The Sun. — London, England, 1820-07-10 00:00:00

WEEKLY RETiIaiPECT,. The Political Barometer, by a kind of me• teerological pan, may be said, during the past week, to have stood at changeable ! In the pre ceding week, Counsel learned in the Law, Coun sel unlearned in the Law, Aldermen, M. P.'s and Peers ; all—all on one side of the question, for a party question they have made t—cried out for necessary delay. Humanity, propriety, le gality, innocence, &c, &c., were all pressed into the service, and cliaay, at the proper stage of the business, acceded to. _ _ At length out comes the- Report, and in comes the Bill, when lies I Presto ! Delay is kicked . out of doors, " Counsel learned in the Law, 'Counsel um--," &c. &c., as we said before, 'ill open, like Geese on a Common, or Hounds - after a fault, and cry out " Dispatch," and why ? Because the Petitioner for delay is now a Peti . timer fOV Hurry—" helter skelter, dins long" as uncle Toby has it, through thick and thin, and therefore, and for, no other earthly reason that tve can divine, the affair is to be entered into be -fore a single evidence for the defence can be pro cured from Italy. , But why this hurry ? Let the Times answer that, whose wise Editor has most wisely disco vered that there is only one .charge—that this . charge is only for adultery—and that the adul tery was only committed. with one person- 44 a most laughable affair," and a " sweeping ac quittal," as. the noes logic proves it to be ! Really this reminds us of the honest Hibernian who, having a long day's journey to perform with a heavy sack upon his shoulders, filled . another with paving stones', and mounting that upon his back also, at the end of every mile threw out a clone, so that as his journey lengthened his burthen lightened, and he came in the last Mile with only half the weight with which he set out ! Bat there is one fact which seems to bear, in rather a particular way, upon this extraordinary desire for immediate decision. The demand ' was made on Thursday ; but on Friday arrived At King's Messenger with Five Witnesses in charge. Now the question is, would the demand have been made had these perons arrived •on Thicildu l y :a Nay, whilst we are writing this, who can say that even whilst our friends are reading it, another demand for delay will not be lictually making in the proper place ? 'Eine will she w ! It is amusing to see the ingenuity with which Opposition contrive to disagree in every point, Cxcept in one—that Ministers are wrong, and ought to go out ! One cries out C 6 Give us a fill and clear report." Another exclaims—" There ought not to be any report at all." A third com plains that Ministers began too soon. A fourth, too late." In addition to this consistency, they have again in the past week reminded us of the Artist who painted the Devil, and then was terrified at his own picture. In like manner, they alarmed themselves and the whole Coun try—No ! not the whole Country, for the Coun try has long since found them out—with finan cial defalcations, glorying in their prophecies like frogs in a pool or flies in the sunbeams, when In It appears that the Revenue is improving. Then they prophecy that the Coronation will cost three quarters of a million ; but Ministers come down and say they will perform it for one tenth of that sum, producing an absolute saving of 650,0001.! But 66 no," say Opposition, " that is no thing ; it contains four cyphers ! Nov we can shew a saving in which there will only be one cypher. If you wish to sale this ruinated Coun try from utter destruction, instead of the enor mous sum of 95001. annually to the late Mo narch's faithful and praiseworthy domestics, pass the amendment that it shall be only 81901. 19s. 11(14 ! Thus will you relieve the poor from the assessed taxes, encourage Commerce and the Home Trade, shut up Work-houses, stimu late Agriculture by raising the price of Corn, and make the land overflow with Peace and Plenty !" PROTOCOL. —The first public use made of the word Protocol, or perhaps its first appearance in an English garb,' and in public documents, was among the papers presented to both Houses of Parliament, on the subject of the Slave Trade.— " Protocol is derived from protocolum in Latin, and protocolon in Greek ; that is, the first mem ber—what is first briefly noted,_to...be afterwards amended, and further enlarged." This is a cor rect description of or name for the papers above alluded to, and will render the word more cur rent, if any one can think it preferable to that universally adopted, and which we all well un derstand—minute. RICHARD WELLESLEY, Esq. is returned for the Borough of Ennis, in Ireland, in consequence of Itu.o MAHON having resigned his. seat. LONDON JOURNALS. [Ad IL Y. EXTR,4qTS.] FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. [Morning Posti THE , As her Majesty has 'abandoned her claiin - for . delay, so forcibly urged by Mr. Broug - harn_ln the first instance, and now with equal force demands through the same Learned Genttertian, imme diate trial, it is probable that the' House of Lords will this day appoint an early day for the, second reading of , the Bill of Divorce, or Pains and Penalties. This proceeding, it can not be denied, adMits of all the forms of trial usual in cases of Bills of Divorce ; the utmost latitude of defence will be afforded her Ma jesty : and, therefore, whatever the result may prove, all candid men must acknowledge that it was impossible for Ministers to have adopted a more fair or equitable course, or one better calculated to satisfy the country and promote the ends of impartialjustice. It is no longer a mere question between the King and the QUEEN—from what has transpired it becomes a consideration, not so much of individual, as of national interest end importance. The proceeding may be viewed a:: strictly judicial ; and affecting as it does alike tile honour of the Queen, the character of the Country, and the- dignity of the Crown, it ; Must be the wish of all good men, that as the evident intention on the one hand is to render the pro ceedings strictly impartial, all spirit of party Should . be equally dismissed from both sides. The ludicrous stories which have lately been cir culated respecting the quondam courier Pergami, or Bergami, are best refuted by astatetnent which has just been put forth, in ,regard to the girl whom the Queen has adopted, and brought with her to this country. This girl, it is now stated by the advocates of her Majesty, and from ap parent authority, is the daughter of the said Bergami : she is described as remarkably ac complished, though not more than seven yearsold. THE MILAN COMMISSION. During her MAJEsTY's residence oti the Continent. reports of the most painful kind respecting her conduct then were received in this conntry, not from one, two, or three indi viduals, but rushing iu a lull tide from all quarters, so that it was impossible for his Nl+sly's Ministei s, either in dot to the K ;az, or to The Nation, to avoid noticing them : stir less could it be expected that his Majesty himself should listen - tamely to narrations so deeply affecting his ha noun W hat, i;; this paintol state of things. was the first duty of Ministers, acting, we will not say on their official resi !!!!! but on higher, nobler, more generous, and more patriotic motiVeS? Their first duty was to enitenv, , ur to a.yetrtans Me truth. And what better means could be de vised for this purpose han'those which were adopted ? They consulted an eminent Judge in the choice of a Gentleman of high legal attaiements, of unimpeachable character, of expe rience, of gravity, of penetration, an Engtishman, a.man of honour, a distinguished member of the Chancery Bar. Was it possible to choose more cautiouly or mare fairly ? To this Gentleman was added a Solicitor of high respee , ability. The , mere appointment of such Commissioners was a guarantee that, as far as human foies;gto could eo, the delicate duty eo trustect to tbcir charge Wou;4l I,e performed with the utmost haeloy and hor,oor. But the matter was nut lett to rest lucre. The Commissioners were placed out. r the restraint of instruct . which even tier M,jesty herself must ap plaud. They were particularly Instructed tot to admit any hearsay evidence; nor to take one step inconsistent with the principles of British justice. To these regulations they ad hered with scrupulous exactness. The depositions were taken with the same formality that is . observid in our legal pro eeedines—t he witnesses were di , tinctly . given to understand. on the one hand, that no pecuniary recompense would be made for their testimony; and on the other, that they might probably be called upon hereafter to support that testi mony in the most solemn manner. Filially, these proofs were obtained not merely at Nli4in, hot. in various parts of the Continent, at d from persons ut various ranks and situations in life. Yet this is what has been ;infamously called " the iufamons Milan Commission." Our readers will determine whether it was vssible for evidence to be collected on suet; a subject ineatmore cordial and guarded manlier. - The evi dence respecting her Majesty's conduct on the Cootinent, though collected with so much caution and fairness, may pos sibly foe founded in falsehood or in mistake. We hope it will prove.sor but certainly his Majesty's Ministers, if with all their talents and experience they could not detect that fals e . hood or. that mistake, were bound• to act upon it as true. (Pia.) [Morning Chronicle.] It is understood that Ministers have now nearly 30 witnesses in readiness, including those who were so roughly handled at Dover on Friday last, and who now partake of Government hos pitality. As the Coronation is put off, which could not well have taken place when the pro ceedings against the Queen were going on, and as there is no want of witnesses, we have heard that Lord Liverpool means this day to propose an early second reading of the Bill, after which the evidence will be gone into without loss of time, provided that the inquiry can go on with out the presence of the Judges. Upon this there is some doubt. They always attend upon inqui ries of a judicial nature, and the question is, whether all or only a part of them should be present, and the time will be fixed, according as this shall be settled. The House of Commons will, it is understood, have got through all the business before it in about eight or ten days, when it will adjourn from time to time, the ad journments having reference to the progress of the proceedings in the Lords, in order that if the Bill should pass the Upper House, it may be in readiness to receive it. The Queen has also sent for a number of witnesses, and many of them, it is said, are persons in the most respectable situ ations in life. Some of her witnesses may not reach this country in time for the investigation in the Upper House, but they will at least be here in time for that in the House of Commons. [Morning Herald.] This evening will be determined, in the, house of Peers, the time and precise course of proceed ing in the QUEEN'S case. There is every dispo sition to proceed with rapidity ; and certainly, after what has passed, the Queen has a right, in a great measure, of deciding the time for prelimi nary arrangements. We have resolved not to urge partial arguments or statements in this most important question, or else we should state pre judicating rumours which prevailed yesterday re specting the Queen's security of defence, and the facility with which she will be enabled to shiver in pieces " the web woven by her accusers." The twelve Italians, arrived at Dover as witnesses in support of thf Din, were persons pf sordid aP- pearance trtd charactet, and narrowly escaped the resentment of the mob. These, and the English subjects connected with the Milan Commission, are, we understand, the Chief witnesses: - Some English Qilicers travelling over the scenes where her Majesty is supposed to _have committed the crimes imputed to her, have Ow been surnmoDr4i to appear• on.the trial, but . declined appearing`; and, upon the whole, - it is said tliat seine of who made material suggestions against the Queen now refuse to come forward. But for this, though reported, we cannot answer. The Lords will, we understand, ,adjourn for a short time, the Com mons for a much longer. [New Times.] Some nf the Papers which mention the Dover riot, seem to treat it as in some measure excus able, because the foreigners appeared to be per sons of a low rank in society l •Other Journals have gone further, and without knowing a single circumstance about the indiViduals,. have de scribed them as vile and abandoned wretches; and it is no doubt to these anticipative calumnies that the viOlences of which we speak are to be attributed. We are quite sure that neither the Queen herself, nor any honourable defender of her •cause, can for a moment approve of such conduct. In fact, it is extremely prejudicial to her Majesty's interest to let it be supposed that they can need the support of measures so unfair and so violent. It. is placing her on ,the footing of that worthless woman of quality, whose viola tion of her conjugal duties was lately the subject of a very remarkable trial. In that case (as our Readers may remember) the particeps criminis, after a long period of adulterous intercourse, and while he was secretly instigating the wife ,to elope, had the art to persuade the injured hus band that the witness who had detected the crime was not to be believed, became he was an Italian, and of a low rank in society. Besides, in a case of licentiousness, even if some of the witnesses should be of vile habits and occupa tions, (as in common cases of adultery we find brothel-keepers and other despicable wretches often brought forward to give evidence), is it not obvious that even such testimony as this may, by the aid of corroborative and circumstantial proof, be-rendered irresistible ? Thus Thistle wond's guilt admits not the shadow of a doubt, and yet his detection and conviction were pri marily owing to information received from an accomplice. We certainly do not mean to inti mate that the evidence•in her Majesty's case is at all analogous to this ; but we say that the rea soning of her injudicious defenders is palpably open to this answer, in the way of argument and supposition. The result of the whole is, that we ought to keep our minds in the fair equilibrium of unbiassed justice, so that in a great question of state we may not eventually be led to any decision contrary to the interests of truth and of our country. [The Times.] THE KING AND QUEEN. The following correspondence passed between the KING and QUEEN a year after their marriage, and within two months of the birth of their Daughter : . 4 WinolsiTr Castle, April 30, 1796, " lIIADAsr—As Lord Cholmondeley informs me that )otr. wish I would define, in w• iting*, the terms 111111:1 which %V at • to lire, I shall endeavour to explain nty,elf Upon that head with as much clearness and witlaas much propviety as the nature of the subject will admit. Our inclinations a:e not in our power, or should either of us he held answerable to the other, because natnre has not made us suitable to tach other. Tranquillity and comfor:able socie!y is, however, in our payee' : let our inttreouise, therefote, he restricted to that, and I will distinctly subscribe to the conditiont which von required, through, Lady tiat even in the event of any accident happening to my Diaghter, el.:id' I trust Providence in its mercy will avert, I shall not infria4e the terms of the restriction by proposing, at any period, a connection of a more particular nature. I • hall now finally close this disagreeable correspondence, trusting that, as we have completely explained ourselves to each other, the rest of oar lives will be passed in uninterrupted tranqoiliii..„ " I slut, Madam, with great truth, very snivel - Ay s, (Signed) " GEORGE P." ANSWER. " The avowal of your conversation with Lord Cholovinde ley neither surprises nor offends rut ; it merely con& meal what you have tacitly insinuated for this twelvemonth. But after this, it would be a want of delicacy, or rather an on worthy meanness in me, were I ti• complain of those condi tions which you impose 11p411) ynnrsrlf. " I should have returned no answer to your letter, if it had not been conceived in term, to make it doubtful whether this arrangement proceeds front you or from me; and you are aware that the credit of it belongs to you alone. " The letter which you announce to me as the last oblige , me to communicate to the King, as to my Sovereign and my Father, both your avowal and my answer. You dill find en closed the copy of my letter to the King. I apprize you of it, that I may not incur the slightest repitiach of duplicity front you. As I have at this moment no protector but los Majesty, I refer myself solely to him upon this subject : and if net con duct meets his approbation, I shall he in some degree at lertio consoled. I retain every:sentiment of gratitude for the si tuation in which I find myself, as Princess of Wales, enabled by your means to indulge in the free exercise of a virtue dear to my heart—l mean charity. " It will be my duty, likewise, to act upon another mo tive—that of giving - an example of patience and resignation under every trial. " 1)o me the justice to believe that I shall never cease to pray fur your happiness, and to be " Your much devoted Gt h of May, 1796." " CAROLINE." - * The substance of this letter had been previously con veyed in a message through Lord Cholmondeley to her Royal Highness. But it was thought by her Royal Highness to be infinitely too important to rest merely neon a verbal commu nicition, and therefore she desired that his Royal Highness's pl. asure upon it should be communicated to her in writing. t Upon the receipt of the message a lluded to ill the fore going note, her Royal Highness, though she had malting do but to submit to the. arrangement which ,his.ltoyal High ness might dett rinne upon, desired it ;eight be understood, that she should insist that any such arrangement, one. made, should be considered as final ; and that his !loyal Hightu s. should nut retain the right, from time to time, at his pleasure, or under any circumstances, to alter it. We have gone on from day to day narrating circumstances, as they reached our ears, respect mg the measures pursued by the Queen's ene mies. come now to the movements of her Majesty's friends—of those, we mean, who, whatever may be the wickedness which they me ditate against her—however atrocious and exe crable the crimes to which they may . have been instigated, or for the perpetration of which they may have been hired—can neither stir nor speak, nor show themselves in this country, without per forming towards their intended victim the offices, and producing the effects, of. a• friendship the most faithful and invaluable. A letter from lion loge - anzotzace; the arrival in that town, on erillirgdhy last, or c , two edfritige§, containing a ;. dozen Italians, under the charge of a courier, all of whom were to be shipped off _after art hour'S respite for London ;" adding, " it is well under stood that they are going'to give evidence against the Queen of England." Now fOr the descripm tion of these witnesses, if such they were It ,is g a positive fact, that the. chambermaid at 'the.,. hotel where the fellows stopped to clean them selves was afraid to'conduct them up stairs ; ..and this, as they w ill be seen in London,is all I shall saf about tireir general appearance." Well—we trace this precious cargo from Italy a little, further. On Friday, it seems they set foot on English ground ; and, if the Dover history be not exact' Berated, no doubt they soon wished themselves safely back again to Milan., On Friday, at 11 or at night, the creatures were wheeled, like a wag' gon load of nastiness, through the streets of Lou" don, and dropped in Bucklersbury. But it al?' pears that all the water in the Straits. of Dover, could not cleanse them- of their filth ; it was such, indeed, that we are told the landlady of the house in the city resolved to expel them forth with from her premises, and accordingly on -Sa" turdaynight was preparing so to do, when there drove up to the door two poSt-coaches, hired, a 4 was said for Harwich ! But this was shrewalf - suspected to be a feint : as the Witnesses vier°, brought the whole - way from Italy, it was, per' haps,unreasonable to suppose that they would be , so so quickly sent off' again:, front any impression -01 fear or shame in their employers,. before .soule' man of business, as Mr. Cooke, for instance, or ;i l ' John Leach (whose names were dontinnally itt their rimuths), - had - aseertal,ned bow far they well capable of serving.the cause of that 44 allegorica l ' personage, called Public 3ustice." - --:(Mid.) ff.* The sentiments and the liingitage of The Times ar e generally so despicable and offensive, Out we ought to at'°: logize to our Readers for taking any Extracts froM tlian Paper, iinle•s for the purpose of expositvg it. Thi, eri icie, which is most probably !lathing hut 'lion altogether, shots its otter contempt of jus.iee rod non decency, by the manlier in Witielt it mentions foteigur r , - of whose characters it can kniiw nothing , or whether tur f come here for thr fillipt/Se SUppoSed, Sit. o 4 acing wititeo s ' on the trialoftb Queen, Or to exercise he h mai. tits al Sco l il .! tors, &e. Sec. There is another long iirticie in The TipteA this day, which is hardly an indirect, but cri filially an and most impudent attack upon the character and condac t His NlAJr.srr, evidently intended to prejudge the tiapoi/10)e cause now pending. Should such a daring. libel pass without notice ? Will it be believed that the riettresa cosine. 4 ion of Tire Tiara, and who is said to 'retain a sit:ire if ,. iT . 4 9 holds a lucrative °thee wider Government, his , , fur which are only isnowrr to those from whom it was iiitiorit diately derive& Among the various fliJoryts co ntentyr 3t ,4 by our Politicians, perluips one at least knight lie propel', dirt etc.() towards a title regulation. of Ministi rial ,patrimag" and the wise, just, and hommralile 111111 d of Lord I.tstrne" °l '_.. could hardly be employed with inure advantage to Haan cent, and satisfaction to the Country, nin by a cutisidei% ion of this subject, when the adjustment of others more tot-taut will afford the opport ty. If we are riititli r itt d 'oruird, there are ma tit Persons i it)tin thin aihitnations wt." at lot only hostile to Ministers, bat 10 the form of our Gove,;:, tent, and are so indiscreet, as to avovv their principles , A I s a subject Worth inquiry. TIIE REVENUE. ABSTRACT of the NET PRODUCE of the TtEVEN , tlt; of GBE AT BRITAIN, exclusive of the Arrears of Doty on Malt and Pi opet tyon the Quartets. toded:slllJd3 1819 an 4 !Rea, shewiiig the locrcase or Decteatat ' 3 " Head thereof. ,Quarters endiAly Incieasr. necres' P 36-1,1.1 Customs - - Exci‘e - - Stamps - - Post Office - Assessed Taxes Land 'nuts - Miscellaneous 1819 2,9.44,6•'9 5,692,'27. 1,53,1,72:; Total . 367,0 0, 441 75 , 62,7" 2,604,13( Dedui Increase iezu; •..., -2 6 • ~• ' 2,343,33 , 1 440,74 , ‘ I ) 3.17 > 3 6 ) Decrease , ti Qttai 9 2 i,339 46,74 i b 5,420 610m 4 144,037 380. 8 . 0 4 :i , I ,°°° 4,g 1 - , yBU• THEA t' ICA I, 11 F. GISI' E It Per/Orme(' on S'esturday .V*kt. THEATRE ROYAL, Dit,tty-LANE.—.The Provoked Alter which, Giovanni in London. ,o.jr” Tti EA fIIE Ho AL, CoVENIT-GARtwx.—=:flte Clanlesti ne riage. after w hich, 'rat Critic. 00 • THEATRE ROYAL, ENOL INH OPERA HousE.—The • i t After which, The llonetibdck. 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LONDON, MONDAY; JUL k 10, ------ _ We received yesterday the Paris raP e , c ;l' Thursday last, and this morning those of 0;05' 'The Chamber of :lei s assembled again oil t ile day, and referred the Budget of SupPli t°,itieo special C( mmittee. The Chamber of P e i l o .itl!, were o,_,,liiied m Wednesday and Thurscl3/05siors the Budget of Ways and Means, the ai 9c .„.... 0 6 of which was again adjourned till FridaY' following are extracts : a' Di ll e c' PARIS, JULY 7.--Tire King trausa c— t i - l' i't e ' siness yesterday wiih the Count Simeon' 111 of the interior, and the Duke de Riche lieu. t i l° Majesty gave a private audience to the the biletif‘ Labrador, the Spanish Ambassado r to tb cl of Naples. to'r o re . cc The King and Queen of Wurteulber'vo ce on the ;;Oth ult. at Besancon. . aiell cc The Duke DecvLes had Th e an other 3ti v of the King on Wednesday evening. had a th e ac Atfair'! " TI r t Whilst the i n , * With the it 1 I C)f I It ] Ro c id but VAr ! g a.~:4 J( k to