Star.
London, England, 1820-06-07 00:00:00

ARMY ESTIMATES.

Upon the Resolution that 92,000 men should form
the Army of Great Britain,
Colonel DAVIES asked, if that number was to be
the permanent Peace Establishment?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
that temporary causes had led to a temporary in-
crease, which he trusted would not be permanent.
Lord NUGENT stated his intention of bringing
the question of the increase of the Army before the
House in one of the stages of the Mutiny Bill.
Mr. HUME observed, that in the American Le-
gislature, it was the practice at the commencement
of the Session to appoint Committees to examine the
Naval and Miliary Expenditure, as well as the other
branches of the public expense. Such an example,
he thought, might be adopted with much advantage
in this country. 'There were Storekeepers in all the
different Colonies, though one Storekeeper might do
all the business.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT deprecated the idea of
Parliament devolving its own duty on any Committee.
Mr. R. GORDON moved for an account of the
expense of erecting Barracks from the year 1793
down to the present time, distinguishing each year.
—Ordered.

Mr. N. CALVERT obtained leave to bring in a
Bill for the more summary remedy of vexatious and
malicious injury..—The Bill was read a first time,
and ordered to be read a second time on Monday.
Mr. PARNELL moved for a copy of the Corre-
spondence between the Chief Secretary of State for
Ireland, and the Seneschal of Belfast, on the subject
of paupers passed from Great Britain to Ireland.
Mr. S. BOURNE stated, that one parish had paid'
£lO,OOO for passing paupers to Ireland.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that he could not
see a remedy For the evil complained of; except the
introduction of the Poor Laws into Ireland, which
would be a remedy infinitely worse than the disease.
Mr. WILLIAMS thqught the existing law, on the
whole, beneficial.
Lord PALMERSTON brought in the Annual
Mutiny Bill, which was read a first time, and or-
dered to be read a second time to-ntorrow.—He
also obtained leave to bring in- a Bill to regulate the
allowance to Publicans for quartering soldiers.- • .:
The Exchequer Funding Bill was read a second time, and
committed for tomorrow.

The other Orden ;rate then disposed of, and at Eight o'clock
the Houle &dimmed.

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Tilt QUEEN.,

(From the Tlyftes.)
We ate this. dity enabled to add mane other hit
pottant doettinents to those *hich we published yes-
tecday,:in respect to the lattscnndhlous negotiation :
we shall merely cosine& theist sin a' few words df
explanation

1

After the interview between the Queen, Lord
Hutchinson, and Mr. Brougham, on Saturday night,,
at St. °met's, during which nothing pawed except
conversation on _indifferent topics, Mr. Brougham'
sent the following letter to Lord Hutchinson,—.{it
mar be proper here to mention, that Mr. Brougham-
and Lord Hutchinson were at different hotels, end'
did not see each other during the negotiation, except
in the presence of the QueenJ.
" Mr. Brougham having humbly submitted to the Queof.-
that he had reason to believe that Lord Hutchinson had brought
over a proposition from the Kiag to her Majesty, the Queen
has been pleased to command Mr. Brougham to request Lord
Hutchinson to communicate any such proposition as soon as
possible, in writing. The bearer of this (Count Vassali) will
wait to receive it from your Lordship.—June 4, 189.0."
To this letter Lord Hutchinson sent a written
answer, which it is not material to publish, as it
merely stated that his Lordship had no written-pro-
posals, but merely some scattered memoranda on
scraps of paper. Mr. Brougham instantly sent the
following reply to Lord Hutchinson's letter:

•" Mr. Brougham is commanded by the %teen to express to
Lord Hutchinson, her Majesty's surprise at his Lordship not •
being ready to state the terms of the proposition-of which he is
the bearer; but, as Lord Hutchinson is desirous of. a few he ,t,
delay, her Majesty will wait until five o'clock, hi the expect.}
tion of receiving a communication from his LOrdship at that
Your.—Two o'clock, June 4, 1820."

This letter is dated two o'clock on Suriday, and
it was not till within a few minutes of the stipulated
time (five o'clock) that Lord klutchinsOpconiMuni-
cated his proposals in the letter,which ire published
in yesterday's Paper, and which is a literal transcript
of the original document. :
As soon as this olfensiiii epistle' was read by tte
Queen, Mr. Brougham, at her Majesty's request,.
made the following answer in writing :

i

" Mr. Brougham is commanded by the Queen to acknow-
ledge the receipt of Lard Ilutchinson's letter, and to inform his
Lordship, that ii is quite impouible tor her Majesty to listen'
to such a proposition.—The o'clock, June 4."
Within a very few minutes after this last commu-
nication her Majesty suddenly left Mr. Brnughant,
and went into her carriage, which was ordered to:
drive away with the greatest possible speed. The
suddenness of her :departure was such, that.-Mr:
Brougham had no‘time to follow her Majesty to' her
coach, and indeed scarcely knew she was gone till-
he saw from- a window the Carriage hastening away.
The .reason of this precipitate departure, which
prevented Mr. Brougham- from' paying the respect
which he would otherwise have most anxiously paid,
has been since very satisfactorily and naturally ex-
plained.
.Lord Htitchinson, 4 very short time before
her Majesty's leaving St. Omer's, happened to say
that he expected, almost immediately, a courier from
Paris. Her Majesty, conceiving, that the only object
of a courier 'rem the capital of a country which had
treated her with such marked neglect must be a hos-
tile one, and probably might end in intercepting her
journey, took the prompt resolution of setting off
that very instant, lest the delay of a few minutes
might allow time for the arrival of a messenger with
powers to refuse her the means of travelling. Her
Majesty was even afraid that some difficulties might
be thrown in her way at Calais, and therefore, to
make all sure, determined to go at once on board
the English'packet-boat. Such an apprehension fully
justified her Majesty's abrupt departure front the
Hotel at St. Omer's, and as fully euplains the non=
attendance of Mr. Brougham at her carriage-door:
for her Majesty,- in her antiety, did not mention to
any one the reason of her haste till Zte had arrived
almost at Calais. It turns out, however, that her
Majesty had misunderstood Lord Hutchinson's mean•
ing : the courier expected from Paris was merely to
bring an answer from Lord Hutchinson's nephew,
who resides in that metropolis, and to whom his Lord-
ship had written, requiring him to come and assist
him, as his confidential amanuensis, in the same man-
ner as Mr. Brougham's brother assisted him.
Lord Hutchinson so little expected her Majesty's
departure, that he was in the act of writing the fol-
lowing letter to Mr. Brougham when the Queen went
away. This letter was sent after her Majesty to Ca-

lais, in an enclosure from Mr. Brougham. The
Queen was asleep on board the packet-boat when the
parcel arrived, about one o'clock, and it was there-
fore received by Alderman Wood, who was on deck.
The worthy Alderman did not think it right to disturb
her Majesty; but, about two hours afterwards, hear-
ing her speak to her female attendant, he sent the
letter to her ; her Majesty read it, and desired Mr.
Alderman-Wood-to acknowledge it; but'to add, that
the Queen saw no reason to alter tier course :
‘i ST. comes, era o'ctocz, note 4, TM.
a MY tutes Ssa.—l should wish that you would enter into a
more detailed explanation; but, to stew you my anxious and
sincere wish for an accommodation, I am willing to wog a tow
limo, England to ask fur further instruction, provided bet Ma-
jesty will egmmunicate to you whether any part of the propos!.
tion Which I have made would be acceptable to her; and If there

is anything which she may wish to offer to the /high sh Govens-
' Men,. on hot pirt, I am willing to make myself the medians
througt which havethe honour to be,". &c.
(Segued) • • t'. HUTCHINSON."
The preceding letter of Lord Hutchinson exhibits
at once the promptitude and firmness of her Ma-
jesty's character. We have no doubt that; bad she