The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-12 00:00:00

THE CHANCELLORSVILLE FREEHOLD
• GOLD MINING COMPANY.
;The Directors hereby announce to their ehareho'ders the arrival
f the
rorn Quickstep with 100 Tons of Gold Ore, the first consiz,nment
_ h their Alines in Virginia.
etests made by Messrs. Johnson, and Matthey, Mitchell. Claudet,
an, wri h.
,justify the belief that at least 5 oz. of Gold to the
be-obtained from this larze importation.

By order.
W. S. TROTTER, Secretary,
No. I, Great Winchester-street, October, 1855.

(RAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY of
CA.NADA.—Notice is Hereby Given, That a CAE L of 21. IQs.
itTir share on each and every share of the A series of the shares of
the 12th day has been made, and will be due and payable on Friday,
2th day of October, 1855.
bae
ALA, CALL of 101. vvill also be due and payable on each of the Certi-
;s exr
--anable for Company's Debe,tures, and 10/. on each of
Cott adeartifleaies exchangeable for the Debentures of the Province of
•
- per cent. Interest will be charged on the Calls as long as they
onain in arrear.
tbeA all
lil Letter will be sent to each shareholder for the payment of
at th a°n his shares. The Debenture Certificates must be presented
tehem Bankers' in order that the payment of the Call may be marked
.
Ileldere b have the power of paying up in full on their shares and
eu urea. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per an,,um is paid on
received in advance of Calls on either shares or debentwes.
kip. an:tents to be made at the Banking House ➢of Messrs. Glyn,
and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
By order of the Board.
WILLIAM CH AMAX, Secretary.
s.s Of the Company, 21, Old isioad-street,
London, 18th Sept., 1355.

°YA.I, LYCEUM THEATRE: THIS
EVENING, and every evening during the
and the GRAND ELESINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC
MYSTERY, by PrUofessor ANDERSON, the Great
0f,441 of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety
etelentseidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary
Ista •
a!„. rgle and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos-
, 'ing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of
s-eitls es ernent. It is not a monologue, for the '
audience them-
the Perform their parts with the principal actor, some of
forra,,oo the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition,
eyes 4,ugh everything becomes metamorphosed before the
cue i.,°: the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any
"Ing; but it is a comedy really performed by the cora-
pege,,; Melodrama replete with startly positions and unex-
the oenouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of
trap every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex-
tba in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond
.ound
-s'e of probability.
fash,fulsor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and
Ma audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum
lutoL'e lkioierflow, and by.means of whose generous aid he
tilut7en-Olabled to announce Magic and. Mystery for,cen.-
aiti repetition. :He believes that no prOfessor of his art
aroo any time or any place been honoured with an
lie lint of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual.
in his attribute that success to three causes; first, that
the is Prescnt entertainment he has placed before his visitors
„ults of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of.
e'en skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he
°as travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has
spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on
ofeth-ng° in the most elaborate manner, by the employment
first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly,
Who' while while endeavouring to provide amusement for those
it i° uonour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that
taji. Possible to afford information also, and that the oppor-
eae"3' should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where-
re
or it. has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by,
the rteri to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner,
have succeeded in making dupes of the
The 93i
feuer letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which. Ptrh o-
rceto-
theat
, reA;
e''ste°tllhehapsrerseecnetivdeadte,fbroeraartwhietuteirassetooftohpeegia n:•engt
in-
aken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst
atter,"l""neln bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which
a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri-
reeni,":" Judging simply by the correspondence wh. ich has,
has •,"e, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping am
(14 illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro-
pene a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex-
for pa mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible
ttinrofessor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the
tnninications which reach him on the subject. He regrets
who many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen
telle' fr°lll their position in society and their well-known in-
attainments he would least have expected to have
eaBii converts to a 'belief so preposterous in itself, and so
even- susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every
spirit 6) from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on
I,ye -ra.PPing are expressed, and every evening, within the
°ant, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited
4nd Ow
Publi idatecl. It is respectfully requested that this
e exposition will be accepted generally as Professor
ron,e.rse's only mode of replying at full length to his
unadiaous correspondents. He regrets that the
11'Iles of the great and learned of the land should
fi've been made to figure in the documents emanating
barrede spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex-
, r from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem-
t;2o, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri-
spi .Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American
f 2.lit:raPPer Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster
Wit
oron lY confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what lie has
essed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be
gulY nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought
we whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the
a,:ation of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial,
nal liands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits
'0 thus rial ed for the and move mate-
t; 0 Jectscloth about thethemsel room, ves
proved to betime, too much of d a ques-
„•°ll for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the
'wove, has recently left England, and the following account of
and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648:
This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now
'n Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations
Without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout
(fe nglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2.000
Yorks Per annum if he would perform at his museum in New
be Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could
ret.u"r°llglat. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was
and ,°d• Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply
honest) remarked, that the money would have been very
Phan table to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or-
of laens'inancliliF, very bad health : but he would have been afraid
his life g is power as a medium, and he would sooner lose
. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful.
_elltnequired into the subject ; and now Barnum, one of the
svoo; st humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is
taini,°! the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer-
edito'-.BllrPrising to find such a paragraph as this in the
rialartiele of an established journal, the editor of whom
:-uignt, be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe
itzissaprapping-- does spirit-rappings gain or lose by
aces rapping-_
to its adherents? and, with Barnum's endorse-
to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely
147 negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not
‘,,,When he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of
k ew.'"i'nd have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross
Ile,„111e, when he finds that the in of Wortley (the
Write• J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and
hire tea book on the subject, he considers it t be time for
it i,.state that which he knows of the mechanism by which
,at' effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the
David'4 Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir
in e Brewster relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel,
WhierP,anY Nvitl; Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that
spirit.
'no Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that
Parpol:eaPPing is nothing more than conjuring applied. to bad
howe: 8* In the Morning Advertiser of the following day,
Who ler, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one
e4anwaspresent when he and Lord Brougham had their
table'e with the spirits. in which the writer says, that " the
eZtra(alarge dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most
com,erdinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac-
thee'°,4 Was cons-eyed by an invisible agency to my hand and
right Lord Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's
oat.ahand, apart from any person, it played an air through-
the With such a statement, printed for the edification of
the ve01)1e of the 19th century, with the facts before us that
to °Bt talented men of the day are permitting themselves
Nate deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the
sob.est novelist of
(f the age is now engaged. in making it the
lia.B3:e4t of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention"
Pr ,4nally been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall,
tg'-,;,,sser Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual-
e ,"` America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will
Olte°_eeived by the people of England as genuine hone.st. ;d-
-to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual
ers.4it the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have
than the Lyceum Theatre, —a larger number, it is believed,.
sher't as ever before been assembled within its walls in co
,a,Pcriod. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even.
faeh. i'ne programme being continually changed. Grand
welayable Day Performance, or Saturday, October 13, at e'
P 2
Ck , the programme being thus arranged ;
C rt Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical
b;Pabilitiea of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do
fenlraagie that which some suppose to be effected by inesmer-
aV illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in
Act
of *2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power
tO)roducing animated nature from fire and water only, and
eel Possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most
complex forms of ornithological existence.
Poel'c4 3. Le Livre des Reeueils Cheisies : or Puck's Own
even,°..t Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the
anti. 'g s entertainment in the production of the very volu-
ont",.' from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude
f of Minuteness in developing bulk where no space appears
ictk'r its existence, in' discovering odd things in odd places, and
l/ringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely
Alice for to be found.
bi•oket 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou.
'ln which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed-
ding Ring, Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor-
a tioa—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article
e'‘Q the position which would seem the most inappropriate.
Act 5. L'Eenin de Verre; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into
and wliieb, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent,
suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present,
it" Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport
•o 14°4, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed,
cked, and the key in the possession of the audience.
the Transparency
Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or,
Opacity.
and Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine
• .
I,,,ottiPii,rit Store. Au improvement upon the " inexhaustible
inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in_
~,"han'stible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the
t' d. of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk,
heti). salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky,
""c‘o, or any other wine or spirit required; and finally
aro •
amN'lng to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry,
°eel:ll)3ring the whole space when tightly packed.
.xposé
of
8. Half an Hour with the Spirits , or, an E
tinrit„rapping.
introducing the spirit-rapping table and
introducing of the invisibles.
Act
9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of
u° Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange
b.:,°ses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become
metamor-
L'l.nsformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Eng-
-11,4, Pranee, Turkey, and Sardinia.
Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who
the himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to
ti dience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi-
j's peculiar as elexing.
IsTrusi 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the
ells of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the
of Audi us
will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part
ip ,ca!',..evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin)
all Wi ear, into which all things will travel, and out of which
produced.
110;:,:et' 2. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest.
rid,`r to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of
"usig our-elves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages
Of thug
err, howly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west.
to the eastern hemisphere.
irv,, voors °pen each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8.
ozaote boxes, it. lls. 6d. and 1/. ls., to be obtained at the
ciefaee. or at the principal libraries ; 4s. ; dress
tax. ' ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, 6d. The
of ...office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction
foil • Chatterton, dun. Grand fashionable Morning Per-
h44 6 001 aturday, October 13, at 2 o'clock. Doors open
a