The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-03 00:00:00

OCCASIONAL ADDRESS,

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On the introduilion of Master Barry at the Thcatre-Royal
Cavent.C;arden.

WRITTEN' BY MR. TAYLOR*

SPOKLN AY AIR. CHARLES KEMiiLE;

'lmpatient for renown, all hope and fear,
flow many a Candidate has ventur'd herel
w here dawning merit tie'er has tniss'd its aim,
But reacted, by due degrees, the heights of fame. • •
*Yet now, unheeding Study's arduous cares. • .
(So Rumour, With her hundred tonguesrdeclares)
A youth your lava& courts, whose early prime • •
Derides the tedious growth of ling!ring Time;
filature at once, when Nature urg'd, he strove,
Like.-P-o:Ls starting from the brain of
DLit think not, tbough..cat Fortune's swelling tide,
In rapid course, exulting Varnehis guide,
Think not he comes'With vain triumphant sail;
Nor dreads.thedangers of en adverse gale.:
• Though crowds on crowds haVe join'il in fond acclaim,
Through his bright track, to,bear aloft his name;
. And, to complete at length his bold career,
• Have sent his little, bark in safety here: •
Not 'pride but gratitude has Warrnld his breast, '
, • And hence alarm his modest doubts suggest,:
Lest that applause has been with gen'rous rage,
. Not lavish'd on his genius but his.age.
• Ha:Arrows tint. temper of a British mind,
For merit zealous, but to error kind;
Nor can he deerwhis honours justly thie,
" Until eonfirsted, sign'd, ratify'd by 'ion." •

• Shakspeare.

WILLIAM HENRY WEST lIETTYO ant), ,son of
WM. HENRY BETTY, Was bolsi on the .13th
September, 1791, as appears from the parish all,
stet of the church of St. Chad's, in Slirew,itorry.—
Mr. BITTY) the father, was the son of Di. Barri-,
a Physician of eminence at Lishorn, not far from
lidfitst, in the North of Ireland, at whose death he
became possessed of a handsome independent for-
tune.. His wife was Miss MARY STANTON' the
daughter of a Gentleman .in the County of. Wor.
cestcr. It has been frequently said, that Miss
STANTON bad been formerly either a Performer on
a•publtc stage, or fpthe frequent habit of meting in
private Theatres; neither of which reports bad the
ttmaLest foundation in truth.

MI: BUTTY, At the time of the birth of his son,
lived within a small distance of Shrewsbury, front
WhenCe he removed, a few years after, to the
neighbourhood of his native place, in the North of
Ireland. He occupied a farm, and also carried on
some Unsiness relating to the linen-. manufaftory,
near Rallynahinch, in the County of Down.
In the summer of I 8,0 2 the. Play of Pizarro tcay

brnitght out by the Belfast Manager with Much
spt,nsiqur, and Mrs. Stpnotts was the Bbvira. As
Mr. flair~
were
his son happened to be in the
town, they induced to gd- to the Theatre, be.
frig the first lime that Master BerrY had- ever'
tern a play. Front this moment his fate was
decided. When he came home he told his' faihei,
with a look
,of such enthusiasm, and: a voice so
pathetic, that those who beard him will never
forget the expression, 4' that he should certainly.
die if he must not be a player." The wonderful
ading of Mrs. StOnoNS, not easily to be
forgotten by the most phlegmatic, had left an im.
pression on his mind which mottling could erase.
Every thing•_ was negleflek for his favourite oh.
jed; and every thing' nut conneded with it be.
oanie tiresome and insipid. His propensity grew
visibly, more rooted by time; his importunities
were irresistible ; and his parents 'at length thought
seriously of indulging him. The bappy*moment
at length arrived which was to realize our bero's
hopes and wishes : Mr. ATX.rt49, the Manager of
the Belfast Company, indticed by the reports he
• had received, and solicitous to bring forward some
extraordinary novelty on account of the extreme
depression of the times, offered him an engagement
to play at Belfast,for Lur nights. Accordingly,asbnut
the middle nf August, in the year 1803, he announc.
ell the Tragedy:of Zara, the part. of Orman to bt
undertaken by a young Gentleman ost(y eleven years
of age, The singularity of the exhibition drew 'to.
getlier a grfat crowd of 'people, who were equally
astonished. And enraptured at the performance of the•
young ailtoi. -
He afterwards performed with increased celebrity
on the same Stage, the chAratiers of Douglas, Rollo,
and Romeo. ,With his success in other parts of.
Ireland, in Scml3nd, atid:several towns in Engh.nd,
the Public are perfealy acquainted. In his private
deportment lie exhibits the manner and feelings of
,boys of his -own-age.. He is fond of, and parti.
cipates' in, the usual gathes and sports of youth.
His .disposition is remarkatdy docile, and he i, free
from. all pride and vanity, but possesses a just cum.
,fidence in his genius and powers.,

. .
On Wednesday the Ro AL FAN! ILI Will honour
Druty.hine Theatre with their presence, for the first.
, .
time this season, to see .The Schoolfoi Scandal, and
Cinderella.. ' *

. .
On Saturday evening Donaldson, the Constable,
apprehended two notorious charadem in the crowd',
at the box door of Covent-garden Theatre, attempt.
ing to gain admittance.
Within a few years tour persons have died in the
parish of Yeddingham, a,twall vilidige in Yorkshire,
containing only 14. houses:, whose ages amounted to
404. years—the oidest heing ms•
The DUKE of 'Volta was,so well pleased.with the
performance of the roth Light Dragoons at a late
review, that, on (putting tl4 ground, he,oldesed
every man a pot of beer.
The psi and 67th Regiments landed at Farts.
mouth on Thursday and Friday, from Guernsey,
and marched fur Colchester and Winchester.
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The 39th Regiment embarked last week; from
Portsmouth fur Guernsey.
Upwards of 2000 men from the. Regiments in
Garrison at Ipswich, are daily employe:i, when the
weather permits, with a number of Attirioers, iu•
pallisading and completing the Lines-there with. all
possible dispatch. Sallie very heavy pieces of
tillery, and a quantity of ammunition, have arrived
from Woolwich to defend thew fortifications. t

Orders have been' received by the Surveyors u.
Assessed: Taxes, throughout the Country, that> in
&Weasel:in which the Assessment under the inhabit.,
ed House-duty is not equal to . a like Assessment
under the Property AU, they are to increase Chet
rate by surcharge to the amount charged under the
Property .Aft, •
•
The .art of .Srximmittg is henceforth to he taught
in the, Lyceums, and secondary schools of 1 since.
We are acquainted with some of the Professors of a
celebrated Aquatic Society, who would be glad to
teach this usetul art to Frenchmen gratis,., with tl?e
art of Drev.ming into the bargain.
A Letter from Embden, by the firemen Ncket
Louise, which no Friday arrived at Harwich in 40
bows' from the F.mMs, states, that the Stop/oar Sloop
of War, was then tying there-, on the point, however,
of sailing, with a, view to cut out of the Vtie the Brig
biamold, Issill,- of Aberdeen, and four••other Eng.
Vessels,which were captured about the 20th ult.
off. Tynemouth, by the French Lugger Privateer
Admiral Brllix.

There is now living in the vicinage of Beltast a
couple whose united ages make 173. They
,wire
tnarrietj in the year 1730, and of conr4c have
'been
'husband anti wife for 74 years. They have now'
living issue, in children, grand children, and great
grand. children, 63 persons. The old man was in.
valided and deservedly pensioned in -the year 1745 s
in consequence of a wound he received at the battle
of Falkirk, being then in the King's Dragoons..
Both Man and witc'are yet capable of following their
usual 'avocatiims, and seem to 'feel their faCidries,.
either physical or mental, little or nothing impaired.
There is a man 'now living in Sheffield, whols
only 67 years of age (who wai, the thiatichiltl, born
aliont.six years atter his father's marriage,. which
, was in the year 1730, at .the 'advanced age of 6o),
who bath mernotandums to authenticate that his
father:lived in the reigns of CHAR its IL Pats H.
W 1 LLIAM and MARY, Q-deett ANN I, Grottosl.
.and GIORPS 11. ; he lived 24 yeats in the latter
reign.
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The. dwelling.house of Mr, S)wel4, of Runes:.
by, Norwich, w at, in the night of -s4torciey last,
borglariotbly broken into by rne,tos of takin-g ps*ne

of Oats from out of the windows. in the Pdtiour,
and unfastening-the latch, which then, affnded an
easy entrance. The villaiai hdd, the auttocity to
.carry the bureau, whrrein they expedei to hay.e
found a large booty, into an out-house, in,ortkrto
plunder it at their leisure; fortunately nothing of
value was in it. It. is supposed they were alorm4
in their robbery, ,and decamped before they. had
finally accomplished their. intentions:, 19 their
hurry they left behind them..an instrument which
they had used, and which probably may, be a mewl
of leading to their dete4tion. The buce.4 was
ri!und the next miming in the out.houtte, with the
back futced open.