The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-03 00:00:00

ANECDOTES, 4c.

REMARKABLE DA-Y.—Yesterday was remark-
able as the anniversary of the Court of Exchequer
stopping payment till May following, in 1672 ; of
the battle of Austerlitz, 1805 ; of the Prince of
Orange entering Amsterdam, and being proclaim-
ed Princeof the Netherlands, 1813 ; of great dis-
turbances in London, in consequence of a meet-
ilz in Spa6elds, 1816: and of the funeral of
Queen Charlotte, in ,1818. This day is remark-
able as the anniversary of Damas, a town in. Ba-
rbary, being almost destroyed by. an earthquake,
in 1759.. when 60.000 inhabitants lost their lives;
and of the death of Belzoni, the celebrated tra-
veller, 1823.

EXCLUSION OF THE INQUISITION FROM ANT..
wytte.—So great was the influence of English
Merchant adventurers in 1550, that when the
Emperor Charles the Fifth was anxious to have
the Inquisition introduced into Antwerp, the
citizens had no other means for effectually in-
fluencing the Emperor against the measure, but to
tell him, that the English merchants would cer-
tainly leave the country, if he brought the inqui-
sition there. This threat was effectual, for the
Emperor, on a strict inquiry, found, that the
English merchants maintained or employed at
least twenty thousand persons in the city of Ant-
werp alone, besides thirty thousand more in other
parts of the Netherlands.

A GrNTLEM AN who belted deep happened to
be standing behind the Countess de MoNTAunAN,
who was playing. He put his arm over her
shoulder, to receive an immense number of louis
he had just won ; but on drawing his arm back
aga►n, he let more than three-fourths of the money
fall on her back : upon which she turned round
to him and exclaimed," What ! Sir, do you take
me for a Danae ?"

NATIVE. POLITENESS.--A servant girl, at a
little inn in a very obscure part Of the country was asked how it
happened that the house was so full, it not being assize time P
She replied, " I suppose I must not say: it is the goodness of
the house, therefore it must be the goodness of the gentlemen."

HERALDRY, whirl' was devised for the pur-
poses of distinction, is now **much sunk in regard, that it may
gratify the curious to know, that within the last century, Sir
JonN BI,UsT having assumed armorial bearings without pay-
ing the due fees, the heralds vindicated their rights by way-
laying him as he passed the heralds' college in his carriage,
and, with a brush and colour, defacing the arms as painted
.on the perm el.

WINTER HOME CIRCUIT.

HERTFORD, DEC. 1.
TILE KING v. WILLIAM FRATT.

This was an indictment against the defendant for assaulting
his father at Pirton, on the 17th October, with intent to murder
him.

It appeared in evidence, that the defendant and his wife
lodged at the house of a Mr. Turner, at Pirton. On the
night of the 17th of October he came home intoxicated, and
quarrelled with his wife, whom he beat severely. Mrs.
Turner interposed to prevent further violence, when the
defendant turned upon and beat her in a similar manner.—
Her husband then flew to her assistance. and a fight ensued
between him and the prisoner. Mrs. Turner went out for
assistance. She was followed by the prisoner, with the pin
of the door in his hand. The prisoner's father, .Who lived ina
neighbouring cottage, came to inquire what was the matter,
and meeting his son, the latter knocked him down, and beat
him with the pin until he beCame senseless.. Covered with
blood, the old man was carried home, And was under the care
of a surgeon for several days. "
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was found guilty
of the assalt, but acquitted of the intention to murder.
He was again indicted, and convicted for the• assault upon
Mrs. Turner. Mr. Baron II tyr.Locit, under all the circum-
stances of the case, sentenced the defendant to be. imprisoned
for both assaults 19 months, and kept to hatd libeur in the
House Correction.

IMPERIAL DISTILLERY l „ iOMPANY.—.B. meeting
of certain Shareholders of this Company took place yesterday at
Batson's Coffee House, when, after complaining that the Di.
rectors had. spent 30,0001. without the sem:lien of a Public
Meeting, .and that the greater number of Shares had not been
paid on, it was proposed to declare that 'the Company did not
exist. This resolution however was • rejected by aanajority of
one, and the meeting separated without having done any thang.
DEATH OP JACOB MOCATTA Esg L-An , •
In-
quest was held on Thursday, at'the sign of the Pied • Horse,
Chiswell-street, before •J. W. UsWir,' Esq:, Coroner for the
County of Middlesex, in consequence of the audden death of
Jacon MOCATTA, Esq., of Finsbury-square, when, after an
investigation of the circumstances, and from the evidence pro-
duced, the Jury immediately came to the conclusion that it was
occasioned by a spasmodic affection, of the chest, to which the
deceased had been subject, and returned a verdict of " Died
by the visitation of God."
SUDDEN DEATII.-;--JAMEs BURNIE, . sq., an
underwriter at Lloyd's, left the Subscription-room, yesterday
afternoon, in apparent good health, but had not proceeded tar.
ther than Threadneedle-street, when he felt himself unwell,
and returned into the shop of Mr. Weller,- chymist, •on reach-
ing which he fell senseless, and instantly expired.
A Meeting, held at the Workhouse of Saint
George's, Bloomsbury, on Wednesday evening last, was un-
expectedly adjourned on account of the sudden indisposition of
11r. DAx-no, hatter, of Holborn, a man of great ability, and
leader of one of the two parties which for some time past have
divided that parish. He was conveyed home in a fit of apo-
plexy, and expired in two hours.
RIOTING.—On Saturday night last a most se-
rious disturbance took .place at Wooton-under-Edge, which
had nearly terminated fatally to many who were concerned. It
arose from some men in the employ •of T. Neal and Son having
consented to work for less wages than the masters had been in the
habit of giving; and the whole of the factory where the men were
employed became the object of the otherweavers' resentment;
accordingly an attack was made by about ti or 700 of the dis-
affected upon one of these establishments., and which, although
defended by the occupiers and sonie of their work-people, to the
utmost of their power, they succeeded in getting into and de-
stroying some of their, clothes and machinery. The mpb became
furious as far as regarded the windows, which became 'a com-
plete wreck, and those inside were obliged to have recourse to fire-
arms, and succeeded in effecting an escape after' wounding seve-
ral of the rioters. Application was made at Bristol for a mili-
tary force, and fortunately, on Monday morning, a detach-
ment of the Inniskillen Dragoons arrived, to the great satis-
faction of the inhabitants, since which the town has been com-
paratively quiet. The North Somerset Yeomanry, under
Captain Kington, was under oeders to he ready at a moment's
notice in this .city.—(Bristol Gazette, Nov. 29.)
By an explosion of lire-damp ut Waterloo
colliery on Saturday last, three men were burned. The life of
one is in great danger.—(Leeds Intelligencer.)
In the case of Thonias Harrison, in the Insol-
rent Debtors' Court yesterday, the' Coenrniasioners decided that
a creditor not having entered notice of his intention to oppose,
was not at liberty to apply, when the insolvent came up.to be
heard on his petition, to have him removed for examination to
the country. -
ALARMING FlRE.—This morning between I'2
and one o'clock, an alarming fire broite out in
the house of Mr. Wicker, baker, near Oakley-
street, Waterloo-road. The watchman, who was
the first to discover the fire, alarmed Mr. Wicker,
who, with his wife and two children, made their
escape almost in a state of nudity, 'to the Toll.'
house. The engines were prompt on the spot,
and, aided by a plentiful supply of 'water,- colt-.
fined the flames to the above house, which.- wag
reduced to a heap of ruins.