The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-08 00:00:00

SURREY.

A new nautical drama, entitled " Union Jack; or
The Sailor and the Settler's Daughter, was produced
at this theatre last evening, with the most unequivoca_
success. There is an introductory first act, the scene
of which is laid in the neighbourhood of Plymouth ;
but-the action of the piece takes place at the Cape of
,food-hope, at which colony Jack Steady (Mr. T. P.
1Cooke), who, from his peace-making qualities
had .!,obtained the sobriquet of Union Jack,
had arrived from a cruise on the China coast on board
her Majesty's ship Union. Jack Steady, like. all
nautical heroes, is of course a model of seamanship
and constancy, a reg'lar-built male-angel afloat, and
has of course-his counterpart in a reg'lar-built female
angel ashore, "young, lovely, and in distress." The
female angel in the present instance was one Mary
Stockwell, a Devonshire lass, who had emigrated to
the Cape with her father. Mrs. H. llonner enacted
the character, and youth and loveliness could not have
a fairer representative ; and as for the distress, that
was furnished by a body of Catires who, at. the in-
stance of Hans Mordenbrenner (Mr. N. T. Hicks), a
Dutch smuggler and slaver, the black angel of the
piece, make an irruption into the English settlement,
burn the crops, plunder the settlers, and carry off
Mary, who is conveyed on board the smuggler's ship
the Pluto, which said ship Pluto is attacked by Jack
and the crew of the Union, who are all ignorant of
the fact of Mary being on board, Hans sets fire to his
ship ; and after the crew of the Union have quitted
her to save their lives, he tells .Tack that his revenge
for the destruction of the ship will be ample, for that
Mary is in the powder magazine. Jack instantly re-
turns, boards the burning vessel, reaches the maga-
zine, and rescues Mary. As Jack and Mary quit tne
ship she blows up with a terrific explosion. The
piece is admirably got up, and is plentifully inter-
spersed with combats and dances and songs, all of
which were received with shouts of applause. The
scenery was very good, and the effect of the last scene
was novel and magnificent. The flames rose gra-
dually, the fire increasing in intensity, accompanied by
occasional explosions, until at length the final ex-
plosion took place. The piece was announced
for repetition every evening, amidst the most, vocife-
rous applause of a very- crowded house. '1 he drama
of the Tire Locksmiths followed, with 11. Hughes as
Peter. Burl, brave Burl, philosophic Burl, who "takes
things quietly." Mr. Hughes's acting in this charac-
terins proves him to be a consummate art,t
attained the secret of true acting. He understands
the power of repose. If some of our " powerful and
effective " actors would go and study the acting of
Mr. 11. Hughes in Peter Burl, they might learn a
useful lesson. They would then see the superiority
of repose over rant, and learn, like Peter Burl, "to take
things quietly?' The house was crowded.

ETON COLLI:Of:, MOND Ay.—Soine cases of fever
having occurred amongst the pupils (two or three of
which have terminated fatally), upwards of two hun-
dred of the boys left for their respective homes
during the pay t Week. In all cases of fever mani-.
fasting itself at the College there is generally more
alarm created than the circumstances w
arrant, and it
is therefore feared that the school will be broken up
this year long before the usual time.
A survey is now in progress for a line of railway
from Norwich to Cambridge, so as to connect both
places with the metropolis by means of the Northern
and Eastern Railway. There are several landowners
who oppose the scheme.

SALE OF PRINCR—XLBERT'S LIVE STOCK.—The
annual sale of live stock from his Royal Highness s
Norfolk (Windsor) Farm, by Mr. Tibbott was
attended by gentlemen an dealers, and
realised verylots
markets, than those
good prices—higher,.,, according the
eto the
of last year. Ibis farm, .as `N ell
as the Flemish—the property of the Prince—is under
the management of Alaior:Generali Weir a, Clerk
Marshal to his Royal Highness, and both are in a
thriving condition.
THE MANCHESTER ZOOLOGICALGARDENS.—An-
, other proof is about to be given of what depressed
trade can effect, in the fact that these splendid gar-
dens are on the eve of being fivally closed. The
concern is as completely bankrupt as is that of the
Bank at Manchester, so far as the loss of the sub-
scribed capital bears out the resemblance.
ST. PAUL'S CATIIEDRAL.—Amongst the recent im-
provements at St. Paul's Cathedral, a material one has
been effected at the north entrance, by 'the erection of
additional doors on the outside of the massive doors
under the portico. The addition has been made to
prevent the continual opening and shutting of the ori-
ginal doors, Which are exceedingly heavy, every time
a visitor required admission, when Divine service was
not being performed. The new doors are but a few
inches . from the old ones; they open outwards, and
close with a spring, and there are two panes of glass in
each door, so that the door-keeper may .see the up-
preach of persons desirous of being admitted.