The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-25 00:00:00

ANECDOTES, &c.

WILLIAM 111., when prince of Orange, felt
himself so extremely hurt at the cold reception
he met with in Ezeter, on his arrival in 1688,
that he absolutely held a Council of War in con-
sequence thereof, which terminated in a resolu-
tion to Holland ; and he was on the point of
marching back to his ships, when, unexpectedly,
the Gentlemen of Somerset attd Dorset arrived
with a powerful party in his favour, which in-
duced him to pursue his original object.
THE CELEBRATED DUKE OF MA It LBOROUGH.
—This great General was of a most parsimonious
disposition. Whilst commanding the army in
Flanders, he would contrive to dine with one or
other of his officers every day, to save himself the
expense of a table. Whenever they came to him
on business, he would observe, '' Aye, aye, if
must he so ; but I have ''not time to talk of it
now ; I'll come and dioe with you to-morrow,and
then we can consider the subject at our leisure,"
and he never failed to perform his. engagement
most punctually, frequently to the no little annoy-
ance of those whom he thus honoured with his
company.
Tut: K ism Wrsn.—The late LORD Gump-
FOR n, during the latter years of his life, was sub-
ject to severe attacks of the gout ; having reason
to believe the complaint was coining on, he de-
sired his servant to get his large shoes. The
man looked tit all the usual places for them, but
without success, and therefore concluded they
were stolen, and began Cursing the thief.—'' Poh"
said his Lordship, seemingly very gravely, though
at the same time agitated with pain, " how can
you be so ill-natured, John ?—No, all the harm
I wish the poor rogue is, that my shoes may
.fit
him."

hNar.AND.—•The following concise and whim-
sical account of England was given some years
since, by Count Oxensteirn, after his departure
front London :—" England is r.sally the Queen
of Isles—the metropolis and arsenal of Neptune
—it is the treasury of Europe—the kingdom of
Bacchus—the school of Epicurus—the academy
of Venus—the country of Mars—the recess of
Minerva—the support of Holland—the scourge
of France—the purgatory of those who are the
advocates for shivery—and the paradise of those
nho are lovers of liberty."
EGuLA tirry AND ECONOMY.—The first LORD
Ultra ETos, who built the stately family mansion
in Cheshire, in Queen Elizabeth's reign, had a
book, in his own band writing, containing all the
orders of the family, the business of each par-
ticular servant, and the precise dishes to he served

up to table on each particular (lay in the year.
A neighbouring Lord sending him word one morn-
ing, that he would dine with him, he called for
the cook, and, turning to his diary, read over the
bill of fare for the day, and in the hearing of the
servant who had brought him the information of
his master', intended visit, he desired the cook
would improve the ordinary dinner, by putting
an additional turnip into the pot !
INfutrrY Cultmus TONYN”IEND7 Speaking-
; of Lord Rockingham's administration, said, 46 It
• is a lustring Ministry—it will last the summer."
Tit EATuICA MISTAKES.—The celebrated actor
Qu s, being one night to perform Justice 13alance,
in Farquhar's comedy of The &craning Officer,
had spent the preceding part of the evening at the
Shakspeare Tavern, with Thomson, the author of
The Seasons, and some convivial friends, where the
bottle circulated freely. At the commence-
ment of the fourth act, when he has to rebuke
his daughter Silvia for her partiality to Captain
Plume, instead of saying, according to the author,
" Silvia,how old were you when your motherdied?"
addressed M rs. Woflington, who played the charac-
ter, with " Silvia, how old were you when your
mother was married ?" The actress tittered,
and the audience burst into laughter, when Quin
assumed a surly kind of dignity, and shaking his
head with a frown, said, " Psha ! I mean Silvia,
how old were you whets your mother was born ?"

THE Mittasucnr CAr,AMl•ri.—%tire ha►e great
pleasure in stating, on the authority of a letter
received yesterday from Miramichi, that Sir
HOWARD Dour:Las, the Governor of New Brun-
swick, on receiving intelligence of the dreadful
catastrophe at illiramichi, with the most laudable
promptitude had hastened to the scene of the dread-
ful calamity, where he arrived on the evening of
the 27th October. The arrival of his Excellency
was a complete surprise upon the distressed inha-
bitants who had no anticipation of the visit. The
most lively demonstrations of gratitude, for the at-
tention thus paid to their situation by the Chief of
his Majesty's Government in that settlement, were
given by all classes. The assurances of relief,
to the utmost practicable extent, given by Sir
Howard Douglas, are said to have restored the
confidence and the hopes of the surviving inhabit- '
ants, whose spirits had, as might be expected, been
depressed almost to despair. We regret to learn, by
different communications, the numbers supposed
to have perished in the woods, together with the
sufferers at Miramichi and Fredericton, are esti-
mated to exceed even hundreds ! The loss of
cattle, and especially horses, will long be felt
as an irreparable injury. Whether the fire
in its rapid course, has consumed the tim-
ber of the forest is not known, but on that
fact will depend the extent of damage. If only
the branches have been destroyed without consum-
ing the trunks of the trees, the timber will have
been generally damaged, and of little value, yet
still unprofitably incumbering the land. If, on
the other hand, the timber should have been
consumed, the labour and expence of clearing
the land will have been effected by this dreadful
visitation.

We observe with much pleasure that the sub-
scription for Mrs. BELZOM is going on success-
fully. The present amount advertised exceeds
7004

RtmAttKAßLe DA y.—On this day of the month,
in 1787, a gentleman in a canoe, with his negro
serv;:nt, was by the wind driven from otf the
Island of Grenada, and obliged to run before the
trade wind till they reached Jantcrica. They had
on board the provisions intended for one day,
consisting of a few pounds of beefand some pease
to support then), a distance of several hundred
miles.