The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-06 00:00:00

the way of the witnesses for the defence, have
been most satisfactorily answered by Lord Liver--
pool and other Noble Peers, and that the. facili,
ties which are continued to -be.offered .by. Mi-
nisters in this respect are such•as. must convirrce
every impartial mind that no means are withheld-
from her Majesty which can in the .remotest
gree tend to sarve her cause or forward the due
and essential end's of justice. . ••

[British Press.]
It is distressing to find that difficulties have
been interposed by Foreign Gov'ernments to pre- '.
vent her NlAiEset from csllectiug suCji witnesleir
as she 'conceives nelbssary for her deferice; and....
lay'lhose Governrrients too.who have exerted all
their power to compel the attendance of •such
persons as might have been.found necessary for
the prosecution. The Duke of Baden lias pre
vented hiS Chamberlain from coming to nigland,
although repeatedly requested, and the Austrian
Cabinet have shewn their sentiments so clearly
upon the subject of General Pino's wish to be
permitted to appear as a witness for her Majesty,
that tile General did not conceive his commission
to be safe should he in this instance follow the
impulse of his own wishes. How miserably con-
temptible must the Grand Duke of - Baden and
the Austrian Cabinet 'appear in the eyes of the
world ! They degrade themselves without en-
joying even the miserable gratification of confer-
ring a favour by their debasement, for we readily
acquit the British Ministers of even, entertaining
a wish that these Governments should court their
favour by means so despicable and so dishonou-
rable.

[Morning Chronicle.]
The letters produced in justification of Colonel
Browne have not-answered the purpose for which
they were brought forward. We are glad to see
that the subject is to be further inquired into.—
The letters of M. Marietti, the father, leave little
doubt on the mind of any reflecting person, that
the Alien Bill was made use of as a means of de-
terring his son from affording assistance to the
Queen. We may easily see, from these letters,
the constant state of dread of power id which the
natives of Austrian Italy live ; and we ma/ thence
infer that Colonel Browne can have little diffi-
culty in obtaining signatures to certificates in his
favour; but any such letters will. naturally be
viewed with considerable suspicion. The simple
and naive avowals in the letters of M. Marietti,
senior, will outweigh the formal testimonials
which may be obtained or extorted, and the
pression they have produced will not, therefore,,
be easily effaced. The public will naturally
look to this quarter with increased suspicion,
when they find it distinctly affirmed that the Go-
vernments of Austria and Baden have prevented
military and civil officers from aiding the Queen
by their testimony. M. Marietti, senior, may
well tremble at the power which has put such
' formidable engines in motion.—The speech of
I Mr. Williams indicates the nature of the evidence
which will be brought forward by the Queen.

POPE TILE POET.—We are indebted for the ;
following anecdote, so honourable to one of the
greatest of our Poets, to the last number of Tu
QUARTERLY REVIEW, in a note to a masterly
defence of his genius, works,'and moral character,
against the attacks of .a living. Critic, who writes
" Or with a rival's or a sunuch'a spite."
" ft is proper to add, as one of the instances of Ptipes.ten-
der recollection of his friends, one of his most active virtues
through life, that he never forvot this Providential interposi-•
Lion of the AblA ‘outhcot, and twenty years afterwards, when
in conversation, he heard of a vacant abbey its the most de-
lightful part of France, which would be a most desirable esta-
Kshment for Father Southcot, he took no further notice of
the matter on the spot; but sent a letter the next morning to
Sirßobert Walpole, with whom he had then' souse degree of •
friendship, and begged him to write a 'letter to Cardinal
Fleury to get the abbey for Southcot.—southc:st was made
Abbot.' This is perhaps the only time that the Prime Mini-
ster of England wrote to the Prime Minister of France, to
promote a poor Catholic Priest ;—notlting short of the ardent
and affectionate feelings of Pope could have suggested the
project; nor could any thing but the regard die to Isis genius,
have influenced Sir Robert to move in such a business."
This anecdote is as honourable to Sir ROBERT
WALPOLt as it is to the Poet. But we have at
the present period another example of a Prime
Minister of this country, who can act from the
intrinsic feelings of liberality and justice) with-
out the powerful application of a POPE, as
we find 'in the instances of two valuable bene-
fices recently bestowed by the Earl of LI-
VERPOOL on two Clergymen conspicuous only for
merit, and without any support of PaAiamentary
interest which another:allotment of them would
probably have strengthened, if not considerably
save augmented. •