The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-12 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1820.

LONDON JOU xtNALS.

[I)..IILY EX iIdCTS.]

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF `THIS DAY.

[Morning Post.]
THE QVEEN.

A Petition from her MAJESTY was presented
to the House of Lords, last night, in which she
desires that .her Attorney-General may be fur-
nished_with a list of the witnesses to be produced
against her on the second reading of the Bill for
the Degradation and Divorce of her Majesty, on
the 17th.of August., With the view of showing
to' the' Public that their Lordships- proceeded
.with the utmost deliberation and caution on this
important occasion, Lord Lauderdale moved for
a Committee to search for precedents upon
the subject.: Loril.Liverpool and Lord Bathurst
supported' this motion, which, after some debate
was carried.. The question of the expediency of
furnishing as,list of .the witnesses is formally to
come before the Houk, on Friday Under any
other circumstances, we should have no objeCtiOn
to the productiUn of the required list, as in in-
stances of High Treason, though the case, rela-
tively to all parties, is here quite different. But
when we contemplate the use that would be made
of such a premature exposure of names by the
disaffected, who who are intent only upon -turning. the
-present painful question to the purposes.of revo-
lution.and_bloodshed, we must confess, that not
only in consideration 'of thuends of ' substantial
justice, but also that of personal safety, as far
4s regards the forthcoming witnessed (both Fo-
reign and English,) we discover imminent private
danger and alarming public mischief from the
disclosure so unnecessarily called for in the pre-
sent instance ; for premature and. unnecessary to
the ends of justice must this call be considered,
*hen it is recollected that while the Queen is at
present amply possessed of the .means of procur-
ing such evidence as she may deem-requisite to
her defence, she will besides have the utmost la-
titude afforded her, after the examination of the
witnesses for the prosecution,. of producing as
many additional testimonials in her own- behalf as

the nature of the evidence agaiest her may re-
quire! Whatmore,'we'would then ask, can rea-
sonably be desired for any possible purpose of
impartial and substantial justice ?

should enforce the standing order in all cases.
Mr. Brougham prop4ses to qualify this indul-
gence by an offer on the part of himself and Mr.
Denman to decline voting on the qUestion. This
condition we do not approve: We haVe no ob-
jection that Mr. Brougham anti Mr. Denman
should pair off with any two well-known sup-
porters of Ministers, but we do not think that the
Queen is not to have the benefit of Counsel, un-
less these Counsel shall abandon the duty which
they owe to the Country as its Representatives in
the House of Commons.

[The Times.]

Her Majesty yesterday sent a Message to the
House of' Lords, requesting- a list of the witnesses
who are to appear against her. It is astonishing
that Ministers should contest- points of thiS kind
with this persecuted woman—this victim; we may
say, of-24 years' insult and suffering. The case is
new ; and aught not a person thus charged, and
that person a female and a- Queen, to have all the
mean's necessary for her-defence afforded to her
Can her Majesty's knowledge of the witnesses'
names, if- in reality they, have any permanent
names, in any degree alter the substance of
their evidence ; She or' w
w
her
Counsel ill there-
by only kno the persons who are to depose
and why should they not -be .knoWn Their
cognizance of_ past events, their acquaintance
with.that which they have _seen, cannot there-
by be either. increased' Or diminishetL• I tiSnbviOus
therefore,: that 'the objection to afford-the list re-•
quired can result from nothing else 'bur the cha-
racterof the witnesses, or the difficulty to de-
scribe such persons. In addition to the Counsel,
whose names have been already mentioned, her
Majesty will have the'ladyjce and assistance of
Dr. Lushington.- • MFe-ire.still in hopes that Mi-
nisters' will_.de-sist from" this iniquitous persecu-
tion. •-•- •