The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-05 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEATRE.

This winter snuggery opened last night, for the sea-.
son, with a new romantic burletta of witchcraft, which,..
as to scenery and scenic effects is the most magniffeent-a
and unique ever produced. It is founded on a Gertsaatki
legend, and is entitled Die Herm am Rheim, (win&
being interpreted, means the Wizard of the Rhine) or.
Rudolph of Hapsburgh." The piece commences with a..q
prologue, or rather a preliminary act, which takes place.,'i
fifteen years before the other two acts. Ottocar, a kins-
man of Rudolph of Hapsburgh, but who is a traitor to.
him, comes with his emissaries, in order to discover tkati.
Prince, who is wanderiam in exile, accompanied by his:
brother Otho, and the two devoted followers named,,
Salvador, whose bravery and fidelity make them as much. ,
objects of terror to the usurping Governor as the.
Duke himself. Ottocar learns, however, from Zabaren,. •
the Sorcerer, that his own fortunes will dep6id upon. ,
the Duke, his ejected kinsman, who, the same i:utho-
rity assures him, is to be the greatest monarch of Europe._
On hearing this Ottocar instantly changes his plans, and.
flies to the spot where he had directed his emissaries to-,
asiassinate Rudolph, in order to save his life. finds.:;
the attack has been made, and -the Duke's brother and.]
one of the Salvadors have been killed. The latter, in
dying, has induced the Duke toswear thathe will proteot:
his wife, a lady of princely birth to whom he is secret'
married, and his child. Ottocar finds the Duke, makes It s
peace with him, and declares himself ready to espouse his-
cause, and destroy the Usurper, who reigns at Saltzburgli.
In this prologue, Wieland, as the Devil's Ape, occa-
sioned great laughter by his excessively grotesque atti-
tudinizing. Zabaren, the Wizard, found nn excellent
representative in Paul Bedford, and _Miss E. Teirey, an
exceedingly pretty and clever little ;actress, who has
been reaping golden opinions all the Summer at the
Strand, made her first appearance before an Adelphi
audience as a Speaking Spirit. We congrat2hte Mr.
Yates on having secured the services of this fascia sting
and talented young lady. A lapse of
,fifteen year.; Is
suppo4ed to take place between the prologue and tile
opening of the piece, when we find Rudolph (Mr. Lfsty-
nard) reigning as Duke of Bavaria, and Ottocar (Lyon)
high in his favour, and his heir, for, notwithstant.,-
lug, the Duke had married Ida of Idenheim
(Mrs. Yates) his nuptials had not been blessed
with off:spring. Ottocar, however, is still constantly
plotting the Duke's destruction, and has, in his service
Gaber and Wolfstein, two funny ruffians (at least in-
tended by the author to be funny), excellently enacted
by Wilkinson and Wright, who by the mere force of act-
ing succeeded in eliciting a laugh while giving utterance
to divers leaden levities, ponderous enough to sink a
seventy-four. The services of these gentlemen are how-
ever rejected, and dumb prisoner, Eric (0. Smith), is
employed, as being physically incapacitated from betray-
.nt his employer. This Eric proves to be no other
than Herman Salvador in disguise, and thus a means
is furnished of eventually discovering the traitor.
In the mean time a certain individual, named Wilhelm,
excellently acted by Miss Ellen Chaplin, from the Liver-
pool Theatre, is discovered in the Palace at night, near
the Duchess's apartment, and on searching him a por-
trait of the Duchess is found, and also a letter from the
Duchess, appointing an assignation. He is arrested by
Ottocar, and sent from the Palace to the citadel in a boat,
and here an entirely novel scenic effect is intro-
duced—the stage, representing the river by moon-
light, is converted into an area of real water.
Wilhelm jumps into the river, and swimming to
a fisher's cot is saved. This scenic effect, to which Mr.
Yates has given the name of "Udata-mene-leeplitheian,"
is certainly one of the most beautiful ever exhibited.
The last act commences with the Devil's holiday, a
gathering of witches in the Black Forest. In this scene
Mrs. IL P. Grattan, most appropriately designated in
the bills as a bewitching witch, sings a romance,
" Haunt ye the mountain, and forest, and fen," with ex-
quisite taste, and great power. The melody is a
beautiful composition by Rodwell. After this scene
the story proceeds. Ida explains that, previous to
her marriage with Rudolph, she had been married to
Julio Salvador, and that Wilhelm is her son. Eric dis-
covers the treason of Ottocar, and the whole ends with
the inauktration of Wilhelm as rightful heir. In this
scene is introduced a hydro-scenic effect of "coral caves
and chrystal streams," as the bills term it, that is to say
the stage represents an immense area of real water sur-
rounded by nymphs. The groupings were managed
with exquisite taste, and the . effect was most gorgeous.
It is needless to say that the piece was completely
successful, and that it was announced by Yates for re-
petition every evening. the Beggar's Opera Burlesqued
followed, and the evening s amusement concluded with
the laughable farce of Deeds of Dreadful Note. The
house was, as usual, crammed.

INSECT REPIIISALS.—A gentleman in Nithse
dale, who keeps several skeps of bees, endeavoured lately to
obtain a supply of honey without killing by smoking, or in any
other way, the industrious insects. With this view he pro-
cured a sort of half cone, and after cutting a small aperture at
the top of the lower sken, placed the one above the other, with
a few crossings fixed inside to facilitate working, attaching the
combs, and keeping them warm when made. Communication
being thus opened betwsen the lower And upper hives, he, to
prevent accidents during windy weather, bound the two to-
gether with a belt of clay. This operation finished, the bees
were left to their own resources until after the lapse of a cer-
tain period, supposed to be sufficient for the depositation of the
necessary sweets. The clay was then loosened, and the upper
akep removed, and turned topsy turvy by the side of the larger.
On examination it contained a good deal of honey and a great
crowd of bees; but as they seemed in no hurry to quit their cells,
he deemed it prudent to give them a little time, without resort-
ing, in the first instance, to any more violent measures of
ejectment.' Accordingly he locked his garden door, and went
out to take his forenoon ride. While on horseback, he might
be absent two or three hours, and, on revisiting the gardens,
great was his surprise on discovering that the bees, on return-
ing to their first quarters, had taken good care to
_ acarry the
honey along with them, except about the matter of
teacup-
ful, which would have been secreted also, had longer time
been given. Nothing daunted by this experiment,
al,made,
but, on the
. e
contrary, amused at the ingenuity of therepremovingthem, he
has affixed tops to various other skeps, and, on
intends to blow the insects out by the kitchen billows.
may be a very happy thought, andene
completely successful ; but, considering bidr fair to be
how well bees arees
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into some chicory-mills
we would not like to be bellows-holder.—
Dumfries
was caught by part of
at CAaminharani, acarryingfe,,, dad's sacks
ea
and
brwohekenne,
t with several o
was thrown ou
the machinery, and drawn since,
of
the
ii s wheels,
limbs
I though in this deplorable
the hospital, and immedi-
ately- to
his chest dreadfully crushed. He was carried
state,
.was able to. speak to his wife and children. The
surgeons hope to save his life, but three of his limbs
putt be amputated.