The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-30 00:00:00

A NECDOTES, &c.

LORD NELSON'S HUMANITY.—Lord NELSON was loath
to inflict punishment, and wheu he was obliged, as he called
it, " to endure the torture of seeing men flogged," he came
out •of his cabin with hurried steps—ran into -the gangway—
inacle his bow to the Marine General, and reading the ar-
ticle of war the culprit had infringed, said, " Boatswain, do
your duty." The lash was instantly applied, and consequently
the sufferer exclaimed, " forgive me, Admiral, forgive me :"
he would look round with wild anxiety, and, as all his offi-
cers kept silence (when the fellow really merited his punish-
ment), he would say, " What ! none of you speak for him
—avast—cast him off—Tack, in the day of battle remember
me, and be a good fellow in future." A poor devil was
about to be flogged ; he was a landsman, and few pitied him.
His offence was drunkenness. As he was tying. up, a lovely
girl, contrary to all rules, rushed through the officers, and fall-
ing on her knees, clasped Nelson's hands in which were the
articles of war, " Pray forgive him, your honour, and he shall
never offend again." Your face," said he, "is a security for
his good behaviour. Let him go; the fellow cannot be bad who
has such a Tovely creature in his care." The man rose to be a
Lieutenant; his name was William Pye.
HANOVERIAN SUCCESSION BILL.—It is not perhaps ge
florally known that the Hanoverian Succession Bill owed its
success in the House of Commons to the two \% Members
for the counties of Pembroke and Carmarthen (Sir ARTHUR
OrtEN, Bart. and GRIFFITH RICE, Esq). The particulars
are these :—On the memorable day, in the beginning of Queen
Anne's reign, when that important business was agitated, those
gentlemen met accidentally in the lobby, while the Tory Ad-
ministration were endeavouring steal the question through
the House at an early hour, when a majority of their friends
attended by design, and when many of the Whigs were absent,
not thinking it would come on till the usual hour. 'When the
House was about to divide, one of the Whig Members, see.
ing a seeming majority in favour of the House of Stuart,
exclaimed, that the whole was an infamous proceed.
ing. He immediately ran out of the House, almost
frantic, in search of some of his partizans, to give
a turn to - the question in favour of the Elector of
Hanover. Perceiving Sir Arthur and Mr. Rice as he came
out, walking earnestly about the lobby, lie addressed them
thus with much vehemence :—" What do you mean, Gentle-
men ? Why do you stay here when the Hanoverian Succession
Bill is on the point of being thrown out of the House ?"
"
When I heard that," Sir Arthur used often to relate, " I
made but one step into the House, and my vole made the
number equal for the Bill, 117—the Tories having no more.
Mr. Rice, with great gravity, coming after me, had tke honour
of giving the casting-vote in favour of the Hanover Succession !
Had it not (added Sir A.) been for the warmth of my zeal,
being then a young man, this honour would have been mine,
for as Mr. Rice was my senior, I might have followed him into
the House."
ADULTERATED SUGAII..—We are told in the Scriptures
that Lot's wife was turned into salt ; and now, in our present
time, we perceive that a certain worthy Grocer has indulged
the Public with the news of Lots of sugar being so transformed.
BABBLING WOMEN.—In the year 1457 a Proclamation was
issued by HENRY the Eighth, " that women should not meet
together to babble and talk, and that all men should keep their
wives in their house."
WHIMSICAL RESULTS.—The fashion of dividing shops
now, in considerable thoroughfares, where rents are high, leads
often to whimsical results. A house in the Camberwell-road,
parted in this way, presented a singular appearance a few weeks
since ; one side being occupied by an apothecary, and the other
by an undertaker !
" This in a moment brings me to my end ;
" But this assures me I can never die."
[A coincidence almost as ridiculous was to be seen only a day
or two ago—perhaps remains still—in Fleet-market. An un-
dertaker, who lets out the upper part of his dwelling, just be-
yond the prison, stuck his bill " Lodgings to let," upon a cof-
lin that stood in front of the shop window.]
A PHILOSOPHER'S SKULL.—A famous craniologist strol-
ling through a churchyard, near town, perceived a grave-digger
tossing up the earth, among which were two or three skulls;
the craniologist took up one, and after considering it a little
time, said, " Ah, this was the skull of a Philosopher."—
" Very like, your Honour, (said the grave-digger), for Ido see
it is somewhat cracked."

HANTS COUNTY CLUB.
WiNcnEsTert, AUG. 27.—The thirty-sixthiAn-
niversary of this Club was celebrated at the White Hart Inn,
in this city, on Wednesday last, by the members and their
friends, at which were present A. it. Dottin and W. NVynn,
ham, Emirs., the two stewards for the year ; the Right Hon.
Sir George Henry Rose, Sir John Walter Poolen, Bart.,
Chas. Graeme, Henry Masterman, T. Deane, H. Barlow, and
Geo. Hollis, Esqrs., and many members excused themselves
on account of absence from the County, and other indispensable
engagements. This Club was founded in 1789, to maintain the
Honour and Independence of the Country, and securing the sta-
bility of our excellent Constitution in Church and State ; and
has prove.l its advantages on many important occasions during
an eventful period. The dinner consisted of venison and
other delicaCies of the season, with an excellent dessert, pre-
sented by 11Ir. Wyndham, the junior Steward, and the wines
gave general satisfaction ; the utmost cordiality prevailed, and
the company separated by nine o'clock. Sir G. H. Rose ac-
cepted the office of Steward, in the place of Mr. Dottin, who
went out of office, and a much fuller attendance is expected at
the next meeting.

On Friday last the remains of the late Admiral
Lord RADSTOCK, G.C.B. were removed from his house in
Portland-place, and interred with those of his ancestors, the
Earls of WALDEGRAVE, in Navestock Church, Essex.
In Ashburnham Church, Sussex, are preserved the shirt,
stained with some drops of blood, in which CHARLES I. suf-
fered; his watch, which he gave at the place of execution, to
Mr. Jolts ASHBURNHAM ; his white silk knit drawers, and
the sheet which was thrown over his body. These relics were
bequeated in 1743, by BERTRAM ASHBURNHAM, Esq., to
the clerk of the parish, and his successors, in perpetuity.
At Worcester, on Wednesday, 51r. GREEN,
after a successful ascent, again inflated his balloon, and for
several hours was occupied in conveying persons a height of 500
feet ; the fare was ss. for each individual. Many persons par-
took of the amusement.

On Thursday, in the evening, as a company
were sitting in the 'house of Mr. Michael Ewbank, sign of the
Wheat Sheaf, in Gateshead, they were surprised by the en.
trance of a hare, which ran over the tables, upSetting the
glasses, &c. 31;.I. Ewbank caught and kept it until next day,
when he set it at liberty in a field near the Windmill Hills.
About two years ago, a partridge flew into one of the windows
of the same house, and was caught.
A CHANCE FOR TIIE LADIES --A Gentleman
named Hou ST ON, who has travelled much in Africa, in a letter
from Bahia, April 7,1325, writes to his friend at Manchester
as follows :—" I resided in Benin the greater part of 1822 and
and 1823, and had 1 not already written more than sufficient to
exiaust your patience, I could give you some description and
anecdotes of that country and people which might amuse you.
But I must close with an allusion to the King's domestic
establishment, and which may i ,''crest some of your friends.—
His Majesty is a fine noble-looking black fellow, of about 35
years of age ; beloved by his people, and feared by his ene-
mies ; and has yet only about 500 wives and 40 to 50
children. Ile communicated an idea to me, on which his
Imperial thoughts had for some time ruminated, and
which I, as other favourites of Royalty, of course praised,
and that highlfr too: this was no less than the design, fraught
with profound mlitical 'wisdom, of improving the blood Royal,
[by adding to his Seraglio a white lady. 1 offered my services
to make known his most gracious thoughts to those of ' the red I
rose and the white' of my country; on which he promised
to bind himself to make the said lady his only Queen, and his
other wives her slaves and servants. On this we parted, with
his desiring me to give his respects to his brother, the King of
England, and should his Majesty be in want of a wife,, there
were a dozen of the Princesses of Benin at his service."
MUSLIN MANUFACTURES.—The improvements
in the manufacturing of muslins appear daily on
the increase. A. very few years ago the bleach-
ing of webs in the chain was introduced, and it
is now become very general ; and dying has been
successfully performed in Forrester's starching
work, Park-lane, Mile-end. This novel process,
which is very simple, and all done by machinery,
reflects great credit on the ingenious inventor. It
is a much superior and more level dye than can be
done in the hank ; and, what is of greater import-
ance, it is a saving to the manufacturer of from
five to ten per cent., according to the fineness of
yarn. This department of Mr. F.'s work has
been partially going on for eighteen months ;
but since its commencement, he has brought it
to such perfection, by the great improvements he
I has made in it, that it is now quite original, and
the accession of business is liberally rewarding
the inventor.—(Glasgow
Paper.)