The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-26 00:00:00

A TALE OF A TUB.

It is seldom a Jonathan can be matched in this coun-
try. The following anecdote of " Daunie Mitchell,"
tailor, 'Farb°lton, is from the fifth part of " The Con-
temporaries of Burns," a work in course of publica-
tion, by H. Paton, carver and gilder to the Queen,
Edinburgh
Minnie' had rowth of droll stories and anec-
dotes, which his acquaintances could easily draw from
him over a gill, when they wanted diversion. One of
his stories would have made a capital History,' In
the hands of Dugald Graham, and might have been
entitled—' The Wonderful Adventures of praline
Mitchell, tailor,' showing bow that Daunie, in fly-
ing from a gauger, took refuge in a cooper's shed,
where he hid himself in a barrel. How the cooper
came and knocked on the head of the barrel, while
Daunie lay within and durst not discover hirspelf. How
a bull came past, and, while rubbing himself against the
barrel, was seized by Daunie by the tail through the
bang-hole. How the bull roared and Hang, and knocked
Daunie and the barrel into the Water of Avr. How
Daunie stopped the bung-hole with his coat-tail, and
went swimming down the water as far as the town of
Ayr, when the folks on the river side, every one cry.
ing ' The barrel's mine—the barrel's mine 1' drew the
prize to land. How that, finding the barrel to contain
something heavy, it was broken open, when out jumped
Daunie, exclaiming . The barrels yours na, the
barrel's mine!' and marched off with it in triumph,
while the good folks of Ayr scampered away helter-
skelter, believing him to be no other than the devil
himself."—Ayr Observer.

, -
PRINCE GEORGE OF 1-IANOVER.—The cele-
brated (says the Hanover correspondent of the
Journal), who has undertaken the cure of the
Royal, and who has hitherto entertained the hope of
gogr.yfor him the use of one, if not both his eyes, has
deeef:cipßlnrared that his Royal Highness's malady appears to
incurable, and that it is useless to subject the Prince
jthrbFPoucirnisrcraatiaontdv operation.

We perceive by the Cork shipping list that her
Majesty's ship Revenge, 74 guns, has arrived in that har.
bour for the purpose of entering men to complete
her com-
plement, and that Captain Waldeoyave means to
ren-
dezvous houses in the neighbouring coast towns openfor
the
ice
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few
shipweeks Powerful,back,
she was under order; for Dublin, for the purpose of allow-
ing her Captain to try the effect of a plan he had proposed
eimtn
who
ev volunteers
t "corns.
to the Admiralty—namely, that of allowing him to take his
ship to different ports, for the purpose of getting men. We
have no doubt but that the suggestion was a good one, for
we take it that in a port like Dublin, which has not been
visited by any man of-war larger than a friga,ntoewtoffouarilrd)a,tgogirvseeuapitan.
many years, a very considerable number
voyages are
would be had. The novelty of a three-decker lying in the
harbour, the gay dresses of the officers, their occasional
passage in uniform along the quays, the clean, seamanlike
appearance of the man-of-war's men, the novel attraction
irnpi
in
oe
ft
ut
Dublinhs numberu frt l loa
of
;doe
u-wgnhogaci
nnssdgee
aitmrsi
ogfreaast
merely
confined to a coasting trade between the two countries.
stantlhyi
We know what an effect a dashing recruiting part
a provincial town or rural district,
pose that the like effect would beproduced •
et oli
anhea rbino
in such a har-
bour
bour as Dublin b y the appearance of a ship of '
the line?
If th 3 Admiral.), are wise they will order the Revenge
round to Dublin.—Dublin Evening Pos
t.

11144 H, wATEIt AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.NIORROW.
Moraine 4l minutes after 3. I Evening ... 57 minutes atter 3.