The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-21 00:00:00

THE THE.A.TRES.

DRURY•tiNE.—The new comic piece of Mttid
or Wife, and The Coronation, were followed last
night at this Theatre by Glove/mid in London,
and the part of the libertine Don, in consequence
of the indisposition of Madame VESTRIS, Was
assigned, as we stated yesterday, to Miss BLA
whose spirited representation of Macheath, at the
Haymarket Theatre, promised equal success hi
her performance last night. ller acting was lively,
easy, and humorous. She gave the songs with
great effect and received much applause.
COVENT•GARDEN.—Mr. ou NG last night gave
a correct and manly representation of Hamlet,
which he appears to have studied with critical
attention, and in which he always excites great
applause. A more interesting representative of
Ophelia than by Miss TREE we never witnessed ;
but we think her health requires some respite
till it is fully re-established.

.MAIDSTONE, Nov. 20.—Our Theatre was opened on Wed-
nesday evening, for the benefit of the Widows and Orphans of
William Cowen and William Pearce, who lost their lives at
the Medway Brewery on the 3d instant. The house in every
part was crowded to excess, and boasted of a greater assem-
hlag of rank and fashion than we ever before witnessed
within those walls. So great was the demand for places, that a
part of the pit was obliged-to be converted into boxes, which were
ttt4 up in the best manner the shortness of time would allow,
and it was truly pleasing, on this benevolent occasion, to wit-
ness the condescension of several of the most respectable fami- •
1P s in the neighbourhood, who occupied these seats, among
whom ;we noticed Mr.- and Mrs. Wykeham Martin and
family, Mr.- Baldwin and family, Mrs. Duppa and family,
n„liss Milner Sir John and Lady Browne, Major and Mrs.
'est, Captain Moore, R. N., the Officers of the Cavalry
Depot, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Reeve, &c. &c. The performances
were the " Poor Gentleman," and " Paul and Virginia,"
which were' acted exceedingly well and with much spirit, the
performers exerting themselves to the utmost of their power.
Allis Leigh recited an Address on the occasion, with consider-
able feeling and pathos, which drew forth frequent plaudits
from the audience. The receipts at the door amounted to 1.71
12s. The profits of this night added to the subscription al-
ready-received on behalf of the unfortunate families, we arc
happy to state amount to £223 17s- 6d.—(Maidstone Jour.)

THE LATE SIGNORA STDRA . LBThis Lady,
who was accused of avarice because she was pru-
dent la the management of the fortune which
she acquired in the long exercise of a precarious
profession, was more disposed towards acts of
liberality than those who make an ostentatious
.display of the riches for which they are rather
muebte d to the folly of others than to any merit
of their own. The same charge was brought
against Mr. GARRICK, who, according to the
testimony of Dr. JOIINSON, a man incapable of
falsehood or Battery, gave away more money in
he had
and charity than any other person whom
had known. Mrs. IscunaLD also, a Lady
whose name ought never to be mentioned with-
°at esteem, was exposed to the same imputations
of undiscerning malice, but who was always ready
to relieve distress, and who deprived herself of
;luny gratifications, even of an ordinary kind, in
order to secure a fund for benevolence and a
provision for relations. Bat to return to Signora
SToaAcE,whose talents were deservedly admii•ed,
and whose private worth was entitled to respect
and esteem. She by a will, made many years
ago. bequeathed 10001. to the ROYAL SOCIETY
of MINicIANS, and an equal sum to the New
MUSICAL FUND, two of the most respectable
Institutions in this or any Country. The Lute-
rest that had accrued from the time of her death
Tendered the bequests somewhat more than
aLclear WOOL each, even with the deduction of
tile legacy duty, and all other expences.—Mr.
CoNnELL, the Treasurer of the former Institu-
tion, respectable for talents as a Musician, and
for integrity as a man, received the first
of these legacies on Monday last ; and the
other, we presume, was received at the same
time. The late KING, on some temporary em-
barrassment in the former Society, on account of
the heavy claims on its benevolence, with his
usual liberality presented to it 500/. HANDEL
was the first benefactor to it, who bequeathed
10001., and Signora STORAGE, by following his
liberal example to the same amount, holds forth
a pattern to other friends of benevolence, and
admirers of music, which we trust will not be
held forth in vain, as we are assured that the
koYAL Socirry of MuslciANs allot to their
claimants not less than2ooo/. a year,andThE New
MUSICAL FUND is doubtless subjected to a pro-
portionate annual expenditure.

RorAL If t;NT AND TREMENDOUS FLOOD.—Last
Friday being the day appointed for his MA-
JESTY'S Stag Hounds to hunt, a fine deer was
turned out for the day's diversion, by Salt Hill ;
but just at that moment, a tremendous heavy rain
began to fall, and continued without intermission
flr two hours, which entirely put an end to the
day's sport. The rain that fell that day caused
the greatest land flood that ever was known in
the neighbourhood of Windsor and Frogmore.—
The water came down with such force and vio-
lence from Windsor Forest to the low ground,,,
that every ditch was completely filled. The
meadows were covered for miles round, and it
was quite distressing to see the people driving
their cattle out of the meadows to avoid their
being lost, and pigs out of their sties by men on
horseback. The long walk in Windsor Park was
under water, also Sheet-street, and other parts
of the town of 'Windsor. The Hope Inn, be-
tween Windsor and Frogmore, had four feet of
water in the house, which drove the inhabitants
into the upper floors, and the only method they
had of obtaining food was from its being con-
veyed to them by the one pair of stairs window.
The lower part of the house, near that spot, was
also under water. There was no possibility of
passing on foot on the road to j.,'rogmore, and a
great portion of the gardens attached to the
Princess AUGUSTA'S residence was under water.

Dr.WATAKErt, a Clergyman, defended the town
of Londonderry when the military had fled, and
thus prevented it from falling into the hands of
JAMES 11. King WILLIAM was.so highly pleased
with his gallantry, and felt so grateful for his ser-
vices, that he wished to make him a Bishop. But no,
the Bishops interfered ; a man stained with blood,
they said, was unfit to officiate in that sacred
character. King WILLIAM, however, gave him
a regiment, and he died in Flanders, fighting
bravely by his side. Ile made as good a Colonel
as if he had never entered the church.