The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-26 00:00:00

!'OR TILE SUN.

Ma. EDITOR—Never having seen the follow=
ig Anecdotes in print, I take the liberty of send-
ig them to you, as they were given to me by
lose who vouched for their authenticity :

The late Mr. Serjeant DAVY Ivas-once a Chatifitt in Exeter,
but had the mist-Online to be a bankrupt, on which he was
moved by Habeas Corpus to the King's Bench, Whdre, having
leisure, he studied the Law, and in process of time became a
very successful advoerate. At au assize at Winchester, he was
cross-examining a witness, by which he wanted to fix the date
Of in event material to his client, but whiCh the witness was
thei slay of proving. After asking the quekion several. times,
and n6t getting a direct answer, he told the witness that he had
reason to imagine that he knew the date We'll, and insisted on
his giving a plain yea.; the witness said that he really could not.
say the year, but his memory served him well enough to re=
collect that it was the very same year that he (the Serjeant) had
become a bankrupt at Exeter. "There now," said th&Serjeant,
" I can assist you with the date ; it was in the year that I
was a bankrupt, and have always since looked on that as the
most fortunate event in my life."
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The present ATTORNEY-GENERAL, when a boy, was at
school at Exeter, and since •he became a Barrister has prac-
tised on the 'Western Circuit.. On a trial on which he was re-
tained, concerning some premises situated near his late school,
it was necessary for him to fix the height and length of a wall
bounding a garden, in which grew many fine` apple trees, the
fruit of which at times tempted the yOuths eo much, that they
actually used •to climb-over and purloin them. In fixing the
height and length of this wall, it was deemed necessary to sub-
puma the old lady who rented the garden, but as she .proved to
be a most unwilling witness, Mr. GIFFORD was obliged to put
the coestion many times, on which the old lady, Who
,wlas
actually rather dim sighted, stretched out her necc,.anll
aloud, GOD bless me, be not your Honour little BOBBY
GIFFORD, that used to go to Mr. 's school, why do you
ask die to tell the gentlemen the height and length of the wall ?
I'll thank you to tell the Gentlemen yourself, for I believe that
you used to be over the wall as often as any of the other boys
at tl'e school." This of course caused a great laugh in tile
Court, in which Mr. GIFFORD most heartily joined.

A GLEANER

PuNs By THE LATE Mn. CututAx.—The late
Dr. HunsoN, of Dublin, having acquired a
large fortune as a Dentist, built a very beauti-
ful and expensive house of hewn stone, ad-
joining Mr. Curran's demesne, near ltathfarn-
ham, the front of which was ornamented with a
handsome portico in the Doric. order. From the
close friendship that subsisted so long between
these two gentlemen, it may be supposed they
spent together almost every moment they could
spare from professional pursuits, many of which
were, of course, engaged in inspecting the work-
men employed at this building. On one of these
occasions, while watching the progress of the
portico, Mr. Curran turned to his friend, and
said, " Well, Ned ! though I have always ad-
mired the chaste simplicity of the Doric order,
I wonder You could have preferred any to the
Tusx-an, which has such strong claims on your
gratitude."—lt was on this same. occasion, that
Dr. 11. having congratulated Mr. Curran on the
felicity of his pun, the latter exclaimed, " Oh !
If I were PUNBEIED for every PUN-I-SHED."—
,To which Dr. Hudson replied, " If you were.
Jack, you'd not be left a PUNY-SHED to hold
your PUNNISH-HEAD."

GENERAL PICTON.—When the late KING, un-
solicited, gave General PICTON the l c2th Regi-
ment, and that officer went to the Levee to re-
turn thanks, his Majesty said---" You need not
thank me for it, General; you are entirely in-
debted to the good conduct of Captain Picton."
It should he observed that Picton was Captain of
Grenadiers in that same Regiment, and led them
on at the battle of Minden, on the first day
of August, in the year 1759.—After the trial
between the late General Picton and Colo-
nel Fullarton, the Duke of Queensbury sent
for the General, and saying he knew General
Officers were not often rich,asked his permission
to present hini with a check on his hanker for
50001., in testimony of his good conduct on the
occasion. General Picton declined it as hand-
somely ; adding, that he had a very good and
kind uncle, who had defrayed the whole expellee
for him. 'hie Duke, however, left the amount
to the General by will.

REFLECTIONS ON TILE Loss OF A NOSE.—A.
man who has lost his nose, has peculiar advan-
tages as well as disadvantages :—He cannot fol-
low his nose, but then he cannot be said to be
poking his nose into every thing. lie can't blow
his nose, but then he saves pocket handkerchiefs.
Ile can't be stuffed up in his nose, but then he
cannot take snuff, which is, however, another
saving. If he goes to sleep, you cannot tickle
his nose ; and when he is awake he cannot run
his nose against a post. Let him drink what he
will, he will never have a red nose, and never be
exposed to the nickname " Nosey ;' and let him
be as impertinent as he will, he may defy you to
pull his nose :—" Sir ;" said a man to another
with a false nose, " I'll pull your nose ;"-
44 Sir," said he—" I shall put my nose in my
pocket."
A ROLAND FOR AN OLITER.—A certain Chief
Justice, on hearing an ass bray, interrupted the
late Mr. Curran in his speech to the Jury, by
saying " One at a time, Mr. Curran, if you
please." The speech being finished, the Judge
began his charge, and during its progress the ass
sent forth the full force of its lungs at the very
threshold of the building, whereupon the advo-
cate said, " Does not your Lordship hear a re-
markable echo in the Court i"
A LONG RUN.---The most remarkable instance
of the undeviating perseverance of a fox-hound
on record, occurred in Scotland in 1808, near
Dunkeld. On the Bth of June, a fox and a
hound were seen on the high road proceeding
at a slow trotting pace. A country man very
, easily caught the fox by running, and both the
fox and the dog were taken to a Gentleman's
house in the neighbourhood, where the fox
died. It was ascertained that the hound be-

longed to the Duke of cordon, and that the fox
was started on the King's birth-day, on the top of
the hills called Monahadh, which separates Bade-
noch from Fort Augustus. From this it appear-
ed that the chase had lasted four days, and that
the distance travelled, from the place where the
fox was unkennelled, to the spot where it was
caught, without making any allowance for doubles
or crosses, but taken as the crow flies, exceeded
seventy miles.