The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-19 00:00:00

DAY OF THE KING 'S FUN'4RAL.

On Thursday the shutters of every' shop in the
metropolis remained up, and all the houses were
closed, as on the Sabbath. Before mid-day London
seemed unpeopled. Many were of coarse attracted
to Windsor, but the great multitude made their way
towards the village* in the environs of their home.
Besides throngs of pedestrians, the stages were
crowded with passengers, men, women, and chi!.
dren, inside and outside, to Hampstead, Highgate,
Edmonton, Chigwell-side, Stratford,
Peckham, Camberwell, Dulwich, Norwood, Streat-
ham, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Kensington, Bays-
water, Kilburn, Edgware, and every hamlet hav-
ing the sign of a licensed victualler in the neigh- .
bourhood of green fields, and the landlords willingly
yielded the contents of their larders and cellars to
the hordes of hungry and thirsty requisitionists by
whom they were assailed. The demand for refresh-
ments was so great, that in many inns and public-
houses all eatables and drinkables were consumed to
the last bite and sup. The watermen above bridge
were fully employed in rowing up parties that were
unable to find room in the Richmond steam-boats,
which went off at the usual hour, with over-
crowded decks and cabins. About the same
time Tower-hill was almost impassable, owing
to throngs of well-dressed persons return-
ing from St. Katharine's Dock, where they
had been disappointed of. places in the Gravesend
steam-boats. These large vessels went 'off with
greater numbers on board than they. have carried
this season. One of them, the Alhion, took dawn
900, and brought back VBO. The demand for stage*
at the Bank, Royal Exchange, Bishonate-street,
and Gracechurch-street, was excessive. In a few
minutes whole rows of haekney-cosches and cabriolet'.
were hired and rattled off towards " hedge-raw elms.
and hillocks green." Greenwich was as full as at
its Easter and Whitsuntide fain, and towards the
afternoon it was impossible to get within the doors
of some of the houses of entertaimnent. The
beautiful park and Blackheath were gambolled upon
and promenaded by thousands. of merry-makers. Not
a rural spot in the vicinity was without an overflow
visiters, who had left " the boom of distant
minute guns, and dying sound of tolling•bells, and
all the outward demonstrations of a nation's mourn-
in," to keep high festival in the country. The
Literary, ,Orntelie says, " The firmness of that day,
and the out-pouring of the population of London, m
consequence of all business being suspended, par-
ticalarly towards Richmorirl and the Thames, gave it
all 'the appearance of a holydiay "atit4telftiOie ' '

WALLACE'S EARLY VEARS AND
CHARACTER-MI.

His early years are said to have been passed
under the superintendence of his uncle,
wealthy ecclesiastic at Dunipace in Stirlingshire,
from whom he received the first rudiments of
his education. This worthy man had been at
great pains in storing his mind with the choicest

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powerfully'recommended ; and the efrorta 1,,,t, the
tutor were amply rewarded by the an6v pairia
excited in the breast of the pul,i. How long
he remained at Dunipace i's uncertain ; but he
appears to have been at Elderslie in 1291, when
the order for an universal homage of the people
of Scotland was promulgated by Edward, iit his
assumed character of Lord Paramount. ‘, All
who came were admitted to swear fealty, They
who came and refused, were to be arrested,
until performance; they who came not, but sent
excuses, to have the validity of their excuses
tried in the next Parliament ; they who neither
came nor sent excuses, to be committed to dose
custody." The family of Elderslie appear to
have been among the last class of recusants. Sir
Malcolm, setting all the penalties of non-con-
formity at defiance, resolutely refused to take an
oath NO subversive of the independence of his
country. Aware, however, that the strength of
his fortalice at Elderslie was insufleient to pros
tect him against the consequences of his refund,
be retired with his eldest son to the fast-
nestles of the Lennox, while William, along
with his mother, sought the protection of
i powerful relation at Kilspindie, in the
Curse of Gowrie; and from this latter place he
wag sent to the seminary attached to the cathe-
dral of Dundee, to receive what farther educe:
tion the learning of the age afforded. Here he
contrActe4 a sincere and lasting friendship with
his
,biographer, John Blair, a young wait at that
tine of great promise, who, on finishing his
studies, became a Benedictine monk, and after-
wards officiated as chaplain to his heroic frieta
With this faithfufi companion, and otlwr
youths of aitni,lat dispositions, Wallace used to
lantern over, the dekradation to which the W, ti 1 I try
wag daily aubjected 1 and, fired with indignation
at the growing insolence of the Unglish soldiers,,
lie formed an association, among his fellow-
ct tt dents for the purekue otdefending themselves,
and restraining ,lea wanton outrages of the in.
truders, ley (A:wising their apt:Asians, when.
,v,i, the pAidiou wore to be found in convenient
situations. This, from the licentious habits o
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crowned with success.—.CondoolVa Miattain,9.