The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-20 00:00:00

NAVAL. N.W§

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Defirvz.e, of
74 guns, from Corunn3.

The Insolent Qun7brig, with-a Fleet of Viduallers
under convoy for Corunna, sailed this morning, bat
ik6re obliged to put back again, oing to contrary
.

The Seine Frigate and Peacock -Sloop of War era
come into Harbour.

FALMOUTH', OCT. 17.—A-rrived his Majesty's Ship
4rn42zon, from. Plymouth.
Sailed his .Majesty's Ship ,Cricket, for COrunna:

DEAL, OCT. 19.--Remain in the Downs a large
Fleet of outward-bound VesselS, Transports, and
Ships of Wafas per last. •

PORTSITOUTII; OCT. 19.—Arrived his Majesly'i
Ships Iris and Szvallow, with the following 'Frans-
ports, havihg on board gOOO Spanish Sheep from
Gijon, viz. the Robert
.and Ann; Captain MARTIN ;
Calista, ROBINSON; ,Oporto, CAiIIE ; TtidniaS,
BRAMIILEB ;•".11egard, Auk; Boreas, DAilDsoN ;
and thelt,Tentor. Also arrived the.Nerclaant Schooner
Patriot; from Spain.

The Decade Frigate at Cork ig appointed cnnrcy
for the West Indies; her time of sailing is not fixed,
ibere.being,but few vessels assembled.
Notwithstanding the .repe-med -assertions: to the

•_ , .
contrary; we can again confidently. repeat, that there,
are at Lisbon Transports fully sufficient for 22,000
men. If, any delay has occurred in the sailing of our
.army, the cause of the delay will probably bo found
to reA in a quarter to which it.is not now imputed:a
The herring fishery seems to promise an abundalAt
harvest to the Deal fishermen, a great number being
brought in every clay by
.their fishing': boats. The
herrings were selling on Tuesday on the coast at
•a
,'t(Atirty fora shilling.
' 'the late.. Revolution at Constantinople has pre-
vented Mr. Ap,Oal from proceeding to that Capital.
He was at Malta on the sth ult. expeaing to be
immediately recalled.
To-morrow- fortnight, the 4th of November, i 5
the night which the Proprietors of the late Theatre
Royal, Covent-garden, have seleeled for a Benefit
Play at the Opera Hotise, the profits of which are to
be distributed amongst the. Sufferers by the recent
conflagration..
BARRirmoRE has not been able to regain his station
at„Dr:riry-lane Theatre, where the public would rt 9
doubt be glad to. see him again, as he is a very Use'
efial Aaor, if not a great one. It is alWays foolish ill
London performers to quarrel with Managers; for
though it is not improbable that in such disputes
both sides are to blainv, yet the latter can most easily
help themselves; and the former cannot find so good
a market, for their talents. i
The public doubtless read with disgust the daily
attacks upon the Patentees of Covent Garden Theo-
tre, and particularly on KENBLE, as they are ground,
ed . upon the lass of the Theatre, a eitcumstanco /
which has been a source oi regret and liberal. vat' /
pai,by to all bat the authors (11-; such attacks.
motives to which these attacks are imputed render
them still worse, and we hope we' have been mis-
led as, to tbeir nature,
,and that they, rather originate
in wanton4evity, than disappointment, and,a vindic-
tlye spirit.. ..:
.The 'Musical Farce left by Mr. ToBtN, the. author
of 'The Honey .1116on,•is net likely to be lost to the
public, tiiough the play-house copy fell in the la"
mentable, wreck, of Covent-Gardeo Theatre, as 3
rough copy was preserved by the brother of the an-
;thor ;._and though the music by SHIELD was UM'
tioi,4,deStrOye‘l at the same time, yet the taste,
..fair9y,and teeling of the musician will' readily enable
hitu_to supply a substitute.
The Greetiolt Theatre, which was lately built by ,
Mr. SI4I'IIE2,T ISEMBLE, has been opened for Some
time, . and has been very successful, and is likely t°,
be more so. New Channels of commerce will afford
scopb for the aaive and enterprising spirit of drat
phice. Mr. BARRY, an aaor of considerable wat
and BARTLEY, late of Drury,-Lane Theatre, are'etirts
principal Performers. STEI'HEN KEISIRLE also qO.
himself as actor as well as Manager, and' A.EmBLE, with health 're-established, is a gr fa.
eat
a • g • ,
votirite,-as may naturally be supposed, eonsiderin
i
the h.i.gh reputation which she, deservedly acquil°-
on the London boards. The. Company
altogether,
accOrding.to report,• is equal, it not superior to that
:of any Provincial Theatre. Cooks performed there
with great success'abt;ut three weeks ago, and w:l4
much admired; particularly as he was very regular,
assiduous; and zealous, through the whole time he
was in the• plaCe.
It is said that CORRI, the musical Composer, 110
refused to let the Managers of Drury-lane Theatre
have his Scholar, who has been 'arinortnced I°l.
Polly, in The Beggars' Opera, because they havq
refused to take his wife:
EXTRAORDINARY LONOEYITY.—LateIy tiled I irl the village of Aberfeldie, Perthshire, John Steuart'
commonly known by the name of Colonel Joh°
Stet art, at the very advanced age of't II years. To
history of this man is not a little. 'remarkable*:
the age of 18 he joined the Pretender's* banners, r‘o
nas present at the battle of Sheriff Muir, near Silt' jing,-as'a young Piper. 'ln the y•-ar 1745, be. aiail) ,
took up aims in support of the pretensions of tile
Ffou-se of Stewaii, and was; present in the 'Same Ca:.
l'fiatity,.in time battles of Fa kirk Preston anu
Pans, , ralinden, in which last he received a severe wono!),
Mahe thigh, in consegtoence of which be'was 5°
$, 'l le, that he made use of crutches ever alter. Fie/
w.,S Married to eight wives, by each of whom, C%
cei t the.last, he had several 'children; • The rimy'
bet of his offspring now alive is calculated to be more k
than 200.' He'was by trade a tinker, and. was re'marll
ably famous for making Highland dirks and soon
mulls. Resretairied to the lat,the full possession 0,.
,'
his rreitta/ faculties, and walked to church, Which
is at the distance of a mile and a half from hi,; house,
the Sunday before his death. The late Sir Willing
"FePrli•-6-s--- 0; 6,2.inburgh, generously alloWed him, for
many years backs
bis 4e.ath was more owinem to L"^ess in drinking
loe 4,„:„4 annum. It is believed that
4.-Q '
- • 'l' let
Whisl6y, of -which beverage he was alwa.ye r` *
fond,, than to any -natural . decay. I