The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-29 00:00:00

ANECDOT ES, &c.

REMAIMADLE DAY.—This day is the anniver-
sary of Saint Sosthenes of COrinth, a disciple of
Saint Paul, who suffered under Nero in the year !
52; of Roger Mortimer, the paramour of Isa-
bella, Queen of Edward the Second, being
hanged, 1330.; of the sea engagement between
Admirals Blake and Van Tromp, near the Good-
win Sands, 1651 ; the death of Prince- Rupert,
1681 ; of Avelitta in 17325 and Oriano in 1782,
both cities in Naples, being. destroyed by earth-
quakes.
Noor.,E GIFT TO TILE SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS.—
When the late Mr. Crosdill, the celebrated performer on the
violoncello, was on his death-bed, he desired his son, Colonel
Crosdill, to present the Royal Society of Musicians with ono-
thousand pounds, as a token of the respect he entertained for
the Society, and desire to promote the interests of the profes-
sion. Mr. Crosdill was one of the most celebrated performers
of the day. Mr. Crosdill was first violoncello at the King's
Theatre; his Majesty also appointed him his principal
violincello performer, and his presence was required at his
Majesty's Concerts. Mr. Crosdill married a lady with a splen-
did fortune, and by her request, he declined all professional
engagements, excepting the appointment of violincello peformer
to the King. In the discharge of this duty, he attended in the
organ loft of the Chapel Royal, when the king attended divine
service in that sacred edifice. On two occasions, in June
last, when the King visited the Chapel Royal, Crosdill was
prevented, by indisposition, from attending ; and shortly after
he died, having lived to an advanced age. Colonel Crosdill
having thus handsomely fnlfilled the verbal, but not testamen-
tary disposition of his late lamented father, there will be no
legacy duty exacted on this noble donation.
THE SWAN of the RIO DI2 LA PLATA is a most
elegant bird; the body is perfectly white, and the head and a
portion of the neck black. It is so abundant that some traffic
is carried on in its down and skin. The mode of taking this
bird is as follows :—A man enters the water with three large
wooden balls, two of which are fastened at one end of a thong of
leather, and the third, attached to the other extremity, he
holds in his hand ; quietly approaching the swan, he throws
the bans with such dexterity that they twist round the neck ;
and, as they are made of wood, the bird cannot escape by
diving. Two companions follow to pick up the birds.
MADAME CLAmoN, the celebrated French
Actress, was the daughter of an illiterate woman, who, with
blow and menaces, drove about the child, all day, to manual
labour. " I know not," said Clairon, of herself, " whence I
derived my disgust, but I could not bear the idea to be a mere
work-woman, or to remain inactive in a corner.", In her eleventh
year, being locked up in a room, as a punishment, with the
windows fastened, she climbed upon a chair to look about her.
A new object instantly absorbed her attention ;—in the house
opposite, she observed a celebrated actress amidst her family,
whose daughter was performing her dancing lesson. The girl
Clairon, the future Melpomene, was struck by the influence of
this graceful and affectionate scene :—" All my little being (she
related) collected itself into my eyes • I lost not a single motion.
As soon as the lesson had ended, ail the family applauded, and
the mother embraced the daughter. That difference of her fate
and mine filled me with profound grief. My tears hindered
me from seeing any longer; and when my beating heart allowed
me to re-ascend the chair, all had disappeared." This was a
discovery ! From that moment she knew no rest : she rejoiced
when she could get her mother to confine her to that room.
The happy girl was a divinity to the unhappy one, whose sus-
ceptible genius imitated her in every gesture and motion ; and
Clarion soon showed the effect of her ardent studies, for she be-
trayed all the graces she had taught herself, in the commonest
concerns of life. She charmed her friends, and even softened
her barbarous mother ; and, in -a word, she became an actress,
without knowing what constituted an actress.

THE ANCIENT CLOTHING Of the JEWS Consist-
ed of a robe or mantle, which was the upper garment ; the
tunic, which was under it, and reached from the neck to the
heels ; under that, linen, in the nature of a shirt ; the girdle ;
a sort of drawers; the tiara, and the sandals.
THE NATIVES of ARGOS relate of the Aleyo-
nian Lake, that nothing swims upon its waters; and so fathom-
less is said to be its depth, that persons employed for the pur-
'pose by the Emperor 'Sew, could not reach the bottom with
lead fastened to ropes many stadia in length.
EARLY RESTRAINTS UPON LADIES.—ANNE of
Brittany, wife to CHARLES VIII. and Louis XII., Kings of
France, was the first who introduced the fashion of ladies ap-
pearing publicly at Court. This fashion was introduced much
later in England, where, even down to the Revolution, women
of rank never appeared in the streets without a mask. In Scot-
land the veil, or plaid, continued much longer in fashion, with
which every wowan was covered when she went abroad.