The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-23 00:00:00

Christ.' 1-te repeatedly exprei3ed, in lhe stretngeg
manner, his sense of his okn-unworthines3 to ap-
pear in the presence of 'God ;- disclaitnibg all idras
of merit ; but with a conscience evidently clear :nd
undisturbed, he declared, that he was perfedly.
resigned to the will of God; that he felt no enmity
towards any one; but died in peace with all man,
kind; and expressed his hope, at once humble and.
confident, of eternal happiness,' through tire inter-
cession of his Redeemer.'

", Such was the close of this great man's life, and
the beam of piety which emulated from him at it,
conclusion, throws a lustre over his latter days not
inferior to the brightness which had illuminated his
political career. His greatness was consistent
throughout; it was neither a deceptive nor a tran-
sient gleam ; 'but , its filme was uniformly steady,
and cheering to its termination ; os his intellectual
powers had through life commanded the wonder of
tire universe ; so iris- meek resignation to the w ;1i of
Providence, at the hour of deith, adixed the seal tti
his worth, and perpetuated his fame.

" Let us view the contrast : Mr. fox's latter
days were relieved of their gloom by 'Mr. Trotter ;
kind, compassionate Mr. Trotter who.read to him
every night, until three or four o'clock in the morn-
ing, out of Johnson's Lives of the Poets.' Not a
word about the mercy of God, nor the merits -61
Christ, nor yet about Mr. Fox's unworthiness and
hope. These were topics very foreign, we fear-, to
Mr. Fox's h4bi:s and disposition, and yet it does not
appear to us that his entering upon them at this aw-
ful moment, wou:d have detracted very materially
from his dignity. Mr. Trotter, seems indeed, to
have been conscious of the impropriety of the oieis-
-sion; and, with his customary kindness, endeavours
to supply the defect, by interlarding many very
exceedingly pious,- exceedingly pathetic, and ex-
ceedingly pretty sentiments.' He looked unutter-
able things,' says he, ‘.there was
.the pious resig-
nation of the Chris' ian, who fearlessly abandons his
fleeting spirit to a merciful Deity, visibly through-
out the day : the unbeliever, who came to scoff'
must have remained to pray.' It. is very far from
our intention to scoff' at the dying ruoments of
any man ; and, indeed, we are quite at a loss to
discover where this particular species of unbelievers
is to be Found ; we never recollect to have read or
heard .of men who came at such a time to scoff, and
we do think that Mr. Trotter has thrown this un-
merited imputation on the hum in race, merely to
give himself the opportunity to make a quotation
from Goldsmith.

" Seeing, however, that nothing a-kin to religion
was heard from Mr. Fox, in this solemn moment,
We cannot refrain from congratulating the friends of
that Gentleman, that Mr. Trotter read so much
religion in his look ; it certainly must have been
highly consolatory ; and we will only add our hope,
that all the persons who stood round The •Led de-
rived equal knowkage and comfort from this speak-
ing glance. Mr. Trotter, indeed, seems to have
thought a good deal of God about this time, for this
thing reminded him of that Being,- and thM thing
did the same ; and, in this part of his book, the
name of God k introduced sevetal limes in every
page:• This is a strong mark of Mr. Trotter's
piety.

" Remark upon the difference in the latter days
of these rival pbliticians rs altogethrr sopertilons.
The facts speak in the most nervhs langnage, the
superiority of that mind which, with one firmness,
met the tempests of life and the arrow of death --
We are not disposed to carry the contrast to an in-
► idiom extreme : we are not anxious again to dis-
turb the sacred gileoce- of the 'told); and if Mr.
Trotter will not persist in his plan of obtruding upon
the public still More nauseous draughts of his mix-
tures, more dreadful than digitalis, we shall most
readily bid the manes of Mr. Fox farewell, with a
wish that party kindness nor party entni,y may
cause his dust any turf her disquietude.