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hb ptliffisit the slaty of passing, gen.lOC* A the
port* Otitis icted at the tali* of VAL
Out ilk quest' that this slat* be broil/hi lop,
The kr tone se-GkeittAL baOis that the latiyul-
alludAl to tiotf heen °tie» ender
CU 666 i leration, but could nut be remedied walsout
imposeug a greater evil spun defewalssitss The lat-
ter, it would be recollected, had, after cotivictimi,
the arivilrav of moving fur a ISCM trial in the Court
likote• Bench—of moving Imo arrest of judgment
....glow wowing fur a writ of error of all these very
11E11/.41415t privileges time defendant would be mate-
rially lis.reft if the clause were adapte.l. The ob.,
jett dif Ili. Bill wow to facilitate the (pores' of
t.i the Court of King's Beocli ; our, as this
clauhe did not fall iu with such a provision, it ought
to i.e brought forward to a distisict shape, and as a
specific measure. New trials were constantly mew-
tul fur by ilrlroilairt•; iniportinit taws very lately.
Mr. CU6TWIr ND replied, that he was out taking
the Attorney-General by sorprise, fat he haul gives
notice of his antrtitioit tenure the second remains( of
the Bill. lie repeated that his clause was confined
to defendants in Revenue cases, where the pains's-
nicht was lived by statute, and haul no reference to
such cases a' Sir Praiici. Burdett's or Mr. Hunt's.
Mr. GtooGE BA NILES opprinird of the object of
this clause, but preferred tls intrOductiou as a Wes-
pure distinct from the present Bill.
The Artoescy-CLekeet. repented hi. objec-
tions of account of the unfavourable effect time
principle would have dill the privileges of defend..
ruts. He then allude,' to the extensive nature of
the prosecutions lately carried on, some of which,
fur ifotoove thuSe fur bribery to the west of Eng-
land, were instituted by miler of that Howe.
These had lunch niiginetiteil the Circuit business.
One trial at York (Mr. Huller.) lasted ten figs
The former comphbot was, that the Crown had not
prosecuted with sUfficietit vigour, and now it war said
that the expense of public, prosecutions were ex-
travagatit. He complaitsed of a statement that
the Attorney mid Solicitor-Generals received fres
in all Crown casec Ouse Gentleman, riot now he
believed in Parliament ( lr. D. W. Harvey). went
so far as to state that in the Court of Exchequer
in one year, the two LIV. Officers lie had named
received 760 bitch fur cases, in not one of which
they attended. This statement was wholly un-
founded, for the cases alluded to did not exceed
100, and there was not a single one of the trials
in which either lie (the Aturney-Geueral) or his
colleague (tile Solicitor-General) did not attend.
After some conversation respectitig time mariner
'of pultitig Mr. Chetwviol's clause, in which Sir
John Newport, Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Goulburn,
and Mr. Brugden took a part, the clause was re-
jected.
Mr. CUETWYND then refrained from proposing
Hite other two clauses which he had prepared.

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The House resumed, and the Report was or-
dered to be received to-morrow.
Mr. Bitocoeti brought up the Report. oil the
Iri►h Treasury Bills Bill, and the Welsh Coal
Coal Bill, which were received and agreed to, d-
le► a ft** mods against the lots* from IN. Aide&
mint Wood, dal the Bills Ordaiiid ii be read
.the
third time to-sorrow.

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.the Coronaatiotiti
which,instead,
ara million hadmasin t
hero saiti
would not, in point of fact, exceed 163.0nUf..-.
(llear.)-7-But to argue this Matter as a isalion4l
question, tie would submit that the right of the sg,
vereign was not connected with the result of the
questiou respecting the Qtteep.,Peite4ef tee/
fore that right, and the necTssary 'ceremony
Coronation taking place at the opeilin* of tlre
reign:, he thought it would be indecorous to delayi
it, particularly for the reasons which had been metr.
honed, stud which did not amount to any well.fionof.
eJ public objection. Thin, es least, ought to Is•
before they postponed, before they 'tremolo-n/1.1.
the Crown to postpone that which wus ..... , as tont
been staled, a jubilee, but the most solemn
stony knOten to the constitution.-4/Hear,
Ile thought that Ministers had allowed .uffirient
time to elapse between the death of the !rite kin 4
and that appointed for the ceremony. Cert6o,,l,
any postponement *it present could not at all alfi.6
the feelings of the Queen. If the ceremony
painful to her Majesty, the Ministers hail the ..„„.
solution of knowing they had not forced it
the Queen, but that her presence, which might re.
pose her to such unpleasant feelings, was camel,
by other advisers.—(Hear, hear. hear.)-1),,,
circumstance did not fhrisish sufficient groom! to
arrest the progress of • great constitutional duty im
the part of the King. for such the lootitlea. of Il,r
Coronation certainly would be.—(lienr, hear.)—
Her Majesty could, ander no circumstance, (she I
share in the ceremony of the Curoilitiori,
to reasons which lie need not detail, it was quit.!
impossible in any event she could take a part i. 6 that
occurrence. Under these circoinstatices he con:rl
not think what object was to be attained by the
poaponement alluded to.—(Dear, hear.)

Dr. LOStitNGTOX thought Minister, would Mee
better discharged their duty by adviiiing the pow.
puneinent of the Coronatiuti, then by advntat.o,L;
the necessity of its occurrence in the present auto.
lion of the country. It was admitted on all hand.,
that the law imposed no necemaity for the Cimino foto
now taking place. 51aloy Kiliga bad reihoseil
out having ever brill CrOVFOrd ; their was theretme
DO isuperst:ve necessity fur nutlet-ening the ceves
molly. The next co moderation war, whether it ws'
expedient it should now take place. An lino. Alen--
rtiatrbedails forcistelyat.llitidier,:ll. i totione r ria ss esu why the C0.u..l
.u..l y agreed with the
Member that it was highly improper d public
solemnity should take place, which, umber 11w urea.%
liar circumstances of the moment, was I, krly to agitate
it good deal of angry feeling; it was imprudent a.
well as impolitic to arouse such fee-hugs at a m"iueut
so ill adapted fur their appearance. The NoloOd
Lord (Castlereagh) must be well aware that the pre-
sent situation of the Queen hail excited for her
much sympathy; he must be al o aware, if he ever
looked into futurity at all, that Addressee viere pre--
partite for her Majesty in all eiusirter* of ilie.cuutm
try. Was it not tuna highly as well as lam
politic. that the ceremony of the Coronatioti should
be perforated amid such conflicting popular opm
minis ? Bat there waa &miller, and in his judgment
a more conclusive reason why it should not new take
place. He alluded to the state of itiliveisal
in which the punk were placed from one eta of the
Collestry to the oilier. 11l such an ull fort is o sate state
of things tit t one shilling ought to he voted by
Parliament save in cases of absolute, strict, imme-
diate, and urgent tiecruitty.—(Hear.)—Let them
look at their table. cosseted as it was with petitions
from the aaricilt aril iiitirests, etoinpfistiiiag
of insupportable distress ! Let them IWO* at
it also covered with stateinents of the *arra* at
the great manufacturing towns ! Let theta look
at the trade of Glasgow, as it were in ruins, Leeds
in heavy distress, Dir 000000 glum scarcely able to sups
port Its population ! Let them 100 l at the ineasuirt
to which, contrary to every prtiletple of sound p 001.%
lineal economy, they were obliged to take for the
sister kingdom, when they guaranteed ass advance
of 500,000/. to afford temporary relief to tile people
who were overwhelmed with rum by the failure 0!.
eleven bank. out of fuurterie. The t epeeist-sof the
the coronation, the Noble Loud said, were greatly ex-
aggerated by public report ; that they would ui y
amount to 105,000/. winch he eosin
tieset_ a small spill
indeed it was when compared with ow ex-
travagant expenditure which charactei lzrd the 14111,e
system of the Noble Lord ao,ol his colleague--
/Hear, heard—but large and heavy whets it cattle
to be burue by ass exhausted and suffering people.
—( I !ear, lour.(—Wlurt effect was hot this valets-
laded to produce swots the feelings of th.it p obit, ,
when they would see the columns of the ',ewe-
papers tilled with the pompous pagrailtry of to-eo
coronation, the splendour of the passing! ?•ce,.,,
the sumptuous rubes of the attendant rtrathittir,,
Ili fine dresses of the guards, lo.tsr good tuvt,
gioiriug with +Ol those trappings by wit cli I e
thought the military cha,aeier Ion! tit 'see font.
disgiiiced. %Vint would the people say, whe•,
alter all this the description of the luxurious teao•
came hat erect would this hare ',in.'s Its«
lug iutlividuals of Nlanchester, Glasgow. and Leed-,
when in one day they saw above 1000100/. tit the
public money Welshed 11111011 11114-11
*Ord 111 such a manner, when thou-as.si• wet.-
sutreritig under eat time that 00000 a. si wise.
poverty and famine wrung the laud Wl.at
would be the trehugs of ibe 11111/111: but thug
of great disgust at the conduct of a Gov, riiiino,t
which condueteil itself in a mammy so tegairales.
of their interest. the pes.ple iss.t couipaie
their state of 'tat yawn' with this et si;y
ceoce ? lie prayed the Ministers to allay sol,sr
than excite socii cuittparosoolos—(Hear, hearj—
wore pinwales ly at a moment a hen lief t.e.t-
!Mated that touch altsatrecttutt pieruhd ul st•tut-
parts of the cautitiy. Ile would tome'', t:i
distress had caused this dissatlection ; and I,ow
had that distress been tint By barrack, at Gio s-
guw, barracks at Leeds, barracks at various pairs
of London. These detnunstnatious were dust 1.
less intended to keep down by bye does of a
military despotism the strollt; i apttbslol i of
the ilistres.eil feelings of the comsat). In with.:
tom to this statidisig army, they were also to
have volunteers, to be ready, if popeible, to rivet
chains upon their necks. To whatever extremity
of outrage the people .were drivels by acts-
-(1 /cur, hear, from tie Treusury arnehes)—he
would repeat, that to whatever uttfroge, the pro-.
plc they be diitrcti by tiler peroluatuit and ex-
travagance of Ministers, by their driertion of
their duty, by their wantoil disregard of (to.