The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-18 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

pATitoN. _
The Right Honourable the Earl of DERBY.
PRESIDENT.
The Right Honourable Lord STANLEY, M.P.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
The Right Hon. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON, M.P.
J. HOSKYN HARPER, Esq.
WILLIAM EARLE, Esq.
MHE ANNUAL MEETING of this SOCIETY, for the
EXHIBITION Of LIVE STOCK, IMPLEMENTS
of HUSBANDRY, &c., will take place on THURSDAY, the
4th of October, 1838, in the OLD.IXFIRMA EY YARD, Lime-
street, Liverpool.
The Show Yard will be open to Members of the Society,
gratis, at Half-past Twelve o'clock; and to Non-Subscribers
on payment of Half-a:Crown each, until Two o'clock, after
which time, on payment of One Shilling each.
The Members of the Society are requested to attend at the
Neptune Hotel, Clayton-square, at Ten o'clock in the Fore-
noon, for the purpose of awarding the Premiums in Classes
1,2, and 3; Electing new Officers, Members, &c.
The Dinner will be held in the Large Room of Mr. Lucas's
Repository, Great Charlotte-street, at Five o'clock, when the
Right Honourable Lord Stanley, M.P:, will take the Chair.
After Dinner the Premiums will be distributed to the suc-
cessful Candidates. Tickets for the Dinner inn be had at
the Shop of Mr. J. F. CANNEL L, Stationer, IS, Castle-street.
Subscribers 4s. 6d., Non-Subsbribers 7s. 6d. each. Subscri-
bers are particularly requested to procure their Tickets on
or. before Monday, the let of October, as, after that time,
they will be sold without reserve.

—Persons desirous of becoming Members, or wishing to pay
their Subscriptions, are requested to apply to Mr. JAMES
GREEN, the treasurer, Prescot; or to Mr. J. F. CANNEL",
18, Castle-street, Liverpool; and, on the 3rd and 4th of
October, from Nine to Twelve o'clock, to the SECRETARY,
atThe Neptune Hotel.
R. LEDGER, Secretary,
Hale, near Warrington.

THE GREAT CALEDONIAN MAGICIAN,
From the Music Hall, Sheffield, Commercial Rooms, Leeds,
Exchange Rooms, Manchester, Waterloo Rooms, Edin-
burgh, and the Monteith Rooms, Glasgow, will perform his
Wonders! Mystery! Magic! Legerdemain! Necromancy!
and the Wonder of the Age, the far-famed
GUN TRICK,
for a short time only, in the
LIVER-THEATRE, CHU RC H- S MEET.

MR J. H. ANDERSON, the GREAT CALEDO-
NIAN MAGICIAN, desirous of gratifying the No-
bility and Gentry of Liverpool and its vicinity, has the ho-
nour to announce his intention of Performing for a short
time only, his MYSTIC WONDERS ! He hopes the unquali-
fied approbation which was bestowed on his exertions at
Manchester for eighty successive nights, Leeds for fifty
nights, Sheffield forty nights, Edinburgh one hundred and
three nights, Hull sixty nights, Newcastle-on-Tyne twenty
nights, and Glasgow seventy nights, will ensure him the pa-
tronage of the Nobility, Gentry, and Public of Liverpool.
Mr. J. H. Anderson has had the distinguished 'honour of
performing before his late Majesty, at Wirillser Castle, and
before his Majesty Geo. IV., in the Pavili6n at Brighton ;
and subsequently received letters by their Majesty's com-
mand, stating the Royal approval each performance;
together with others from the Marquis of Westminster, the
Earl of Bradford, the Officers of the Ist Life Guards, the
Duke of Gordon, and Sir Walter Scott.
From the many testimonials forwarded to Mr. J. H. A. to
submits the following from Lord PA NMMIE, and others:
"Brechin Castle, 24th March, 1837.
~SIR,—Our party here, last night, witnessed your per-
formance with the greatest satisfaction; and I have uo hesi-
tation in saying, that you far excel any other Necromancer
that I ever saw, either at home or abroad.
"To Mr. J. H. Anderson.
"Mr. J. H. Anderson Ragkehillty
whom he performed his Necromanticgiiraa IteSFdeePat;tie:semPabrAeinar:sl beforel).:llßB3auu.7i" a l
Exploits. He is the most accomplished Professor t.;Art
of Magic we ever saw; and we beg express our highur;dmi-
ration of his talents, and thank him for 'his performance at
Rokeby.
"J. B. Montarr,

"GEORGE CLIFFORD.
"GEORGE MANDY, Coldstream Guar,Ts.
On MONDAY EVENING next, September 17, 1838,
and every Evening during the week, the Great Magician
will commence at Eight &Clock his extraordinary Perform-
ances, comprising WONDERS ! Alt.T ! MYSTERY !
MAGIC! LEGERDEMAIN! NECROMANCY! and
BLACK ART !
For an explanation of the above mysterious terms, see hills.
The whole of this unparalleled Performance will conclude
with the most wonderful feat ever attempted by liVing man,
of which the Great Ntaiciatt is the Sole Inventor, called the
GUN TRICK!!

Mr. J. H. A. will allow any Gentleman to-charge a Fow-
ling Piece with Bullets, in the presence of the whole audi-
ence, previously marking them so as to ascertain them again.
He will be desired to fire at Mr. A., who will receive the
balls in his hands, his face, or any other pact of his body the
audience may direct; being upwards of the 10 :10th time of
his attempting the experiment.
(*,- Ladies not wishing to witness the Gun Trick, are
respectfully informed that it will not be performed till all
other deceptions are finished.
50..4, So great has been the attraction of the above novelty
in every place where J. H. A. has performed his Mystic
Wonders, that his Benches have been nightly crowded;
therefore, Parties wishing to secure places, are solicited to
send to the Box Office of the Theatre, which will be open
from Eleven till Three.

Admission.—Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6(1.
Children under Twelve years of uge admitted with Parties
to the Boxes, Is. each.
Doors open at Seven'; the Magician commences at Eight,
concluding at Half-past Ten, or Eleven.

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