The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-03 00:00:00

ANECDOTE OF THE ,LATE KING.

It it well known that the late King; when Prince of
Wales, took a warns interest in the contest for power be
tweet; Poe end Pitt, during the coalition -of
.the former
with Lord North. Hie Boyel Iliglawee attended the
debate* in the House of Gnomons, and was even accused
of trying to intimidate the!enemies of his friend. The
followieg anecdote on this subject is from Sir N. Wraxalre
Memoies. Wrax4ll, though Allan hie credulity little 16
he depended upon as a retailer, of ,storiek may he Always
trusted when telling what came within his own know-
ledge
" Sir Ilieherd lull, Membee, for fihropithire, anitned-
vetted with some severity on the frequent attendance,
and marks of warm interest, exhibited by the Piince
of Wales, while present in the lower House. 4 What-
ever censure may be lavished on secret influence,' ob-
served het ' (vireo influence nowt necessarily be per.
nieious. The former may .prOduce possible bent-
fit ; the letter never , con, under any eirmionstaneev.
What might be the consequence, if it should hippen that
no heir apparent attended the debates of this assembly,
and endeavoured, by his leeks or gestures, to countenance
a faction, /ma to influence individual votes'? Might not
such conduct bo esteemed a specks of corrupt illflOillee
A very general cry or teller tweompanied with testinor.
nice of, disapproloatioti, arising flow embroil parts of the
house, Lord Melbourne, who then re-envied the place of a
gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Vt'alee, de.
Glared that the words spoken amounted to a direct :idea
on his Royal Highness, and therefore he should demand
proof of the alleged fact, Sir Richard replied, that ' The
Prince to whom, he alluded was Only a suppositioue ver-
80aie.' Lord Delaysl, on whom the coalition Ministers
had conferred an Irish peerage only arfew months earlier,
and who watt raised to the British peerage by Pitt about
two years later,—a nobleman With whom 1 bad the ho-
nour of being much acquainteil, and whom I may have
occesion to mention again in Sono, part of these Mo.
moits,..,role to remark that the Prince of Wales
Acted most wisely in Attending debates, for the purpose of
imbibing just ideas of that Constitution which must pro
bably at some future tiny be placed under his protection, at
its natural guardian.' But Hill, not at all disconcerted,
calmly answered, that for sitch purpose* es thaw just
'petitioned, ho could have no obretion to his Hord High.•
ness's appearance in that Houle. litre the convematiois
terminated.

sv The Prince, though, from thf?rentv to his father's
wishes eigoified.to'him, he had absented himself on the
day when ' the East lotlia Bill' was finally rejected in the
upper House, yet did not the less retain and avow his
predilection for its authors. Ills presence in the House of
Commons, among the Peers, where he took his place
under the gallery, might therefore be considered. tot Indi-
rectly encouraging to Fox and the coalition."
" Fox, alluding to the reflections which had ban thrown
out by Sir Richard Hill, on the Ptince of Wules, for at.
tending questions under agitation in that mouse, ex-
claimed with warmth, Cal forbid, that a Royal itersonega
should not participate in its political concerns! Where
can he so well imbibe a knowholge of the principles of our
Constitution, as within these walls? flow can he bettir
illustrate the excellence of his ebaraeter, Rom by thus
blending personal respect for the. King his father, with at-
tachment to his country ?' Not deterred, however, by
such observations, from animadverting on other circum•
stances connected with his Royal Highness's personal ap-
pearance under the gallery, the new Treasurer of the
Navy remarked hypothetically, that if the great person-
age in question, not content. with merely lieteniog to the
debates, should on any occasion testify by his behaviour or
gesticulations, while in the House, a predilection or pa-
tiality for any set of men, such musks of his preference
would be unbecoming, and might operate as a means of
influence.' No, answer was given by any Member of the
Opposition to the supposed case thus stated; hut Lord
North, in the course of the evening, after expatiating tin
the eminent virtues of the heir apparent, expreseed a be-
coming admiration at his, attending the. House of Com-
mons, where he might imbibe the true whit of our Con-
atitution,,and become acquainted with the nature of this
limited Oovern men to rather than listening to flatterer..'
The comments on this delicate subject proceeded no fur-,
tlar, and were not renewed during the remainder of the
Farb moult."