The Sun. — 1836-08-08 (London, England)

VALUE OF TIME.—The National gives the following as an extract from a foreign paper :—" Lord Brougham, the most indefatigable man in *England, often does not quit his study before midnight, and lie is always up at four. Dr. Cotton Marther, who knew the value of time in everything, was never willing to lose a moment of it. To effect this purpose, he had written upon the door of his study, in large letters, " Be brief." Ursines, a professor in the University of Heidelberg:, wishing to prevent the idlers and babblers from interrupting him in his hours of study, had written at the entrance into his library, Friend, whoever you may be, who enter here, be quick with your business, or go away.' The learned Scaliger placed the following phrase upon the door of his cabinet My time is my estate.' The favourite maxim of Sbakspeare was, ' Consider time too precious to be spent in gossipping." Friends are the real robbers of time,' said Lord Byron. An old attorney of Chatelet was accustomed to get rid of such of his clients as were importunate, or he had little to hope fiarn, by these words My good friends, time lust goes for nothing.' Sire, one word,' said a soldier one day to Frederick the Great, when presenting to him a request of a brevet of lieutenant. If you say two,' answered the Prince, I will have you hanged.' Sign,' replied the soldier. The Monarch, surprised at his presence of mind, immediately granted his request."  • A SKELEToN.—Considerahle excitement prevailed in Islington on Friday, by the following remarkable circumstance. A box was found at the door of the George the Fourth public-house, Liverpool-road, to be taken up by the Bedford waggon, which calls there, and several persons having seated themselves upon it, the top broke in and exposed to their view the complete skeleton of a man. Their surprise and consternation were, as may be imagined, of no ordinary kind, and a report, with the quickness of lightning, spread for miles around that the remains of a murdered individual had been found. Overseers, beadles of the parish, policemen; and others, were soon stirring to unravel the mystery, and it was discovered, in the course of the morning, by Inspector Miller, and May, No. 90, of the N division, that the skeleton formerly belonged to Mr. Semple, surgeon, of the Upperroad, Islington, and that he had made a present of it to Mr. Rose, a neighbour of his, whose wife objecting to have it any longer in the house, her husband had packed it up in the box, intending that it should be forwarded to a relative, Mr. \Votton, a snrgeonritt Harrold, B4fordshire. ' The skeleton was removed to the vaults of the parish church, where it will remain until further 'inquiry has .been made. The Hull Packet has found a mare's nest, having, after much research, made the notable and very important discovery that Colonel Thompson's name stands in the list of General Evans's British Legion as thus :—" LieutenantColonels : •T. Perronet Thompson, unattached !" The Packet asks " whether the Hon. and GAllant MeMber holds a sinecure employment in the service of the Queen of Spain— whether General' Evans counts him among his LieutenantColonels ?" and then with whimsical gravity'says, " we shall wait for a reply ;—the question may startle some of our readers." Startle nay, it will congeal their life-blood, and absolutely horrify them. 0 1 Colonel Thompson, cruel Colonel Thompson—" unattached !" Hoc flayitissimum est.