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LONDON,
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1220.

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.4 Aim Juuh:Ate"., At thr moment when
the House adjourned. the feelings of all persona
who witnessed the proceeding.. Whether es Judges,
Advocates, agents or spectators.. were wound up
to an itsterisily of interest; yet we corieeive it to
have been most fortunate for all parties concerned—
for the QUEEN—for the Prosecutor—for the cha-
racter of the fudges—fur the justice of the corm-
try, that at such • merit the order for an imine-
thole adjournment was adopted. Time has been
afforded to the Peers for delitarration ; they have
not been hurried rashly or by surprise into thgr
adoption of aft-awe* which. in the admirer of re-
fleetioet, thc-y might subsequeutfy lativerit ; and
whatever course they shall pursue this mauling
must be regarded as the conscientious result of
their mature unruffled judg.iient•
It will he r.collected that a few days inure •the
Counsel for fiat Qiletts ebafged the existence of •
conapiracy vemetelieve, from which the present pro-
ceerbrigs against her MAJESTY had originated.
They attempted to athlete. evideeee in support of
this charge, but the technicalities of ordinary le-
gal practice were opposed to them, and they were
compelled to desist ; with the etception, thinefore,
of whatever itiletences and suppositions the good
sense and jedgment bf the public, oisshackled by
legal sohleties, may 'draw from rush evidence as
was adduced. the charge of conspiracy wee not
established. la strictness of law then the charge
is as if it had never been made. and in forming
judgment upon the whole case as detailed in evi-
deoce, the Lords 111115 t remove from their mind.
every halite/Irian which such a charge might have.
created. The Counsel for the QUERN being thus
prevented front going into evidence respecting the
alleged conspiracy—the remembruuce of suds pre-
vention bring still fresh iu thi minds of the House,
and of the KING'S Lig, Officers, wnh whom the
technical objections originated, is it not amazing
that the. ATTORNET43EIRRAL, on being asked by
the Lonn CHANCELLOR whether he proposed to
toothier any witotarses to rebut any part or the
Quettes defence, should ask for time to collect
witnesses to disprove the charge of conspiracy ?
To disprove • charge which the Counsel for the
Queen had lint been permitted to substantiate!
To rebut allegestions which must in law be sup-
posed never to have been made, and of which no
troves are to be &end in the evidence upon which
the of )i )) ion of the Judges is to be formed ! The
ATTEIRRE.T-GENERAL. will no doubt he entitled to
bring forward witnesses, if he can obtain them. to
rebut the allegations respecting ItArtELLI'S eon.
duct, but it would be opposed to every principle
of ordinary practice—that practice to which the
Learned Gentleman is so food of appealing—were
he suffered now to prod ace witnesses to defend the
character of the Milan Cummissianers—of BROWN
and POWELL, which were in no wise affected by
the evidence for the Qum.. The Arroaete-
Gentlest, affects to be extremely solicitors for
the character of Colonel Brown. and to relieve
it from some imaginary stain which he supposes
has been thrown upon it, he would suspend
the proceedings in their present momentous state,
he would interrupt the march of justice, prolong
the agitation and alarm that pervade the public
mind, and protract to some indefinite period a pro-
cess that absorbs the faculties of the state, rind
acrnmulates inerenvesienee in every branch and de-
partment of public affairs. And all fur what ? To
defend the character, forsooth, of Colonel BROWN
Let Colonel BROWN defend Isis own character et
the proper moment when, as it may happen, he
will be required to do so at his peril. But what
concern is his character at this instant to the !louse
of Lords ? Their Lordships would not suffer it to
be attacked ; would it not be most preposterous to
perMit the ATTORNEY-GF.NERAL to defend if ?
The character of Colonel BROWN is so sacred in the
estimation of the ATTORNEY-GENTRAY„ that it
shrill not be suffered to lie exposed to even the sus.
piciou of reproach : for the Queen of ENGLAND
the worthy ATTORNEY-GENERAL, did not manifest
so much anxiety or consideration. What was her
MAJESTY'S reputation iir comparison with that of
some obscure agent of the Treasury, whose rapid
promotion in the army evinces the satisfaction of
his employers with his services ? The question of,
the Quern of ENGLAND'. guilt or innocence must
be laid aside for eight or ten weeks—her character
shall still be exposed without the restraint of fear.
delicacy, or justice, to the wide-mouthed calumny of
every petty dealer in slander, who might hope to
make himself acceptable in a certain quarter by
distorting facts and fabricating falsehoods against
the QUEEN of the realm, and in the mean time the
House of Lords shall fpa profitably and honourably
employed in whitewashing Mr. ['mown and the
other Gentlemen of the Milan Commission ! The
ATTORNEY-GENERAL effects great surprise that a
charge of conspiracy should have been urged against
the members of the Milui Commission. flow