The Sun.
London, England, 1820-06-26 00:00:00

[The Tinrcs.]

If we were before obliged to announce to the Nation
that the affair of the King and Queen was increasing in
interest, in what terms shall we now express its vast rmo-
ment, when the Address of the House of Commons has been
presented to her Majesty, prayino• her for the sake of
peace to remit a little of her just pretensions—to relax some-
what in the strict prosecution of her right ? And that player
has been, we will not eat refused, but decFned; for surely
a refusal was never before couched in loognage so respect-
fol. so delicate, so modest, and withal so firm. Such a de-
nial wears all the grace of concession, and will, we have (111
doubt, have a powerful effect in conciliating those who might
have thought a different reply possible. It would be super-
fluous to Make many extracts here from a document, the
whole of which will be folind elsewhere in the Journal. We
would recommend, therefore, the whole 'to the attentive
perusal. of. the public; but we cannot deny ourselves the
pleasure of quoting one passage, as at once containing and
justifying the motive for the refusal :—" It would ill be-
" come use to question the power of Parliament, or the
" mode in which it may at any time be exercised ; but,
" however strongly I may feel the necessity of submitting
" to its authority, the question, whether I will nialie myself
" a party to any measure proposed, must be decided by my
" own• feelings and conscience, and by them alone." How
jest—how trne—how proper: her Majesty may abide with
patience and submission by the award of Parliament; but in
the regulation of her own conduct she can only be guided by
her own conscience. Providence has not given to her, as
to others, an inward monitor, and at the same enjoined
her to neglect its dictates, and net according to the mo-
tives and principles of other people. For our own parts
we never doubted what her Majesty's answer most be;
for how could she remit any thing on the swgestion cf
any body while the request was accompanied by a me-
nace most injurious to. her honour—While the (.teen Bag,
which it was said would overwhelm her with shame, was still
suffered to retain its position; and her enemies still east tneit
eyes and pointed their fingers to it, as a weapon of offence, as
an instrument for extorting concession ?. The first step should
certainly have been the removal of the Bag from the table'of
the House; for, while it was suffered to be there, who can
tell that it would have been used only on une,cceasi?n ? Her
Majesty could have conceded nothing witlvout ss.tirirctjug herL
self Co the odious impotation of ao:ng wider terror; and
suppose she had it: the first instanceraiinwed of the erasure of
her name from the Liturgy, the Green Bag would have still
remained on the table of the Honse,-after the coneession. The
next demand might have been to give nN the title of Queen,
under the same implied threat of opening the Green Bag.—
Her Majesty the Queen of England might have been in the
same situation as those timid-people who sraTT theraelves to
be robbed of their last shilling from the dreid ssf some
horrible accusation with which an impostor threatens them.-7
But how different and how magnanimous has been the Conduct
of her Majesty ! To the coosciousness ur innocence she has
united the courage to defend it; arid tier sagacity informed
her, that the easiest refusal was tire first.

Couttrs OF LAW.—This rnornitu the CHIEF
JUSTICE Of the King's Bench held ittinr.s at the
Guildhall of the City of stilvstiniustdr, the Cntirt
of Exchequer being occupied by the regular hn-i-
-tress of the Court. There Alas, however, but,orie
cause tried; the Chief Baron being obliged to at-
tend the House of Lords et an early hour.

IVIIDDLESRX SaskioNs.—Thismorning ;he busi-
ness of these Sessions commenced beinr.! UR,iSCIN
CON9T, Esq. and a full Bench of Magisttates.
After the Grand end Petty Juries had been SwQrn,
;be Court proceeded to dispose of the cases in the
Traverse Paper, consisting of assaults, -&c. none
of wLich, flowerer, were of atry poWic inten:st:

T,l-1 EATit t C EGis 1,, R.
Pr...rfnrin 4;f/tit/lily .
THEATRE KOYA!,; Tiwe), „ A
Itizzio, Mr. Brahaok ; Mart Queeil of Mrs.
After which, Givvaimi io -London.
TnEicrak:ll.oyAT,, Ci)vENT-Gmtpa:.—lieuri Quatre
Mr. Macready; 0'1)onnel, Mr. John 111,4
Saint Leon, Miss Stephens ; Clatilde de ISirun,,
ton ; Miss-M. After '4 We°
Day; to which was added, Too late for Dinner.

ERRATUAT.--111 the AdvertiAetuent, on Saturday, I'6A
the Alf Airs of the late Jori GIFFORD, Esq. read
Lodges" &c.

PRICE OF STOCKM
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3i per Cent. -761 I Ditto Small ....... • ••*,,i
4 per Cents titih tiG Ditto Commercial 5,1'
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MAILS.
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Dug—l Waterford, i Holland, Guttenburg,ll, 1 I'Ls"
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WATEIt AT Lc):,,,i)oN ball)GE To-moitit
Morning, '2 ininutts,aftur 3.—=Evening, 21 minutes 3:

7

Pirations CaS (1,,-:.!ents. the place, allurrld rdiriott
aitrkc ari attYd..tf.

•• A Letter fron Sr. Augustine, (14,d the 6th
Inv, sap, "We tore an arrival here from the
liavannah, bringing a reitsforcernent thia gar-
rison of 1000 men, Catalonians." •

Abstract, of an Act, supplemental to one entitled An

Act conct•ruiti_(NKvigttion.

Ile it enacted, &c. That front and after the soth day of

September next, the Ports of the United States shall be, and.
reinain; closed against every veszel owned Wholly, or in part,
by a subject of his Britannic Majesty; coming or arriving by
sea from any port or place in the Province.of Lutver Canada ;
oncoming or arriving front any port or place in the Province
of New Brunswick, the Province of Nova Scotia, the Island
of Newfoundland, St. John's, or Cape. Breton, or the Depen-
dencies of any of them. the I,land of Bermuda, the Bahama
Islands, the Island called Ca.ccos, or the Dependencies of any
of them, or front any other pit or place in any Island,
Colony, Territory, or Passession, under the doininions of
Great Britain, in the West Indies, or on the Continent' of
America, 3,mtls of the southern boundary of the United
States and not included within the Act to which this Act is
supplenlentary; and every such vessel so escludA.from the
ports of the United States, that shall enter or attempt to
enter the same in violation of this Act, shall, with her tackle,
apparel, and farniture, tog.ther 'with the cargo on board
each vessel, be forfeited to the United States.

THE ANSWER from THE QUEEN to the Difpo,
taboo from the House of Commons, of whit b we

gave an outline in a Third Eihtiou of THE SUN
cm Saturday kat. was %Olaf ‘fitiS generally expeet-
ed, and what we in our o.vit wind -were per-
tuadtd would be the resoit.• —Tile LiugEN,. it

seems, is'more-atixtooa to have her name inserted
in the Liturgy; than to have her character vindi-
ewed, tor she will not,give up that point, though
alie entered into a negociation to preve'it the open
ttial which she so openly demanded.. The. course
10 now plaiti open trial must tbiiky place for
the justification of Ministers, as well as of THE
Queer?. This opinion we have maintained from
the first, and the consequences have given
to it a full -. warrant. ,- We• can solemnly
aver that we-have had no hints or inturdiwtion on
the subject. It .vould have been presumption and
folly in us to expect any, and we have never pre-
tendtrd, like some of our Competitor,, to have
been favoured stick hints. or intorma!ion.

Covertit:leot and Tit a QUEEN are t'''w fairly and
, 'fully at issue, and nciilier of int.') eau lei rekit
Without injury to themselves. If THE QUEEN
consents that no trial :shall take place, her cliarac-
ltr will receive an indelible stain. If Ministers
clu not enforce the trial, it will be thought
' 11" At they wanted prows, and . MIS QUEEN
• Avdi, appear ta be a . persecuted woman and
7t coarse will -• increase in popularity, 'We
'otr not to the de.ptcable shouts at an igoo-
. Zult t4ble,for then tut just awl candid par of the
("bluunity will also a Ilpt dr 1., Litt- favour. As to
the contents of th. Green Bog, hotiever oT,•nsive
"d odious they inay.be, the substance Duly need be
.. ; given to (lie Public, witti the evidence upon which
it is Liwilid. We have renewed our inten-
tl" "f taking copious extracts every day from the
L"(lull Journals, but there,appears so much inis-
. 'l'levotis intention in the Old Times, coue'aed in
t"'" so coarse, vulgar, a,)(1 disgusling, . that
lte must be very limited in our citations from
that P.sper, it we take any. It may; however,
e' abservtil, that while it professes the utmost
• t. onfitlence in the innocence of TH2 QUEtEN, it
i 3 molt velrementiY anxious that the Bags should
be removea, by the examination of which alone
can her innocence be asrertaioed. Though we
are
""l'erdbly persueoed, that with guarded
caution tile proofs should be. examined, and
°Penly submitted to the wot ld, yet for the
sake of Public
peace and common decer.cy, it is
, lisPered that a middle course will be adopted
tt: y Ministers,.jn pr.ipo*ing such a Parliamentary
.`examination of the wools as will justify the Med-
,4:re of A DIVORCE, wi,hout proceeding to a full
It set°
!. • . Pement of What wignt be inexpetliept,offen-
live
3 and disgusting. . _

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this Ilre.'have taken aO article into our Paper of
..;. ditY: from The Britalt Monitor of yesterday,
(I" the Fourth Page,) that fully onfirins the
. .. °Pinions which ;we have ottett eapressed respect-
in • -
' g rue !evoked Colonies of Spain. 1:19/cad
. -fof• beini 'ltorprized. that ehey. threw off the
l
-°llllltiun tit- the Mte her ConotrY, we are rather
- lititPtized•that they did not long before endeavour
• "to
"'WO !keit independence, following the ex-
: * iatitPle of the American Colonies, which were so
/0
ng depelldetlt on the British Government. A
Pe°lle,like indiNitittals. pass their nonage at certain
,', ' • Periods, arld when they attain a degree of power
"t74ielt enables them to subsist by themselves, it is
• folly to suppose that they can much longer be
'kept insubjeetion, it is the policy of the North
Anletiear) Government to establish a commercial
intercourse with the old Spanish Colonies/ and it is
the Polley pf this Country to do •the same. They
• °ever. can again tall under the 'Government of
the ilv,
Awber
pt ,
C"untry, and the wisest, course which
the latter can ado
is ht once to acknowledge
".kil. indepecdence, and to endeavour to render

herself ttie sLiCilatlty of
language end ha-bits g trey a greiit anvti.,age to
Old Spain, which she wilt entirely lose, unless
she makes hate to assent to' their inderend-

core. Whatever Trea,ies we Way have entered
into with the former Government of Spain can-
not be binding upon us note that the Govern-
ment is changed. it was then a Monarchy ;
it is now an. Oligarchy, or rather a'. Republic, and
consequently, it will be necessary for ots to enter
into new Treaties with the new Government ; but
it is incupbent on the Mils!, Cabinet not to en-
ter into any Treaties which ,require tl9 to
refuse to acknowledge the independence of the
Co!onies who threw off their allegiance to Spain,
when it was under an efficient Monarchy, and
who certainly never %s ill renew their subjugation
under a novel Republic. These opinions we have
often 'avowed, and we are glad to find that they
are supported by the article taken from The
British Monitor,, as the continental connections
and long experience m foreign affairs of the Ediw
tor most afford him peculiar. opportunities for

anthentic information, reasonable inferences, and
probable anticipations.

- TimBRR DUTIES.--We refer our Readers to the
Petition presented to both [louses of P3rliament
on this important subject, in our I )urth Page this
day. The Earl of SnEFFIRLD has long been known
to be peculiarly conseraant in matters .of Com!.
merce, and to be 'always animated by true public
spirit; and his LordshiP's.sbppOrt of the Petition
is, therefore, no slight recommendation in its fa-
vour, in addition to: the intrinsic strength of its
nature and purport.

TiE DUCHESS OF YORK.—We regret to find
that her Royal Highness, as we intimated some time since,
continues in an indifferent state of health. Yesterday the
Duke of TORN left town for Oatlands, whither he was sum-
moned to attend his amiable Duchess. His Royal Highness
returned to town in the evening, with the pleasing intelli-
gence. of the Duchess being -a little better. Dr. BAILLIS
was called to attend the Duchess yesterday, in addition to Sir
H. Ha►,roau, and both thtse Gentlemen left town last night
for Oatlands to attend her Royal Highness. The following
Bulletin was issued on Saturday trening:—
Oatlands, June 24, Nine o'Clock, P. M.

"The Duchess of York has been much indisposed, with
difficulty of breathing and fever. Her Royal Highness is
somewhat better since vette has been bled.

" HENRY HALFOAD."