The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-03 00:00:00

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

COUNTRY DI AllY.—SaTtotnAt-, J. 5.
Bayley, J., Collyhurst, Manchester—Star, Manchester
Birch, S., Ma»chester—White Lion, Manchester ii
Brooks, N., Dot erdale—Star and Garter, Worcester
Evans, D., Swansea—Bush, Bristol ll
Grey, G., Morpeth—T'urk's head, Newcastle ll
Iggulden, S., Dover—Guildhall, Canterbury ... ll

INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED,
Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Pious
Jan. 7, at Nine o'clock.
Finnes, C., Worthing Smallman, J., Strood
Goodman, J., Penryn Sturman, G., Old-street-road
Qui ley, E., Cannon-street, St. Syred, D., Chapel-street, Edge.
George'S ware-road
Randall, J., \Vest-street, Car- Waterlow, T., Churchill-street,
naby.markst Spitalficlds
Sinnott, L., Drury-lane

COUNTRY.—At the Shirchall, at Brecon, Monday, January 7,
at Ten o'clock.
Awbery, D., Itumney, Llangonider

. A very interesting communication will be
read at the Royal Society on Monday next, by the Rev.
Dr. Duticatc, of Ruthwell, on the impressions of the
footsteps of animals which have been discovered in the
strata of sandstone, in the quarry of Corncockle Muir, near
Lochmaben, in Dumfriesshire.—Caledonian Mercury.
CURIOUS ORIGINAL ANECDOTE.—The
following anecdote has been communicated to us orally by
a friend. It has not, we understand, before appeared in
print :—" When the Royal Hotel, at Birmingham, was
kept by Mr. STYLES, a gentleman who occupied, during
his stay in the town, a suite of apartments in the house,
sent for his host, and requested him to take him to some
warehouse, where he might purchase a few wire fenders.
Mr. STYLES accompanied him to the shop of Mr. -BUSBY,
the wire-drawer, in New-street, who, from the plain dress
and manners of the stranger, took him for a homely farmer
of humble circumstances. Some fenders were shown of a
pike which appeared to Mr. B. suitable for such a cus-
tomer. lie, however, inquired for others of a finer make,
which were accordingly produced. These, too, failed to
please, and an article of the very best quality was inquired
for. " I tell thee what," said BUSBY, " old chap ! thou'lt
excuse me, but the price of even these will dip pretty deep
into thy pocket." " Well, Mr. Wilmot]," said the pur-
chaser, " I'll endeavour to find money to pay for them--
and I want the very best you manufacture." They were
shown and accepted. " But," said the vender, '• I must
either have security, old gentleman, or the money, before
they leave my shop." " Send them, when packed up,"
said the stranger, " to Mr. STYLES'S, and they will be
paid for on delivery." This was agreed upon, and Busnr
turning familiarly to the strangt•r, said, " Now, old chap,
a glass of good ale would he no bad thing ; will't have a
glass?" " With all toy heart, Sir," was the reply.
BUSBY led the way to the kitchen, which he thought the
most suitable apartment for his humble guest, and the
three discussed the contents of a flowing can of home-
brewed. After some chat, the wire-worker said, " I say,
old chap ! thou knowest somewhat about pigs, dost not?
Won't come and see my little runts?" Without waiting
for a reply, he conducted the stranger to his yard, where
they saw and admired the pigs, and other et cetera: of do-
mestic economy. Mr. STYLES and the stranger then de-
parted. At the appointed time BUSBY appeared at the
bar of the Royal lintel with the feniztrs—" Well, STILES !"
was his " where is the old farmer chap ?" " Show
Mr. Busny up," said the innkeeper. Mr. B. was some-
Y.-hat startled on being ushered up the great staircase, at the
top of which he was encountered by two servants in splendid
liveries. " This room, Sir," said one of them, as he opened
the door, and hurried in the bewildered man of wire—in-
troducing him as—" Mr. BUSBY, your Grace!" Hearing
the words " Your Grace," and finding himself in a rich
Apartment occupied by the "old chap" himself, with a full
sense of the familiarity he had used to the great unknown,
he was about to leave the room in confusion. But his
Grace rose from his chair, saluted him with cordiality;
forced him to take a seat the opposite side of the fire; pro-
duced a bottle of excellent wine, and filling him a glass,
said, " Come, Mr. BUSBY, I admired your caution and
your frankness, and, as I drank ale with you in the morn-
ing, you must now drink wine with me." The kindness
of his Grace's manner, and the generosity of the liquor,
soon dispelled the bashfulness of the wire-drawer, and it
was not till they had finished the second bottle, that Mr.
BUSBY, after receiving his money for the fenders, rose and
took his leave, highly gratified by his interview with the
;oily Duke of NORFOLK.—Lancashire (Liverpool) Lite-
rary Museum