The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-05 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

AT WATERLOO.
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This is an engraving (by Bromley) froth an original
painting; by COor.fi it is theist carefully finished
in all its details. the Dnke—il,o tiro portrait by the
bye is an C‘,:eolent one—is represented, eltoreirtly,•
lust at the moment when lie t*.: issued orders for that,
•
last grand decisive charge which settled fortunes
the clay's lie Is surrounded by a numerous Staff, ii;LI
arnmig them is the Itl6 of Richmond; we judge so,
at least; froth the resemblance 44,Ifich one of the figures
in immediate titf:eihdance on the Commandet=in-Chief
bears to his Grace. the trouping of the different
figures who compose the Duke of Wellington's Staff is
tetriatlably well dceigned, and the whole picture ig in
Cooper's most 'vigorous and animated style.

LITERATURE.

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which forty-eight closely printed pages, including six
plates—two of them coloured—and several plans—
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ENCYCLOP/EDIA BRITANNICA.
Vol. XV, Part I. Black, Edinburgh, 1837.

We cannot venture to offer anything like a decided
opinion on the numerous essays on scientific and me-
chanical matters contained in the Part before us,
being but imperfectly acquainted with such themes ;
but we may say of the biographical and critical
sketches, that they are all written with care and skill ;
and that the Memoir of the late James Mill, the
author of the well-known history of British India,
evinces analytical subtlety of a superior order. The
character of the historian's intellect is thus lucidly and
minutely described

" If we were called on to state what, beyond all others, was
the distinguishing characteristic of Mr. Mill's mind, we should
answer, his power of generalization. To have this power in
a high degree, three qualities of mind, each of them rarely to
be met with in a high degree separately, still more rarely to-
gether, are requisite—the observing faculty, the analytical
faculty, aid the ratiocinative faculty. Thus in Aristotle the
observing and ratiocinative powers, and in Bentham the ratio-
cinative, existed in considerable force, whilst the former had
but little, and the latter, still less of the analytical. They
made enumerations and catalogues with wonderful minuteness,
which, however, for want of analysis, were often inaccurate
or imperfect ; rendering, moreover, the question treated un-
necessarily complicated, in proportion to that imperfection. The
very complication in which a patient but unanalytical mind is
sure to involve any large subject, frequently obtains for such
men the character of possessing and displaying a vast know-
ledge of and command over details, when in truth the display
and enumerat'on of endless details arises from their inability to
penetrate into the heart of their subject—to take it to pieces,
and then separate from it what is extrinsic, bringing out the
real core of the question into naked and broad light. He who
can do this, will generalize accurately. But to do this is
given to few ; whilst, on the other hand, to generalize inac-
curately, requires neither labour in collecting facts, nor pe-
netration in analizing them, nor logic in treating the results of
the analysis ; and is unfortunately one of the commonest of
the qualities that belong to men. And as the mass of man-
kind seldom give themselves the trouble to seize distinctions,
they are in the habit of applying to generalization, in the true
sense of the word, and as Mr. Mill possessed it, the censure
deserved only by such slovenly generalizations as those which
commonly pass under the name. Of the three faculties ne-
cessary for correct generalization, Mr. Mill had the observing
faculty in a smaller proportion than the other two; but it
would be difficult to name any writer who possessed a larger
share of all the three together."

The biography of Milton is penned in a manly
spirit of impartiality, and the criticisms with which
it is interspersed are just, if not very refined or ele-
vated in their tone. Of modern times, the two best
critics on Milton are, beyond all comparison, Macauley,
and Dr. Charming of Boston. Both show equal dis-
crimination and love of their subject ; but the Edin-
burgh Reviewer is the most vigorous, and the Ameri-
can Unitarian the most elegant, critic of the two. We
prefer their comments on our great Epic Poet, even to
those of Addison and Johnson, both of whom tasked
all their powers to do justice to the subject, though
we are well aware that the latter has been accused, and
most wrongfully, in our opinion, of having allowed his
High Church prejudices to sway his criticisms on Pa-
radise Lost. The Author of the present Critical Me-
moir says, " Milton took his stand between the ma-
terial and immaterial system, on the confines of the
sensible and the spiritual, leaving the whole ambigu-
ous and undefined." This is a sound, discriminating
observation. Milton's fiends do, indeed, hit the happy
medium between humanity and metaphysical abstrac-
tion, which is the reason why the " superior fiend"
takes such an imperishable hold on our imagination.
We understand just enough of his nature. Had we
been permitted to know more of it, or become more fa-
miliar with his person and attributes, we should have
lost much of that mysterious awe with which we now
regard him. In the Memoir of " Mirabeau," the
biographer is, we think, too favourable in his summing
up of character. The great leader of the Revolution
was by no means a man of extraordinary intellectual
powers. He had sagacity, boldness, and a certain
showy rhetorical eloquence ; but nothing more. As
for pure patriotism, he knew nothing of it. Selfish
motives swayed all his public actions, as was to be ex-
pected from one who lived a Libertine, and died an
Atheist. In closing our cursory notice of this Part,
we should not omit to state, that the plates, which
are numerous, are executed with considerable ability.

On Friday night last, as one of the workmen em-
ployed in clearing the ruins of the late fire in Holywell-street
was removing some of the rubbish, he fell- down on the ground,
as was supposed at the time in a fit. Some of his companions
instantly lifted him up, and, by the recommendation of a me-
dical gentleman near the spot, was conveyed to the shop of
Mr. Dunn, a surgeon, in Clement's-lane, who ordered his
speedy removal to the workhouse, after he and his assistant
had paid every attention to his case. The men then conveyed
him thither; but as soon as he entered ho expired. On an
examination of the body it appears that death was occasioned
by the bursting of abloodvessel.

MURDER:-Wednesday afternoon, between two and

three o'clock, a tobacco-spinner, of the name of William Perry,
went home to dinner at his house in Barclay-street, Paisley.
In a few minutes afterwards one of the neighbours was alarmed
by the cry of " Murder," and noises as of persons engaged in
a scuffle. The neighbours having forced open the door of
Perry's House, the wife of the latter rushed out screaming,
and staggering into her neighbour's house, dropped down and
instantly expired. On inspecting the body of the deceased, it
was discovered that five wounds had been inflicted, one a
which was in the heart, apparently caused by a sharp imple-
ment used in tobacco spinning. Perry and his wife were
married in August last, and the cause which incited him to
the perpetration of the dreadful act is ascribed to jealousy.
The murderer is in custody.—Edinburgh Courant.

In deprecating the interference With freedom of elec-

tion, which it seems has now become an every day occurrence
in our boroughs, the Somerset County Gazette states, that
Mr. Holmes, and Mr. Croucher, the agents of the Carlton
Corruptionists' Club, emboldened by success, now appear
openly. "At Bridgewater," says our contemporary, "we
saw them." These unconstitutional and most pernicious prac-
tices afford another argument in favour of voting by ballot.
Until the people be protected in the exercise of their electoral
rights, it were idle to look for the advantages of good govern-
ment.

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We are concerned to state that an extensive mercan-
tile house in Glasgow suspended payment on Friday, with
which a considerable number of Paisley manufacturers are
involved. The sum the house in question is indebted to
manufacturing houses here is stated to exceed 20,0001., and is
by far the heaviest blow that has yet been felt in Paisley--
Paisley Advertiser.
The late Joe Grimaldi was probably the best pan-
tomimic clown that ever appeared on the stage. His humour
humour was rich but chaste, and he excited laugher without
any apparent effort to produce risibility. His father, who died
several years ago, was an excellent clown, as was also Joe's
son, who died about there years since.