The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-28 00:00:00

<cep,. He was desirons to
when he came to fill the
county, had prohibited the
and oppressive regulations
High Sheriff cominanded
more propriety. and in the
de kind had been always
e kingdom. He did not fail
imposing obedience to his di- '
controul albs gaol; but wheal
regulations were again put in
. was a severe sentence op
to on imprisonmeot of two
as an aggravatiod of severity
thatperiod of imprisonment in
Ilential gaol; that he was not
pore water, but obliged to
the sinks and privies; that
4 a damp, dark room, where
freshness of the air nor the
1 glint np in solitary confine.
te end services of his friends
'fortunate for the character
I this country,that an mach
igainst that individual, after
ition into the shnses which
wiped his Majesty's Minis-
...inquiry, which, wi thont his
have heen instituted. If his
*see, had say feeling• of inse
ild have relieved Mr. Haut
if the punishment to which
'ld have removed hint to I
could hive had free cow
and friends. He dish
many observations at
mfillence le the character
the Chief Secretary for the
was inclined to hope that
....n would give proper attention
petitioners. lie would move that
•
is to pay tt few words on the
did not wish to exaggerate
he had taken of the thing
ibmit to correction. As fa
was that by the regulations
0 by the Magistrates, the
on a level with felons...,
that among those regula.
-.lied Mr. Hunt from 'teeing
Inns or' otherwise, ankle ltd
which was the visiting
whom he wished to see
!, and his family, and those
to hint. The mitigation of
free and ontestriked column.
some part of the prison
t to the intrusion and cam-
'erre) had no wish to visit
• person, but he was certain
made in every prison be-
felony, and persons guilty
offencee.—(dear, bear.)--.Besides the
The prisoner was subject, be
e son. They all knew that
on the bask of the river
apartment in which the pri-
sm a small apertnre. The son
and sail down the river until
aperture la the wall of his fa-
throogis that little hole he
the prisoner. That sort of
i good policy. and nothing
rse effects than the unneces.
consequence of danger was,
of prison with the comedowns-
I unmerited snfferings, would be
inartyr.—(Hear, bear.)—With
Ororge the Third, on which so
house on a late evening, he
far the powers in that Act
the Magistrates to make prison
t a distinction should he always
dons and political offenders.
~e some observations, but hay.
the gallery, we could only wider-
that as the roles and regulations
were altered and sanctioned by
'len-fore be consider," to re.-
,n. lie complained that thi
Aberdeen (Mr. Hume) dill not
-ne with proper courtesy.
at what had fallen from the
expected that be was to wait
- the Hon. Baronet (Sir T.
it places? He believed the
, was not well founded. The
'bridge), the other night, de-
... solitary confinement. He
Baronet of the feet. He held in
of two persons who demanded ic-
refused until an order came down
B-nch, authorising a
those persons. Besides that
letter of the High Sheriff to
Id read, to show the home that
confinement. The lion. Mem.
the High Sheriff, who ex-
. one ought to be condemned
rcept by the judgment of law;
the intention of the Jades
4n, that his confinement should
sorry to be obliged to inform
• longer afford him that free
so much desired. After that
deb he had in ids hand, he
1. Members should still deny-
itary confinement. Did the
intain that no blame minimised
did, he would request Ohl.
the Commissioners appointed
(Inc passage ;n that report
:fined to a small, dark. and
of the Report, stated that
.re prevented from getting
are under the necessity of
melt the common sewers.—
Iv proved the grossest soil
of ,Magistrates. lie would
!louse to that part of the Report
nit of a weizlit of ten pounds
a of a prisoner, and, if left on I
have ruined him. lie was
it was of the greatest pos.
r vantage which no other country
Al, that the Magistrates of this
line, and talents, and labour.
Was it because their conduct
ight, that they were not to
red wrong?—(Hear, hear.)—
was a good and su;ficient
criminal prosecution agaiast

AM: wished to know what
?deer' meant by solitary con•
Lethbridge's) opinion, lie
It was that in which the pri-
I any communication with
opinion, the true definition of
411 it became he could not are
iption, and could not see them
,a. said to be in solitary con-
oted to.the !louse complained
that Hunt was treated its an

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' b owever, whom he should etcep
tite that Sir Chas. Bainfield, in
s • • tfice of High Sheriff of that co
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; , • •-ontinuance of those °rhinos an
in regard to Mr. Hunt. The I-
I. ..' that he should be treated with ir
wiy in which offenders of his
treated in every prison in the ki
in doing his duty, and in impos
, . eecdiouserbile he had the eosin
he went out of office those regn
farce by the Magistrate*. It is
Mr. Hunt to he modernised to t
• years and a half: but it was as
that Ise was condemned to that p
a damp, noisome, and pestilentii
I, io allowed the use of goad and pi
I I 'frisk water lowing throogh it
he was condemned to live in a
l• ° '. he could enjoy neither the fresh
light of the sun; that he was eh
mem, debarred of the comforts'
and family. It was most nolo
' of justice...and impartiality in t
d severity should he practised age
he had prorured an investigati.
/.. had gone on for years, and he
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tern into that most important in
r i .
assistance, would never have
Majesty's Ministers, therefore.
lice or of hmanity, they shoot
v . long since from the severity of
lg be had been subjected, or shout
'i . plaie of confinement where he
innnication with his family I
wish, to detain the hone" with I
time. Helmet, indeed, a coed
the Right lion. (lend...nits, th
a
I Home Department, and he w
that Right lion. Gentleman we
to the prayer of the petitioners
the petition be brought np.
• Mr. IVARRE was anxious
subject of the petition. lie di
any thing, and if the view I
were erroneous, lie would subs
as he understood the case, it a
established in lichester gaol
individual, Hunt, was pot o
(Hear, hear.)—He understood
•
. ~: lions was one, which proltibite
antfone, whether on business
*eat Into the common room, i
room for felons. The persons
were his surgeon, his attorney,
certainly should hare access to
punishment claimed was a free
nieation with those persons in
where he would not be subject
I
piny of felons. lie (Mr. War
blame or censure any p
that a distinction should he r
• tureen persons convicted of fel
only of political offences.—(lll
other privations to which the
was precluded from seeing his i
lichester gaol 41/4/ situated a
I rel. In the wall of the apa
1 saner was confined there was a
.., i was obliged to lake a boat and
ihe tome under the small aperl
f^er's apartment, and then the
held communication with the
sv•verity was not founded in g
could Ise attended with worse
1 miry exercise of it. The con
that a yams coming oat of pr
than of the people for his onto
regarded by them as a mart
respect to the Act of Georg
• much was said in that boost
. witty much doubted how far
would go in sntherising the M
' regulations. Ile thought adi
made between convicted felons
Mr. DICKINSON made so
,'' leg spoken from under the gal
, stand him to maintain, that a
wade by the Magistrates were
t 1 e Judges, they should thee
, sr sin the laws of the prison.
e:
honourable nnonrable Member for Abet
treat himself or his colleague
Mr. HUME waswarprised i
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lion. tient. Was it to be cap
.•
• oath! the Hun. Gentleman, or
Lethbridge) appeared in theit
withority of the Magistrates 1
. Pun. Baronet (Sir T. Lethbr
22:zd that Mr. Hunt was in
• t could satisfy the lion. Barone
his hand the affidavits of two
c, suss to him, and were refused
1....,• ,
from the ,lodges of the Rini
A free communication with tit.
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.. . affidavit, he had alio the lets
Mr. Ilunt, which he would rr
P '!
• he MS kept in solitary cord
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her then real the letter•from
. pressed his opinion that no ts
rt.& k:. 1 to solitary confinement eecepl
t -i that it was not, he believed, I
• i., ,
who passed *entente on hiln,l
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, Iv• solitary t but he was sorry
biro. that he could not any it
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communication which he so
v i letters and the affidavit which
was surprised that the Hon.
that Mr. Hunt's was a *alit;
• Hun. Member intend to maint
to the Magistrates? If he di
(Iris, to read the Report of th.
. , . to inonire into that gaol. (.
. ' ' stated that Mr. Hunt was cezi
damp room. The 19th page
Hunt and other prisoners wes
, t h r clean river waiter,-hut wet
,litng.khe water filtered citron
The whole of the Report only
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the most culpable neglect oft
oall the attention of the thous
which contained on .accoutit a
lA': ofiran being-on the Wrists of
11 ' a few days long.v, would h
, ready to acknowledge that i
siide advantage—an oily:total
in thre world pos eee 4 e il, th
a 4•), country hestowe:l their time,
without fee or reward. But n
was generally good and upris
t he censured when they acted
f 4 lie thought the Report w:
se*.
M' ,
, 1 foundation for iostituting a c
the Magist .
Sir THOMAS LETHBRII
the Hon. Member for Aberd.
finetnent. In his (Sir T:
~. ~ , . thought solitary confinement
. ~ saner was interdicted from
i i others. That was, in his opi
solitary confinement. • Was i
11, f - persons of a certain desctipti
when he chose, that he wat
finement ?. Petitions present,
of be knew no* what unless I
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