The Sun.
London, England, 1820-06-30 00:00:00

[The Times)

The public interest is not intermitted, though at presents
it has but little to feed upon, in the affair of the *King
mid Queen.. The interval is supplied by countless ru-
"mours" and anxious anticipations. The contents of Mr.
Brougham's and Mr. Denman's Letter to the Committee
ale variously interpreted. We know not that it is worth
the while in us to propose a new reading, where the exist
ing text is so very imperfect that it supplies but few hints.
There is a notion also sprung up—we cannot ourselves in-
form the public upon what authority—that matters again lonk
towards a compromise; and it may seem to strengthen this
suspieicass that General Ferguson last night postponed his mo-
tion on the Milan Commission, without assigning any other
cause than " peculiar circumstances, and his to culatp
tbe.obiect of his mtgiQii."

FOR THE SUN.

NAVAL MAN(F.UVRESn

Mi'. EOITOR,—The Opposition seem busy again
at their old games of fast and loose, keep the ball
&c. ; and it therefore behoves Ministers to
insist upon the old rule of " play fair ;" that,
however, seems no part of their play ; in fact,-to
take the thing up seriously, the coniluct of Op-

position, at the.present moment, is most. extraor-.
Binary: Without sufficient political courage to,
stand forward manfully as the QUBENIS 'l.dvo-
catcs. nor sufficient political candour to act as
fair Umpires between the QUEEN and the Cabi7
net, their whole aim appears to be to carry on a:
petty warfare both in certain, places and mit of
them, es if their sole uhicet were to catch
ters,tripping, sod. tlence to obtain that power
which they profess to despise. Now, Sir, it is
clear that Alin.sters cannot defend themselves

agNiost throe out: vitro hit,es of natty, not• silence
their eterpfil buzzing, wit bout the risk of dhir

cli)siyes which it would neither he judicious nor
delicate to make. Ministers, in short, have
with ht coming &ileac), constantl,y spoke of that
as a Cabinet measure, which, however,, must be
really the measure of another quarter; where the
feelings of the man, of the Englishman,. and of
the husband, must ioterminee with those, of the
Monarch !

But the Opposition are blind to,. or unaffected •
by, this delicacy, and make that, which is mere.
matter of Patliatnentary form, matter of attack :
it therefore, for both these, reasons, becorise,s
ne
cessary for the well-disposed part.Of slte .Press, to.
defend iNlinlsters Where they, cannot-defend theru-
selves ; for which. purpose I offer you some-ob-
servations on a most
_extraordinary Manceovre,
which, altlio•ogli _nothing bas yet .been drawn
from it, sufficiently shews the animus-with. which.
Opposition approaches are made, and that sonic
of their minor, agents, at least, will stick at
nothing, .

The Public, on. the '4 t b,of:June..last, Ave.re.gr!s.,
tified with s, sn eallud, copy of a Correspondence
between the QUEEN and the Lords
,LIVEItPOOL-
and NlELvict.a, on tbe.sobject,.of her return to
EntAlAnd, The ltter,to t.l:e earl .of -,Ltyserpot.
was writ►en by. her Nlajesty,personally'; :that to
Viscottnt .MELYILLII by Lady ANN IIik*ILTON.--
IW.S;r, as it cannot fora moment be. supposed
that eitivr of these Noble Lords would, have sent

-le re Cu' I t'S.IIOIIOeIICC to Ulu public vve
.....

ina,ll.lkili LC, asks • 16
s-unre ured.lling iojndicious friends of her MAJESTY
who may have obtained copies.. We most trust
to the dignity of the QUEEN, and to the well
known honqiir of Lsrly ANN. fiAmturot, that,
neither, of them had any.concera..ia the. ,transa4,
tioa to which I allude.

4111... it V. Z.

Both of these letters are given as dated from
Villeneuve le Roi, 29th of May, 1620 (Monday))
but, Sir, I have beard it whispered that they were
really dateil the 30th of May (Tuesday),, a diffe»
renee which, you will perhaps say, is not, very
material, until 1 point out to you that a palpable
misdating has also taken place in the answer said
to be returned by Lord Moottt.t.e.

Lady ANNE HAMILTON is represepted as re•
questing on Monday, 29th May, that Lord 51BL-
mut would order a Royal Yacht to be in rearli,,
ness to receive the QUEEN at Calais " on Sstor,
day„ 3d of June,". and Lord. AIIII:VILLK'S ,apswer
is said to be dated Ist of June, 9 A. M., -aeknow,
!edging receipt of Lady ANNE'S letter " yester-
day," which of course implies Wednes(l..ay,, the
31st of May so that you see,. Sir, those ,who
may chose to bring this forward as matter of
grave complaint, may urge that his Lordship, not-
withstanding " his MAJESTY. being absent from
London," had. auff!cient,tirn.e 4q procure the Royal
order for a. Yacht to he at Calais on Saturday,-
the 341 of. June. Unfortunately,. however,. this
back dating.ot the.letter .as. whispered, and of the
answeras I shall prove. ,are instantly nretby the.
express,words of the answer...4Bdt., in allusion to,
14 the information. that the QUEEN .intends.
at CaTais to Morrow." Now, Sir, that. morrow,.
-ftgleeaile-to the letter said to be written by 1.4411 y.
ANNE tfAMILTON, was U next Saturday, 3d June,"
so that Lord'iMitvitta's answer was really writ-.
ten oil Friday, the 2d of June, and not on Thurs-
day, the Ist, and L;dy ANNE HAMILTON'S letter
was received on Thursday, the Ist of June, not.
O'n Wednesday, the 31st. of. May, as the misdate
would imply.
After this exposition of what some folks are
capable .of doing, even..thoug,h their wit .is not.
_
equal to their venom-7-u wretches" shall.l, cell
them, in imitatioo of strange language at. the liar
of the House of Lords?-1. trust that the Public
will be on their guard respecting all the tricks of
the new-Pantoinimejust getting up, and that the
QUEEN and her Right honourable Secretary will
be particularly careful not to allow any. part of
their correspondence to fall into the hands of
those who will not hesitate to employ it, or to
falsify it, for „their own purposes, atter which
being once obtained, they would consign the
writers to that whirlwind of ruin, which must etv,
site if such u. wretches" should ever obtain the
power of. ruling

ROAST..