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London, England, 1820-07-25 00:00:00

LONDON.

TUESDAY. JULY 25, 1820.
ST. JAux.s.—Holiday at the Stock Exchange.

Lord EnsurNe presented last night another Peti-
tion from to QUEEN to the House of Lords, pray-
ing in substance, that since they would not allow her
MAJESTY a list of the witnesses against her, they
would at least allow her a specification of the times
when and the places where, the acts of criminality
with which she is charged were committed. The
House were pleased to refuse this also. We do not
observe that in the course of the debate on the Peti
don, a single reason was offered against the prayer
of it, except that there is no precedent for granting
any such ?pecification. Meeting the argument in the
same way, we are of course entitled to say, without
any breach of respect to the House, that the refusal
is also wholly without precedent.

It seems obvious, on the first principles of justice,
that her NIAJZSTT should be furnished with such a
specification ; for without this the Qum, will be sub-
jected to the expense and trouble of bringing wit-
nesses from every place which she visited abroad.
during six years! Is this possible? Ought any im-
possibitity to be imposed on her MAJESTY? It is
true the Ciusitti may demand time to procure evi-
dence to rebut tint of her accusers; but in the mean
time the evidence which may be produced against
her, and which mighs be destroyed by cross-ques-
tioning at the time, were her defenders furnished
with the requited specification, will be left to rankle
in the minds of the stupid, the ignorant, and the pre-
!tcliced. Can Ministers gain anything, ultimately,
by the refusal ? On the contrary, do they not expose
themselves to insinuations, no matter how unfounded
these may be—that they are conscious their case will
not bear scrutiny—that their witnesses will no bear
scrutiny—that they have no chance, and know that
they have i.o chance of success by fait and open
means, and that they have recourse to this mode of
prejudicing the public mind against the Quzni as a
fernier and desperate resource ?
Have we not seen the evil effects of secrecy as to
the particulars of time, place, and circumstances of
the alleged crimes, in the infampus calumnies circu-
lated by some who al e a disgrace to the public Press?
IVitne-s that in Flyndelfs Western Luminary, ad-
verted to by Mr. WETHEItELL, in the House of Com-
mons, last night. Having given the atrocious ex-
pressions in our Parliamentary Report, we will not
here repeat them. This day a motion is to be
made in the House, that his MAJEsTY's Attorney-
General be directed to prosecute the Publisher.
The Public are impatient to learn the result. Will
ny efforts be made to screen this libeller from the
eirccts of the intended motion ? Let us hope that
there is yet a sufficient sense of decorum and justice
left in the country to prevent an interposition, the
very idea of which must be revolting to every one
v-!o has its honour and welfare at heart.

At a late hour last night we received the Paris
Papers of F 1 iday ; and this morning those of Saturday.

The Mimiteur of Friday contains a dispatch from
Naples, received by a special conveyance, from which
it appears, that the Revolution has been accelerated
-aith wonderful dispatch. Our Readers already know
that the KING had promised to ratify the Constitution
and pub,ish its basis in eight days. It now appears
that this delay, short as it was, was deemed too long
by the Revolutionists : from what cause this impa-
tience was excited does not appear, but it is probable
they were apprehensive of some counteraction to their
clews, supported, perhaps, by an Austrian force; for
it is impossible that the Austrian Authorities in the
neighbourhood can behold such a Revolution with in-
difference. Be this as it may, the Revolutionists de-
rnan.led that the Constitution (that adopted in Spain),
instead, of being published in " eight days," should be
pro:Limed within twenty-four :mars. Oa this, the
Kim; yielded up the reins of government, even to a
total abdication of the kingly power, to his son, t 7,0
?)uke of CALABRIA, who immediately granted, by
Proclamation, all that was demanded. the Revolu-
tionists, however, still apprehensive of the possibility
of foul play, demanded that the KING also should
sign the Proclamation with his own hand. This was
acceded to; and the KING engaged himself, on the
faith of a King, to swear to the Constitution before
the Provisional Junta, and that afterwards, lie would
'"new his oath before the general Parlia:ne,a, when
legally convoked.

-At.presc:it, we shall only remark further, that the
Letter is the Mo3itcur, and which we subjoin, is
'written in a spirit not very favourable to tae Nea-
politan Revolution ; or, whichamounts to the same
thing, has received that unsavoury complexion before
being allowed to grace the columns of the Fi ench
offici.il Journal. The facts, however, are sufficiently
prominent; indeed, the nature and object of the In-
surrection cannot be disguised with any effect.

" NAPLES, JULY Jo.
" The delay of eight days, which the King had as-
signed in his first Proclamation, on the morning of
the sth, to prepare and publish the fundamental Ar-
:kits of the Constitution, appeared much too long
for the impatience of the Army, or rattier of those'
ko directed it; Thus the Insurgcnu of Alaimo