The National Register.
London, England, 1822-03-17 00:00:00

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arches that the bridge would be sulk tently repaired. The
bill oa:ht io he allowed to go into a committee= and he dill
not we how that could be opposed, when the parry were
end y to bell all their interests.

hill was then read a Mat time, and ordered to be read
a second time.

Mr. M AMWAY!' presented a petition from Lower Ca-
u lila, complaining of the distresses rood! toe to their trade,
by our leeklaiiee enactment', unit for a fa r trade. Their
carts trade was particularly utfceted by uur legislative
measures.—Petit but read.

Sir 1. COFFIN said it would be better that, as far as this
country sins concerned, it should hove Is en sunk iii the eta.
than that it Al Id he under our government ;it cmt this
ccumr) 500,0bi11. a Scar, without °crave' JJJ ll g any return.
Petit iiii at dere el in lie on the tiible.

Sir It WI WON pieseisted a petition from Joseph Healy,
who had been confined in Lincoln castle • year, imploring
he House to interfere respecting the treatment of M r. Hunt.
lie had &bother petition from:1,000 inhabitants of Rochdale,
with a similar prayer.
Mr. I'. F. flu xfoN said he fu It hituself called upon to
observe, Ilia! Ilse charges respei tine the jail at I le hester, haul
been fully provi d. The cruelties and totturc, which hail
been established, were amongst the severest I)nutnit s ne
lisid es, r beard uf, and lie thought the hose' nment ousslit to
direct ths• prosecution of the jailer Ili istle.—( I fear, heat.)
Ile considered that the greatest credit was due to the worthy
Alderman ( Wood) for his perseverance stud success, in spite
of the Mutt uctssin thrown in Isis nay ; all his allegations
and statements had been fully proved.—(Cheers.)—He un-
dotibtedly believed that the judges sentenced Mr. Hunt to
this prison, deeming it to be excellently disciplined, and
vs y heal( ; therefore the sentence of the court had been
greatly a gravated. Ought the sentence to cosittitue ? Sin la
uas the oust holemme state of flue prison, that out of hiLO
persons, 400 had been alli•cted with illness. One individincl
hail recently died, nod al cording to the coroner's inquest
the death had beets accelerated by the condition of the
prison. There had been six (lauds in eight weeks, and that
individual could sit no where, except where the water was
six inches deeps—(heer, hear.)—Now Mr. Hunt had
suffered gross injuaire in being hupri clued there so ;
scud u as stir 0 axeravat ion of the sentence to continue?
Sir I'. LE TII IlkIi)Gli ashadted, that where blame at-
tached, llsere it (owlet to fall.. _

Nlr. bICKENSON defended the magistrates, iin4 salt
that they hid atTurded Mr.llunt every opportunity to grace
hibeharve.

Mr. (Secretary) PEEL said this discussion was some.
what premature, as the evidence on which the repots was
founded was printing. He thought the discussion was
bijou ious to all the parties, as carried on now ; it would
be better further observations should be postponed for
the present. He did not rise to vindicate the parties.—
All lie desired was, that the House should suspend all
judgment till tile case was fully before the House. As to
the application to the crown which was about to be pro-
posed, lie was not prepared to say that he could advise
the crus•.n to exercise the pit rogative in favour of Mr.
limit. lie thought the House could not adopt the. opinion
that the inagistrat‘l. hail deliberately put sued any steps
to Mr. limit's ease uncomfortable; but, at the same
time, lie though some neglect was chargeable on the ma•
gist rates.—( Hear ! ) A, to Mr. Hunt's present situation,
he had two rooms and two prisoners to wait on liiin ; and
the present shriill hail taken upon himself to ri stole
those antes which evisted regarding Mr. Hunt, whi n Ise
lust went to Ilchester gaol. With regard to the magis-
trates, it was not too notch to say, that they had beets
deceived into confidence of the gaoler; at all events, he
hoped it would not be considered right to ceustile Wein
in a hotly.
Mt. G. BENNETT had condemned the visiting magis-
trates only , and he still thought they n•tght to lie removed.
Mr. IIUME, in censuring the magisti ides, had cos lioed
himself to the report, and that report charged the
I rates not with Ille mu.t humane conduct. The teamsters
IIOW called on the House to czat ll ill e all the evidence fully
—to hear both sides; that was good advice, lie wished
the ministers had practised such doctrines bifuie they
adopted NO ill-designed a pleasure as the dismissal of a
tollmit officer (Sir R. Wolson.)—(tlear, hear ! )

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL defended the rob
signed by Judge Best, sec. There was nothing iu them
inemisimtent Wttlt hew end humanity.
ne petition was read, and ordt red to be printed.
Sir f:. Vi'ILSON moved for an account of the huh de•
ties received fur 1821. Ordered.

Lord NORMAN BY brought forward his motion re-
specting the postin.e.ters-general. lie felt less ddheollY
in bringing torwaid this subject, berm's(' if the Boosts
agieed with hint, the result would nut serion•ly ntrect in-
dividuals; and they too were not persons who wound
complain of the derision of the Houses The division of
the entice nail origin steul in a job, and he did nut blame
the niiiii.ters fur cootiiiiiing the offices, fur they could nut
be calumet( wantonly to give utp so good a piece of liaison.
age without! a hint bunt that liunse. lie trusted that at a
period of such general distreta, the !louse wood deem it
'relit to five them such hint. Ile had 110 fault to tiled
with thn,e who at present occupied the oilier* of joint
postmr.sters; they itorsited their duties in a gentlemanly
and exemplasv manner, but what he submitted was. that
Mu office ought never to have become a " pinrat unit,"
and that it Ought not now continue divided. it was an
expense that might be saved to the comitiy, end it there-
fore ought to no saved to the country.—(llear.)—Ho
concluded with muting a resolution, embodying such
opinion.
Mr. F. ROBINSON opposed the motion contending
that the iAloesiee of ate canwit was 1101 too great.

Mr. 11. SU,\INEIt Aiso opposed the mutton on like
grounds._ . .

Sir J SE k BRIGIIT supported the elution, maintaining
that 1164 was a leilactioll that could be well made, And
that tite state of the courtly called fur all pthslialo reduc-
tions.

The House then divided. The numbers were-.—For the
motto° 159 tgaitt-t tt 184—Majority against it 25.
Olt our being again admitted in the gallery we fuotiol
Mr. Ilinue addiessing the House On the stititeet at the
enlohial expenditure, and particularly to the uxpettilitiire
for Wowing:4 which amounted to sywords of 10,1kit11.
on tieing which unglat nut to cost Ibis colony a Jungle)
farthing. The bun. member aka adverted to sei et 41
parts of the barrack e7q:clithttite, and conclude.ll hay
moving fur d Of 1:IC 111.111Orf in wince the snm of
35,09 it. voted fur the ..110,1.11tee deport me it' and said to
be tor the set vice at the 'ruttier in th2l, had been ix.
vended.

( For coli:;),,orNort ate p z4.t. V. )