The Sun.
London, England, 1830-11-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The visit of their Majesties to the City is postponed !
We refer our readers to the officiel Letter, signed " Robert
Peel," to the Lord Mayor, in another column, which
announces this astounding fact. " His Majesty's cone.
dential servante," says Sir Hobert, " have felt it to be
their duty to advise the King to postpone the visit which
their Majestie* Intended to pay to the City of London or,
Tueerley next." And why ? From information which
has been recently received, there is reason to apprebend,
that notwithstanding the devoted loyalty and affeetin
borne to his Majesty by the citizens of London, advantage
would be taken of an occasion which must necessarile
alienable a vest number of persons by night to create
tumult and confusion, and thereby to endenget the pros
fortieth and the lives of his Majesty's subjects." Their
Nestles have therefore resolved, " though not without
the greatest reluctance and regret," to faro) th -
satisfaction which that visit would have afforded to
them. We will venture to say
,that William the Fourth
may proceed, by day nr by eight, witheut a single at.
tendant, in perfect safety through every street, lane, or
alley of the Metropolis. How, then, is tumult mipte-
hended? The Kin&s advisers say they apprehend
tumult ; but the King, we are sure, feels the firmest con-
viction that he has no cause to apprehend any. He knows
that there is not an Englishman who would touch a hair
of his head; and that were the attempt made, ten then-
send hands would be railed in a moment against the per.
inn who amid think of insulting him by deed or word.
So then his Majesty's advisers have not be:dieted to pro-
claim to the kingdom anti to all Europe, that the King
and Queen are not safe in the metropolis of the 'triad'
Empire I After their Majesties, on due deliberation of
calmer hail been advised to accept the invitation to a splen-
did entertainment to he given by his Majesty's loyal rub.
jests of the City of London—have not hesitated to advise!
their Mejeaties, on the ground of apprehension of tumult,
to refuse the proffered honour. What has happened since
the invitation was accepted, that should make it dangerous
for his Majesty to proceed through the Metropolis? The
King's Speech has been delivered to Perliament; but the
King's Speech it.the speech of his Ministers; and though
the Speech has given very general ditoatisfitetion, 'the
people only say that they wish his Majesty had been better
advise/17-6u they are sorry to find him in such bad com-
patty. Still, if any manifestation of displeasure were to
have taken place, we are sure that a distinction sufficiently
broad would have been made between the King and his
Minietere. We regret this ill-advised measure. We
regret it because we are sure it will lead, in foreign coun-
tries, as well as at a distance in our own, to inference*,
which are by no means warranted. is his Majesty, who
bikes such pleasure in free communication with his nth-
jeeti, to he made a prisoner of state, because, his Ministers
make foolish speeches, and are in fear of the consequent/es.
Netter far had they frankly told his Majesty, you may go
to the feast, because the loyalty of an Englishman will
always ensure respect from him to his Sovereign t but we
have strange misgivings with regard to oureelves, What
are we to understand from this strange mmesure? Is the
interdict of his Majesty from appearing in public on great
occasions to be temporary or permanent? Must his Ma-
jesty tilways proceed by stealth through the City ? Or
must he 'wait till the Ministers make better Speeches for
him?.:-.llforuirty Chronick
The visit of their Majesties to the city has been post.
potted, as will he seen by the notice from the Home-office
to the Committee appointed to conduct the entertainment
proposed to be given to them to-morrow. The grounds
on which their Majesties have altered their gracious reso-
lution to honour the city festival with their presence must
endear them still more to their faithful subjects. Though
we may hope that the anticipation of any disturbance was
unfounded, yet even the slightest contingency of such an
event was sufficient to justify the advice which the Minis.
too have given to their Royal Master...orbiter.
The intended visit of their Majesties to the City is post.
pored !1!---At a late hour last sight (nearly twelve
o'clock) we received the following docutnente from the
City Committee of Management
" Guildhall, botteloo, Nov. 7, Iftin.
The Committee appointed to cohduut the entertainment
'proposed to be given on Lord Mayne. Day, next, en the occasion
of their libijeatim honouring the city of London with their pre.
sence, deem it their duty to give:publicity to a letter received. at
nine o'clock this evening by the Lord Mayor, from the Right
Mom Sir Hebert Peel, Bart., his Majesty's beeretary of state for
the Home Department, of Which the tbilowing is a copy
.1 Whitehall, Nov, 7, ifrid,
My Lord,-.1 ism commainital by tin King to inform your
Lordship that his Majesty'a confidential servants have f. it it to
be their duty to advise tho King to postpone the visit whifli
their Majesties intended to 14y to the city of Lannon on lucidity
neat.
" Froln Information which has been recently received, there is
reason to apprehend that, uutwithitmaling the devoted loyalty
and affliction borne to his Majesty by the titisens of London, ail. ventage would tie taken or an occasion which must necessarily
assemble a vast number ntpersons by night to create tumult and
confusion 'rind thereby to endanger tee properties and the lives
of his Majesty's subjects.
`1 It would be a mum, of deep and lasting concern to their
Majesties were any calamity to occur on the occasion of their visit to the city of London, and their Majesties hay° therefore
resolved, though not without the greatest reluctance and regret
,
to fore n, for the present, the satisfaction which that visit would
have atihrded to their Majesties,
a I have the honour to be, my Lord,
Your obedient servants
" The Right Hon. the tord Mayor," ROBERT PLEr.,
The rumour* then, which prevailed for some days past
-.rumours teo vague and improbable not to be scooted by
all rational men—have bed but too good a foundttion,
The Ministers have advisee) the King not to visit the
city!. They have advised him to mortify the first com-
mercial body of his empire, by the retraction of a fortnel
pledge which he had given to hormone them, on the occa-
sion of the choice of their Chief Magistrate, with his
presence.--they have induced him to disappoint, weeeetty
to disappoint, hundreds and thousands of his subjects,
whose beagle are beating with unmeasured loyalty to his
Crown, unbounded devotion to his person, and whore
money has been for days lavished, and their ingenuity ce-
tangled, in devising the means of receiving him in his
progress with all that attention which Wreak-in, strength-
ened by respect, could bestow. We are told that this sad
resolve on the part of time King is the result of time coun-
cils of his advisers. There needed no assurance of this
sort; such a suggestion could never have fount) its birth-
place in the pure, stout, and English breast of our King.
The Monarch, then, who a week ago could walk, un-
attrntied, from one part of his dominions to another,
ned at any hour of the day or night, is now toll that,
though the utmost pains have been taken to marshal around
him time whole strength of his police and military power,
lie cai.uot safely trust himself amongst his people. Can
those squabble* between the new police and time moh—
those disturbances which we were told but a few days ago
were the work of pickpockets and thieves, be a room to
all this ? or is it the working of a plot, dark and unknown
in import? There is, however, no Oldie but that their
is feltaaerious alarm by Ministers. At four o'clock yesterday
a Council of all the Ministers was held, which sat in deli-
beration upwards of two hours ; And egain at midnight
rougher Council, of equal duration, was held. To this
we may add that, however strange it May appear, °Mere
have been given to put the military twins throughout
the metropolis in a state of efficient defence. At tlie
Tower, the gates are ordered to be kept closed for the thy,
anti all the troops to be under arms. Send-bags anti other
muniments of war proper-for sustaining a siege have been
sent into that fortress. The pine ie also provisioned for
*considerable time, and, every arrangement made as welt
to pet it into a condition to resist a sudden attack, as a
lengthened and more serious blockade, We meltable('
also that reinforcements of troops have be ordered from
all quarters toward* town. No #lollht the public will
wait with much anxiety for au explanetion of all this
in the House of Lords to-night, and perhaps the Duke of
Wellington may now admit thetienne little inquiry into the
state of the country is neceseary. It will Ire wen bye Court-
paragraph, in another pin of our P.mper, that the Lord
Steward has issued cords 'of invitation for the evening.
We hope the pupil irity of our behreed Monett', is not
likely to be compromised upon slight grounds,-eitforniny
Rerald,
The King and Queen do nut visit the city to-morrow i ! !
We received this news at a late hour hot night, and mint
it in the largest letter, that every one sissy be aware of
the cireumetance. , What is, or is not, the private Wm,'
motion on which. the King's Minister* are acting, we do
not pretend to know. The warning letter which we pule
fished the other day indicated danger, and we were also
aware of a report that it was iutended by (*nein ruffians
roassuseioate ourselves, as welt as a canteMparary and
his caileague ; but we did not pay much- attention to
these Mutters, and thought that the King and his
Alinietets would as little swerve front their way, as
we do from ours, either in .going to, or returning
from our homes. Dot it seems we were mistaken, anti
what is more, thee Government it in possession of suffi-
cient information, to warrant it in advising his Majesty
to pteopone hie visit, fa fear that they haisejodged
end that they are shout to lair% upon the country the
verb evils which are dreaded. 'There might have been a
tuuntit on the occasion; but there Could have been
mithing to e4dangor time life of the King, and still less to
form the grotomdwork of s vevoluden ; tor there is no revo-
lutionary visit in time country, and aline, we ere confident,
oat of every ten, arms, would have been raised, in case of
danger, to defend their Metehtlee. in a word, vie de re.
cute the unnecessary alarm which will be excited by the
postpeneeuent of the King's visit, and meet beg our tepee-