The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-25 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.

This theatre is taken up or, alternate nights with the
performance of French plays and of Natural Magic, by
Herr Louis Dobler. Of the latter only it is our inten-
tion to speak on the present occasion, Herr Dobler's
performance is of the usual character implied under the
head of Natural Magic, consisting of "The Sympathetic
Fruit;" t The Magic Looking-glass," " The Wandering
Handkerchief;" &c. The whole of the tricks, however,
are performed in an exceedingly clever manner, so as to
render it impossible for the keenest observer to be able
to say positively, judging front his own senses, the
manner in which they have been performed, though he
may be morally certain that they must have been done
in a peculiar way—by means of passes principally—yet
he Is unable to say how or when those passes are made.
We will give an example in illustration of what ‘%e
mean to convey. In the trick of " The Sympathetic
Fruit," the artist having procured a watch with seals
attached from some person present, wraps it in a piece
of thin paper, and covers it with a silver goblet; he then
produces an orange and a black ball ; through the
former he passes a knife, to prove that there is nothing
.within it ; that he places on the table, and also covers
with a goblet ; the black ball lie then folds in a hand-
kerchief; and gives to a' lady in a private box, with
instructions in German to hold it fast ; this being
accomplished he proceeds to show the power of
his art, and removes the first goblet, under which
the watch had been placed ; but it has vanished ;
he then removes goblet number two under which
he had placed the orange ,; but the orange also
has disappeared, and the black-ball has assumed its
place ; lie lastly goes to the lady, who has all the while
held the handkerchief in which he appeared to place the
black ball, and taking the handkerchief from her, in an
instant opens it out, when it is found to contain, not the
black ball, but the orange ; a knife is procured, 'the
artist divides the orange, and, snugly ensconced in its
centre, appear the watch and seals, wrapped in the paper
as he first placed them under the goblet. Now this trick
was exceedingly well performed, and, though every one
must feel morally
.certain that, whilst folding these
several articles up and placing them under the goblets,
he must have made one or two sleight. of-hand passes,
yet no one is able positively to say the precise time at
which those passes were made. The " Travelling Bottle"
is a similar trick, and was very neatly executed. The
artist procures a handkerchief and about a dozen rings
from various of the spectators, and having placed all the
rings upon the handkerchief, he wraps it up and places
it under an opaque goblet, where, for the present, he
leaves it. He next takes a plain black bottle, and from
it he pours, at the desire of the audience, port, sherry,
champagne, ale, or water, and even hands it to one of
the spectators, who is also enabled to pour out port and
sherry alteranately ; the bottle being divested in this
manner of its liquid contents, the artist lays it on one
hand, and,' with a small hammer in the other, smashes
it into a great quantity of pieces, and from the interior
produces the handkerchief, with all the rings upon it as
he originally placed it under the goblet. The enter-
tainments are interspersed with instrumental music per-
formed by a very efficient band. The house fills remark-
ably well with company of the most select order, and we
cannot conclude without expressing our gratification at
the civility and attention displayed by the officials to the
visitors. The house is richly decorated, and every part
of it, from the gallery to the orchestra stalls, is fitted
up with the greatest attention to ease and comfort.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
IPSWICH.
CLOSE OF THE INQUIRY-SATURDAY.

This Committee met at one o'clock. Mr. Pakington
in the chair.

Mr. HILL proceeded to address the Committee, in an
able speech, contending that, although bribery was
proved to have taken place at Ipswich during the last
election for that borough, still no proof existed connect-
ing the sitting Members with the bribery. The Learned
Gentleman concluded his addrevs shortly after 5 o'clock.
when the Committee-room was cleared of strangers to
enable the Committee to deliberate upon the resolu-
tions which would come under their consideration.
About twenty minutes to sik o'clock strangers were
again admitted, when

-The CHAIRMAN asked if the counsel and agents for the
parties were in attendance.—One of the petitioners'
counsel was present.
Mr. WALLER, the agent to the sitting Member, said that
Mr. Hill and Mr. Phillips had gone home, not expecting
that the Committee would come to any resolution that
evening. He (Mr. Waller) however would receive the
resolutions.

The CHAIRMAN said, he had been directed to state
hat the Committee had resolved—

That Rigby Wason, Esq., and George Rennie, Esq ,
were not duly elected to represent the borough of Ipe-
%%id' in the present Parliament."
" 'That the last election for the borough of Ipswich
was a void election."

The HON. GENTLEMAN said he had been further di-
rected to state that the Committee had also come to the
following resolutions :

" Itesilved unanimously, that Rigby Wason, Esq.,
and George Rennie, Esq., have been, by their ugents,
guilty of bribery at the last election for the borough of
Ipswich.

• That the Committee are unanimoaly of' opinion,
from the evidence given before them that extensive
bribery prevailed at the last election for the borough of
Ipswich, and that the issuing a new writ for the said bo-

rough ought to be suspencted until the said evidence shall
have been taken into the consideration of the House.

"Resolved unanimously, that the Chairman be re-
quested to move that the Report, together with the evi-
dence taken before the Committee, be presented ; and
that the Speaker do not issue his writ for the return of
two Members for the borough of Ipswich until the Report
and evidence be printed and submitted to the House."
The Committee then separated,