The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-08 00:00:00

tempts 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 in 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. The 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.
Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox; exemplifying the power
of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and
the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most
complex forms of ornithological existence.
Act 3. Le Livre des Reeuails Choisies : or, Puck's Own
Pocket Rook, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the
evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu-
minous from a small volume, iu the extraction of magnitude
,nt of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears
For its existence, in discovering odd things hi odd places, and
in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely
place for to be found.

Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou-
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 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
'tself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed,
'ocked, 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
and Spirit Store. An improvement upon this " inexhaustible
bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only bo 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, rum, whisky,
noyean, or any other wine or spirit required ; and finally
proving to be filled with pocket handkerchief's perfectly dry,
and occupying the whole space when tightly packed.
Act 8. 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 patrons will undergo some strange metamor-
phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become
transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of ELF
land, Franee, Turkey, and Sardinia.
Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who
seats himself will be 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 ‘lahommed's coffin)
in mid-air, 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 troublesome 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, 1/. 1 ls. 6d. and 11. Is., to be obtained at the
Box-office, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress
circle, 3s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, Is. ; gallery, 6(1. The
13,x-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction
of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per-
formance on Filaturday, December 8, at 2 o'clock. Doors open
at half-past I