The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-22 00:00:00

ANECDOTES, &e.

THE EMPEROR AUGUST US.—A Roman soldier
being involved in a law-suit, implored the pro-
tection of AUGUSTUS. The Emperor ordered
one of his courtiers to attend the man into the
Court. The soldier had the firmness to address
the Emperor in these terms :—" I did not, my
Liege, thus conduct myself in your service—when
you were in danger at the battle of Actium I ex-
posed my life in defending you." The man then
displayed his wounds. The reproach operated
so strongly on the Emperor, that he went into
Court, and exerted himself so eloquently, that
the cause was decided in favour of the soldiers
This is a good lesson of justice and dignified gra-
titude to all Potentates.
AULD ROBIN (PRAY.—A paragraph in the last
number of the Edinburgh Observer gives an ex-
tract from a letter, claiming the tune to which
this interesting ballad has hitherto been sung, for
a clergyman named Jettvis. This is a mistake.
The real composer was the Rev. Mr. LEEVES.
The late Mr. limey ADDINGTON, who was al-
ways happy in rendering kind offices, being in-
timate with Mr. LEEVES, took him, a short time
before the lamented death of the former gentle-
man, to hear Miss STEPHENS sing it at her own
house. The sweetness of her voice, and the
pathetic expression which she gave to the music,
almost overcame the venerable composer, who
could only manifest his approbation by a copious
flood of tears. Our Readers may depend on the
truth of this anecdote.
Theonotte, KING Or CORSlCA.—Speaking of
Theodore, King of Coast cA, who took the benefit
of an Act of Insolvency in this country, and lies
buried at St. Ann's, Soho, Walpole says—" I
saw him soon after his last arrival in England :
he was a comely, middle-sized man, very re-
served, :.nd affecting much dignity, which lie act-
ed in the lowest ebb of his fortunes, and coupled
with the lowest shifts of his industry. An in-
stance of the former appeared during his last
residence at Florence, where, being reduced to
extreme poverty, some English gentlemen made
a collection for, and carried it to him. Being
apprized of their coming, and having only one
chamber, in a little miserable lodging, he squeez-
ed his bed to one side, and placed a chair under
the canopy, where he sat enthroned to receive the
charity !"
QUILLS were used in the sth century. Reeds
continued to he used long after quills had begun
to he employed ; quills were so scarce at Venice
in 1433, that it was with great difficulty men of
letters could procure them. 'Fhe ancient inks
were greatly superior to the ink of modern times;
a curious evidence of such fact was adduced be-
fore a Committee of the House of Commons on
the subject of " Engrossing" Bills.
VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC were so
highly cultivated and admired in ancient Greece,
that he who was ignorant of the art was esteemed
a man of ❑o breeding. Epaminondas is reported
to have excelled on the flute ; and Themistocles
was looked upon as unpolished, from being unable
to handle the harp at a feast.
ARABIAN HoserrAmr.—A. French officer had
been several months the prisoner of au Arab
Chief. One night being surprised by the French
cavalry in his camp, he had only time to escape
with his captive ; tents, flocks, provisions, were
all taken. The next day, wandering from his
party, and without resources, he took from his
pocket a loaf, and giving the half of it to his pri-
soner, " I know not," said he, " when we shall
eat another, but I never will be accused of not
having divided my last with the friend whom I
lave made."
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—By the votes of both

Houses passed in the Long Parliament, in 1642,
for the abolishing of Bishops, Deans, and Chap-
Ws, the very foundation of this famous Cathe-
dral was utterly shaken. In the following year,
the Cross in the church-yard, which had been for
many ages the most noted and solemn place for
the gravest divines and greatest scholars to preach
at, was levelled with the ground ; the stalls in
the choir were taken away, part of the pavement
torn up, and the monuments demolished or de-
faced. The scaffolds erected for the repair of
the church were given to the soldiers, who dug
pits in several places in the fabric for sawing up
tl►e timber; even where some Reverend Bishops
and other persons of quality lay interred ; and
afterwards the body of the church was frequently
converted into a horse-barracks for soldiers.
Prince GUSTAFSON, ci-devant King of SWEDEN,
has just had inserted in the Drapeau Blanc a
letter, which he addresses to the Count de SEGun,
upon his work entitled " Cotnpagne de Russie."
The ex-King attacks the General for blaming his
conduct, and wishing to tarnish the actions of
Marshal Bernadotte, who at present occupies
the Swedish throne. There is in this proceeding
a great degree of disinterestedness ; there is also
dignity in the manner in which the Prince ex-
presses his hope, in the termination of his letter,
that M. Segur will retract what he has said upon
that subject —( Courier Francais.)
BAILEY'S DICTIONARY.-4 private letter from
Botany Bay states that an edition of " Bailey's
Dictionary" was put up at an Auction. The auc-
tioneer observed, it was a New Bailey. "I am
glad of that, with all my heart," said a bidder,
" for most of us have had enough of the Old one."
HUMANIrTY.-The late Mrs. Gen. LASCELLES,
when more celebrated as Miss Cately, tl►e singer,
was once intreated to cot .ribute to the relief of
a widow, whose husband had left her in a very
distressed situation. She gave her a guinea, but
desired to know the poor woman's address ; and
in three days called upon her with near 501.,
which she had in the interim collected at a mas-
querade in the character of a Beguine (a beg-
ging nun).
WILLIAM of NEWBOROUGH, the old historian,
who rates Geoffrey of Monmouth for his fictions,
has himself this passage, which coming from such
a stickler for veracity must not be .doubted—it
is, that the ground at Battle Abbey, where
Harold was slain in fighting against the Con-
queror, always " sweats blood after rain !"

Mr. KEAN, we understand, will sail on Satur-
day for New York, in the packet-ship Silas
Richards, Capt. Holdridge.—( Tuesday's Liver-
pool Paper.)