The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-01 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Mrs. Honey made her first appearance here for
these four years last evening, in the farce of Match Her Who Can. In this farce she has ample opportu-
nity for exhibiting the versatility of her talents, as she
susiains no less than five characters, exhibiting every.
variety, from the wild Irish girl, with no fortune but
her beauty, her mirth, and her melody, to the staid,,
quiet, st?,ady dun-coloured quaker, who flys from
beauty as from temptation, to whom mirth is an abo-
mination, and whose ideas of melody e:ztend not be-
yond the nasal twang in which the orthodox give vent
to the movin,:s of the spirit. It is needless to add
that she acted excellently and sung deliciously. We
hail her re-appearance as an acquisition to this
theatre. A lady who can sing has long been wanted
at this theatre, and that want could not have been
more efficiently supplied than it has been by the en-
gagemnit of that most fascinating of ballad-singers,
Mrs. Honey.
The farce was preceded by Mark Leman's beautiful-
drama of Grandfather Whitehead, which still continues
to draw good houses. This drama is certainly more
true to nature than any that has been prodnced of late
years, and it is powerfully acted throughout. Having
repeatedly seen both Bouffe and Farren in the character
of the Grandfather, we, on the whole, unhesitatingly
award the palm to Farren. Beautiful as is the Grand-
papa Guerin of Bouffe, it is certainly surpassed by
the Grandfather Whitehead "of Farren. In order
I,roperly to appreciate the beautifully artistical man 7
ner in which Farren developes this character, it is ne-
cessary to soc him more than once. " Ars est celare
artern ;" and this, the highcst triumph of art, has
been accomplished by Farr 2 n in his inimitable deline-
ation of this most interesting character.

RIGHT OF SEARCH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIM.
_ .

Sra,--1 entirely concur in the justice of the obser-
vations you have lately made, regarding:Abe impress-
Ment of seamen, and our right to search neutral vessels
lurine a time of war. Thope you will againand again
reiterate these observations, which are so true, that
they only 'require . impartial attention to meet with
universal assent. We are as capable of forming cor-
rect opinions as the older writers on international
law, and no authority can supersede common sense,
'.11;1 Strict justice. We cannot possibly have the right
to search any neutral vessel, during the time of war,.
except by the consent of both parties, and the sooner
..ve gracefully relinquish an unjust claim the better.
The right can Only be that of superior power, but even
if it were aelcnoWdedged, what would be the use of it?
rilre should merely be able to compel a few unwilling
sailors to serge on our ships of war, a compulsion
that never will be required if they be only treated with
eo4nraon justice and humanity.
• lihese re marl: may also be applied to slave treaties.
Irmo French he dis'atisfied with theirtreaty, let them
have n new one, for no benefit can be derived from any
treat_}'-that is unwillingly executed.
Your most obedient servant,
PLi‘...YF AIR.

0-rx'9 13-12.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—ltn the report of the Coroner's Inquest on
the body (')f the unfortunate Joseph Johnson, in your
paper of 'riday evening, last, it was stated that the
sum of money found upon the deceased's person was
2281., instead of which it was only 1281. 16s. If,
therefore, ybiu would be so good as to correct the
statement in your next paper, you would oblige those
persons connected with the melancholy event, and
who still posF;ess the property, under the Coroner's
seal ; and as you are aware of the necsosity for par-
ticularity on such occasions, I feel convinced von will
ohlirr R
e. 'Yours, &c. THOS. STOUD.
Spread' Eagle Tap, Oct. 30. 1842.

The leading 11":ashington papers, strange to say,
have not yet published the. Ashburton treaty,
'
and they allege, that its publication in the other
papers of the Union is surreptitious, a copy of the
treaty having been stolen from the files of the Sen te-.
They allege further (which we believe to be true) that,
annexed to the treaty,.there is an agreement, regula-
ting all matters of detail, and explaining several
things in the treaty itself, which without such ex-
planation appears ambiguous. They therefore call
upon the people of the United States, not to pro-
nounce any opinion upon the treaty, until it is ratified
by the British Government, when it will be published
complete, and can be understood in all its parts.—

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Nova Scotian.
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE ON THE RIVER.—A few
days since the Ruby Gravesend steamer, Captain
Gann, was on her passage down the river, when a
black man, a sailor belonging to a sloop astern of the
Ruby, fell overboard off Woolwich. Captain Gann
immediately gave orders for his vessel to be stopped,
and two young watermen belonging to his crew got
into the boat, which being lowered rather too hastily
heeled over, and the two watermen were precipitated
into the water. They both, however, gallantly swam
to the rescue of the black sailor, and soon put him on
board the sloop's boat, and proceeded to swim back to
their own, which by this time had righted. One
reached her in safety, and the other had nearly done
so, when exhausted by his efforts the poor fellow sunk,
and never rose again, to the unspeakable regret of the
crew and
pesseneem on board the Ruby. The de-
ceased was a single man, the chief support of an aged
mother, and was the nephew of Captain Yonwin,
master of the Gem steamer, one of the oldest and most
respected Captains on the river. •
MEXICAN Does.—Mr. Kendall, in the account of
his Santa Fe expedition, speaks of some remarkable
dogs used by Mexicans to guard their sheep. He
says—" There are very few men along with this im-
mense herd of sheep ; but in their stead was a large
number of noble dogs, who appeared to be peculiarly
gifted with the faculty of keeping them together.
There was no running about, no barking nor biting
in their system of tactics • but on the contrary, they
walked gently up to any
sheep that happened to stray
from the fold, took it carefully by the ear, and led it
back to the flock. Not the, least fear did the cheep
manifest at the approach of these dogs;- and there was
no necessity for it. They appeared to me to be a cross
of the Newfoundland and St. Bernard species; of a
ver large size, and with frank open countenances,
y
an.d, from what I could learn, e24reziely s,agasiolis,"