The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-12 00:00:00

ANECDOTES, &c.

TIANDEL.—The passages from S:ripture which
form the Oratorios of this great Composer were
selected by the Rev. Dr. MOW ELL, the Editor of
A INsworra's Dictionary, and the Author of
many works of learning and merit. The Doctor
also wrote original words for some of HANDEL's
Oratorios. One morning about five o'clock he
was roused from his bed by HANDeL, who would
not enter the house, but desired that the Doctor
would answer him from his bed-room window. As
soon as the latter appeared half-asleep, with his
night-cap on, he asked HANDEL the reason of his
sudden and unseasonable visit. " You have writ
de vord billow for the Oratorio vich I don't un-
derstand," said HANDEL. As soon as the Doctor
understood him, he told the great musician
that billow meant " wave, as a wave of the
sea"—" Oh, de vave," said HANDEL, and return-
ed quickly to toe u without offering the least
apology for the untimely disturbance. Doctor
iNlo FULL lived at Turnham-green.

ItErd,tariAßLE DAY.—This day h remarkable
as the anniversary of the death of Queen JANE
SCTMOUR and birth of EDWARD the SIXTH, 1537 :
of the Vigo Galleons taken by the English fleet,
170'2; of an earthquake at St. Lucia, by which
near a thousand persons, were destroyed, 1788 ;
and of the defeat of the French fleet off the coast
of Ireland, in 1798, by Sir John Borlase Warren.

HENDTAISON, THE COMEDIAN.—When
llgtc-
'U>;ttSON, the celebrated comedian, first made ap-
plication to GARRICK, and gave him " a speci-
men of his quality," the itoscius assured him,
that he could not possibly convey articulate sounds
to the audience of an,y theatre. Foote said nearly
the same thing. Colman at length took lender-
son by the hand ; and such was the success of
the man, who could not possiblyconvey an articu-
laded sound, that during the first thirty-four
nights of his performance at the Haymarket, the
net receipts were computed at no less a sum than
4,5001.!

FATIlua BoultDELoT.—When the celebrated
Father BOURDELOT (who has sometimes been called the
French Tillotson) was to preach once on a Good-Friday, and
the proper officer came to attend him to church, his servant
said that he was in his study, and that if he pleased he might
go up to him. In going up stairs he heard the sound of a
violin, and as the door stood a little a-jar he saw Bourdelot
stripped into his cassock, playing a good brisk tune, and danc-
ing to it about his study. He was extremely concerned, for he
esteemed that great man highly, and thought he must be run di,.
stracted. However, at last he ventured to rap gently at the
door. The father immediately laid down his violin, hurried on
his gown, came to him, and with a composed and pleasant
look, said, " Oh, Sir, is it you 1' I hope 1 have not made you
stay I lam quite ready to attend you." The poor man, as
they were going down, could not help mentioning his surprise
at what he had hearth and seen. Bourdelot smiled, and said,

" Indeed you might well be a little surprised, if you don't
know any thing of my way on these occasions; but the whole
of the mutter was this, in thinking over the subject of the day,
I found my spirits too much depressed to speak as I ought to
do, so had recourse to my usual method of music and a little
motion. It had its effect; lam quite in proper temper, and
go now with pleasure to what I should have gone to with pain."

TATERNIER.—When the celebrated traveller
TAvraxrEn returned from the East he had a vast number of
valuable jewels, by the sale of which he realized a considerable
sum of money. Happening one day to be talking with some
courtiers of Louis XIV., of the manner in which he should
employ it, he said, he thought of investing it in land, in Swit-
zerland. The King was present, and chancing to overhear
him, turned suddenly round, and asked why he did not rather
think of laying it out in France ? " Because Sire," answered
the sincere traveller, " I should like to be lord in my own
manor."

TnEATRICALs.—MATurws performs this even-
ing at the Theatre at Richmond, a certain portion
of his last " At Home," and afterwards his fa-
vourite character of Anathan, in PEALE's Farce.
LISTON quits the Haymarket Theatre on the 21st,
to fulfil an old engagement at Birmingham, Where
he will perform eight nights, and then return to
tae Haymarket Theatre, until it closes on the
15th November. During LisroN's absence from
town, Mr. JAmEs VINING, a new candidate
for theatrical fame, in London, but who is
well known at the Canterbury, Rochester,
and Dover Theatres, will commence a short
engagement : his first appearance will be
in Octavian. Green-room report speaks favour-
ably of his talents. He is the bikher of Mr.
VINING, of that Theatre.—The Scotch are de-
lighted with Miss FooTE's Lady Teazle; she has
repeated the character.—Miss STEPHENS has left
Manchester, where she has added to her wealth
and fame ; and is now gone to succeed Miss
FooTE at the modern Athens.

The East india Company's quarterly sale of
indigo took place yesterday ; 9,759 chests were
put up, and the whole were sold. It will be
seen that the price of indigo has advanced
considerably. The highest price (we under-
stand) bid ,Aas 14s. 4d., anti the average price,
exceeding that of the last sale, was from 2s. to
2s. 6d. per pound. The whole quantity having
been sold, and the price exceeding what was ex-
pected by many, we have deemed it worthy of
notice.

The Wesleyan Methodists are building four
new chapels at Manchester.
Carleton-Hall, near Penrith, the seat of. the
Right Hon. TllomAs WALLACE, was last week
offered for sale at the New Crown Inn, Penrith,
hut not sold. It was 'bought in at 40,0001.
Letters received yesterday (October 11), from
Valencia, in Colombia, announce the death of the
enterprizing pedestrian traveller Captain JOHN
DUNDAS COCHRANE, which took place there on
the 12th of August last, in consequence of an
attack of fever.

A Meeting of the Ward of Bishopsgate-street
was summoned yesterday to elect a Common
Councilman for the remainder of the year, in the
room of Mr. DAVIES, deceased. The ‘Vardmote
was held at one o'clock., in the School-house, in
Peter-street, when Mr. STEVENSON was returned
without opposition.
On the 20th ult., according to the Hamburgh
Papers, a large fire-ball, larger than the full
moon, was distinctly seen at about nine in the
evening, by the inhabitants at Hanover, for se-
veral seconds, apparently at an altitude of 20°,
in the north-east part of the atmosphere. Alto-
gether it was a very brilliant phenomenon, and
was contemplated with much pleasure by a large
portion of the inhabitants of the Hanoverian
capital.

THH ARMY.

The second division of the 39th Regiment of Infantry 8 tiled
on board the Duchess of York transport, on tile 4th inst. from
Cork fbr Chatham.

The depot of the 89th Regiment of Foot is to march this day
from Canterbury for Dover,
Detachments belonging to the 3d Regiment of Guards, and
the 97th Regiment of Infantry embarked on the 29th ult. under
the command of Staff' Serjeant Breadmore, from Dublin for
England.
Detachments belonging to the 12th, 13th, 18th, 21st, 27th,
30th, 31st, 36th, 38th, 39th, 41st, 43d, 44th, 45th, 47th, 48th,
53d, i7th, 59th, 70th, 83d, 87th, 89th, 96th, and 99th Regi.
ments of Foot, the Royal Staff Corps, and the Royal African
Colonial Corps, embarked on the 30th ult. under the com-
mand of Stafrgerjeant O'Doherty, at Dublin, for England.
Detachments belonging to the sth, 15th, I6th, 10th, 28th,
30th, 36th, 41st, 46th, 47th, 48th, GOth, 83d, 85th, 95th, and
97th Regiments of Foot, embarked on the 4th inst. under toe
command of Staff Serjeant Hallinan, at Cork for England.
The depots of the 3d and 38th Foot marched into Canter-
bury on Friday, anti took up their quarters in the Infantry
Barracks.
EDINBURG'', Oc r. 10.-Tuesday afternoon, a considerable
number of fine young men, recruits, belonging to the depots of
the 91st and 92d regiments, embarked at Leith for the Isle of
Wight, till ready to join their regiments in the West Indies.-
The 17th regiment is to be inspected by the Commander of the
Forces this forenoon at Burntsfield Links.

Office of Ordnance, Ocl. 11, 1825.
Corps of Royal Engineers—)!first Lieutenant Hale Young
Worth= to be Second Captain, vice Birch, retired on halt-
pay ; Second Lieutenant John Walpole to be Firat Li:::ute-
nant, vice Worthen].