The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-26 00:00:00

ANECDOTES, &c.

This is the anniversary of the death of Sand-
croft, Archbishop of Canterbury; 1693, of the
violent land and sea storm 1702, when thirteen
men of war were driven from their anchorage in
the Downs, and totally lost on the Godwin Sands,
with all their crews, except seventy-one persons,
1702 ; the Eddystone light-Douse near Plymouth,
being blown down, 1703 ; it was built in 1596 ;
after this calamity it was rebuilt in 1706, burnt
in December, 1755, rebuilt in 1759, again burnt
1770, and the present structure built in 1774 ;
this is also the anniversary of the death of Doctor
Bolton, the friend and contemporary of Pope,
1763 ; and of the Earl of Oxford, on his return
to Naples through France, being stopped near
Fontainebleau, and having his papers seized by
the French Police, 1814, after which he was per.
tnitted to pursue his journey.

THE TWO CAREWS.—There were at one time
in the House of Commons
,two Members of the
names of WALTER CAREW• Much , embarrass.
tnent having arisen from this, another Member
proposed calling one CAREW, and the other CA-
REY ; " and then," said he, " we shall have no
more confusion between What care I? and What
care Nou .1"

WROUGHT SILK was brought from Persia to
Greece, 325 years 8.C., and from India A.D.
274. It was known at Rome in.the time of Ti-
berius, when a law passed prohibiting the use of
plate of massy gold, and also forbidding amen to
debase themselves by wearing silk, fit only for
women. Heliogabalus first wore a garment of
silk, in 220. Silk worms were brought to Europe
300 years later. Silk- was at first of the same
value with gold, weight for weight. The Empe-
ror Aurelian, in 275, denied his Empress a rube
of silk because it was too dear.

MR. SREIUDIN.—The following anecdote of
the late RICHARD BRI RISLEY SHERIDAN serves to illustrate
that extraordinary talent for outwitting others, in which he
prided himself so much .—" Mr. Sheridan used to keep his
carriage at the livery-stables of one Edbrooke, in Clarges-street,
from whom he also hired his horses for the season. Pushed, as
he always was, for money, it is not wonderful that the stabler
should be no better off than the rest of those who had the
honour of serving Mr. Sheridan; on the contrary, his bill had
run long, and amounted to several hundreds. Edbrooke, who
was an easy sort of man, had applied to him time out of mind,
but all to no purpose; Sheridan would frequentl to get quit
of its importunities, give him a whole sheet oil letter-paper,
filled with blank orders for Drury lane Theatre ; by these
means, and his insinuating manners, he found it no very diffi.
cult matter in putting off: however, Mr. Edtirooke had a wife,
who was, in this instance, a much better manager than her
husband; for although she never failed to make use of the
orders, she, at the same time, never failed, when an opportu.
pity offered, of dunning Sheridan for her husband's bill.
—lt so happened that the post horse duty was to
be paid, and the couple were sadly perplexed how to raise the
money ; whilst the two were holding a consultation as to how
the needful was to be raised, Sheridan sent for his carriage. My
landlady, who heard fthe call of the ostler in the yard, deter-
mined to take the reins out of her lord's hands, and desired
the coachman to tell his master, that unless he would pay up
the last quarter's keep, he should neither have coach nor horses,
The coachman grumbled, but she was inexorable, so away he
went And delivered his ungracious message. Sheridan, who
knew well what sort of a lady he had to deal with, dispatched
Coachee again, with his respects to Mrs. Edbrooke, anti begging
she would-allow his coachman to drive her to his house, atid
telling her that every thing should be settled. The coachinan
returned to Clarges-street, and made known his master's plea.
sure. Mrs. Edbrooke, who considered herself a match for She-
ridan, deterinined to follow it up, and accordingly ordered the
horses to be put to Sheridan!s carriage, and she was driven to
his house. When she arrived there, she was shown up stairs to
his library, where it appeared lie 'was going to have lunch ; a
cold fowl and wine being on the table, the servant desired ha- to
take a. seat and a glass of wine, while his Master was engaged
in the next room with a gentleman. No sooner had she sat
down, than Sheridan slipped down stairs, jumped into his car-
riage, and was off to Wimbledon, where he had agreed to pass
the day. Meantime Mrs. Edbrooke was quietly enjoying a
glass of Madeira, little dreaming how she was outwitted ; and
it was not until tired of waiting, and after having finished the
leg and part of the, breast-of the fowl, that she was made ac,
quainted with the trick that had been played upon her. Poor
woman, she retired in a sad humour. However, to make •her
amends for her mortification and disappointment, Sheridan next
morning sent her a check for her bill."