The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-30 00:00:00

ANECDOTES, &c.

SAINT ANDREW.—This day is the anniversary
of this Saint-. He was the 'younger brother of
Simon, surnamed Peter, and traversed the vast
northern regions of Scythia, upon the dispersion
of the Apostles, surmounting every difficulty.—
I! e passed over the countries of Thrace and
Macedonia, and 'at Patra he was so successful in
the execution of his trust, that Ageas, the Pro-
consul, condemned him to be first scourged and
then crucified, a sentence which was put into ex.
er.atiOo with peculiar cruelty. Ilk body was
pwlhaluned and honourably entombed by a Chris-
tian lady of quality and fortune, and some time
aftemards his relics were removed to Byzantium
by Constantine the Great. St. Andrew, in pictures,
is represented bearing a cross in the form of the let-
ter X. The Scotch have chosen St. Andrew for
their tutelar Saint, and they assert his remains were
brought and deposited in Fifeshire in the year
368 ; a town and University are named after
hint. This day k also remarkable as the anni-
versary of 'Edmund I ronside being murdered at
Oxford, 1010 ;of the birth of Dean Swift, 1667 ;
and of Voltaires'l694; of Charles the Twelfth
being killetiiitrrederickshall, 1718 ; the birth
-of Prince.Clittiles Rdward, called the Young
Pretendet,*..i;o of the marriage of Peter the
Great to- his Prime Minister's daughter, 1729;
the execution of John Rawl, called Sixteen String
Jack, •at Tyburn, 1774 ; of the duel between
Ctarles James Fox and Mr. Adam, when the
former was slightly wounded, 1779 ; of a frost
which commenced this day in 1788, which con-
,tinued till January, during which the Thames
was frozen ; and of the French forces evacuating.
St. Domingo, and surrendering to the British
fleet, in 1803.

MAcurAN was very particular in Shylock-71P
much so, that he requested
.Bobby Bates, who
performed the part of Tribta, not to speak until
he saw him standing on a certain spot ; " nay,".
laid Macklin, " trot until you see me place my
right foot on this nail," (pointing with his stick
• to the head of a large nail which was driven into
the stage.) Bobby promised to remember the
old man's instruction, and, that he might have a
better view of the nail, he marked it in a conspi-
cuous manner with a piece of chalk. At night
Macklin had forgotten the nail, therefore when
Tuba/ entered, and remained for some time with-
out speaking, Macklin exclaimed, in an under.
voice, " Why the devil don't you speak ?"
" Sir," replied Bobby," put your right foot upon
the nail." This so disconcerted the veteran, that
it was with difficulty he finished the part.

BATTLE 07 As,ATE.—At the battle of Assaye
the musicians were ordered to attend the wound-
ed, and carry them to the surgeons in the rear.
One of the Highland pipers, believing himself
included in this order, laid aside his instrument,
and assisted the wounded. For this he was after-
wards reproached by his comrades. Flutes and
hautboys they thought could be well spared, but
for the piper, who should always be in the heat
of the battle, to go to the rear with the whistlerti
1 aas a thing altogether unheard of. The unfor-
tunate piper was quite humbled. However, he
soon had an opportunity of playing oil this stigma;
for, in the advance at Argaum, he played up with
such animation, and influenced the men to such a
degree, that they could hardly be restrained from
rushing on to time charge too soon, and breaking
the line.—Colonel A DAMS was, indeed, obliged
to silence the musician, who now iu some mea-
sure regained his lost fame. . '

THE MARVELLOUS WALLs of Trans, and the
prodigious masses of masonry of which they con•
slat,may he considered not less entitled than the.
Pyramids of Egypt to rank among the wonders;
of the ancient world. Though put together
without cement, they appear likely to brave the
attacks of ages even more numerous than those
which have already elapsed since they were built;
which, as they existed long before the Trojan
war, cannot be less than. 3,000 years.

Li VINO AFTER YOU ARE DEAD.--A friend
having taken lodgings for an Irish Gentleman in
St. Paul's Church-yard, the latter on hearing it,
exclaimed with astonishment—" A rrah, my dear,
now did you ever hear of a man going to live in
a church-yard, till after he was dead."

ANECDOTE OE G ENEUA MONIE.—The acc
dents which determine human pursuits -are often curious.
Charles the First's prevention of Cromwell's emigration to
America kept that extraordinary man at home to take off his
head ; and General Monk's martial career was determined by
the following accident father, Sir Thomas Monk, being
desirous to attend a general meeting of the gentlemen of
the county of Devon, at Exeter Castle, yet knowtng that some
writs for debt had been issued against him, applied to the
Sheriff by letter, requesting that they might put besexecuted at
that 'time, adding an assurance, that if he could not make a
compromise with his creditors, he would surrender himself
when called for. The Sheriff returned an answer, " that, upon
his honour, Sir Thomas should be free from his officers during
the time of the said meeting; " but, contrary to this promise,
he caused Sir Thomas to be publicly arrested in the presence
of the whole meeting. This news being► brought to the young
George Monk (afterwards the Geneial), so exasperated him,
that be immediately took a horse and•came to Exeter, where,
in the presence of all the gentlemen, lie not only upbraided the
Sheriff, but caned him very severely ; for this 3 prosecution.'
was commenced against him, and he was obliged to seek safety I
he flight. To shelter himself from his pursuers, he entered as
a common sailor -on board a King's ship, where after some time
he was, for his valour and good behaviour, made a Lieute-
nant ; and this laid the foundation of his subsequent military
career. —•
DENNIS 01.1Arr.---Doritig the war with H YnEit
ALLY, DENNIS O'TATT, from the County Clare. a Lieu.
tenant and Acting Adjntant of the Madras Artillery, was
observed by a brother Officer to expose himself most unneces-
sarily to a very destructive fire from the enemy, said so to
O'Taff, who replied, " Don't you know I am Adjutant, and
if my horse is killed in action, get 24 pagodas for him,
and he is not worth ten ?"—lt was usual for subalterns of ar-
tillery to take a weekly tour of duty in the fort of Madras,
which is about 8 miles from the Artillery Cantonments; on
one occasion, when o"fati'm turn came, he left, a fine game
cock under a basket in one corner of his barrack-room in Can-
tonment, and, that he might live in plenty, O'Taff placed a
quantity of grain and water in the opposite corner, locked the
door, comforting himself with the thought that his favourite
would want for nothing during his absence.-. On his return the
following week, he exclaimed, " 0 J—s, why did not I
leave the meat under the basket! Sure if I had the creature
would not have died !"—Ouraff continued to blunder to the
last; he was employed --by the first and great Sir Eyre Coote,
in the demolition of the fort of Wandewask, and having placed
a qnantity of- gunpowder to blow up one of , baitions, was
'desirous of viewing the explosion, and remained so close to the
mine, that he was sent ipto the air with the fragments.—
ovraff 's will was found -.among his papers—he was warm
hearted and generouis—his assets principally consisted of smut
' sums due to him by his brother officers,-whom he had assist-1
ed in times-of difficulty. -He bequeathed all his JCbllto his
mother,