The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-10 00:00:00

WEEKLY RETiIaiPECT,.

The Political Barometer, by a kind of me•
teerological pan, may be said, during the past
week, to have stood at changeable ! In the pre-
ceding week, Counsel learned in the Law, Coun-
sel unlearned in the Law, Aldermen, M. P.'s and
Peers ; all—all on one side of the question, for
a party question they have made t—cried out
for necessary delay. Humanity, propriety, le-
gality, innocence, &c, &c., were all pressed into
the service, and cliaay, at the proper stage of the
business, acceded to. _ _

At length out comes the- Report, and in comes
the Bill, when lies I Presto ! Delay is kicked
.out of doors, " Counsel learned in the Law,
'Counsel um--," &c. &c., as we said before,
'ill open, like Geese on a Common, or Hounds
-after a fault, and cry out " Dispatch," and why ?
Because the Petitioner for delay is now a Peti-
.
timer fOV Hurry—" helter skelter, dins long"
as uncle Toby has it, through thick and thin, and
therefore, and for, no other earthly reason that
tve can divine, the affair is to be entered into be-
-fore a single evidence for the defence can be pro-
cured from Italy.

, But why this hurry ? Let the Times answer
that, whose wise Editor has most wisely disco-
vered that there is only one .charge—that this .
charge is only for adultery—and that the adul-
tery was only committed. with one person-44 a
most laughable affair," and a " sweeping ac-
quittal," as. the noes logic proves it to be !
Really this reminds us of the honest Hibernian
who, having a long day's journey to perform with
a heavy sack upon his shoulders, filled. another
with paving stones', and mounting that upon his
back also, at the end of every mile threw out a
clone, so that as his journey lengthened his
burthen lightened, and he came in the last Mile
with only half the weight with which he set
out !

Bat there is one fact which seems to bear, in
rather a particular way, upon this extraordinary
desire for immediate decision. The demand '
was made on Thursday ; but on Friday arrived
At King's Messenger with Five Witnesses in
charge. Now the question is, would the demand
have been made had these perons arrived •on
Thicilduly :a Nay, whilst we are writing this,
who can say that even whilst our friends are
reading it, another demand for delay will not be
lictually making in the proper place ? 'Eine will
she w !

It is amusing to see the ingenuity with which

Opposition contrive to disagree in every point,
Cxcept in one—that Ministers are wrong, and
ought to go out ! One cries out C 6 Give us a fill
and clear report." Another exclaims—" There
ought not to be any report at all." A third com-
plains that Ministers began too soon. A fourth,
too late." In addition to this consistency,
they have again in the past week reminded us of
the Artist who painted the Devil, and then was
terrified at his own picture. In like manner,
they alarmed themselves and the whole Coun-
try—No ! not the whole Country, for the Coun-
try has long since found them out—with finan-
cial defalcations, glorying in their prophecies like
frogs in a pool or flies in the sunbeams, when In
It appears that the Revenue is improving. Then
they prophecy that the Coronation will cost three
quarters of a million ; but Ministers come down
and say they will perform it for one tenth of that
sum, producing an absolute saving of 650,0001.!
But 66 no," say Opposition, " that is no-
thing ; it contains four cyphers ! Nov we can
shew a saving in which there will only be one
cypher. If you wish to sale this ruinated Coun-
try from utter destruction, instead of the enor-
mous sum of 95001. annually to the late Mo-
narch's faithful and praiseworthy domestics,
pass the amendment that it shall be only
81901. 19s. 11(14 ! Thus will you relieve the poor
from the assessed taxes, encourage Commerce and
the Home Trade, shut up Work-houses, stimu-
late Agriculture by raising the price of Corn, and
make the land overflow with Peace and Plenty !"

PROTOCOL.—The first public use made of the
word Protocol, or perhaps its first appearance in
an English garb,' and in public documents, was
among the papers presented to both Houses of
Parliament, on the subject of the Slave Trade.—
" Protocol is derived from protocolum in Latin,
and protocolon in Greek ; that is, the first mem-
ber—what is first briefly noted,_to...be afterwards
amended, and further enlarged." This is a cor-
rect description of or name for the papers above
alluded to, and will render the word more cur-
rent, if any one can think it preferable to that
universally adopted, and which we all well un-
derstand—minute.

RICHARD WELLESLEY, Esq. is returned for the
Borough of Ennis, in Ireland, in consequence of
Itu.o MAHON having resigned his. seat.

LONDON JOURNALS.

[Ad IL Y. EXTR,4qTS.]

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

[Morning Posti
THE ,
As her Majesty has 'abandoned her claiin- for.
delay, so forcibly urged by Mr. Broug-harn_ln the
first instance, and now with equal force demands
through the same Learned Genttertian, imme-
diate trial, it is probable that the' House of Lords
will this day appoint an early day for the,
second reading of , the Bill of Divorce, or
Pains and Penalties. This proceeding, it can-
not be denied, adMits of all the forms of trial
usual in cases of Bills of Divorce ; the utmost
latitude of defence will be afforded her Ma-
jesty : and, therefore, whatever the result may
prove, all candid men must acknowledge that it
was impossible for Ministers to have adopted
a more fair or equitable course, or one better
calculated to satisfy the country and promote the
ends of impartialjustice. It is no longer a mere
question between the King and the QUEEN—from
what has transpired it becomes a consideration,
not so much of individual, as of national interest
end importance. The proceeding may be viewed
a:: strictly judicial ; and affecting as it does alike
tile honour of the Queen, the character of the
Country, and the- dignity of the Crown, it ;Must
be the wish of all good men, that as the evident
intention on the one hand is to render the pro-
ceedings strictly impartial, all spirit of party
Should. be equally dismissed from both sides.
The ludicrous stories which have lately been cir-
culated respecting the quondam courier Pergami,
or Bergami, are best refuted by astatetnent which
has just been put forth, in ,regard to the girl
whom the Queen has adopted, and brought with
her to this country. This girl, it is now stated
by the advocates of her Majesty, and from ap-
parent authority, is the daughter of the said
Bergami : she is described as remarkably ac-
complished, though not more than seven yearsold.