Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-02-04

flcation being seated in tine arm, we re-
greet to learn, that he was compelled tc
submit to amputation, as the only means
by which life could possibly be preserv.
ed. Mr.. Penefather is native of Ire
land, and very respectfully connected in
that country.
Observation-Disclosures informs us
that the Sultan Osman having observed
a gardner planting cabbage with some
peculiar dexterity, the manner SO at
trscted his Imperial eye, that he raised
him to an office near his person, and
shortly afterwards he rewarded the
planter of cabbages by creating him
Seg'erberg, or Viceroy of the isle of
Cyprus!
Mark Anthony then gave tie
house of Roman citizen 10 cook,
who had prepared for him good sup
per.
Many have been raised to extraor-
dinary preferment by capricious mon
arch' for the sake of jest. Lewis XII.
promoted a. poor priest, whom he found
sleeping in the porch of Church, that
the proverb might be verified that, to
lucky men, good fortune will come even
when they are asleep!" Our Henry
VII. made a Viceroy of Ireland, if not
for the sake of, at least with clench.
When the King was told that all Ireland
could not rule the Earl of Kildare, he
said, then shall this Earl rule all Ire
land. 1t s recorded of Henry VIII, that
he raised a servant to considerable dig
nifty, BECAUSE he had taken care 10
have a roasted boar prepared for him,
when his Majesty happened to be in the
humour of Teasing on one and the
title of Sngar-loaf court, 10 Leadenhall-
street, was probably derived from an
other piece of magnfcence of this
Monarch; the widow of a Mr.. Corn
wallis was rewarded by the gift of a
dissolved priory there situated, for some
fine p''ddamgs with which she had pre-
sented his Majesty!
When Cardinal de Monte was elect
ed Pope, before he left the conclave,
he bestowed Cardinals hat upon a
servant, whose chief merit consisted in
the daily attentions he paid to his Holi-
ness's monkey Louis Barber owed all
his good fortune TO the familiar knowl-
edge he had of Rabelais. He knew his
Rabelais by heart; this served to intro
duce him to the Duke Of Orleans, who
took great pleasure in reading that au-
thor. 1t was for this he gave him an
Abbey, and he was gradually promoted
till he became Cardinal.
George Villers was suddenly raised
from private station, and loaded with
wealth and honours by James the First,
merely for his personal beauty. Al
most all the favorites of James, because
so from their handsomeness.
M. de Chamillart, Minister of France,
owed his promotion merely TO his being
the only man who could beat Louis XIV.
at billiards. He retired with pension,
after running the finances Of bis coun-
try.
The Duke If Luines was originally a
country lad, who insinuated himself in
to the favor Of Louis XIII. when young,
by making bird-traps to catch sparrows.
1t was little expected (says Voltaire, J
that these puerile amusements were to
be terminated by most sanguinary rev.
olution. De Luines, after causing his
patron the Marshal d'Anere, to be as
sassinated. and the Queen-mother to be
imprisoned, raised himself to a title,
and the most tyrannical power.
Sir Walter Raleigh owed his promo
tion to an act of gallantry to Queen
Elizabeth; and Sir Christopher Hatton
owed his prefermen; to his dancing.
Queen Elizabeth, observes Granger
with all her sagacity, could notice the
future Chancellor in the fine dancer
The same writer says, Nothing could
form more curious collection Of me-
moirss than anecdotes Of Preferment
Could the secret history Of great men
be traced, it would appear that merit
is rarely the first step to advancement.
1t would much oftener be found to
be owing TO superficial qualifications,
and even vices.
SHENSTONE.
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