The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-06 00:00:00

The Chancellor of the Exchequer took a different I
view of the matter. He did not seem to regret
• had
the injustice, but that the Commissioners
so far committed themselves as to give the
claimants a ground for still obtaining redress, by cal-
ling on those who have pocketed without right to
refund to those who have a right. "He wouldcon-
fess that the CoMmissioners had acted with manifest
imprudence, and not with a knowledge of official
transactions. They ought not to have been in-
fluenced by kind feelings. They ought to have
said, Gentlemen, it is for you to decide whether
you will appeal or not.' " At all events, if they had I
had more knowledge of official transactions, they
Would have confined themselves to vague hints,
which, however effectual to throw the claimants off
their guard, could not have been laid bold of. It is
very provoking when one is in the mood of receiv-
ing windfalls, to be obliged to refund to the rightful
owners, from the clumsiness of some of the instru-
ments employed.—lbid.
Those of our readers who live under the Go-
vernment of the Chelsea 'Water Company, will be
glad to learn that a meeting is to be held to-morrow,
in the Vestry-room of the new Church, to take into
consideration the conduct of the Company, in in-
creasing the water rate, without giving any previous
notice of such intention. We doubt not that the
meeting will be numerously attended, arid that the
matter will undergo a thorough discussion. Some
representative of the Company willalso, we presume,
feel it due to its offended subjects to attend the
meeting, and explain the grounds on which the
additional charge is made, as well as the right of the
Company to make the charge without giving
any previous notice ; and we trust that on the part
of the Meeting he will receive the most attentive
hearing. The whole matter ought to be discussed
with temper, and the attention of the Meeting
strictly confined to the question before it. We had
almost hoped that the Directors of the Company
would have had the good sense to have abandoned
the charge on the last half-year, in which case the
people of Chelea would, in all probability, have
withdrawn their opposition to it for the future; but
no intimation of such intention has been given,
though it is not yet too late.—Morning Advertiaer.
We see it stated that his Majesty has given up
his intention of visiting the theatres, and other
public places, during his stay in town. We hope
this not true. There are a thousand good reasons
why the King should appear among his subjects'
and none but his own personal inconvenience, that
we know of, opjsosed to it. As age advances upon
us, a love of ease and quiet naturally engenders it-
self; and we regret that the King should be called
upon to do any thing personally irksome to himself.
There is, however, such a thing as a tax on station :
nor can it be denied that, however enviable high
station may appear to be, it demands, at the best,
many sacrifices from its possessor, irreconcilable with
that untranslateable English word, comfort. But
the King has shown himself at all times too much
alive to the duties of his office to set his own -pri-
vate feelings for a moment in contrast with them.
Recent circumstances have sufficiently proved this.
Though we would not have it imagined, on the one
hand, that we consider the Kingly office as depend-
ing mainly for respect on the outward show and
pageantry which attaches to it—neither, on the
other, would we be held insensible to the influence
which external attractions carry with them. It
is to be lamented on this latter ground, that the
people have seen so little of the King of late years.
To say that trade has suffered greatly by the ab-
sence of the Court is to put the disadvantages of
the King's retired life upon a very narrow, though,
as far as it goes, a true ground. We wish, even on
this account, that Courts were belemore frequently.
It is said, by competent judges, that the late Levee
' and Drawing-room distributed at least 20,0001.
among coach-makers, tailors, milliners, &c. In fact,
the King cannot appear in public, without doing
great good in that way. ' But we would wish to put
the King's appearance among his subjects upon a
much higher ground than one of mere pounds, shil-
lings, and pence—on one of personal attachment.
and of political expediency. George the Fourth
never appears among his subjects but to rise in
their estimation. Abstractedly considered, the
King's appearance at a theatre may seem a
matter of very little moment; but when we know
that it cements an attachment, and rivets a bilk in
our political welfare, we cannot persuade ourselves
that, if its importance were duly represented to the
King, he would hesitate for a moment in sacrificing
private ease to an effort which would not be without
its personal reward. Above all, we are anxious that
the vile endeavours which have been made to deter
the King from appearing among his subjects should
not, however erroneously, be able to boast of their
success. This is a point to which we have very
lately alluded, and on which, therefore, we need not
reiterate the reasons we then urged. We are happy
to know that the whole town rings with one cry of
" Shame !" at the baseness—the ineffable baseness,
which can descend to such means of venting its
malignity and disappointment. Let the King only
appear in public, and he will be convinced that,
powerful as the Press is when rightly directed, when
it attempts to gratify spleen—and that at the ex-
pense of truth—it is not only powerless, but aug-
ments the attachment which it strives to weaken.
—Morning Herald.