The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-16 00:00:00

POETRY:

!'HE SEI)II'IOSs*NIEKIING.§.

That rogues are fir ievelliog's no *wider;
"l'is easy to guess ht their ilew;
4Tis Ott -who'd ~ret all by thi"plaidler
"Pis they tOlto hole nothing to lose." .

The following Lines are on the Monument to the Mciii,orY of
the late HEOS,Ity-Knitc WHIT', in All Saint's Church; Cam-
bridge.' The Prlutiunient, composed by CHANTHEY, ex-
hibits; on 4 Medallion, a bass-relief Portrait .of the. de•
ceased, and the lineg which 'are under it were written by
the Professor df Modern History.

Warm With fond hope and learning's sacred flan►e;
To Granta's bowers the youthful poet came;
Vticonquer'd.pow'ra th' immortal mind displayed,
But worn with anxious thought; the frame decayed:
Pale o'er his lamp, and in his cell retired;
The maittr-student faded and expired.
O genius, taste; and piety sincere;
Too early lost 'Midst duties too severe ,•
Portmost to mourn was generous Southe9; seen;
He told the tale, and shew'd what White had been
No told in vain ;—,fdr o'er ithelantio wave,
A N6ndirei Cattle, and sought the poet's graVe;
Oo'yonloW stoi►e be saw his lonely name,
And raised this fond memorial to.his'fame.

DON JUAN.

Ma. Enrroa--My,turiosit y having been excited
by your remarks this evening on the above pub-
lication, l sent immediately fur it. Throughout the
whOle' of The. two Cantos I have not discovered
;the brOathcilitical-Satii.e or Ridicule Which you
anticipated ; it miry probably be reserved for the
:'sneceeding Caotos,, as this is only ,the first parr
of the. Piietn-,. There are sow,. opinion,
unjust, and unmerited aftqckS 01) Wollos,voETH
and SOUTHEY, which are not creditable
,to the
'Author; _for they-are evidcuty the result Of pique
and prejudice, ft om , the contrast viihich he has
made bet wee.tt,.thediAtatl Poets of a minor.deserip-
tiou. •Fhere ate iikewise.allttions to,art'lllcisttb us
11)dividoal,, in:pp. 5 and 166, but they arc elude-
serving of.any iio(4e, and are a,furthef proof of
the bad taste anti :Want of liberal and generonS
sentiments hi the Writer.
'I hat Lord RYr,oN is the Author is ttrioug,
from the work, and his teterence in the'Poetir
his grandfather places it beyond it donht: 1p
cursory reading tit it, the two Cantos in pp: 64
and 217, sitike .me as the best, although there
is greai vigour and Many poeticia4lbeotrties.in other
pates of the 'Poem. The first division" of the se-
cond Canto is too long and tedious. Some of the
ideas are devoid of novelty, and are not got lip
withmuch taste; thoSe in p. 135, ece. 'are to be
fOutid. in Banks's Isfand Queen, and other old
Poets, expressed with moue beunty audfire. Parts
of the POem have been suppressed, end the all
sinus to Sit' I.lllAvY4.s anti to olier• modern• in,
veotions ate puerile and not well expressed, wid4-
out the least. pretence to wit or humour, and- full-
ing, I dare say, tar short of the best of DQNNA
INEZ, of wbich the Noble Author does speak
favourably.
The aiNours of DoN JUAN are admirably de-
cribed, and in some of the love seelies hi; 1-old•
ship tarrows out alhate power i,t his groins. Yet
thrfe is a want of moral, principle ittrougnout the
whole:Of his poetry:Which I never fail !t, feel; and
wheel I tise trout the perusal of his wo,ri‘s, I al.
ways lonteut .the general peliiiCibus tendency Of
them.' I have*not, holcever, in the present ,fate
of the public' mind, any doubt whatever butt that
this 'poem will sell as rapidly and as extensively as
any of his Stunner.
The reference to the British Review will not-be
considered by'its Editor as anycomplinient to the
integrity and independence 'of that publication ;
'though the complimentary notices of
,Alt, gun-
NIIY„ the eminent Short-haud Writer, and-10 Ptlr
MANN, the Mist and Pump-maker, will be as ac
teptable as they are just anth met iced.
The beginning of the work, is tibjectio

able, troni the. too ohribuS allusions_ Oi:e of the
most athiable and most injured of women, and are
additional evidenee, if any AV er e wanting, of the
and disp(isition- of_ tie wi iter', -and
are as unmanly as they sire pi:iful, and mean.
The book is beauti, tally -priumett, and is another
instrince of the' taste and accuracy of Mr. DAVI-
SQN'S Pre'sv.
Thursday isaghts July 15.

LI LB URNE.

F.E'SIALE- FRIENDLY SOCIETY.
, , ,

CONTRAST TO TUE BLACI:BUT,N FEMALE RE..

FORMERS.
Tlke Anniversary of ihe:Ellopiiele-Feolle Friend-
sooetu on Monday last, exceeded- aiy of .the
precerrin g Meetings, anti cotnlitised nearly all the
tsshionril)les of Sirropihrreand the adjoining coins-
rles, :So much interest had it excited, that veli-
.Cle.r qt every description Were engaged in all the
towns around.• The concourse in Ellesinere was
jrnut,”se. At the rims oppointed,
.tire MeintterS
as,,entlilcd at the Bridgwater Arms I6n, and (tom
.thenec,.. precedent .by an excellent „band, with co-
torffs flying, They tv:-dked to,(.l)Litrb,-Wh'ere an ex'-
cellent sermon, .snitaitle to the occasion, .was
preachedi alter which they proceeded to that de-
lightful spot, the Bo.w,Jing-green,— •

-" Where all the Graces smile; . .
" The like nut seen in all the I.sk `,"

Upwards of. 600 persons sat clown to tea, and then
" The,sportiee thrnng, in gay attire,
" In crawls waiii'd in, to jolt) the rural dance I"
which Was continued till nine o'clock : .'t•hori more
jitan 000• persons retired, highly gratified with
the evening's amusement.

FittEs —Last night, about seven o'clocl4, the
back part of the lionse:of Mr. lioßsort, bird-cage-
maker, Belson-street, Long Acre, was discovered
to he On tire, and the interim it ws,soon consumed,
b,4t by the art ival of the engines f,other mischief
was prevctited.--Another tire bruke out at Mr.
CUNNINGHAM'S, Dyot-street, St. Giles's, betty-een
twelve and one this Morning, which ennsttmed
most et tne of the buute betoie it was