The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-03 00:00:00

UNIVERsITY IN FELLIGL'NCE.

MAatti 4. '
MBh2DERS' PRIZFS.—"I'IIe subjects for the pre-
sent year are, for rue • - •

• SPNIOIV .BACHRLOPS.- . • _
Quantum plomenti, ad, studfanurei77zeplogica. premlovenduin,
habeat litteraram hipnaniorum ocular.•
•' •MIDDLE HACHHLoIiS. . •

s'l/I•GEORGI (TM TERI tim, T.C,I/ akapPr7',Y, '
- • ()ratio luneris.
select preacher at Si. Mary's for the. Sun-
day aiterooons: in the present month, is the. Lord
1311110),It*.9f. Pet .1111(trough. We umle.rstisnd -that
theie sermons a ill be a eontismatiop of his lee-
ritt.;fid the subject this %year is,
New
«tltlisfft
:'Blarkstone* Itennell,
,Esq. Fellow of
Kln'i-ttillege,"wai fait ttieck admitted Bachelor
-of AriCh' • * •

The Rev. Meiliiid 1161101firl. ITeatte, M. A.
Fellow of :Emmaliirel' Ctinrge.,: *ei'ented,
the•Maateratld ;Fellosws of that Society:, .‘O, -the
valuable Vidarage King', .Brurnptort, in the
county
,or SOnteliet, vacant by the death of. the

• •
Tite.hte-Eirri of• Btitfrot.'s 'Will contained tte
ininnstion not. to 'print' the'Metitoirs:of Ii is life
during -1111 a The following
ill at)- antbentie. ropy of the lite Codit it
Cediiil; I write' this'witH my own hand, and
lepshsy.givalitiny natural son. AunuatrislinrivEl', 00 -box
-
or elicit, with all my father's niarsostip;,,, writingstherein
contained 'and in case of his deatlUl give the same tit ay
brother, yli,t.l.4scHitevEt, but with Strict injittietion Is4h to
one an. the other, never kr, Kint or, them, or. tey
(Other's Memoir,, during the reign of his present Nl.9Estrif
.or for,any time, or at any-time to give, or lend, or leave them
to sty brother.,FttotnEtticic,.ths present !Bishop of Derry, as
witnesi my hand this 2gth daryf ;Max, ono thousand seven
hundred andleventipnine. "

13111GLITON,MARCH 1,--3.lleinqUiriell in MmHg)•
rough-row.to-dayou learn the.suate ot his MAIIisTY
after his journey, and to pay a heart-telt tribute of
respect to a Nlonetch beloved, have been very nu-
merous. The answers given have been o the
most cheering and grakily.ing -nature. His
Majesty's complete recovery _ is confirmed by
Sir 'Matthew Tierney, and' nothing as appertain-
ing to a reraPfe is _a.pplehentled. The northern
blast to-day has ,been remarkably keen, with
-flying showers at intervals. • His' Majesty has Dot
lett the Palace. Sir Benjamin Bloomfield joined
the Royal suite here very early this intrnng, the
only arrival of impoOanee of the clay. •

fllt-LATE KING.

ORIGINAL ANECDOTES 'OF HIS LATE, MAJESTY,
GEORGE 111.

An EXTRACT from a. SERMON, preached at
WVrTMpvTa crIAPEL, 16111, 1820, by the
'ter. 11.CRACKNELL, D D. "Miniver of IVey-
._
lionth•uhdpel, &e.. etc.

ANECDOTES orthe Good and Great have generally been
callectedyitli avidity, as they supply the best IlJultration of
Character. On this occasion, therefore, I .shall introduce
several authentic Anecdotes of_his late.MA.teslit, with some
connecting to;lniervations,' which will. exhibit a poutrait of. his
Majesty in justand pleasing colours. Those who.had frequent
access to his late Majesty are aware, that he had acquired
habit of speaking-strongly, :peaked bfrap.idity arid repetition,
and which his hest; friends' and nsoSt ihyuted subjects often
regretted, as those who bad hut a transient view of his Ma-
jesty could forin'tro-jeratestiniate of 'his lutellectual eadow-
meta' • and superior' penetration, and there ace Wine
.have imiwined -becalm the King interfered but liftfe in the
ordinary runtitie of public boiitieSs,, that be left the whole
conceriii orate empire to his 'Nliiiisters. This is. Tar front
hying the fact. In all questions of vital importaoce the
. . •
. ,
King thotight awl decided for hirnsilf,
and. su far from beiug I, . •
second in these decisions, he took the lead. Welts:ere examples
•
to this effect, botji in the timely stippressiou of the riots in
London, and in his Majesty's resolute ,resistance of the Ro-
man Catholic Claims. The.Anecdote.whieli lam Ahern to in-
, • • •
troduce relative to thy-origin-of our warfare with Primer, is an-
other convincing proof of his late ,Majcsty'saiecision of chat ae.
ter. 'On this itupiirtant suCoject his Majei.ty'S• !Ministers
were ditided ' Mr. Pat, in the first instance,
:was .decidedly tigainst the 'dectaratiuti of hostilities, arid
„ •
finding his Majesty-determined for 'the war, 'Mr. Pitt
-
terideted* resignation, and rensainA at least several
Wilts an ek-Ministri. 'Mr. Pitt, liowever, finding his Ma-
jesty inflezihler and bents urged by his iissociat es in adminis-
trateos, resumed his oilier, with the full apaiohation of his
Majesty. This transaction ,(occurred ill this town, and was
cinuninnicateri to a friend amnia on the day of its occurrence,
by the late Earl of-Chesterfield. • -
thinkiinfand reflecting-men have .had, an] still hare,
difterent opinions on, the origin and prosecution of the war,
*cannot 1;e dinieds; all however roust allow, that during the
'revolutionary Meade there existed a pesiud when all the
nalkintonl.lW-Cottlaneilt Europe acre reduced to a state
of awfalperAirbat ton, and, but for the interposition of Great
"If itssin, rliej-FrenCli domination threatened to have been as
perpethal as it bait -become extensite. If the ;evolutionary
ascendancy had cantinised on the of Europe, what
111114 I)FiVe been the ultimate fate of the British dominions ?
Powerful as, our Country has proved herself, both by sea and
land, still, could she have resisted fur ever the whole world ?
Our King'foresaw the evils which were likely to produce per-
petual destolations, and it is to his penetration and firmtiess
that we liar, in a great tileasorert he existence of the constitnt-
ed authorities of. the nations of Europe, and the. security
and peace they now enjoy. Froth the consideration of lis
Alai( sty's political opinions, I would proceed to exhibit i is
views and habits as a 'disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ--
His Majesty was firm in his attachniera to what is usually de-
signated the Orthodox Creed : the doctrine of the Tsinity,
the Deity and Atoneitient of Christ, and the work of the
Spirit, appeared to him so essentialto'Cleristianity, that the
persons who opposed the* sentiments were not seen by Inns
in a.favourable Jo one of his Majesty's. Purt:and ex-
curiious, the Revereod Joseph ‘Vilkiiis joined the itoyal
Party ; this Gent:len:mil was a colleettir of the curious produs,-
tions:ufnatistat, sunny of which hr stewed to his Majesty and the
Royal Faintly, and with which they all,expressedalienisel, es
highly gratified. Upon
.Mr. Wilkins' retiring, his Nlajesty
inquired the name of the Gentleman who had aftarded ahem
so much entertainment'; it was replied that it was Mr Wil-
-I(insolje.pissepting Minister (of 11, e” sauna." The Dissent-
ing Minister Of Weymouth," said the King, " 1 tape he is
notntre of Dr. Priestley's' sort ;" and hen* iiiformed ttrat he
ales n/07 -114ss-King •addet,-'l"llien it is all very well." His
Majesty nut only•obserted the Christian Sabbath -by attend-
ing regularly the House of God on that day, but be eticiou-
aged its Sanctification throogls his household. In email mum-
tan, of this statement, permit use to relate au anecdote of
Mr. Gray. Mr. Gray resided in the Palace trims the time of
his Majesty's accession to the period of his death, which hap-
pened in the' year 1801. Mr. Gray was an ingeseious media-
ttio;' and under' the immediate eye of the King many alter-•
ationsavere, from time -to time, effected in dlllerent apart-
ntents.of the Ito)al residence. A principal in •attendatiee
upon lite person of his Majesty said to Mr. (;ray oa a Sunday
1 wish you to a bedstead removed from such a rue m
(naming it) to bads a ruoni.' '•My Lord," said GraY," f never
do ally thing of that • kind or; a Sunday; 1 would do it for
no istie except his Majesty caintinuitled it, sod in saying
that, mY Lord,-4 run nn 11.(rie, for I sat p:rsuadell the
Kiog,'sviti not order it to be done." The refusal gave offence,
and was followed 11 a report of the transaction to the Kiag.
The kite • said to his Lordship (as he afterwards informed
Grayf, '''Gray is a man that tears God, and sooner than re-
qinee him. to snake such alteratiims.mi a Sand iy I would sleep
aithout a beastead."* When iu the Church of God his Ma-
Te'ty's deem tioelit Wit'cbaratctiiaid by gravity, revere tscr, attid
dryeiti ,tip nor was liis Majesty a Mean judge of pulpit comp.-
sitions. If SOIIIOII3 were cut hey piiittical Urpaitrgyrical, they
nev,er received expressiaos id his Majesty's appionation. In
the iiiilguient of the Kiiig that sermoo was the best which
United the docfrotes and duties of Christianity, which exhi-
bited•t hem in their mutual relation, and enforced their

ilueucc strenuously on the nead, the heart. and the life. But
oil this heiid I will introduce. his Majesty's own eh:el.-
'the'sermiins and lives of the Clergy. " I,"
said the King to the late hector of Weymouth, `• I do nut
like niers moral preaching. it is my wish to hare the
Gospel in the sermons and !mint:sin the lives of the Cicrgy,
as this would-tie fliemost.ellijoittal.ThetbUd of holding forth
the word of life in the ehutelt and the world.t" As preachers,
the late Bishops of London, Lowth and Portetis,,were held in
the highett'estiniati,ni by his i-reC;iifeet"hearing the
King .name Sir IsattcNewtotcPeitheislOrroitumbridge, when
be immediately added, and .14owth:the.glory of 05ttoicl., The
King was no bigot ; lie loved good men, .whether thcy he-
•longe d to tne'Episca;pal 'Church Vstablislitd in th:.Souti, or
the Preshyte.riti Church,establislied in-the North. Tirel)is-
.

'enters, under tkis Ilajesty'4l roign, •harc had their.privilegra
repeatedly extended, and to hint and to his family they feel
a sincere and Cordial attachment. (i6d forbid ! said the King
tol,ord Mansfielti,,i that rcligitanf difference of opinion
sanction persecution, or adnkit of one wan within n.y realms

While t;eorge is King,-t. cannot -fear endure;
a Not to be guilty is to be &rune."
Seeeial of his.Majeity s doMestics, and of the higher class,
were in the habit of attending Dissenting Chapeis. This the
,King knew and approved; wishing, there to worship Goa ac-
cording to the dictates of, their own,oonsciences. When at
Weymouth; I he late Iliac Clarke, Esq. used to ittend she In-
-I:ieirriiilent Chapel, which his-Majesty hnowing, said to bins,
' Clarke,. does your Mioiater pray fur ine'".---Mr. •Carke
" Yes,, pease your Majesty, always, and very
devontly.”—" Then," said the King, " tell your Mi-
nister I am-obliged to him ; fof you know lie 15 not paid
.for , It is- not to Le in.at4inced that the King meant
any thing invidious, .hot uniy„,to. suggt sc, that 'as the
.Chutch was nut endowed, aim had no prescribed form of
prayer, praying for his Majesty mast, in the necessity of the
case, he perfectly a vokautasy act. Watts ?Ind Doddtidge
were Dissenters of the Independent denomination, and scarce,
ly• any Divines ranked higher in the King's regard.
• - "He gait* Religion her unbeidkd scope,
" Nor judg'd by statute a is, liever's hope."
Jt was at Weymouth, that Mr. Lancaster bad the
hononr of an introduction to the King, when his Majesty
inide the :memorable drelarat Mn, which ham since been so
widely circulated, and n hien a Ii fur e'ctr du honour to his

meniuty,—" ti i> lily wish iltgt etcry poor child shuuld be
taught to read his Biblr."

* These Circumstances Were i+fiteit to me by the late Wm.
Fur syi ii, 4sit.,, F. A.S. and S. S. A.. Gardiner to his Majesty
rt ft:iisir.Atoti and Si, Jaiiire's, .I(c., in the presence of Mr.
Gray, who at that time was baited with his lasi sickness.—
His Majesty also am. indisposed at the Satire time, and I
firmly believe that, bis Majesty's illness, in Connexinttwith his
own, accelerated his departure to the joy of bit Lord: The
attachment ,of his .Nlajesty's domestics to their King and
Master more than co-palled filial affection in its ordinary ope,
ration. Phis coilveys tn.ire than a volume, of encomiums
pronounced by a Panegyrist.
This cdnimunieation I bid from my friend, the late Dr.
Byani, the Rector of ‘Veymouth,nt that time, and afterwards
oue of hit Majesty's iu Ordinary.