The Sun.
London, England, 1815-05-05 00:00:00

PETITION OF THE LOYAL LIVERY.

"TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF
%VALES, REGENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

THE numn4E, , AND, LOYAL ADDRESS OF THE
ENDERsIGNED LivEnYNIEN OF THE CITY CT LoNDOH.

tg 314 it please.yaur Royal Higline,ts,

" We, his Majesty's most dutiful and hural subjects-, the un-
dersigned Liver'ymen of 'the City of London, feel ourselvr,
imperiously called upon to approach your Royal Highness, as
the Representative of our venerable and beloved Sovereign-
for the purpose of terulerihg to your Royal Highness the as-
surances of our affectionate and unalterable attachment to his
Majesty, and his_illnstrious house, and of our confidence in
the Government at this Momentous crisis.

" Deeply sensible of the blessings of peace, and in an es-
pedal manner taught to appreciate their value bya.n expe-
rience of the difficulties and hurtlnins necessarily attendant
upon a state of protracted-warfare, we hailed, with gratitude,
to the Author of evertercy, the late return of Peace, and
had indulged the plea g expectation, that the re-establish-
ment of Legitimate Authority in a neighbouring country,
would have insured to Europe a continuance of that tranquil-
lity, for which, under Providence, she was indebted to the
vigour of the Councils and Operations of Great Britain and
her Allies.

." Proportionate to the pleasure excited in.iinv minds br the
events to which we have alluded, has been the sorrow with
which we have been called to co4emplate the disappointment
of our fondest hopes, in the recent usurpation of power in
France, by an Individual who has ever proved himself the
enemy of all legitimate Government—a usurpation founded
in a perfidious contempt of the most solemn treaties, aided
and supported by treachery and treason, and menacilgin its
consequences, the interruption of the repose thus happily
attained, and the revival of Jacobinical principles, the
fects'of , to;. the last twenty years, , hare proved the
scourge of nizn.

Amidst CY- feelings occasioned by this sad catastrophe,
we have.belield with confidence the.vigorous measures
tinder the directions of your Royal klig-huess, have been
adopted, at this awful crisis, and we deem it incumbent upon
us to express to your Royal Highness our humble hope, that
Providence will smile upon such efforts as may be made by
your Royal Highness, i❑ conjunetior with leis Nlajesty's Al-
lies, for the attainment of peace upon a.secure foundation!)

" We should ill discharge our duty, either to your Royal
Highness, or ourselves, were we not to cypress the grief
and indignation with which we havi witnessed the proceed-
ings Of alaction, who arrogating to them Selves the title of
the Liery of London, have abused the privilege of petition.
log the Coli:nuns House of Parliament, for the purpose of
dealing out falsehood 2nd invective against the Legislature
and the Government, a►id giving currency to doctrines tend-
ing- to depress the spirit of his Majesty's subjects—to lower
the national character in the estimation of. Foreign States—,
and to afford facility to Napoleon Buonaparte in hid endea-
vours to propagate deceptions as to the, sentiments of the
British peOple.

cc We beg to express to your Itoval Highness our most
anxious wishes. that the present cloud will speedily be dissi7
vated; that this United }Kingdom will continue to maintain
her exalted rank amongst the nations of the world; and that
your loyal Ilighnesq may long he spared to a free, `O, happy/
and a grateful people.'!

Of six 'Owls which sailed from Harwich on
the 16th ult. for the Heligoland Fishery,-only one
escaped the dreadful storm► of the following day,
and got back to that port in a disabled state; one
of then► was wrecked off the Texe4 and her crew
of seven men all perished; the other four are also
believed to be lost. They were all the property
of Mr. S. Howncro, of Mistley, and commanded
by, his six scns.

THE HNE ARTS.

(No. XIII.)

TIC ROYAL, ACADEMY,

Nro. 118:7-Distrainirig for Rent.D. WiLicrt,
R. A.—We had heard it reported, that ill hrtilth
had suspended, if not impaired the powers of
WILKIE'S pencil; -This picture affords abundant
proof of the falsity
,of the rumour.' It is one of
his finest works,-in composition, colouring, feel-
ing, and finish. We ate at the same time free to
confess, that we would rather be the masters of some
of his earlier and even inferior productions, for the
story here told is of a nature so distressing that the
bare contemplation of it is painful. It may perLapa
be deemed somewhat faitidious to make this an
objection to an excellent picture, and it will be
said that by the same rule, Crucifixions, Transfi-
gurations, Martyrdoms, &c. must be liable to
utter reprobation. Without entering upon this
'argument at present, we will say; that there are a
multitude of considerations which constitute these
an entirely different class of pictorial sufferings,
from those in which the miseries of common life
are transferred to the canvas, 'On the present
occasion, the apathy of the-legal myrmidons is
admirablYeiintrastql witll .the wretchedness of the
unforttrnitee family at-4f4,ie sympathy of friends
and neighbours. The person taking 'an laventnry
of the furniture is excellently painted ; but,
all the figures are of
.the highest merit in dispoNi-
,tion, expression, and character. 'fl minute parts
are transcripts from nature, and over the whole
seene_there is an air of truth vrticb must
IJe recog-
nised by every heart, while every eye will do jt.p•
tice to the excellent manner in which •it is exe-
cuted.

No. 5 l . The Departure to London.—B. .111 an,
R. A. elect.--nother clever Picture of the same
school, though inferior to'the preceding. .1t is
the story of a young Rustic leaving home, anti is
well told in every particular. The packaye of the
Bible by his mother, the child offering its nose-
gay, the tying up of the favourite dog, the ap-
pearance of the cuaeh in the distance, are all well
imagined and characteristically expressed. The
colouring -is better than we are in the habit of
seeing from Mr. BIRD'S pallet, and the picture is
altogether very pleasing and meritorious.
No. 266.-41-dießoy.s.—W. MuittEani.---Treat-
ing of this class of Paintings, we ought not to
omit the notice of Mr. MULREADY'S idle Boys,
which affords a very satisfying proof that he is.
not an idle Artist. There is as much quiet hu-
mour in this picture as is compatible with its sim-
plicity-and truth. The faces of the cfilprits, the
nature of their offence and punishment, the
" looks askance " of those who are nut impli-
cated, and the general turn of the incidents, are
all pourtrayed' in a style.highly creditable to his
talents. SHENSTONE'S School-mistress is not more
natural than I.II.I.ILR,EADY'S School-master.