The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-14 00:00:00

NEW SHERIFFS.

The nomination of Sheriffs for the ensuing year took
place yesterday (Sunday being the morrow of St. Martin)
in the Court of Exchequer, before the following Lords of
her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council :—The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord President, the
Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, Lord Denman,
Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench ; the Chief
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Chief Baron
of the Exchequer, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Vaughan,

and Mr. Justice Bosanquet.
The Puisne Judges of the Courts of Queen's Bench,
Common Pleas, and of the Exchequer, who are not Privy

Councillors, were present.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council

in Waiting.
The lists of the gentlemen nominated last year for the
English counties, three for each county, were read over,
and the Judges of the three Courts nominated a gentleman
for each county in lieu of the present Sheriff. The
excuses of a number of gentlemen applying to be
taken off the roll were then submitted to the Lords
of the Privy Council ; in some cases they were allowed,
but in others the names were ordered to be retained
on the lists. Among them were—income not larger or so
large as the expense of she shrievalty would be ; aged 72 :
limited income, and family of nine children ; father had
served the office of sheriff, and in Kent it was an admitted
practice that father anti son should not serve the same
office ; recently incurred a very heavy loss ; residing at
Edinburgh for the education of his children ; holding the
appointment of captain of militia ; only six hundred acres
of land, charged with 4001. a year ; aged 63 years, and
having lived twenty years in Bengal ; abroad, and not re-
turning for twelve months.
Their Lordships havinc, settled the roll of sheriffs, the
counties were again read over in alphabetical order, and
their Lordships retired.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer wore his robes of office
on this occasion.
The following is a list of the names of gentlemen nomi-
nated for each county :
The names of those who were nominated for Sheriffs, by
the Lords of the Council at the Exchequer, on the Morrow
of St. Martin,* in the first year of the reign of Victoria 1.,
and the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-seven.
BEDFORDSIIIRE.—John Hervey, of Ickwell, Esq. ; John
Ames, of East Hyde, Esq. ; and Henry Litticdaie, of Car-
dington, Esq.
Bcsasume.—"Winchcomhe Henry Howard Hartley, of
Brocklesbury-house, Esq. ; Robert George Throckmorton, of
Buckland House, Esq. ; and Francis Chomcley, of White
Knights, Esq.
I:it:MS.—Benjamin Way, of Denham, Esq. ; Thomas Ray-
mond Barker, of Hambleclon, Esq. ; and Rice Richard Clay-
ton, of HAgerley Park, Esq.
CAMBRIDGE AND HtiNTINGDON.—WiIIIAM Layton, of Wode-
house, Ely, Esq. ; Daniel Fryer, of Chatteris, Esq. ; and
Thomas Lewin, of March, Esq.
CUMBERLAND.—John Dixon, of Knolls, Esq. ; Thomas
Hartley, of Gillfoot, Esq. ; and Sir George Musgrave, of
Eden Hall, Bart.
CIIESIIIRE.—Gcorge Cornwall Loigh, of High Leigh, Esq.;
Thomas Hibbert, of Battles, Esq. ; and Charles Lanton, of
Lanton, Esq.
CORNWALL.--Joseph Thomas Austin, of Place., Esq. ; the
Hon. George Matthew Fortescue, of Baconnor ; and John
Paynter, of Boshonna, Esq.
DERBYSHIRE.—Edward Anthony Holden, of Aston-on.
Trent, Esq. ; Brougham Benjamin Stcade Pegge Burnell, of
Bcauchief Abbey, Esq. ; and Edward Degge Schwell, of
Starnsley, Esq.
DavoNsuica.—George Skenly Cary, of Follarton, Esq. ;
John Crocker Bulteel, of Fleet, Esq. ; and Sir John Lemon
Rogers, of Blateliford, Bart.
DORSETSIIIRC.—Richard Brinsley Sheridan, of Frampton,
Esq. ; the Hon. Wm. Francis Spencer Ponsonby, of Great
Canford; and Joseph Weld, of Lulworth Castle, Esq.
Duana Sir Robert Johnson Eden, of Windelston,
Bart. ; Sir William Chaytor, of Witten Castle, Bart. ; and
Sir Hedworth Williamson, of Whitburn, Bart.
ESSEX.—William Cotton, of Wallwood-on-Layton, Esq. ;
Christopher Thomas Tower. of Weald Hall, Esq ; and John
Robert Spencer Phillips, of Riffhams Lodge, Esq.
GLOCCESTERSIIIRF..—PurncII Bransby Purnell, cf Stun-
cembe Park, Esq. ; Edward Samson, of Henbury, Esq. ;
and Maynard Colchester, of Westbury-on-Scvern, Esq.
HEREFORDSIIIRE.—James Phillips, of Bringwyn, Esq. ;
John Holden Matthews, of Hereford, Esq. ; and Robert Bid-
dulplt Phillips, of Langworth,
lIERTFORDSIIIRE.—CIaude George Thornton, of Tewin,
; Frederick Robert Delme Radcliffe, of Kitchen, Esq. ;
and John Church, of Eiltfield, Esq.
KENT.—George Wardo Norman, of Bromley, Esq. ; Sir
.Toseph Henry Hawley, of Leybourne Grange, Bart. ; and
Thomas Turner Atkin, of Elutiton Court, Esq.
LEICESTERSIIIRE.—Thomas Frewin Turner, of Cold Over-
ton, Esq. ; Sir Edmond Cradock Ilartopp, of Gumley, Bart. ;
and Edward Dawson, of Whatton House, Esq.
LINCOLINSIIIRE.—Sir Eardley Smith, of Nettleton;
Bart. ; George Fiesehi Efenenge, of StaiMon Han, Esq. ; and
Th.n-nas George CJrlet, of Elsharn,
LANCASTER.—

AloNmou'rninE.—Coulhurst Batemen, of Pertholoy, EFq. ;
Pigby Maf,kworth, cf Gle-a Park, Esq. ; and Jan Jet.kins, of
CIA. .Icon, Esq.
NORFOLK.—Sir James Power, of Eccles, Bart. ; Sir Thos.
Hare, of Stow Bardoiph, Bart. ; and Andrew Fountains, of
Narford, _ _ _ _

NoarrworToNsran —John Reddall, of Dallington, Esq. ;
William Dr,;yson, of Flocre, Esq. ; and Thomas Alderson
Cooke,' of PeterLorolig,L Esq.
11/4; JF.THI7II3E%I.AN:.. Cookson, of Meldon Park, Esq. ;
J:dirt Davidson, of Ridley Hall, Esq. ; and William Lawson,
of Longhirst, Esq.
NOTTINGIIA MSIIIRE.—J.I7,IeS Lee, of We=t Retford, Esq. ;
Robert Kolham Kelharn, of Bleashy, Esq ; cud Thomas
Webb Ede, of Strray, Esq.
RUTLAND. —Matthew Laxton, of Gfeetham, Esq. ; Henry
llcathcote, of North Luilingharn, Esq. ; and John Monkton,
of Seaton, E 9.
OxFonosnine.—Snmuol Foramen Cox, of Sandford, Esq. ;
William Peer., Williams Freeman, of Ilenley, Esq. ; and
John Slater Harrison, of Shelsweil, Esq.
SIIROPSIIIRE. Wolrych Whitmore, of Dudmar-
ston, Esq. ; Sir Andrew Vincent Corbut, of Acton, Bart. ;
and Thomas Eyton, of Eytos, Esq.
SomEßsErsuraE.-IZobert Phippen, of Badgworth Court,
Esq. ; Sir Win. Coles \lediycott, of Alilbourn Port, Bart. ;
and Julio Jarrett, of Came,.ton, Esq.
STAFFORDSHIRV.— M onre, of Wychdon Lodge,
Esq. ; John Stephenson S.!lt, of Weeping Cross, Esq. ; and
the Hon. Edward Richard Littleton, of Teddesley.
COUNTY OF SOUTH A MPTO3.--• AlldieW itObt. Drummond,
of Cadlands, Southampton, Esq. ; George Henry Ward, of
Northwood Park, Esq. ; and John Mills, of Bistern Ring-
wood, Esq.
SUFFOLK.—Thomas Ilallifax, of Chadacre, Esq. ; Arthur
John Brook, of Horlin,gsheath, Esq. ; and Georg() St. Vin-
cent Wilson, of Redgrove, Esq.
SURREY.—Thomas Challenor Kiss Challenor, of Portnell
Park, Esq: ; Samuel Paynter, of Richmond, E-l. ; and W.
Leveson (rower, of Filsey-place, Oxted, Esq.
SussEx.—George Henry Malcomb Wagner, of Hertmon-
ceany, Esq. ; John Davis Gilbert, of Eastbourne, Esq. ;
and Sir Richard Hunter, of Patching, Knight.
WARWICKSHIRE. —Sir George Phillips, of Weston, Bart. ;
Sir Francis Lawley, of Middleton Ilall, Bart. ; and Samuel
Jones Lloyd, of Wolvey, Esq.
WlLTsnies.—Francis Thomas Egerton, of Roche-court,
Esq. ; Thomas Asheton Smith, of Tidworth House, Esq. ;
and John Edward Andrew Starky, of Spy Park, Esq.
WORCESTERSHIRE.—Robert Berkeley, of Spitchley, Esq. ;
William Conr,reve Russell, of King's Heath, Esq. ; and
Thomas Charles Hornyold, of Blackmore Park, Esq.
YORKSHIRE. —Sir Robert Frankland, of Thirksley, Bart. ;
Charles Tempest, of Broughton, Esq. ; and Robert Milnes,
of Bawtrey, Esq.

FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE AT SOUTHAMPTON.
--One of the most distressing calamities took place in this
town on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning', that. ever
came under my attention, and which has ended in the total
destruction of the warehouses and premises of Messrs. King
Witt, and Co.,.merebants, and the loss of a number of lives,
under circumstances truly awful. I was coming down the
High-street, at the first alarm, (about twenty minutes past
11) and on reaching the premises, found a stable only on
fire at the upper part, and to a small extent ; but the ab-
sence of water, firemen, or implements, either to put out
the fire or break the connection, prevented the flames being
stayed ; consequently a wood shed between the principal
warehouse and stable quickly took fire, as also the iron
' store behind, from which the fire was drawn into the
upper part of the warehouse, an immense two-part build-
ing, with five stories. A large number of persons had by
this time assembled, and they endeavoured to save the
property, but were deterred for a moment by the discovery
that gunpowder was in the place. A large quantity of
this
article was removed, and on the assurance that
there was no further danger, upwards of one hundred in-
dividuals rushed into the building, to bring out the oil,
vitriol, turpentine, varnish, &c., contained within to a con-
siderable extent. At this tiresottihdeeolwaraehlousde appeared
safe for an hour to come ; but explosioniof
and crash was heard in the third story,y and v
flames, with streams of liquid fire, forced the elovleusmoeust in
every direction. A second explosion, more violent thanTh
the first, speedily succeeded, and shook the very
two explosions blew the roof, floors, and a wall facin.g the
street down into the yard in atoms. At the first alarm,
many fled in safety ; but on the second explosion the whole
building was in flames, and of those that remained on the
premises several rushed through or over the ruins in one
mass of fire. Some of these were pulled out dangerously
wounded, and are not expected to live. Inquests have been
held, from afternoon to afternoon, by adjournment, as there
is matter for serious inquiry in the want of water expe-
rienced, and the delay of the engineers, &c. Yesterday
one hundred men were actively engaged in searching the
ruins.—Correspondent of the Wills Herald.
Reform Associations have been established in Seven-
oaks, Wrotham, Wester's-lam, and several other places,
which have been supported with great spirit.

THE BISHOP OF NORWICH AND
THE TIMES.

(From the Norfolk Chronicle.)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORFOLK CHRONICLE.
SlR—Your politics are decidedly opposed to those of
the party to which the Lord Bishop of this diocese is un-
derstood to be attached ; but, with a moderation and dig-
nity worthy of the cause to which your Journal is devoted,
you have ever spoken of his Lordship with that deference
which is due to his sacred office, and with that respect
which his personal character demands. I trust, therefore,
you will allow me, through the medium of your columns,
to make a few remarks on a recent article in the Times,
which I cannot but consider not less beneath the high re-
putation of that powerful Journal than it is unjust to the
prelate who is the object of its hitter and sarcastic
attack. The Editor of the Times publishes a letter sub-
scribed by " A Layman," and not only approves the
spirit in which that letter is written, but makes himself a
party to its virulence and its defamation. I am a reader
of the Times, and yield to no man in a deep conviction
of the value of its services to the Conservative cause. That
cause has my whole heart, and has received from me all
the aid which an obscure and humble individual could give
to it. On many important public questions, civil and eccle-
siastical, it is my misfortune to differ from my diocesan. As
a man of honour, therefore, as a Christian, as a minister
of the church over which his Lordship is appointed to pre-
side, I feel the more forcibly bound to protest against a
wanton and false accusation, affecting his Lordship's cha-
racter, not as a politician, but as a Bishop. I know not
but that it may be deemed a piece of needless officiousness
on my part to interfere ; but it is obvious that the position
held by a Prelate renders it every way unfit that he should
enter into personal collision with the editor of a newspaper,
even although that newspaper be the Times—and from no
one could a vindication of his Lordship proceed with greater
propriety than from an individual who cannot be suspected
of party bias or personal interest.
The charge advanced against his Lordship is that in cer-
tain speeches delivered by him at various public meetings,
held in his diocese for charitable purposes, he has dis-
graced himself by ribaldry and fustian—and that he has
acted the part of a sycophant and a charlatan.
Turning to Johnson's Dictionary, I find that " ribal-
dry "is " mean, lewd, brutal language." " Fustian" is " a
high swelling kind of writing, made up of heterogeneous
parts—bombast." . That neither of these descriptions are
applicable to the reported speeches of the Bishop, is clear
to every man who has read them, unbiassed by the preju-
dices of a partisan. lam not so senseless as to attempt
a critical analysis of compositions which were evidently,
for the most part, effusions of the moment, thrown off
under present feelings. His Lordship' is a ready extem-
pore speaker. It is to be expected that, as such, he
may be betrayed into occasional inaccuracies to which it
would be absurd or malignant to apply the tests of hyper-
criticism. But neither in the speeches which arc selected
for attack, nor in any which have been reported, is there
anything but what is directly the reverse of meanness of
sentiment, of brutality of feeling, of bombast in style.
Passing by those incidental inadvertencies, which no honour-
able or candid critic would convert into an occasion of per-
sonal insult, his Lordship's discourses are every way distin-
guished by courtesy, by gentlemanly regard to the feeling's
of others, by a spirit of conciliation, and by a beautiful
English style, equally removed from inflation and meanness.
I will say no more on this invidious topic, in the full per-
suasion that these few remarks will be met by corresponding
sentiments in the minds of all impartial men. Nothing but
the high character and merited authority of the Times
would have induced me to say so much—and even that au-
thority is to be treated with silent disapproval when it
stoops to designate a prelate whom it confesses to be " an
amiable and virtuous man," a sycophant and a charlatan.
His Lordship cannot be disgraced by such epithets ; he
may be dishonoured by having so much importance attached
to them as an elaborate vindication would imply.
Allow me, Sir, to avail myself of this opportunity of ex-
pressing my deep regret, shared in common with many
Conservatives, that the defamatory and libellous spirit
which is in good keeping with Radicalism, and worthy of
the partisans of O'Connell, should have been imitated by
the advocates of a cause which is chiefly of value because
it is our only security for the courtesies of life, the support
of gentlemanly and honourable feeling, and the perpetua-
tion of those mild and holy charities ►which are nourished
by our apostolic church.
I am, Sir, respectfully yours,
'Norwich, Nov. 7. A CLERGYMAN.

NEW POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS.

The following important notice has issued from the Post-
office yesterday :
" Twopenny Post-office, Nov. 14, 1837.
" On and from this day there will be seven deliveries of
letters in London by the twopenny post daily. They will
be made every two hours, the first delivery commencing at
tight o'clock, a.m., end the last at eight o'clock, p.m. Let-
ters intended for these deliveries will be despatched from
this of ice at the following hours :
Morning Hours. Afternoon Hours.

" The average time for completing each delivery will be
abe.nt three how s from the time of the despatch of the let-
ters from this receiving-office, with the exception of those
posted bet..veen six and eight o'clock in the evening, which
will not be delivered till the following morning.
N.B. Letters intended for the first delivery in the morn-
ing must be posted before eight o'clock the previous even-
ing, and those intended for the last delivery at night must
be posted before six o'clock.
" R. SMITH, Superintending President."