The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-22 00:00:00

AN ECDOTES, &c.

ALDERMAN CROSBY.—A vagabond was brought before
CROSBY, then the Sitting Alderman :—" I think ' says the
fellow, " You and I have been in all the Jails in England."—
" How, you rogue ?"—" 'Why, your IVorship has been in
" the Tower, and I have been in all the rest."—( Surteete
History.)
BISHOP CREWE.—" Old Bishop Sarum (Burnet the Histo-
rian) met my Lord, and my Lord offered his right hand to
him." Says Burnet to my Lord, " I won't give you my right
hand." " Then," says my Lord, " give me your left," which
was complied with. " Well, now," says my Lord, " re-
member we are left-handed friends."—(Gray's MSS.)
FRENCH CUNNING.—Several Frenchmen who had been
taken prisoners before Calais—temp. Henry VIII., were sold in
open market. A Cooper, of Calais, who had bought one of
them who came from Boulogne, received one hundred crowns
for his ransom. When the money was raid the Frenchmen en-
treated the Cooper to conduct him out of danger, and to see him
safely delivered. The Cooper having incautiously acceded to
this request, he accompanied the Frenchman beyond the boun-
daries, and then would have returned, but the Frenchman
seized by force the aged Cooper, and took him to Boulogne,
where he was detained until he paid two hundred crowns for
his ransom before he was permitted to return to Calais.—
(Grafton, 2 vol. p. 982.)
Goon BREEDING.—A farmer, who came up to town to
visit his brother, who kept a shop in -- street, having given
some offence to his sister-in-law, who piqued herself upon her
gentility, by something that did not accord with her idea of
good manners, she pertly told him that he was very ill-bred,
and did not even know what good breeding wa5.„..." Why,
look ma'am," replied he, " as for that I consider myself quite
as well bred as you, for all your fine airs : my mother had seven-
teen of us in sixteen years; and that I take to be very good
breeding."
HECTOR'S CLOKE.—The Earl of Northumberland, having
joined the Duke of Norfolk and others, who were the sopporters
of Mary Queen of Scots, the former was betrayed by a faith-
less borderer to the Regent Moray, whose successor, Morton,
sold his unfortunate captive to Lord Huasdon, Governor of
BerWici, to expiate his errors on the scaffold. This Borderer
was HECTOR GRAHAM, Of Harelziw. A list of the Border
Clans in 1605 enumerates among them this name, and " the
" ceriefg and cuts of Harelaw." It may be some satisfaction
to learn, that this villain did not go unpunished : from affluent
circumstances he sunk into unaccountable poverty - and to
take Hector's Cloke has become proverbial throughout the
country, for betraying a friend !—(Surtees' History.)
THE UPAS TREE.—Sornebody told Sir William Abdo
that Miss Tree had poisoned herself, because Sir. Bradshaw
refused to marry her: upon which Sir William observed,
" then she must he THE UPAS TREE.—( The Ace.)
lirsifor LATIMER.—Being in a controversial conference
with some younger Divines, who out-talked and out-argued
him—their memories being more conversant with the Fathers:
Well, well," said the venerable Bishop, "perhaps I cannot
talk •so well for my religion, but I, perhaps, would do more
for it than you die for it." •

It is with. sincere regret that we have to an-
nounce the death of a Nobleman, whose distinguished bravery
in battle gained him his title, and whose amiability and bene-
volent disposition in private life procured him the friendship
and esteem of all. On Thursday afternoon Admiral Lord
RADSTOCK was seized at his house in Portland-place, with a
sudden attack of apoplexy. The strength of his constitution
' strugg,lefl with that of the malady till Saturday, when the
hopes which had been entertained of his recovery vanished, and
expired. Admiral Lord RADSTOCX, O.C. B.
the second son of ,Jorrx 3d Earl of Watnt-
,
agedllis I7,V,svhaisp
GRAVE, by the Lady ELIZADETH LEVER)); GOWER, sister
of the Marquis of STAFFOTM.
Mr. ELLisToN arrived at Margate yesterday
week, by the steam-packet, in such a bad state of health as to
be obliged to be wheeled about the town in a four-wheeled
chair. Mr. E. was so much altered, that a gentleman in the
packet, who bad known him a number of years, did not recog,
niz,e hina till he was pointed out toliim.--(Afornine