Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-03-14
DAILY VIRGlNIAN.
ANECDOTES.
From Recollooons of the Tabloralk OF Samuel Rogers
SYDNEY SMITH.


SYDNEY SMITH.
Ile said that was SO fond of eontrado-
| ton that he would throw up tho window in the
middle Of the night and contradict the watchman
| who was calling the hour
When his physician advised him to take q
walk upon an empty stomach" Smith asked,
Upon whose p
Lady Cork" sad Smith, "was once so moved
! by u charity sermon that she begged me lend hor
guinea for her contribution. did So Sho nov
or repaid mo. and spent il on herself"
| ~ had very odd dream last night" said he;
| II dreamed that there were thirty-nlno Muses.
and nine Articles; and my head is quito con
| fused about them
ERskINE.
"a friend of mine" said Erskne, twas suffer-
| ing from n continual wnkctunoss; and various
| methods were tried to send him to sleep, but in
vain At last his ply siciansi ircsortod TO an expert
mont which succeeded perfectly; they dressed
him in watchmans cont put II lantern into his,
hand, placed him in sentry box, and-he was IA
| sleep in ton minutes"
| TO all letters soliciting his subscription" to
anything, Erskne had regular form of roply,
viz: "Sir, feel much honored by your npplica-
ton to mo, and beg to subscribe"-hero the
reader had to turn over tho leaf-"mysef your
very obedient servant, &c.
Erskine uso to say that when the hour onme
that all secrets should be revealed, wo should
know the reason why-shoes nro always made
too tight.
Lattery Erskine was very poor and no won
| der, for he always eonrlved to sell out OF the
| funds when they were very low, and tob buy when
they woro very high. "By heaven he would say
II nm perfect kite, all paper tho boys might
fly me-" Yet poor as he was, he still kept tho
best sooiety;I hnvo me, him at tho Duke of fork's
| &c
| Fox lin lis earlier days, mean), Sheridan,
Fitzpatrick, &e., led such life Lord Tanker
Vile assured me that he has played cards with
| Fitzpatrick Mt Brooks from I'D O'Clock Mt night
! till near O'Clock the next afternoon; waiter
! standing by to tell them "whose deal 1t was,
! thoy being too sleepy to know.
After losing large sums at hazard, Fox would
! go homr--not to destroy himself, as his fiiends :
sometimes feared, but--to sit down quietly and
Iend Crock.
IIo once won about $4,000; and ono of his
| bond d-creditors, who soon heard OF his good luck
presented himself and nskcdfo payment I'm
possible Sir" replied Fox; Il must first dis
charge my debts of honor" Tho bond creditor
relnonsir rated. 'Well Sir, give me your bond"
II was delivered to Fox, who tore it in pieces
md threw il into the fire. 'Now, Sir, said
Fox .'my debt TO you is a debt OF honor;" and
Immediately paid him.
Vernon was tho person who invented the story
about the lady being pulverized in India by a
coup de soiiei. When he was dining there wi tn
| II Ilindou one of his host wives was suddenly re-
duccd to ashes; upon which the IIindoo rang the
| bell and said to the attendant who answered it,
bring fresh glasses, and sweep up your mis-
tress."
Another of his stories was this; lie happened
to be shooting hyonas near, when he stumbled
and fell down an abyss of many fathoms depth.
IIc was surprised howover,to find himself unhurt.
for he lighted as if ON n feather bed. Presently
he perceived that he was gently moving upwards
and. having by groes reached the mouth of the
abyss he again stood safe on terra frmd lilo
had fallen upon an immense mass OF bats. which
disturbed from their sumbcrs,had risen out o
the abyss and brought him up with them.
LADY HAMILTON.
There was something very charming in La
dy Iiamilton's opennes- of manner. She showed
me the neck cloth which Nelson had Oh when h'
died; of course | could not help looking at it will
extreme interest; q she threw her arms round my
neck aud kissed mo. = ho was lately y, in grea
cured for hera small pension from Government.
JANE, DUCHESS or GORDON.
knew Jane Duches of Gordon intimately ,nnt
many pleasant hours have ] passed in her socie
ty. She used to say, II have been acquainted
with David Hume and William Pitt, and there
fore am not afraid to conv, rse with anybody.
The duchess told tho following anecdote to
Lord Stuwell. who told it to Lord Dunmore, ,wht
told il to me. 1.-The son Of Lord CORVALLIS
(Lord Brome) fell in love W th my daughter Lou
isa and she liked him much. They were to be
married; but the intended match was broken OF
by Lord G., whose only hcotion to it sprung
from his belief that there madness III my
husbands family. Upon this contrved TO hav
II tete a tete with Lord c., and said to him. g
know your reason for disappearing of your sons
marriage with my daughter now, will tell yot
one thing plainly -thereis not drop of the Cor
, don blood in Louisa's body" With this state
,, ment Lord C. was quite satisfied, and the mar
riage took place Tho duchess prided hersel
, greatly on the success Of this maneuver, thoug
it had forced h,r to SANDER her own character s
} cruelty and unjustly! In fact, maneuverinI
, was her delight.
, Topham Beauclerk tJohnsons friend) was {
> strangely absent person. One day he had par
. ty coming 10 dinner; and just before their arrlva
he went up stairs to change his dress. lie for
got all about them; thought that it was bedtime
pulled off bis clothes and got into bed ser
want who presently entered the room 10 ten nm
that his quests were waiting for him, found hin,
fast asleep
Dunning (afterward Lord Ashburton) was
..statinr the law" to n jury at Guildhall, when
Lord Mansfield interrupted him by saying. al
that be law, IN go home and burn my books
MY Lord" replied Dunning, ''you had better
20 home and read them"
Thomas Grenyille told me this curious fact
When he wns II young man, he ono day dlned
with Lord Spencer at Wimbledon. Among the
company was George Pitt (afterward Lord Riv-
crs), who declared that he could tame the most