The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-09 00:00:00

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 inquiry 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.)