The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-09 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS;

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 7.--;--We yaerday stetted the
arrival of a ksloop of war, which it *Arai reported
the Acorn froth the Mediterranean; blitAt afterwarth
proved to be the Hermes, Capt. i3itriviro, fro'in
cruize in the Channel,' and brings information that
the enemy's aqqadro'n have,arrived 'at'BreAt.
Arrived the American ship Merriinack,
from Charleston, South Carolirra, with a cargo of
timber, bound to Portsmouth ; the American ship
Orlando, belonging to Barnitaple, 'State of Massa=.
chusetts.,', CROWELL master, from Wilmington,
North Carolina, with a cargo of timber for his Ma-
Jeity's dock-yard at this port ; the Ocean, belong-
ing to this port, SAUNDERS master, and the Lord
Nelson, PUDDICOMBE, ;,.1:)oth from ,Portsmouth -; the
Nancy, COLLINS ; and William, FAWKNER, from
Lonclon; the Betsey, belonging to Newcastle, BAR•
KER. master, from Sunderland ; the Ceres, belong-
ing, to Arundel, EVANS master, from Youghall, with
a cargo of provisions for this port ; and the Acorn,
LLEWELLYN, from London.

Poi hick by contrary winds the Selina, BARROW,
and Hope, JONES, bound to Guernsey, which sailed
from hence on Friday last, in company with his Ma-
jesty's schooner Alp/tea, and the Nautilus transport,
having on board a detachment of the 46th regiment,
bound_thither ; the ;twy latter have put into Torbay.
Sailed the .oi'esles sloop of war for CorOnna:

DIAL, APRIL B.,—Sailed this morning the whole
of the outward-bound coasters and colliers, under
convoy.of the Viper cutter.

Arrived the ill'ary cutter, with dispatches and let
ters, from off Flushing.

FALMOUTH, APRIL 6.—Sailed the Sparrow gun.
brig for Corunna, and the iielive cut ter on a cruize,

PORTSMOUTH, Arent. B.—Arrived the liapid and
Gallant schooners float 'he Mediterranean ; his
Maiesty's.ships. Hope and Pickle from a cruize.
Sailed 'yesterday three running ships.
-, His Majesty's ship Phoebe with the' Quebec
convoy, are expected to bail in the morning.
Sailed the Argo irigate, with .Mr. LISTON on board,
for Constantinople; and the Hotspur with the East
India convoy.

Went ow of Harbour his Majesty's ships Gos
hawke and Attack. • -

The Trinculo sloop of war sailed from Cork on
the 4:'h instant, with, a convoy (or the West Indies.
The Poiaters man of war has arrived at Ply-
mouth, and brings a confittnation- of the Orient
squadron having got safe into Brest ; and it is stated,
that They carried in.several prizes with them.
The East ,I ndiamen raider convoy of the Hotspur,
that sailed yesterday for India are, the City of Lon-
don, Lord Keith, Ann, _lndus, Sir ff"illiarn Bensley,
Harwich, and the Sovereign.
On ,Friday sennight, the sloop Jenny, of Holy-
head,laden with shop goods, from Liverpool, was
wrtsckett near Redwharf, and the whole of the crew
perished,___ together with a female passenger.
We learn from Dover, that a. few nights ago, the
Skylark brig of war, Lieut. Boxv.a, fell in with a
fleet of praams, which took shelter in a bay ; that
he attacked them in the face of thrt batteries, and
after a, smart atlym, drove 1 5 of 1t Kean on shore.—
The brig of war had, one man killed. The official
account of the affair has not yet come to hand, ow-
ing, we believe, to contrary

Yesterday the Bank began paying to the Public
!he.three per cents.' tour per cents. long annuities,
and other dividends payable this quarter.
Several petsons,. it seems, are already at work
upon the life of the late JOHN HOtINE TOOKR, but
his public charader is so well known by the history
or his tithes, t hat. it would be a difficult matter for,
the most ingenious Biographer to throw a neW.light
on the subjeti; and to drag his private history before
the world would be bit an invidious office. If he
has left any literary remains, unconnected With his
politics, if that indeed were possible, such remains
would, no doubt, be an acceptable present to the
public, considering his powers and attainments.

PEDESTRIANIS34..7— 011 Tuesday Anorting Mr.
Agar, the celebrated pedestrian, undertook to go by,
a circuitous route, from his residence at KetisingtOn,
.to Black Water, in Hampshire, and return, making,,
altogether, .a'distante of fifty-nine•miles and a half,
for a stake of 200 guineas. The pedestrian stared
at day-light, dressed closely in flannel, with,light,
but thick shoes, and with his legs bare. He arrived
at Ashford Common: (t 7 miles) ,in two hours and.
ten minutes, anti refreshed at Englefield-Green, 21
miles, iR five minutes less , than, three hours from
starting. The pedestrian continued steadily at work,
•until he did the. hall of his journey, in
.four hours
and four minutes. After • being well rubbed, Mr.
Agar pursued his Herculean undertaking, acid did
tisseven miles at) hour tolerably true,. although he
was Much distressed in thelast two hours ; but he
wt,n the match tluee minutes within time. Tnis
is the greatest performance of modern day.
Mrs. Bumby died on Tuesday last, at Eakring, in
her soth year. In the ;ormer part of her life she
titled in the capacity of a school-mistress, till the
age of .50, at which time she married ; and on the
day of her -martiage, immediately after coining
from church, a Mental dkrangement took place,
from which she never wholly recovered. What
is very remarkable, a - horn sprung, ,within the last
feW years, from, one side. of her forehead, and
grew itt a crooked torm,to the length of nearly six
inches. 'Another also.made its appearance, but ow-
ing, it is supposed, to her frequently rubbing it, its
grOwtb was stopped.