The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-03 00:00:00

AMUSING ANECDOTES.

Many of our young military officers are most wonder,,'
fully well-informed ; perfect oracles in their way ! v711°.5-
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decisions are sans appell. I recently witnessed a ve4
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comic " Qui-proquo.' The amiable Frau Von B---- 1""
reading a verse of Dante from an admirable translation'
one of the most fashionable warriors in the salon demand',
the name of the author. The lady answered, "My belovet
Dante." "Is it possible," cried the son of Mars, with
astonishment ; " I never could have believed that Yuti.,.
Tante (aunt) was equal to such a composition." The errors
of the old warriors are sometimes even more ridiculous!,
and their blunders are an endless source of merriment. Wile'
the present President of Columbia was in Berlin, about tit°
.
years since, I accidentally overheard a conversation betwee
him and a Prussian officer ; instead of German it was Car-a
tied on in horribly bad French. A picture of a battle le
them to speak of the celebrated one of Waterloo. " M°st
certainly," exclaimed Santander, "at that great battle'
without the assistance of your immortal hero, Platoff, 141 v
poleon would not have been conquered !" The Prussit'ill
general smiled, politely rectified his mistake, and continue'
saying, " But your campaigns are not less remarkable ; foriu#
stance, what a march was that of Bolivar to Mexico and half"
across the Tschimborasso—the short time in which 1;
was effected is scarcely credible !" " I beg pardon,
said Santander, in his turn, half smiling ; " you have mad°
an error in some thousands of miles, for Bolivar was nee,
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engaged in war in Mexico ; therefore he could never hav,°
come in collision with the Tschimborasso. Notwithstao°,
ing, our marches are really astonishing ; in fact, our methoo
of conducting war is entirely different from the Europostl
mode ; our soldiers are able to support themselves f°rr,
months without bread, meat, or spirits, living entirely °ai
dried ox-skins and water." " Comment! Monsieur!" cued
our general, in an inimitable jargon, and with a voice an
manner expressive of the greatest astonishment,—" COO;
ment! pas de bain, pas de poissons spirituel: Q pas nl6lll-(1
de 1' eau forte !" It required all my powers of self-commas
to preserve my character for politeness, when Monsie°.r
Santandar, not appearing to observe the errors of PI
friend, replied, with an air of the most important grog:,
" Non : rien de spirituel, monsieur, pas memo de lea
forte !"—Prince Pucklcr Muskau's Tutu Frutti.

The noble authoress of " Flirtation" is again about
to gratify the public with a new work of fiction, to be callS
" The Disinherited." Her ladyship knows more of the gre"
world than perhaps any living writer, whilst her high 'imellefA
tual endowments justly place her among the most distinguisb`-
novelists of the day. On the publication of some former vv
lumes by Lady Charlotte Bury, his late Majesty George I„
said in an autograph letter,•that " they contained the most all
tided evidence of refined intellect and high breeding which
had ever seen in an? production of the kind."—Ag e.

BIRTHS.
On the Ist inst., in Great Russell-street, Bedford-square, *rot
William Kaye, of a daughter.
On the Ist inst., Mrs. T. Hewlett, of Harrow, of a son, which
survived its birth but a few hours.
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On the 94 inst., at Downhill's, Tottenham, the lady of J.
Haynes, Esq.,-of a son.

MARRIAGES.
.1.
On the Ist inst., at Hambledon, Bucks, by the Rev. v ,-. . to
Ridley, the Rev. W. M. K. Bradford, Rector of Hambledom
Mary, eldest daughter of the late Rev. H. C. Ridley.
On the Ist inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, E. Browne,to M. Russ, daugter of W. Pugh, Esq., of the Old Kent-roaa.j,
On the 2d inst., at St. Pancras Church, by the Rev. to
Judkin, M.A., Edward T. Teale, Esq., of Leeds, solicitor, 8,
Eliza, eldest daughter of W. Essex, Esq., of Upper Wohurz'

DEATHS:
On the Ist inst., Isaac Smith, Esq., of Osnaburgh-tern',
Regent's Park, aged 83 years. et
On the 31st of May, Mr. H. Parkes Skidmore, nail-ironrooeg
Delph, neat Stourbridge.
On the 2Jth ult., of the Rectory-house, Offord Cluny, °—
the ev. E. Edwars, n his 7th ear.
..."R the 22d inst., ati ChelteBnhaym, Elizabeth, wife of the gel
H. S. Beresford and daughter of Archibald Hamilton, Esq.'
Killyleagh Castle, in the county of Down, Ireland. of
On the 30th ult., Mary, the beloved wife of Mr. R. 13ec'
the Poultry, in her 24th year.

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