The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-22 00:00:00

ANECDOTE OF DR. GOLDSMITH.

Oliver. Goldsmith,- several years before my
„luckless presentation to Johnson, proved how
Doctors differ."—l was only five years old
when Goldsmith took me on his knee, while he
was drinking coffee, one evening, with my father,
and began to play with me ;—which amiable act
I return'd with the ingratitude of a peevish brat,
by giving him a very smart slap in the face ;—it
must have been a tingler;—for it left the marks
of my little spiteful paw upon his cheek. This
:infantine outrage was follow'd by summary jus-
tice ; and I was lock'd up by my indignant
father, in an adjoining room, to undergo solitary'
imprisonment, in the dark. Here I began to
howl and scream, most abominably ; which was
no bad step towards liberation, since those who
were not inclined to pity me might be likely to
set me free, for the purpose of abating a nuisance.
At length a generous friend appear'd to extri-
cate me from jeopardy ; and that generous friend
was no other than the man I had so wantonly
molested by assault and battery ;—it was the
tender-hearted Doctor himself, with a lighted
candle in his hand, and a smile upon his coun-
tenance, ,nhich was still partially red, from the
effects of my petulance. I sulk'd and sobb'd,
and he fondled and sooth'd :—till I began to
brighten. Goldsmith, who, in regard to chil-
dren, was like the Village Preacher he has so
beautifully described,—for
" Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed,"
seized the propitious moment of returning good.
humour ;—so he put down the candle, and be-
gan to conjure. He placed three hats, which
happen'd to be in the room, upon the carpet, and
a shilling under each ;—the shillings, he told me,
were England, France, and Spain. " Hey,
presto, cockolorum !" cried the Doctor,—and,
to 1 on uncovering the shillings which had
been dispersed, each beneath a separate hat,
they were all found congregated under one. I
was no politician at five years old,—and, there-
fore, might not have wonder'd at the sudden re-
volution which brought England, France, and
Spain, all under one Crown ; but, as I was also
no conjuror, it amazed me beyond measure.
Astonishment might have amounted to awe for
one who appear'd to me gifted with the power
of performing miracles, if the good-nature of
the man had not obviated my dread of the
magician ;—but, from that time, whenever the
Doctor came to visit my father,

" I pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile ;"
a game at romps constantly ensued, and we were
always cordial friends, and merry play-fellows.
Our unequal companionship varied somewhat, in
point of sports, as I grew older, but it did not
last long ;—my senior playmate died, alas ! in
his forty.fifth year, some months after I had at-
tain'd my eleventh. His death, it has been
thought, was hasten'd by " mental inquietude ;"
—if this supposition be true, never did the tur-
moils of life subdue a mind more warm with
sympathy for the misfortune of our fellow-
creatures ;—but his character is familar to every
one who reads :—in all the numerous accounts
of his virtues and his foibles,—his genius and
absurdities, his knowledge of nature, and his ig-
norance of the world,—his " compassion for
another's woe " was always predominant ; and
my trivial story, of humouring a froward child,
weighs but as a feather in the recorded scale of
his benevolence.—Colman's Random Records.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS
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5 per Cent. Red. 9236 2 1,4 1%
3 par Cent. Cons. 941%
3% per Cent. lOOl4 %%
Ditto Red. 99Y434%
4 oer Cent. Anu. IO % 2
Ditto, 1826 10444
Bank L. Ann. l9 3-16 5-16
Ditto SO years 18 13-16 %,
Ditto 50 years
India Stock
Ditto Bonds pra.

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
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Brazilian Bonds 74%
Buenos Ayres Bonds SA
Chilian Bonds 264.
Colombian Bonds 23
Ditto, DM 241,4 34
Danish .......................:5
Greek Bonds
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G uatimala
Mexican Bends
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PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY ♦Y ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
Anglo Mex. Alin. Co. (Us. at 5/. pm.)1100 3”. i 51
Brazilian Imp. Mm. Co. (uts. at 51. pm.) £2O
Ditto National 1214
Mexican Mining Co
Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Co lO

20
9%;',

PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 19.
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Consols, 3 per cent.
Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 99}6 National Ditto —
Ditto, New — Patriotic Ditto —
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0 Brazil

1 Buenos Ayres
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