The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-16 00:00:00

NOMINEES FOR THE SHIIIEVALTY.

The following list of names, taken from a Supplement to
the London Gazette of Nov. 12, is substituted for that which
wee-published on Saturday, which contained several Mac-
curdcies

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 twenty-second year of the reign of
Queen Victoria, and in the year of our Lord 1858 :
BEDFORDSHIRE.--Richard Longuet Orlebar, of Him% ick,
Esq. ; Joseph Tucker, of Pavenham, Esq. ; and Charles
L. Higgins, of Turvey, Esq.
BERKSHIRE.—Charles Philip Duffield, of Marcham-
park, near Abingdon, Esq.; Sir Claudius S. P. Hunter, of
Mortither, near Reading, Bart. ; and John Sivewright, of
Pepper-park, Esq.
BUCKS.—Thomas T. Drake, of Shardeloes, Esq.; Wm.
T. Praed, of Tyringham, Esq. ; and Sir A. De Rothschild,
of Aston Clinton, Bart.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE.—John D.
Gardner, of Chatteris, Esq.; James Hall, of Ely, Esq. ; and
J. R. Frier, of Crow Hall, Downham Market, Esq.
CUMBERLAND.— Gamel Augustus Lord Muncaster, of
Muncaster Castle ; P. H. Howard, of Corby Castle, Esq. ;
and T. Ainswor4h, of The Flosh, Esq.
CHESHIRE.—A. H. Devonport, of Capesthorne, Esq. ;
C. Swetenham, of Somerford Booths, near Congleton, Esq. ;
and J. R. Shaw, of Arrowe-hall Birkenhead, Esq.
DERBYSHIRE.—The Hon. Edward K. W. Coke, of Long-
ford ; F. Hurt, of Alderwasley, Esq.; and C. Leslie, of Hes-
sop-hall, Esq.
DEVONSHIRE.—John H. Hippesley, of Shobrook-park,
Esq.; Peter R. Hoare, of Luscombe, Esq.; and Sir J. T. B.
Duckworth, of Weare, Topsham, Bart.
DORSETSHIRE.—WM. C. Lambert, of Knowle-cottage,
Esq.; George D. W. Digby, of Sherborne-castle, Esq.;
and J. Fellovts, of Kingston-house, Esq.
DURHAM.—Sir Wm. A. Clavering, of Greencroft, Bart.;
H. J. Spearman, of Newton-Hall, Esq.; and R. L. Pember-
ton, of Barnes, Esq.
ESSEX.—C. Russell, of Upminster,Esq.; H. J. Sperling,
of Dyne's-hall, Halstead, 3 Esq' • and John S. Thompson, of
Ilford, Esq.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—J. C. Dent, of Sudeley Castle, near
Winehcombe, Esq. ; the Hon. A. George J. Ponsonby, of
Hahterop-castle, Fairford ; and. R. C. Lippincott, of Over
Court, near Thornbury, Esq.
HEREFORDSHIRE. John Jones,. of Langstone-court,
near Ross,, Esq., M.D. ; William Partridge, of Bishop't-
wood rip,. Ross, Esq. ; and K. M. Power, of Bill court,
nearßoss; Esq.
HERTFORDSHIRE. —Martin Hadsley Gosselin, of the
Priory, in Ware, Esq. ; James Bentley, of Cheshunt, Esq. ;
and W. J. Loyd, of Abbots Langley, Esq.l
KENT.---Sir Richard Tufton, of Hatfield-place, near
Maidstone, Bart. ; Sir Courtenay •Honywood, of Evington
Elmstead, Tart. ; and Alexander Randal, of Foley-house,
Maidstone, Esq. - _

LEICESTERSHIRE.—WiIIiam 'Boswbrth, of Charley, Esq.;
Edwd. Henshaw Cheny, of-Geddesbi; Esq.; and Richd.
Sutton, of Skeffington, Esq.
LINCOLNSHIRE.—Chas. Thos. Sainl. Birch Reynardson,
of Holywell, Esq. ; Sir G. E.Welby• of Denton Hall, Bart.;
and W. C.' Amcotts, of Kettlethorpe, Esq.
MONM6UTHSHIRE.—Thos. Powell, of the Gaer, Esq. ;
the Hon. W. Powell Rodney, of LlanyiWangel. Court ; and
E. M. Currie, of Itton Court, Esq.
NonroLx.—Hambleton Francis Constance, of Weston,
Esq. ; H. Birkbeck, of Stoke Holy Cross, Esq.; and J. T.
Mott, of Baininghana, Esq.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE The Hon. Chas: H. Cust, of
Arthinworth ; W. C. C. 'Thornhill, of Rushton Hall, Esq.;
and J. E. Severne, of Thenford, Esq. .
NORTHUMBERLAND.-41. Silvertop, of Minsteracres,
Esq.; Wm. Jno. Pawson, of Shawdon, Esq.; and J. Cook-
son,_ of Meldon-park, Esq,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—H. Sherbrooke, of Oxton, Esq,;
John H. Manners Sutton, of Kelham, Esq.; and E. V.
P. Burnell, of Winkburn, Esq.
OXFORDSHIRE.—Geo. Gammie, of Shotover-park, Esq.;
J. Weyland, of Woodeaton, Esq. ; and J. P. Hodges, of
Bolney-court, Esq.
RTJTLANDSHIRE.—Edward H. C. Moncton, of Seaton,
Esq. ; Sam. Hunt, of Ketton, Esq. ; and A. Doria, of
Manton, Esq.;
SHROPSHIRE.—Chas. Orlando Childe Pemberton, of
Millichope-park, Esq. ; Sir J. Emerick Edw. Dalberg
Acton, of Aldenham-hall, Bart. ; and Sir. C. H. R. Bough-
ton, of Downton-hall, Bart.
SOMERSETSHIRE.—Edward Berkeley Napier, of East
Pennard, Esq.; Robert James Elton, of Whitestaunton,
Esq. ; and F. V". Newton, of Barton-grange, Esq.
STAFFORDSHIRE.—Sir Henry Delves Broughton, of
Broughton-hall, Bait; Wm. Davenport, of Meer, Esq.;
and R. H. Haywood, of Brownhilla, Esq.
COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON.—Robert Vaughan Wynne
Williams, of Appuldercombe, in the Isle of Wight, Esq.;
John Deverell, of Purbrook-park, near Cosham, Esq.; and
W. G. Craven, of Brambridge-house, Winchester, Esq!
SUFFOLK.—John. George Sheppard, of Campsey Ash,
Esq.; Thomas Thornhill, of Riddlesworth, Esq.; and John
Berners, of Wolverston-park, Esq.
SURREY.—Sir W. R. Farquhar, of Polesden, Leather-
head, Bart.; Robt. Campbell, of Coombewood, Kingston,
Esq.; and W. J. Evelyn, of Wootton, near Dorking Esq.
Sussmx.—W. H. Blaaun, of Beechlands, Newick, Esq.;
C. S. Dickens, of Coolhurst, Esq.; and Geo. Gatly, of East
Grinstead, Esq.
WARWICKSHIRE.—Sir G. R. Phillips, of Weston-house,
Bart.; Henry J. Sheldon, of Brailes-house, Esq.; and R.
Graves, of the Cliff, Warwick, Esq.
WESTMORELAND —Wm. Moore, of Grimes-hill, Kirby
Lonsdale, Esq.; Matthew B. Harrison, of Ambleside, Esq.;
and Wm. Hopes, of Brampton-crofts, Appleby, Esq.
WILTSHIRE.—Sir F. D. Astley, of Everleigh, Bart.;
John N. Gladstone, of Bowden-park, Esq.; and Horatio
N. Goddard, of Cliff Manor-house, Esq.
WORCESTERSHIRE.—Francis Edward Williams, of Mal-
vern-hall, Solihull, Warwickshire, Esq.; Alexander B.
Cochrane, of Heath-house, Stourbridge, Esq. ; and J. B.
Vernon, of Hanbury-hall, Esq.
YORKSHIKE.—W. R. C. Stansfield, of Esholt-hall, near
Leeds, Esq.-, Sir Lionel M. S. Pilkington, of Chevet-park,
Bart.; az-I J. G. Marshall, of Headingley, Esq.
WALES.

ANGLESEY.—Majoi-General Robert George Hughes, of
Brynddu• Henry Owen Williams, of Trearddur, Esq. ;
and G. R. Griffith, of Pencraig, Esq.
BRECONSHIRE.—john Maund, of Tymmvr, Esq. ; J. E.
Evans, of Brecon; Esq. / • and C. A. Parkinson, of Bony-
pare, Esq.
CARNARVONSHIRE.—Lord Newborough, of Glinllifon-
park ; John Loyd Jones, of Broom-hall, Esq. ; and J. W.
Greaves, of Sanyrallt, Esq.
CAnmAnrnENslllßE.—lsaac Horton, of Yshad, Esq.;
Richard Jennings, of Gelleydeg,Esq. ; and Allen J. Gul-
ston, of Llwynberllan, Esq.
CARDIGANSHIRE.--.WICI. Price Lewes, of Llysnewydd,
near Newcastle Emyln, Esq.; Wm. Jones, of Glandennis,
near Lampeter, Esq. ; and Wm. Buck, of Abercifed, Esq.
DENBIGHSHIRE.--T. L Fitzhugh, of Plas Power,
Wrexham, Esq. • R. C. Naylor, of Nantclwyd-hall,
Ruthin, Esq. ; and J. Hardcastle, of Pen-y-lan, Ruabon,
Esq.
FLINTSHIRE.—P. P. Pearson, of" Bodfari, Esq. ; H.
M. A. Jones, of Wepre-hall, Esq. ; and P. W. Goodsal,
of Iscoyd-park, Esq.
GLAMOROANSIIIRE.—Sir I. B. Guest, of Sully-house,
Bart. ; Geo. Rous, of Court-y-ralla, Esq. ; and Chas. Wil-
liams, of Roath Court, Esq.
MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—E. Morris, of Berth Lloyd, Esq.;
Wm. Curling, of Maesmaur, Esq.; and R. J. Drew, of
Glafhafren, Esq.

MERIONETHSHIRE.—H. J. Revsley, of Brynygwin,
Esq.; D. Williams, of Castel' Dendraeth, Esq. ; and J.
Williams, of Castellfawr, Esq.
PEMBROKESHIRE.—G. A. Harries, of Hilton, Esq. ;
Wm. Owen, of Poyston, Esq.; and E. Wilson, of Hean
Escil
_ _

RADNORSHIRB.-Sir W. S. It. Cockburn, of Downtoni
Bart. ; J. A. Phillips of Gunama, Esq., and J. W. G
Watt, of Doldowlod, Esq.
The duties of High Sheriff will devolve upon the gentle-
man whose name stands first in the list for each county.

DREADFUL CALAMITY IN SPITAL-

FIEDDS.

During the whole of Sunday night it blew a
hurricane, and many accidents occurred upon the
river and in various parts of the metropolis. One
of a fearful nature occurred in Palmer-street, Ten-
ter-ground, Spitalficlds, near the parish church.
The house No. 1, Palmer-street, was occupied at
the time of the accident by several families, princi-
pally of the Jewish persuasion. The top room was
occupied by a Jew named Capper, an industrious
and well conducted man, but in great poverty, his
wife, and four young children. There was a stack
of chimneys ascending six feet from the roof on the
top of the house. About half-past twelve o'clock,
when the storm was at its heig.at, the stack of
chimneys was blown down, and fell upon the roof,
which was carried away, and fell into the room
where poor Capper and his family were sleeping.
The most terrible screams and cries for help suc-
ceeded the fall of the chimneys and the burying of
the family in the ruins, and the occupiers of the
-lower rooms rushed from the building in a state of
bewilderment, and with nothing on but their
night-clothes. The police and a few stout-hearted
men entered the house, and, after much trouble,
succeeded. in extricating Clipper's wife and
children from the debris, and it does not appear '
they sustained much injury beyond the fright.
Capper and one of his sons, aged five years,
were, both killed •in thcir, bed—in fact, they were
crushed by the falling materials, and died in-
stantly. The bodies were left in the room where
the poor creatures met with their deaths, and now
await the usual investigation by a coroner's jury.
The poor families who fled from the house were
sheltered elsewhere. Inspector Price, of the A
division, no sooner heard of the accident than -he
gave directions, in order to prevent another acci-
dent which seemed impending, for the floors to be
shored up and two strong buttresses to be placed
against the front wall, which has bulged consider-
ably. This was immediately done. Mr. Thomas,
the master of the Shoreditch Workhouse, to whom
the house belonged, also employed men to remove
the materials of which the chimneys and roof were
composed, to lessen the weight on the upper floor,
and they were busily engaged all day. The widow
of the deceased Capper is very ill. Mr. Edwards,
divisional surgeon of police, was called in to at-
tend upon her in the course of yesterday, and found
the bereaved woman in a very low state. Her
escape was very miraculous. She escaped with
only a few slight bruises, but her husband and son
were killed by her side. The melancholy affair
has caused great sensation among the poor resi-
dents occupying the old and dilapidated houses in
Spitalfields and Bethnal-green. Many of the crazy
tenements ought to be abolished forthwith, and
better and cleaner habitations provided for the
humble occupants.

A little pamphlet, called " Histoire de Mou-
stache, ou les Deux Bandes de Voleurs " printed in Lon-
don, and purporting to be a Roman ifistorique, is being
largely circulated, much to the annoyance of the police,
who cannot discover the means by which it is distributed.
It savours strongly of the Jersey mark, and it is thought
to be by a well-known hand.—Court Journal.

LITERATURE.

Sylvan Holes Daughter. By. Holme Lee, author
of " Kathie Braude," &c., &c. 3 viols. Smith
and Elder.

It is impossible to peruse the works of this
author without admiring the great ability which
they display, and the vigorous style which ever
characterises them. This story does not equal some
of its predecessors, but it is distinguished by most
of their peculiar traits. Sylvan Holt himself is
sketched with those powerful strokes which stamp
a character at once, and make it stand out for ever in
the mind of the reader with an indelible impression
that cannot be effaced. There is something painful
in the extreme to contemplate the wretched life led
by this stern recluse. Circumstances, and not
taste, had occasioned his extraordinary exile ; and
although he had erred greatly in giving way to
the excess of his passions, there were aggravating
actions to account for, if they could not excuse, his
violence. His daughter Margaret
''
ghter Margaret is not of a pleasino-
disposition ; she inherited too much of her father's
strong will and ungovernable temper to be suitable
to a feminine nature.. There was something
genuine, however, in her feelings, and she possessed
qualities that, under the influence of a better train-
ing than any her neglected youth obtained, might
have shone forth pre-eminent, although there was
the want of softness in her nature which could not
fail to be manifest, as a. deficiency for which no
brilliancy an dbeauty could compensate. She appears
to most advantage in her early days, when wandering
in her native village, untrammelled by forms, and
eager to perform kind offices to all around her.
After her marriage with Colonel Fielding the
darker side of her nature seemed uppermost.
Mingling with the world, to which she was not
accustomed, aroused angry feelings which she had
neither the tact to conceal nor the self-comMand to
subdue. Her mother's sad tale had filled her with
indignation, instead of awakening any sentiment of
pity to one whose career, if • guilty, had been
very sad and full of suffering, which it did not
beconie her daughter to regard with the cold eye
of an indifferent judge. Unfortunately for Mar-
garet's temper, she was singularly like her mother,
&nd when she mixed in the circle of her husband's
family, and friends, she had to encounter many
painful recognitions, and overhear many startling
remarks which did not tend to allay the angry feel-
ings which were paramount in her nature. A still
more fatal- obstacle to her peace, and what eventu-
ally nearly .proved the deathblow to the happiness
of her after-life, was the discovery that her husband
had been attached to another, years before he met
her. She might have become reconciled to this in
time if everything had not seemed to con spire against
her efforts to think no hasty or unkind thought.
To please her parents, Frances Stanley had married
a Mr. Hamilton, who was very rich died almost
immediately after Rupert Fielding's marriage
with Margaret Holt. Mrs. Hamilton returned to
live with her parents, whose house was situated in
the village, near the estate which Sylvan Holt
settled on his daughter on her marriage. Margaret
did evince great self-command at that trying period,
and after Frances' departure for Italy all fear of
disunion between husband and wife seemed over,
for the unhappy widow was fast hastening away
from the world she had found so sorrowful a
sojourn, and there was no chance of her return to
England. It is in the passage which follows that
there is a mistake made in the description of Colonel
Fielding's conduct. We are informed on a previous
occason, that notwithstanding his early devoted
attachment to Frances, it was his wife only who
then possessed his heart. This is only natural
when Margaret's many excellent and endearing
qualities are considered, and, above all, her ardent
affection for her husband. It is not, therefore,
likely that Rupert Fielding would have left
Margaret under a false pretence of transacting
business in London, and hastened to Italy to attend
the last moments of Mrs. Hamilton. It would have
been better to have asserted that a lingering
i fond-
ness for the memories of youth lingered n his
heart, than to have disowned the sentiment which
alone could furnish a reason, however reprehensible
it might have been for so strange an action. In the
scenes which follow, we meet with that vivid descrip-
tion and powerful delineation, which on many pre-
vious occasions have been conspicuous in the works,
of Holme Lee. The solemn death of Sylvan Holt,
" out on the moor," is an awful scene ; and the agony
of his devoted daughter was extreme. The faithful
servant, who went out with her young mistress,
was equally aghast at the sudden departure of her
master. He died alone, as he had lived ; but, as
his attached dependant exclaimed to the mourning
daughter, other than human aid might have sus-
tained the final moments of his weary pilgrimage.
It is satisfactory to find that Rupert and Margaret
were eventually reconciled to each other, for they
were too 'noble in their respective characters to
cherish angry feelings, after the first pangs of
disappointed trust on the one side, and wounded dig-
nity on the other, had been subdued by time and
softened by reflection. Mrs. Joan Clervaux is an
admirable portrait of a kind-hearted and upright-
minded woman. Whatever was estimable in Mar-
garet's conduct was chiefly owing to the fostering
care of her good old friend. Mrs. Joan had not
sufficient intellect to sway Margaret effectually, and
her exertions were counteracted by the example
of the father at home ; but, still, her genial qualities
and loving disposition were as saving spirits to the
distracted mind and tortured heart of the excitable
and impetuons maiden who was dear to her from
her very isolation. It was through the mediation
of Mrs. Joan that Margaret was reconciled to her
husband, and many were the good offices she
effected, for her in earlier days. Bell Rowley is a
ludicrous sketch of a fast young lady. The spirited
way in which her dashing exploits and bold sayings
,are recorded, is an amusing episode in the tale, and
contrasts with its otherwise somewhat sombre tone.
If it cannot be said that this story is so interesting
as " Maud Talbot," or " Thorney. Hall," there is
much that proclaims it not inferior merit of style,
and not unequal in point of talent. It is shining
with the same light, and nerved with the same
energy, that imparted to their pages unwonted
brilliancy and power.