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London, England, 1820-07-25 00:00:00

Croix ; she had on board the valise of about
1,0,000 dollars in Coffee, Cotton, Specie, &c.—
The prize was taken by the brig Lavita, bearing
the Spanish Flag.

Reports from Oronoco say, that the Patriot
cause is in a flourishing state. BOLIVAR has had
a reinforcement, and drives all before him.

The Petition from the QUEEN, presented last
night to the House of Lords by Lord ERSKINE,
desiring a specification of the places where the
adulterous acts imputed to her occurred, rests
upon the same grounds as that in which her MA-
JESTY desired to be provided with a list of the
names of the Witnesses against her. It is ob-
vious that this last Petition proceeds exactly
upon the same principles, and bears the same
tendency, as the former. The Petition was re-
jected last night by a Majority of 37 to 12 ; and
the chief grounds of the rejection were the want
of precedents applicable to the case, or rather
that the object of the Petition was against all
precedents. This argument was strong, because
precedents must have been the result of expe-
rience and wisdom, and therefore to depart from
them on particular occasions, would manifest a
disregard of what was founded on the practice
of the House, and Supported by the most en-
lightened authorities. But we are very much
surprized that the Noble Lords, who so fully
justified the rejection of the Petition, should
have merely confined themselves to precedents,
and the established rules of the llouse, and
should have overlooked another, and more imme-
diate ground of objection, and which would
come powerfully and essentially in aid of their
other reasons for refusing to assent to the requi-
sition. If it was held proper to refuse to let
HER MAJESTY know the names of the Wit-
nesses who are to be brought against her,
it was proper, on the same principle, not
to let her know from what places they were
to be called, for when the places were known,
there could be little difficulty, if any, in disco-
vering who the Persons are who reside in those
places, and consequently who among them, for
many reasons, were likely to be suspected or
being summoned on the occasion. It is very
strange that so obvious an objection did not occur
to any of the Noble Lords who were adverse to
the Petition ; but having examined the Parlia-.
mentary Reports of the several Morning Papers,
we cannot discover any such argument, nor does
it seem to have struck the Conductors of those
Journals that are styled Ministerial because
they wish to support a Government founded on
the wisest political system ever framed by human'
sagacity. But, to advert to the consequences of
affording information of the places where the im-
puted crimes are supposed to have occurred-
-would it not have afforded also the opportunity
of tampering with the Persons likely to be sus-
pected of being brought as witnesses, of keeping
them away by bribes, discrediting their testi-
mony by witnesses suborned for the purpose, or
other expedients that may be more practicable in
Italy than in any other part of the world ? We
most heartily hope that her MAJESTY will be
able to acquit herself of all the charges against
her', and we are persuaded that she would never
have sanctioned any of those measures to which
we have alluded, or suffer the course of justice
to be impeded in any way, because her vindica-
tion would be the less complete in proportion to
the obstacles interposed to obstruct that course.
But some of her officious agents abroad, if not
here, might consider it as their duty, or at least as
their interest, to remove, by any means, whatever
might tend in any respect to be injurious to her.
Who can doubt that such a man as BERGAMI is
described to be, who has been so absurdly ambi-
tious as to draw the eyes of mankind upon himself,
and to expose her MAJESTY to a situation so.
much to be lamented, would' use every possible
effort, either to corrupt the witnesses, or to wreak
his vengeance on them, and by intimidation, or
worse means, frustrate their testimony ? Upon
the whole, it is evident, that there are substan-
tial reasons upon the grounds of precedent, po-
licy, and justice, for rejecting this Petition, and
it is not a little strange, that the Noble Lord
who presented it, and the Noble Lords who
supported it, should have brought it for-
ward after the rejection of the other.—
Before we conclude we cannot but advert to
some silly reports which are still in circulation,
implying that attempts have been made, within
the last few days, to stop the inquiry altogether,
and to settle this momentous matter by amicable
negociation. How such improbable rumours
could be invented, and how there can be people
weak enough to give them the least credit, would
be to us inconceivable, if we did not too well
know that artifice is constantly at work to for-

,a.rd o-qn .sordid eu is:, by preli'ag -van ph-
lic credulity, on a subject that cannot but excite
universal interest among a people animated by
a love of justice, tenderness for the High Per-
sonage accused, and a laudable zeal for the full
vindication of her innocence, as well as by that
mere curiosity, which is a quality so predominant
in all mankind.

The Old Times takes great credit to itself for
having drawn the attention of the Public to a
passage in " FLYNDEL'S Western Luminary," in
which THE QUEEN is mentioned in terms of most
reprehensible coarseness, and which is to be the
subject of a motion in the House of Commons this
day. We certainly shall not attempt to excuse
or palliate the language in question, but it would
have been fair in The Old Times, if, instead
of selecting a part of the article in the Provin-
cial Paper, it had quoted the whole article, that
it might be seen how far it was qualified by
the context. But admitting the error of the
Provincial Journalist, what must be always
thought of The Old Times, which justified the out-
rageous attack of the savage mob upon the poor
defenceless Foreigners at Dover, because they
were squalid in their looks and mean in their at-
tire, and who could describe them in the most
disgusting and offensive terms, such as " a load
of nastiness," 46 miserable, filthy creatures,"
" wretches," " a cargo of human impurity," and
that could infer their guilty designs from their
"villainous appearance !"—What must be thought
of those who, without knowing the character of
the poor Foreigners, could thus attempt to
invalidate their testimony ! But still more
atrociously impudent, who could say of Minis-
ters that " they have consigned themselves to
everlasting infamy, by organizing, directing, and
managing the detestable Milan Commission."
Can the Paper call for the punishment of others
which has itself been guilty of this attempt at pre-
judication on the one hand, and of so daring a libel
on the other, upon Ministers whose duty to
their Sovereign, to their Country, and to Justice,
compelled them to inquire into the truth of re-
ports, universally prevalent on the Continent,
which so deeply involved the honour of the
Throne, and the character of the Nation ! !!

BANK NOTE BlLL.—This Bill, which passed
into a Law last night, is understood to substitute
transportation for death in cases of forgery, as
the latter punishment has been thought impolitic
as well as too severe. It has, therefore, been
himanely suggested that this Law might pro-
perly have a retro-active operation in effect, by
inducing Government to let those under Sentence
of Death be allowed to profit by the lenieni pro-
visions of the new Act, and to have their sentences
mitigated upon the same principle. The sug-
gestion seems to be just as well as humane, and
we are persuaded that those who have the power
of extending mercy on this occasion, will not be
wanting in the application of it.

The Evidence given before the Lords Com-
mittee on the Timber Duty Question attracts
daily more attention ; and the people at the
Out-ports are astonished at the nerves of those
who say that British Ships can be built and na-
vigated cheaper than Foreign'.
The gout in the KING'S hand, we are extreme-
ly sorry to say, continues very severe.
Yesterday the Dukes of YORIC and CAmmIDGE
visited the KING, at his Palace, Pall-mall.
The Princess AUGUSTA rode in an open car-
riage yesterday to Kew Gardens, and returned
to town in the evening.

The COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF reviewed the Se-
cond or Coldstream Regiment of Guards yes-
terday morning, in Hyde Park. His Royal
Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE took the
command of the regiment as Colonel. The Duke
of WELLINGTON, Lord CATIICART, and seve-
ral other Field Officers were present. The men
went through their evolutions with the utmost
precision.
Yesterday, Mr. CANNING entertained the
Duke of Wellington, Earl Bathurst, Lord Cas-
tlereagh, Viscount Granville, the Earl of West-
moreland, Mr. Planta, the Earl of Harrowby,
Lord C. Somerset, Mr. Huskisson, and a large
party of distinguished personages with a grand
dinner at Gloucester Lodge.

Mr. STUART WORTLEY declined presenting
the 'Wakefield Address to the QUEEN, upon the
following just grounds ?—" I cannot (said he)
consistently with what I feel to be my duty, as
one of that body who will have to decide upon
the truth or falsehood of the charges against the
(4/TEEN, do any thing which may appear in any
degree to concur in a public expression of an
opinion upon those charges."—mr.
i/EAUMONT
declined presenting the Newcastle Address to
the QUEEN upon the same becoming principle.
Mr. WILSON is elected Professor of Moral
Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, in
the room of the late Dr. TnomAs BROWN.

A combination has taken place among the
journeymen. hatters of London, to raise their
wages ; the masters are determined to prose-
cute. several leaders have been arrested, and
from letters in their possession, it has been dis-
covered that other trades supply money in aid
a their unlawful purpose.