The National Register.
London, England, 1820-03-13 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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m14(1, •• rrt t. t ipnt Lave ;" he said, •• I know h, 1,1 know
t." {low tit, hing Cant:• tics in lairs; sfan of my name I could
never lea:n. We t.etl u t done breakfast, when •the !seivant
'CAW in hit,te to say the K ing was comnia. In a few seconds he
came, atit intal by nis titre gontlemen; .11; entunatour apartment
tune. anal in the 111.06; cond.:wending manner began a conver-
trs•ion with me respretdig tester for gloves, bringing a pair
with him of the kind he related Laßelle aids the conversatton
became general; the clergyman, his write, and nay wife were all
incited ; wy dangli:er, who halm:lied to be of the age of one of ,
the younger Princesse.:, he natural particularly, timing her by •
the hand. In the ant:117001J, about live o'clock. one of the
Kag's servants tame lo say it was his Majesty's plemure
shoutd attend him at Fait ken burgh Ilall iminedattely.. I had
been taken by surmise tisane lat-thre. and now completely. so;.
went. Aly name being. announced to the King, he
came to me in the 11.11, and desired I would follow him; he
went up u: airs, and Litroduct d 414 C into the drawing•rootn, where
the Queen was skated et the upp:r end, a tab.,: be tore her
the three erinceaars were also there, and no other person. The.
Queen. by her cendeseending aft:thle manner, set me more at•
vase than I could hate eonecived ; she said, the gloves I .had
sent het were very nice, but not the sort she wore—she showed.
me a glove iatenued as a pattern ; the King tumed down the
the top and a rote •• '1 he du en." I hate this now by me.—
Ile directed the Princess.., to do die .saute with each of theirs.
Toe Queen said, •• alien coo-hate executed this cr,ler, you
shall hear front me aga'n ;" she taidstl. "• giro me your ad-
dress, write it your own way." and was in the • act of banding
me sonic paper, when the King took it and said, •• I will write
it;" he wrote " .loin Burlingham, Worcester." " There."
lie says." is that right—is your name spelt right ?"—A consi-
der:tide time was how n•ken up in conversation. in a hid) the
Queen took par; smiled Me King's questions were of a nature
1 little expected, and most interesting. I will mention one cit.
cuinstainee which took place Isom alter 1 entered the room: the
King, ither survc,eing ine faint head to foot, observed, " now
you ma- dressed in character—l have always understood you
-friends dress plain from principle;" he inked, with seine em-
" 1 wash they would keep to their principle;-1 have
observed some use pov.,ler, and 1 have told them of it."—This
knew to be true. The interview lasted about halt' an hour. I
respectfully withdrew, with impressions on my mind that will
never be etfaced : eras I had three interviews in out day, all of
them unexpected. The next time I saw the King was at Wey-
mouth. I was going early to bathe, and saw the King at some
distance ; I was at the moment near the corner of the street, in
turning up which 1 *voided meeting him. Soon after breakfast,
the Kung's secretary. H. Brown, with whom I had corresponded
on.business, came to my lodgings, and smiling said, " you need
not hide you.srlf—the King knows you are here—he saw you nun
such a corner this morning." lie then appointed IV o'clock. by
the King's direction, for me to have an interview. The lust time
I saw the King was also at Weymouth. I then had a message
to attend hint at Gloucester Lodge, at eight o'clock in the morn-
ing; just as I was retiring. the King said, " Low long have you
utai 1 been acquaintegr when, before I could recollect myself
to reply, he said, " it's seventeen yews." The King had an
admirably retentive memory, his remarks in geaeral, from my.,
own expatense, were exceedingly appropriate, he entertained a
respect for our Society, considered toein among some of his best
su'ojects, more especially those ..ho were the most consistent to
the principles they proti:ssed."

The Editor has peculiar pleasure in inzerting the
above Lettsir (though sent to him anonymously),
11,rasmuch as many of his most esteemed Friends
belong to the Society bearing that appellation.