The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-22 00:00:00

GLA!_;;;fltV, Arrp. Id.

The City bas, for some (flys, been in a sta'e of
apparent tranquillity, and it is our most earnest
wish that public confidence he speedily restored ;
still, however, many considerate persons labour un-
der great fears that ihe-denger is by no means over,
and that therefore the utmost vigilance will st
ll
be requisite on the pert of our Civil Ruler-, aided by
militaty,force, in order to siibmie and keep in sub-
jection that spirit of which lately brake
forth and has hiought such a stain upon this part of
the country, which, in former tunes, WAS distin-
guished by reverence for religion and lordly to
the King, While lenity ought to be ini•wo
wards those who have been mislcd, or intimidated,
and who now acknowledge their errors an.tl de-
sire to return to their duty, every prudent and
vigoroUs measure will no doubt be pursued, to
bring to justice those at tint and unprincipled mis-
creants, who have gone through the country in-
fusing the poison of infidelity and anarchy into the
minds of the multitude, fleecing them of their
small earnings, and deluding them with wild and
impracticable notions of Reform in the Govern-
men t _ _

We understand that Lord Sidmouth hog Com-
municated to the Lord Advocate the high appro.
hation of his 114 rely on the measures adopted,
(under his Lordship's authority, for restoring. trBl,'
(pinky in the western pelts of Scotland, and for
bringing to justice t..ite offendets by whom the
laws have beet'

--
linker Walsh, cotton-spinner, was brought into
town this ,morning,- at tt o o'clock, from Liar-
rowtield, accused of being a Radical, Two
officers were stationed in the pAssage of his
house, to secure his person, when two des..
perate characters, accosed of wiltul fire-rais-
ing lately, made a violent attack on the
officers. About 40 families, chiefly cotton Spin-
ners, live in the same tenement with Walsh, am!
it became necessary to station seleral Iptficers in
the passaKes. While Calder was in Walsh's house,
scenting his person, his itssist ants were attacl.t!d
by the above de-iperate characters, who ittlo,lt,il
down the Officers. Ono was secure.; immediately,
and another taken shortly after—their names ate
homns connor and Barney 111•Gairy.
Two prisoners were also brought here th;s
mori.ing trout Milngavie
.inders and tour Radical Leaders were ay;
prehended at Kilbarch mini)? ii. s morning,- and
lodged in sky 4 I —(Glasgow !:uurier)

The patients io the 1-1 .spit,.l, wounded in the
late affray, coot nue to be going on well, with Ole
exception of A. M'Kinnon, who, though rather
better /hit motnirg, is sritl considered uangcrous-
ly ill.—(Greenock Advertiser, April 18 )
In the month of Oc«rher last, the ancient
Hall of the L. athertellers' Company, situate in
tit. Heter.'s-Irlace, Bishopsgate street, in the
City of London, was destroyed by an accidental
fire which began in St. Mary-axe, 41111 soon ex-
tended to the roof of Leathersellers' Hell, and in
a short time consumed the venerable edifice. The
Company, however,: are abo,it to rebuild
having approved of the plans and devati 'n sub..
mitted to them by Mr. -William Folier Pocock.
their architect, and on "Tuesday last, the tit t
stone of the spacious elegant new Hall to be
built on the scite of the old one, was laid by
Henry Thompson, Esq. the Master of the Com-
pany, attended by the Wardens and Cour• or As-
sistants, who deposited in a cell cot into the sal I
stone, a glass case, containing- all the last silsr-r
and copper coins of his late Majesty King George
the Third, and covered the same with a copper
plate, on which is engraved the following in-
scription On the eighteenth day of April,
1820, in the first year of the reign of Ki,g
George the Fourth, the first stone of this 1)401-
*, intended as a Hall for transacting the busi-
ness of the Worshipful; Company of Leather-
sellers of the City at London, was laid by the
Mister, attended by the Wardens and Court of
tist!,art 5," who are all earned on the said plate.
CALCUTTA —A roo.t singular Curiosity hrs
been 'lf Wight to ' his Pt, sideucy by a li,,eruguese
vessel lately rriv d from Brazil. Incredible as it
may appear to those who have not studie,4 the
wonderful coo, .ii ions of nature, it seems to he
a m sof amethyst a, of the e,ormons dimensiotqr
o tour teet in circumference, by something lets
than one foot tit height, mud weto,ing ninety-
eight pounds. It is io its rough state, and i, de-
scribed tallier as 'an asseilihlage of more than fir y
irregular columns, high, smooth, transparent,
purple, and white, showing up like crysrtdlizu,iun
from one common bed or source, than as ar regn.
hilly formed and perfect stone. It was sent holt%
thc' Brazils as a re I amethyst, and such also In,
it been de dared by protest teat men who have
examined it since its artival at Calcutta We
be ieve that one essential'-to the value 'of an
amethyst, and which places it on a rank with the
ruby, sapphire, and other precious gems, is hard-
ness. This ipiality, however, is seldom met with
in any but sucti as are of a roundish or pebble-
like lot m—many of those which are found in this
country and in America being little harder than
c immon crystal, and of comp iratively inferior va-
lue to the tornitr.
the ceremony of laying the first stone of the
new Church at Birmingi a n, which is to be called
.airtt • GeOrge's Church, took place 'on Tuesday
last, in the presence of an, immense assemblage
of persons of all ranks. The band 0' the 5
Regiment attended, and a party of the 5,1 Dra-
goons, under the command of, Colonel GoßnoN.
Ihe ceremony was well arranged, and had an
imposing effect.
The urighbonihood of Charleville is at present,
and has been tor a considerable time, in a state of
disturbance that calls tor the increased exertions of
the active resident Magistracy. Nightly meetings
have been held, consisting of hundreds of armed
men. Houseshave been atiackedeven at earlyhours
in the evening, arms taken, and money.derninded
or the purpose of purchasing ammunition.—
Fields of large extent have been turned tip in the
nurse of the night,. and threats niter tyro the pro-
prietors, if they did nor let them out at fit oseribed
rtnts. They are certainly akrming circumstances,
and, at the present season, may be productive of
I ost injurious, consequences.-.-(kimeriek
nicie )

LITERARY REVIEW;

GEORGE THE TH:RD. ,HIS COURT, AND FAMILY,

Vol mes, 116.

(Confirmed from our Paper of the 15th inst.)

We hove not recently seen any thing so much
of a parlour window book, as the Work before
us. Although a digested Chronology of the
Domestic and Political Life of our lute revered
:Vonore'', yet it is so desultory, or rather so com-
.
pktely aueedotical, that it can be taken up and
laid down at random, nay may even be reviewed
in the same manner, so that we resume our notice
of it without further introduction.

in a preceding Number we inserted a viutlica.
ti.)ll-0( tl.e icil)/,; in regard to privatx friends,
independent 4)t the aetn4l Cabinet ; it.w
further record a vindie4tion, or rather an expl
PA( ion• Iris 1)01rit conduct and. re vtingS..vt it h
resfnet to the lle‘cOutionary Contest with the
American Colonies. Asjearly as 1766, the Writer
(Ariel. yes, ,
,
•

" About this•perioil cnnsich rabic prejudice bad
been excit«l a.gainst..the p,atictik.tly-in,the
icA C.)lonies„ by the .otliciel. language of the
their public. disp tic} cs,. amiboting
Mjesty cqr,ain private teylings far beyond
what- his own set:tin:cots Itcsc official
forms represeotrd Lite King as bring, liiotlY pro-
vi>keits! &c. with, the early •steps of the AnieEican
Independents; but from these onainiable chsrges
lie was viridicatcl by an able writer of the time,
who obsYrred I hat,the was kik fact the father
of his people—that Lkkc yeally yiewrd their errors
and their crintes..witli. that chinpassion With
parents regard the. misconduct
.of their children—
that it was witli .reluetancelte, lifted his hand to
pauish---and that it,was tint the being pro,-
Aoked,' but the necetsity of pi eventing greater,
evils, the.spirit of isiSiiCe, and his paternal care
fur his ()be:Acta and loyal subjects, which corkid
ever draw, from.Lini any mark of, correction or
chasiiscincot, By this character he prescuFd thF
ruVertnce of his p,.ople ; and it was, theii fore
most judieioii,iy urged, that to attribute to hint
those little p:isi..Ons which plight perhaps at some
times. agitate, the minds of his .I`ilivistets,. had a
tentlerie-y'to diminish his dignity, the.chofi.leoce
which his sithi.ects placed its. him, aqd the happi-
ness of his people. • _ . _

. .
" On the question of the, repeal of the Stamp
Act, it is also said that-the King's name was nn-
fairly used, and his !ientint,nii misrepresented;
circumstances which naturally tended; to t_xcire
degree of unpopillaiity, witkll history twilit re,
cord, though certainly undeserved."
•Alluding to the same subject, in 1716, he re-,
curds, that " it was inthis.yFai that the Cong.ress,
threw off their absolute allFgeanee ; as -they,then
issued a declaration, in wh!ch they e*iivie4 rea-
sons for withdrawing ;hit allegilnee..froin.. the
I 5 lug ut q;:eat Britain, In ibis, paper, 'they dis;
c,triled . that constitutional. language in which
elone complaints should ever. „lie expressed by
loyal British subjects ; and directed ail their
charges in iriquariified terms
,agaihst the throne
it,self.. They no lolger c,,mpl,ined of. a British
l'arliamenr, or a British Ministry, but of a British
ling,: his. might be agreeable to the mere-fornl.
of- a declaration ot itidepepdence ; but in pOitit of
fact, was very incorrect, fur though many persons
at home had been and were even then advocates
for for conciliation, yvt certainly...the, popUlar feeling
was hot in favour of an unlimited grant of We-
pendence, Nay, had the king himself even
pressed .a wish to save bloodshed by an abit.qui,e
giant to the Americans of their full and entire
claims, those who remember that period.must he:
well aware that such a wish woul.l 'have been' as
usip,,pnlar as unavailing."
the King, however, did actively take, his
persiinal shire of the executive, 'in conifinefir'in,
whit hid Cabinet, is pioved fly an anecdote, ail
early as the year 1765, at the, peyiptl of passing
the chit Regency li.lll of the reign, a nieasae.
-originating in the King's own mind, ("but sulf-",
iect to the restrie:ions of a Regency act nlreatly
passed in the: reign of George In which the
incess Dowager. bad been niiminated the Regent
in case of a tnino:fity„
" The bill was brought in, but, the iiat'ty., poli-
tics of the day.endeavoured to prevent her Royal
Highness from even being named a member of
the Council of Regency;' a measure in Which part
of the 'Cabinet sOined, through jealousy of her
influence. It passed however,. on the 15th of
May; butrtvi!s fogowed by a complete chaige,of
Ministry.. .Although Lord Bute bad resi,gtVe(l his
ministerial situation, yet lie was sti:l stlppoSed to
be the private director of the political' machi.fte.,
through backstairs influence. There certainly
%61.$ still, a private friendship between the Xing
and his quondam governor ; but there is now,
when party spirit is at rest, every reasoh to be- ,
Ileve the charge ill founded, thOugh it gained great
credit front tut: repeated instances of Lord BUte's
going to C-irlton ilouse; the residence of the
Princess Dowager, Menial() in all evening, at
which. time it,w.as-also customary for the, King to
visit his touther, gird the public of'coutse siiiipos-
td that the meeting formed a kind of private ca-
bine( for regulating the operations of the ostensi-
ble Ministry.

" That these suspicions were incorrect, and
that the King's fit-illness .ittid 'good sense saved
him from such degradation, is Clear, from an atiec-
dote recorded on good authority, of a check which
the youthtul Monarch gave to a palpable attempt
on the part of the ex-minister to 4trude upon his
confluence. The anecdotesiates that time hincess
Dowager of Wales was anxious for Bute's return
to office, a- wish in which that itoblernanjoined ;
in consequence of which a plan %Vas laid to take
the King by, surprise, so that Lord Bute should,
as
_if by chance, obtain permission to See the first
dispatches received by!the King whilst at Carlton
house ; it being trequently the custom for the
Secret.; y of Smite to transmit - then' at those
,No sooner did time green box, with
papers, wake its usual appearance,
users], rose up it) proceed into
li . apAtimetit i'nOtder to peruse them in re-
-1 e t ; oat Lord Bute officiously took up two
and preceded the King, as it going to

Lis closet, in the Lupe that the iiiisk; o °Ai desire
him to remain itt The room. and' zegnaint him
With the contents, by. which means he might blide
inro political business without ant. tortnillilY.- Tut
the young I)lonarch was on ; and, stop-
ping at the dear of the apartment, wok the candles
himself, bowed dismissal w the candidate, and
shut the door a hint fully understood, and con-
sidered as a final rejection',"
This peculiar actiiitv•and. sedulous attention; to
business, indeed, attended him obrough life.
It is noticed that in " the close attention
of the King to business-iand his strict temperance,
were at this period extremely remarkable. In all
things he was indefatigable ; and he often rode on
horstbiqk to wivn,to a levee or a council .-under
ihe heaviest rain, and, alignting at Buckingham
House, gone to St, James's in a chair previous' to
changing his.ciress. There has he spoken to every
intliviintal in a crowded circle; and afterwaids,
spent the entire day. until five or six o'clock, in
presiding at a Privy Council, or in private audi-
ences, abstaining. from all ,retresliment, except
perhaps a dish of tea-:and a slice of bread and
hotter, which he:has eaten, a aliting:up and dorm
the apartment, in wailing for his travelling'
w return to his family
„arid, dowcsiic
circle."

This writer seems 'carefullittriliiiv'e.avoilled all
p&lLicai discn,sions, whii.:ll the lilt,, did nut
Persothilly. Even of the ireneli ltevolit=
tiuti he s-tys' little; tint th.t li tie litre insert—
" Whilst 'Sc.e'ttri of outrage and violence were
• Frititce, Britain'il;yetenteti a very
dtGrent spectacle, with the exception of the Ina-
i:liinogions• of h few bitsy spirits,' wit°, in hopes
of sharitig, spoils-of Ittivolittion, were milt-
ions ro. persuade the •ignoratit .and unthinking
that it was• ourrbtst policy totulluw French en-
atop:A!.

'that trrtriy! wellrineauing people were per-
stiatiLd u 1 ;this:nee.essity must be. ttc.knowle.t4,,,eil;
thtfy fori4:it, or were ig,iut ant, that Fiance, when
her Revolution began, was many centuries behind
r?ritiin iu citil liherty ; they forgot that the bet
dispo,cil of the French political Leaders were 01)1y
") 01)(ain (hilt liberty u ;Cid) we actually
ptriscs:,cd ; they forgot- ,that the-actual -wealih or
B'rit'ain wutild'he a inure powerful stimulus to rob-
bery and 'assassination than even France .could
preiient ;.and•Theiroilired headlong-to the sacrifice
6tetbeinielves'ond

" Indeed, there e.itild not be_a more striking,.
contraseiliarrivitut, the two countries then pre-
sented: leranze was struggling. through difficul-
ties, bob political and financial, to complete a
system of liberty, and attempting to renovate her
o ropicesi.n.o.w. plttogeti:into almost irretnoliabie
contusion. Britain, enjoying ail the: ativaniages
of.ectablis.lteit.ortier;,pootinctetiby a Government
equally vigorous and popithr ; meeting every pe.
euniary embarrassment, or imposition of taxis,
with 'new .nd unex;,(1,10,;,1 resources; atietgtheO-
ing her credit,' and -extenditsg 'her cotumerce ;
s%•ltilst site covereA:the '-ocean with her navy, And
spread the glory of'hel name over every quarter of
the' earth; even to those. hitherto undiscovered
through, the lapse of ages.

" The character of• the Sovereign 'too was not
more tanned to produce, than that •ot his adminis-
tration WB5 to perpetuate, the general tranquil.
li y.Notwithstanding the accusatiott3-
out against Mr. Pitt, •we may ven,nre to assert
that. his continct during the prOgreis. of the corn-
;notions ill Frttncr, up to this period', roi;.iht be
held up 1%1 a model of political bottom-and recti-
tude, dictated not only' by wisdom, but free also
from all paltry tbnaglita. of revertge, for the insi-
dious conduct •of France, when Riebdieu b fillet led
the cati,es of dise,ird. between- one Qharlls the
nrst:and.his Parliament, or when Vergennes sti-
Initiated the•Americatts to resistance. in violation
of the. nwst solentn treaties, and in the diigracetoi •
hope,of raising France, by our do otntall.:'
.From politics, however., we gladly pass- to.the
inke.antiable domestic eittalities'of 1115 Maje•sry a 3
a Mau -and a. Mouarch.

llis curliest domestic arrangements, in 1761,
are ilittS described :~-
bn he coutse of:the month, lie•c4-"APlefell,his.
purchase of
.Buckingham (louse, for 21,,G0i , and
presented it -to ttre:.(armen.,.'who eras so ntioi
pleased with it. as a town,,reiltleneef_ that it was
immediately fored.np..iitith ieketed fur iiture from
the other; Palaces,, and', orastu ntetl'tvit.li some of
the: best pictures.iw The,
intention. of the Royal pair- in this' selecting a
resficenc'edrstitict official' Palace, as St.
James's way be styled, was evidently to retire
frnm:Cotirt'etitinett•e to domestic tranquillity, ex-
cept when the forms of State regOired the assump-
tiOn of . regal' Cereinony—an objtct which they
could not have, vtained whilst residlng in the
State apartments. of the Palace, from whence the
partial or temporary exclusion of State Officers
aitd 'courtly attendants would hare beet] impos-
sible, or.at least Ungracious. 111nell good sense
was therefore dlsprayed 'by this arrangement,
which ;permitted Faruily to eiiihy, do. •
;nestle crviet. like the happiest of their subjects,
withontinterfering with the limns of State abso•
lately necessary on public days, or official .busi•;
tress..

•‘ Some, ind*Jound fault: with this system,
talking-of Asiatic seclusion, aod seeming, to think
that the whirl arid bustle of ati open Court, as in
the 'days of Charles 11., or the stiff 6erman
gran-
deur, familiarizing into formal card-parties, of the
preceding (Jeorges, ought to have been adopted ;,
bUt the Ting had.a better taste, and wisely judged
that it he paid a strict,attention to the necessary
farms of government and of public ceremonial, he
had as good a right as any of his subjects to avail
himself. of British liberty, and to pass ,his leisure
agreeably to his own, liking, and his own sense of
propriety."

We_ repeat our recommendation of this work to
all who. de.ire to. know the histoiy of the late
Reign, and to understand the character of our de-
parted Sovereign ; reign pregnant wirh impor-
tant,events, and a Sovereign distit►guishcd fo,r po-
litical wisdom as well as.tor private virtue.--We
intend to resume our attention to this valuable
work, in which the Author displays a true spirit
of emtloar, as well as a due sense of historical.
'dignity, a -faithful representation of events, and
acute discernment" in' the delineatipn of cha-
racter.

(Tv be Continued.)