The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-04 00:00:00

ILLINGSGATE MARKET.—NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, That the. Committee for the mana,e.
In at and control a the several Markets in the City of London will
it et at '%uildhall en THURSDAY, the 20th day of December inst.,
at One o'clock precis3ly, to Let the whole of the Stalls and Standings
ij!Bllling'sitate Market. The terms and conditions for letting may
r aiiicertebr.d upon application to the Clerk of the Market. Dated
the ; .10265.

TAND BRAND, Comptroller.

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LYCEUM THEATRE. - THIS

_SING, and every evening during the
RAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC
CRY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great
.ie North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety
. ,ntinuous surprises, novel and extraordinary

and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos-
bt Jistinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of
ar4 ant. It is not a monologue, for the audience them-
st6ely- dorm their parts with the principal actor, some of
t
e,- the stage and others in front ;it is not an exhibition,
for ti verything becomes metamorphosed before the
eyes • le visitors no one can be positive that he sees any
sue thins ; but it is a comedy really performed by the com-
et; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex-
ted denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of
the Public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and au ex-
estralraganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond
the bounds of probability.
Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged an I
fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum
Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he
th,ac been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con-
tmuons repetitiese. ,ale believes that no professor of his art
l'aB at any time or in any place been honoured with an
!lamount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual.
e would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that
'll his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors
the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of
Perfected skill in one 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
;In() honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that
r is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor-
`tMitY should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where-
ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by
rtiag. to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner,
"se designing have succeeded in making dupes of the
eredulous.
s The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro-
tenor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the
theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in-
terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst
„1144,11 Y of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which
14,end a belieS in the superstitious nonsense of tho " Spiri-
tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has
!exulted, Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and
111 illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro-
aced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex-
re a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible
or ?rofessor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the
that isurnunications which reach him on the subject. He regrets
many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen
e.. 1
~",o from their position in society and their well-known in-
Cneetual attainments, he would least have expected to have
been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so
._4BIIY susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every
"veiling, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on
Itirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the
esTeenta, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited
and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this
Public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor
Iderson's only mode of replying at full length to his
limultitudinous correspondents. Ho regrets that the
sap of the great and learned of the land should
tYe been made to figure in the documents emanating
m the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex-
Facted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem-
ber 20
and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri-
.mal
11'--
,clegraplt. It purports to emanate from an American
~ ;`",'-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume Sir David Brewster
~4,11',13' confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what lie has
guessed,h and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to he
ti,r°ughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought
vrhole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the
Llsoltlition of the phenomena ; but the presence of substantial,
~,honal hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits
thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate-
'44l objects about the room, proved to be too much of a gees-
o_on for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the
eve, has recently loft England, and the following account of
"', and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648:
i."'" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now
sell,lstaiy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations
tcuoilt apparatus_ Barnum, who is well-known throughout
dolle Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2.000
n ~_ per annum if he would perform at his museum in New
tes.r,l`• Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could
eel"ought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was
ie,ed. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply
S"`" nonestly remarked, that the money would have been very
Zeptable to him, for he was poor, Tonne (under 20), an or-
-440f 411 d very battettealthie'butlle4rOulot have been afraid
81°!'ing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose
I,ife• The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful.
e -inquired into the' subject; and now Barnum, one of the
Zgreatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is
sie of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer-
ZitnlY surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the
orial article of an established journal, the editor of whom
le gilt he supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe
4, spirit-rapping—does spirit-rapping gain or lose bs
:„1..18 accession to its adherents and, with Barnum's endorse
i'e,nt to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likels
I)°,:e negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not
' When he finds that educated clergymen of the Church o
6. gland have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross
ttle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the
Sess.L.". J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and
as it book on the subject, he considers it to be time for
It to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which
is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the
TZ,,i4g Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir
—( Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel,
NvheiriPanY with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that
%pi J 1 the Wizard of the North proclaims every ni.ght—that
pell:`-raPPinge is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad
hssesea. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day,
sshoever, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one
es,„ Was present when he and Lord Brougham had their
to;_ee with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the
se4'se (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most
,o-Lraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac-
eCestoll was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and
siilihtto Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's
ost ~ and, apart from any person, it played an air through-
th.• With such a statement, printed for the edification of
u)y' People of the 19th century. with facts before us that
°,lllost talented men of the day are the
permitting themselves
b.,. De deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the
sja'atest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the
.leet of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention"
isle actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall,
fiZfeseor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual-
Cl' of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will
tee_received by can of England as genuine honest at-
jile;Pltserst.o provide antidote for the bane of the spiritual
111
the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have
ss,sled the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed,
ilZhas ever before been assembled within its walls in so
its,: a Period. Magic and 'Mystery is repeated every even.
fe.!, . the programme being continually changed. Grand
2-7onable Day Performance, on Saturday, December 8, at
;clock
; the programme being thus arranged ;
tis •
I. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical
tlPabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do
I,,,tllagie that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer-
tii;. :1,1 illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in
prod
of The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power
the leing animated nature from fire and water only, and
• Possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most
llslee forms of ornithological existence.
Pe set 3. Le Livro des Reeusils Choisies : or, Puck's Own
tveset
„ , ts with Puck himself within it. Typifying the
raien4,,i"g entertainment in the production of the very volu-
oaC, frOrn a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude
for minuteness in developing bulk where no space appears
• existence fn discovering odd things in odd places, and
e
bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely
else for to be found.
hio et 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou-
at 'ln Which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed-
,tlit Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfer-
on—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article
als the position which would seem the most inappropriate.
5. L'Ecrin de Verre ; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into
4,„▪
111°11, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent,
is,'" suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present,
the.
Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport
o,lf, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed,
--,Kod, and the key in the possession of the audience.
ss4et 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency
oPacity.
and
st. New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine
Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible
eo,ttle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in-
431"austible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the
'31.4 of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk,
it Damn salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum,.andwfi'snairy,
pl7esn, or any other wine or spirit recp:ure ,
oat,
iere gto be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, ,
'4
Occupying the whole space when tightly packed.
44'et 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or,Expose of
Spirit- 8.
Introducing the spirit-rapping an
table and
eesin of the invisibles.
thnAct. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of
dos wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor-
i,e, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become
14—'sssformed into tho flags of victory—the banners of Eng
b.u, Prance Turkey, and Sardinia.
, Act 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who
intB himself will be under the magic spell, and app ear to
„my audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi-
'son as peculiar as perplexing.
Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the
enclens of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the
audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part
°I the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin)
s'lnd-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which
44 will be produced.
Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest
isolate to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of
eding ourselves of a troublesome Mend, and the advantages
the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west-
el'n to the eastern hemisphere.
private
open each evening at half-past 7; commence at 8.
Bb_ boxes, 11. lls. 6d. and 11. Is., to be obtained at the
oz-office, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress
teil'ele, 3s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, is. ; gallery, 6d. The
n,ct-office ie open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction
F Mr. Chattorton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per- !
c'rtnance on Baturda December 8, at 3 o'clock, Door* open
blat t
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