The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-14 00:00:00

VICTORIA.

E ester Monday fund this house, as usual, with a
supply of novelty, an admirable caste of characters, and
a crowd of spectators. Cheers and deep silence succes•
sively testified the applause and interest of the audience,
and there could have been but one opinion of the splen-
dour of the scenery, most of it new and always appro-
priate, got. up with great taste and effect, and admirably
worked. The novelty of the evening was Laid up in
Port, or Sharks cdov Shore. The at ry is one ot love
and daring, villainy and intrigue. The finale, of course,
rewards the gallant, and distuisses the villain to punish-
ment. The curtain rose upon the house of Captain
Stockton, R.N., who happens to be at sea. Here was
Old Squalls (Mr. Robert Tindell), who had been fat,rd
to save the Captain's life, and, as he thought, lose Young
Squalls at thesama moment, born, as it might seem, to
ue the protector of the Stocktoms. And here was Feli-
city Stockton (Miss Vincent), a gay merry young girl,
with no hing to trouble her but the thought of a young
Commander in the navy who had won her affections. Seine-
, times a yarn from Old Squalls about the rescue of the
Captain would affect her to tears at the int mory of his
boy, anti the wants of an un'orunate family could get
her sympathy stud her help ; but here, too, wis the re-
puta-d friend of the family, )1(1 Snake' v, who had already
sold Felicity to a Mexican pirate, with a view to enrich
himself with her father's house and property. The
winds and good seamanship brought the Mexican cm&
" along shore." Snaky onwrtuaity to gratify the
pirate's wishes and his own, promises that the returned
convict, a. he really was, should Fen.) become a gentle-
man. The plot succeeded so far as to maku failure
more desperate, and detection dumbly disgraceful. But
before (hi; occurred many were the incidents curiously
int.-rwoven, and depending on love and long lost rela-
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dons, which n••w fell out. Mr. Fredericks played the
pirate well, bold, daring, retnurs.•less, and no hypocrite
in his villainy. Miss Vincent sustained the character
and the shifting fortune of Felicity Stockton with great
truth. As the gay, light-hearted girl in love, or the im-
passioned, indignant victim on the (leek of the pira..e,
when danger, and dishonour in hopelessness, drew her
to defy di ath, in these differing circumstances, she shows
an eqvtally fa •ile command of to r a, t. Just as all was
ge:tiug dismal—when boldness in comprict with intrigue
was expecting success and triumph—Your g Squalls,
long since reckone I with the dead, makes his appear-
ance from the banks of the Ganges, unknown, and
knowing none, though with a memory that lies in wait
fur the thousand coincidences which shall identify him
in connexion with the living. " Chance," as he is called,
is really a lucky fellow, for fallitg in with hard fortune,
as his fate would have it, he becomcs cognizant of the
plot against Felicity, but, in his attnupt to defend her,
finds himself also in the iron grasp of the Pirate ; fate,
however, threw the cruiser's helm into his hand.

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Chance, mistaken by the Pirate for one of the crew, and
contrary to command, hove the ves:44 across the tack of

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the " Alligator, slop of war, now under pra.ss••
of canvas
in pursuit, under cotamand of Felicity's lover. She was
-o ,n raking the pirate lore and aft—the brave tar.
,prung on deck, and the finale was rescue and v:.ctory—
recognition and joy. Mr. E. F. Saville sustained the
character of Chance with great p,,wer. The part of
Mrs Cumming was well played by Mrs. G. Lee ; and
Perogiine Pickles (Mr. E. G. Burton), and Hortensia
Stubbs (Miss E. Terrey), were admirable. The Daugh-
ter of the Regiment, and the Rats of Rats' Castle, closed
the amusements of the evening., which were throughout
very much to the gratification of the audience, and the
praise of the company and the lessee of the theatre.

Sir .T. Graham left town on S ',Ards); for F.lkefitone
DISCOVERY OF A MINERALOGICAL CAVERN.—The
improvement of the road from lovernesA to Fort-Augu,tus
h is led to the discovers. of a singular c .vern, near Abriachan,
about sev. n miles from. Itiveroe,s. A congulf-xable quantity
of stones and rock having to Ir removed, in order to pre-
vent their shifti.ia duwn lln the r"ad. a cavern was di-co-
vered, partly fil:e i with that peculiar deposition from lime-
stone called alabaster, or more properly stalactite and
stalaraite.—Roasshirc Ackertiser.