The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-16 00:00:00

[Morning Chronicle.'

1 ,We yesterday sta!ed that the Law Officers of
11,e C.0,,n had made a report on Friday to his
. ialit.,ty's Cabinet Council, that upon the body of
3,vi:•eoce submitted to their), it was their ottani-
'.,l
i,lis opinion, that an Indictment or Impeach-
ment against an Illustrious Pei nonage, could not
1:. be legally sustained. Upon this report, it is
understood that the Cabittet d ISO ii ii iiiiiiioll.sly
decided that DO process for a divorce could be
Zacitated ; hut they submOcd to his Nl,jesty, that
4a atsn ort Bill in;glit be isirott•ht inco Pntliament,
F with a probability of its pit-sing the two houses,
tieelaring, in its pteionble, that as their Majes-

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1! ,i c s lad been separated, and had lived separate
r"ti', ior several years, it was not expedient that the
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Queen should have the ceremony of Corona-
lion. And if this should pass, that her Ma.
jes'y might he inclined, on a suitable provision,
oft
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il) r. tut: in abroad. With this view, the Order in
144.;;;ICouncil published on Saturday last, was passed,
t14:11..:4 tor the alteration of the Church Service, in which
the special prayer for her Majesty is omitted. it
7, appears, however, I bint,thii middle course has not
t,ii4
been thought sufficient, and on Monday evening
.;., we teceive(i a comaltinication that Ministers had
",1!. declared they could not undertake the responsi-
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' -41 i biliiv of agitating the question of divorce after
‘.4 hati-ng received the above opinion of the Law Of-
•'f'.. fieei,, and that, in tact, they had tendered their
vz reognalion ; but not having certAio itifoimariou,
ine-lunited our btatement to that which VC FIF iillthet-
le: .
t,, T i ii!dled to us, namely, the report of the Law ME-.
~tir errs of the Crows. Yesterday mornino, however,
#..,the ofthe ' *, • ''spread
i I nitioni
—.1..g i
::,-v the metropolis, and produced an extniordinary
,'::4 sensation, as it seeni,.o in he i.ncowistent with all
';At::iii:c(Jriiiii ihat a coirvnrioli of this kind should take
:'1 place while the remains of the deceaEed and la-
c ..`a;
,4 61, used Sovercigo bay uointvrted. .The report
.. •. was, that at two n'.. lock .yesterday Nliorsters %%ere
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to wait on his Majesty to learn his pleasure whe-
ther he would he pleased to act on the plan
which they adviled, nr to accept the tender of
their Seal, Of Office: They accordingly had their
au;lit ace, and, as our Readers will perceive by
the official Coon Circular, the Council sat from
two o'clock till four, from which It may be in-
irrutd that Majesty graciously yielded -,,t0
the ads ire of his confidential and responsi-
ble se, yaws. One of the Journals* of last
night ac.nses us of indelicacy in stating to
the Public a circumstance so interesting to the
People ot Endand. It is said that we "
en-
" (ere(' upon the subject of so touch delicacy and
" importance with radical freedom and boldness,"
althoogli we were:int ‘• to hold the COn3titutiOh
reverence." Nr..tv we tell this Devotee of
Power, that ,it is expresaly because we do hold
tie Constitution in reverence that we take die
radical freedom (it it be radical) to state to the
public a circumstance so es:ential to their ri4hts,
a• that the Cabinet Council have liononralily at,d
boldly toll the King that they alone are respun•
sihie for the ailtioe they give him in his Govern-
oet,t, and that they •eHOOOt undertake tO
a question which, in their minds, would
affect the grace of t. e couhtly, "1:)is is a demon-
stration of the in'inciples of the Constitution ; antl
it is an example beneficial in-
finence d,e,vhcre, hy skewing the benefits to a
tree peoplt of a limited Nionalehy. Ii may be the
prac,ne ot sycophant Joutn,,ls to stipp7ess every
t~crttrtrn•"t• that envy .hive' t.neir potions, but this
!hall never be tollowed by The Morning Chronicle.
,yere iu circulation through
the isl ie of vescrikiy. II was said that the
:sl,,tquess ot lVellesley was sent for to Carlton
Palace, r.rul that tile Noble Loid bad an 'audience
of the ping; but ive cannot state this 'trout
authority.

4. THE SUN.

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[Morning Herald ]

A stronr sens.i ion was produced yesterday even•
irg by the tinnours ot a change of 'Ministry. The
reports were various. According to one, the Mi-
bad reigned according to another, there
was tneie!y a great difference of opinion in the
Cabinet-Conoeif, but without rilpillte or
; wiiilst a third account stated, that a distin-
onshed individual had received, his Aiajesty's or-
ders to form a new Minis ry. Upon toe subjf-et
of disagreement in the Cabiuct, there has been no
dilferetice of opinion, and, we believe, no ork-
take. It was Weil known, betore and since his
Mjes,y ascended the Thioee, that the advisers
ot the CioAn were engaged in deliberathig wire-
ther circumstances rendered it nicer to change or
limit, thy manner, the political situation of an
tolls person absent• from this country. This
is tile subicet upon which the Cabinet Ministers are
rt-ported to have differed amoug thems, Ives, fir tvn
their Royal Master. As tar as 'we have been
alit. to learn with any approach to certainty, the
sterol the 'natter has been this ; Toe question of
a Royal Divorce was long and laboriously nelibe-
ai et! upon. It was proposed as a mediatory.
course, by a Noble and Learned Lord, that a
short Mill should he bionght into Vorliament,
eitablisbiog a separwe nidi,tt:nance, With an al,
loWance of 50,000/. per annum. The Cabinet,
however, still remained unresolved in opinions ;
awl, it tviv, said,. that a NoWe Marves,
received his M +5l y's commands, relative
to the formation of a New Ministry. Upon the
conduct of the Ministers, and the topic to which
it is stated to refer, we shall offer no observa-
tion. The subject is so delicate, that the epithet
is universally, and by way of distinction, applied
to it.- It is of toe utmost moment that it should
not he prejudged ; and all, without the circle of
the King's confidential Ministers, mu-t be in lit-
ter ignorance of the merits or demerits of the
question, Out either side. It wonld be-idle to spe-
culate on a change which is so much in doubt,
and which, it was yesterday evening a genet al
opinion, would not take place. fiut even sup-
posing a coalition of all the parties now, not
only in actual opposit ion,
,but out of power gene-
rally, though this would comprise a great mass of
talc it and character, their undeitaking would be
most H141(10115, and their continuaoce in office prfi-
bably of no long duration. The Public would
expect reformations, in:provements, and reliets,
which no Ministry, perhaps, could realize; and,
upon being disappointed, that Public would ex.
press ei her diseust or regret at the change.—
Next, the present men can exercise so much of
personal influence over the two great commercial
and financial establishments hi the City, and are
in such close relatiowi, ens personally,
with the host of confidetnial.subordinate !Dell of
office, that their opposi:ion would embarrass, if
nor arrest, the march of the ablest Administra-
tion.

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obliged to notice them. It most be observed,
then, that we state these rumours, an:l their im-
port, merely ; we do not pledge ourselves for
their truth, hot rather tot the reverse, if our sub-
sequent reasonings have any weight. It was as-
serted,aliat the King's Attorney, Solicitor, ant
Advocate General, having declared, in a written
opinion, that there were no „facts to justify
the attempt to procure a divorce, the King had
declared his determination to dismiss them and
their colleagues from office, and form, or seek
for, a more accomodating Ministiy; and- that
such was now the personal object of the Royal
Councils. We should think that it would be
an object of very difficult attainment, sup-
posing the antecedently stated opinion to have
been given, to find a Ministry, however com-
pliant in other respects, that was at once' willing
to set aside the injouctious of both God and
mail with respect to the law of divorce in this
Christian and moral country. We will venture
to go so far as to point out consequences and re-
stilts ; for, now we are beginning a 'new reign,
e must lotik before ns. It is clear, then, that
whatever is decided 011 in this important case,
w ili hereafter become the practice, and ought also,
in consistency; to become the law of the land,
with respect to separation between man and
wife. No change can be operated in that
quarter, whirl] will not of necessity descend, and
be established generally : for the King of ibis
country claims no exenvion (he cannot) from
those laws be which he reigns, amid still less from
the laws nf God. If, therefore, the dismissinte
of the ;Nlinistry is decided on, or has ever been in
contemplation, the dissatisfaction of the King
must have originated in other causes. We hope
it is not irreverent in us to discuss such a topic,
hefore the body of his late Majesty, the good
Kint George, is conveyed to the tomb. We only
give our opinioo on that of which all are speak-
ing, and therefore add nothing; to the rumour, if
we do not succeed in refuting it. But if this sob-
ject could never have entered into the Royal
breast at this awful period, how many are there
which the necessities of the State would not soffer
to be procrastinated ? Upon these, therefore, his
Majesty has bestowed the little of attention which
lie could snare!) from the commands of grief, and
of filial and fraternal- feeling. Parliament re-as-
sembles to. morrow ; it is not, therefore, extraor-
dinary that there have been frequent meetings of
the Cabinet ; and if the King and his Ministers
have differed, it must have been Upon national and
not upon personal. grounds. His Majesty thinks
bat little of himself now, we are sure.

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Public Offices, tkc. being a Day of General

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1820.