The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-16 00:00:00

TWO HOURS OF ILLUSION.

Such is the title of an entertainment which was
produced last evening at the Hanover-square Rooms,
by Profissor Wiljalba Frikell, Physician to her
Majesty the Empress of Russia, and afforded con-
siderabler amusement to a numerous audience. The
entertainment is of the class-magic, the chief fea-
tures of which have been made familiar to the public
through tae clover manipulations of Herr Dobler,
M. Phillinpe, and other equally ingenious artists in
physical and natural magic.
.There is, however,
pecu laxity in respect to the ~ illusions,, performed
last evening, namely,
that they are conducted with-
out aid of any apparatus. The professor appeared
upon a stage erected at the end of the la ge loom ;
but instead of the glittering display of ornamental
furniture which usually sets off the scene on which
conjurors are wont to ex inb t tie wonders, nothing
is t i be seen but a couple of chairs and a timail
table, so that the artist hid to depend entirely upon
his own resources ; and it is but fair to say they thi y
were most complete in every particular. In the
first part of the entertainmen', the professor per-
formed a very clever trick. Having cut off the ionic
of a poor pigeon, the dead Vidy was wr ipped up i
paper, and place in the care of a gentleman in the
stalls. M. Frikell then produced a bottle of wine, and
heigh presto, the bottle was broken, when out 11,-w
a pigeon, and from the paper parcel already referre
to, sprang a bouquet of flowers. This feat was fol-
lowed by several other equally clever tricks, whin
were much applauded, but the chef-d'ceuvi was
"Faust's Magic Cap." Out of a hut supplied to
the professor by a gentleman, the former, iu two or
three turns of the chapeau, produced from its in-
terior upwards of 100 glittering caps. An explosion
.destroyed the hat, and the fragments were pla,.:ed
in a paper wrapper by the professor, and handed to
the owner. The professor then fired a pistol, when
the
it was
hat flew up to the ceiling, where it remained.
until was requested to descend. It obeyed the
command of tile wizard, and was quic'tly on the
head of the original proprietor, and upon opening
the p iper pare 1, forth came a model baby amidst
the laughter of the company.
From what we hive said, it will be seen that the
enter tainment in question is well calculated to afford
. much amusement for the time occupied its (3-
present ition. Au oblong room is not, ho rover, a
suitable place for an audience to witness feats of
conjuring, and certainly M. Frikell would be seen
to g: eater alvanta4e in a stall theatre.

INDIAN MUTINY RELIEF FUND.—An interesting case
has iecently come under the notice of the committee
entru,t •O with the administration of this fungi, some of
the details of which have already ht-en brought before
the notice of the public through the medium of the
press. We ref rto the act of tiielity and bravery per-
formed l,y the tr ,oper Booran Bukhsb, who escorted the
wife and family of Captain Spreed, then in command
of the 21 Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent, to a dis-
tant place of security, leaving his own children as
hostages for the safety of his charge. It now appars
that the result of this faithful discharge of duty was
that hip house and effects wero maliciously destroyed by
fire. The committee, not being aware of the extent of I
destitution thus occasioned, but being r. • •
i
e.peelahy de.
sirous of relieving any distress which may have been
occasioned in consequence of such signal &way,
1 iced at the disposal of the Resident at Hydera-had''v
the
e
sutra of 500 rupees for the supply of the neecssities of
this brave and deserving man.