himself, killed by one of the Austrians ; but a letter has been lately found, in the archives of Sweden, which explains that melancholy event quite in another manner; it is dated January the 29th, 1725, and addressed by Mr. André Goedging, to Mr. Nicholas Hawedson D'Hal, secretary to the archives of that kingdom, and is as follows

"When I was in Saxony, in 1687, I, by a happy chance, discovered the circumstances of the unfortunate end of King Gus tavus Adolphus: That great Prince, went out without any other attendant, than a valet, to discover the enemy; a thick fog, prevented his perceiving a detachment of Austrian troops, who fired, and wounded him, but did not kill him; the valet, who assisted the King to regain the camp, finished him with a pistol, and took a pair of spectacles, which the Prince always wore, he being very near-sighted. I bought those spectacles of the Duke of Hauenburgh, whilst I was in Saxony; the mur

derer of the King was very old, and drew near his end. Remorse, for so attrocious an action, was a continual torment to him; and he sent for the above-named dean, and confessed his crime to him; these circumstances I had from the mouth of the dean himself, of whom I bought those spectacles, which I have deposited among the archives of Sweden."

ANECDOTE OF MARSHAL VILLIERS.

It is well known, that the Marshal vaJued himself upon his disinterestedness, and the strict discipline he maintained in the army, and the severe justice exercised on delinquents of all kinds; talking on the subject one day, in a circle in Paris, he told the company, that "in one of his campaigns in Germany, great complaints were made against the commissary of stores, for frauds of various kinds, which were clearly proved-I sent for the fellow," said the marshal, "and after reproaching

him with his guilt, declared, I would hang him up, as an object of terror to others."On which he had the inpudence to tell me, that "he was worth a hundred thousand louis d'ors: and that I could produce no precedent of a man, worth such a sum, being hanged." The marshal here stopped,. and the company, crying out, "Well, what did you do to the man ?” "I don't know how it was, but the scoundrel was not banged."

ANECDOTE OF GARRICK.

When in the early part of his life, he performed Ranger, with a most uncommon spirit, and so well looked the part, that a young lady, of great family and fortune, fell violently in love with him; her friends, finding it in vain to reason with her, and dreading her forming a matrimonial connexion with a player, took her to see him play Scrub, and the very contemptible appearance he made in that part, wrought a perfect cure. Garrick was himself so conscious of the

pitiful figure he made in that character, and so thoroughly ashamed of it, that he gave directions to the box-keeper, that "If any of Lord Burlington's family came to take places, he must say, the boxes were all taken."

ANECDOTE OF DOCTOR JOHNSON..

A lady, having expressed her wonder to the doctor, that "Milton, who had written so sublime a poem, as the Paradise Lost, should have been so very inferior to himself, in the composition of his Sonnets!" he replied," Is it then matter of surprise, madam, that the hand, which was able to scoop a Colossus, of the most perfect symetry from a rock, should fail in an attempt to form the head of. Venus out of a cherrystone."

Anecdote of Chancellor Bacon, which most admirably displays his Integrity.

A pleader, who had a great cause to submit to his decision, sent to him two hand

some silver flaggons, as a present; Bacon returned them, full of wine, with this message "As I suppose you sent the flaggons, to know what wines I keep in my cellar, I have filled them with the two best sorts L have at present in my possession."

Anecdote of the Duke of Bedford-1771.

When his Grace negociated the late peace at Paris, he signed the preliminaries with the French minister Choiseul, and stipulated no further for the possessions of the EastIndia company, than he was advised by the court of directors. A gentleman, a Dutch Jew, of great abilities and character, hearing this, wrote a letter to the Duke of Bedford, informing him, that "the English East-India company materially neglected their own interest, as their chief conquests were made subsequent to the period at which they had fixed their claim of sovereignty; and if these latter conquests were to be restored, an immense annual revenue would