_Gulnare_, (the reigning Beauty of the Pasha’s Mrs. B. Mrs. Harem, his favorite, and most other people’s, White. Vernon. it is hoped--including the audience,) _Zuliema_, (a “light of other days” a little Mrs. C. Mrs. Cook. “faded,”) Melville. _Submarina_, (the Fairy guardian of the Deep, Miss J. Mrs. H. B. Deep Sea, Chief Inspector of the Ocean Police, Ryder. Phillips. and Deputy Ruler of the Waves,) _Serena_, (the Little Fairy at the bottom of the Mrs. M. Miss Emily Sea,) Wilton. Milton. _Corsairs, Slaves, Odalisques, Almas, Water Nymphs, Fairies, Guards, Attendants, &c._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE CORSAIR. SCENE I.--_Marine Aquarium, or Naiad’s Coralline Temple--WATER SPIRITS discovered sleeping in shells; TRITONS come in and arouse them, by sounding their conches; SPIRITS rise and dance; a coral grotto rises, having in it SUBMARINA, CORALIA, AZURINA, TEMPESTIA, &c._ _Sub._ Friends, mermaids, sprites and guardians of the sea, Leave off your dancing and attend to me; This is a public meeting, not a ball; Here come, I’ll take the chair--now silence, all. _All._ Hear! hear! _Sub._ [C.] Do let me speak, I say, once more-- Friends, sprites and guardians, _Cor._ That you said before. _Sub._ Another interruption of this sort, And I’ll-- _Cor._ [R. C.] Well, well, go on--but cut it short; _Sub._ Friends, sprites, _et cetera_--We’ve assembled thus, The state of our dominions to discuss; Each day we read, in the _Subaqueous Times_, Of murders, robberies, and other crimes, Daily committed with impunity, In open day--upon the open sea-- Till none are safe who roam the ocean o’er. _Cor._ They’re just as safe as if they stayed on shore; There, too, I’m told, you’ll find on the increase-- Burglaries--robberies--but _not_ police. _Sub._ Pray, what’s the shore to you-- _Cor._ I but to tell ye meant.