The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-10 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR,—By inserting the fnltowing in
your very intelligent and extensively-read Paper,
you will greatly oblige a very numerous class of
Readers, in the remote parts of the country in
particular :

MB. BROUGHAM'S BILL.
The apparent purpose of this II is to transfer
a considerable portion-of the Poor's-rates from the
landed property to every other kind of income.
A considerable sensation is felt among the differ-
ent anti very worthy classes of half-pay Officers,
and the poor, but deserving Widows, who, it is
feared, will be involved in the general scheme. •-
• It is hoped that this remark will meet the eye
of their generous advocates, in whom I am sure
they look up with earnest solicitude, and with un-
shaken confidence, rest their expectations. The
widows,—the poor, restricted, unfortunate wi-
dows—appeal to their .benevoler,t patrons, who
so late espoused their cause. Again the widows
repeat their appeal, and shall they supplicate in
vain No ; the able and eloquent champions who
have so nobly stood forward, and have merited
their heartfelt plaudits and esteem, will surely con-
finue to watch over and protect the cause of the
widow, the orphan, the newly-healed wound, and
deep-seated scar of British valour and intrepidity.
It would be hard indeed for one-fourth, or more,
of that pitiance bestowed on the destitute widow,
or worn-out veteran, to be wrested from them for
the support of some indigent and perhaps profli-
gate poor.—l am, Sir,

Your most obliged and obedient Servant,
June 9, 1818. AMICUS.

THE ALIEN AC7.—The necessity of this
Act is so evident, that none but weak men, or
those to whom the honour and safety of the coun-
try are matters of indifference, could oppose it. Ri-
dicule, though not the best test of TRUTH, is often
a very good one ; and, therefore, we extract the
following passage from The Herald, which places
the Scotch Law recently discovered in such a hu-
morous light as may have more effect than grave
argument : .

" If the new Bill were not to pass, what a market world be
established on the Continent for the privileges of nacuraliza-.
tMn in England ! A Frankfurt broker would do well to pus-.
sess himself of as much Scotch Stock as he could buy, to be
parcelled out into lots," which he might call tickets if natu-
ralization in England. We can conceive inch an adventurer
addressing an audience of huyers—" If there be any Gentle-
man, whom the illiberality of the English and French Go-
vernments would proscribe, because he way have enriched
himself out of the confiscations in France; if there be a!iy
Gentleman, who has shared in what are called the other eour-
mities in that country; if there be any Gentleman, who in-
tends to become a bankrupt, and to carry what his creditors.
call their property, with him; if there he any Gewie»urn, who
has committed, or is about to commit, any ei these deeds,
which are generally called crimes ; if, in short, any one, for
whatever reason, would be secure of a safe retreat in England,
let him but make himself master of the Stock receipt now in
my hand, and he may station himself where he pleases in
that country, in defiance of the English Government, no ques-
tion being asked there, but about the Stock!"

By a letter from Edinburgh we learn, that on
Saturday last the Court of Session annulled and
declared void the last election of the Magistrates
and Councillors of that City, upon the complaint
of Deacon LAURIE ; the whole Bench, with the
exception of Lord CRAIGIE, concurring in the
decision. By this decision the City of Edinburgh
stands disfranchised.--(Morning Chronicle )
The Cattle Fairs at Carmarthen and Narbeth,
last week, exhibited a large spew of all kinds of
beasts, which went off at an advanced price.—
Horses were in greet demand, and sold high.

POETRY.

EIGHTH EPISTLE to the EDINBURGH REVIEWERS

[FIRST PART.]

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EaE?: lid'acrhAEvcr4Y.

Do tell me, whence it Springs— -
Your strong antipathy to Kings ?
Say, has the Court, unjust and rude,
Witt► evil eye your merits view'd ?
Or do you merely strive to injure,
Lest some should think you a Court cringer
With pliant knee and supple back ?
Is this the reason you attack ?
Or would you, in our modern day,
The part of BRUTUS strive to play ?
• But BRUTUS needs LUCRETIA'S fate
To sanctify his burning hate :
Time, place, or person—none will suit;
• You seem, not BRUTUS, but a brute.
QUEVEDO'S self is scarce less civil,
Who gave Kings wholesale to the Devil.
('fo tell the tale would seem ill-breeding
To one of your extensive reading)
QuEVEDO too was forc'd to damn
• All Kings; to point his Epigram ;
But you have no such weighty matter
. To justify your snarling Satire :
Besides, you more than fix your curse on
Each royal individual person ;
You say, like Upas trees, that Kings
Each far around his. poisons flings ;
Nor do you these effects malign
- . To Court or Courtly folk confine.
But they, in your sage thinking, pass
Frdns high to low thro' every class :
Nay more—you are so anti-loyal,
You, as a word, see harm in royal,
And think no persons, things or places,
Can thrive which that vile word disgraces ;
You think the Royal Institution
Must from that word have caught pollution,
And wonder by what chemic aid,
The chentic DAVY could persuade
Nature in such a place to woo him,
And tell so many secrets to him.
You say the Muses must discard
• From Helicon each royal Bard,
Who soon as he the laureat Crown
Pats on they view him with a frown;
And then he with like hope might try
To write a Poem as to fiy.
And should you point your Critic Strictures
At R. A. painters and their pictures,
For~ all„tbe faults (to beauties blind)
You tither could invent or find,
You would, with like insidious aim,
Their title and their charter blame.
. What can Academicians do
Who are call'd royal ? go. and view
The Exhibition—and reply,
Paint Portraits none but fools will buy.
Nay, such your anti-royal spleen
That should some Traveller praise a Cae en,
A Princess-, or e'en Margravine,
You instant call him sycophant.
Now is dot this too ungallant,
Too much against the scavoir vivre 7
• No, no, 'tis worse, you arch deceiver.
Your treacherous wish goes far beyond ;
'Twould break in twain the social bond,
And all those sacred feelings blight,
Which King and People now unite.
You first would subjects make despise
Their Kings, then in rebellion rise;
Tear from their Throne their Monarchs sown,
Take off, at once, their Head and Crown ;
For royal power change mob-ascendency,
Then, giving all another tendency,
Set by the eats the ass-like fools
You Demagogues had made your tools.
And when they long have kick'd and hray'd,
Burn'tl, massacred, destroy'd, hetray'd ;
Your gang would then cast off hypocrisy,
And curb them by an Aristocracy—
Of Talents—not of noble birth,
Which you regard as nothing worth;
Of Talents, which in your vain dream
Would make your little self supreme;
For when abilities should sway us,
Who else could be our ComPitccus ?
Who else, but you, when talents led;
Could e'er presume to be the head ?
Some BUONAPARTE with strong band
Migt►t force ostensibly command;
Still you would be his TALLEYRAND;
Things might seem moving at his call,
-But ruling him, you would rule all,
3'o►, here applies to that dark spirit
Which where there's mischief strives to stir it;
That genius LIBRI, whose foul hue
Stains all The Edinburgh Review;
That I to execration doom,
Or be it-- or the Brtoom,
Which soon will go with rabble band
To sweep the hills of Westmoreland ;
But if he what he merits takes,
Will get a ducking in the Lakes.
It may be this—it may be Cother,
But must be some Reviewing Brother,
Whom I, as having the best claim
Personify by name—
And make him, as known Editor,
For all our grudges creditor.

ADDRESSES OF CONGRATULATION.—A Court of
Common Council was yesterday held at Guildhall,
for the especial purpose of considering the propri-
ety of presenting Addresses of Congratulation to
his Royal Highness the PRINCE; REGENT and to
her MAJESTY the QuEEN, upon the Marriage of
his Royal 114,,liness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE ; also
to consider the propriety of presenting•' the con-
gratulatory compliments of the Corporation to
their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
CAMBRIDGE, On the like occasion. The Addresses
and Compliments of Congratulation were propos-
ed by Mr. DeputyJAcKs, and unanimoUsly agreed
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