The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-24 00:00:00

ANECDOTES, &c.

THE VENERABLE BISHOP MOE.TOIs;.—As Bishop Mon.
TON was riding towards London with about iitii., which was
' then HIS ALL, he was overtaken on the road by Sir Christopher
Yelverton, who being known to the Bishop, though the Bishop
was unknown to him, he fell into discourse with him, and
asked him who he was ? The Bishop replied, "1 am that old
man the Bishop of Durham, notwithstanding al! your votes,
" (for Sir Christopher had too much complied with the times)."
Whereupon Sir Christopher asked " whither he was going ?"
" To London," replied the good old Bishop, " to live a little
" while, and then to die." On this Sir Christopher entered
into further discourse with him, and took him home to his
house at Easton i%landuit, where lie became tutor to his son,
afterwards the very learned Sir Henry Yelverton, who.inva-
riably shewed that he had the affection of a most tender and
affectionate child for this excellent and venerable Prelate.
(Hatchirmon.)—This is the Prelate who, on the total abOlition
of Episcopacy in 1848, from the high respect and estimation in
which his character was held, was unanimously voted by both
Houses of Parliament an annuity of 8001., a much larger main-
tenance than was reserved for any of his Brethren.—( Rush-
worth.)
TRAJAN being reproved for his too much condescension and
great familiarity with his subjects, he answered, that he de-
sired to be such an Emperor towards his subjects, as he wished
they would be to him if HE were a subject!—(Trip. Hilt.
p. 144.)

MONASTIC WONDERS.—ALDEILTCTS, Duke of Saxony,
was accustomed to say, that he had three wonders in one City,
namely, Three Monasteries, for the' Friars of the FIRST had
children, but no wives—the Friars of the SECOND had a-great
deal of corn, and yet no land—and the Friars of, the THIRD
abounded with money, and yet had no rents !—(Bay's Festival.)
TROPIIIES.—A French Nobleman shewinq MATT-tiEW
PRIOR. the Palace of Versailles, and pointing out to his atten-
tion the various trophies of King Louis the Fourteentifs
vic-
tories, asked the Poet if King illiam, his Master, had many
such trophies in his Palace ? "•No," said Prior; " the monu-
" ments of my 3laster's victories are to be seen every ,witere
".but in his own house."

Loma HOLLAND (grandfather of the present), though in
perpetual contest with Lord Chatham in Parliament, always
spoke with the highest respect of the latter, and acknowledged
the importance of his character. -Coming one day home, he
appeared so vexed and fatigued that he could not eat at in-
ner. Lady Holland naturally asked him what was the matter ?
Without attending to her question be muttered to himself—
D.____ the fellow's eye—l don't mind his talking a rush—
but his d—d eye so scowls me, he has,given me a pain in the
back." At another time he used to say " there is no trapping
that rascal—he despises both places and money, and yet he has
ambition." Such is the predominance of great talents when
directed by real patriotic zeal.
PARSON PAT TEN.—This country Curate was well known
for his eccetricities during the reign of George the Second. He
never would read the Athanasian Creed, am? when Archbishop
Seeker sent the Archdeacon to inquire his reason, he said he
" could not afford to believe it.' —" But your Metropolitan
does," said the Archdeacon. "It may be so," said Patten
" and he can well afford it; he believes at the rate of 7,0001.
per year, and I only at the rate of 501." Yet he afterwards
made atonement for his errors, and became an exemplary
divine during the latter part of his life. Archdeacon Paley,
with all his learning and merit, was too apt to indulge in such
indiscreet jocularity.
. MART QUEEN OF SCOTS.—At the period of the Revolu-
tion, when such destruction was exercised on the various Col-
leges in France, none suffered more the vengeance of the dema-
gogues than that of the Scotch College at Douay, in Flanders.
Not an atom was saved except the fine full length original paint-
ing of Mary, Queen of Scots, its founder, which was subse-
quently discovered in a chimney, where it had been hidden. T.
has been brought to Paris, and is pow in the Scotch College.
This painting, with the prayer-book which the Queen used al
the period of her decapitation at Fotheringay Castle, and a table
clock, were bequeathed by her to the Scotch College, and are
mentioned in the College title deeds. Immediately after the
event, they were brought to Douay by Miss Elizabeth Curl, one
of the Maids of Honour, who attended her on the scafibld. The
clock (one of the first made at that time), together with the
book, were lost at the Revolution.

NAUTICAL SCIENCE.—It is not, perhaps, generally known,
that the " merry monarch," Charles 11. employed some of his
leisure hours in studying nautical science, and actually made
sonic improvements in the construction of vessels. These facts,
however, appear in a letter from him to Prince Rupert, dated
4th August, 1673, in the Lansdown MSS. " I believe ifyou try
the two sloops, that were built at Woolidge, which have my.
inventions in them, they will outsaile any of the French sloopes.
sr„ Sand Moorland has now another fancy concerning weighing
anchoret and the Resident of Venice has made amodel also. tbr
the same purpose. tire have not yet consulted them, with Mr.
Tippets, nor Mr. Deane, but I hope, when they are well con-
sidered, we may find one out of them, that will he good. I have
no more to say at this time,. but that lm yours." C. R.
A WTONY No.—This was a common nickname for a dangler
among our old writers; its origin, which is rather curious, was
as follows:—PHlLlP of France, son of Louts the Fat, was
killed, riding one day in the streets of Paris, by a pig's running
between his horse's legs and throwing him down. In conse-
quence of this accident, an order was made that pigs should
not, on pain of the severest penalties, run about the public
streets; but an exception was made in favour of those which
belonged to the Monks of the Convent of St. Antony ; out of
the partiality in which King Louis held that Saint. Whence
the term " Antony Pig " (according to several French writers)
applied to any idler who seemed to run up and down as he
pleased. Goldsmith, in his She Stoops to Conquer makes Tqny
Lumpkin tell his cousin "not to be following him about lWe a
Tantony Pig."

Mt;NG() PARK.—The manuscript of MUNGO
PARK'S Travels in Africa, we are assured by a
Gentleman of the highest respectability, says a
Dublin Paper, in whom implicit confidence can
be placed, has been purchased by a Frenchman at
Senegal, from a black man, for thiry dollars. An
Englishman offered two hundred dollars, which
the Frenchman refused. The manuscript mentions
his illness, and is continued down to within a
day or two of his death. The Glasgors Courier,
which copies this report, adds, " We think it ex-
tremely probable. The J ournal in question,brought
down to such a late period of NI r. Park's Journey
and Life, will determine the great problem of the
course and termination of the Niger. Mr. Park,
from his great exertions, is best entitled to claim
that merit, and we hope that the solution of that
great Geographical problem will be found to
be his due, though he does not live to enjoy the
reward."

r QUANTITY OF BLOOD IN ANIMALS.—Those
who have not considered the subject must be surprised at the
quantity of blood which is propelled through the heart of any
moderately-sized animal in the course of twenty-thur hours. In
man, the quantity of blood existing in the body at any given
mom ent is probably from thirty to forty pints. Of these an ounce
and a half, or about three table spoonfuls, are sent out at every
stroke ; which multiplied into 75 (the average rate of the pulse )
give eleven hundred and twenty-five ounces, or seven pints
in a minute ; i. e. four hundred and twenty pints, or two hun.
tired and fifty-five gallons man hour ; and twelve hundred and
sixty gallons, i. a nearly twenty-four hogsheads in a day. Now
if we recollect that the whale is said to send out from his
heart at each stroke fifteen gallons, the imagination is over-
whelmed with the aggregate of the quantity that must pass
through the heart of that Leviathan of the deep in twenty-four
hours. It is a general law, that the pulse of the larger animals
is slower than that of the smaller ; but even if we put the pulse
of the whale as low as twenty in a minute, the quantity circu-
lated through the heart, calculated at fifteen gallons for each
pulaation,will be four hundred and thirty-two thousandgallons,
equal to eight thousand hogsheads in 2.f hours. The consi-
deration of this amazing quantity is however a subject of mere
empty wonder, if not accompanied with the reflection, that in
order to produce the aggregate amount, the heart is kept in con-
stant motion ; and that, in fact, it is incessantly beating, as
it is termed, or throwing out the blood in the arteries, front the
first period of our existence to the moment of our death, with-
out any sensation of fatigue, or even without our being con-
scious of the process, except it be interrupted by corporal or
mental agitation.—( &kat ilk Gazette.)
Ma. GREEN, the AEItONAUT.—On Saturday
evening last this Gentleman made a fine ascent from the city of
Worcester, and safely descended at five minutes past 6 o'clock,
at Beauchamp, about three miles from Gloucester, on the Ross
road.

BUONAPARTE'S SNUFF Box.—On Wednesday
last as one of the steam packets was on her passage from Calais
to Dover, a gentleman was exhibiting to many persons nu
board a curious and rare snuff box, which he stated had been
presented to him by the late NAPOLEON BUONAPARTEAUring
his residence at Elba, when a sudden gust of wind caused the
passengers to take hold of ropes or something else that was
stationary, and unfortunately in the bustle this valuable little
bauble was jirked into the wide expanding ocean.