The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-21 00:00:00

NEW RACING CALENDAR. severity as theta whiels had been passel within the
This Day wee published. pekoe as. ed. beards, lot two or three years. The Hog. blimber then pro-
THE POCKET RACIER CALENDAR, for 1841, coded t, iescirib, the • • •
sentesee of Mr. Hopi as being
eentalitiog a complete Assegai of all the Races eta le
Omit "rites is that Tear, wilheoplous Lists and Indexes. .and catenleted to being the laws into coo-
slimadag the Dowding of all des_ Horses. ike.• also. complete tempt. • Haseiag the Hon. sad Lesersed Solicitor-Beni-
n* of Stallions. tee itIM their Pedigrees. atc2. and eel in. his • plate, .he wished to ask him if
s• Whiners. tiomelletir Ooselleomem, of the (IL Leger Magistrates had the power by law to cheese simple
ElleseeM Deosstelmo *Oahe Names of the Riders, and the
Roby and Oaks Stakes at rpes. he. as
Ished by S confhedeot to soliteryeonfinement against the express
Poblherwood" lioeley. and Jones. 20, Pater- deelarittoi of the JuMe. If so, they had the power
voter-row, Lewes. l'esedoNlby Newmarket;rootertel; to hang a man who tad been contented to imprisow.
If°figf fmhbf __ "1"""3"; 'l'4'l' meat. He knew be should be told, as upon former
Chronicle
=arty in mutt on p rise 'Lea. eceasiesta, that the Magistrates of the County of
The Tune Re &eau: or to Paget Somerset were honoorable and humane men ! He
Mad* Calendar, omelets/ the legunmeseme fee mit. would deny the fact. It was neither humane nor just
to set towards a man as they bad acted towards
Mr. Hunt. It was was acting regardless of public
'twice and the liberties of the people. The Her.
Member then read pets of the Petition, in one of
widish the Magistrates were charged with malicious
mekempeiciorls motives is their treatment of Mr.
eonearre4 la all the views of Gift Petition.
/Hi THOMAS LETRIPHIDOE did not'rhe tp oppose
the reeeption of the Traitlou, but to protest egalnst the
lespetadon of malicious or capricious motives to the ma-
gistracy of the county of Somerset. It was q.ite im-
possible that men of their character could act from such
motives fend be did think it exceedingly hard that
they shoed he exposed to such charges. It would be
well for the House to art its face against such Petitions
as the present, and although he did out oljert to, its
being brought up. be hoped that some mark of
the disapprobation of the Rouse would be manifested
fie would tell the Hos. Member for Aberdeen that there
had keen no malice entertained towards the prisoner,
and that be never had bees in solitary confinement,—
Whoa he was first there, indslgencies were granted to
lida *bleb no prisoner in bis situation ever possessed :
and that bad been the cause of all the complaints and
abuse now directed opine the Magistrates. It was
peculiarly bard that they should
.be subjected to such
attacks for the perform a aere of painful dnty, in en-
hieing rules and regalatioes which haul beers sanction-
ed audordered by the highest authority.
The SOLICITOR-GENEftAIi certainly felt it ne-
esesory.la consequence of what bad jag past, to ad-
dress a fey words to the House. It was a remarkable
eirenmeamee that the Hon. Member fur Aberdeen had
chosen to repeat to the House an attack wpm Mho elm
gistrates of the county of Somerset, which wits made
some days ago. He (the Soliciter-General) at that time
stated, that an application bad been wade to the Court
of King's Bench, and that inqairies were aetnally he.
lag as*. When that application Was made to the
Judges, whom the Honourable Member for Alserdems
hid so scandalously libelled.—(Loud cheers)—the up.
plication came in au irregular manner, being without
the meal affidavits. The Judges, however, immedi-
ately nwrg and gave the necessary orders for procairing
these sidevits, and for taking the regular steps in such
cams. Notwithstaatling this, however, Mr. Host bad
takes no steps whatever. and nothing moos had bora
heard of him. fit remained. therefore, for the lierepeo
ormelade Gm* e complests were at least exammentall,
and tismittitiosudgesent aotil the proper investigatio•
upon The Moo. Member for Aber.'
deem - to mi. that Mr. Justice Beet 014
astboiladlo stsfo penishelteltt upon the primmer MIA
the to~nitooto_ led. He admitted that in subsea *
witatWeadereersytereas tyrants/ to beet Miil
was correct. But if the Petitios stated that Mr. Justice
Best bad la any war directed the indiction of arbitrary
confinement upon tfie prisoner, be believed it to state
that which was entirely false. He bad sent for a copy
of the roles and regulations signed by Mr., Baron Oma-
has and Mr. Justice Best, and he could answer that
they eoutained nothing against the law of the bowl, and
nothing bat what bad been sanctioned by the prede-
cessors of those Learned Judges ;—of men whose chm
racier and talents were of the highest description, sad
who had as much respect for the law, and for the rational
liberties of the country as the lion. Member for Aber-
deen.—(Cheers.)—With respect to the question of the il-
legality of the Manchester Meeting and of Mr. linnt's
confine' there, it had eventually come before the twelve
Judges, and after hearing it argued before them in a
most able manner by those concerned for Mr. Hume,
witb.tbe greatest patience cad attention, they came to
all unanimous decision that the meeting was illegal.—
Where he had the honour to address the House upon
this subject, be always predicted that such would be
the result if the question were sent to threourts of
Law. But the Hon. Member for Aberdeen, doubtless
considered himself better qualified to understand the
law and the constitution than those who had spent their
whole lives in studying it. He had always understood
that nothing was more necessary than for the character of
the Judges of the land to stand uoreproached.—(Hear.)
—Therefore, if there was any thing distinct to be charg-
ed against them, let it be brought forward regularly and
directly. Bat let not the Hon. Member for Aberdeen.
under cover of a petition, traduce and calumniate the
Judges in a manner which, out of that House, be Amalfi
call scandalous.
Mr. G. BENNET load received a letter from Mr.
Hunt that morning. He was not in the habit of cones.
pending with him, and if he was, he should not be'
ashamed of so doing. He had received the rules and
regulations of the prison,• and they were by no mesas
applicable to the offences like that for which Mr. Heat
suffered. They were intended for felons; and it was
the first time that a person confined for a political mis-
demeanor had been subjected to them. He then remark.
ed upon what be considered to be the lofty tone assumed
by the Hon. and Learned Solicitor•tieneral upon all *e-
t:maims., as if be was sitting in the chair of the Old
Bailey. if persons bad been accustomed to certain
manners elsewhere, they ought to change them when
they got into that House, and endeavour to snit then,
to the society they were in. When he charged his Hon,
Friend with uttering scandalous libels, be (Mr. B.)
did not know where the lion. and Learned Gentleman
had picked up such language, nor did he care ; but be
was 9uite sure that it was neither tit nor proper to be
used in that House. The Hon. Nfetriber then stated that
be had the highest respect fur Mr. Justice Bayley. but Ite•
must protest against Members not having the liberty ref
speaking. their sentiments, if they believed the Judges
to be acting improperly. A Member would less faith-
fully discharge his duty by remaining silent, than by de-
livening his opinion.
Mr. LOCKHART agreed that it would be an Many-
rantabla act to inflict the punishment of solitary cOll6OO.
meet upon the prisoner. As the Hon. Baronet, hos -
ever, had denied that Mr. Hunt had been placed in sill-
Aar, confinement, be was bound to believe that that was
the ease. If any roles made by Magistrates and sane-
[Boned by Judges could lead to that punishment, mi-
lking could be more unconstitutional, and the laws
upon the point ought to be looked into sod restored to
their original vigour. It was his opinion that no
such principle as that of solitary confiorrent was re-

Mr. PARIMOCSE brought up the 18th Report of the
Carnattic Commissioners.
Mr. CREEVEY said, that in consequence of there be-
ing no house yesterday, his motion upon the Ministerial
Pension Act of 1817 had dropped. He therefore beg-
ged leave to give notice of the sane motion for this day
se'asight. Whilst on his legs be would also give notice
of a motion upon the subject of the Offices ander the
Board of Control, for this day fortnight.