The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-29 00:00:00

ANECDOTES, &c.

REMARKABI,E DAY.—This day is remarkable
as the anniversary of Sir WALTER ItALErcit
[wing beheaded in Old Palace-yard in 1618; of
Lima'and Callao, in Peru, being swidlov%ed up
by an, earthquake in 1746 ; and of Wilmington,
North Carolina, being destroyed by fire in 1798.

The Beautiful M. DE CHATEAUBRTAND had
been the beloved mistress of Francis 1. When
this Prince .was taken prisoner at Pavia, dreading
the anger of the Queen, the Countess implored
permission of her husband to return. It was
granted, but far from pardoning a woman he had
so clearly loved, he confined her in a room hung
with black, and resolutely refused to see her.
No sooner had Francis recovered his liberty than
her husband, fearing the King would recall her
to his arrns, resolved to put her to death ; he
entered her room accompanied by six men wear-
ing masks, and furiously said to his devoted vic-
tim, " die to expiate thy infamy and mine." She
mildly replied that she was ready to submit, and
turning away her lovely eyes, delivered herself
up to the ministers of his cruel vengeance. Four
of then► held her fast, whilst the remaining two
opened the veins of her legs and arms. Her
cruel husband stood over whilst the blood flowed,
and neither the sight of her beauty nor her resig-
nation with which she bore her hard fate, could
move him to compassion. This tragical story is
related by Varillas ; but the truth of it is denied
by other authors.
Pernikactr.—At his death in 1374, PETR lICH
bequeathed his library to the city of Venice,
upon condition that it should be oper.ed to tl►e
public. This was the foundation of the library
of St. Marc, the first public establishment of this
kind in Europe.
o.r.ystrus was formerly the appellation given
to any lofty eminence, and was common to many
celebrated mountains ; to one in Pieria, the fabu-
lous
seat of the gods ; to another in Bithynia ;
to a third in Mysia; a fourth in Cyprus ; a fifth
in Creta ; a sixth in Elis ; and a seventh in Ar-
cadia..

THEATRKAL A NECDOTE.—" Would yon believe
it ?" said one of the Managers of the Theatre to
LasToN the other day, " Lord - tells me he
fias written a comedy, but I suppose he was
joking." " By no means," replied Liston, " I
assure you I have seen it, and there is no joke
in it."

LtsToN, it seems, resumes his engagement at
the Haymarket Theatre on the seventh of next
month. his Paul Pry is certainly one of the
most ludicrous specimens of genuine comic hu-
mour that the stage has ever exhibited. In fact,'
he made the whole town as curious as himself,
and anxious to pry into the merits of an actor,
whose hutncur is really original, as well as irre-
sistably diverting.
Tire NEW LAW CQURTL—Yesterday, the
workmen began to pull down the fencing, which
has so long inclosed the buildings by the side
of Westminster hall, intended for the new
Law Courts, preparatory to the pavements
and road in Palace-yard and Saint Margaret-
street being finished, as the Courts are to be
ready by the next Term, which commences 1
Nov. 6. The doorways in the new buildings, ex-
pressly for the several Judges, and which front
St. Margaret's church, are also finishing ; but
whether these several works (which have been
only two or three years in progress) will be
ready so that the Judges may sit in the
several Courts, with satisfactiou to their
olfactory nerves, is exceedingly doubtful.—
The Courts have already been described in
general terms. If numerous passages, retir-
ing rooms, closets, &c. merit praise, there are
ample reasons for applauding the new Courts ;
but as for accommodation for the public, inde-
pendently of what is required for the Judges,
Counsel, &c. it is to be feared that there will
be very little room for praising the arrange-
ments of the new buildings. The workmen
yesterday also began to raise poles and fenc-
ings at the middle of St. Margaret's-street
leading alongside the new Courts and to the
House of Commons, in furtherance of labours
about to commence forthwith to Macadamize such
street, by the House of Commons, &c. One
half of the street-way is to be done at a time,
so as not to block up the thoroughfare, as was
the plan in Cl Macadamizing" in front of the Ad-
miralty ; that being done, the other is to be corn-
menced.—(Morning Paper.)
It is said that it has been positively resolved
by the Cabinet, with the concurrence of his Ma-
jesty, that the Parliament shall not be dissolved
until another session. It will meet in February
for the dispatch of business, which will be
so arranged that the session may terminate in
time for the dissolution to take place, and the
election to be over, before the middle of June, in
order that it may not interfere with the labours
of the harvest. The Catholic Question will,
it is understood, be again brought forward
during the ensuing Session, the leading Members
of the Irish party feeling a confidence in
their strength, whilst the Protestant party ear-
nestly desire the discussion, under an impression
that many of the members who are friendly to
Catholic emancipation will abstain from voting,
lest they should risk their re-election, it being
supposet4 that the feeling of the electors is rather
against than for emancipation.--(Dublin Evening
Post.)

WARWICK, OCT. 27.—Sometime in the night of
Tuesday last, a woman who was in custody at the Red Lion
Inn, in this place, on a chsrge of felony, rose from her bed,
and by the aid of the blankets and sheets, which she had
tied together, descended into the street, from a height of
nearly fifty feet ; leaving two men, placed in the same
apartment to watch her, fast locked in the arms of sleep,
while she effected her escape in the arms of her lover,
who, it is supposed, was anxiously waiting to receive her
beneath the window. It appears that the lady performed
her helte nation of the two officers of
takench from
mise'
her previous to
here rretiring
the-remainder of
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act undertaking a krrihavingnhge icno
been
se ejustice when they found their bird had flown, may be more
easily imagined than described. An instant search was made
—the inmates of the house were roused from their slumbers,
wPeearrilii°)ug
sat
to u
' and the whoie police of the borough was set soon in motion ;
but to no effect ; for from that time to this, no tidings of the
lady has been obtained. The cry of a female was heard by some
of the neighbours in the course of the night.