86 
and _it happened on 
at the time, 
made some noise 
the very day when 
Mr. West waited on the King. 
with 
his 
sketch 
of 
theh 
Departure of 
Regulus, 
that 
contain ed 
newspapers 
the 
some account of 
the 
matter. 
His 
Maj eity 
enquired 
the 
C3-LISC 
and particulars of 
the schism, 
and 
West, 
in 
stating 
what 
they 
were, 
mentioned 
that 
the 
principles of his 
religion 
made him regard such 
proceedings 
21S 
exceedingly 
derogatory 
t0 
the 
of peace. 
of the arts 
professors 
This led the 
King 
to say that he would gladly 
patronise any association which might be formed 
more immediately calculated to improve the arts. 
Mr. West, after retiring from the palace, com- 
municated 
this 
to 
Chambers 
and 
Moser, 
and, 
upon 
OH 
c0nfer1'ing 
the subject with 
Coats, 
it 
WES 
agreed, 
that 
th e 
four 
should 
constitute 
dissenting artists, 
themselves a committee of the 
of an 
draw up the plan 
t0 
academy. 
When this 
was mentioned to 
approved of their 
His Majesty, 
determination, 
he not only 
but took a. 
the scheme, 
great personal interest in 
and 
(EVER 
drew 
uP 
several 
of 
the 
laws 
himself 
with 
his 
own hand. 
Nor should one remarkable circum-