The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-14 00:00:00

NEW SHERIFFS.

(From the London Gazette of last night.)
The following are 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 third year of the reign of King
William IV., and in the year of our Lord 1832 :

BEDFORDSHIRE-Richard Franklyn, of Great Barford ; Charles
J. Metcalfe, of Roxton ; and G. Pearce, of Harlington, Esqrs.
BERKSHIRE—East George Clayton East, of Hall Place; Charles
Archer Houblon, of Welford Park ; and Bartholomew
Wroughton, of Woolley Park, Esqrs.

BUCKINGFIAMSIII4E-Sir Harry Verney, of Claydon House,
Bart; Charles Clowes, of Delaford Park, Esq. ; and Sir Cod-
rington Edmund Carrington, of New House, Chalfont St.
Giles, Kist.

CAM% AND HUNTS.—George Thornhill, of Diddington ; George
Rust, of Huntingdon; and D. Onslow, of Great Staughton,
Esqrs.

CHESHIRE—John Hurlston Leche, of Cardin; James Hammond,
of Wintaton Hall; and James W. Hammond, of Westaston,
Esqrs.
ClwALL—Samuel Thomas Spry, of Place; Christopher
Wallis Popham, of Antron Lodge; and Richard Spry, of
Place, Esqrs.

CUMBERLAND—Henry Curwen, of Workington Hall ; Fret-
clmville Lawson Ballantyne Dykes, of Dovenby Hall; and
Samuel Irton, of Irton, Esqrs.

DERBYSHIRE—George Benson Strutt, of Belper ; William
Palmer Morewood, of Alfreton Hall; and John Harrison, of

Snelston Hall, Esqrs.
DEN ONSIIIRE—John Quick, of Newton House; Samuel Tre-
hawke Kekewich, of Peamore; and H. G. Cary, of Tor
Abbey, Esqrs.

DORSETSIIIRE—Richard Brouncker, of Boveridge ; William
Donaldson, of Littleton ; and R. P. Glyn, of Gaunt's House,
Esqrs.

Essex—Richard Birch Wolfe, of Wood Hall, in Arksden ;
Charles Welstead, of Valentines; and J. Round, of Danbury
Park, Esqrs.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE—Henry Elwes, of Coulesburne ; Josiah Gist,
of Warmington Grange; and H. E. Walker, of Farmington,
Esqrs.

HEREFoansiiiitE—Thomas Dunne, of Bircher, Esq.; Sir Sa-
muel Ruth Meryck, of Goodrich Court, Knt. ; and John
Bleeke Lye, of Hereford, Esq.

HERTFORDSIIIRE—George Jacob Bosanquet, of Broxburn-
Bury ; William Robert Phillimore, of Newbury ; and Levy
Ames, of \Vheathampsted, Esqrs,

KENT—George Stone, of Chislehurst ; Demetrius Grevis James,
of Ightham ; and John Ward, of Holwood, Esqrs.

LEICESTERSHIRE—CharIes Nevin, of Holt; John Mansfield.
of Burstall ; and Henry Greene, of Rollestone, Esqrs.

LINCOLNSHIRE—Henry Dymoke, of Serivelsby Court; Henry
Handley, of Culverthorpe House; and Charles Keightley
__Tunnard, of Frampton, Esqrs.

MONMOITTIISIIIRE—WiIIiam Vaughan, of Courtfield ; John
Buckle, of Wye Lands ; and George Hooke, of Llandogo,
Esqrs.

NORFOLK—Sir William Beauchamp Proctor, of Langley, Bart. ;
Robert Marshatn, of Stratton Lawless ; and Anthony Ha-
mond, of Westacre, Esqrs.

NORTIIAMPTONSHIRE-William Rose Rose, of Harlestone
William Wood, of Brixworth ; and Lewis Lloyd, of Over.
stone, Esqrs.

NORTHUMBERLAND—WiIIiam Roddam, of Roddam, Esq.; Sir
Edward Blackctt, of Matfen, Bart.; and B. Mitford, of Mit-
ford, Esq.

NorriNcurimsutaE—Sir Thomas Woollaston White, of Wal-
ling Wells, Bart. ; Slingsby Duncombe, of Langford ; and
Henry Foljambe, of East Retford, Esqrs.

OXFORDSII IRE—William Francis Lowndes Stone, of Bright_
well Park, Esq. ; Sir George Dashwood, of Kirklington
Park, Bart. ; and John Fane, of Wormsley, Esq.
RUTL DSIIIRE—John Muxloe Wingfield, of Market Overton ;
Edward Watson Smyth, of Gunthorpe ; and Godfrey Kemp,

of Belton, Esqrs.
SurtorsuißE—Walter Moseley, of Buildwas ; John Arthur
Lloyd, of Leaton Knowls ; and George J. Scott, of Betton,
Esqrs.

SOMERSETSITTRE—George Henry Carew, of Crowcornbe Court ;
Francis Popham, of West Bagborough ; and William Mann-
ing Dodington, of Horsington, Esqrs.

COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON—Thomas Chamberlayne, of Cran-
bury; William Kingston', of Sidmonton ; and James Barlow
Hoy, of Midanbury, Esqrs.

STAVFORMMIRE—Thomas Kinnersley, of Clough Hall ; Hugh
Henshall Williamson, of Greenway Bank; and Thomas
Howe Parker, of Park Hall, Esqrs.

SUFFOLK—Edward Fuller, of Carlton Rode, Esq. ; Sir Thomas
Sherlock Gooch, of Benacre, Bart. ; and William Newton,

of Elvedon, Esq.
SURREY-Sir Henry Fletcher, of Ashley Park, Bart.; George
Thomas Nicholson, of Waverley Abbey ; and James Broad-
_

wood, of Lyne House, Esqrs.
Sussex—Charles Dixon, of Stanstead Park; Thomas Broad_
wood, of Beetling, Esqrs. ; and the Hon. Robert Curzon, of
Parham.

WARWICKsIIIRE—The Hon. Charles Bertie Percy, of Guy's
Cliff; Sir John Mordaunt, of Walton, Bart. ; Sir George

Phillips, of Weston, Bart. , _
WlLTsin RE—William Temple, of Bishopstrow ; George Pow-
lett Scrope, of Castle Coombe; and T. Bolton, of Brink-

worth, Esqrs.
WORCESTERSHIRE-John Somerset Pakington, of Westwood ;
John Brown, of Lea Castle_ Eva& ant ct. ni000«
or moiloy Hall, Bart.
Constable ;Maxwell, of Evtringltarn ;
Henry Preston, of Morel)),; and Richard Henry Roundel',
of Gledstone, Esqrs.

According to his promise, the defence of the
Rev. EDWARD IRVING was laid before the Presbytery of
Annan on the 7th instant, in the form of a letter, in which
he began his address in scriptural terms, " Men and
brethren." He ■vowed himself the author of the obnoxious
publications, which be attempted to defend in his own
peculiar manner. The Presbytery, therefore, proceeded to
put the instructions of the General Assembly of the Church
in force, and appointed the Rev. Mr. RUDDICK, of Gretna,
their moderator ; Dr. DUNCAN, of Ruthwell, and Mr.
MoNmAws, of Annan, as their managing committee.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—In Scotland, the
Reform Bill is working miracles. One of the candidates
for Dumbartonshire, a gentleman of rank and talent, with
a fortune of six thousand a year to boot, gives a lecture on
Political Economy, to the Mechanics of Glasgow, on
Monday evening, in the Hall of the Mechanics' Institu-
tion. Mr. COLQUIIOUN is are eloquent speaker, and pos-
sesses a fine delivery, especially when addressing an audi-
ence front the hustings. He cannot fail to draw a crowded
house.—Scots Times.

Sir ARTHUR BROOKE FAULKNER iS about,
we understand, to publish a Journal of his recent visit to
Germany and the Low Countries, in which it is said -to
be his intention, among other objects, to describe the do-
mestic habits of the people of the different German States,
and of Holland and Belgium. The writer, having ob-
tained introductions to most of the living characters of
eminence in those countries, has been able to give an anec-
dotal character to his volumes, which will no doubt ren-
der them very acceptable to the English reader. Being
a distinguished mus.cal amateur, we understand also that
Sir ARTHUR is very rich in sketches of the present state
of music in the different towns visited by him.
WILLIAM AUSTIN, who was humanely
brought up by the late Queen CAROLINE, is at present in
a madhouse at Milan. His mother and the rest of his
family are living in Jamaica-row, Bermondsey.
In the neighbourhood of Norwich there are,
it is said, nearly 20,000 looms, many of which have re-
cently been employed in the weaving of silk goods, whi&i
were formerly engaged in the manufacture of mixed good,.
It is asserted that upwards of SOO in the employ of one
manufacturer are now engaged in weaving Bros de Naples
at the miserably low rate of 4d. per yard ; a price, we are
informed, one-third lower than even that which the poor
weavers in this neighbOurhood are able to obtain.—
Macclesfield Courier.

Saturday, the 3d instant, a crib-house, in the
parish of Holwell, belonging to G. WARRY, Esq., of
Sherborne, was discovered to be on fire, and, before the
flames could be subdued, the building was burnt down.
There is, we are sorry to say, too much cause for believ-
ing the fire was occasioned by the diabolical act of an in-
cendiary, as it was observed that the flames issued fi om
two ends of the building when they first broke out. Mr.
WARRY has offered a liberal reward for the discovery of
any person who was connected with the affair.— Western
Flying Post.

About a quarter past ten on Saturday night
last, a large hay-stack, worth 1001., the property of
CHARLES ATTWOOD, Esq., which stood in a field close to
the village of Dunstan, was discovered to be on fire. An
immediate alarm was given, and every effort made to
overcome the flames. An engine was soon procured in
the neighbourhood, but unfortunately it could not be got
to work. Water was brought to the spot in buckets and
other vessels, but the fire continuing, an engine was at
length obtained from Newcastle, about 3 o'clock in the
morning, and by 4 the fire was extinguished. Some part
of the hay was saved, and the corn-stacks near it were for-
tunately preserved. Fears are entertained that this is the
work of incendiaries.—Newcastle Chronicle.
THE LATE DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN
YORK-STREET, WESTMINSTER.--Yesterday afternoon an
inquest was held before J. H. GEM., E,q., at the King's
Head, opposite the Westminster Hospital, on the body of
SUSAN HERBERT, aged 50, one of the persons who was dug
alive out of the ruins in York-street, when the late dread-
ful calamity took place, but who has since died in the
Hospital. This makes six persons killed. The unfor-
tunate deceased had two daughters, one aged eight and the
other fourteen, who were killed at the time, and on whom
aa inquestnver
dic:
of
manslaughterhasbeen
the other sufferers are fast recovering. JOSSENS, who has
absconded, is expected to surrender to take his trial.

LITERATURE.

SHAKSPEARE'S PLAYS AND POEMS,
VoL. I. LONDON, 1832.

Mr. Valpy has conferred a great benefit on ,
the public by this cheap and graceful edition of
the works of the " world's first wit." We wish,
however, that in addition to Dr. Johnson's
preface, he had given us also Mi. Hazlitt's
criticism on Shakspeare, which, if we remember
rightly, is included in his " Remarks on the
English Poets." We should then have had the
opinions on the same great wilier, of our two ablest
critics, yet who differed more in their habits of
thought and expression than any two that ever)ived.
Nevertheless, though one was a rank Tdiy and
the other a rank Jacobin ; though one was fet-
t,•red in his literary opinions by rule and judg-
ment, and the other held all such trammels in
utter scorn ; though one was the critic of sense
and sagacity, with scarce an atom of refinement,
and the other all fire and enthusiasm and fertility,
with an excessive nicety of discrimination such as
we may vainly seek elsewhere ; though the genius
of the one was of analysis, and of the outer
generalization ; though the style of the one was
cold, stately and rhetorical, and of the other
pointed, hearty, colloquial, and at times inex-
cusably negligent ;—though Johnson and Hazlitt
were thus "wide as the poles asunder,"each being,
as it were, the antipodes of the other ; yet on the
single subject of Shakspeare, they were united in
the bonds of lusty fellowship, and strove who
should chaunt the stoutest "Io PEean,"in honour
of their common idol. Johnson, however, re-
verences Shakspeare chiefly as the man of the
world ; Hazlitt, as the poet and the man of •
feeling. Johnson looks to his tact, readiness,
and matchless facility of dialogue (the sly old
moralist thinking all the while of his own cd-
loquial talents) ; Hazlitt, to his power of lay-.
ing hare the springs of passion, and tracing every
emotion ofthe mind, through a thousand branching
and scarcely perceptible channels ight up to its
fountain head. It is not saying too much of
Hazlitt (though it is saying a great deal) that,
in his Shakspearian criticising, he has all that
Johnson wants of excellence. He feels his
subject more intensely, sets about it with a live-
lier -relish, cuts deeper into it, makes more
valuable discoveries, and comes to more efficient
conclusions. Johnson was purblind, or nearly
so, to all but what lay on the surface of Shalts-.
peare's writings. He speaks of his comic pow-
ers with alacrity ; but of his capacity of exciting,
terror or pity, with coldness and distrust, as _
though he did not see his way clearly. It is
here that Hazlitt is in his glory. Any thit,g
more eloquent or discriminating than his notices
of Othello, Shylock, Macbeth, and more -
especially Lear, are not to be met with in.
English, or, indeed, in any other, literature.
Again, Johnson can find little or nothing to
praise in Shakspeare's female characters. " Nei.4
ther his gentlemen nor his ladies," says - he*
" have much delicacy, nor are snEciently diSc
tinguished from his clowns by any appearance of :
refined manners." In this part of the subject,
which Johnson finds so barren, and which he
naztita has mane a
world of delightful discoveries. We do ngt.
here allude merely to what he says of such
broadly marked characters as Lady Macbeth,
Constance, Queen Catherine, or Beatrice, but
to his exquisitely subtle and delicate apprehen-
sion of the more recondite qualities of a Viola,
a Rosalind, an Inzogen, a Hermia, or a Mi-
randa. These last puzzled old Johnson sadly.
He knew there was something in them, but
what that something was, he could not for the
life of him make out. They were too unworldly, •
too far removed from common-place, for his
shrewd, stern, unimaginative intellect to grapple
with. It was reserved for Mr. Hazlitt to bring,.
them out in the finest and raciest colours ; to
show that each was full of " mark anti likeli-
hood." His character of Juliet is tile daintiest,'
most original bit of criticism we know of ; and
his defence of the strong inherent delicacy of -
the fair Veronese (which it has been so long the
fashion to impugn, because it was not suffi-
ciently disguised by art and worldly tact) as
sagacious as it is impassioned. To the land-
scapes and pictural epithets of Shakspeare, by
which he places the idea he would convey, at
once before the mind's eye, Hazlitt, and he
alone, has done equal justice. Here again, as
in the former instance, Johnson Was deficient.
It was with the ambitious and rhetorical, not the
refined, unobtrusive, and familiar passages of
Shakspeare that he was best fitted to deal. His
idolatry of Pope spoiled him for all such efforts.
Yet despite its defects, his Preface still remains
a noble monument of skill, eloquence, and saga-
city, though it is as inferior to Hazlitt's, as his
criticism on Pope and Dryden is superior.
Of the style in which the present edition of
Shakspeare is got up, we cannot speak too
warmly. Its mechanical department such
as paper, print, &c., is perfect, and the addi-
tionwe of
renders
have.
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the tmioneksg,might: Drake'sartgreatest
writer that the anmcitoennatttioilrtyh meodern world ever saw.
We should not omit to add that the work is to
parts,b e s t
tfifteenext o
(that
will complete f
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appear in
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t;
that
; that short, pertinent notes
are affixed to every obsolete phrase ; and a brief
historical sketch or argument to every play.

CHRISTMAS TALES.—Loxpox, 1832.
Another of the prolific family of the Annuals'
whose progeny seems almost as numerous as
the seed of Saturn, and got up with evident
pains-taking, and in a style of considerable ov
cellence. The name is a very appropriate one'
and will alone go some little way, to helping on
an edition. The tales are good (after a Is"
shion) though they are not sufficiently
merous. The " Novice " is far too long, and
takes up the room that should have been de'
voted to at least a dozen Christmas storieP

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