The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-02 00:00:00

spect to the dignity of the Crown and the inte-
rests of the nation. It was impossible either to
defend or extenuate their conduct with respect
to the Queen. The Worthy Member here allud-
ed in terms of strong censure to an article which
appeared in The New Times, under the signature
of Amicus Curia, in which it was'attempted to be
shewu'that that Court had-end'eavoured.to exte-
nuate The %ices of;whoredom and adultery. He
might appeal to any person who heard hirn,whether
such a conclusion could be drawn from any thing
which had passed within their walls—(" Cries of
No, no!")—He would tell the Editor of The New
Times, that he held the crime of adultery,whether
in a Queen _or in a King—(llear, hear!)—to be
a crying sin against the laws of God and of so-
ciety. [Hear, hear, hear !] It was the duty of
Ministers, after their defeat, to have made
every reparation in their power to the Queen.
They should not have allowed Parliament to
separate without providing a suitable provision
and a Royal Palace for her Majesty. The
Worthy Gentleman, after a variety of comments
on the evidence given in support of the Bill,
observed, that it was impossible for any honest
Jury to pronounce a verdict of guilty upon it.
.Mr. CROOKE said, that Ministers had acted so
as to degrade the Throne, and irritate the
people. it was .impossible that those men who
had advised his Majesty to thank the persons
who had shed the blood of his subjects, could be
deserving of the confidence of the country. The
splendid procession of last .Wednesday would be
long remembered -in this country. He had only
one thing to regret on that day. It was with re-
gret and astonishment that he saw so high an au-
thority as the Canon of St. Paul's_act the part he
did on that occasion. That Reverend Gentle-
man,- dressed iii his canonicals, was seen -beating
the desk with his trenchered cap, as if he were in
the commonest debating society—(Hear, hear !).
Here a MEMBER rose to order.

Mr. CROOKE said he was not to be interrupted.
He would repeat, that the conduct of that Hey.
Gentleman was most disorderly and most dis.
graceful.—(Hear, hear!)

Mr. S. DixoN differed with the mover and se-
conder of the Resolution. He thought, from the
reports which had- gone abroad respecting her
Majesty, that Ministers had no other course to
follow than that which they bad adopted. If it
were not for the firmness of the •present Ministry
this country would not be now in existence. He
was sorry to have heard the language which had
been uttered that day—it was revolutionary—it
expressed the wishes of the individual.—(Cries
of is Order, order !")
- The LORD MA rcia begged that (gentlemen
would confine themselves strictly to the question,
without throughing ant Any personal reflections.
Mr. S. Drxos 'said, that if any thing could
promote a revolution, it was the language which
had been uttered that day. 'With respect to the
case of the
.Queen, all that could be said about
it was, that the charge was not proven, Ile then
prOceeded to defend the conduct of the CC seven
MagiStrates" alluded to by Alderman Waithman,
and in conclusion -observed, that it was unjust
and absurd to impute the sufferings of the coun-
try to the conduct of Ministers. The necessity
of additional-taxes was occasioned- by
.the neces-
sity of making good the engagements of Govern-
ment to the public creditor. Ministers would
most gladly relieve the distresses of the country,
if they could do so.
Mr. OLDHAM observed, that the evidence
brought forward in support of the Bill against
the Queen was defective in every sense of the
word.. No man could pronounce a verdict of
guilty on such evidence—no man could believe it.

Mr. Alderman SCIJOLEY opposed the motion.
lie considered, that the present Ministers were
as respectable as any- Ministers he had known in
office since the American war.

Mr. FAvELL congratulated the Court on seeing
the lion. Alderman moving this question, because
it Was a proof that gold chains and scarlet gowns
did not send a man to. the hospital of incurables.
lie trusted the Court was about to give a bright
example to the country., as they
,were the only.
Body .Deliberative that could convey their opi-
nions to the_ ear of the Crown .until the f23d of
next January. The Ministers must now hold up.
their hands at the bar of public justice, and God
send them a good deliverance! lie felt that,
on this occasion, he was .as much supporting
thetcrown and die Molvtrchy as his father did
in 1745, when. buckling oh his armour to fight for
George 11. against.the Stuarts. The other day he
found, by.accident, the motto of the colours un-
der which his lather 'Was to fight was "Pro Rege
et if Revolution meant only the
Overthrow of-Monardly, and.' the establishment
of Republicanism, he did net think that the King
could have better Ministers about him to promote
that object. When he was- last year in Ireland
'with .the. Lord Mayor; he heard It 'generally re-
ported that one of. the fling's principal Ministers
was, originally an United Irishman. ills object.
was. to procure retrenchment, economy, and re-
form. Instead of taking Mr. F_ox's advice, that-
the grievances of the. people- ought. to be listened
to,;in order to see if they,could not be redresSed,.
a nuolber of restrictive laWs,-had been passed, in
order to stifle the complaints of the people...-The
events of last Wednesday would ,shoW filitt the
Citizens. of London knew: how ,to preserve the
peace better than all
.the troops in the country..
lie blamed the Resolutions of the Aldermen, as-
being. more .likely to have produced
.riot., if the
Queen had abstained from going to St. Paul's,
because such a measurn would have disappointed
a mostinnnense multitilik. . .

Mr. CLARAE.said, he would ,support the Re-
solution; he, was, however, of opinion. that the
conduct Of. his .Majesty's Ministers during the
war was ,wise and energetic, and that the, con-
clusion of that war was glorious as well as hene-
ficia4 to Vie country. Since the peace, however,
they had shewn a want of wisdom and of conci-
liation. fie was not for condemning Ministers,
altogether, and he would' therefore move that the
word-only should lie deft out .of the Resolution,
Mr. DixoN----" And only that word?'
Mr. CLARIiE" That is all."