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London, England, 1820-09-07 00:00:00

P. BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
THURSDAY. Sgrrawnea 7, M.O.

The Kings ATTORNEY-GENERAL yesterday
prayed the i►►dulgence of the House of Lo►ds that
be might be permitted to suspend the proceedings
against the QUEEN fur four or five days, until the
arrival in London of certain witnesses whom he ex-
pects from the Continent. These persons had, it
seems, ventured almost within right of our white
cliff ; hut having learned something of the temper
and sentiments entertained by the people of Eng-
land on the subject of the prosecution, and of the
practical exposition of these feelings upon the first
■pp►earunce of the witnesses who landed at Dover,
they did not conceive it prudent to continue their
journey, and retired precipitately to Italy. As
soon as their retreat was tuition here, couriers were
dispatched to induce them to return, and the A r-
TORNEIrsGENERAL apprised the House or Lords
that they might be very shortly expected in Lnn•
don. This is a most singular request on the part
of the COUUSeI for the prosecitti ~,,, and quite un-
exampled in ■ll cases of criminal procedure; it is
the more extraordinary too in the present instance.
as it rested with the prosecutors to choose their owls
time for the commencement of the proceedings,
sad being aware of what witnesses they should
require, they had it in their power to produce,
them to any moment specified. All the witnesses'
hitherto examined acknowledge that they travelled,
to this country in group►es, and under the protec-►
Lion and guidance of King's messengers ; we may'
therefore presume that the detachment referred to.,
by the ATTOINEY.GeNERAL did not reach the
opposite coast of France without a similar con—
ductor. It is not likely in such a case that they
would he permitted to retire ivithout at Isnot some
previous communication with the prosecutors of the

Qualm in England, sod having retired, it is to be
presumed that they so acted with the perfect
acquieseence of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. The
Counsel for the Bill probably conceived the wit.
nesse. assembled in Cotton-garden, and elsewhere
in London, sufficient to convict the Qucitn, and
were unwilling to expose their friends to any unne-
ceuary inconvenience, but being somewhat disap-
pointed at the course which the proceeding• bait
taken, they mow find themselves reduced to the ne-
cessity of having recourse to some corps de reserve,
which they hold in readiness probably on the oppo-
site coasts, ready, as occasion may require, for
active service. The Counsel for the Queue, of
course, objected strongly to the motion, and the
LORD CHANCELLOR expressed his opinion that the
House could not accede to it unless it were fortified

by documents to prove the correctness of the
ATTORNEY.GEN ERA I.'s statement. The ATTOR-
NET-GRNsuL, however. hid no affidavits of ttie
facts. but he said he should be furnished with them
if time were granted to him. Mr. BROURNAIII Wit
requested by the LORD CHANCELLOR to apprise
the House of the course he should pursue w tt.e
event of the ATTORNRT-GENERAL being now com-
pelled to tine his case, to which the Learned

Gentleman Titl44 thot he *old sow rill . only
Dee witnewa to wheat he shoed& pet a few ques.
twos, and thit it would then rest with their Lord.
ships to determine what further time should, in
pursuance of the original engsgement upon this
point, be granted to the Qualm for preparing
defenCe. The time necessary fee her MAJESTY
to bring forward her witnesses, &e. will probably
tut be less than two months.
From tins most extraordinary request of the
ATTORNEY-GENERAL, we are necessarily to infer
that the Learned Gentleman end his colleagues
sit not satisfied with the evidence that has been
:,;reply adduced, ■nd that they do not consider the
cave in its present state to be sufficiently strong to
►ubutitted to the consideration of the
House. In this opinion we believe the public most
heartily concur, and having made such an adtnission,
'so highly auspicious to the interests of tl►e QUEEN,
and so deeply gratifying to the wishes of the nation,
the ATTORNEY-GENERAL would do well to reflect
seriously upon the possihility of procuring in his ex-
pected corps de reserve any persons better cotes'.
toed to advance his case than those witnesses he has
already produced, and not to waste unnecessarily the
valuable time of the House. The motion made
yesterday speaks volumes in favour of her MAJESTY,
while the admission necessarily inferred from it dis-
plays in a favourable light the candour and intelli-
gence of the Counsel for the prosecution. The
question arising upon it will, no doubt. occupy the
House for a con.identble part of this day. It
would be extremely desirable if some of their Lord-
fillips would require the ATTORNEY-GENERAL to
state the 'satire of the testimony which he hopes to
obtain from his expected witnesses, whether it re-
fers to facts already contained in the evidence, or
opens a new field for inquiry ? The subject is one
of extreme importance, as the request of the ATTOR-
NEY•GENERAL militates. 'gonna% the recognised
practice and principles of all legal procedure.

In all criminal cases where it is proposed to post.
;tone a trial oil account of the absence of witnesses,
the motion most be grounded upon a statement
on oath, that the evidence of the witnesses is ma-
terial to the issue in question, that due diligence
bas been used to procure their attendance, and that
their attendance is expected within the time
required. Now let us apply this rule of law, as
laid down by Mr. Justice FoSTER, to the present
criminal process by Bill of Pains sad Penalties
against the QUEEN. The trial has commenced.—
the application, therefore, on account of absent
witnesses is not to postpone it, but it goes further
—it goes to interrupt ■ad suspend it, a course
not to be endured in criminal. cases ; for would it
not he a most unfair advantage over the Prisoner,
to allow the Prosecutor, failing on the trial ar-
ranged by himself, to mend his case from time to
time ? Again, surely the ATTORNEY-GENERAL
cannot contend that he has used due diligence to
procure the attendance of the witnesses now sought
for, as there has been full time for their panic to
have subsided, and his agents to have brought them
to England SIIICE the affair at Dover. Upon these
grounds we think it may be successfully maintained
that the ATTORNEY-GENERAL is not entitled to the
delay he seeks.
Lord liesixoN submitted to use House or Lords
two motions, of which he had given notice on the
preceding day, respecting the facilities, pecuniary
and otherwise, which have been granted to the
QUEEN for prepariog and conducting her defence.
One was for copies of all correspondence between
his MAJESTY'S Ministers and the Quesx's legal
advisers respecting her MAJUITy's defence, and

the other teas for accounts of all sumo of money

paid by the Government on behalf of her MAJESTY
b ince her arrival iu this country. The motion was
nut op:iosed by the Misii,ters, but some Noble
Lords thought the present an inconvenient time fur
producing such accounts, end further objected to
the motion re►pecting the pecuniary supplies, on
the ground that it tended to skew the rxl►eturs
only on nee side. This latter objection we should
feel to be very strong if we did not conceive that the
object of the Noble Mover was siot to expose the
QUEeN's expenses, but to remove every difficulty
in the mode of supply.—The motions were finally
carried on a division, the contents being 133, the
ton-contents 73.

Mr. BROUGHAM complained yeaterday to the
Ilw**e• of Lord► of on incorrect report which, had
appeared in The Moroiag•Posf• of the preceding
day. of that part of Saccnt's evidence which re-
stated to the witness's tionmaration with, M. MARI-

.. L 171; The report directly charged Mr. 13aouutiA31.
hie brother, and Al. AlAat►TTt, .wills having
tampered with the witness ; and it was to re-
-liavo•hinnttlf, his brother. and the other gentleman.
from so severe su imputation, that Mr. BROUGHAM
Vadaulained,of the circumstance-to the,Huuse. .. At
the LearnectGendrinan's eapeciall desire the witness
SAC,CHF was re-examlarti opoil this poisH, am! his, ex-
planation fully ore ulpated the three genarmien from
the charge. Al. NIA RIETTI , was acquainted v%ith
SACOMi, sod knowing that he tsaa to be brought
h.roard as a Wittitea againit the QUgIl. he hoped.
o iliout committing himself er the- written. .to.oh-
lain through hie reruns that advantage fur the
Quit% whAelt the (louse of Lords lad ,unfortu-
tistely.ieftwed.. namely.. a :list. of the wihmete* ond
otteeifieetioe•e( the okergesorinet.hee•AteiteTY.
SAE( HI declared his ignorauce of buth.these.riuts

between Won

Eto these was the
.4edM. NI Aat rrrt strictly limited. This explana.
film, we believe, disappointed some persons who had
looked with lively interest to Saxon's answer upon
this point.

In the course of the conversation on this sub-
ject. Mr. Baounitais alluded to a letter received
by M. Maairril from his father in Milan, in which
be is informed, on the authority of Col. Baowts,
that the sympathy he had displayed for the QUI=
had rendered him obnoxious to the British Go.
aiment, and that it was intended to send him
' out of &Ostia under the provisions of the Alien
Act. A literal translation of this interesting letter
will be found iu another part of our Paper. When
this letter was shewn to Lord LIVIII-POOl., his
Lordship declared that no such intention was ever
entertained by his Majesty's Ministers; but in a
case of such extreme delicacy, it is not sufficient
for the ►ecurity and ease of her MA.INSTY'S foreign
friends, that the Ministers should make this dis-
claimer of their own intentions, unless they at the
same time severely censure their agent in Milan
for impudently presuming to represent the British
Government in a character so disgraceful. as that
the Ministers of the Crown would exert the most
odious of its prerogatives for the destestahle pur-
pose of sheltering perjury, or impeding the dis-
covery of truth. We trust that the Cabinet Will
feel it due to their own dignity and to the honour
of the country to mark their indignant sense of
Colonel Baowtes unwarrantable proceeding.

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Our readers will see in the coecluding pen of our Report
of the proceedings of Tuesday, that oa the re-eicsationtioe
of M. SACCHI a (motion was put by the drroun se.Gers-
VAL, and objected to by Mr. iIIOUGHAII as too general.
The propriety of the question was sebnitted to the Judges
last morning. Their Lordships were occupied two lours
in deliberation, after which they returned and delivered their
opinions ; the majority were is favour of Mr. Baoualities
objection. :11r. Justice Beer differed trues his brothers.

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Paris Papers of Sunday last bays arrived. The latent-
grace they cuotain from Madrid is riot unimportant. Two
inters, it seems, have bans addressed by the army wader the
command of Rtwo, still csuloned is the Isla de Leos,
une to the Cortes and the other to the King of Spats, is
which the soldiers declare that t►ey refuse formally to sub.
mit to the decree of dishaudiug, which has beets issued wish
regard to them. The letters, after eulogisiug its aa
Omit manner the services mildewed by the army to their
coautry, warmly reprosch the Kisa and Cortes with 'bele
ingratitude. No intim:dints is given of the iradressioa pro.
domed epos the •KINO or Cones by the receipt of these
curious dorumeats.

The Five per Cents. are 77 f. 15 e. Bask Stock, which
had ratite to 1,320 f. was on S3tarday as high as 1,336 f.

WINDSOR. SRPTIDSIDIR 6.—Yeiterday his •MArr
JESTY. rode on hersebark, atteuried by. Sir W. 11..
LIAM Kgrrer., fur several hours; the .Kixt) .r-
-turned to dinner at five o'clock. After dinner his
MAJESTY gave audiences to the LORD CHANCEL-
Loa, the Earl of LtVERPOOL. Earl BATHURST. sod
Viscount 11.1st.vit.Lit, who 'wised from London.

We noderstand that yesterday eternoon, after the adjourn-
ment of the House of Lords, she kinG.• Ministers went to
his MAJESTY ill his retreat in Windisor Great Park. The
purport of their audience we pretend nit to divine. Rumour,
indeed, says, that as the great body of the evidence for She
prosecution is now drswiiit to `a close, they desire to take
his MAJESTY'S plCAStire as to the further prateediog oh the
Bill.—(fleecing Paper.)

The QIIREN DIU Nn dawn the River ibis morning in
a City Law, secuinimnird by Lady ANN. HAMILTON and
Alderman WOOD. Her Mstr.slY will leave Braudenburith
Haase at eleven o'clock, and visit is her excursioa the
Ducks and Greenwich.

Mr. JAMES BROUGRAII, brolber of she tionnsrs Attor-
ney Gemeral, arrived sis Frankfort on sbos frisleof last smooth.
He purposed so prueerd to Italy issinediattly.—(Paris
Paper.)

The signatures to the Address to her lilausTY from 'the
parish of St. Mary, Wh.techvel, which closed last morning,
amount to upwind. of 25,000.
A lighternsan, hcin4 on the river at one o'clock on Tues.
day murmur, met with an Admiralty barge going throwgb
Luadon Ridge i it unit full of people. On his going near, be
was astom►hed to find the oars were monied, via. pieees of
carpet tied round the blades of the oars to prevent noise. It
was very foggy at the time. There warn boat made Nat be.
bawd, which was loaded with luggage. Query, Were nut these
the Italian witnesses?

There is a cootest in the Newspapers respertiag tier birth.
place orColonel BROWN. The noses saes he is as Irish.
luau, The New Times asserts that be is a.Weislinias.
We are summed, upon authority the most indisputable,
that et is the intentions of Gen. Sir H. E. BUSIILIRV, in the
evert of a dte►uluuon of Parliament, to oiler !mussel( as a
Candidate for the represeatativa of this County.—(oary
St. Edmonds Paper.)
The trials for Hiels 'Treason will totem
seat, at Yank, befsne Sir BORISRT DALLAS.
At the knitters for the roomy of Amasses, which were sp.
pointed at !Past towris fur Monday week, there was pestber a
mot nor a criminal for trial.
Nut less than 50 houses, exclusive of ont-bouses, kr. were
destroyed by fire iu the night of Friday se'unight, at Cashel,
is Ireland.

cm Meetly

PLorwirh Corn Mat het ell Saturday was very thistly attend.
ail, the rowers hiring still busy in 14 . Wheal attain
declined in price about Is. per coomb.—The Cattle %hart
was partially supplied, but there were about 511 or 60 head
uf Devon stork fur sale. The sheep pens were not full, and
there was little alteration iu priers.
The Lord Bishop of Unmet( will certainly be translated
to the Diurese of Cloyue. fit. removal frum hence will
cause mach recretbis his courteous and affable manners pro-
ctored hint the esteem and respect of every individual who
had the happiness and honour of his actittaiutauce.—(Lime,
rick Chronicle.)
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On Saturday se•nisiallt a perms named Ralston was hawk. i
Jag a bill tit the Will kel-ilbler of Old City, ("bleb, to induce
people to purchase, he described as follows Here is a
full null true account of the trial of the Italian false
witness against the Queen. 'nos man swore so fast
agarnst her, the Queen faSsited awls? ; she piton awe to her.
self, mid proved what the witness said was false; he was after
s trial of four slays cost and eutoruittid to Neter/ate." Alder.
man.Ciaans Blows imasiste at the time, °Meted the Itawkar
to be Ashes to Molest:II, sheet he was takes twfure,ibe
Atallott,. mad on promising nut to be guilty of the like, of.
resew iveleas bound over on his own recoguizsurc to
keep the peace, moil discharged with a sevcce repriosaud host
the 'Alogiatrale.--a(Novirich
About a fortnight ago the Rev. ROWLAND RILL twearbed
, is the Chapels in Manchester its aid.( the lemssim Alia-
, annul?. Spottyorbes the collte4loll Mak M. tee douto
,itteattotett Itt toptrorda of 6001.
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oftsAr SOLAR 11CLIPie.
It the weather should prove frvorrahle this day, the ad•
miters of the beautiful science of astronomy will be griddled
with one of the most sublime eshibitioes that the criminal
**ph!"e can present to view. At 24 minutes after tare** at
noun, so eclipse of the son will continence, and wahine
increasing one hour and a half, when at sa minute+ plat one
more than ise.six,hs of the san's illumined free (disc) will
be obscured (10 47# digits), sad that brilliant orb appear as
a thin crescent, or horned, like the gamin early in her first
smarter, with the point to the right a little elevated The
obacuratinia from bezinnine to end will occupy two hoe,.
and fit minutes, sail he the largest eclipse of the suit seer IP
these parts of the earth since April, 1761.
This phenomenon is caused by the Moon passing between
us and the sun, called a conjunction; 'which, as the mime.
rent fate (disc) of the moon, in general, is rmhrr larger than
that of the sun, would produce a total eclipse it we were
situate upon any spot on the earth's surface exactly to a lire
with the centre of the sun and moue.
The intensity of the sua's rays (though so small a portion
will at that time hill upon us) are such, that the stirs will
net, in all probability, appear daring the eclipse, though by
many expected to he seen; bat a constdernble diminution of
light will be perceptible, and if the ainitimpliere should
prove particularly clear, perhaps the planet Venus may he
oboe/veil, which at that time will be in the middle.), the cons
Venation Cancer (the Crab), considerably to the right of the
son, nearer to the horizon, and about due west, bet nut be
the vicinity of any remarkable star. The planet Mercury, if
thee seen, will be also to the right, shoot midway between
the sun sad Venus, and very near to the beautiful star
solos (or the Lion's Heart), which it will appear &labial to
lout% on the north side. Tse planet Mara at that time will
be situate he the left upon the snersiben, near to the bright
star Spies Virgieis, distant from it &beet fourtimes the
I.ooll'll distracter to the northward. 'Mother plauetedepl-
ter and Saturn, being In an opposite part of the heavens,
will, during the eclipse, be below .'horizon: