The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-16 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

The Vampire—and if there be nothing of originality
in the title, there is unquestionably a vast deal in Mr.
Boureicault's treatment of the subject—was produced on
Monday evening with complete success, before the mast
fashionable and crowded audience that perheps has ever
been collected within the walls of this most favourite
theatre. Embracing, as we stated last week, a period
of two centuries, the first act, or " drama" of the
Phantasm opens in the village of Raby Peveryl,
at the foot of Snowdon, just as the news has reached
its inhabitants of the restoration of King Charles the
Second. A fair and high-born lady, Lucy Peveryl,
has appointed the neighbouring ruins of Raby
Castle as a place cf meeting with her lover, whose
life is in jeopardy, and is on the point of departing
thither alone, the castle having a repute of insurmount-
able terror among the villagers, when Lord Arthur Cla-
vering, his sister, and a party of Cavaliers, opportunely
appear, and determining to bivouac in the ruined edifice,
she accompanies them, the more gladly as her lover
Roland is a friend of the Cavalier noble. In the castle
they are joined by a Puritan stranger of uninviting as-
spent, who gives his name as Rookwood, and obtains
permission to join the party for the night. His presence
appears almost instantly to affect Lucy Peveryl with
a peculiar terror. He seems to cast over her some
fearful spell, and this terrible fascination is momentarily
rendered the more painfully impreseive by the visible
agony. and fear, tend helplessness against whose
increasing influence she is unable to contend. The
hour of repose arrives a despairing scream is
heard from Lucy's chamber she rushes in, only
to drop wounded and dying just as Lord Arthur,
hastening from the other side and seeing her
followed by the soi disant Rookwood, fires at her sup-
posed—and real—murderer, who falls mortally stricken
and protesting that he had but entered alarmed at the
cry, and had seen the unkngwn assassin effecting his
escape. Nor was this the only deed of blood, for Roland
had been just discovered murdered in another chamber.
In compliance with the dying man's request, Lord
Arthur promises to lay his corpse on the top of Snow-
don, where the rising moonbeams may fall upon it.
This is accomplished in the next scone, and the Vam-
pire, for such is Rookwood, is revived for another cen-
tury. He is, in fact, Sir Alan Raley, who some 'ears
previous had been hurled down a fathomless precipice
after the murder of his own brothers, bat who still
walks the earth in this fearful form. A hundred years
now intervene, Raby Castle is restored to its ruins, and
we find it tenanted by s ay wad happy circle in the
year 1760. Young Edgar Bebe, returns from Italy with his
tatentirwhOrortropitsinrtsrafttrirthirtrhavforat -garb; we
haverno difficulty in recognising: 'His devilish arts are
again brought into play, and Alice Peverill, after a
foreboding vision in which the portrait of Lucy Peveryl
as the lived, descends to utter words of solemn warning,
falls the second victim. In the last part the Vampire
seeks, after the lapse of another century, to renew his
accursed existence by an attempt to get the youthful
Ada Raley within his power. She is fast being led to a
like loathly destiny, when just as the third sacrifice is
about being accomplished the fated midnight hour strikes
earlier than he had anticipated—the spirits of his former
victims rise from their tombs, and the clock tower fall-
ing in ruins on his abhorred head carries him to eternal
night.
Such is the outline of the plot of this singular tri-
drame. The first of the three parts was altogether the
most effective from the inchoate villany of the myste-
rious guest, the scenic effect, the costumes, and, not least
of all, the exquisite personation of the heroine; for, as
Lucy P every!, Miss Carlotta Leclercq both
looked and acted to perfection. Her picturesque
and most becoming attire, her passionate anx-
iety for Roland, and especially her harrowing
portraiture of the preternatural dread inspired by the
Vampire's presence, constituted a melodramatic delinea-
tion of rare refinement and effect. Miss Robertson, who
looked very pretty in the quaint dress of the period,
threw a great deal of expression into the part of Alice
Peverill, and Miss Desborough lent a gentle grace to
that of the more fortunate Ada Baby. The comic parts
were capitally acted. Mr. James Vining elicited hearty
laughter by his foppery and undisguised love of self-
preservation; Mr. Meadows bad but a "bit" to do, but
it was, of course, done well; and Mr. Harley, who acts
at the present day as freshly as he did five-and-twenty
years ago, continually convulsed the house. His terrors
when, in ransacking an ancient chest, he lights upon a
certain specimen of calligraphy by no means comforting,
and the futility of the Dutch courage he does his
best to inspire himself withal from a venerable bottle,
were intensely ludicrous. A curious character was cle-
verly acted by Mr. J. Chester, Wetkyn Rhys, an un-
couth mountaineer, maddened with terror of hobgoblinv,
and outlandishly arrayed like a Welsh Robinson Cru-
soe, in the pellicular spoils of the bearded aborigines of
the Principality.
To Mr. Bourcicault, combining in his proper person
the functions of both author and chief actor of the piece,
a special word is duo, and that of commendation. His
make-up was most artistic in the three phases—as the
Puritan soldier, tho travelled student, and the grim
ecclesiastic of 1860. The ghastly pallor of his features
was appalling without being revolting, and the brilliant
eye just what we can imagine to possess a real mesmeric
influence. His voice is clear though not particularly
sonorous, his enunciation very distinct, his emphasis
just, and he treads the stage with dignity and ease. His
by-play was perfect, and in every respect, as far as can
be judged from this peculiar role, Mr. Bourcicault is
thoroughly adapted for the boards.
The appointments, it is hardly necessary to say, were
splendid and correct, and the scene-painters crowned
themselves with honour. The view of Raby Peveryl at
the foot of Snowdon, with the giant mountain in the
background, is worthy of Stanfield's pencil, and the
where the moonlight gradually lights
scene on the peaks,
up the sky and touches them with a silver glow as the
Vampire writhes again into life, is inexpressibly beau-
tiful. - Both these scenes are by Gordon. Next to these
is the last scene of the ruins of the Clock Tower (Dayes).
The curtain fell amid general applause, and Mr. Bourci-
(wilt was loudly called before it and rapturously cheered.
The preceding play was the new and popular comedy,
The Trial of Love. The reception accorded to the bene-
ficiares, Mr. and Mrs. Kean, was enthusiastic, asit
should be, and on their recalls shower of bouquets de-
sceuded at their feet. Her Majesty the Queen. and the
Prince Consort honoured the performances with their
nce, and remained to the conclusion of the Vampire.
WON

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
GERMAN PLAYS.
Last night was presented Schiller's noble poem of the
Glikke, dramatically arranged. A drama was after-
wards performer], written expressly for Herr Emil Dev-
rient, by the Duchess Amelia of Saxony, called the
jiajoratserbe, the Heir of Entail, and we know not which
most to admire, the excellent adaptation of the piece to
the powers of the actor, or his exquisite performance.
The drama is of the light French cast, but the character
that Devrient fills is peculiar. A spoilt only son and heir,
with the most admirable natural qualities never cor-
rected, and sprouting into all kinds of eccentricities, full
of all kinds of oddities and whine, and yet generous
and noble, and an unusual blending even on the stage of
various human qualities, and requiring great powers,
was performed by him with consummate skill. He was
in perfection—the boisterous, careless, spoiled heir; and
he was also in perfection the noble and generous man.
Barr Emil Devrient was celled for in the course of the
performance, and, with Fraulein Schaeffer, was called for
at its close. The evening was closed with a trifle called
the Efersiichtigen (or Jealous People), and served to
bring out the l!ghter and more comic qualities of the
company. As a school for German it is quite impossi-
ble to hear the language more clearly and distinctly pro-
nounced than by Herr Emil Devrient; and to improve
our knowledge, both of the language and the people, the
German Plays aro worthy of being frequently visited.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
attended by the Ccuntess of Dosart, the Hon. Miss Mur-
ray: Lord Crofton, General Buckley, and Colonel Bou-
verie, honoured the theatre with their presence. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by

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047 r!spby Howard, the Baroness dd'Speth, and Lord
`"In:wo. ;Curtsy; . also honoured the theatre with her
preeiice.
In the -'boxes rere observed ?time. Goldsohnsidt
„ fl[l3-" Li n.1)Ile. Wagner, bnt isrditferoot prrte
of tte Kxise. •

I P„ORI-TiNG NOTES.
. e. OCXLV.
TUE NI4:WTON MEETING:
4 re)

EDIT OT? OF EE SUN.
Stet,
hvr~d
on
hied n4t,z(4n far the ver.Y.bacl hvery attractive
Gold
(71
,71:st;hje1;h;:l:bueil blAjPeecrebi !looting,
ticr'ainPeglint:2:s6Teicheeicac-svePhPoryiefl:l. ehviecipthanntltstioir it
n.
deeieed at. Newton this year.a s
uBll,l,
be
Th,, snort commencs, .
wits the Trial
stnk:!:=, which has yet to More and name.
The -Goldboraw Paa,tk Stakes I hardly expect
will
pralkiod a
ve race—LAnr AllfuTT or JE
"CA Probably
vveuce
g• er.
- The Newton St. Leger Shires are in the cemin fie, and
will probably be walked over for by BETHGELRRT.
The Gotdborne Stakes may produce a race, termi-
nating in favour -cf the lAco COLT or BROUGHTON.
Tfle Gold Cap, value 100 eovs.,:added to a sweepstakes
of 20 sovh. .eaels, 10 ft, &c., two miles and a distance,
will, this time, ills!l probability; attract to the pest not
swore than half a dozen at the outside—very likely less—
as the following are all that I can discover to be under
orders for the seat of action, namely;—Black Doctor, 4
yis;.7st Sib; Calculator, 4 yrs, 6st 10lb; Gholab Singh,'
4 -yrs;--Sat` stb; Abbess of Jerveaus, 5 yrs, 6st; and
Vivandiere, 4 yrs, sst 101 b; to which perhaps may be
added Evadne and one of Mr. Drinkald's—Grey Tommy
or Dulcet—but of the movements of this latter three I
know nothing. I cannot hesitate a moment in selecting
those destined to fill the first and second place?, they
are the BLACK DOCTOR and the ABBESS OF JER-
VEAUX; Vivandiero not improbably occupying the third
position.
Fur the Borough Cup of 100 soya., added to a sweep-
stakes of 5 sous. each, over a mile and three quarters, it
is rather difficult to select the starters at the present
time, not more than half-a-dozen of the eight and
twenty names enrolled to eontest the stake being, as
far as I can ascertain, under moving orders. The couple
I shall hero select for first and second honours are the
ABBESS OF JERVEAUX, 5 yrs, sst 101 b, and the filly by
Linercost, out of Jemime, 3 yrs, 4st. If they cannot
manage to run away with the stake between them, they
deserve never to be stripped again for a race.—l am, &c.,
June 16, 1852. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
HAMPTTON, 1852.
Handicap for the Richmond Stakes.—(This day.)
Yrs at lb Yrs at lb
Omens 4 8 7 Lady-in-Waiting 3 7 4
Knook Knoll 4 8 5 Fire-bolt 4 7 3
Presto 4 7 13 Priam the Third 3 6 12
Cavan
The races commence at half-past one o'clock.
NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1852.
The Summer Handicap of 15 soya. each, 5 ft if declared
on or before Tuesday next.
Yrs at Ib
Cariboo
Clincher
Backbiter
Hardinge 5 7 6
Hesse Homburg 4 7 4
Herbert
St. Antonio a 7 2
Ben Nevis 3 7 2
Nutshell
Tophana a 6 13
Alfred the Great
Artisan
Stafford
Bushranger 5 6 9
The Indian War-

Yrs st lb
Telescope
Storyteller
Racenswing
Scarecrow
Little Savage,, 3 6 2
Liberty
Benita 3 6 0
Pan 3 5 13
Solyman 3 5 12
Waverloy
Plumstead
Ingratitude... 4 5 7
Ilex 3 5 6
Hugo
rho Purser 3 5 4
Bilberry
Chopkins 3 5 3
Pancake 3 5 2
Peacock 3 5 0
Poetess

rior
Champion
Antigone 4 6 9
Odessus
Treasurer
K hadidjah
GOODWOOD, 1852.
Handicap for the Goodwood Stakes, of 25 sore. each,
15 ft, and only 5 if declared on or before Tuesday next.
Yrs at lb Yrs st lb
Teddington 4 8 12 Elcot
Nancy
Chief Justice
Blick Doctor 4 8 41Antigonst 4 6 6
Cariboo ... 5B 3 Don PA 42 ---T 6- 4
-Ru-siFnrougb..- ' -Sz min , :. -Z..... 4 6 '4
Hernandez 4 8 2 Bushranger 5 6 3
Marlboroughßack 4 8. 2, High Sheriff .....
Truth . 4 8 218 cby Melbourne,
Pitsford
Backbiter
Lady Evelyn
Barcelona
Officious 5 7 13 Sheravogue 3 6 0
Ariosto
Doubt 6 7 10 Galvanism ....
...
3 6 0
Goldfiudcr
4 7 9 Alfred the Great... 36 0
Lamartino
Edward of York... 4 7 7 The Red Lion 3 5 12
Hothorpe ......... 47 7 Lindrick ......
Stilton
Nutshell 5 7 4 Constantine__ ... 3 5 30
Ringleader
Hippolytus
Cockcrow
Trickstreas ......... 4 7 2 Mary Ann
Montague ......... 6 7 0 Missive
Mu5ician............ 5 7 0 Mayblossom
Robbie N0b1e...... 3 7 0, Weathergage 3 5 3
Sir R. Trenchard 4 7 O'Koh-i-uoor
Selina ............... 6 7 OlThe Parser 3 5 3
Ch c by Phlegon, Scarecrow
out of Marinello 3 7 0 Bonita
Tophana a 6 12 Caloric 3 5 0
Harp .
Kick-up-the-dust 4 6 12,Proudfoot ......
Grand Duke
14 5 0
Haricot
The Dauphin...... 4 6 101 Termagant 3 5 0
Poodle 3 6 91Chopkins 3 4 9
Storyteller
Follow-me-Lads 4 6 7 HIM
3 4 9
Champion
Grey Tommy 3 6 71
NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1852.
TUESDAY.
Mr. Jaques's Vivandiere, 4 yrs, agat the Dake of Bed-
ford's Flirt, 3 yrs ; Sat 71b each. Last half mile of
T.Y.C. 100, h ft.
SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1852.
MONDAY.
Duke of Bedford's Exeter, Sat 71b, agat Mr. Jaques's
Vivr.lndinre. Ditch mite. 100. h ft.
YORK AUGUST MEETING, 1852.
FIRST DAY.
Duke of Bedford's Gossip agst Lord Zetland's Grape-
shot, Bst 71b each. Three-quarters of a mile ; 100, h ft.

Teviot, Royal Mail
AMERICA.
SOUTHA lIIPTNIS.—The
SOUTH ZNHE
Cm
mnayi
agent, Onslow, with the Bra-
zilian Lieutenant Onselly, R.N.Ad-
miraltya'i in charge of
9
The lateit dates brought by the Teviot are:—Buenos
ps
a, steam-ship, Captain
arrived at half-past twelve p. sr.
Ayres, May 2; Monte Video, 5; Rio Janeiro, 15;
Bahia. 19; Pernambuco, 23; St. Vincent, June 1; Tone-
riff,, 7; Madiera, 8; Lisbon, 11.
On freight she brought specie to the amount of
111,2001.; forty serons cochineal; and a large number
of packages of general merchandise.
The Teviot brought 80 passengers to Southampton,
and landed seventy-two at Lisbon.
Rio continued in a very unhealthy state, Which tended
much to depress the spirits of the Brazilians, and in
nearly all the Portuguese and Spanish ports the Teviot
had to undergo quarantine.
The news from the River Plate is of a very satisfac-
tory nature. . The provincial elections in Buenos Ayres
had been carried oat without the slightest disturbance.
In the interior, the provinces had all declared for
Urquiza, and had given him fall power to direct the
foreign affairs of the Confederation. The governors of
all the provinces are to meet on the 25th inst., to Bottle
when and where the General Congress is to meet.
Things in Monte Video are anything but satisfactory. The Brazils was remarkably quiet. Politics are totally
disregarded, and commerce is occupying the •
minds of the
inhabitants generally.

RIO MARKETS.
The business of tho past month had not created more
than an ordinary degree of interest.
Imports bad been considerable and sales extensive, but
at rather reduced quotations.
An average amount of business had been done in
exports.
Money had been more abundant and lee's in demand. in
Exchange declined. Great excitement had Prevnilarred
the Share Market, and the advance which bad can only be the effect of a superabundance ofnaewirloyed
capital. The mania still continued.

-4----- -----::T,Tpra 15.—The
ROYAL MARINES...—. 00LwICK, —-- ~.„ of Royal
half-yearly inspection of the Woolwich.rhtrpownman,
Marines, by Lieutenant-General Sir '—'lBth inst. The
K.C.8., KC.I , is to takeplace on the
Admiralty for
of the•
order of the LOrds Commissioners , swain, of this divi-
sion, Captain Llawker and Lieutener
sion, on half-pay, is dated the 11th,r kin:
fill,
as
amended by
THAMES EMBANKMENT.-7-commissioners of Works
the select committee, to enable theviuxll W Chelsea-gardens,
to make an embankment from • --- has been added that the
Act is not to aired agree
has just been printed. A clause already entered into be-
tween the Commissioners of
parties. In li Woods and Forests and other
T —We are informed that
sx •
THE DUKE OF
rooms and levees of the present
from attending the drawing-rooms
the Duke of SomersSet°4ls:
season, and that his
leave his mansion for Do been prevented by indisposition
dGrvracie has not been sufficiently well to
me months.