The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-17 00:00:00

!-zKETCHES.

(N.. II.)

We resume the series of POLITICAL SKETCHES
attributed to a disringnislied nuage, and are
persuaded that our Readers will agree with us,
that they ought nut to sink into oblivion. They
are hi!.,thly honourable to the intellectual powers,
Mud political knowledge of the reputed author,
contain maxims of policy that well deserve.
attention of our present Rulers. It is evident
that they are written with a candid spirit, and with
cluse and sagacious observathin :--We repeat the-
assoranee to our Readers, that in the course of
-Ouse revived sketches of former characters, ,we
shall mingle some original portraits from a mas-
terly hand, that in style, acuteness of observa-
tion, and liberaliry of sentiment, will fully corre-
spond with the rest of the Series,

" E- G- -.

" It sometimes happens that yont tau! frolick and dissipa-
tion end, from various causes, in prodenee• fegularity,
without having destroyed either fortune or constitution.--
Some wives ruin, others preserve their husbands. Petticoat-
government is generally considered as a disgraceful situation ;
and yet to this female rule many' a man owes all he possesses.
"It is not unfrequent to see men of 'genitis.; worth, and
ability, wholly inattentive to their own ininiCdiate concerns;
wty, behold ruin daily-and hourly approaching them, with-
out being able to exert thOse endCavoufs which are necessary
for their preservation. If a man of such a temper, and in
such a situation, should become united to a woman of pru-
dence and good sense, who is not so immersed in pleasure as
to neglect the means of enjoying it with real satisfaction, the
inattention of the husband may be remedied by the care of
a wife. Ruin appears to me to be very difficult among people
of great fortune, if desperate gaming is avoided, and there
is prudence in one of the parties; as this will not only be a
general restraint upon negligence, but may help to repair
' the bad consequences of it. The acres of Trentham look
green, I believe, beneath a female administration. If men
will not govern themselves, it is happy for them when they
have sensible wives to occupy the post which is .deserted by
their own reason. If marriage answers, that is, if it makes
two people happier than they were before, it does not signify
what particular reasons produced the union; or if its first
views should he entirely disappointed.

" It has been often hinted, that this Nobleman's present
marriage* was entered into to strengthen his political interests.
If it has produced a good mother to his children, a good
steward to his estate, and, by teaching hini a wise economy,
bas secured independence, it may very justly be said to have
been founded in the happiest policy.t

" 14—D
" The taste of this Lord is very similar to my own; and I
should he most happy to execute as a - what he does as a
private Nobleman. He has built one of the finest houses in
England, and to the internal decoration of it he has given
the attention of many years. I should be equally delighted
to build the finest palace in Europe, and should, make the at-
tention to it the most pleasing relaxation from the toils of
Government. To me, the pleasures which accompany the
erecting any building, if it is hut a temple in a garden, are
very greit ; but in executing a vast and magnificent plan,
there must infinite delight ail(' entertainment. To trace
the growing labours of the industrious .Architect; to see
magnificence become, as it were, daily inure magnificent;
to behold Labour, Art, Science, Taste, and Genius, both
ancient and modern, all collected in ray service, and striving
to excel each other in their various departments; is a situa-
tion that would make me look clown with pity upon my war-
like Brother of *** reviewing his numerous battalions at
Potsdam. The peaceful King.: forms the happiness of his
People, who, while he preserves the respect of surrounding
nations, encoura4es the spirit of improvement among his
subjects, polishes the rich, employs the poor, and adorns his
kingdom.

" E-- of E— —.

" It is, without doubt, the interest of the Crown to keep
up the dignity and power of the Peerage; and it is no less
the interest of the Peerage to support and confirm the Prero-
gatives, of the Crown. If there were to be a King of this
Country, who should be foolish enough to wish, or wicked
enough to strive, to he a tyrant, and should really accom-
plish his purpose, the Peerage would, of course, share that
tyranny, In the crush of the Constitution, and the destruc-
tion of Liberty, the Nobles would survive. But, abstracted
from such dangerous and daring views as these, the dignity
of. Government requires, that the hereditary Members of the
Constitution should not be suffered to want a proportionate
support ; arid if, from the misfortunes or extravagance of
their ancestors, or their own misfortunes, they should not
possess the means of living equal to then rank, the Crown
ought to extend its relief: and I must own, that it really
concerns me, whenever I find it run counter to my interest,
and, the plan I must pursue in the distribution of my favours,
to relieve any branch of my Nobility; though it-bears very
hard upon the Civil List to be under the necessity of repair-
ing the broken fortunes of men whose dissolute lives have
made them poor, and that others who are in great affluence,
and do not chose employment, should tax the purse.
"'This Nobleman's Family is the object of my most com-
passionate favour, and the world knows it. He himself would
find a very partial friend in me, if his spirit did not burry
bins away into very false notions of duty and patriotism. He
possesses courage and abilities, and exercises them both
against the measures of Administration. However mistaken
and imprudent lie may be, I hope his intentions are sincere;
though it has been whispered to me, snA believed by many,
that a supposed inattention to his military advancement made
him a patriot. Young men are oftentimes very impatient,
and Patriotism owes much to this spirit, tehich makes high
demands, or expects extraordinary favours; and when the
one is not granted, or the other conferred, they fly for fame
and honour to the wide-extended 'arms of Patriotism, and
fancy an amazing importance and dignity is added to their
character, by a letter of thanks and approbation front the
Livery of London."

The present Counless is sister to the Scottish Earl of
C--, was Maid of Honour to the Princess Aususta, 'since
u:arried to the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, and supposed
to be regarded with very great partiality by the late Princess
Dowager of Wales.
t Lord G— is a man of excellent understanding, and
pcssesses the companionable qualities in a high degree —He
has generally prese'reed a considerable influence at Court ;
and being, at present, the leader of the Bedford Party, is a
Nobleman of very great importance. But, abstracted from
these cirruoistances, be is said to be a particular object of.
It---I favour,
+ Here was a Note relative to the last peace and the pre
sctit, war, wi,h some intermediate concerns with Spain,which
it ,vas thought proper to suppress.—lt would have been wrong
liat'e thrown the ;cast doubt upon so just a sentiment.

***lt is proper to observe, that the notes
accompany this Work were oot ascribed to
tlie reputed Author of the Sketches theu3Seives.