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THE NATIONAL REGISTER

mable matter w hen a distri seed population was in a state
of great excitation. As to the sentence, it would be re-
collected that the Judge (Bayley) who Iti d presided at
the trial had been a natty to it.
Mr. 0. 'BENNETT observed. that lie should like to
know eh. were the Magistrates,' utlaes,and persons who
had agreed to the orders which made Mr. Hunt to be
treated like a felon, sod that too alter the Judge, in pass•
fug sr:metier, had declared that the imprisonment was not
to be " solitary." He looked at this case with suspicion.
After the iniquitous sentence, lie would still call it such,
the conduct was MOIliir01111; but the late treatment wa.
most culpable, mid he could nut but look on it as the con
sequence of having detected guilt, and exposed misrepre
imitations. The sentence on Mr. lino aas one or iniquity
and folly, and he would have brought the subject benne
the House, had it been likely to obtain redrea, rather than
to occasion increased severity.
Mr. DICKENSON explained some of the treatment
which Mr. Hunt had experienced As to the rules, Nlesais.
Justices Burrough and ,1101royd had omitted to sago
them i they were then presented to their successors, and
Mr. Justice Best (hear, hear), and Baron Graham signed
them. (Hear, hear.) He, ( Mr. I).) on pr. seining the
rules, pointed out the objectionable one. Mr. H. having
complained that Isis family was refused admittance ; and
what was called his family was a Mrs. Vincent, and the
Judge thought that that was a prism' who ought not to be
admitted.
Sir I. COFFIN said, when he had spoken of the prison,
he did not know that thumb-screws wete used to it; and
he did not tow regtet the punishment which had followed
the gaoler.
Mr. HO B HOU sE said, the treatment, like the sentence,
was most ontragemss. As to specific complaint, lie was
against it, because then the ministers would refer to the
decision and the wisdom of the House. No—lie would
have them constantly proclaim the grievances to the peo.
ple, and that was the greatest, if not the only use of a
House of Commons of England. The sentence was most
would always call it such ; and he hail
heard, Irma very good authority, that the Judge had nut
expected a conviction. (Hear, hear.)
The AT FORNEY GENERAL vindicated the conduct
of the King's Bench, observing, that so far from not ex-
pecting conviction, the Judge had cap d the opinion
of the Court that the offence was little short of high tree-
sou. Yet the Judge was to be arraigned—(No, no)—but
to arraign the Court was to attack the Judge. The case
was benne the King's Bench, and that Court would
doubt lea administer justice.
The petition was then read.
Mr. Alderman WOOD, in moving that it be printed,
said lie should move that redress be afforded; but then he
tie told that was contrary to all precedent, It had
been said iii some papers that a complaint had been lodged
against Mr. Hunt. He had seen Mr. Hardy, the jailer,
un Samaria!, last, and lie declared that lie had no com-
plaint to make against Mr. Hunt.—(Hear, hear.) The
conduct of refusing Mrs. Vincent in particular was most
extraordinary. Why was she to be refused? He thought
there were many gentlemen who would not like to be de-
prived of their Mrs. V.'s.—(Hear.)
Ordered to be printed.
A new writ was ordered for Argyleshire, in the room
of Lord F. Campbell, who had accepted the Chiltern
Hutolreds.
Sheriffs presented a petition from the Common
Council of the City of London, complaining of fresh mi-
litary outrages, wheu Francis and Honey were buried,
and uf an attempt to assassinate the Civil Authority of
the City, Mr. Sheriff Waithman in particular. It entered
into all the particulars of the transactions at Kuights.
bridge-barracks.
The petition was read, agreed to, and ordered to be
printed.
On the order of the day for committing the Irish Instil.-
rection Act. The House went into a committee, The
several clauses were agreed to. The House resumed,
and the report was brought up and received. Several
new clauses were added, on the motion of Lord London-
derry.
Mr. S. RICE then moved the insertion of certain words
in one of the clauses, the object of which was to facil•
tate the taking of bail. Upon this some conversation
took place, and the gallery was cleared for a division.—
The numbers were—for the ainendment 30, against it
139. majority against the amendment lot).
Doris% our exclusion, the bill was teed a third time
and passed.
On our re-admission to the gallery the Speaker was
putting the question for going into a committee on the
Habeas Curtails Suspension Bill. This motion was op-
posed, and the gallery was again cleared ter a division.—
The numbers were—for the. Speaker's leaving the chair
127, against it 36. majority for ministers 91.
The House then went into a committee. The clauses
were agreed to, and on the repot! Ining brought up,
Mr. DEN MAN said every one must agree in the neces-
sity of putting down the insurrection which existed Ili
Ireland ; but the question was as to the mode ut doing it,
and he could not agree that the measure now proposed
would have that effect. He thought the employment of
a military force would still be unavoidable, even atter
this breach of the constitution, and military forge would
have been sufficient without them; and this additional
outrage on the constitution might have been avoided.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defended the bills.
Mr. S. RICE proposed a clause for the appointment of
a local magistracy, which was opposed by Lord London-
derry.
A division took place, and the tininhias were—for the
clause 31, against it 1 to, majority against the clause 79.
On the motion of Mr. Detintan, ter omitting the Ma-
gistrates' Indemnity ‘Clause, the House again divided—
for the omission 3:, against it tog, majority 11.
The House then divided on the third reading of the
Habeas Corpus usptusion Act—for the third reading
109, against it 27, majority St.
The bill was (lien passed without a division.
Adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock.

The King has addressed a letter, is his own hand
writing, to Sir Henry Haltind, the President of the
Royal College of Physicians, desiring that he and
his successors should consider them rirtute offiitt
Physicians Extraordinary to his Majesty, and that
in their attendance at Court they should appear
dressed in the custutne prescribed fur the whole who
enjoy that honour.