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London, England, 1820-08-30 00:00:00

TIIE BR I S 1-1 PRESS.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY. Austin 30. 1030.

The mode of conducting the cross-examination
of the witnesses against the QUEEN at the bar of
the House of Lords was again made the subject of
a long debate yesterday, when their Lordships
thought proper once more to alter their opinions,
and to revert to the order of proceeding which had
been communicated on Saturday morning to the
Counsel for her MAJESTY. It will, no doubt, be
deemed somewhat singular that the motion to this
effict was made yesterday by the Earl of LITER.
Poor. and was strongly supported by the other
Ministers of the Crown, with the exception of the
LORD CHANCELLOR. It must be recollected that
it was Lord Lteatteriot who on Saturday inter-
rupted the Counsel for the Qcsee when proceed-
ing to take advantage of their Lordships' order—
that on his suggestion the House determined to re-
view a resolution formed only a few minutes pre-
viously—that it was by the advice of the same
Noble Lord that the House on Monday rescinded
this order, and proposed to embarrass still further her
MAJESTY'S means of defence, and yet now we find
Lord Livxneoot and his colleagues once more ad-
vising the House to alter their purpose, and to grant
to the QUEEN'. Counsel that particular privilege in
the mode of conducting the cross-examination
which these Noble Lords thought on Saturday and
Monday to be pregnant with the most serious evils I
We certainly do not disapprove of their having re.
tmcted what they on further consideration con-
ceived to have been an error, but it is to be lament-
ed that, weighing the importance which they must
know to belong to.the expression of their opinions
is the House of Lords, the Ministers of the Crown
should have undertaken to advise and direct the
House without having previously given to the sub.
jell the serious attention which it merited.
There were three modes of proceeding with re.
spelt to the cross-examination of witnesses open to
the House. The jirst was by granting a list of the
witnesses to the QUEEN, previous to the commence-
merit of the trill, whereby the Counsel for her
MAJESTY would have been prepared to cross-
examine the witnesses in the usual manner at the
close of the direct examination of each respectively,
and each witness would then be subject instanter
to the re-examination of the Counsel for the
KlNG—we beg pardon, we mean the Counsel for
the Bill, and to the further examination of the
Lords. This was not only the most convenient
course to be adopted, but the one most consistent
with the ordinary practice of judicial proceedings
and the analogy of the law of divorce, but it was
fortified even by their Lordships' precedents, for
the rule was established with the utmost latitude in
the great case of the Duchies of NORFOLK'S Di-
vorce Bill. The House, however, having declined
this obvious course, and sacrificed, as it seems to
us, the great ends of substantial justice to a most
ill-timed deference to certain inapplicable rules of
ordinary criminal procedure, were reduced to •
choice of evils, and had to determine whether they
should compel the Quexu's Counsel to proceed iii
the first instance with the cross-examivation or she
witnesses, depending upon chance or inspiration
fair a knowledge of their lives, habit', character,
stud other circumstances necessary to be known for
estimating the validity of their testimony, with •
po wet of recalling a witness in case any informs-
lion respecting him should be obtained; or whe-
t her tl.ey should petztlit the cross-examination

Mimi is te, 1%80 kl 1414 People lek, tb6
OtrosnOrittitirliotell .110 41eur er the direct
eausiestius, with • poseesi,,f ipestpueeettbe fur•
thus cresswesaushsotioo at the divers*. of the
Costae! to setae future period. The third mese
Woe adopted es Saturday ears ing; the aseoiiii re—
beived the approbation of their Lordships on Mon-
thly ; bet the third m fliallnr established fester.
day. with this qualification, that the ATTOIOIIT.
GINSIAL should not be cor opelled to close the
ease for the Bill until the cross-examination of
all the witnesses be terrasinats Id. This woe resolved '
is a division, when there op peered fur the Rm.
liaise. HI ; spinst it. ;0.1

It is impossible not to perceive that even this
course of proceeding, Athol sgh far preferable to that
approved of on Mouday, is beset with many serious
inconveniences. By mean aof it, the Counsel upon
either side possess the pow er of protracting the trial
to an indefinite period, at id thus a dreadful charge
might be kept suspended for years over the head of
the illustrious Princess accused, without her having
the power even of enterir og upon her defence ; or, on
the other hand, the end's of justice might he defeat.
ed by perverting this privilege into • shield for
guilt. The Qualm, however, has principally she
right to complain, for stam:ing as her MAJESTY
does upon the plea of innocence, delay is to her an
irreparable injury. for her the uniform principle
of justice, recognised by English law, that teary
individual must be p—esurned innocent until proved
to be guilty, has bee n cruelly reversed, and it has
been broadly and bra tally asserted by the agents of
the Ministers, that the Queen of ENGLAND is not
deserving of public sympathy for her sufferings,
and ought to be treatt.d with ignominy and insult
until she shall have ref ited every calumny that has
been directed against h r honour ! What ! is the
first woman in the empire to be put beyond the
pale of society, to b..: socially excommunicated
solely because it may p lease her enemies, we know
not yet upon what authority, excepting that of gon-
doliers and pot-girls, to charge her with the basest
offences ? Would such a sentence before trial be
considered jot in ordi sery life, and shall we reverse
the maxima of just; :e, generosity, and common
sense, because the object cf persecution is that par-
ticular individual whom the impressions of early
education, the prinefles of law, and the nature of
our political institut ,Jll5l, require us more especially
to love, venerate, an i cherish ?
To relieve the House from their emharrseenserits,
and the justice of the country from the possibility
of unfavourable imputations, Lord ERSKINE once
more moved that • list of witnesses should be
granted to the Queue; but the Noble and Leartod
Lord's motion unfortunately experienced the same
fate as it did on a former occasion, being rejected
on a divisiou by 164 to 61.

The examination of witnesses was then resumed.
The chambermaid, limn, was crow-examined
by Mr. BROUGHAM, apparently for the purpose of
laying a foundation for the future examination of
witnesses on the part of the QUEEN to refute her
evidence. At porter of an inn at Venice was ex-
amined, but his testimony di,l not tend to advance
the case for the ATTORNEY.-G EN ERA L.

The Paris Papers of the 26th arrived at a late
hour last night. The Chamber of Peers was to
meet on Saturday : eighty members had already
arrived in Paris. It is stated under the head of
Naples, the 4th instant, that the English General
CHURCH, whose conduct tended to exasperate the
populace in the late revolution, acted very properly,
and that he has friends among his Judges, but
that they will not dare to decide against public
opinion. He is confined in the Castle of Oeuff,
but is allowed to receive visits.

Friday being the festival of St. Louis, it was a
Bauk holiday; there is therefore uo price of fond•
for that day.

The following is an extractor. letter received at Cadiz by
the Marianne, arrived there from the Pacific on the sth inst.:
" Liam, March 2s.
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4, After joining company at Guayaquil, the frigates Yen-
gauss, Eanteralde, and Pruelns arrived at Callan in the best
order on the 10th lust. This acquisition to our I strength
waken us disregard the threats and future pretence of the
Chili fleet, and indeed any lauding force they may send on
our shores, for here we have an effective corpse( 6.000 regu-
lar troops besides the Concordia regiment, and that of the
coloured men and blacks, and the cavalry of Carabsylo. The
regular troops are encamped at Bellavista, under the orders
of General Samna, who has besides an excellent body of flying
artillery. General Baratta, who formerly acted under Vice-
roy Pastlal.a, and also as President of Quito, bete assumed
the command of the army in Upper Peril, where lie ha■
8,000 men. Considerable detachments are acting on the
North and South, along the coast, so that nut the smullest
interruption to the tranquillity of the Viceroyalty of Peru is
expected, even if the exhausted and dissatisfied state of
Chili should allow them to send down its armament, in the
way of a last effort, more particularly as the people here are
convinced its chief object would be plunder, mad they are de-
termined to guard their own."
Accounts have been received in Edinburgh from a gentle-
man attached to the Amite land expedition, dated io Jao.
last, at which period she party were in comfortable win-
ter quarters at Cumberland-house. The cold was very se.
veer, the thermometer standing at 30° below Zero, but owing
to the dryness of the atmosphere it was not so unpleasant
as the cold wet weather in England. The rivers and
lakes abounded with ash of various kinds, particularly trout
of a very large sise, and the hunter brought motive deer and
buffaloe from the woods, so that there was no scarcity of
provisions at the station they occupied. It was intended to
liquored to the northward as soon as the season would per-
mit, and baring the whole summer before them, they ex-
pected to make great progress in their journey, but owing
to the great distance to the supposed northern shores, it
is probable that it would take them the greatest part of
next summer to imske any very extelisive ►urvey of the
coast ; and that they would have to retire to the southward
during the mowing winter, but it was uncertaia where they
would take up their quarters, as they could gain nu inlet-
ligeuce of the country beyond the limits of the fur traders.
The officers of the Hudson's Bay sad North-West Com-
panies bad paid every attention to the party.

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, seen 0 noticed (kr aft Leollfesse veeneemor) io
two reepeetabbi Sunday porn, that I lood moused hue
Majuss with a rat boa, I 845 iftdoeed, with your petunia.
Moe, to take this opportunity to Week ifs your Paper the
correspondence with btr Mgesty that sobjeet, with a
view IS repel die inabinatiom arising oat of ibis origami lo-
lident. liodeed, I have to lamest list almost every set of
hies, *nog\ ever so humble in rummies, moot pus
withett beim expeeed to public ooldtiety, and too &equal-
ly to Imisconstruetinu, sod, oft miry ocrasimis to peer
neltrvilreeenfritien. I cannot go any where, either ow pri-
vate or public duty, NO the dire recto...of Ike coadernsed
eel's of Newgate to the prance of Royalty, without be-
&Min • owaram'of public reporters ur informers; however,
I ons determined, let them say whit they Will of use, osier
to cksogievoy hue efeeaduct—neither to Rafter the are, nor
bribe the other, so Omaha their commendatiou. And u to
the imaissitessois thrown out, that I eat inabitiosts to bureau
elm of her illajessy's fouisriles, or Counsellors of Stale, I
beg to soy, that I as too meth of a plain ENglishman to
aspire to she humour of plessing her alupety's fureige mate
In the one, or in Inv oeleciiun of the other.
1 am, Sir' your obedient Surest,
No. 10, Bridge.slreel, I.ll'. PARKINS, Sheriff.
August 29, 1820.

(COPY.)
TO MIR MAJESTY TUB QUEEN OF !NOLAND, &C.
Mr. Sberiff Parkins humbly begs leave to adders this
hate, in remind her Majesty that the season is far edit/Awing
for killing the fat bark, which the Sheriff some time ago,
threogh the medium of -Lady Hasidlton, took the liberty to
.preorsd, and which her Majesty was graciously pleased to
accept of. Sheriff Porkies humbly waits her Majesty's com•
wands as to the day he is to send an order to the keeper of
Saler, Forest, to kill for her Majesty's use a fat buck, fur
which this Sheriff has a warrant from his Majesty, Kiug
George the Fourth, of Great Britain, die.
Leedom, August 13, 1810.
(COPY OF REPLY.)
Ltuly Ann Hamilton is commended by her Majesty, the
Queer of England, to thank Mr. Sheriff Perkins for the fat
buck he has been so good as to offer to her Majesty; and to
say, that her, Majesty will be graciously pleased to receive it
about ibis day week.

Brandeis Neigh How, August IS.
(COPY.)
TO Mit. IIAWRRIDOR, SALCST FOREST.
NORTHAMPTON.

No. 10, Bridg►-street, London,
August 10, 1820.
Sta—Havlag, by 'virtue of my office, received the enclosed
warrant for a fat buck or this season, 1 have to request that
you will, with the least possible delay, kill one, sad seed it
to Brandenburgh House, Hammersmith. fur the use of her
Majesty the Queen, to whom I have made a present of it.
But to guard against misinterpretation, I wish it to be us-
derstood, that in giving her Majesty the fat buck is gees.
lion, I do not intend the slightest disre•pect to his Majesty;
neither jail done with any political view whatever, and only
out of common politenes■, which 1 conceive dun to her
Majesty's exalted rank and nitsfortnnes; and more particu-
larly what 1 consider due to a female without real friends,
and almost a stranger in this country. Under these feelings,
I request that you will take vire, that a real good ofd buck,
in proper season, may be sent to her Majesty, as before di.
reeled ; and be so good se to let me bear by post when you
send it. Lolly Hamilton says her Majesty is food of veni-
son, mid wishes to have the buck by the latter end of this
'reek.

I amn, Sir, your obedient Servant,
J. W. PARKINS, Sheriff.
(COPY.)
TO LADY •. HAMILTON.

Mr. Sheriff Porkies, in attention to Lady Hamilton's note
of the 13th instant, in the Queen's name, sent his warrant
to the keeper of Balcey Forest, to kill a fat buck, and to seed
it to Brendenburgh Hone*, fur her Majesty's wee. Sheriff
Parkins not haviug heard, requests Lady Hamilton to take
the trouble to inform ►int whether or out the buck has been
received, and if so, whether, according to the Sheet S's re-
quest, it is a good one. The Sheriff takes Ibis opportunity
to forward to Lady Hamilton a letter. to the Qiteen, teat to
him by a Lady who happened to be taken by a Preach fri-
gate, along with Mr. S. P.
August 23, 1820.
(COPY OF REPLY.)
Lady A. Hamilton presents her compliments to Mr. She-
riff Parkins, and has the pleasure to inform kiwi that the
buck was an exceeding good one, and that her Majesty is
very much obliged to Sheriff Parkins for the same.
Wednesday, St. Jaenea's.square.

The private apartments provided for the QUEEN
at the Parliament House, consist of two rooms ad•
joining Kum's coffee.rooni, and formerly occo.
pied by Mr. KEW, of the late firm of BELLAMY
and Kim. It is a curious circumstance, that
when in the occupation of Mr. liEw, now wine
merchant in Parliament-street, they were let for the
accommodation of the Managers on HASTINGS'S
trial, which lasted seven years.
About five o'clock yesterday a crowd was col.
lected in the Strand, nearly opposite Courrs's
batik, by a sailor with a wooden leg dancing most
merrily the Guar°, or Italian Fandango, mention.
ed in the charges against the QUEEN. The poor
fellow, with jirking his body and snapping his
fingers, certainly laboured very hard, and the spec.
taws laughed heartily at his expense.
The expense of the trial will be 200,0001. at the
lowest, besides 50,0001. for the Quatn's expenses. This suns,
which is thrown away upon Italians, would endow 50 hospi-
tals, in England; or it would enable 20,000 of our suffering
population to emigrate, and to relieve themselves and the
mother country. It would provide 50,000 persons fur a
whole year; or, applied to the payment of debts, release
OM prison at least 5,000 unfortunate men, who might thus
be restored to the pursuits of industry M the bosom of their
families.

The Italian witnesses in Cotton-yard were last Sunday en-
gaged iu dancing and singing, with the additional exhilara.
tiun of music. The movements of some of them were so
grotesque that it was fancied they had got their old com-
panion 11ItittoweT once more among them, whose pranks
furnished such grays matter f.r the Attoruey.Genomi's
speech. Who supplied the music for these Italian observers
of the Sabbath

Covent garden opens September 11.—Tbe house ie re-
embellishing, and the old mode of lighting the boxes is to
be resorted to, retaining the gas only in the centre of the
Madame Bru.oent left London for Italy last Monday.
The following are among the recent arrivals at
Edinburgh:—
The Hon. G. Vanack ; Robert Ferguson, Esq. of Raith ;
John Cameron, Willis, Esq.
Deport urea;—
Lord Rinnaird, Lord Chiremoot. Major and Mrs. Rid-
dell, Sir George Warrender, But. M.P., Sir John Burgoyne,
and CapiaiisToffeell.
_ _

On Monday evening Sir FRANCIS Buss. Bart
of Twizell Castle, arrived at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
and immediately circulated an address to the bur-
gesses, intimating his intention of offering himself
as a candidate for that burgh, whenever a vacancy
shall occur.

A Swedish frigate arrived in Leith Roads a few
days ago, on a cruise. and sailed again on Tuesday.
She lias on board upwards of fifty boys. serving as
cadets, and it is for the purpose of practising them
in naval tactics that she has been seat on a
et mist.

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vOwirre iitheat or *Jr karat AIM.
ihs—Th. Dubow of Norfolk's tape, isooled by Berl
fief, if attired, woad rio sway the Edward the Attonity-
German, oeaseatiews we date the R•ses. The Disease
was unwed or of Ugrow, soy groan,
milky, es the Qua wow, yet evestosUy the Bill win dimes
out. fleece the public should be motioned mildest est. r.
Wain with any degree of belief the filthy charges mule by
the Prosecutors' Camel. 2.
Mehra Of Norfolill twee was ootired is Tam
911111111111 Prays uf Moodily.

FUNERAL of MRS. GOODE WERE aim! her SON.

Yesterday She erasing of the late Mrs. Goodhehere, with
Horatio Gtseidiehere, bey ma, • 'snag gentleman is the
Stith year of his age, who. survived his tender permit sulf
live days, were removed Goo their residence, Chian-termer,
HenniNglesis, for interment N the family smolt, oi the lariat
ground is High-street, Lambeth. The preemies began to
move Irmo the boast at one o'clock, with the greatest
solemnity, beim* Laushelh Theftearses were each
Amon by Ai homes, followed by live botersieg aweltes
and fonr Immo, ssoutansing the Metiers gad fries&
of the deceased persons. Several gentlemen's private car-
riages also joined the train and closed the proestinion...-
After the foment (*mummy Kild 'heels read in the ihurch,
their remains were deposited together In the same Vault;
them of Mrs. Goodliehrre on the lop of her late hothead,
the Alderman, mod that of the sons so the left of his mother,
Mrs. Goodbeiscre's foment was appoiated to take plots
trid:.y lass, hut owiog to the use:petted death other only
seta, ass postponed math yesterday, that they might
be buried together. A great number of permits assembled
sie the occasion to witness she ceremony.