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FOR 'TIE SUN. POPEItY. MR. EDlTOR—Though DO Fa En-MASON myself, I am happy to anticipate the aid of so respectable and important a Body, to the Cause of Truth and Freedom. Nor can I withhold my thanks, in the rome of that Cause, to the Writer who took that signature in your Paper of June 30. The intole rant spirit of Popery is strongly evinced by the authoritative proscription of such a Society, and tells ns plainly enough what would be the fate of every Society not submitting itself to the autho rity of the Routish Cit irch, should the power be ever vesred in their hands. It is not enough that Dien do not oppose the Papal. See ; if they do not profess obedience to it their fate is signed This consideration leads Are to enforce more strongly an argument, which has, indeed, been . incidentally touched by some Writers, but h:as not_ yet been made so prominent as it ought in prudence, as well as justice, to be made. It has been lately proposed (would to heaven it might never be proposed again !) to permit members of the unreformed Church to legislate for us, and to be our Governors. how they would legislate, and how govern for us, as Protestants, the Bull against the Free• Masons may slew. But where is the equity, or even the common sense, of the demand ? Has it not been repeatedly declared n. thing inadmissable by tl►e unrefdrmed, that the King or the Miukters, or the Parliament, should in any respect regulate or legislate for the Romish Church ? You know that it has : and declared its enure places v►•i►h violence, •and many insulting expressions. Well, then, these very persons ►vho will not permit us to touch the hem of the Pope's garments, nor even the shoe that covers his sacred toe, these same own ask to be permitted to have their full Share in legislating for the Church of England, the Church of Scotland, and all Congre- ga,ioll3 of Protestant Dissenters throughout the Realm. Is this equity ? Is it a proposition to be beard, even with patience, by any person who values his religions liberty ? Yet, we are boldly, nay, insolently told, that we ought to grant it. The answer ought to be, most unequivocally, Never, never, never If they are a strong body, the danger is the greater ; ha! even if weak, who knows how strong they may grow by such encouragement ; and, if they should, we well know . how their power must of necessity be used ! I say, therefore, to every Protestant, and would 1 could speak with such a Noict-, that every Protestant might hear—WATCH! ....You know not bow soot) the danger may recur. WICKLIFFE. LI I EiLlitY itLVIEW. HUMAN !AVE. A Pov.m. By SAMUEL. ROGERS. ihis Poem deserved Hit earlier notice, which it ahould have received if the OrPoSmori On.vrorts, in Patliament, krottld have permitted the attention of the Public to lie directed towards any but them selves. A Poion from the Author of PLEA -SURES of Memonv, one of the most interesting productions of modern times, may well be expect ed to attract public notice, and to excite general admiration. Die wok is vet itten with philoso phic refiectioo, as well as with poetical elegance. Tire scenes which the Aothor paints are interest iog, and the c haractets tvloon he introduces are wo.-1 drawn. It is evident that tile Author has wuttioudy considered and accurately observed that Hum Lira , k hie b Ile has made the subject of his Po - en,. I•Ve shall insert THE ARGUIVIENT, in ocher to give our Readers a prospect of the plea sure which they may expect from the perusal of a Poch', which, we doubt tort, that , evety Reader of taste, who dues not already Rossess it, will has ten ro obtain. '' AllGUMENT.7—lotrodoetion. itingiog of bells its a heighbouring village on the •bilth of au lleir.—General Reflections on litiman Lite. The hohjeCl. proposal. YOUI h.--- llauhood.—Love.—M.irriage.—Uonles tic flappioess anti Affliction.—War.—Peace.— Civil Dissension..—Reinemeot trout active Lite.— Old Age and its Enjoyments.—Conclusion."— All these topics are certainly well calculated to excite attention, and to awaken sympathy, but HUMAN LIFE is so comprehensive a subject, that, not only the classes who are hot n to affluence, or ease, should engage the attention of a Piiiloaophie Poet, butt also the pleasures and pains of every condition. Nor' should the subject relate to one Country only, but inclutie the human 'race in every place, and under every form of Polity. It must be admitted, that . the Au thor has interspersed mauy judicious observa ti ms and malty consolatory reflections through his Po,on, which are ';generally • applicable, but the subject and its title seem to require a gteAter latitude of in q uiry and illustration. Ciceao, in his Ti . eatise ou OLD AGe. and its cons-, for 5, has coot:turd himself to the consideration of that OLD AGE, Which is independent of the Res angustct dorni, and his consolations are therefore not calculated for those who are to toil till they can toil no longer, and who then drop exhausted with labour and anxiety into the shelter of the grate. So with our author : tits reflections, as we before observed, chiefly relate to those who are above the necessity ut labour, and have only to look round the world tor etijoymeots ; indeed, to the general evils of sickness, loss of friends, and die other calaarities, moral and phy- Siaal, to which HUMAN LIPS is exposed.—But we ate incliner! to consider the present work as mere ly an tort oductiou to another of a more compre hensive cast, and which the genius, knowledge, and taste of the Author must render desirable to all who are capable of relishing the charms of Poetry, 01 of deriving instruction from the lessons of Pnilosophy. The chief Poem in this little volume is followed by " LINEs Written at PlES rem," in which the Author.shews he can manage the dignity or blank verse, as well as the easy charm of rt yme, of which Dr. JOHNSON aCISSIOW- Iedged hirnselt to. be a warm admirer. We can not but reflect with•some degree of patriotic pride -on the cooditirm of the Author, as it is honour able to the character of the country. it is well known, that heir, one of the most eminent Bankers in the City of London, the capital of theworld, and it must be no slight gratification to Englishmeo, to find that our Mercantile Characters are adorned with a taste for LITERATURE ; are enabled to tra vel in the pursuits of ornamental knowledge, and to embellish their country with genius, taste, and learning. 'rite last Poem is entitled, Tile BoY of EGRLMoND, which we shall insert for the amuse !nen( of our Readers, and also the historical re cord upon which it is founded. THE BOY OF EGREMOND. " Say what rtmains when Hope is fled." She answered, " Endless weeping!" For in the hertis-man's eye she read Who in his shroud lay sleeping. At Embsay rung the matin-bell, The stag ,as roused on Birrien-felll The mingled sounds were swelling. dying, And down the Wuarte a hero was flying s When near the cabin in the wood, In tartan clad and forest-green, With hound in leash and hawk in hood, 'lie Boy of Egreruond was seen. Blithe was his song, a song of yore, But where the rock is rent in twos And the river rushes through, His voice was heard no more I 'l'w•as but a step! the guiph he passed: But that step—it was his last As through the mist lie winged his way, (A cloud that hovers night and day,) The hound hung back, and back he drew The Master and his merlin too. That narrow place of noise and strife Received their little ail of Life t 'There now the ruatin-bell is rnnip The " Slisererer duly sung; And holy men in cowl and hood. Are wandering up and down the wood. But what avail they ? Ruthless Lord, Thou didst not sbuthler when the sword Here on the young its fury spent, The helpless and the innocent. Sit now and answer groan for groan. The child before thee is thy own. And she who wildly wanders there, The mother in her long despair, Shall oft remind thee, waking, sleeping . , Of those who by the %Vharfe were weeping; Of those who would not be consoled When red with blood the river rolled. )Vole.—ln the twelfth century Wm. Fitz-Duncan laid waste the vallies of Craven with fire and sword ; arid was afterwards established there by his uncle, David King of Scotland. He was the last of the race ; his son, commonly called the Boy of Egremond, dying before him in the manner here re lated ; when a Priory was removed from Embsay to Bolton, that it might be as near as possible to the place where the accident happened. That place is still known by the name of the ,Strirl: and the mother's answer, as given in the first stanza, is to this day often repeated in Wharfe-dole. See Whitakees L ss7. of Crated, LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. rMerning Post.] We have not been informed of any more mis chievous meetings having bee•ty held in the pro vinces ; and we are happy to find that both Go verninent and the Lord Mayor mean to take all the necessary precautions to prevent any serious distOrbance of the public peace on the occasion of the ensuing audacious assemblage in Smithfield Market.—The Mayor of Leeds, much to his cre flit, has refused to call a Meeting at that place. The Persian Ambassador will shortly quit this country for Persia. Already has his furniture and china commenced to be packed up, and every pre paration is making for his departure. We under stand he again visits France, and will make a❑ extensive tour . through the Contineut.—(Mid.) SEDMOUS MEE I ING. BLACKBURN, JULY s.—About one -o'clock on Monday the people began fo assemble, on an open space of ground, and at two Mr. Knight (a well known character in, Manchester) was called to the Chair. After a number of very violent and inflan►rnatory Resolutions we:e passed, the Meeting broke up, and the parties peaceably dis persed. There were about 2000 assembled ; bmongst them were a 'timber of women and children. Several accidents happened by the people flying in all di!ections, owing to a fake report that the soldiers were coming A paltry boatel and flag were hoisted, and upon the top of the latter there was a red cap, which the party called '' the cap of liberty." The principal speakers were Knight (author of Hiutsto Emigrants, &c.), Wroe (publisher of The Malichester Observer), Saxon. Fitton, and Mitchell (I know not what), trout Manchester, and Parson Harrison (of Stockpor), also Latus, (a chair-maker), Dewltursr, (a reed maker), and Austin, a shoe-maker of Blackburn. One of the speakers said, they h:id petitioned in vain for their just rights, but their petitions were treated with contempt, and all the resource they now had was to approach the Throne and demand. them —The Parson observed, he could not say any thing in favour of the people carrying arms ; he ,thog:ght they were sufficiently strong to resist all attacks without them, for what had they to contend against ! a phantom—a mere phantom. The soldiers, he was well aware, from the highest General, to the lowest private, were in favour of their rights ; and he had no doubt but, if it were ,brought to issue, that nine out of ten would join then). Another speaker said, that nothing but physical force and the strong arm of the people would do. LEEDS, JULY 6.---Yesterday evening the Re quisitionists for Reform waited upon the Mayor of this town, pursuant to previous appointment, for his Worship's answer to their application; when he gave them some most wholesome ad. vice, and pointed out the inutility of the proposed meeting, and the impossibility that it could tend to any good purpose; that it was, in ,fact, more likely to prove highly injurious to them, and dan gerous to the community at large. He said he bad given their request the most attentive consi deration, and should be most happy if it were in his power to afford relief and assistance to the numerous unemployed workmen ; but after the most mature deliberation with his brother Magis trates, his duty to the public at large forced him to refuse calling the required Meeting.--In,con equeoce of the above refusal, the Requisitionists, it is said, intend calling the Meeting tberAelves ; but no day is yet fixed. Rumour says it will not be until the Parliamentary recess. [Morning Herald.] THE SPEAKER.—A report has been for some days in circulation, -which we notice, under the hope that it may be contradicted on proper autho rity, and which states, that the Speaker of the House of Commons has been proposed a Member of the Military Club, and that he has been reject ed. That the . Speaker of the House of Commons should be anxious to become a Member of a Body, whose existence is (in a political point of view) of such questionable propriety, will be matter of astonishment to all Englishmen who re tain any sense of the principles of their Constitu tion; whilst to the ROA Honourable Gentle man's 0-lends and admirers it must be matter of deep regret that be should have exposed himself to be the stibject of such a debate, and to the chances of rejection from so constituted a body. It will give us pleasure to find that there is no foundation for this report ; and it certainly needs contradiction, as, from the name being given of the Proposer, as well as of many of the Sup porters and Opposers of the measure, it is gene rally believed. The Right Hon. Gentleman is moreover stated to have been proposed in a gene ral tind extraordinary Meeting of the Club, acid to have been rejecte4 by 'open vote in lieu of by ballot, ari is the common custom. PROVJNCIAL JOURNALS. Feeling the highest respact for the talents, and having the fullest confidence in the attachment of the Right Honourable CHARLES GRANT to the general interests of the Empire, as well as to the welfare of Ireland, we extract with pleasure the following article from The (Dublin) Correspondent of the 3d inst. " The following is a more correct report of the Speech of IVIr. C. GRANT, in the Debate on the Report of the Commit tee of Supply, in the House of Commons. on Monday even ing, than that which appeared in the London Papers of Tues day : " Mr. C. GRANT said, he regretted that he was not pre sent when the Hon. Gentleman opposite to him objected to the motion then before the House. It was the grant to which, perhaps, least of all, he anticipated any opposition, because its object was to establish that, which it was of the utmost importance should be established in Ireland, viz. a System of Prison Discipline. The House was fully aware of the great advantages which had resulted from the new mode of regu lating and managing Prisons, which had been generally adopted in this country; and that it ought to be introduced into Ireland could not, he thought, be seriously disputed.— example in Ireland o f th a t new s y s t em t o w hi c h. ' b rht.r wasehradall nu ed;he felt himself, therefore, not only justified, but callen upon to extend to that country the beneficial ef fects which had resulted from it in England ; and with that feeling he had proposed the grant then under consideration.' The new Bridewell in Dublin bad nut hitherto been used as a prison for convicts, and in now appropriating it to that pur pose, an opportunity, he thought, presented itself of intro ducing, under favourable auspices, the plan for the improved management of prisons into Ireland. Those individuals in Dublin who had most liberally and benevolently undertaken to soperioteod this establishment, had felt and represented, that all their plans of improvement would be thwarted and frustrated, by the want of employment for the prisoners.— The Irish Government were convinced of the propriety of giving all possible encouragement to such. an object ; and, therefore, it was proposed to grant the small sum mentioned in the Resolution, to purchase implements of industry arid materials, in order that the prisoners might be kept con stairtly and usefully employed. He had upon a former oc casion stated, that, in general, he objected upon principle to the application of the public money to the support of those Charitable Institutions, which he considered as the more proper objects of private subscription ; but he thought that, in a case like the present, when so favourable an opportunity occurred of introducing the new system into Ireland, the Go vernment would not have been justified if they Wad suffered it to fai) for the want of a small and temporary assistance to purchase the necessary implements of industry. It was true, that the Government might have waited until that object had hen attained by the subscriptious of individuals—and he had no d o ubt that it would have been attained by those means— but, in the mean lirile, the prison would have been crowded wit h.convicts without the possibility of employing them. He therefore eid oat repent haying proposed the Resolution for the cousideration of Parliament, and he could not but think - that the Honourable Gentleman himself would, upon consideratiOn, withdraw his opposition to it. With respect to the grants for charitable objects, and for the pur poses of promoting education in Ire laud, no Gentleman, it appeared to him, objected to those grants, or to the amount of the sums which it wile proposed to give ; all that they wanted was, that the money should he economically and properly applied to the objects to which it was granted by Parliament. Must of those grants had subsisted for a long time, arid had received the sanction both of the Irish and of. the Imperial Parliament. His Right Honourable Friend, and predecessor in office, had last year effected a very considerable reduction in them, and he (Mr. Grant) following that example, had this year reduced them still lower ; and he begged now to repeat what he had said upon a former night, that it was his intention to enter, during the recess, into an investiga tion of this subject, in order to see whether any further re ductions could lie effected, and what regulations it might be proper to propose. He hoped the House would not think him presumptuous if he said, that he did not take blame to himself, besiause, having had his attention necessarily called to a great variety of most important questions, he had not minutely investigated the whole of the complicated subjects now before the House, and was not now prepared to say what it might be proper to reduce, arid what to reject.—(Hear, hear!)—No man could be more thoroughly convinced than he was of the necessity of retrenchment; but he was at the same Clint. equally sure that Parliament would never grudge to Ireland the sums necessary to assist in maintaining her Charitable Institutions and in promoting the great ob ject of Education, provided it was assured that the money liberally granted was economically and effectually expend ed. He agreed with his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Fitzgerald) that upon general principles some of these grants night be objected to; but it should not he forgotten that there were certain circumstances and stage,s in society, in which it would be unwise anti injurious to adhere strictly to the general principle, and in which the assistance of Govern ment ought not to be withheld. Bounties upon Commerce were not, generally speaking, productive of good effects; but there were cases in which it was not only wise, but necessary, to grant them.—lreland, both in commerce, and for the pur pose of education, required assistance ; and it was the duty of Government to assign the degree of assistance which should he afforded, and the mode in which it should be applied. Parliament had hitherto acted, and wvoict continue to r , upon that prin c iple, a n d wo u!d, h e was conv i n ced, c" crease its grants if an increas e should h e necess ary ; "! gi T a r ? hnwever, exe rc i s i ng a tva t c hf u l soper i nten d ance over ti e ‘ plicatioo of the money so given." The same loyal, spirited, and well-contl uce . a Journals contains th e following just and P elt'. neat observation tymi MODERN REPUBLICS: yeti Th e see d s of commotion are nourished in the ir bosoms, and they shoot out upon all favourable occasions' i 1 1 Those in authority are better than those out of it; ;05 , the latter, always the more numerous, are working t° e t, place those whom they look upon, not as oOjects of resr o m but as objects of rivalry, t o wh o m th e ir o wn exclusion ' r rs the enjoyment of power is to be ascribed. The Gov erl' e d have 111/I'llllg to be respected by sett , invent, or ho ll ", 1 , t it , through prejudice. They are the moral fungi of the j ust and they must maintain their rickety and deciduous powedin; severity, which aims at ruling by menus ot tear, Or by PP' and intriguing, which throws them into dependance 01 1° 00 • party, and which roust degrade and hying them int", c h os tempt. They never can touch the space between n- ado extremes of policy. The liberty and equality which n Arie'ke;. Governors, is a plea of promotion which e v e ry ma n can 01 and, what every man can make, is , seldom allo vel e r remain long unexerted. The new Republics are th e l ', g at . culations of adventurers; and adventur e rs in Gover":: 0 0- are like those in all other undertakings, they act for t' o r, selves and for their followers—and the people are sonlY d is. sidered as the instruments of their vengeance, or the ' - e a jects of their systematic rapine. Nothing can s tand °P.L the basis of a modern Republic, fram e d de noes ill I r e o ' school of the Rights of Man. The f o undati o ns of it Int l ' tl l . .. laid in blood—for the fabric is monstrous; and all the !Dents, habitudes, and practices of mankind, must be cleared away before it can be attempted.—Possession, ti t ot thing—right, but a nause,—and, as far pr o p e rty, it is Ift o c common ObjeCt .at which rival villainy a nd c o nt e nding e" unite in aiming. Nothing has time to take runt—nothintro. left to futurity and riruse—every man works as if his d in . were his eternity—Nature is not suffered to have a Il" th i t i , : the new scheme. After every little pause o f rest, the In n ', ~,' cane conies in faithful destruction--the. fruits of industry 4'o again scattered to the wolves of Revolution, and the O s monsoon of horror subsides, when there is nothing left be - ravaged. " Had the contrivers of the late attempt to foundaG o.ll ; merit upon Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments slit' seeded -in England—had the Spanelds' Congress, the Pi o tingham Legislators, and the Life Guard; of . hefortur t ,o . Blanketects of Manchester, been success-nil—instead of 51'4 a contest fur spoil or for stipend, as was exhibited a:,7,, Crown and Anchor Taverns on Monday, where Hard; /> „ son, Jaiets, and divers other disinterested Patriots, disPl i , - to for the leavings of the contributions that were subscrib ed r support their friends in the strtugle against the Law, we , s st haps, should have witnessed a competition for nobler 'Pe ltr/ no and upon a scale ut suitable greatness. Instead . r ths „iitil cbruplaints against penurions rewards for screening 0r,„4 offenders—instead of ten-poundeom peiisations for treasoaco five-pound premiums for insurrection'. we might, pettaps. r d, seen Ducalestates disputed tor, and Lordly dumainsderna':` I ' as the rewards of services rendered to the cause. We n t `P„V, perhaps, instead of the sour discontent of a muzzled fr at, d; have witnessed a grand re-action, and the penurious ters of the hungry virtue of Revolution deposed in their W oo and Ovine, place to others as worthy as themselves- 40d ,i e s might, without. living long, see Governors and irttocoun a• oi swept off by the unsparing hand of Republican justice, ain„, the place of power occupied by fresh successions of as d is o r terested Patriots as ever fastened their fangs upon °;,„4 men's properties. Happily it is not so !—but, if it b e ip g it will not be for the want of persevering efforts to br things into this condition of simplicity" THEATRICAL It EGIS I" ER. Performed Last Night. TH EATREROTAL, COV ENT-GA RDEN.—EVadOe : Principal . hb racters by Mr. Young and Miss O'Neill. After which.' Apprentice. To which was added, A Roland for an Oliv e „, TIIc. to ROYAL, HAYMARKET, DitURY-LANE COM,AN Y :ra She stoops to Conquer. After which, The Sultan• which was added, The Highland Reel. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA•Houss.—FrederA.— it o GI eat : Brandt, Mr. Dowton ; Matilda, Miss Kelly. which, Raymond and Agnes. ERR. TU M.—ln the fourth line from the bottom of the 1.-e--, 4 ,4 O/ inserted yesterday, signed luNotus, for Camels ) CU?! als. 4 * . For PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS, see the Last l'4B. PRICE 01 THIS PAY AT T Bank Stock... 2171 8 per Cent. per Cent. Cons. 67 iii 81 per Cent 7614 STOCKS FAS 1..: 0% MICK • llndia Stock ............ . 04 1 I India Bonds 9s. I Exch. Bills, ed..... 25. 55. r' s d ie. } I Cons. fur Account ...... 4per Cents 6 per Ct. N. Ann... 101 / IC2 MAILS. ~.„r g lit ARRIVED—I Dublin, 1 Waterford, 1 Holland, I Haasu , - - - I Flanders. ~. r etie Duz-1 Waterford, I Guernsey and Jersey, 1 GoUtilvt" 1 Hanibiugh. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To.molut o s ir s4 mornin, 31 minutes after 4. . J Evening, SIS minutes after THE SUN. SOLL'3I QUIS RICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1819. of We r ‘ ecei.ved this morning the Paris Papers Tuesday last.—The discussion on the Budge t oi Ways and Means was still lingering in the Chea t ' ber of Deputies ; hut, according to report, it W.. at length to close on 'Tuesday.- Tue followi" are extracts : " Pants, JULY 6.—Yesterday the King WO" acted bosinel; with the Minister for Foreign I 4a. His Majesty afterwards took an airing g. fairs. Vincennes. " The Ecole de Droit continues closed; tt piquet of Gendarmerie occupy the hotel, °- a prevent the entrance of strangers. " The number of births.in the Department of pas -fie- Calais was, in 1818, ]8,578, death" 14,169, giving an increase.of population of 4. 409 ‘ Amongst the deaths were two persons of 100 yea r, of age. The number of marriages in 1818 V 1 4,316. " There was a violent thunder storm at pars; on Sunday night. The lightning struck in seve r° parts of the city, but happily no lives were 104 FIVE PER CENTS. 'Monday" .. 69 f. 85 c. DEFERRED STOCK. Of the 22d March, 1817, .... 89f. 90e. 22d Sept. 1817, .. .87f. 90c. 22d March, 1811, .83 f. 90 c. 54(1 Sept. 1813, .. 83 f. 90 C. 22d March,1819,......82f. — c. " BAMBERG, JUNE 28.—The GAzette of th is town of to-day states, that Professor Oken received from the Goyernmant of I'Veymar an injon , do" et. ther to reaigo his office, or to ceaseediting the Jolly' 1,11 try 1 ISSo