The Sun. — London, England, 1820-08-29 00:00:00

WEEKLY RETROSPECT. Politicians and Moralists,—and Gon knows there is now enough for them to do—have long amused themselves, and the world, with the con- trasts;the rivalships, and the resemblances of the Two Greate-st Nations of the Universe ; but new shades of difference or similarity are starting forth every day, and of the latter - there is a very curious coincidence at the_ present moment. 1V hilst the Uritish House of Peers is occupied in trying tit:MOND person, the FittST Subject . of the Realm, the French Chamber is convoked for'. the trial of individuals, not indeed of similar rank, nor for a similar charge., but for a crime cqually destructive of morals and good govern meat: Bat the most extraordinary part of the coincidence is that the meditated Revolution in France was to have broken out on that very day when our own Parliament was to proceed to the aulhappy investigation ! This is a coincidence which some people may perhaps, be able to account for, f they please, but which, perhaps, must be postponed for fu- Aui e developement. l)1 the mean time it is most strange that our unhappy Queen does not perceive how much she is the catspaw of the Radical Mob, s and of its Leaders. Can she believe that such part of the Public Press as is paid for whitewash, would hesitate a moment to fling its blackest balls at her, if setter paid for doing so ? Does she suppose that in these tmrs there is so much virtue as to support Royalty in distress, upon principle? Can she imagine that the Print and Pamphlet shops, whose window's are daily filled with new ribaldry 'and low abuse of all that is great or - venerable in the Land, would print a line in her favour if it were not to turn the penny ? Does she suppose that .whilst some get silk gowns and Golden fees—by the bye the first silk gown she gave is said to have been given to 13E1t. G ,t—and others in fur gowns wi❑ golden bets, that Love for Her is the prime agent? As weltrnight she suppose that the keepers of Gin-shops and of Gingerbread-stalls, from Char ing-cross. to Palace-yard, or the Pickpockets that haunt St. James's-square, and. follow in her train, are solely prompted by love and loyalty—or that alit Address, got up in a Barber's shop, is the Address of a Militia Regiment I But the Trial, for such it is in effect, goes on, nod may be made to last for months ; in fact, we hope that the Peers, who at present, with most liberal and not injudicious consideration, certain ly permit a most extraordinary and unprecedent ed latitude of conduct on one side of the ques tion, will be in some measure on their guard. To prolong , the Trial,' is not only to put the evil day far off, but may be adopted to pat it oft ad G f :Tcas Calendis, or to a day that will suit our inode.rn Greeks just as well. City folks, who are fond of betting, know that there is such a thing as running two lives against each other, mid if in the present case they play for the chance of the tables, yet even should they lose,- still may they make by bye bets, whilst they keep the game alive ! " I e Sage enfends un . denti !not." We are authorized to state, that Sir Francis Colt;rubine Daniel, M.D. has accepted the ap pettitment of Treasurer to the Medical Board established by Messrs. COOPER. and Co. at Char lotte House, SurreY.--Messrs. Coo PER and Co. have frequently inserted Letters from various individuals who have been radically cured, not. only of Ruptures, but of other dan gerous diseases, too often deemed incurable by Professional men, whose practice is confined.-- The late Duke of Bedford unfortunately lost his life in a few hours, by a strangulated Uernia ; hfr. Mills, of the'kect-road, also lost his life in a few hours ; Mr. Shearman, of Mile End, was also afflicted for many years, and many, many others, whose names will never appear without their re quest. Mr. Johnson, of the Borough, who had been 17 months - under the eare of several eminent sur geons, with a most dangerous disease, and whose life was given over, as appeared by his affidavit before Mr. Alderman Wood, then Lord Mayor, and whose case has been seen by more than 100 sur vons, was in a few weeks restored to perfect health. B.lch are the proceedings at the Medical Board, Charlotte House, Charlotte-street, illackfriar's road ; and Woodstock House, near Bond-street, unde'r the immediate direction of Messrs. COOPER and Co., who are consulted daily from eight in the morning • until eight in the evening. —M e _ chanics have advice gratis every evening from six tl eight, and on Sunday moruings until twelve o'clock. Until Twice o'Clock To-Night.—As the Draw. in of the Lottery will commence at TEN &Clock to ; morrow morning, aud the Two 20,000/: Prizes, with the 28 other Capitals, all Sterling Money, Must be Drawn in the course of the day—the Lottery Offices are allowed,, by a recent Act of Parliament, to remain open until twelve o'clock {to-night ; on ordinary occasions, they are com e pelled to close at EIGHT. LONDON JOURNALS. [1).411,Y EX7'R4C7'S.] FROM THE MORNING PAPERS. [Morning Post] 1 1) The Trial of the QUEEN did not proceed yes terday, the House being occupied in debating the question whether - or not the cross-examination should be deferred (as Mr. Brougham wished) till the whole of the examinations in chief should be concluded. Against this, which seems to have been proposed only to prevent the proceedings from being ever brought to a conclusion, their Lordships, with a certain necessary reservation, very properly decided. had the prayer of her Majesty's Counsel been granted, the Attorney- General or the Solicitor-General could not be called upon to sum up, and when at length the cross-examinations were entered upon, they would have a right to ask for new delay to bring for ward fresh witnesses. These, again, must be cross-examined, and time would be claimed as in the present instance, to Make inquiry respecting them. The re-examinations must then succeed, which would be followed by the examinations of their Lordships, and the same course being taken on the defence, the termination of the trial might have been very casily reserved for another gene ration. The Counsel were then heard for and against their Lordships' decision, and a most manly, dignified, and satisfactory reply was given at the close of the day by Lord Liverpool, to certain insinuations thrown out by Mr. Brougham, on the subject of the vast advantages possessed by Ministers for bringing forward witnesses, and compelling the' attendance of foreigners in sup port of the Bill ; he put a complete negative on what Mr. Brougham had advanced, as. he broadly stated that unlimited funds were at the disposal of her Majesty to procure wit nesses—and any power that might be expect ed to bring over witnesses for the Bill would be used in the same way for the defence ; and if any complaint on this subject could be urged, he declared that care should be taken to remove all cause for it. More fair or honourable con duct certainly never distinguished any proceed ing upon earth.—The anxiety thus displayed to arrive at the substantial ends of justice by the most proper steps, would, it might have been hoped . ,, saved the, collective Peers of England from one day's insult, ►misrepresentation, and ca lumny ; but we observe with regret, that the more pains taken to act uprightly and honour ably, the more zealous does the factious press chew itself to revile and falsify. It is not our part, however, to stand forward as the defen ders of a branch of the Constitution, which has ample power,, if it has the will, to protect itself. —We will only say that its forbearance is exem- plary, and no otherwise injurious, but as it serves to countenance, by not punishing, the infamotts libels upon its proceedings. These libels may be too much despised, though they do come from the most tainted source—from a source Nvhose blame is praise, and whose praise is ignominy. corning Chronicle.] The Lords have not yet determined how the cross-examination shall be conducted. Otir readers will recollect, that after agreeing on Sa turday that the Counsel for her Majesty should be allowed to elicit from witnesses their places of residence, occupations, &c. in order to enable them to make the necessary inquiries, and to re serve the main cross-questioning for a future pe riod—a number of their Lordships began to think they had here conceded too much. Such a con cession, however, goes a very short way towards relieving her Majesty from the hardship she suf fers from the refusal of a list of witnesses in the outset. ft may, indeed, enable the Counsel to cross-question more effectually than they could do wit-hout any previous inquiry; but in the inter val between the examination in chief and the cross questioning, the evidence against the Queen is allowed to operate to her prejudice in the public mind. Her Majesty therefore has but a choice of evils. The debate was resumed yesterday, and Counsel v*. , re called in a little past one o'clock. The eloquent speeches of Messrs. Brougham and Denman, on this point, cannot fail to be read with the deepest interest, and to carry conviction to every unprejudiced mind. The Lords will determine the matter this day. From the indelicate nature of this investigation, the Con ductor of a Jour na l i s f requen tly obliged, for the sake of the morals of th e coun t r y, to suppress many details. In doing so, he is aware that he is often injuring the cause of her Majesty ; be cause, what is thus suppressed, may be supposed. to bear unfavourably against the Queen, while it _ _ in fact does not. The Ministerial - Press were not slow to perceive the advantages which might be derived from the nature of the evidence. kvery now and then they suppress part of it, and then proceed to describe what is so suppressed in a manner highly injurious to her Majesty's charac ter. They avail themselves of this privilege of suppression for the sake of attacking her Ma jesty, at times when the evidence is perfectly harmless, in order to have an opportunity of at tacking her Majesty. [Brdish Press.] At half-past twelve o'clock yesterday Alder. man Wood went to the House of Lords for the purpose of ascertaining how long the debate re lative to the cross-examination of the witnesses in chief would probably continue, as it was not the intention of the Queen to visit the House un til the resumption of the examination of the wit nesses. We presume he understood the debate would not occupy the whole day,as her Majesty repaired to the house at two o'clock. The crowd of persons assembled yesterday morning along the streets in the line' of the Queen's route were un usually great, being nearly as numerous as they were on the first day of her Majesty's trial. The Treasury _ Prints endeavour , to deceive their . . country readers, by assuring Ahem, that there is, no enthusiasm displayed by the people in favour of the Queen, and that very few persons indeed, and there of The very rabble of the metropolis, follow her carriage. If such were the fact, we certainly should not now contradict their state ments. The truth, however, is, that although in the c o s al wds that attend upon the Queen, there, is X s co -se a law pr Lion of tliNoweot cl . p.essA.,. there - areS,plsovveo maitii ' Well-dressed and respectable persons, who - shev7 as earnest a zeal in her Majesty's behalf as any class of the people whatever. But by none is the warm enthusiasm of the public more fervently evinced than by the groupes of Ladies who uni formly grace the windows every day along the whole line of the Queen's route. [New Times.] It will be seen, with great satisfaction, that the Queen has been allowed by his Majesty's Go vernment unlimited funds to conduct her defence and to bring her witnesses to this ,country. We have before stated that every possible facility was given to the Gentleman whom she sent to the Continent for the purpose of collecting evidence. Our diplomatic agents abroad were specially charged to render this Gentleman all the assist ance that he might need, and that it might be in their power to give. This is a triumphant answer to all the anticipative slanders which suggested that an opposite line of conduct would be ob served. With regard to the unusual indulgence s requested on the part of her Majesty's Counsel in the cross-examination of witnesses, the House of Lords gave every possible attention to the ar guments in favour of the demand ; but the reply of the King's Attorney-General seems tb be quite conclusive. Such a rule; if adopted, must either make a difference between the case of her Majesty and that of any other subject, or else all the Criminal Courts in the Kingdom must grant a similar indulgence, if asked by persons charged with any offence: and we need scarcely say how utterly incompatible this would be found with the general administration of justice. PROVINCIAL JO URN BLS. [Front the Bristol Journal, Aug.26.] Title QUEEN'S CASE.—=The length and the im portance of the Parliamentary Proceedings on her Majesty's case must be an apology this week for our brevity of remark upon the different oc currences which have arisen. The evidence speaks for itself, in terms too plain to be misunderstood. The Box of , Pandora has been forcibly opened, and when it will be closed we cannot anticipate. --It is indeed to be lamented that public morals should be exposed to the corruption which must flow from so much obscenity ; but we do not hesitate to say, it would be far more deplorable that the two Houses of Parliament should be scared from their duty, or shrink from observa tion in its discharge. They must now go on without flinching, and they must spew that they do not fear the eyes of the world being turned towards their proceedings. Thus ; and thus only can they overcome those base and shameless slanders, which have been heaped upon them by the seditious and insidious press; and above all, by that treasonable publication which was issued into the world under the signa ture of the Queen. Many amiable prejudices have no doubt been enlisted on the side of her MajesLy, and there is every where an anxious hope that she may be proved worthy to succeed the great and virtuous Queen, who so long and so faithfully watched' over the morals of Eng land ; but there. is also a great fund of good sense and sound feeling, in the country ; no one will shut his eyes to the truth ; no one but the Radi cal Reformer will listen, for a moment, to the treasonable suggestion that justice is not to by obtained from the two Houses of Palliament the nation will receive with perfect confidence the decision of that august tribunal ; and if it should unhappily be found that the Queen is guilty, the nation will confirm, by its sorrowing acquiescencx, the painful sentence of her Ma jesty's degradation. BRISTOL ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. Cootied 1-loose, Btistol, Ane. 19. SIII,---The following paragraph has appeared in a London Paper:— " The Corporation of Bristol ascreed, on Wednesday, to an Address to the Qneen, which will be presented by the Mem bers of that City." _ _ _ _ _ _ I am direCted by the Mayor of Bristol to fOrm you, that the Corporation of this City have not agreed to any Address is hatever to the Queen, and that the statement is totally false. The Cor poration have called on the Editor of the Paper in question to furnish them with the name of the author, and the Mayor requests that you will be pleased to I.;ontradiet the statement iu your next Paper. The following paragraph was inserted in the Bristol Gazette of last Thursday :--. W e have been credibly infornicd that at a meeting of the CorPor'll ion this day, Sir Henry Prot heroe gave notice that he should, at the next House, move a Loyal Address to the Q ue en, congratulating her Majesty on her safe and happy arrival in this country." This is the only time that the Queen's name has been mentioned at any Meeting of the, Corpora tion of Bristol; and the Mayor has authorised me to say, that it is quite unusual to give notices on such occasions; and he believes, if the motion had been made, no Gentleman at the Meeting would have seconded it. I am, Sir, Your obedient humble servant, HENRI" DAY. A detachment of the 19th Lancers marched into this tom non Monday, to be 'stationed here till further orders. On Monday last, the Ist West York militia, commanded by Colonel Dixon, having completed., the period of their training at Doncaster, were dismissed to proceed to their respective homes. They are a remark ably fine body of men, have conducted themselves in the most orderly • manner, both*to the satisfac tion of the inhabitants and their officers ; and have acquired .a precision in 'their evolutions, send steadiness in firing, that would do credit to a regular regiment.—(Shelie/dAfercztry, Aug. 26.) PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORD' MONDAY, Ago. .• ‘_ THE QU N. . . , AsTuchikNef the DIM , f ert •v - , tv ttlt I larVl . SlMlZszoowse begged .• save 'to offer a few words to the consideration of their Lordships ; and he thought that he was not wholly without a claim upon their Lordships' attention; as he was one of those who were anxious — toitear the Counsel at the bar, with respect to the rule which they should lay down in the mosle -of -ion- ducting the cross-examinations, lie begged to obd serve in allusion to what had fallen front a N o ble Lord near him (Lord Lauderdale)„ that he by - no means wished to have it understood, that iti •, expressing his willingness to hear the CounSel at the Bar, he would have the House implicitly yield to their opinions of the policy and conve-^ nience of their Lordships' proceedings. Certain ly not ; he wished that they should be invited to suggest their views, and that the House should listen to them. His opinion was, that if -their Lordships were to make any rule which Would be a deviation frorn the regular course of prod ceeding, that it would be satisfactory to such. of their Lordships, as like himself were not per-- fectly acquainted with the subject, to have the bearings of that deviation laid before theirs.. And he was convinced that, in the propriety of this course, their Lordships would agree, or at least such of them as had expressed a wish that the Attorney-General should be heard on Saturday last—for it was quite evident that his Noble Friend. who called upon the Learned Gentleman to proceed, experienced the very same feeling of anxiety, to become acquainted with the whole of the difficulties of this question, and the probable remedies which might be suggested, as he (the Marquess of Lansdosine) had felt when he propos ed that the Counsel on both sides should be heard- He therefore felt, and should continue to feel, that whenever 'he saw'the approach of that which he knew must frequently occur in the prosecution of this case, namely, the. necessity of a deviation from the regular practice of those Courts to whose proceedings they wished as much as possible to assimilate the present—that then they shottld . appeal to the Counsel on both sides, and hes t the arguments stated for, and in opposition 'tor the proposed deviation. lie perfectly concurred with the Noble Earl (Liverpool) as to. his recol lection of what was the understanding of their Lordships ou a former occasion, when the rule was laid down to which the Noble Lord had ad verted—nor did he remember that any specific course had been marked out by the House with respect to the mode of cross-examining.. But then that question became afterwards a fit subject for. consideration, and when the Noble Earl assentel to the adjournment of the cross-examination oti the part .of .her Majesty's Counsel, he was, deavouring to afford them an equivalent fo-r - o ° . withholding of - a list of witnesses, giving the Noble Earl credit for the belief that the liberti of postponing the cross-examination k . . uld P!, si such an equivalent. For his part, he en,' table" ( a very great doubt that it was in the iitriter . °' the House tSt give any equivalent' toalier IVia; testy's Counsel, in the absence of -that rusto witnesses, which would have enabled them to proceed immediately on the conclusion of th e examination in chief, with the cross-examinatio n, which would have prevented the evidence, ti ci such cross-examination going on, front settli. 4 itself on their Lordships' minds, and, above al l ' which would have prevented it from settlit4 on the minds of the public. Every 6 i le g at all acquainted with the proceedings of Cou rt ; of Justice, must know that, to the end & i f a cross-examination might be productive . e ct any !good, it was necessary that it . shou t immediately succeed the examination in ch ic( ; Their Lordships had placed it out of the pe' ve of the Counsel for her Majesty to avail tbeilf" , selves of the advantages which this course ..a l forded, and the value which their Lordships, - e upon these advantages was manifested by ° to solicitude which their Lordships had shewil w furnish an equivalent. The real question ). . 0 their Lordships' consideration now was, C oo 6 j they get rid of all the difficulties which st° , t before them ? if, i for inStatice, the Counsel, 0 ; t knowing any thing of the witness from the in" ss ,, Trieste, were unable to proceed with the e t , 0 . examination, would their Lordships preclude t' i j resumption of it . at a future period, when it catt y be undertaken with effect ? And he svoult i 3 , - their Lordships, could they ask the Attorn e l i? General to sum up his evidence before thei ts. No, .it would be a great injustice, and-0 911 f' 3 . be surpassed by that of not allowing her -101, jesty's Counsel an opportunity of restnning 05 cross-examination at a future period. ll e rr os • so far from thinking that this case was free 'boot .difficulty, that he thought no case was Wit tia j its difficulty, and the difficulty which ho a d now shown to their Lordships, he appreben Im o to be of a very grievous character. It Iva' v o id opinion, therefore, that their Lordships sl'°:o,.. leave, an opportunity of resuming the cross, oil mination hereafter, but that they should o?i, b ‘,lot upon the Attorney-General to sum up tin." cross-examination were concluded. 00i I . The Earl of LAUDERDALE chewed, that if he t' ~0a 17, thus early brought the consideration of ttii. questio,".;oile; on being called in. the Attorney. General woul d hare. 0)' !,, speech (as lie must hare understood that he was to °. u gilt I order to - point out the course which their Lardshipt ° take during their future proceedings. ' .it O ligr : Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought, that if the confritai r e it by the House on Saturday were followed if p. a " wst u id 3t 3.1 ) cedent would be established, a precedent which w'' e e leio time give Counsel an opportunity of int erposq/10700 s!iiii, twenty-four hours in the course of an inqui,y• 1 .s.eloVitv on the question, Whether the usual course of cro , ej coto lion should be departed from. be thought the Le 3r " of g e ir sel ought to have been bgard on Saturday, that their Lordships had thought proper to adjou d r :,;;„ . 4 . " fo p course into which they doing this afforded them an opportunity of a ba ".bicht ' l ied' hut he • a , tl; 3 , had been betrayed, t a: l l : o.s t o i l ' e d r ,r i t to; !owe d up, could not have failed to produce consequences. It was extremely impottata 11)'!' .i . w ltiii iii. , , , examination should follow the examination ii , c'h i .` 1, 0 0 1 ' 0 4 , evidence was still fresh in the recollection of the roc e vo y and this had been clearly exempliued in that xtr l 7, l : t c ps!r bog when a most important fact re!atiee to the s,'•; ati eeli i ,o purposely left in obscurity by the Counsel 10 , r in gif L ao' was rendered clear by a question from Ual! (" th I i Ha ti c , sett reas 1.11 91 st):“ sid e , vot e tb e li e , e AI il l rc►►►l ?hot f ks tt,ei