The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-07 00:00:00

ANECDOTES

Upon a forced march in the second Sile§ieb
war, the King of Prussia- rode at the flank of a troop of horse,
and heard one of the Men in a distant part of the troop curse
and swear in a most dreadful .manner. He then rode nearer,
and heard the soldier, with the Most shocking oaths and impre-
cations say, " that he wished this. 4--d life had one day.. or
other an end." " You are right, my son," cried the king,
" so do I;—but what is to be done? We must wait patiently
till.peaCe.can beinede."
.The kite Dr. YOUNG had occasion to pay a
visit. to Archbishop Potter's son, then Rector of Chiddingstone,
near Tunbridge. This Gentleman lived in a country where
the roads were deep and miry: Dr. You:,(G, after much dan-
ger and difficulty, arrived at the hotse, when he inquired whose
field that was he had just crossed. It is mine, answered
his friend. " True," said the poet, " Potter's field to bury
strangers."

_
A sailor passing by a cooper's •shop, and see-
iri!r a number of tubs piled above each other at the door, began
to kick arid tumble them about the street. The master coming
out, and desirin.g to know the reason of the strange proceed-
ing,—" Damn it," replied Jack, " why should not every tub
stsnd upon its own bottom?" •

A little gentleman of the long robe having a
dispute. with a remarkably bulky barrister, the big man
threatened to put him in his pocket. "If you do 53," said the
dapper, " you will have more law-in your pocket than ever you
had in your head."3--At a recent Assize, a similar repartee was
made.—When a certainSerjeant. with his usual candour, said;
" You do not suppose• carry him (Co. upon Litt.) in my
breeches pocket ? .tiis.opponent.iinmdiately replied, " nor
in your head." .

•
An Irish Counsellor having lost his cause,
which had been tried before .three Judges, one of whom was
esteemed a very able faWyer,- and the other two but-indifferent,
some of the other Counsellors were very merry on. the occasion.
" Well, now," says " who the devil could help it, when
there was an hundred judges on the bench ?" ,‘ An hundred !"
said a•stander-by, " there were but three."--" Ey gt. Patrick,"
replies he, " TIIERE WAS A F33I7FLE OF ONE AAD TWO
CYPHERS."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

STATE Or THE ODDS.-1
DONCASTER

ETTING-ROOM, SEPT.
ST. LEGEIt.
11 to 1 agst tit}• Lady
16 to 1 agtt Altkidora colt
17 to 1 sot Sandbeck

3 to 1 agSt Gustavus
5 to 1 agst Jack Spiggot
i to-1 agst Vingt-un
6 to 1 agst Statesman
From 25 to 40 to-1 agst Lunatic and Sadler's filly Pastorelilt
and others expected to start; 6 to. 4 agst the field.
GRAND DUKE MICHAEL-'4 STAIZEth
:2.t0.1 agst Raginald.

BISHOP'S W..A.1.T0N RACES, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5.
Thz Walton IS takes of 7t,J:s each, h. It. fur hunters carrying 12st.
Heats, four rniles..---f,15 Subscribers.) .
Mr. Plank's Merry Andrew • . • 4 1 1
Mr. Jones's Fortune-hunter . 1 4 2
. .
Captain Harmer's Misery- . . : - 3 2 3
Mr. Baker's Sneak •• • • • 2 3 dr
Mr. Ilussy'm Flirt 5 dr
. .
Four others started.-2 to lon the Field; after the heat,.6 to
4 on Fortune-hunter ; and after the second heat, 2 to 1 on the
winner.

Sweepstakcs of 5 guineas'each.
Mr. Forsyth's Gipsev Lass • . cantered over.
Mr. J. Monk's Juliana, beat Capt. Mordon's Seraphis, two
miles, 50 guineas.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES.—FIRST DAY.
The Manor Bowl of 1:50. Heats.
Captain'Boyce's b..ni. Sappho, 6 yrs old .. .
Mr. Gates's bl. f. Cessack, 4 yrs old
Mr. Weather('ll's b. h. Peter Wonderful .
Sweepstakes of Fifty Pounds. Heats
Mr. Gates's hl. f. cossack, 4 yrs old
Mr. Walter's b. h. Slim, 6 yrs old. .
Mr. Wilson's gr. v.-. Frolic, aged .
Captain Boyce's b. rn. Sappho, 6 yrs old

LAST DAY.
The Town Cup of Fifty Pounds. Heats.
Mr. Weghorn's ch. in. Poor Kitty, 5 yrs old .
Mr. Green's Dr. in. Sylph, 5 yrs . .
Mr. Weatherall's b. h. Peter Wonderful
Sweepstakes of Fifty Pounds.
Mr. Gates'i hi. f. Cossack, 4 yrs
Mr. Green's br. m. Sylph, 5 yrs
Mr. Waghorn's ch. m. Poor Kitty . .

Match for 100 guineas, h. ft. One mile.
Mr. King's ch. 5 yrs • .
Mr. timith's br. m. 5 yrs

2 dr.
3

1 1
2 2
3 dr.

2 dr
3 2

2 1 1
3 2 2
1 dr

PONTEFRACT SEPTEMBER MEETING, 1821•
TUESDAY, BEPTEMBED. 4.

Sweepstakes of 30gs each, l'Ogs. ft. for three-year olds ; Colts,
Bst. 31h. fillies, llst. One mile and three qgarters..
Lord Scarborough's b. c. by Amadis . . I
'Jr. HouldswOrth's b. f. by Orville • . 2
. .
NIT. l'arburgh's b. f. by Pfime Minister . . 3
Nir. T. Sykes's b. c. by Golumpus .
. . . .. , . . 4
Lord Milton's b. c. Czernicheff, by Sniolensko 5
Won cleverly.

Sweepstal-.es of 20gs each, with £2O added, for horses, &c. of
ail•ages. Two miles and seven furlongs, -.
Mr. Lambton's b. c. Borodino, 4 yrs old . .. l
Ur. llouldsworth's gr. c. A.4".actis, 4 yrs old
Easy.—Czernichefr and St. Patrick paid forfeit.

Fifty Pounde, given by the Noblemen and Gentlemen in the
.. neighbourhood of Pontefract, for horses, &c. of all ages.—
Two miles and a half heats.
Mr. I,Tn.bton's h: Consul, 5 yrs . . 1 1
HOuldsworth's b. e. Henry, 3 yrs . 3 2
Mr. Wright's b. -c. Master Fray, 4 yrs . . 2 3
The first heat won in a trot ; the second was well contested.
Five paid. • The Meeting this day was very. thinly attended.

From an account of the quantity of Sheep and
Lamb Wool imported into Great Biitain, it appears that during
13 years prior to the rear 1814, the annual average amount was
about seven millions of pounds, and during the seven years sub-
sequent to that period, it was no less than fifteen millions. In
1319; the quantity imported exceeded twenty-six millions of
_pounds.