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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. - THIS
, EVENING, and every evening dnrii'g the
aLca-, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC
MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Gyeat
Wlzard of the North in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety
of'reientcaldents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary
ee.l4,agic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment,. pos-
eBlng distinctive characteristics and pecuiiar phases of
„7,llseinent. It is not a monologue, for the audicuce.them-
a'esePerfortn their parts with the principal actor, some of
Feleni on the stave and others in front ; it is not an exhibition,
farm
everything becomes metamorphosed before the
of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any
pbe,„ of
but it is a comedy really performed by the cen-
t; a melodrama replete with startly positions and unex-
inted denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of
treeePtlblic ev.ery night to app,-ar as auxiliaries ; and an ex-
aganza in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond
i.hboned; of probability.
I professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and
Taisibieuable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum
eatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he
titbcen enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con-
)a,„-"ells repetition. He believes that no professor of his art
;at anY time or in any place been honoured with an
1--ellnt of success so extensive, so decided, and so uuusual.
ine, iss79.oa attribute that success to three causes; first, that
u Present entertainment he has placed before his visitors
tthe results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of
rfeeted skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he
ttas travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has
aill no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on
ee-4,4ge in the most elaborate manner, by the employment
th "tie first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly,
4t, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those
it ° honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that
till! Possible to afford information also, and that the oppor-
eveeitY should not be neglected ot exposing conjuring where-
rit has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by
th °rtiiing to the conjui or's arts, in an illegitimate manner,
eee
have succeeded in making dupes of the
ken:,
t.iisteaotrre
t:l:tAnderson
f, e 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro-
bes received, from the time of opening the
up to the present date, bear witness to the great in-
ercet taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst
atatlelY. of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which
tu,,;nd a belief iu the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri-
eeeT,ls,ts." Judging simply by the correspondence which has
Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and
d_a,,iellustratien of the so-called table phenomena,- have pro-
posed a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex-
for p•a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible
rofeesor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the
t'icianateaunications which reach him on the subject. He regrets
many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen
Wh°' from their position in society and their well-known in-
ttellenctual attainrnents, he would least have expected to have
oae.„'„ converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so
er'enei" susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every
s
ng, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on
pirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the
anYdeenrn, how tables can be inatle to rap is exhibited
tlib,elneidatecl. It is respectfully requested that this
A_ Pc exposition will be accepted generally as Professor
Biel exposition
only mode of replying at full length to his
batiltitudinons correspondents He regrets that the
lalaraca of the great and learned of the land should
ave been made to, figure in the documents emanating
tracked
the spirit-rappers, as for instance tbe following, ex-
taeareted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem-
t 29 Paid taken by that journal from tl.e New York Spuri-
;Pi" Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American
rit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster
rankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has
Witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be
thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought
the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the
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-
15i objects about the room, proved to be too much of ques-
tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the
te,O°ve, has recently left England, and the following account ofw
wn, and what be is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. C4B:
who,
young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now
ItalY, is a reraarkable medium for all the manifestations
v_itehout apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout
en,,Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2 000
York, per
per annum if he would perform at his museum in New
b.:rubron:3tatr.num then took it for granted that medium could
l He was somewhat astonished when his offer wasaniftiemd
'Pm° on telling the fact in London lately, simply
skeeePta.le -t7l"'M' rked hodtat the money would have been very
Pfau, !AM, for was poor young (under 2"), an or-
of losii,(2,n very bad health : but he would have been afraid
bie losing his Power as a never, and he would sooner lose
Re
e, The refusal, h male Barnum thoughtful.
all'.ealtneuired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the
one ust humbugs in the world, spiritual withal a conjuror, is
of tl
tale] 'e firmest believers in sm." It is cer-
e,. Y. surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the
:_n.ltorialarticle of au established journal, the editor of whom
Tilght be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe
ssPirit-raPPinea- does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this aecessiou to its adherents? and, with Barnum's endorse-
ro 1)1t to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely
hote negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not
pn'Whin he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of
a ahave the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross
ilewindle, when he finds that the iecumbent of Wortley (the
weivt. J- Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and
iiht, es a book on the subject, he considers it t be time for
it to state that which he knows of the mechanism by wheli
3/: effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the
a;Pin9 Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir
hi, el Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel
atiZrallY with Lord Brougham. He distilletl:y states that
the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that
1,11;-,terappin is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad
how'ees the Morning Advertiser of the following day
Neil ever there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one
e4e°, Was Present when he and Lord Brougham had their
table Was
with the spirits in which the writer says. that " the
(a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most
e r'dr_orclinary manner, and, among other things, a large ae-
tic, `non was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and
.en to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's
-LT`l,),iit band, apart from any person, it played an air through-
,e
th
" Wi such a stateent, printed forfacts eification of
the 19th cemntury, with thebefore us that
people of Most talented men of the day are permitting themselves
14), be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers--that the
greatest novelist of the age is now engaged iu making it the
le,,Jeet of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention"
Profs
actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall,
iert:fessor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual-
be- America, as given by ]En nightly at the Lyceum, will
t received by the people of land as genuine honest at-
.llPts to provide an antidotes for the bane of the spiritual
uggleee.
e, 1.11 the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have
redtyiri the Lyceum Theatre,
—a larger number, it is believed,
_, has ever before been assembled within its walls in so
a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even_
fase. the
programme being continually changed. Grand
einonable Day Performance, or Saturday, October 13, at 2
ienek
1. the programme being thus arranged
art Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinictl
Pabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do
th7nlaelc.that which some suppose to he effected by mestner-
e, ',nd illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in
reAct 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power
t'll:ll.odticing animated nature from fire and water male, and
e•'4 - possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the mo-t
ctriples forms of ornithological existence.
Act 3, Le Livre des Reeueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own
'rocket Rook, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the
meninet's entertainment in the production of the very volu-
nous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude
t;Mt of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears
or its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and
10 bringing fOrth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely
Place for to be found.
Act 4. Magieal. Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou-
ble, In which Will be comprised—the A,iventures of a Wed-
ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfer-
Illation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article
b 5 the position which would seem the moat inappropriate.
• Act 5, L'Ecrin de Vern; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into
Which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent,
and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present,
the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport
itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed
incited, and 'the key in the possession of the audience. ,
Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency
Of Opacity,
Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine
Spirit Store. An improvement upou the " inexhaustible
eottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in-
exhaustible but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the
ee
Wcrd
om of cod, pr sod,
übutter-milk,
,ps
be, whisky, salts,mman Port, Sherry, oducing
brandy, gin,a-waterr
a,7eag, er any ot wine or spirit required finally
Zving to be filled her
with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry,
neeuPying the whole space when tightly packed.
0_
s Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose
and
ernrit-rapping. introducing the spirit-rapping table
tocsin
of the invisiblcs.
thAet. 9. rnd Mysc Aalgam, in whh the property o
Wizard'Gsa patronsti willm undergo some strange metamor-
f
it)"°ses: and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become
lransformed into tl7e flags of victory—the banners of Eng-
and, Prance, Turkey, and Sardinia.
Act. 10, The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which ho who
Vats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to
traudience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi-
v,nk as peculiar as perplexing.
et 11 Th M f d Chest ; or, the
Nucleus • ys ery 0
of theC Night't s 'Wonders.the ToCharme comprehend which the
ofdlence will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part
• le
Lau. evenig the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin)
into all things will travel, and out of which
al "'l • ,
will produced.
boAnct. 2, The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest
rite to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of
of tng our:elves of a tronblesome frieud, and the advantages
or, uT e
newly-discovered clia-terrestrial passage from the est.
to the eastern hemisphere.
boo
rs open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8.
t"vate boxes, it, Ils. 6d. and 11. ls., to be obtained at the
ci°rXi,ne: or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress
110; -"o,`'s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, 18. ; gallery, 6d. The
of -14°'nelo is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction
fer,allieeleatterton, jun. Grand fashionable, Morning Per-
ri Saturday, October 13, at 2 o Doors open
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