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leatigie and 4ystery is an entirely new entertainment, Pos.
aw 1 distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of
Belyllsernent. It is not a monologue, for the audience them.
thap„e° Perform their parts with the principal actor, some of
f 14,0 n the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition,
ec;e„.m°llgh everything becomes metamorphosed before the
eii."4,_.•f the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any
; but it is a comedy really performed by the Qom-
pe,L; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unea-
tha7 denouements; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of
tip public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ez-
the V2lansa, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond
e'unnds of 'probability.
furqessor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and
eZionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum
Ctre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he
Jt,larl enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con-
k-47;14 repetition. He believes that no professor of his art
'benne inerrotiAir ititli.
"ot of snocess so: extensive, so decided, and so unusual..•
it brould attribute that success to three causes; first that
44 8 Present entertainment he has placed before his visitors
jeeults of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of
144"°eted skill in one Peculiar art, and to perfect which he
'ravelled the globe in every clime; secondly, that he has
oa-ere'' no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on
efti:''age in the most elaborate manner, by employment
that ° first mechanicians and artists of the day the ;
and thirdly,
hn' while endeavouring to provide amusement for those
it ;;e " °nellr him with their presence, he has not forgotten that
twit Possible to afford information also, and that the oppor-
epee T. filleuld not be neglected of exposing conjuring whore-
re% " has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by
the rteg. to _
the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner,
keduteasiguing have succeeded in making dupes of the
tTile 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro-
hmo:. Anderson has received, from the time of opening the
lereere 111) to the present date, bear witness to the great in-
raalT taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst
stetl,of theth bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which
bee; ". a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri-
te-874448." Judging simply by the correspondence which has
/ale pled, Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and
ustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro-
-1461, a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex-
fer e a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible
eo,...erefemor
Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the
tbalnuinications which reach him on the subject. He regrets
1/1),; tileanY of these should come from ladies and gentlemen
tell Lroin their position in society and their well-known in-
h_ectual attainments, he would least have expected to have
e4lll converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so
eeeaT susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every
alibiing, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions en
LyeattLaPPing are expressed, and every evening, within the
Its how tables can be made to rap is exhibited
kihi?iticidated. It is respectfully requested that this
eekid: exposition will be accepted generally as Professor
kietill°ll's only mode of replying at full length to his
ktkestudinous correspondents. He regrets that the
of the great and learned of the land shou'd
ve b
fro, eeti made to figure in the documents emanating
tZtsbe sPirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex-
ee-31 from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septern.
and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri-
reerit'.elegraple It purports to emanate from an Amerman
frehkiraPer, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster
vet)) '3' confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has
theeeessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be
thel'nghly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought
tahl`tlhole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the
seee,°7l of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial,
b 0 hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits
tihurelothed themselves for the time, and moved mate-
cluieets about the room, proved to be too much of a ques-
tionabofor them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the
vph:°, bee recently left England, and the following account of
es. -Land what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648:
ir;;ta, is young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now
Wit nIY: is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations
• P-- apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout
ilenglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2.1100
Yerraper annum if he would perform at his museum in New
be b' Barnum then took it for granted that medium- could
ref-ea:ight- He was somewhat astonished when his offer was
kid • • Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply
efte_uotestly remarked, that the money would have been very
ii:Ptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or-
ef in, and in very had health : but he would have been afraid
lea Zug his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose
13,3 ...e• The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful.
nlequired into the subject ; and now Baru m, one of the
eatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is
titiaiv°' the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer-
snrPrising to find such a paragraph as this in the
>hitorialarticle of an established journal, the editor of whom
ip gjt,,b° supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe
tble a,, -`-`itsrapping does spirit-rapping gain or lose by
aecession to its adherents and, with Barnum's endrokrsie
atoie3it to e it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more e 3
beta negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not
4,,when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church o
.
'and have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross
. ndle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the
Z,' N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and
hbw"ls a book on .the subject, he considers it t be time for
It jel4 effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the
"„eeinl Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir
iz;‘' Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel,
ItheceraPanY with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that
spirit, he Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that
Peept-raPPing is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad
he, es°s• In the Morning Advertiser of the following day,
whoever, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one
lea was present when he and Lord Brougham had their
üblil_ee with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the
a, ° (a largo dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most
.".oedr4°rclinary manner, and, among other things, a largo u-
tile toll 'was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and
then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's
iifht hand, apart from any person, it played an air through-
out" With such a statement, printed for the edification of
the Most talented men of the day are permitting themselves
e,,,.1)0 deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the
Utest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the
hart of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention"
actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall,
f2fessor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual-
beof America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will
teraPts received by the people of Englan as genuine honest at-
„ege provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual
ib
ere.
,1181;11, the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have
shim
the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed,
i''ool_.has ever before been assembled within its walls in so
rt a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even.
R, the
few Programme being continually changed. Grand
2 ,lanable Day Performance, on Saturday, December 8, at
peek ; the programme being thus arranged ;
"* "1. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical
baPabilitiee of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do
by lnagie that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer-
tbe);ir'id illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in
eeAet 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power
theroducing animated nature from fire and water only, and
ee Possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most
"utnPlex forms of ornithological existence.
p Act 3- Le Livre des Reeueils Choisies or, Puck's Own
:eket Book,
ATAwith Puck himself within it. Typifying the
t
em—"nge entertainment in the production of the very vein-
-1)--notis from a amall volume, in the extraction of magnitude
flit of nlinutetess, in developing bulk where no space appears
iiolr its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and
, bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely
Act Nice for to be found.
4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trott-
,b°. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed-
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.
d.ot 5. L'Ecrin de Verre; or, the Casket of Creesus. Into
nich, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent,
• suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present,
Lue Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport
j‘,7,lf, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed,
-""Khel, and the key in the possession of the audience.
Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency
of OPacity.
Aet. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine
L,,,
Spirit store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible
e-a'tles,” inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in-
"austible but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the
..01.1 of e'eramand, producing soda-water, butterh-milk,
-soul salts, Port, Sherry,
kove,and
wed; finally
eee•_ll, or any other wine or spirit requ
brandy, gin, ram,
!roving ta be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry,
cud occupying the whole °e •- space when tightly packed.
,
w_Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose of
..I)tellib•raPping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and
""es, in of the invisibles.
wizard
9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of
ho wizard's atrons will undergo some strange metamor-
Z°Bes, and, Pamongst others, their handkerchiefs become
ielisformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Dig
France Turkey, and Sardinia.
Act, 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who
'eats 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
atteleus of the Night's Woolers. To comprehend which the
audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part
of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin)
In mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which
all will be produced.
Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest
Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of
ridding ourselves 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, 12. lls. 6d. and 1/. ls., to bo obtained at the
Box-office, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dross
circle, es. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, 6d. The
Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction
of Mr. Chattorton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per-
formance on Saturday, December 8, at 2 o'clock. Doors open
at half-pat 1.

UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, London.
DIRECTORS.
FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Chairman.
HENRY HULSE BERENS, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
John Dixon, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bari John ‘lartin, Esq., M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
T. Hankey, Esq.. ‘t.P. James Morris, Esq.
John Harvey Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq,
George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch. Esq.
John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq.
AUDITORS.
A. W. Roharts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq.
George Keys, Esq., Secretary.
Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par-
!lament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of
he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Bate of Premium
without participation of Profits.
The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860, when
11 participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year
it Christmas, 1559. will be allowed to share in the Profits.
At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total
,eversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have eseee&d 913.000.
At Christmas last the Nssuran,e3 in torte amounted to upwards
4,240,0001. ; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more
than 200,00/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the
Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001.
FOREIGN RISK s.—The Extra Premiums required for the East
and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the
"nited states of America, have been materially reduced.
INVALID LIVES.- • -Persons who are not in such sound health as
xould enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums,
may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.
LOAN'S granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
Attained in each case a value not under 501.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received
and registered.
Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for
Policy Stamps.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances effected upon every descrip-
tion of property, at moderate rates.
Losses caused by Exidosion of Gas are admitted by this Company.

PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the SMITHFIELD
CLUB.—The Annua! Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots,
Implements, &c., ommencen on Tuesday Morning, and clo'ies on
Friday E,,ening, —llth, 12'h, 13th, ant 14th December. BAZAAR,
KIN ;-STREET, and BAKER-STREET. Oden trom daylight till
ne in the evening. Admittance One Shilling.

TO BE SOLD, a large and handsome CHATEAU,
ou the bank of the (Inform's, near one of the stations of
the Southern Rallwa,; with Park, Orchard, Running Water, and
300 hectares of Arable Land, prolucing an average income of
24, 00 fr., clear of Taxes. The Climate is excellent. Apply to M.
O. Bonsquer, 4, Rue du Cerf Volant, Bordeaux.

GUILDHALL, November 29, 1855.—The Com-
mittee for Letting the City's Linda will meet at Guildhall, on
IV r.D • Es' DAY, the 12th December next, at One o'clock precisely,
to receive Proposals for Building Leases for 810 years. from Ch-ist-
mas 1855, of several Plots of Ground on the north side of Worm-
wood.street, Bishop.gate. Also, to receive proposals for a Lease of
a House. No. 54, on the north si +e of Featherstone-street, Finsbury,
for 12 y ears (less 3 day.), from Christmas, 1855.
Plans of the property may be seen, and further Particulars end
forms of, tender obtained, at the Architect's Office, Guildhall.
FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller.

GENEE kl", POST-OFFICE, DECEMBER, 1855.
THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL will receive
Tenders for the supply of WAX, COM OSITION, and TAL-
LOW CANDLES, and OIL and SOAP, for the use of this office,
during the year 1556.
The Tenders 'nust be delivered at the Secretary's lbepartment of
this office, at or before noon, on Saturday, the 22d instant, and they
must he enclosed in sealed co are, addressed to " Her Majesty's
Postmaster-General," and endorsed, "Tenders for Candles. &c."

TVI_IDDLESEX PRISONS.—To Bakers, But-
chers, Mealmen, Oilmen. Grocers, Brushinakers, Leather-
ellers, Woolhndrapers, qoapboilers, and others.
WANTED, at the House of Correction, at Coldhath-fields and
Westminster, and at the House of Detention at Clerkenwell, SUP-
PLIES of the undermentioned ARTICLES viz., about 19 cwt. of
Bread daily, in loaves of various weights ; good Ox Beef without
bone, consisting of clods and stickings; Ox Heads. weighing on an
average 23 lbs. each ; Mutton, consisting of bread-, necks, and ribs;
Molasses, Sucar, Rice, Potatoes, Scotch Barley, Oatmeal, Salt, Soap,
Oils, Leather, LinendraperN , and Woollen Cloth.
Persons willing tocontract may see patterns and samples, according
to which the tenders are to be made, and obtain the necessary
forms of tender, upon application at either of the said Houses of
Correction.

....
Sealed tenders arc to be delivered before half-past 10 o'clock
on FRIDAY. the 14th instant, at the Sessions House, Clerkenw 11-
green ; and the persons tendering, or some authorised agent, must
be in attendance there at 11 o'clock precisely on that day, with the
names and addresses of two responsible sureties. The Visiting Jus-
tices do not bind themselves to accept the lowest, or any of the ten-
ders.
Dated this ISt day of December, 1855.

CHAS. wRIGHT,
CHAS. P. ALLEN, Clerks.

TO LOVERS OF FISH.-100 GENUINE
YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., oack ige included.
THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP

ARTICLE OF FOOD
forwarded to all parts, on rec •Ipi of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0.
(preferred). tend full and plain direction, county, and near•st sta-
tion.—Addre‘s THOS. LETTIS, Jun.. Fish Curer, Ot. Yarmouth.
" This is the third season Mr. Lettis has supplied us with Yar-
mouth bloaters, and we find the quality excellent.—J. Brashowe,
house steward. Blenheim Palace. - Oct. 20, 1854."
" Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out your genuine bloaters, I
shall be glad to have a supply as usual; those I had last year gave
great satisfaction.— A. F. Courroux, Ambassador's Cant, St. James's
Palace.—Oct. I, 1855."

QIR WM. BIJRNETT'S DISINFECTING
1,:7 FLUID, for destroying all Offensive Smells and purifying Sick
looms, &c. Its cost is less than One Farthing per Gallon when
diluted for use.
Sold by all Chemists, and at 18, Cannon-,treet, City.
Gallons, 55. Quarts, 2s. Pints, Is. Half-pints, 6d.:

NEW LABEL.—In consequence of the great
variety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND & SONS'
MACASsAR OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly resemble
the original as frequently t deceive the unwary—they have em-
p'oyed those eminent artists Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who,
at great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded
in producing from steel •• A NEW LABEL;'
which cannot be forged,
it is composed of a section of an engine-turned circle, repeated one
hundred and thirty times—and forms an original lace-work ground,
upon which is engraved in white letters, _

"UNDER THE PA , RONAGE OF THE COURTS OF EUROPE,"
with an embossed profile of her Majesty "THE QUEEN," lately
specially taken for the purpose, and which surmounts the words
(also in white letters)
" ROWLANDS' MAC kSSAR
FOR THE GROWTH, RESTORATION, AND FOR BEAUTIFYING THE

HUMAN "
Under which is the Signature of theßet Prnprletors in Red Ink,

" A:ROWL AND & SONS."
rertzu
Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and
zers.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.

TRIESEMAIL—On the 29th of May, 1855, an
II injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and
on the 11th June following was made perpetual against Joseph
,l'anklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou-
sand pounds, from imitatinz this Medicine, which is protected by
Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the heals of the
Ecole re Paarmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine,
Vienna.

TRIESEMAR, No. 1,
is s remedy for. Relaxation, slpermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion or t.
;y item, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate.
To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by
rite consequences of early errors It is invaluable.
TRIESEMAR, No. 2,

•
slectually, in the short space of three days, completely and .mtirali
aradlcates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubel3l-
- so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of th, heait,
3f a vast portion of the population.
TRIESEMAR, No. 3,

to
is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whic
physician treats with Mercury,
aafortunately the English the in-
evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all th,
sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove.
TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell
And of all nauseating qualities. They may Ue on the toilet tab►
without their use being suspected,
sold in tin cases at I is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided Inv,
oparate doses, as administered ')y Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux,
kc.,Stc,—Te be had Wholesale and Retail in Londot. Cf Johnston, 68
0 lrnhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox-
ford-street ; R. IL Ingham, druggist, 46, M arket-street, Manchester ;
IL Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, u2,Lard-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller,
15, Westmoreland-street,
Dublin ; Winnall, bookseller, MO-street, arminglaalui