The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-27 00:00:00

BRIGHTON-THURSDAY.

His Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Glocester,
took a carriage airing yesterday morning, and again in the
afternoon, to Rottingdean, in company with Mademoiselle
d'Este.
Yesterday morning the Queen, accompanied by Earl
Brownlow and Mademoiselle d'Este, walked for some time
on the Chain-pier ;in the afternoon Her Majesty rode out
in her carriage, accompanied by Prince Ernest and Lady
Falkland.
The Princess Augusta took a carriage airing at noon, at-
tended by Miss Wynyard.
Prince George rode out yesterday-morning on horseback,
in company with his preceptor, the Rev. Mr. Wood ;
the afternoon the Prince took a walk, accompanied by his
preceptor, and Lord Falkland and Sir A. Barnard.
Major-General Sir Hi]grove Turner, the Groom in
Waiting,• arrived- at the Palace yesterday ; Sir Andrew
Barnard- and Mr. Shiffuer left for the seat of Viscount
Gage, Fide-place, near Lewes.
Lord Augustus and Lady Loftus were among the guests
who 'dined with their Majesties on Tuesday ; last night
the dinner party comprised the Marchioness Conyngbam,
Major-General Sir Arthur Clifton, Colonel Chatterton,
and the Marchicness and Ladies Cornwallis. In the ab-
sence of Her Majesty's private band, gone to Salisbury,
the band of the 4th Dragoons attended.
The calls yesterday included Lord, Lady, and the Misses
Howard of Effingham, and Count and Countess Pozzo di

•
Borgo.
His Majesty rode out at half-past 2 o'clock this afternoon,
in company with Lady Falkland.
The Queen, accompanied by Prince George, Prince Er-
nest,. Lord Falkland, Mdlle. d'Este, Lady Louisa Corn-
wallis, Earl Brownlow, Mr. Davis, and Sir Charles Thorn-
ton, rode out at noon at horseback.
The Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester
are out together taking a carriage airing.
His Majesty this morning honoured Captain Back, R.N.,
with a long audience.
The Hon. Miss Mitchell left the palace this morning for
town.
General Sir John Smith, Lord Lake, Colonel Brotherton,
Major-General Sir Charles Pratt, and Colonel Chatterton,
are invited to dine with their Majesties this evening.
General Phipps; and the Marchioness and Ladies Corn-
wallis, are among the calls to-day.

DEATH OF MR. JAMES HOGG,

" THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD."

From the Dumfries Courier, received yesterday, an ex,
tract from which we annex, we learn that James Hogg, the
Ettrick Shepherd, has paid the debt to nature. From his
hale and robust appearance on his late visit to this metro-
polis, we should have expected that he had many years in
store. James Hogg was unquestionably a man of great
genius. As a poet, he excelled in many departments.
Many .of his songs have become national ; and in his
" Queen's Wake," he exhibited a vigour and richness of
fancy of which there are few examples in any language.
But Hogg's excellencies were by no means confined to
poetry. As a writer of tales in prose he is, in our opinion,
' without his equal in the English language. We allude
more particularly to his " Winter Evening Tales"—a won-
derful store-house of invention. In these he has portrayed the
manners of the various classes of borderers with unrivalled
fidelity. He throws such an air of reality round his inven-
tions, that we never for a moment doubt the realtty of the
.occurrences described. -He has, in this respect, all the
merit of De Foe. In his. "Shepherd'S Calendar," too, be
has described many of the adventures and incidents of his
own life in a most interesting manner. The shepherds of
the south of Scotland are a peculiarly intelligent clasS of
men ; and they are faithfully .portrayed in the pages of
Hogg.':
- There is little resemblance between Hogg and Burns.
The-latter was a man of strong passions, and great energy
of character. .He would in any walk of life have excelled.
In the highest society he could be the highest, and in low
society he could.be the lowest. Had he been at the bar,
he would have distinguished himself as a first-rate advocate.
He was 'a poet, rather because he was misplaced in society
—in his own language, " unfitted with an aim,"—rather
because he was shut out from more ambitious careers of in-
tellectual display, than from any peculiar attraction to the
Muse. Hogg, on the other hand, was a man of great sim-
plicity of character, and it is difficult to conceive a part
better fitted for him than that which be filled. He was a
faithful observer of nature and character, and, like IValter
Scott, whatever he observed, he knew how to turn to ac-
count. Without the energy or intense pathos of Burns,
he possessed more of fancy and imagination. If he does
not agitate like Burns, his tales and his songs are often
very affecting ; and a vein of sly humour runs through his
productions.
Hogg was a kind-hearted man, greatly beloved by all
who knew him. He bore no malice to any human being ;
and if he ever sayingave offence, by writing or saying what
might. hurt the feelings of others, this was ascribable to his
simplicity, -and not to ill-nature. He was ever ready to do
acts of friendship, and latterly, from the unfortunate cir-
cumstances of several of his connections, there were bu`
too many claims on his benevolence.
He. has left a widow and several children.
-are but slenderly provided for.
It is with the deepest regret we announce, on the
authority of a private letter, dated from Altrive Lake, and
posted to a relative in this county, the death of by far the
most remarkable man that ever wore professionally a shep-
herd's plaid. The sad event, in which every son of genius
aid reader of taste, in broad Scotland, and far beyond its
bounds, must feel-a melancholy interest., occurred
.at his re.-

We fear the;

,