The Sun. — London, England, 1820-08-12 00:00:00

LONDON JOU NA LS, .[D,III,Y EX I]idCTS FROM THE AIORNLNG PAPERS. {Morning Post.] It having been declared from - the highest au- - aMong her Majesty's Ackisers, namely-, by Nfr. Alderman Wood, that-it is certainly the Queen's purpose to attend personally to the in vettigation into her conduct, we are bound, how eluctantly, to believe that such is really the fact. The mistrust of her legal friends, ivirich this betrays, it is not for us to settle. Svlessrs. Brougham and Denman, and the Plate .Doctor, know by this time that their offices are not exempt from suffering on the score of caprice, and inconsistency.; and they know also to how much it- may be convenient for them to submit. in so far as regards the public, the matter is more -momentous. As the example of the highest Lady in the, land, it is, to say the least of it, gr6ss' eilough ;—as the cli=t of that system which embraces the Radical cause in all its ramifica tions, it is just what'might have been expected. It squares with the responses to the Addresses,. and- agrees.to admiration with The preceding ef forts to excite popular tumult, and endanger the tranquillity of the country. That the Queen is so perfectly pure and innocent, that no Court can by possibility find tier guilty, is asserted loudly by her supporter's; - but it is certainly not in uni son-with this bold assurance, to evince so extra ordinary a solicitude about the evidence, as not to be able to bear its audience from day to day, under, the opposition of-zealous friends and acute Coun sel, but that the party must herself be present to watch its utterance. This shows a mind but at ease as to the result of what may he elicited from witnesses. Nothing, indeed-, but the ex treme of dread could induce-a woman to be,pre sent at examinations of the nature these must be, when justice requires every disgusting fact and every depraved allegatiOn to be described with minute particularity. We - cannot illustrate our opinion by.defail, but the sense of our Readers will readily fill up the blank, and they will form their own judgment on the decency of a Queen attending an inquiry, such as in humbler persons_ procures women and children to be turned out of Court. ('.C(~i We have already stated that the Letter writ ten in the Queen's name to the Ki ng was a mere artifice of the base faction by which her Majesty is so lamentably misled. The subject being now an affair of State, the King coutd not himself con- Te,ceive the communication, and he ac cordingly returned it to her Majesty with the inVenation, that under the present circumstances it must pass through the hands of his Ministers. The Alueen was then advised to send her Letter to the Earl of Liverpool ; and we understand that a suitable reply was returned to it in the course .of yesterday afternoon.—( [Morning ,Chronicle.] • Mr. Wilberforce has written to his friends in town, saying that it is his intention to come im xlediately to London. It is believed that this Gentleman, seriously alarthed for the safety of tile country, intends -to make another effort to: suspend those proceeding's . whirl the experience el eh passing hour more clearly demonstrates to be " derogatory from the dignity of the Crown, and injurious to the best interests of the Coun try." • We understand that some Gentlemen of wealth , and consideration -hove adopted measures- for.as certaining the state of the public mind, as far as it can be collected from the places of general re-' .cort and conv ersa ti o n 'throughout Loot'lon and its vicinity. The result has -been' communicated to Lord Sidmoutli, and the timely warning may _probably induce his Majesty's Ministers to pause in their infatuated career. If they-madly per severe7-in their revolutionary measures for de throning our lawful Queen, there is not a man in the country who possesses wisdom to foresee, or courage to contemplate, the tremendous cense quences.---(Mid..) Preparations are made in the 'houses in Cotton 'Garden for the reception of 60 or 70 Italian 'Witnesses. They were : expected to arrive last night, or they ,will come' this day. They are to be conveyed to ale place by the river, and pre cautions are taken by - stationing of gun-boats against all 'annoyance in their passage, and to prevent all access to them after their arrival.-- (ha) ,It is stated to be the-chief object of her Ma jesty's letter to the Kink to state 'her objections to, the coarse of proceedings instituted .against bec, and particularly her objections to the House of — Lords as a Tribunal, deClaring that she would rattre'r be . tried by a Common Jury. We have not heard that an answer has yet been given. to this representation. The letter is said ;to be written by the advice of Mr. Liish• ington.—(Mid.) It is whispered in the Ministerial Cireles,"tbat it is probabl e th e H ouse - o f L or d s w ill , on Tues day next, at their meeting, adjouln for a to give.time to the House of Commong to re assemble on Monday se'nnight, in hopes that Mr . : IVilberforce may have some proposition to make that may avQid the necessity of entering on the Bill of Pains and Penalties. In the mean time the arrangements in the Jlouse of Lords will be completed this day. A chair is to he placed for the Queen close to her Counsel, on the left hand of the passage to the Lords' .. seats, near Sir Tho r nas 'Tyrwhitt's box, and an- adjoining room is assigned' for her to retire to: for coOsultation or when Counsel ,withdraw.—(lbid.) • plornipg Herald.] The Queen's L e tt er t o , his Majesty is the sub ject of general conversation—and there are count less rumours as to its contents. ft .wa:s stated yesterday by an Evening Paper, 4 . 4 on good au thority," that this letter . " contains a complaint and remonstrance for along continuation of ill trcatment—protests against the - mode of pro ceeding now adopted against her—and demands that fair and legal trial which is the right of every subject of the realm." This appears en titled to but - little credit. Such a communica tion would but exasperate gratuitously, without the least posEible advantage tb her Majesty. It is well known that persons mediately, if not im mediately in the interests and confidence of the Queen, have expressed hopes of adjustment from her Majesty's letter, which they have represented as frank and public-spirited—even to a renun ciation of some minor points in such arrange ments as,might follow an abandonment of' the proceeding in Parliament. We, were correct yesterday, in stating that his_ Majesty did not receive the Queen's letter, but - directed it to be communicated to the Ministers. It was received by Lord Liverpool, who, as far as we have heard, has hitherto returned no answer. The belief is still general, that the investigation will - not go on. In fact, people will not believe, until they have before their eyes the evidence of notorious fact. We cannot however discover the least ground for this prevalent impression. It is true, that yesterday, the interviews between The Duke of York and Lord Liverpool were looked upon as strongly indicative of private arrangement— at least as an indication that the question was un der discussion. • . Times.] An Evening Paper professes to give, " from goad authority," the substance of the letter ad dressed by the Queen to the King - , and represents it as a mere repetition of the answers to Ad dresses. We can scarcely give any credit to this account, but if it be correct, it is a proof that her Majesty entrusts her sto very shallow and unguarded counsellors. No others could have been guilty of such a premature and'partial dis closure. It is impossible to suspect the " absolute wisdom" of Alderman Wood of so unwise and indecorous a proceedirfz. FOR THE SUN. RETROSPECT. " Here's room for meditation— Ev'n to madness ! " I FORGET WHO. MR. EDITOR,—You have for some time favour 7 ell us with a Weekly Retrospect,. but, I think, you might find matter even for a Doily one. Let us try, currente calamo, what yesterday produced. - • In the first place, the extraordinary conjunc tion of ALDERMAN WOOD leading in DR. PARR ! ! to the Mermaid at Hackney !—" not absolute wisdom'? coquetting with Bellendenus! Then comes an Ex-dramatic Dictator, d—ng Green Bags and the Church by-wholesale ; but those who damn Theatres by robbing PETER to pay PAUL,• may be allowed to rob PAur., to pay one PETER more! Next starts up Slzi-i,3val Impartiality. Mr. MILLS' Address to the KING iS objected to, as not in the requisition ; but ALDERMAN WAITII MA N'S to the House of Lords is received! though exactly in the same predicament. But observe how the " QUEEN'S friends" begin to turn the tables, when they find little more is to be made of her. The Morning Chronicle boldly says, that the investigation of her conduct at Como will produce " filth and pollution ;" and Mr. WAITIIMIN comes forward with his " if there be guilt, the conduct of Ministers had driven her to it." Can her MAJESTY read all this, and yet not see the cloven foot ! But forget not the Alderman's assertion of the present Parliamentary proceedings,making " a law to create a crime in the first place, and to punish it afterwards." Why, Sir, any common smug gler might start the sane ol.kjection! Then comes the Isleworth Baronet, with his respect for the Freeholders of Middlesex—hut all the Free holders of Middlesex were not there—some of them, I fancy, are still courting the mermaids at Port Jackson ! • Then he comes forward most Certainly With a novel charge against Ministers, in the midst of his cranrbe repetita.—lle talks of " the Press of. the Country, which Ministers had so strongly endeavoured to bring over to them:" to that Mi nisters may certainly ple - ad NOT GUILTY! Then Sir FRANKY laughs at the idea that the conduct of ----- at Como could be dangerous to the' morals of this Country.—Why, truly, from one who pap Scott and lot, such nice morality might well be expected! As for TionnouWs Essay at Revolution, that must speak'for itself! But some folks will risk the ruin of their Country for an antithesis! But to leave the Mermaid for higher game— with .what complacency of censure the -Woburn Historian talks of ii.mity the Eighth and his wires l Does he forget what his family owe to Timmy the Eighth ? If one RUSSELL had never been the favourite of that " Tyrant," where would now be the noble House of Then the Morning Chronicle really cannot bring itself—no, 44 ourselves"—" to entertain the idea that our Government has been endeavour ing to 'foment disturbances in.Spain."—lndeed ! But, still, the " InsurgentS w e r e a rme d w ith Eng lish musquets."--Yes, indeed, the thing is likely enough—a good many English musquets were left in that part of the Peninsula on the retreat of Sir JOHN MOOR.E; and therefore the thing is very possible. But cannot' the Morning Chro nicle' insinuate, in any way, who found the arms for the Calo-street Insargents Then with what delight that sapient Journal chronicles the march of 35,000 sable republicans at St. Domingo, for the purpose of forcing their' fellow blacks to be free ! • But—pour comble—" would to. God that we had experienced a Waterloo fifteen year sooner than we did ;"—and that from the patriotic Pa risian Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle! Enough! enough surely ; for one .day. Thursday: X. THEATRICAL •ItEGISTER. Performed Lust Vi nt. THEAritErtoYAL, HAvmAßKEr.—Teazing made Easy. After winch, Too Late'fr - ,•Dinaer.. To which was addCkli Har lequin and Cinderella. ENGWSH OPERA I - Iolfs4.—(3d - Time), The Viitnpire. After which, The Proinissiop4ott. Tu whi •.was addtik Belles wiljteut Beaux•. w Kr Mbric 11 , 1 Al LS. Annzvet)-1 Dublin, I WaterfOrd, 1 France, I Hamburg!), I Flanders. DUE...I Guernsey anti Jersey, I Gattenburgli. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'TO-MORROW. Morning, .27 minutes attvr 4.—Ereitinz, 42 mmutus attur 4. THE SUN. SOLEM SUIS DICERE FALSUM -AUDEAT ? LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, -1820. We received this morning the Papers Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday last. They com pletely negative the report that got into circula tion yesterday, of the death of the KING of FRAN CE. Some details will be found below res peCting the unhappy affair in Sicily.—The fol lowing are extracts : " Pam, ALTQ. 9.-7 -Yesterday, the King received the Am bassadors and Foreign Ministers. His Majesty gave a private audience to the -Maiqwess de Caraman, French Ambassador to Austria, who sets out to-morrow for Vienna; also to the Baron Durand, French Minister to the Netherlands. In the afternoon, the King transacted business with the Duke de " Accounts from Majorca, of the 15th ult., state that the number. of deaths from the plague, up to that day, had been 1,720 in the four vilhiges Where it was concentrated. " The King' gave a private audience yesterday to the Sar dinian Envoy Extraordinary. " Accounts from Naples state, that according to the deci sion of General I'epe with respect to the soldiers of the re giment Farnese, who were concerned in the revtAt of the 13th, two out of every five are to be shot. FIVE PER CENTS. Monday Tuesday 78 f. 75 c. . 78 f. 75 c. Tuesday. DEFERRED STOCK. Monday. Of the 22d March, 1817 —lO5 f. 10 c. 22d March, 1820— .93 f. f. 85 c " NAPLEs, JuLy 2-2.—On the 19th in the evening, the packet boat, le Tartaro, brought the most important news from Sicily. " It had on board the King's Lieutenant, the Chevalier de Nagelli, the Minister Tomniasi, Lieutenant-General Church, and a great number of other Neapolitan Otiicial men, who had escaped from Palermo. " As far as we can learn from she reports of the Refugees, the tumult commenced on the 16th at Palermo. As soon as they becanie'aegnainted with the Revolution, effected by vio lence at Navies, and the change in the. Constitution, the Sici- lians determined not to ad nowledge the present Government of Naples, and it is even said, that they have proclaimed the absolute independence of their Island; but it is probable, ac- cording to other statements, that they confine themselves to the re-establishment of the Constitution, framed by tcird floitincli on the model of that of England. However, this may be, the yellow cockade the colour of the Kingdom was hoisted by a crowd of Bourgeois on the 16th. They seized the Arsenal, where they found arms, and then attacked the forts and the posts occupied by the Garrison, consisting of from 4 to 5,000 men, who bad hoisted the , new tri coloured cockade. All the efforts of Lieut.-Colonel Church and other superior Officers, to tranquillize the minds of the people, proved fruitless. " The troops made resistance on the first day, but on 'the 17th a crowd of countrywn haring joined the inhabitants of Palermo, the contest became too unequal, and the Neapoli tan Authorities, to put an end to the effusion of blood, came to the resolution of. retiring. Others say, that they were compelled to embark. No one, however, knows what was . the situation of the garrison at the time of the departure of. the packet ; the city was a prey to the horrors of anarchy. " The Archives, the Prisons, and, several other edaces,, had become a prey to the dames. " The number of killed is estimated at 2,000, and of wounded at nearly 4,000. " It is said the fart' of the combatant's was such, that they threw on each other furniture and stones from the houses, and even poured out boiling oil. " From the receipt of the first intelligence of the Revolu tion at Naples, the cities of Messina, Catana, and Syracuse, experienced the greatest agitation, and the most melancholy tews is every moment expected from them. " Here tranquillity ‘:ontinues, at least in appearance. The Government is occupied in stnding back to their dif ferent Provinces the masses of Insurgents, who about the loth instant, were estimated at 60,000 men, nearly half of whom entered the capital. 4, The Catbonari of Benevento have organized a Repub. ican Government. ,c At the moment of finishing this Letter, we hear that a Squadron, consisting of a ship of the line, a frigate, and tw o brigs, has set sail for Palermo. It is said to have troops on board. ," VIENNA, JULY 29.—1 t is said that our Court has not come to any determination respecting the changes in the Kingdom of Naples, and that before eeei4ing upon this question it is desirous of 'perceiving in what point of view they are regarded by the Allied Powers. In the mean time, no explanation will probably be entered into with the Prince Cariati, who has not yet had any audience of the Prince tie Metternich " There is no truth in the reports of sending several Austrian Regiments to the Venetian Territory." An Extract of a Letter from St. Thomas's, dated July 7, says—" Four Commissioners from the Spanish Cortes have arrived at Martinique, on their way to the Spanish Main, to treat with the Independents ; we may therefore shortly expect to hear of some important events in that quartet. The unsettled 'state of the Spanish Main has a, very sensible effect to render ol t market extremely dull and low." rt is said by The Morning Chronicle of th is day, as will be seen lit-our Daily Extrac s from the_ London Journals, so Gentle 'etl of cOßs' i kkration, avow t° Z 1: 1, -. • as rtal he l igqViet) pu ind•tr-tr u t , out London 'and its vicinity." These Gentlemen , whoever they may be, are giving themselves 0' necessary trouble, for The Morning Chronicle/ from its magic cauldron in the Strand, has for . some time past told us the state of the public mind, not only in London; but, by ,the power "of second sight," which has long been known to be one of the wonderful faculties of that paper, ha s been able to ascertain public opinion on the VI day after any event has occurred, or any 'llea' sure been adopted !! With the same intuitiv e celerity it has the following day been able t° state\ the general impression.of events and tnea' sures throughout the Country !!! But-it is unfor' tunate for the Country that the astonishing instinv tive power of The Morning Chronicle has alwall found the public mind, in every direction, .come' nial with itself, in all its opinions, and consequenff hostile to regular Governments and _friendly. to Revolutionary- Reforms.—But, what is -somewha t strange, and apparently a little perverse, The, Chronicle accuses Ministers of being inclined t° " Revolutionary measures," in attempting •to " dethrone our lawful QIJEEN.'.' Surely it would be but commonly prudent in The Morning Ghr°' nicle to wait the issue of the trial, by which we hoe that Her MAJESTY'S innocence will be manifested; but it seems to have forgotten the sentiments.o f the leader of its Party, -Mr. TIERNEY, on IhP subject,and therefore we shall refresh its mernori , in order to teach it more caution. Mr. TiEnsvff expressing the sentiments of himself and his Po' litical friends, spoke in the House of Commons as follows :—" We, in common with others, halve certainly heard rumours injurious to the -QuetS' s character; rumours which, if true, we have no hesitation in saying, prove her UNWORTHY Te l SIT ON THE BRITISH THRONE"—" if those 0: mours had any foundation, it was THE DUTY e t Parliament to take some steps in 'order to rescii His MAJESTY from the degradation of sharing his throne with such a Partner; and, if false/ there can be as little doubt, - that it is their dal to maintain HER MAJESTY in all her rights and .dignities." We heartily join issue with Mr. Tait` NEY ; if the trial is to proceed, and the QuEO be found worthy of the British Throne, let he t enjoy all its honours in full lustre ; but, under al/ those rumours, is it consistent with justice, with common sense, with common decency, that he r Judges, as able and upright characters as any country at any period has produced, or probably ever will produce, shall be insulted with the mos t libellous imputations, and styled Persecutors ; ad that the witnesses who come for the elucidatio n of truth, shall be exposed to outrage and possibll murder, so that Government shall be obliged to guard and protect them, lest they should fall vie d tims to the rage of an ignorant . and infuriated rabble ! The Rev. WILLIAM GILLESPIE, Minister of in Scotland, and Chaplain to the Stewar try Yeomanry, has, it appears, been plced unde r military arrest by his Commanding Officer, for' in a prayer from the, pulpit, adding the , orri s " Bless also the QUEEN." The Party 'Write° make a great fuss about this arrest, and say tb a° it is likely to be considered " as an insult offer ed to the whole order of Clergymen in Scotland.' l " --- If Mr. GILLESPIE' were to be considered mere l y in an ecclesiastical point of view, we shoo' ci conceive that the Clergy of Scotland are too dig; nified and wise to resent any censure that nlig h fall on an individual of their order for evide nt indiscretion, whatever might be his motives• --- But Mr. GILLESPIE holds a milita‘ry capaci t / 7 and therefore is subject to military controul. the same time we must -sav, under the pres eij view of the case, that the arrest of Mr. GII.10 r11: • savours of as much imprudence as the officl°us folly that occasioned- it. Frankfort Papers to the 4th inst ' 7 and ° thel. German Journals, arrived - yesterday eyeni"r, The following is extracted from one of thew • eo , SWITZSRLAND, JULY 9.B.—The Governor of Rool elia , is nephew to the, Cardinal, and who lately fled front reported to have been a leader of the C i rhonari, ar“%ties, he left R o me to have lived secretly i n th e kingdom of l';":1010 to have directed the int rigue, and prepared every thing °bo explosion. _lt is farther stated, that Rome was to hav i e jo w at the central point of the Revoluti on , lint that a pries t ss. ' arrested disclosed to his Conf e ss or th e secre t plots of t ' lc j to vernor, who, being inf orme d o f t h e discovery. (last r a id t o take flight. Notwithstanding this, a ferincntat ion is, 0415) have been observed in some towns in the Papal Da:" nay, even in Rome itself." Wednesday Mr. D K' r. ANIEL, s ger, left town with dispatches for _Berlin. , e r l Yesterday M r . E xsnLit , t h e Ki n g's Mess er was dispatched from the Foreign O E S " letters for abroad.