The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-02 00:00:00

MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

A clever number, chiefly devoted to practical I
subjects, and discussing them in a terse, spirited,
and business-like fashion. The sketch of
George the Fourth, though bearing evident
marks of haste, is full of home-truths, and shrewd
appreciation of character. " Rocolk ctions of a
Valetudinarian," and 4"rales of the Dead,"
among the lighter pieces, will he found worthy
of attention. " Naval Affairs of Britain," which
is continued from the last number, has the rao
merit of having been the first article that brought
this important national subject in a worthy
spirit before the public. It has since been fol-
lowed up by admirable essays from the pens of
many of the leading journalists ofthe day. From
the brief memoir of George the Fourth we quote

the following :-.
" The Prince, to those high advantages, united those
of nature in a remarkable degree. He was tall, well-
formed, his countenance handsome, and his air, manners,
and addreasprincciy, in the fullest sense of the word. But
it is one of the charaeterietics of English life that it shill;
be mingled with politics.. No sun of rank can be buffered
to escape the general net of party, and of all men, the
future master of the throne is naturally, the chief price.—
To a Prince of the beir-apparent's time of I:fe. and buoy.
ancy of spirits, there could be no comparison between the
parties which, on his coining of age, solicited his ennnee-
tinn. Pitt had cotnmunicated his own stern and reserved
habits to his administration. The Whigs exhibited the
complete contrast to thistedemn and matter-of-facet *chant.
They were the chief nobility of the land, the leaders of
faSlimualtle life, the men of wit, elegance, and taste; their
houses were the resort of alt that was brilliant in m4le
ability, and attractive in female elegance. Fox, Burke.
Sheridan, Wyrolliam,.with a crowd of inferior stare, O.
tered in the Whig gitlitiy ; while, on the other aide, np-
tl ing was to he *ern but the frowning majesty of Piti's
genius, his retired virtue, and his uncompromising scorn
of the pliancy and moral laxity of his showy competitors.
Pitee official subordinates were scarcely more attractive;
whatever might be their personal qualities, they wilt but
instruments in the hands of their great master, and the
i.eliole aspect of Toryism was clouded and hardened by
official severity. ,
" The Prince instantly adopted the party which effete'
the stronger captivations to his unpractised and susceptilde
passions ; and the Foxite principles, if principles they de.
%tee to be called, were from that hour his political creed
for year*.
" But unhappily the connection with Whig politic.
implied that intimate connection with the leader* of tin
party, which involved the Prince in their private 'habits.
No result could be inure unfortunate. Pox and his chief
ass 'states were notorious for indulgence in all the dissipi
tinny of fashionable life, The Prince plunged into. Moir
dissipations with the reckless ardour of passions unre-
strained, of rank without a superior, and of fortune that.
by•youth, might be deemed inexhaustible. Actresse.,
wine, the cur , building, a boundleuestablishment, all chi
'lupe* in which income coul I be expended, dissipation
indulged, or public anxiety and repugnance excited, wets
the habitual indulgences of a Prince scarcely emerged fro .
1
boyhood—but nothing could be more disastrous than th
commencement of his career. The public morality. Ivo(
hurt by the example of the . Prime's private life. 14
public burtheus were nnpopularly increased by his experi
dhow, at a time of national pressure; and the 'timbat
spirit of disgust against all royal privileges, jest ,and me
just, Which had been first excited in America, then propi.
I gated in Fame, and was rapidly baComing familiar ii
' England, took singular advantage of princely irregularit
as an argument against royal rule."