ontertainment was giv atte on Monday evening by Professor Baldwin, aided by Mrs. Baldwin and Mr. Lingard. The Profe a most entertaining talker, and he kept his audience in a good humour with a lively and rattling monologue during almost the entire performance.—Aftei yiting on to the platform a committes of residents most of whom were well-known to nearly all the audience, and who, of course, were above suspicion of collusion, he performed surprising tricks with such simple accessories as a juy of water and a piece of newspaper. bound hand and foot in a small cabinet, together with Mr. Lingard, he number of spiritualistic" with wonderful speed and dexterity. of the most surprising of the Professor's feats was performed with a pair of handcuffs—not conjuror's property handeufis, but a pair of genuine bracelets lent for the occasion by Me, Inspector Mack, of the Detective Department. It was obviously impossible for any mau to slip the cuffs off without breaking his wrists, and Mr, Baldwin frankly confessed his ability to perform such a feat, Nevertheless, after having his hands securely fastened in the "darbies," and hay. ing handed the key toa member of the Inspecting Committee, Professor Baldwin was abut up in his cabinet, and la the space of a few seconds he had not only freed his hands but had locked the cutts one within the other, while suspended from one hung a large jug avd from the other a tambourine. Mrs. Baldwin in alike mysterious manner disengaged herself a tight-fitting pillory in which she was rather wngallautly fastened down with a sealed padlock by her husband. 'Phe Professor gave an illustrated explanation of the manner in which the hand-cuff trick was performed; but' we doubt whether many of the audience were much wiser after the explanation than before. The most interesting part of the entertainment was, however, a clairvoyant seance by Mrs, Baldwin, in which, while apparently thrown into @ mesmeric trance, she read and answered questions written and at once pocketed by members of the audience, ell as questions only thought of and never transferred to paper. Recent murders, fires and robberies in the Settlement, as' well as some dating years back, were described with tolerable accuracy by Mrs. Baldwin, and their hitherto unknown causes explained. Of the explanations we ate of course unable to guarantee the occu "racy; but some members of the audience who appeared to be deeply impressed will doubtless keep their eyes and ears open during the coming mouths and note how many of the fair clairvoyant's proguostications are realised. We hope, however, that dwellers in the suburbs will not be seriously alarmed to learn that the perpetrators of the horrible outrage at Lo-ka-wei Hotel have already planned a new crime of similar nature. But whatever incredulity may be felt by sume of our reader on the point, Professor Baldwin has appatently the most perfect faith in his Wife's powers as a seer, for he repeatedly offered to stake mall fortune on the cortectuess of each and all of her prognostications. In addition matters of public kuuwled, tions were propounded on private subject in acme cases augwers were given, and in others it was intimated that the replies were of too personal a nature to be stated in a public building, and the querists were invited to attend a private eéunce. Two or three members of the audience were very anxious to ascertain the first ize number in the next drawing of the anita Lottery, and a definite answer was given to their westion. The number is, however, area say sold, and we. shall ut our readers by n the enquirer the Professor and his Lady, facts which it seemed almost impossible could hare come to the clairvoyant's knowledge were correctly stated, and in other cases sume remarkable results were obtained. In one case the actual date, in the near future, of the death of an enquirer was stated; but ther from fear or from some other m which may suggest itself to the minds of our readers the doomed individual, when called upon by the Professor to annou himself, remained silent. The enderta with "The Spirit Brid in which several ghosts we introduced to the audience; and if the last manifestations were on the whole rather more amusing than the audience nevertheless loft well pleased with their night's amusement. A second entertainment is to be given this evening, when the programme will be entirely new, and some startling acts are to be performe THE TEA TRADE, To the Editor of the
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