would give his best attention to it—
the best attention that could come from those who were
well-wishers towards the noblest municipal institution
that ever existed in the world. (Laud cheers.) One of
their greatest lawgivers, in speaking of the City of Lon-
don, had said it had been the cradle of English liberty,
and had disseminated the love of free institutions, and
particularly of local self-government, wherever the Bri-
tish race assembled together, and were under the protec-
tion of British laws. (Cheers.) He trusted it would not
b sr i I of Bread-street Ward that they had taken a leap
in the dark, and had to depend upon bare hope for the fu-
ture. (Laughter.) It was quite true that in civil as well as
in military life they sometimes heard of a heaven-born
genius, without tuition and without any practical know-
led e e whatever, suddenly becoming master of a situation ;
but such characters, it was well known, were, like angels'
visits, few and far between. (Renewed laughter.) Hs
i Mr. Nicoll) therefore apprehended that the best course
for the electors to pursue upon the present occasion was
to select one who at all events had done suit and ser-
vice, and who was ready and willing to do it again.
He challenged any man, in the course of his public
career, to point out any unworthy act that he had com-
mitted, whether as Sheriff of London and Middlesex, or,
again, as magistrate of the county; and as his friend
had reminded them that he had lately sat as chairman
of the division to which he belonged, either in that ca
pacify or as a member of the Common Council be (Mr.
Nicoll) defied any one to point out any act of which he
should be ashamed or a hich should render him ineligible
for the high offica of alderman. (Loud cheering.) The
Corporation of London were before both Parliament
and tl.e public. With regard to the reformation of the
Court of Aldermen and Curt of Common Council, the
part he had taken might be very simply described
as his votes were recorded, and might be thus epi-
tomised. He had conscientiously voted that alder-
men should appear before their representatives periedi-
c illy. He believed that as men were ob.iged to appear
before their constituents to be elected members of Par-
liament at certain fixed periods, the same rule ought to
apply to the election of aldermen for the City. (Hear. )
Whilst he had ever been ready t I promote judicious im-
provement, ho had never desired to sweep away the
socuecnh e d
that had arisen from time to time, but leave
eted to them
fabric
new entirely,tno ladri and hsetawould,
irather
ff than
the foundexticrn
excrescence
a posi-
tively c e a
and unimpaired the graceful outline transmitted
o llusion be hoped
by their fathers. (Loud cheers.)
thatp o
r ,r thei, contest3,r—
it should be ; and,
Lis opponent and himself desiredhetrusted that they should
whatever the result might be,and that the amenities
part as friends and good citizens,
disturbed. (Loud cheering.)
of the ward might not be
know whether Mr.
Mr. OCTRAM wished to
f shortening theduration of the office of
was in favour o
alderman?
any single
ianmgl e not
questionprepared
connectedan
T ask might
hb
ee
question,
or
r n answer
with.,e spiritra whichroer
ye cor-
porate ruo.
ah,nladon bands,
o'clock
kd
was
carried reformmLylslveilll c tlI
untiloc aE
: I have the whole scheme before me.
Mr. keUTRA
for shortening the duration of office of alderman ?
Mr. LAWRRNCE—lndividually I have uo objection how
often election takes place.
LOUD Mr. OUTRAM—That is not answering the question ;
that is shirking it.
Till the whole scheme is before me I
will not pledge myself to any portion. (Hear, hear, and
marks of disapprobation.)
Tlle
de-
clared the election to be in favour of Mr. Nicoll.
A poll was then demanded on the part of Mr. Law-
rence,] l jiwasA Y fixedend then
yet noN ti
it o.a kkLeaa
s‘, showplacer ene
Lawrence,
morrow Mr. Mr.
Nicoll,l(117 LAWRENCE—TiII
seconded oaCynE d
A vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor, proposed by
carried unanimously amid considerable cheering, termi•
nated the proceedinge.

Dated the 6th day of Dec., 185,

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 4,
1855, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable
thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British Possgssions in America 3Bs. 3d.
Muscovado, the prodnEs of the Mauritius .. 39a. 51.
Average of the two foregoing descriptions ... 381. 3d

VEGETATION IN THE TEMPLE GARDENS.-It is well
worthy of remark that Mr. Brooms considers that at no
time in hies experience has the vegetation of these vener-
able gardens been so healthy as during the present year.
Some old hawthorns have flowered lather vigorously— a
circumstance he has not before noted ; and he has been
able to rt:a.r two or three white rose; no red ones. He
thinks it is owing, in some measure, to the steam-packets
and manufactories near the river not sending us so much
of their smoke now as formerly. Perhaps when we
get more completely rid of the metropolitan smoke the
red and 'white roses may once more bloom in the Temple.
---The Builder.

MYSTICRIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE AT WRITRY.—On the
night of 11tEonday, Nov. 26, between 9 and 10 o'clock, a
woman dressed in black, and apparently middle-aged,
walked backwards and forwards for some time in Bag.
dale, Whitby, with an infant in her arms. She entered
into conversation with several persons, asking them
where Mr. Keane, the incumbent of the parish, resided.
She ultiloately accosted a little girl named Pinkney,
and haviag givenher the infant, directed her to take it
to Mr. Keane's to be baptised, and that either she or
" Mary Jane Brown" would await her return. The
girl Pink ney accordingly carried the babe to Mr.
Keane, srho told her to take it away and bring its
mother_ The " woman in black" was, however, not to
be found,. and Pinkney, after pacing the street with her
strange lsaarden, being afraid to go home, and crying
loudly, attracted the notice of a woman named Tagart,
who took the infant back to Mr. Keane's, and, by his
direction, retained it. It was eventually taken to the
poorhouse, where, after strong convulsions, it died on
Tuesday night. It was a female child, and appeared ta
be about three days old. In order, if possible, to afford
some clue to the unnatural mother, Mr. Stonehouse,
photographic artist, has taken collodion pictures of its
body for exhibition. Before its death, it was baptised
Mary J.toe Brown." The York Herald of Saturday
states tha t the offender has not yet been traced.
[ADVERT' SEMBNT.I—SIGIir AND 'LURING. —DEAFNESS AND
DEFECTIVE - VISION RELIEVED.— Messrs. S. and B. Solomons,
opticians, 319, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, Observe—oppo-
site the Irork Hotel. Deafness—New Discovery.—The
Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly-
invented istrument for deafness, entirely different from all
others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or
probably. e veer can be, produced. Being of the same colour
as the skin , is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to
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By her Ma iesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and
extraordin.try improvements in the most powerful and
brilliant 'Pe,lescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per.
spective Cao sses, to know the distances of objects viewed
through t hem—of great importance to the army, navy,
and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary
powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-
piece, dill how distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturns
n 1,4
ring,
and the double stars; with the same telescope
can
seen a person's countenance three miles and a
of larger and all
and an °bisect from 16 to 20 miles. They are of
their vary-
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- --
THE AMERICAN SHIP CONSTITIITION.---LT lIRPOOL, to
Thursday.—This unfortunate ve:sel has been burnedeither by
the water's edge,—every effort to save her,n.
scuttling or otherwise, proving unsuccessful.the
is floating about the river, but that
consisting of wheat in bags, flour, lyaewfinagenddsritlwstieeen:r'chwaTorilgbldioe:
it is hoped, be saved, though
underwriters in Eng-
etisons towed d
andon shorecargo nearisaNboz
Nt-fieITIPI,TarTsEeSofirErLeSE..
Frnearsrt;'. spar
&vcaluehaovfetbh
30,0001., but it is fully
insuredtes
land and the United
—The announceivma
'llona Intelligcnei e, that the French
eeenv
by
promulgated a decree allowing foreign.
tnTawtNh e° OF
letterF ° RErf
pondent of the
FRENCIINATURAnLit9SI
Governinenlsttathio:bneg atnralised, and acquire all the advan
nto the French flag, attracts much at.
built vessels
.
tages aprer
tention amongst our shipping merchants and builders,
who generally regard it 55 one of the most important
movements for their interests that has taken place for
many years. Notwithstanding the admission
of all the
material for shipbuilding into France duty free, there is
no doubt expressed that our mechanics will still be able
to turn out as good, if not superior, vessels as those in
the shipyards of France at a less figure, notwithstancliv_
the ten per cent. assessment upon them. If this indeed
a t:
be so, France is so much in want of shipping that 0 have
inclined to think our yards, which for a long
1-rj...eacal
been almost deserted, will display an activitytral..Ye '
d gave
Ito the days when the wants of the California .__
them such an impetus.—No(ional ( U.S') 1746 "Y"co..