The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-08 00:00:00

STRAND THEATRE.

The bills announced for last night a new farce,
Under the name of Yankee Land, which belongs rather
to the class known upon this side of the Atlantic by
the comprehensive name of " drama." It is by no
Means ill-contrived or ill- written, and it would suc-
ceed for a time by its own merits, if these derived no
additional force from the acting of Mr. Daniel Marble.
The notion that an American comedian, par excel-
lence, must be a caricaturist of his own countrymen,
is happily contradicted by this gentleman, whose per-
formance as Lot Sap Sago last night, convinced every
one that he did not depend upon provincialism or
mannerism. lle imitates local peculiarities with the
truth of life ; but he expresses also the common feel-
ings and pasdons of man with equal and much rarer
truth. He might abandon Yankeeism for ever, and
ue at once a favourite upon the English stage in the
most touching characters of our native comedy. If
he chooses to remain with us a season or two longer,
he will draw as crowded houses, and receive as much
ePpl:use in Tyke, in David, aye, and in Dennis
bulgruddery, as in all his Yankee characters together.
There were some awkward apologies, and some un-
explained omission 4, in the entertainments of last
night. It is to be hoped they will not occur again.
a hether such mistakes occur from sulkiness or acci-
111%1' they are as prejudicial to the artists .
and the
'le; as they are painful to the audience

Majesty's
ALiinT,.... EVENING.--Her
... ' A if, SATURDAY_
."
-V:i WS FROM OTAHEITE.
ship Hazard, Commander Bell, left San Blas, on
Jaen
10, fur Oahu, the capital of the Sandwich
IsLrids, conveying Consul-General Miller
4nZlY;ilaeprpeoinitteeial
rtdimenircael, aiindmanirarais:eidn tthh.eareDA:lbalrienh,
was met with, and people employed in
anchor, the chain of which had been earned away.
immediately
getting up her
The Hazard was ordered, and sailed
therice to Otaheite to deliver dispatches ;
Dublin, to sail next day, was reported to have passed
t
through the Society group for Valparaiso on the Is
and the
of April, towards Valparaiso.
The hazard arrived off the reef at Papeeti May
7th, when a boat was ordered on shore with four
hands, Dr. Veech charge of the dis and Lieut. Rose
patches. in command and
in
at Papeeti, and delivered the
officer had landed dispatches to Lieut.
Hunt of the Basilisk, who had assumed duties of British Consul, and after remaining on shore
from the pier
a quarter of an hour, and when about 100 yards
cruisin , on returning to the Hazard,
Was g off and on, outside the reef, the boat
to hailed from an armed barge be the French frigate La Charte, and was
ordered by the officer to the " Maison" (the house of
the Admiral), or to the frigate, to either of which he
pointed; but Lieutenant Rose turned his boat round,
and proceeded for the pier, in order to get an ex-
planation from Lieutenant Hunt as to what was re-
quired. On arriv;ng alongside the wharf, Lieut.
Rose said he would neither proceed to the " Maison'
nor to the frigate, or anywhere else at the bidding of
French authority, He was then ordered to get out
of his boat into the barge
moment he , which he did, at the same
directed the British man-of-war ensign
and pendant to be hauled down, and unbuckling his
'sword delivered it to the officer ; the barge then pro-
ceeded towards the French frigate La Charte, towing
the gig of the Raz trd. On getting alongside, Lieut.
Rose was directed to go on board:, his crew remain-
after in their boat. A long consultation ensued, and
being on board the frigate two hours and a half,
the sword
and he was delivered up to Lieutenant Rose,
was told that he might go on board his own
vessel. He demanded an explanation and an apology:
but was replied to that there was " no apology.'
" No communication was allowed with the shore:,
And the second officer of the frigate said that he
had been treated in a similar manner by the British
some years ago when on the Gibraltar station.
Lieutenant Rose was politely dealt with on board
La Charte.
On arriving on board the Hazard, Lieutenant Rose
reported to Commander Bell the conduct of the
French towards him, when it was deemed most ad-
visable to pursue their voyage for Sydney, on which
station the Hazard was destineel, rather than to make
for Valparaiso to fall in with the British Admiral.
The French ship-of war Uranie, 60 guns; La Charte,
frigate; another frigate ; and the Phaeton steamer
were there; and another French frigate remaining at
the peninsula, where the first battle was fought with
the Otaheitians. The Queen and her husband were on
board the Basilisk. About 100 Europeans had en-
listed under the Otaheitian banner, among whom are
some runaway gunners' mates.
The hazard on her voy age toars ney,
touched at Navigator's Island, for wood and yd
water,
and whilst she remained there an assemblage of the
chiefs, thirty in number, was held at Tootooilah, over
which the King presided. The result of the busi-
ness of the day was the adoption of a petition to her
Britannic Majesty, to afford them and their people
protection • and to give them in proof of her Royal
favour, a fiag emblematic of annexation to England.
The petition is said to bc. extremely well and appro- 1
priately got up. The natives were sadly afraid of
a visit from the French ; but they had resolved to die
rather than to allow them to occupy their native soil.
The Hazard arrived at Sydney on May 23d.
The vessel having on guard the French Roman
Cailiolic Bishop, with several nuns and others, which
sailed from Brest some months ago, bound to the
f4an(lwich Islands, had not arrived. It was currently
reported in the South Seas that she had foundered off
• Cape Born,
The brig Arachne, Captain Pearse, which furnished
the above information, sailed from Sydney on June 8,
and landed her mails and dispatches at Falmouth ;
also Lieutenant Rose, R.N. who s to England
by his commander
to report on the abovesent transaction.
The Arachne also furnished a mail from Adelaide,
taken up to Sydney by the Hawke; and an ither from
the Calypso.
Wellington, New Zealand, conveyed to Sydney by
A mail has also been landed, ex the brig Vernon,
`Webster, from Madeira, which vessel reported that
her Majesty's packet Swift had arrived at Madeira,
on her outward voy2ge from hence towards Brazil.
P asse
The West India steam-ship
by here to-day, at ten A. m., homeward-bound,
d