The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-30 00:00:00

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

COUNTRY DIARY, FRIDAY, FEB. 2.
Bailey, W., Belper—Flying Horse, Nottingham—:ll
Bore, J. jun., Kidderminster—Royal Hotel, Birmingham—l
Bridge, W., Deerhuret, Gloueestershire--Spread Eagle, Glou-
cester-11
Cavenagh and Co., Bath—York-house, Bath-11
Chase, J. W., Eastington, Gloucestershire—Ram inn, Glou-
cester-4
Cooke, G., London—Union, Birmingham-2
Cox, E., Ledbury—Feathers, Ledbury-11
Cox, E., Wednesburv—Roebuck, Oxford-11
Dunn, W., Lonth:—.king's Head, Louth-11
Elsworth, J., Bowling, Bradford—Office of Messrs. Alexander,
Halifax-11
Eld, J., Walsall—George, Bewdley-11
Fussell, J., Stoke-lane—Somerset Hotel, Wells-12
Gay, J., Bristol—Rummer, Bristol-12
Giblett, S., Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire—George, Shepton
Mallet—l 1
Harris, J., Bristol—Commercial rooms, Bristol-1
Harvey, W., Launceston—White Hart, Launceston-10
Jalland, C., Mansfield—Swan, Mansfield-10
James, T., Nottingham—George IV., Nottingham-11
James, S., Nottingham George IV., Nottingham-11
Leech, J., Barnsley—Public office, Barnsley-11
Aloorhouse, T., Sheffield—Tontine, Sheffield-2
Penny, J., Lymington, Hants—Greyhound inn, Blandforcl
Forum-6
Pollard, T., Brighton—New Inn, Brighton—I 0
Shepherd and Bricker. Southampton—Crown, Southampton-4
Stallard, J., Sapley Farm—Crown, Shepton Mallett-12
Wesson, J., Dudley—George, Bewdley—l 1
Wynn and Wyke, Manchester—White's, Manchester-10

INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED.
Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields,

FEE. 2, AT NINE.
Arnold, C., Exeter, lace-manufacturer
Bloor, J., Somer's town, brush-maker
Clark, W., Northampton, shoemaker
Dockerill, J., Leather•lane, carpenter
Fragar, R., 111ileend, labourer
Grant, John G., London
Kinaber, T., Burlington Arcade, agent
Lockett, S., Burslem, hatter
Paradise, F., Clerkenwell, jeweller
Read, J., Uxbridge, turner
Robinson 11., Gutter-lane, clerk
Snow, J., Billericay, castrator
Unite, R., Southwark, oilman
Wallis, W., Carlisle-street, perfumer
Wild, T., Tooley-street, labourer

COUNTRY.--At the
at Cou
Tennty-h'clock. all, Beaumaris, February 3,
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Moran, T., Holyhead, innholder

BtJONAPAItTE'S OPINION OF SIIAKSPEARE AND
MILTON.--" The same infatuation of the French for what is
English, without knowing why or wherefore, is carried into the
Belles Lettres. Shakspeare was forgotten for, two hundred
years, even in England, when it pleased Voltaire, then at Geneva,
where he saw a great many English, to make his court to them,
by lauding that author ; and soon after Shakspeare was cried up
as the first writer the world ever produced. I have read hhn,
and have found nothing in him that approaches Corneille or Ra-
cine. It is not possible to read one of his pieces through; they
are pitiable (elks soot pitie). • As to Milton, after his invocation
to the sun, and two or three other passages, all the rest is a rhap-
sody. I prefer Vely to Hume. France has nothing to envy in
England—a country which its inhabitants desert as soon as they
find an opportunity. There are at present 40,000 English upon
the Continent."—Memoirs stir le Consulat.

EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF ENTHUSIASTIC
FEELING TOR THE GRANT) EFFECTS OF NATURE.-In the year
1820, Captain Hastings, then on a voyage between the island
of Madagascar and the Cape of Good Hope, was overtaken by a
violent storm. The furious turmoil of the ocean,—the mighti-
ness of 'the Burging waves,—the blackness of the water,—and the
vivid effects of the lightning coming athwart the dark curtain of
the heavens, he beheld with an intensity of feeling, that almost
entirely absorbed every consideration of personal safety. Having
taken the necessary means for the security of his vessel, and
anxious to contemplate the grandeur of the scene, he ordered him-
self to be lashed to an elevated part of his ship, that, during the
raging of the tempest, he might not only study, but actually sketch
the terrific appearances around him. Collected amidst the uproar
of the elements, and regardless of danger, he produced a faithful
and spirited drawing of a storm at sea, full of all the fury and
sublimity of his subject. This drawing he sent to the Royal
Academy, where it was exhibited the following year, and attracted
peculiar attention.—Rhodes's Yorkshire Scenery.
MURDER AT WOLVERHANIFTON.—Information
has reached us that a barbarous murder was committed in the
night of Wednesday on a public way in the immediate vicinity of
Wolverhampton. The reported particulars of this tragical event
are as follow :—A man, not quite sober, had been displaying some
bank notes in a public-house in that town, on Wednesday even-
ing, and on the following morning his corpse was found in the
neighbourhood, a wound having been inflicted on the side of the
head ; there were traces of blood where the unfortunate victim
had walked or crawled after being hurt, and the pockets of his
clothes were empty and inverted. Upon an active search being
made by the police, a very suspicious party, of both sexes, was
found in a house of ill fame, in the midst of their carousals; they
were feasting, and had wine and many dainties. On the entrance
of the officers great confusion and alarm ensued ; one woman
fainted, and whilst Lining, it is said, pointed to a man who was
present, and exclaimed " That's him !!' The man was taken into
custody. We. cannot vouch for the entire truth of this statement,
but we have no reason whatever to doubt its accuracy.—Stafford-
shire Advertiser.