The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-15 00:00:00

IMPROMPTU.

The following Lines on the recent Marriage of an eminent
King's Counsel, with te beautiful and accomplished young
Lady, were on Tuesday posted up in the Lord Chancellor's
Court :

To HyrneWs Court,
Did ll**d resort,
Vice quit, and poor. L**d E***n ;
Who then, I pray,
Willdare to say
In this he has not well done?
Some who sit here,
Will blame, I fear,
The act, and much deride ;
But if in this
H**d does anzise,
An issue will decide.

ANECDOTES, &c.

Tur. SPEAKER—of the House of Commons ought to be
very cautious, and pay an exact attention to the rule laid down
on the 27th of April, 1604—that in matters If doubt he is " to
explain;" but not to " sway." In matters, of doubt, or if he is
referred to, to inform the House in a point of order or practice,
it is his duty to state every thing lie knows upon the subject,
from the Journals, or the History of Parliament; but he ought
not to argue, or draw conclusions from this informations Ile
has no voice, but to utter the sense of the House when declared.
FRENCH PRESUMPTION.—A Frenchman,sztained DE-
sAtißnE, was resident, some years ago, in Manchester. At a
musical meeting, in which PINTO was engaged to play the
!first violin, it had been expected that DEsAunnE, who was a
very good performer, would have played the second. As this
was not the case, a gentleman, meeting him after the concert;
expressed his surprise, and asked why he had not taken the
second fiddle. DESAUBRE, with great indignation, exclaimed,
"Me play the second tiddle.to Monsieur PINTO ! Me vould
" not play de second fiddle to (-I—E A--Y !" Is there
not something of the national character in this speech ? Such a
sentiment would scarcely 'have found its way, under any pro-
, vocation, to the mind of an Englishman. Much less would he
have suffered it to have escaped his lips!
Mr. GArtiticE, in the early part of his life, performed
Ranger with such uncommon spirit, and dressed and looked
the part So well, that a young ladyof high family and fortune
fell violently in Jove with him. Her friends, finding it in vain
to reason with 'iser, took her to see him perform Scrub; the
very contemptible,,appearance he made in that part wrought a
perfect cure.
MILTON.—This infte:itable Poet having been taken into cus-
tody by order of the House of Commons, and to be prosecuted
by the ATTORNEY-GENECAL for tidying written " Pro
Populo Anglican° defensio," against SALSIASIIJS ; and another
book, in ar,swer to the " Icon Basiiike ;" he was ordered to be
discharged on the 15th of December, 1660, on paying his fees.
But it appeera that the fees demanded were very excessive, and
were referred to a Committee. The complaint of MILTON in this
respect was made to the House by the celebrated ANDREW
; and; inehe course of the debate upon;:, it was oh-
'served by, e•it LIENEAGE FINCH, afterwards the isord Chan-
cellor N o'eriSttrrieille,'That Mii.tbss' was Latin SS:cretary to
CROMWELL, and deserved hanging !
THE SALMON RING.—As Mr. ANDERSON, an Alderman
of Newcastle, was leaning over the. Tyne Bridge hi A.D. 1559,
and fingering his ring, he dropt it into the. River. SOsnetime
after his servant bought a Salmon in the Market, in wli:eh the
same ring was fbund, and restored' to its owner. The ring is
in the possession of the family of the Rev. E. ATKINSOX, of
Yorkshire. It has a fish engraven under the. signet. •
Da. FARMER.—There were three 'things which Dr. FAR
-
HER, the celebrated commentator on SHAKSPEARE, loved
above all others=viz. good old port ! old clothes and old books!
and Three things which nobody could persuade him to perform—
viz. to rise in the morning! to go to bed at night ! and to settle
an account ! •
A DELICATE COMPLIMENT.—Dr. PARR, who, it is well
known, was not very partial to the " thae linensis,", although
lauded so warmly by a French writer as " nostris gratissima
musts," being invited to take tea by a lady, with true classic
wit and refined gallantry uttered the following refined compli-
ment :

Nec tea cum possum vivere, nec sine to !"
This reminds us of the quiz on the-Christ Church men at Ox-
ford, who, in consequence of their fondness for tea, have been
recommended to adopt as their motto :—Te veniente die, to
decedents, notam us ! !"
THE PERSIAN POET.--OLAB PHELAIR, the celebrated
Persian poet, died lately at Ispahan, aged B. He was the
Voltaire of Persia, and has left behind him a very consider-
able number of manuscriptS on mathematics, astronomy, poli-
tics,. and literature. The Sophi had just granted NM a consi-
, derable pension from the Treasury ; he was very expensive in
his living, his principal food being the flesh of larks, which
were brought from Europe, and •he went very rarely on foot.

He has left no children. '• .
BOSWELLIANA IMITATION OF A COW. JAMES
BOSWELL, the biographer of Dr. JoliNsog, when a youth,
went to the pit of Covent-Garden• Theatre, in. company with
Dr. BLAIR, and in a frolic imitated the lowing of a cow ; and
the universal cry in the galleries was, " Encore the cow !—En-
core the cow !" This Was compliedwith, and, in the pride of
success, Mr. BOSWELL attempted to imitate some other ani-
mals, but with less effect. Dr. BLAIR, anxious for the fame
of his friend, addressed him thus :—" My dear Sir, 1 would
confine myself to the cow."
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PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 12.—We understand that
the greatest exertions are making to form a Concert at the
Green-row Rooms, on a very grand scale. Mr. Sinclair, from
the Theatre Royal, Covent-garden, engaged; and as he is
on the eve of embarking for Italy, it ip„ay. be a distant period
erehe can again be heard in England. That sweet singer,
Miss Love, is also engaged, and others, with the daughter of
the widow, for whose benefit the concert is arranged, and who
are patronised by Sir George and Lady. Martin. The Ports-
mouth Regatta, exhibition of Fireworks, and Regatta ball,
takes place on Thursday. and Friday next. Admiral Sir
Isaac Coffin, Baronet, and Saville Halifax, Esq., of Arling-
ton-street, are among the most recent subscribers to this exhi-
bition of naval pleasurable emulation. Admiral Manby and
family sailed on Wednesday in the Camilla steam vessel for
'Paris and Italy. •
SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 13.—0 n Tuesday the
Members of the Winchester Branch of the London Horticul-
tural Society, held their Meeting at the Dolphin Inn, which •
was composed of many of the Nobility and Gentry in
the neighbourhood. The award for the finest display of
new and rare flowers was adjudged to Mr. Rogers,
of the Southampton Nursery, amongst which more particularly
admired, was a beautiful new hardy plant from China a double
variety of the Painted Lady, Althecea Frutx (Hibiscus Sy-
riacus).; also a new hardy Shrub, from North America,
the snowberry, (Symphoria racemosa) in habit of growth
similai to the Persian Lilac, producing white berries of the size
of snow-drop flowers, in clusters, at the termination of the
branches, which have a curious and singular appearance • . a
new fragrant honey-suckle, from China; several new Dahliesi
and roses, now coming into blossom. The prize for the finest
specimen of fruits was awarded to the gardener of Lord Ash-
town.
All of fete Masonic Lodges of Paris have open-
ed subscriptions in favour of the Greeks. At a late meeting
'of that called the Bonne Union, a considerable sum -Nits col-
lected, which was immediately placed at the disposition of the
Society in favour of the Greeks. A subscription for this pur-
pose has also been opened at Gannat, in the department of the
Allier, and another at Riom.