, 1864-11-15

How the 6 Wizara,s Anderson Repeats
the Trfek8 OF the DaTenpoxt 1SrokAets.

The London -Mo7ning Star Of October 90, h:
the following, which shows that some thing
can be done as we'll as othe1s:''
a large company assembled yesterday at
O'Clock, in st. james Hnll, at the invitatio
Of Professor Anderson, in order to witne!
some attempts at reproduction in: ope
light, Of the ropc-tying and untying perform
anccs which have created so much discussion
/ The company included many men Of distin
tion IN science, literature, journalism and Ii
drama When the great curtain which hun
before the stage was removed, and cabine
resembling in general form the now famol
"structure'' was disclosed, the audience ~
plaqded and laughed delightedly: Profeasc
that in which the Davenport Brothers exhi1
tied, in some particulars.
Il is made Of Light unpainted timber, it
more frail than its prototype, it is not quit
SO high, its lozenge-shapel aper.ure is large
and not exactly ID the centre. and it's door
have four instead Of three folds. Professo
| Anderson, 1t should be Sad, announced ye:
tcrday that he had never seen tho type tsstrus
ture" itself, or, indeed the gentlemen VII
/ work wonders behind its panels. Further
more, he kept continually informing his ar
dience with an entirely supcrfuous delicacy
| that his exposition was not meant Us any re
| ply to or er.demonstratIon against th
1n'SIPoi otu'Aeia, aAu " tFeu paSged Lna
nobody would mention The names Of thos
persons in that ball. He declared that h
merely meant to show that certain things al
legged to be preteFnatura1 could be done b,
ordinary conjuring and sleight OF hand. Bu
the audience reasonably declined to resnrd th'
whole afair IN any other light than as an anti
Davenport demonstration, and watched ant
criticized it in that spirit alone. =:
4 o1sMA1 MAN TIED UP.
nvS n
the company named q committee Of twelve
with chairman, to go on the platform ane
watch the experiments. Among those who
accepted the offlco were Mr. John Hollings
head (who was elected chairman), A1r. Horac.
Mayhew, Mr.. Bayle Bernard, Mr. Wakley
chief occupation Of the committee, which was
fur too numerous, appeared to be to get In
each others way, to obstruct the progress O
the performances, to intefpose between the
deavor more or less awkward1y to satisfy the
frequent calls from the company generally tc
sit down, to stand back, or to expedite the
manifestations. Prof. Anderson intimated
that the rope tying and untying business
would be exhibited by AFR. Sutton Chis treas.
urer) md his younger daughter, who had vol
nnteercd, IN the absence Of an expected per,
former, to take place in the structure.
Accordingly, Mr. Sutton Was first led on to
be tied, and Nj. Hahn FrisNsl and Mr. Wax
ley consented to pinion him. Mr. Sutton is
not endowed by nature with cheerful CT
preston Of fcountcnance. Indeed, Ifone were
to call him dismal and do1efu1 looking per
sonage the phrases would not be inappropri-
ate. As he stood, therefore, in the front Of
the stage, with his coat off and his arms
pinioned, while silent and sombse he cast
heavy glances to the ceiling, it was impossible
to resist the impression that one was about to
witness the sadest soleulnity which our hui
man law can enact. Presently It was under
stood that the captive whs groaning under
and sadly, MS Calais might have demurred to
some Of the preliminarfes Of the wheel, or as
Count Egmont might have asked for short
ening Of his misery. Certainly Mr. Sut-
ton was ut this time swathed in q
complication Of bonds, the like. whereof VIC
have never seen. He was literally put into q
straight Waisteoat Of cords. The whole d.
vcnport staff, Mcssrs. Ferguson, Fay, Palmer,
and The Brothers might have been bound hand
and foot inextricably with no greater quantity
Of cordage. The result WIS that when the
motionlcss form Of Mr. Sutton was lifted like
a mummy into the structure" !" and the doors
Werc lockcd, the hapless experimenter had to
announce that an muscular power was sus-
pended within lis frame. So there was moth
ing forit but to hoist him out, mud let him 70.
The spectators began to look knowingly at
each Other; at that moment the odds were
decidedly in favor Of the preternatural.
MISS ANDERSON Is TIED AND UNT1Es uER.
-. SELF.
Then Professor Anderson brought forward
Ills daughter. She is o graceful, quick, intel
ligcnt girl Of some fourteen years apparently.
She. was dressed Us boy, the inexorable d.
menslons Of the structure absolutely prohih-
iting crinoltne, She Was bound Immediately.
No doubt gallantry prevented the gentleman
Who undertook the operation from drawing
cords were passed many times around her
arms and body, her wrists we're not pinioned
together behind her back. She was to all au-.
pearance sufficiently bound, but not in tbs
satfe manner that the brothers Davenport
generally are. She WIS lifted into the cabi-
or three minutes the folds were huug back,
and che WAS seen erect and free, the cord
knotted as before, lying nt her feet. In
menke applause greeted the demonstration.
To rs it seemed only not satisfactory, ),
because OF The sort Of tying which l1e have
experiment She got'i into the structure, un-
bound and holding q piece Of paper In her
hand. The doors were closed, and after the
lapse Of come two minutes she int1mated that
they might be opened. The cabinet was
flung open aseor1lngly, and sue was discover
hands tied behind her back and made fast to
the scat. Nothing could be more admirably
performed than this trick. It seemed to us
better done than the corresponding perform
anec which We saw the .Daycnports enact
and IT was certainly done In much shortor
ed the clever young 1ady.
THE D1sstAL AAS ACHIEVES SUCCESS.
But Mr.. Sutton burned to redeem his honor.
He Insisted On being bound. Bound nccord-
ingly he was; this time by person who an.
nounced hlmselfto be seaman, and had come
forward on general invitation, volunteered
by Slr. Tom Taylor. to any nauticalindividual
present professionally conversant with Knots.
We must Say that the knotting seemed to rs
In this instance much more complete and Sc
cure than any which VIC saw applied to the
limbs Of: the Darenports. A1r. Tom Taylor
minute1y inspected the knots, and reported
them satisfactory. The intrepid Sutton, still
the structure, and accomplished. the untying
feat with nlacrity.. The audience cheored this
practical yindication Of his proves; and We
must add that there were some who Expressed
. doubt whether the previous failure had not
been arranged to lend new zest and effect
to success. Mr. Sutton bore his triumph rs
be Ind borne his humiliation, and showed q
yisage Of unabated gloom. g..
AS AUTHOR AND IN AFRICAN EpLoRER 1NyES
go T1GATE.
Then came the tanborIne aud trumpet per-
(ormance- Miss Anderson rot into one side Of
the structure, Mr.. sntton into the other.
Both we're fast bound, their hands behind
their backs, and their ankles fettered.t The
tying was done BY the marine gentleman be-
Fore mentioned, and PRONOUNCED satisfactory
BY Mr.. Hollingshead, Mr.. Tom -Taylor,-and
othcr gentlemen. We should add that Capt.
Burton, the celebrated African traveller, came
on tho platform ut this j1ncture, Inspected
The bonds, aud was understood to consider
them sufficient. Then 4 tatnhorine, q BELLA
trumpet, and other such, familiar media Of the
ato-preternatura1, were placed in the center |
There was only short and slight charirarf,
but the trumpet, md even the tamborine,
came quickly flying through the aperture in |
manner to satisfy the most skeptical.
TIE HAND ArPEARs-LIkEW1sE TAMBORINE
AND A COAT.
Likewise there came the hand. 4 very few |
seconds after the closing Of the doors the my5.
terious digits showed themselves. This time |
It was genuine hand. We were not our
selves fortunate enough to make ont the shape
IF the object which Mr.. Ferguson always
ERECTED as hand, but. re are quite clear
lbout the manifestation of yesterday. The |
hand showed itself several times. It was not
quite US symmI tric01 and white as the hanf0f
the Countress Of Blessington. 1t was not,
We feel assured, the hand Of Miss Anderson
It was either sportiye spirit, not particular
about the graccs or it was the manly hand Of /
A1r. Sutton. We incline to the latter theory.
We arc the moro impelled to this belief, see
merely trumpet and .tamborine, but also llr.
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