would be the glory of his tenants; if the Rising Sun was ever to arrive at its meridian, they hoped that he would bring to them light, heat, and warmth. They, therefore, drew up and presented to him the following remonstrance: SIR; The past cannot be recalled, and the retrospect would be unpleasant if it did not afford us an insight into our errors, and into the means of retrieving them in future. The inhabitants of this MANOR, solely by their good faith, rigid economy, activity, perseverance, and industry, have raised themselves to an unexampled height-have become the envy and admiration of all their neighbours. But they are now overwhelmed with debt in the support of your family, and of the ruinous measures of its stewards. The chief resources of our prosperity have been lately, if not wholly cut off, at least obstructed for a time, of which the Almighty alone, can foresee the end. What now remains to us? Oppressed as we are, we have to maintain and bring to a conclusion our unprecedented struggle with a vengeful, implacable, ambitious, rapacious, intriguing, and undermining foe, whose energy will rise in proportion as ours de creases. The same means, which at first gave birth to, and by a perseverance in them, established our prosperity and resources, are all that are now left us to re-establish them. For Heaven's sake! for ours! or rather for your own! forbear, therefore, to add to the pressure which is already scarcely supportable! Above all, do not sanction, by your example, a corruption of the public morals, which must soon inevitably end in the ruin of the MANOR. If the source be once poisoned, the whole stream must be contaminated. Pause, whilst yet there is time, whilst public spirit is alive;—whilst yet there is any thing left to us to defend! As our means draw to an end, despondency will come on, and slavery is not far off. Heaven avert it! The Reader. What ensued after this pathetic and proper appeal to the Squire's feelings—for I will not be so harsh as to suppose him devoid of them? The Author. We have now come to the end of all that part of the MS. which has come to our hands. If the remainder should ever, by chance fall into our possession, and should be worthy of attention, we will communicate it with that fidelity, for which we take great credit to ourselves, in giving this former part of the Rising Sun. END OF VOL. II. BRETTELL & Co. Printers, JUST PUBLISHED BY APPLEYARDS, WIMPOLE-STREET. The Rising Sun, A Serio-Comic Satiric Romance, By CERVANTES HOGG, F. S. M. "The Author is well acquainted with Public Characters and "Incidents; his Romance is ingenious and whimsical; and the "Satire is boldly levelled against those vices which are beyond "the reach of the Law, and those Persons who are too great "for it." Cabinety No. III. May 1807. The RISING SUN, Vol. III. "The Sale of the first two Volumes of this Satire was so satisfactory to the Publisher, that he has added a third by Way of Postscript; in which some further Adventures of Mr. Merryman, Mr. Windpuff, Mr. Bedboard, Mr. Brownbread, Mr. Minikin, Mr. Turn-any-way, and other notorious Worshippers of the Rising Sun are related with the same blunt whimsicality as in the preceding Volumes. They have amused us not a little, and we can commend, in pretty warm Terms, the Parody on a Fairy Tale, to which the Author has given the Title of Prince Georgiskhan, and the Fairy Prudentia. It is ingeniously managed; the Satire is just, and we hope it may prove salutary. Cabinet, No. VI. August 1807. |