The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-11 00:00:00

BON MOTS.
(FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION.)

BALSAM.-PreiiouA to the retirement of Lord
MANSFIELD from the Bench, a cause was tried
before his Lordship, on which occasion a cele-
brated Doctor was the plaititiff,- and a Retail
Grocer in the County the.de fen dant. ft appeased.
that-the defendant had ordered. of the plaintiff a
quantity of his Balsam; and the order and the
delivery of the goods, and theirprice, Were proved.
ThedefeudantrsCounseL„.Mr. CovvrEit; was asked
by Lis. Lorclship.w.hat he had to say for his Client,
when the celebrated Wit observed, " That if the
plaintiff succeeded in that case, he-:was the first
person -who had: recovered by the Vegetable
Balsam!" •

CONSTANCY.—,-A Roman.Ladyi kirlio:remained.•
a widow in the prim of life, was asked why-she
.did not Marry•again? - She answered, " Beau
my .husband is always present with me." • This
is a noble -Contrast to the story of the Ephesiaw'
matron and of many modern ti:mes:l
A Gui.—A .celebrated _Surgeon was called
upon by a Gentleman .to. attend a friend in the
country. .The Gentleman. offered to carry him to
the place--" By what conveyance I will
" take you down in my I am-much
cc
.obliged to you,". said the. wary .disciple. of
Esculapius, "'but I decline your offer- as I have
at this time half a dozen of gig patients under
c' my.care:;''

be continued.)

FOR THE SUN

SIMPLE 0651 E R'‘''AtiONS

EoTott---Ilitherto I .have thought more
than I have spoken on, the. pending
_affair—ilk
like some others, who speak and Write without.
thinking at all—and I tiow offer you a few oh-
ervations equal, I trust, to any thing which ,The
Tinzes present-. In Oetg nest place Sir, great and
just objection is. ma 4 to the Preamble of
Bill—and with good reason ; for the things to
which it. refers seem to have taken place.wttlp4t
any preamble.at all at all.
Next, Sir, much stress has also been laid on a
certain It'ady laying her , hand :on 13EnoAmt.—
_Lord t Sir, have we-not all_read of STERNE. and
the Fille4e Chariabre--besides, it is well known

that the ilailin-has-Itint-been in the habit of put-
ting pis band 'where he pleased.; it svas therefore
- • •..
but-an act pfprutience,t9,:guard against aq.,:idet4s
by holding his haniip.intlspenclents_of-i4 belt the-
custom of the Counky !
The witnesses for the. Bill, like the. Counsel
for the Defencelainf some others, seem very fond
of making ,inotions; and, with respect to one of
them in p&rticular I am not surprised that Mr,
Bliouctism should complain that there were na
cuts to his book of evidence. But perhaps, the
most surprising thing is that even Mr. 11; earth' not
give- any !
Pray Sir, are not the witnesses perjured when

They call The
,Conntess.of Oldi a " Dame d'Hon-
neur ?" Then they fait of the Anti-rooni of PER..
GAMI :when it Appears •to have been ,his Sister's
14(nri

Next, they, sets BEI:GA:Am mithollt his--his--
his--z-Inexyressibles -if it, is. Indelicate to
name such an article of dress in modest company',
hozz.muchmore.indelicate to tocar it—that 1 think
rs as good logic as any in The Times!
it is rather au 'extraordinary coincidenCe.. that
when at Rome•the party should take. pp their re-
sidence , .the Viito Brttndi,
la nd ; .at Branclyburgh House ! Permit Ine to
correct a slight misunderstanding—Sir, the. wit-
nesses are not Italians, but Cod Mies. They t:,!k of
Macarti, my own half full cousin Bill Nt'Car-
ty, a naive sake of Felix M'Carty's, from Sltibbe.-
rem stare ! The Times talks of. t-itnsunned
Snow," but 1 have not seen any :yet; p.eshaps,
if the defence lasts till Christmas, ,mee th have
a little But where was • the harm 'Of the
giving physic to Bergami. ",(4ive physic
to the•dogs" says Shakspeare--and pray not
BERG Am]. a son.of a.. 13 • ?
- ' Your's in liaste,

•
PADDY ',WHACK,
• 'murk:

Oh Saturday their Serene llitthnesies the
r,
PrinCe and Princess . ZASTERIi.iZY and suite
left town for Worthing.
YesterdaY,,the Earl. and Countess of MANs-
FIELD gave a grand entertainthent at their seat .
Caen Wood, to the Duke'and Duchess ae,cAzts,
iyuke.. de F a :t4, Baron 46:', q/z Count C Alt A-
-1,4 XN,COUtIt. and Countess•LunoiF,.Baron FAGEL,
Baron LAN:6snottrF,
Oa Saturday the Duke of :D4p'4sstltg..gave a
grand entertainment, at his Vilia,nt Chiswick.
,Marchioness STAFFORD
left town onSittitid y, the Marquis on a visit to
the Earl and Countess of. Suaav,-.at Worksop.
Manor, Nottingharnshire 'arid the Marchioness
for DunrobinCastle, S:utheriandslicre.
'We afereorry'te have to record a Melancholk:
event'Which,took place.in our town this morning, •
3.lnut two. o'clock; the facts-. are 'as follow. It-
ktipta`rs'that several E,._cise. Officers, •in conse-
..
quence.of it.i.ormattoh• they• had received, were
upon the look•-out fOr Smugglers, and that at the
'time above-mentioned; they. per9i,iye4 two men. -
near the National SChool CarAitinke-road,
each Virith.two tubs of liquor on his back, where-
upon the-0 Ificers went.to and desired them to give.•
'rip' their tubsorhichthey cli`:and irnmeAiately ran
away, when one of the OfF.cers firedn piStpl.loaded.
With hall at one of. them; the contents of v;hich-
lodged in his .back; arid after reeling some paces
he fell and ...expired in a few Minutes. .
'Coroner's Inquest ints, just sat, and broght in a
Nerdict Wilful Murder against the ,Otficer,
*hosename is SUll. The deceased's !.name was.
Lori, and by trade, a gardeuet, The ogler matt
escaped unhart.The :above event was produc-
five 'of` a very serious aviclent.,to the 'Landlady.
of the Angel, as she was so vsery)'ituch alarmed
on hearing it, that her foOt slipliV; in -.coming
down' stairs, by which she fell, knilkked out
,two.,
of her teeth,. and was, otherwise kiruised severely...
—(1-lampshire.,Tetegrap,#, Sept. 9.)