The Sun.
London, England, 1820-08-21 00:00:00

[Morning Chronicle.]

A part of the charges against her Majesty
have now gone forth- to the world. Whatever
may be thought of those who have instituted
these proceedings, and however desirable it might
have been, on many accounts, that the country
should have been spared this very disagreeable
investigation, the time..for putting an end to it
has gone by. The truth or falsehood ,of the •
charges must now be established by evidence.—
Her Majesty will new feel it due to her honour
and character that the most full and ample in-
quiry should take place into her conduct. The
agitation to which the proceedings against the
Queen have given rise, has no connexion with the
question of the guilt or innocence of the Queen.
—it has its origin in a conviction that the esta-
blished forms of proceeding have been departed
froM:in the case of her Majesty. Whatever may
have been the conduct of her Majesty, she ought
to be presumed innocent till guilt has been proved
against her, and she is entitled to all the protec-
tion .which
,the laws alcord to any .other person
similarly circumstanced. But the people see
with regret than new and anomalous forms of.
proceeding have been resorted to in this case.—
They see . the laws and practices of the Consti-
tution set aside, and a Bill of Pains and Penal-
ties introduced, a measure of ex post foci° legis-
lation, which nothing 'could justify but the most
urgent state necessity, and for which, in this
case, there is no necessity, as the Constitution
has clearly defined the manner in' which her Ma-
jesty can be brought to trial. It is not easy to
account for the determination of Ministers to re-
sort to the course which they have taken. They
have, for months past, alarmed the country by
the reports of disturbances and -of radical con-
spiracies to overthrow the State ; and yet they
have apparently set up t!-!s proceeding as a
sort of standard around which the disaffected
might. ally and recruit their force. Nothing
that has . happened .in any of the disturbed
districts can be'cOrnpared in mischief -to' the: in-
fluence of this proteeding: on. the.public.,..mind.
We wish to'abstain • from --all -,comment on the
onerfing of Mr. Attorney-General... -. The circum-
stances which he' promises to prove are strong ;
. and, from The beginning, we had no doulit but
that the Green Bag contained matiers
~of gross
imputation., kis not to be imagined 'that Mini-
.sters would have gone the length they have done
. without having- what they. believed to be ,circum-
stantial evidence. of •guilt,. But, they may • have
trusted to narratives ,that fail them in' the
proof. We have always heard, for..histanee, that
after discovering the ,iniidious act of the opening
her Majesty's drawer's by:raise keys, she avoided
sleeping in her .own bed from the fear of asSassi-
nat7on, and that.she sleptf With her maid. This,
if true, would account for n material point of
111.m.A.ttorney-Qeneral's' statement ; and' we-heard
yesterday that the only. other matter . alluded• to
by the Learned Gentleman will also be satisfac-
torily explained. If so, what-mug become of
the Bill?. This is a criminal prosecution. It does
not-reserAle an action 'for damages, instituted by
the husband, in the Courts below, where circum-
ostanCal evidence would satisfy a' Jury. here
there must be direct proof of adultery, or Par-
liament will not be, justified in the eyes of:the
world in paSsing 'the Bill into a law.

Ytre hear, that Sir. Francis Burdett means to
make a motion this day, in the House of Com-
mons, on 'the subject of. the proceedings agaidst
the Queen. We know not by what step the trial
can be now arrested ; and yet, if it goes en, it is
probable that it will occupy. Parliament forthany
months to come;

Thursday night, a ,fine elephant, six years of
age, a present to his MAJESTY from the Marquess
of ITAsTINGs, was brought into the King's-mews,
where it sill be permitted to roam about every
day. It is only four feet and a half high,. very
gentle, and follows his keeper like a dog.

French Proverb.--A crowing hen, a dancin;
.priest, and a woman who speaks Latin, never
come to a good end.