The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-29 00:00:00

ANECDOTES,

CLIAICLES •ToWIsiSEND.--,-ThiS able. and witty
Statesman, whose character was. highly eulogize()
in' 01W of Edmund Burke's Parliamentary
speeches, was very subject to flattery. One day,
after bringing out a Budget, which he deemed
admirable, being in company with a select set of
friends, he asked how they liked it ? Seine said
very well, others very good, and others that
they hoped it .4vould be productive. This not
being' praise enough, he turned. to Touchet the
banker, who had just dropped in, and asked
the same question. " Like it," .said Touchet—
" f am transported with it ; by G--, there
never was such a scheme of finance before in the
world, and, if any thing could exceed it, it was
your eloquent manner of glving it." . " My
dear Toucher," said Townsend, gettin.,; ui. and
embracing him, 44 you are the man that gives inc
comfort—as for these fellows, they have been
doing nothing else this half hour but throwing
brickbats at we." Such is the influence of fiat-.
tery even upon reat minds:

Logo MANariELn.—,A. Catholic Priest was
maliciously prosecuted in tl►e Cotsrt Of King's
Bench for having said Mass. Lord :MANSFIELD
asked the principal witness if lie•wils sure that
the man was a Popish Priest, and that he Slid
Mass. " Yes, my Lord," said the man. " Then
you know what Mass is ?" said his -Lordship.
The witness was confused and silent. Ilis Lord.-
ship then addressed himself to the Jury as fol-
lows : " To find this•man guilty, you must have
full proof that he said Mass, awl it must be
proved to you that it was' the Mass which the
mat► said, when time witnesses saw hiu► perform-
ing acts which they took to be Mass. You must
judge for yourselves, whether your consciences
are entirely .satisfied or► this point." The man
was acquitted.

OLD ENGLPiIf ITOSPITALITY.L-ID those days
when the refinement of the Court .had not,quite
expelled the rustic manners of our old English
squires, and when in country society there was
an odd sort of a mixture of town manners and
country bluntness, a knot of young fellows in the
army, lovers of fox-hunting and drinking, were
invited to dine at the house of a wealthy squire,
in the county of The dinner passed, a
most formidable regiment of bottles provided by
the care of the lady (the dowager squiress), had
been severally discussed, when the unwelcome
sounds for more wine reached the ears of the
astonished matron, " Odd chalk 'em," cried she,
" be 'em a dry yet ? then do ye, Jahn, car 'em
up some zider."

KING Wur,Ltm.—ln the reign of King WM..
LIAM, a Member of the House.of Commons hav-
ing applied for a grant of lands in favour of a
builder, who was his friend, another builder pp,
plied afterwards to the Earl of Portland for the
same spot ; his Lordship found from the latter
that the grant was worth 10,0001. This infor-
mation he conveyed to the King ; and when
the Member renewed his application, the King
asked him what the grant might be worth ? The
Member answered about 1,0001. "Is that all ?"
replied the King; " then you shall have 1,0001.
without so much trouble."

OLD FuLLEtt, the biographer, in speaking• of
Sir llonenT 13notte,. who was:Lord Chief Justice
of the. Common Pleas in the reign of Henry VIII.
supposes the place of his nativity (whicli happened
to be in Shropshire) to have been Suffolk, " fAir
that his posterity flourished in a worshipful.equit--
page at Nacton, near Ipswich, in that county,"
and, as another reason, " that lawyers 'always
purchase near the place of their birth." The
same historian-, after quoting Camden's fithous
character of Plowden, the great lawyer, ex-
claims, " How excellent amedley is made, when
honesty and ability meet .in a man of his profes-
sion ;" then adds, in allusion to the Middle
Temple-hall„ " nor must we forget how he was
Treasurer for the Honourable Society, in the
year 1572, when their magnificent . hall was
builded." Ele also assigns to the eminent
yer Lord Chief Justice Popham, who lived in
the 'lath century, the following accomplish-
menis .11e. was in his youthful days as stout
and skilful a man•- at' sword and buckler as any
in that age, and wild enough .in his recreations."

KING GEORGE the SECOND was very fond
of old WinsToN the Theologian, and was walk-
ing with him one day in the gardens of Hamp-
ton-court, during the heat of the persecution,
when the King said, " Mr. Whiston,- you may
perhaps right in your opinions, but it would
be better if you kept them to yourself." 44 Is
your Majesty really serious in your advice?" an-.
swered the old man. " I am," replied the King.
" Then," said Whiston, " I ant sorry for it :
had Martin Luther been of your way of thinking,
where would, your Majesty have been at this
time ?"

ELECTION OF Loan MAyott.---This day a
Common Hall was held at Guildhall fur the pui.
pose of electing a new Lord,Mayor for the en-
suing year, when the Court of Aldermen an-
flounced WILLIAM VENABLES, Esq. Stationer,
duly elected the new Lord Mayor.
SWEARING IN OF TilE SllERlFFS.—Yesterday
the new SherifTh, Alderman Crowder and Julia Kelly, Esq.
gave a grand breakfast at the Albion Tavern, at which were
present about 100 members of the Companies to which they
belong. They immediately afterwards went in their new
a which are extremely splendid, to Guildhall, to be
wa
It two o'clock the Lord Mayor arrived, and the
o
immediately administered. The two Sub-Sheriffs,
cs rtilirsT
Mr. Smith, and Mr. Wilde, were also sworn in ; after which
the Ball adjourned.
. .

-11 e understand that the Pursers of his %jell
ty ,s navy are about to present a memorial to the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, relative
to an increase of their half-pay. The half-pay
to the Purser is but 3s. per diem, whilst the
Lieutenant of the navy (an officer of the same
rank with the Purser) has ss. per diem : in the
kindred service.of the army, the Assistant-Com-
missary, whose rank and duty on land are similar
to those enjoys a half-pay
of
4s. l
per diem. There can be, they assert,
no good reason why the two services should not
lodf. the Purser at sea,
be placed on a footing of perfect equality.—
(Morning Paper.)