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LONDON JOURNALS,, 1:1)211 : 1,1" EXTR4CTS.I 'EOM THE INTORNIN . G PAM& Post.] • W e hope we- have .strtisfactorily refftted the vharges, or rather effectually repelled the revolu tionary attack - Made by Queen fipiti the whole systeth of -MP. "Governinent, King, Lords,. ;and CommenS, Hitherto, all thew :who have ..a acctised-, to. , he -.tried. by the -House of Lords, considered' that as - ayi.important The.COnstitutlOn grants to : every subject trial .by .Ikis Veers. The Lords are the nearest to equality - with a Queol. Is it for her to refuse the 'whiCh the Constitution allots' her; and-to Amour 'fols . ,orne other, ;which she knows she cairnothave?. If she were to be tried by impeachment, instead of Bill, it, is by ene .flouse -of Lords that. she :would .he tried, at last. Butims she is new. ac tttsed only .of offences, committed abroad, the law does• not ...permit_ any 'other course of pro .ceeding than one by a Bill . .of Pains-and Penal ties„ —To protest. Against this is therefore to pro test against ail trial whatsoever;; and the tlfteat of resistance,' we 'cannot help remarking, savours strongly of the Language of treason. The Queen is a subject, and is as much bound as any other to pbmitto the laws which may be passed by the LegiAature, and she has -as little right as .any ether subject to resist those ;laws. [Morning' Chronicle.] (htr Readers will gee from our Report of y'es terday's proceedings in the House of Lords, that. 'we were right in onr conjecture, that after the Lettel• of her Majesty ne attempts would be made to.put an end to the proceedings against her. The Measures preparatory to the .openilig of the pro ceedings to-morrow were adopted, altd 'among these it will be 'seen, that though the Queen has not been impeached, an Addresi was voted tco hi Majesty, td order the attendance of the' Guards, usual in cases of -iMpeachment. The o,re of his Majesty's Ministers, however, led tlieln to anticipate this vote ; for •soldiel have been some days stationed round the Houses of ,Parliarnent. We were given to understand that during the course of the proceedings , the civil power was to be alone - entrusted with the pre servation of order and the securing a free ap proach-to Parliament. This information gave us great pleasure, for whatever may be the feelinas nt the people with respect to the nature of the p'oceedings, we are convinced that their feelings will not lead them to attempt any measures of nowever,general the regret that Par liament should act in - tire double character of tegislators and Judges, in a -case in which so tinLcia suspicion will naturally attach to their mo flves, *raid 'however dangerous the precedent which may thereby be set, we have no fears that Abeir authority will be resisted. It requires a great 'cleat, indeed,' to provoke the people of , 'England to resistance. The Peers have been -all' summoned to attend in their respective - places : to-morrow, and from day to day during thetontinuance of the trial.-- *Xmoncr others, we understand, that the Honour-. ible Thomas Morton - Berkeley was summoned ,tinder the style and title of Earl Berkeley, and That the young Noblenian has declined to . obey The summons, alleging that it ought to have been :dite.cred ' eldest brother. It is supposed, 'that the House will enforce their order, and that the' young man will have greatness thrust upon it is a' curious question.--(Aid,) fillarning -.Herald.] -Horse Hof Lords. met yesterday, at half past three o'clo i ck. There was a very full attend, once of Peers, bat no business of importance was gone into, and the House continued, sitting only till half-past five. On the motion of the Earl of Liverpool, an Address of Condolence :was voted, to his Majesty, on the, death of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of York, and a Message • to the same effect was ordered' to be presented to his Royal Highness her Illustrious , Consort., The second Report of the Committee of Precedents -was brought up by the. Earl of Shaftesbury, and • the Resolutions recommended therein, read, and agreed to by the House. These Resolutions merely related'to the arrangements necessary for preserving a free access to the House, and the protection of the 1)(403 in its vicinity during the course of its important deliberations. 'The officers and special constables employed to enforce the - regulation with respect to carriages, and to clear away all obstructions, are to be on duty each day from nine o'clock in the morning till six in the evening ; and, according to precedent .in cases of impeachment, an Immble Address is to be presented to the, King, requesting that his Ma jesty would be. graciously pleased to order the attendance upon the Muse of a detachment, of the Guards, on the 17th, and during the course of the subsequent proceedings. [New Times.] • • The Queen's Letter has excited just and gene ral alarm throughbut the Metropolis , Every respectable individual feels indignant at the daring attack on the Constitution which it con , tains ; and What is very remarkable, even The limes, servilely devoted as it is to the cause of se dition, dares not to undertake a, direct defence of this treasonable composition. No one for a mo . merit supposes it 'to have been written by the Queen.. It is well known that she cannot write English with facility. The letters transmitted by " her from Italy are full of German idioms; but t!icre is something stronger than idiom to detect the brking traitor who penned it. There is the tainted mhld,. there is the incendiary spirit, there is the deep-rooted hatred of that glorious fabric -Lithe Britifilt Constitution! All these bear tes t titnony undeniable 'to the authorship of an indi 7 -vitt-nal long; hacknied in the ways of rebellion. 'They 'evince the secret hope (vain hope, indeed, we trust!) that the 17th of August, MO, will consummate in London, what the 16th of August, 1819 y was meant to have produced in Manchester - ---a 'complete intimidation •Of the Legislature, practical-Sovereiguty of the Mob. 7 - 7 -I'ainfig, deed, is it 'TO" contemplate a Queen of tngland . fallen into.such hands, entangled'in such snares, entrapped,Awund, committed to the guidance, not of hbr known. legal . ;rtivisers (They are ho noitrable men), but of secret, hidden tempters land tyrants, who have fascinated her Majesty's Judgment, and now controtil her Will. She, hers - elf had. explicitly declared her ; iconvitien that the' House of Commons wa s-a.faigiful,representati'Ve of the Britisji. People ; but ipcthis la icSgTfabri cation, palmed, upon her and given vv;rid with her signature, we Lind that ItT i tielibelledas shameitSsly as in the foulest page s of the 'no penny' Register. Lord John Russell had fairly stated that his Alajesty's Ministers far froin`hav ing the House of Commons under their controul, were themselves forced to defer to the *ill of the Independent Members of that Bonse the very contrary.is assoted in the Letter with which hiS Majesty was insulted in the nanie hi's Wife. Her Majesty had with proper decorum appeared as:a Petitioner for justice before the Honse of Lords : the fabricated Letter makes her say " to regard . such a body as a Court of Justice would_ be to calumniate that sacred name." Is it possible that the Queen can have been nowingly and deli berately guilty of such gross inconsistencies? How ever, it is a lamentable fact that the legal and constitutional powers of the two Houses of Par liament have been audaciously denied; and defied,' and that in the name of a Princessef the House 'of Brunswick.: This must.not be suffered to pass without -the, most .open and public disclaither, without the most stern and solemn reprobation . , by the loyal part of the community. We theyefore With great - deference submit to : our Readers in all - parts of the United Kingdom,.but more especially in. the Metropolis,. whether it would not be advisable at the present crisis .to de clare their firm adherence to the Constitution, and especially to its main pillars, the two Houses of Parliament, in all the plenitude of their lawful power and authority. When,: the Trai tors and Revolutionists of last year, in terms not very unlike those employed in the Queen's Letter, denied the power of Parliarlient, the Merchants, Bankers, and Traders 'of London thought it be came them .to disavow these • lawless doctrines. We cannot see that when the, same doctrines are ushered to ,the world with the signature of queen Caroline, they become less noxious, or demand a less,. formal ,disavowal on .the part of every loyal subject. It is clear that what em boldens the factious to preclairri their revolution arpsentiments so loudly at the present moment, is the example of Revolution in other countries. They burn to hoist the tricolour flag as at N&ples, and to confiscate, at one blow all the Church pro. perty as in Spain. But the same motive which impels them . to assume every clay a bolder tone should animate those who really love'the Consti tution to avow the . principles of a determined and generous loyalty. This is a matter totally dis tinct from the Queen's guilt or innocence. Hu manity prompts tis_tO46o,, that her Majesty May ultimately clear 'herself of the charges brought against her ; justice demands an entire suspen -sion of opinion on thai`fOint, until the evidence shall have he,en heard ;. but patriotism and honour forbid us to Stiffer the great Constitutioii6.lAutho , rities to be 'attacked in the Queen's name, and under the pretext of her defence. PROVINCIXITTO 0-RNALS. (From the Leeds Inlelligencer, Aug. 1-1.) The conviction of Wooled. and his colleagues at the late Warwick Assizes, affords another source of congratulation to the friends of genuine free dom, at the triumph of the laws, over the base attempts of demagogues to subvett them. So just, so equitable, is the sentence of these factious distarbers of the public peace, that the papers generally most loud and forward in their' opposition to 'Government, dare not im pugn it. Indeed the Times approves of it; whilst the Leeds Mercury is silent !—The offence for which these men were tried, approached in fact, very near to high treason. It was an , assump tion of power, which does not, belong to the King ; of a power which is vested in the Leo'is lature only ;—and most wisely is it so•vested.--- The three estates of the realm ought alone •to have the rieit; , and to enjoy the power of making any alteration in the present Represen tative System. If that right were vested in the, hands of a mob—guided by the artifices of a few political quacks, hypocritical patriots, and ambi tious, unprincipled demagogues-the sun of Eng land's happiness would soon be set in eternal night. Freedom would take her flight from her shores; and anarchy and licentiousness would be triumphant. The successive ver dicts of the juries, together with the una, nimous opinions .of our judges, and of the most eminent regal characters in the kingdom, have fully established those principles, for which we have always stredeously contend i td. The illegality of the proceedings of the, radicals, during the last year, is now clearly established ; and if they should dare to repeat them, the duty of the Magistrates is so obvious; that they cannot mistake in the execution of it. - We hope, however, that the people bf England, will learn wisdom from the fate of Carti-cright, Trookr, ' hunt, and the other leaders in the cause of re volution; and refuse to be seduced from their allegiance to their Kino---their obedience to the laws. We are aware of the unprincipled elforts now making to engage them as parties in a cause, involving the dearest interests of th e most illustrious Personages in, the kingdom ; and of the merits of which :hey cannot Judge.-13ut, if they are, wise, t i ltey will spurn the insidious betrayers of their confidence; who, after basely goading coldly reprobate their violation of the laws,- 7 • t b l e e c:s o e n tl t te 6 p a u c l t p s o o se f • measure s adliie th them theto forbearance— . cz c tl a ly n lo t treason s d o ,, n fe a a i n e d d_ e f 137pocri violence, ti merit of that 44 falling of" froo their declared au a t n l a aor t i h ties en , c a l i a d im ed t b h y e t p i u i e rp s o p s a e n , t a w n e h o i culsi exertions t t i o h n e s o e f ffL t . i c l t e o l o f y a t l l i e p art o r energet i c tl l the community. PRIVATE COIIittS'PONDRSCt: Sux,-- , -.1 don't profeis to answer Somme body's Letter, because it is hint Only rmansvver abte, but WW ; not even answer itself ; yet I think 'tis pity`that those who are learning their , 'Otters donl-‘golo.a bett4vchool ; fact, the N l ‘ r ? " I ti t present one is neither a lona nor ac s rian, nor of York or Brunswick ) but something radi cally below Parr! It appears indeed as if things done 'at Co—mo are to be justified Quo—mo-- do I t! Great fault, to be sure, is found with the re presentation but the Letter itself is a tissue of misreptesentationi Peers cannot be sent to'their ships, no more than Aldermen to, their shops, until, they lave accepted of Commands! T Ilea, if the Court is incompetent to give a verdict of Guilty, it is equally incompetent to prove a record of Innocence! MARK THAT What need I say more ? Your's, Brandyburgls House, Aug. 15. TOM COLLINS. P. S. Ptay, how. goes on the Timber trade? Is WOOD above PARR ? Is. the Bey of Tunis arrived ?- Is Count BERp.km.l to come over and act as Librarian at Lady F.'s, in St. James's square ? Do you 'think, that if the Countess of Own finds soap, all the waters in the Lake of Como will suffice for her washing tub ? Don't 'you think the Aldeiman may be made ap-Pear very silly, if called up to the House of Lords ? ,Don't you think-I wish to God somebody else would think,what must be the consequence of all this ! Or are we to have a Penny sub scription instead of a Parliamentary grant, when the affair conies to a crisis? But there is to be no hopping off without force ! True ! the worthy Alderman is no great friend to Hops; but it will not be in the power of his, Quassia to quash the public indignation, if this gaine is played much longer. HE deals in Bitters, and somebody will find that to their cost!!! THEATRICAL' REGISTER. Performed. Lazi Night. THEATRF. ROYAL, DRURY LANE.--bling Richard the Third. Ater which, The Liar. THEATRE B.OTAL, HAYMARKET.--(21.1 TiTtle4tEßchange no Robbery. After which, A Roland for an Oliv,er. To which was added, High Life Below Stairs. i THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HnusE.--Tbe Vaunsire. After which, Free and Easy. VI For The LiTERARY Rertaw , and" A LOVER of LEARN ' iNG, " see the First Page. -+- PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCk. 3 per Cent. Red.:.... t 6Sii I mp. , 3 per Cent. Ann. .. 67i 3 per Cent. Cons 67M. India Stock 31 per Cent... 4 per Cents 7tii India Bonds .... 23 5. 21s . p r. BGii Ex. Bills, 2d. 4s. ss. pr i per Ct. Nary,Ann. 102iiii { On:mum li dis Bank Long Ann. 17 15-It3tlis i I .Cons. for Account 671; —.... MAILS. Astittvelr-1 Dubltn, 1 Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, Gottenburgh, 2,Hamburgl). HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'TO-MORROW. Morning, 3 wintitti after 7. -=Evening, 32 111Usittes after 7 THE SUN. ,TOLEM GUIS DICER,ETALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1820. We have had no arrival of Paris Papers this morning. Norfolk Papers arrived this morning to the" 20th July. The following are extracts :- 46 PENSACOLA, WEST FLORIDA, JUNE I.—Ar rived in this port from Havannah, the American schooner Margaret; the Captain reports, it is considered as certain there, that under the new state of things the Floridas will not be .ceded to the United States, and that force alone - will en able her to occupy them. The SPaniards at that place openly ridicule the American Government, and boast, that they dare not take possession of the Floridas for fear of the consequences, and that other Powers will assist in case of war.—Ha.van nab at present is in a very sickly state. " WAS.HINGTON, JULY POLETICA, the Minister of Russia, has departed from this City, on a, visit to the•Northern,States.—Baron • STACKELBURG, the Representative of Sweden, has also departed on a Northern Tour. —Mr. Av TRoßts, the . Representative of the British Go vernment, and M. RETH, Chargwdes Affaires'of the Government of France remain in this City." Considering the nature, substance, and ten dency of the Letter addressed by the QuENN to his MAJEsTv, which appeared in our Paper of Monday, and which has been hawked over the town in two-penny sheets, we are much surprised that this most offensive libel upon the So vtn EIGN, the Government, the House of Lords, the Judges, and Parliament, was not noticed yesterday on the meeting of that House. Surely so inflammatory, atrocious, and seditious a libel, ought not to have been passed over in silence, for never was there a more daring attack made upon _the SOVEREIGN and the whole frame of our Legislature. :We are astonished, at the supineness of Government on this occasion. If it 'will not support its own dignity, how can it expect the support even of its warmest friends ) arriung whortt Ive shall always rank ourselves ) as long as it ,acts upon that syg' • • tern of the IllustriotsWlLLlisi PITT, which has . enabled it_ to effect the _,deliv ranee of Europe - • • • ' 1 * •- s But the attack upon his ..' AJ Yisof s gros N 4 a nakre, t li at i ect and ghn,.. 9. Ini l N rice^ .in '4,c) iNte, tti arlitanentary 'notice of defamation so, daring, so violent, and disloyal. It is evident that general expectation was disappointed on this occasion, for when it was well understood that THE QUEEN bad sent a Letter to his MAJESTY, every body seemed to expect that it was of a pacific tendency, and cal', culated, by some amicable overture, to avert that trial, which portends such confusion to tho Country. Even The Morning Chronicle, thd avowed Advocate for THE QUEEN, and which has all along deprecated that trial,' as likely to pro' duce, to use its own words, , a mass of ",filth and 'pollution," speaking of this Letter, says) " it will be seen that it is not a Letter of conciliation, .nor one to which TIER' MAJESTI. could expect a satisfactory answer. It is , a Manifesto evidently meant for the PUblie, Eye, and upon the tenor of which every Reader will form a judgment in conformity with his pre' vious opinion of the case." Ought her MAJEs•ri then to have addressed such a Letter to her Sore' reign ? Was he not rendered a mere Stalking Horse, in order that her infamous Scribes might shoot their venomous 'darts at the people? Is she destitute of common sense, that she could not perceive their object, or was she the willing il l ' strument of their malignant intentions ? The New Times of yesterday concurs with The Chill' nicle on this occasion, and very justly says of this " most detestable Letter," —that " it 0 addressed ostensibly to the KING, but really t° the Mob. Its true object is to rouse the Mob 0 action ; as THISTLEWOOD meant them to hare acted in London. Let us never forget the de' claration of that Traitor—that he hoped to see the shops of London shut up, and those Aristtv crats, the Shop-keepers, well plundered. This 0 the hope of the writer of the Letter." We heartilf assent to the solution of the wicked purpose, 0 4 so will all wise and moral subjects.—So will think every. wise and honest man all over the world. If indeed the world at large were to es' timate the character - of this Country •by t he People, who have taken so conspicuous a part i ° paying homage to THE QuErxoby Their Address° and their Processions, their Meetings ae 4 their Acclamations, it must consider us 94 the most senseless, degraded, and immor3l People on Earth.= Here is a -female of the highest rank loaded with imputations of t he grossest and most disgraceful nature, who at ° tic time demands an open trial), 'and at anot ll9 seems to throw impediments' in its way, tl iel : again maintains her claim to a public trial, ll ' c 9. ft r appears to make conciliatory overtures, and ' , length protests against the high, august, and un'a peachable tribunal, before whom her guilt or Wl' . cence is to be ascertained,and indeed appears cll' t Ice posed to prevent all trial of every kind. ire' find people crowding to pay as much honing° ler d character thus at least dubious, as if the - W eil had ended, and her innocence was manife't i upon the clearest evidence, and she had obtai°C V the most satisfactory and honourable acqu ittal. r " ('an such things be, and overcome us lila a sO lj ' ic cloud, without our special wonder!! ! !" . . i The following cir — c -11". ular letterhas liven t t; t tmiw h nh. ho p Insurance ccr hao ns preservation swei n u : r ti a yot n b c as e etht Offices, oeeunxQldpdfe tchtb: eel eedc Imp• to oet endangered drawnu f a t e a b b At yo l eg teth : r r eho i o ' ro v t i 0 5 hEabEceNae l , g O. • Mansion House, 15th Argot/ 2 GENT LEM EN--.AltilOntl - I hare no particular apPrebnosoo for the peace of the City, yet in this even tful period it %./0), he unwise nut to be on guard., Thursday next being a n o f portant day, I would ask the, favour o f y our orderi"):Sr men to be on the alert to render such assistance , as may be advantageous to the Public security and traivi r. c. THOS. BRIDGES, 1`.135° ,sts y .5 14 Last night, about six o'clock, her . 0 S r took possession of Lady FRANCIS'S holl e l ba r°, l ' James'S-square.. She arrived from 131 .1011eli bail House in a carriage and four, With coacr,ois postillion, footman, and outriders i n the%'. OA' livery ; and she was attended by Ladd MILT ON and Mr. ALDERMAN W OOD ' re course of people followed th e carriacre, 3 0( 0 4 mained assembled in front of the hous:for 5 hours. b rl Besides the cavalry and inf antr y 40e cO, on duty to-morrow, a great Obern of i ( 1 , til` f Constables have been sworn in teitoesee,, line of the QUEEN''S approach to the - eser vi;" t Lords to-morrow, for the purpose of P r lice the Public Peace. The Thames "' t ' ll. , e 0 keeps its station opposite Cotton Caru c ci e A l 'd, Mr. CAPPER, the principal clerk in licPf e , . Office, arrived On Monday night frolDwitues'ot, He brought with him all the Italia',l who left this Country b QI • of (-I°N 111 • % er y ( The- witnesses all proceeded 111) ha ca r °' water towards Cotton-garden, house of Lords. in r P a