Anecdote of Sir J, YorJce. 79 



burst into tears, and left the theatre, saying 

 that he wonki go home and have his cry 

 ont. Poor Sir Joseph, as is well known, was 

 drowned in Southampton Water, and at a spot 

 that was full in view from a summer-house 

 at Sydney Lodge where Mr. Smith had often 

 c^one with him to view the sunset. A short 

 time after Sir Joseph's death, Mr. Smith 

 called on the family ; and happening to meet 

 with the coachman, who was an old servant, 

 he heard from him a curious anecdote of the 

 deceased. It seemed that some time before. 

 Sir Joseph, when leaving for town, had given 

 the man directions to destroy a !Newfound- 

 land dog, as it was old and almost blind. 

 The man did not like the commission, and de- 

 layed from day to day, until at last Sir Joseph 

 returned unexpectedly, and finding the dog 

 still alive, asked him rather angrily what he 

 meant by it. The man replied, that he had 

 not been able to make up his mind how to kill 

 him. The answer was, ^'Why, drown him, to 



