The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-16 00:00:00

TO GERTRUDE.

GERTRUDE, thy Lines display a tender heart,
That feels the wounds of Love's too potent dart,
And sinking in despair;
Yet rouse thy spirit—let thine Idol know
That genuine Love demands a kindred glow,
Or Pride will break the snare.

But, GER:rut:DE, not a tender heart alone,
Thy mind with vivid fancy fraught, we own,
Touch'd by the Muse's flame—
Then to that fav'ring Muse with zeal apply
Nor longer breathe an unavailing sigh,
But banish LOVE for FAME.
Pall Mail, Nov. 14. IGNOTUS.

ANECDOTES, &c.
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REMARKABLE DAY.—This day is remarkable
as the anniversary of the death of HENRY the
THIRD, and accession of Edward the First, 127'4 ;
the death of Dean Swift, 1745 ; the duel between
the celebrated John Wilkes and Mr. Martin,
who had been Secretary to the Treasury, 1763 ;
of the bursting of Solway Moss, 1773 ; of the
powder magazine of Abbeville, France, blowing
up and destroying a great number of persons, and
upwards of a hundred houses, 1773.
LORD CLARE, Chancellor of Ireland, had
taken a most rooted dislike to Curran, and did all in his lower
to annoy and oppose him. One day, when it was known Curran
was to make an important argument in Chancery, Lord Clare,
brought a large Newfoundland dog upon the Bench with him,
and during Curran's argument, he paid much more attention
to the dog than to the Barrister. At length the Chancellor,
losing all decorum, turned quite aside in the most material part
of the argument, and began in full Court to fondle the ani-
mal. Curran now stopped short "Go on, go on, Mr. Cur-
ran," said his Lordship. "Oh !" replied 31r. Curran, " I
beg a thousand pardons, my Lord, I really took it for granted
that your Lordship was employed in consultation."
A LITIGIOUS FELLOW of an attorney brought
an action against a farmer for calling him a rascally lawyer.
An old husbandman, who was examined as a witnem, was
asked if he had heard the man call him a lawyer " I did."
—" Pray,"said the Judge," whatis your opinion of the meaning
of that word ?"—" There can be no doubt about that," replied
the fellow. " Why, good man," said the Judge, " there is
no dishonour in the name, is there ?" " I know nothing about
that," was the answer, " but this I do know, if any man called
me a lawyer, I'd knock him down."—" Why, Sir," said the
Judge, pointing to one counsel, " that gentleman is a lawyer,
and that, and that, and I ama lawyer."—" No, no," replied
the fellow, " no, my Lord; you are a Judge, I know, but you
are not a lawyer, I'm sure."
SINGLE-PEN WARNER.—Dr. WARNItit was in
the shop of an eminent stationer in the Strand, when some one
came in and purchased a hundred quills, for which he paid six
shillings. When he was gone, the Doctor exclaimed, "Oh !
the luxury of the age ! six shillings for a hundred quills ! why,
it never cost me sixpence for quills in my life."—" That is very
surprixing, Doctor," observed the gentleman of the shop, " for
your works are very voluminous." " I assure you, said the
Doctor, " that I wrote my Ecclesiastical History, two volumes
folio, and my Dissertation on the Book of Common Prayer, a
large folio, both the first and corrected copies, with one single
pen : it was an old one before I began, and it is not worn out
now that I have finished." This circumstance was spread
about, and the merits of this pen were esteemed so highly, that
a celebrated Countess begged the Doctor to make her a present
of it; he did so, and her Ladyship had a gold case made with
a short history of the pen engraved upon it, and these were
placed in her cabinet of curiosities.
CHATTERTON.—This unfortunate youth had
written a political essay for the North Briton, which, though
accepted, was not printed, owing to the death of the Lord
Mayor. The patriot thus calculated the death of his great
patron, as found among his papers
Lost by his death in this Essay . 11 6
Gained in Elegies . . . 2 0
--- in Essays . . . . 3 3 0
.----. 5 3 0

Am glad he is dgari by . X 3 1$ 6

A GINTLEMAN Who Was severely cross eXß-
alined by Mr. DuwgzxG, who asked him repeat.%lly if he did
sot live within the verge of the Court, at length answered that
he did. " And pray, Sir," " said Dunning, " Why did yon
take up your residence in that place ?"—" In order to avoid the
impertinence of dunning," answered the witness.