The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-23 00:00:00

TITE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1835.

LITERATURE.

HISTORY OF ENGLAND. VoL. XII.
Valpy. London : 1835.

CABINET CYCLOIVEDIA. VoL. LXLL
Longman. London, 1835.

A continuation of Sir James Mackintosh's History
of England, by a writer who does not avow his name,
but has no reason to conceal it, his work being penned
throughout in a temperate, and in parts, in an eloquent,
spirit. The character of Queen Elizabeth has been
evidently a labor of love with the. author, and accord.
ingly he has been successful in it. His details of the
naval and military resources of this great queen are
full of interest, and show marks of curious and painful
research. A better historical volume has not yet ap-
peared in Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopxdia.

SIR W. SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS—Vat. 9.
Cadell. Edinburgh, 1835.

We have here the second volume of Sir Walter
Scott's Life .of Napoleon, terminating with the death
of Robespierre, and the first essay in arms of the future
dictator of Europe. The cursory sketches that the his-
torian gives of Damon, Marat, and the other blood-
thirsty leaders of the Jacobin Clubs—though objected
to at the time, as being too highly coloured—are not.
a hit too much so, as Mr. Alison has since shown, in
his able work on the French Revolution. The volume
is embellished with a map, neatly and carefully exe-
cuted, illustrative of Napoleon's first campaign in the
North of Italy ; and two engravings, one of Brienne,
where he was educated ; and the other, of the house
where he lodged when he first came to Paris.

EN CY CL OP-EDIA BRIT ANNICA, VOL. X.
Black—Edinburgh, 1835.
This is the First Part of the tenth volume of one of
the completest works of the sort ever published, got up
under the express superintendence of Professor Napier,
who, if we mistake not, is editor also of the Edin-
burah Review. It contains the latest accounts of the
latest discoveries in science, geography, mechanics,
&c., from the pens of some of the most distinguished
writers of the clay, and abounds in histories judiciously
abridged, of the more important kingdoms of Europe.
In the present part we have a correct and lucid disqui-
sition on the state of France during the dynasty of
Napoleon, down to the period of his abdication in
1814, and the occupation of Paris by the Allied
Armies, in which we scarcely know most to admire,
the accuracy of the writer's knowledge, or the enlarged
and liberal nature of his sentiments. The elaborate
essay on " Gas-light," is another article that may be
read with advantage, inasmuch as it proceeds from the
pen of one who is evidently well versed iu such mat-
ters. The engravings attached to the part are chiefly
illustrative of the art of fortification in its more ab-
struse branches, and are executed with much care.

GREAT YARMOUTH.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

It will be recollected in the late struggle for the represen-
tation of this borough, the Conservative members Baring and
Fraed were returned by a majority of 97, through the influ-
ence of a self-elected Corporation Conservative Fund, and
an organised system of corruption. During the present
East Norfolk election the resident freeholders at Yarmouth
(consisting of a very large, and, indeed, the most respectable
portion of the borough constituency) have, by their strenuous
exertions, to a great extent retrieved the disgrace they expe-
rienced at that time. Although Mr. Windham, the late Mem-
ber, has been defeated by the small majority of 92 in favour
of Lord Walpole, (whose return was alone secured by the cir-
cumstance of his joining Mr. E. Wodehouse, the nephew of
the Lord Lieutenant of the county). yet of the 706 resi-
dent freeholders a majority of 137 voted for Mr. Windham,
and but for the successful exertions of the Tory Magistrates,
Deputy Lieutenants, and the Clergy, whose arbitrary power,
equals, if not exceeds that of the Roman Pontificate, combined
with Mr. Gurney's late appearance in the field, there is little
doubt two Reformers would have been again returned for this
district of Norfolk.

SOUTH DERBYSHIRE ELECTION.

In`reply to an address presented to Lord Melbourne,
from a number of the inhabitants of Derby, in December
list, his Lordship said, in reference to the relative strength
of the Liberal and Tory interests :
" Our political adversaries, after all, form a very large and
powerful party in this country—a party powerful in number,
powerful in property, powerful in rank and station, and, al_
low me to add, a party of a very decided, tenacious, unyield-
ing, and uncompromising character. You, gentlemen, I know,
are stronger than they are ; you are strong in sense and spirit :
you are strong in reason and justice, in instruction and in-
quiry, in the general sympathy and fellow-feeling of the com-
munity ; but you are not strong enough to be able to afford to
be disunited. Let me assure you of that. A party of very
inferior strength will ultimately be victorious, if it be conducted
with singleness of purpose and unity of action. You are not
strong enough to concede these advantages to your opponents,
whilst you subject yourselves to the weakness which arises from
division' dissension, and discord."
The force and truth of these sentiments have been exem-
plified in the contest for the representation of South Der-
byshire. The motto of our opponents has been " Divide
and conquer"—they have succeeded by misrepresentation,
and the calamitous and immoral, but powerful influence of
intemperance in breaking that phalanx, which successfully
resisted and overcame them at the last election. Discon.
tent with the tardy progress of Reform, deprived the liberal
party of much of that zeal and spirit, which gave life and
energy to all their proceedings, and bore down effectually
all opposition to the Reform candidates. This is, in fact,
the principal source of the weakness of the Reform party
—the cause that led the way to their defeat—although
it is justly attributable to Tory opposition. To this is
to be ascribed the lukewarmness of many, who have
looked on with indifference, while defection was taking
place amongst those electors, whom they mar-
shalled at the last election for the contest. A mis-
placed confidence on the party of some has also had a pre-
judicial effect on the reform interest ; the largeness of the
majority of the electors of 1839. rendered many of its friends
too secure, too confiding ; they thought it impossible that
the Tory candidates could succeed in changing the opinions
of so large a number of electors as composed that majority,
and they were convinced of their error too late to gain the
vantage ground they had lost. But these advantages
added to the increased influence brought to the Tory in-
terest by Sir George Crewe's name, would not, we feel
sure, have been sufficient to turn the scale in their favour
without the plentiful libations poured down the throats
of venal electors in honour of the Tory candidates.—
Derby Reporter.

FlRE.—This morning, about a quarter to one
o'clock, a fire broke out in the lower part of the immense pre-
mises of Mr. Dean, hosier, corner of Duncannon-street, and
opposite Hungerford-market, Strand. A policeman of the F
division was on duty, and perceiving more than ordinary
light in the shop his suspicions induced him to alarm the in-
mates. Some of them had retired to bed, but fortunately,
with the assistance of the neighbours, they were extricated
from their dreadful situation. Before one o'clock the Bed
fordbury and County engines arrived, but it was some time
before the firemen could procure any water, by which time
nearly the whole of the stock and premises were consumed.
About half-past two the fire was entirely subdued, and the
affrighted inhabitants retired to rest. The property on the
premises and building are insured in the Phoenix and Sun Fire
offices. The house of Mr. Smith, tailor, in the Strand, has
sustained some damage, but fortunately the Charing cross
stables and tap have escaped, though the utmost alarm pre-
vailed for some time on account of their being so near the pre-
mises destroyed. We are happy to say that the business of
the Golden Cross Hotel has not been interrupted.
THE NFIV JUDGE.—It being considered rather too
barefaced to pay Mr. Sergeant Spankie for his apostacy, pend-
ing the elections, Mr: Sergeant Coleridge, a lawyer without
distinction in his profession, and little known in Westminster-
hall, but who had earned the patronage of the Tories, as the
manager and editor of the Quarterly Review, previously to its
passing into the present hands, has been appointed to the
'vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Justice Taunton--
Morning Paper

The volume before us comprises that eventful period
in English history which commences with the revolu-
tion in 1688, and closes with the death of George the
Second, in 1760. It forms a portion of Smollett's
continuation of Hume, and is embellished with two
engravings, the best of which is the execution of Ad-
miral Byng, who is represented kneeling on a cushion,
with his eyes bandaged, and a handkerchief in his
handy with which he is just about to give the fatal
signal to the men, who arc standing before him with
their muskets at their shoulders, ready for firing. The
engraving is by Rogers, and is of the average merit.

WEST CUMBERLAND ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The polling commenced here on Tuesday morning,
and by dint of extreme exertion the nominees of the Earl of
Lonsdale have gained a majority on the first day's struggle,
but there is no doubt that the Reforming Candidate will stand
in a very different situation at the close of the poll. The voters
for Major Aglionby are all plumpers, and even those who vote
against him admit that a more fitting representative could not
be sent from any constituency. It is said that this contest will
cost the Tories at least ten thousand pounds, and Major
Aglionby nothing He has not canvassed himself, nor does he
appear at the hustings ; so that the freeholders who vote for
him do so entirely on principle. Every hole and corner of the
kingdom has been raked for Tory freeholders, or at least for
those who are any way under the influence of Lord Lonsdale,
and some have travelled more than 200 miles to the election.
I transmit you the state of the poll, as I promised, at the close
of the first day. There are yet nearly 2,000 to poll, and I
hope that the above majority will be diminished.—Yours, &c.,
Whitehaven, Jan. 20. B. H.

STATE OF THE POLL FIRST DAY.—JaN. 20.
Mr. Stanley 1,418
Mr. Irton - 1,416
Major Aglionby
Majority for Mr. Stanley
Majority for Mr. Irton 265

NUMBER IN EACH DISTRICT.
Stanley. Irton. Aglionby,
Aspatria
Bootle
Cockermouth... 350
Egremont
Keswick