The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-10 00:00:00

This Day were published,

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111N(.IPLES an.; PRACTICES or PRE-
"ENDED REFORMERS in CHURCH and STATE.
By ARTHPB VENNEY,
tican of Achonry, and lnie Fellow of Trinity College,
1)4b.". This Work comprises a 'View of the Principles and
Loitstices of I'n:tended Reformers :-1. Which caused the Re-
hio"" against Charles 1.-2. During, the Rebellion and the
Usurpation.-3. At tlit, preseut Thor.
tilL:'lettd for F. C. and J. Rivinton, No. E 2, St. Paul's
relll'ard, and No. Waterloo-p!uce,

Previous to the Order of the Day being.eutered
upon,
The Earl of CARNARVON presented a Petition
from a person named Abel Downer, and cerai,t
others, whose names were thereunto. subscribed,
c,,mnltoning of certain misrepresentations, which
they alleged were. made in parts of the evidence
published relative to the.proceedings on the 16th
of August, at Manchester, and implicating their
conduct, &c. and averring that the young man
named Edmund Dar,'ley, was so severely wound-
ed on that day, as that tie died in consequence in
the Infirmary ; and praying that the Bills now
before Parliament, tending to abridge the right s
and liberties of the subject, may not pass into
law without investigwion mod inquiry into the
subject.—The Petition being read, was ordered to
lie on the table
INDICTMEN't"CRAVERSE BILL.
The Report. o the Committee on this Bill being
taken unto (insider:llion, a conversation of some,
ensued, in which Lord Holand, the Lord
, the Earl of Liverpool, and the Mar-
quis 0! Lansdown. were the principal Speakers.
Se eral Amemtowent s, chiefly of a veibal na, tire,
wer, NoL;ges!ed by the Noble Lord on the Wool-
sack. agre,d to by their Lordships.
Loin HOLLAND re-urged some of his former ob•
jectioni agains he Bill, more particularly on the
grotord of irs cur - Omie rights which the
stinjcct, .accused, had long enjoyed, while
it left the A'torney-General in full possession of
those formidable powers and advatuages, which,
the public accuser, were yes, ed in hint In the
ylew Ott counteracting, in some degree, the ill ef-
fect of such measure, he moved the introduction
of a clause or proviso to :hr. following purport
At informations flied by the Attorney-General
snonld he p:,)ceeited upon wit! in 18 months, itl-
lep, good cause was shown to the Court.to the
contrary.

On tl►is pr►►position the rEscushion principally
turqe.l

Th.' LORD CHANCELLOR expressed his vrilhOg-
iLtider the meas ,re as onolajectioriable as
possible, consistently ,vith the onje,;l, ‘v.iich was
07. e of great puld‘c importance. After a few re-
marks upon the subjec• , t t a legal point of view,
Ire -rated his intent ion between that stage and the
bird reacting of toe Bid, to turn over the point in
his mind, whets he might suggest some provi-
i ci to meet the object aimed at, free trout those
objections to which he • conceived the proviso to
be liAbie.

Lord Iiou.AND expressed his •approbation..of
what had fAllen trom the Noble and. Learned
Lord, and obs,.rved, that if it shouLi he deemed a
more convenieut course, be was willing to with-
draw the proposition.
The Lop]) CnariceLLoa shortly explained, and
seemed io adver t. the expediency of having the
object cou.emplated by the N-ble Lord made the
subject of a separate
The Marquis of LANSDOW N also approved of
what fell from the Noble Lord, but he :bought,
it the third reading were to be proposed to,mor-
row, the interval would he too short. lie hoped
there would be no quesiion to delay the
,third
readinz till Monday, as no emergency existed to
iirstiyy a hasty passing of The BM.

The Earl of LIVERrOOL conceived the►c was no
obirction to postpone the third reading till MOO-
cloy or Cue,d;►y. In the interval, it fumy be con-
sidered whether a separate Bill might not be the
more eligible course.

After a tew words front the LORD CHANCRI.-
LOH, the Report was agreed to, and the third
reading postponed till Monday.