An ancient family of the name of _Vaillant_, also obtained the grant of a glass house, as a recompense for their valour and public services, together with a poignard d'or, on azure, for their arms.--Mr. Blancourt, who long resided in France, likewise notices, that at the time he wrote, they had many other great families among them, who were descended from gentleman glass-makers that had declined following the art; and that some of these had been honoured with purple, and with the highest dignities and offices in the state. FOR THE RURAL MAGAZINE. _Anecdote of Anthony Benezet_, Not inserted in Vaux's interesting Memoir of that Philanthropist. Soon after the arrival of the Chevalier Luzerne, minister from the court of France, Benezet called on him with a French copy of Barclay's Apology, with a view of informing him of the principles of the Society of Friends. The minister being a Knight of Malta, and of course at enmity with the Turks, appeared much surprised that any professed Christians should object to the destruction of the Ottoman Empire--which increased on being informed that his profession would not permit taking the life of any man: on which the minister observed that it was _very good_, but too _straight_ for him to object to killing a Musselman. The interview prepared the way for frequent visits to the embassador, who always received him with pleasure, the latter often observing that he had but a small body; but added, extending his arms nearly at full length, as if to embrace a large object--"_Oh what a capacious soul he possesses!_"--evincing by his whole conduct, that he valued him as an extraordinary man, possessing true Christian principles. G. MISCELLANY. _The English, a Foreign Tongue._--We extract the following from a French paper: "An etymologist has lately published the following analysis of the English language. Its vocabulary, he says, is composed of 6621 words of Latin origin, 4361 of French, 2068 of Saxon, 1288 of Greek, 660 of Dutch, 229 of Italian, 117 of German, 11 of Gaelic, 83 of Spanish, 81 of Danish, 18 of Arabic, besides many others of ancient Teutonic, Hebrew, Swedish, Portuguese, Flemish, Russian, Egyptian, Persian, Cimbrian, and Chinese!! The same etymologist pretends, that in Shakspeare, Pope, Swift, and Milton, _there are not many more than a hundred words purely English_!"