The Sun. — 1842-03-02 (London, England)

ARAM--As related .to that particular matter. 11'1,-EY Yes as related to that particular matter. tikkike',4 Was going on precisely as it did . before; all the llasise s„ atlons of the Noble Lord were faithfully adopted, BSaellll,,-IPreeernent was such that it was highly desirable that set be no change.. Now it had been said by a great est seke celebrated writers, that the merits of great men ot,dtsso ;14 known until they were dead.-(Laughter.) In • tif , e.,_ it'd tai Itt. 'esenaed that political suicide, at all events, was a ,Iss ~st-i, ta '"(Lond laughter.) The Noble Lord lived to hear 'Vt"' t.' Officially he was dead-it was " the late Secre`a Ot ‘te," t:titii, haft , and the late Secretary of State had the plea(' she ling his commendations from a quarter from Nles, list el,d oo reason to expect. He was sure that the Noble ilt.r.'-ellexpecteil such commendations from such a bin \ Iri 4,41 e had heard the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite llh:sstlis se.rY different tone with regard to what was passing s,- -Ohl sr,!e Government existed. That night, however, t'seal-d 1),A• Gentleman had spoken in a different manner st,st;,:dies, bee most free and most liberal in the comas), Yof which he had bestowed on the late Sebei 'ti kate , ktsoi hi, ~s for the Home Department.-( Hear, hear.) illilefkiNi7Jltened most attentively, in order. to. ascertain fivel 44 11,7 been In the system of governing prisons which l'laltottrs Os:....Gentleman would condemn ; but it appeared, sin" bOa..aft giest laborious research-after the must attenZses_sa oii er the most searching investigation which he iirl4thet, ' to bestow upon the question then under discus-oEnts4t tshietis nothing to condemn nothing to alter, in the "te 411 it - the late' Governmenthad pursued.-(Hear.) HO s' as' 4181 the Right Hon. Gentleman had not. said that 'la ''et ° was on that side of the House.-( Hear, hear.) '141„• G. et tool Fr 11,tcatifte ate to alter, and he trusted that the. Right . nit entlit,N h ,V,would be convinced, before the discussion hi `et f4cit Mpf„not given a satisfactory answer to his Hon. thelidstd2nts in,i7,ssa.r_Y, he would ask, to continually harrow vi' `44...-' L ine 1-1 bsuch representations as hai .041, y his „s Ouse ohs tl- 'Pe of ,tt oh. Friend? He was willing to trust to cr„' th:esar, he Secretary of State. He believed that he th:el t, tY hkr tsn's of vigilantly and faithfully, but after to;_alstpor ,:selrd of the Magistrates, he thought it was tOs4'ilbssessr,r,nners under their care.-( Heat:, hear.) If tliihkotsNhis-'.‘ exceeded their authority, the House. ought kt ;'4l Ili% et into its consideration, and give poor prisoners "'SOO f6hstiaootis °lse law. In his opinion. such a state of t't 'Oll vn taken'') ,oe allowed to exist for another week. Look trlsst‘' AI -sltstt ii; Place at Ipswich; there the chaplain had not tisit•teanapstsat e prisoners, but had refused to do so by order hal; tha,Per4L., If they sat down quietly under such statei.' -,-,. th --i„Such practices to continue, it was impostie;4lteelBre Q,,ll°'ise tould retain any portion of 'tlti,t),el. were --'respect. Nine-tenths of the crimes a' th' cite'lN 44Honourable Colleague had very 14:atly to tcributable to ignorance and to poverty. tlioa th;!'itiaie weglect of the Legislature that there were to 4.14411," tern..,ansl they ought rather to be objects of_comkss,t'ry th 'af mivitY• He thought the improvement in the hltat`,l‘tes -seate. pli.at,,se much hid nut said, existed rather ettai,L to ~!andy 4 'Lice. The dimon of capital unishtlt ts.?reept`eitios great improvement-(Cheers)-bpt with asseees,.. s sss corn_ savagesu in the e;° Ii "inti-6 ' Inflict-'3, we were becoming. tstsa, bseselds p •ed• The first inquest he hadeverluld -100 '''o "kiln,' to had been upon the body of a black, t,°4lNral .444 had, the streets of the Metropolis in a state of k' q pltteti for, because he was in a state of destitution, tiKleattl'eliis'alereatinll t.irree months, with heed labour, to the Site itSlttioo . tee months, with hasl labour, to the 54,f Jaeolirao 1,0 Coldbath-fields. That man, a native hit 04. ,I.lara e' natl been laced upon the tread-mill on igst o,"ioo 'le (iitn,tl before the three months had elapsed he •.'' ita 43 -medical e* wakley) had no hesitation in giving it as as), s es against k op, a man, that the sentence passed i't no:cit4sispol'ntttirit it,"tethueewse(v4 death. The tread-mill was exposed 4,4114t54 thtttuppos4 ills crest weather, and after the man had s„,Noi, i'l it. 0 tread . ' 'llev' ‘ 6,-eathar treadhe sat upon the bench, exposed 'slop became affected, and he died. ttieNia,4l to Mat, fi. that the Visiting Magistrates might have left •1 ta Whet °ln Puishment, but there might be some rAtt eel 5.4 hither they Possessed that power.. Why. the is ias,,iitle. for Ise (11Atitr, iLterfered to prevent this punishment ,th Ittls °l' neat • waklea) could not tell. In another .444140 rd I:',' had eeeng Vbs. of bacon from an open shop in rep t hoed I:,' si.._ Weeks sentenc(d to six months' imprisonment ke7, 41,1', He .!_iieelcs of the time to be passed in solitary 1441 et te"trtlaily g•euss't state a few instances to the House. % • 41,14aPortntie teals before Christmas, a man was seniettr, jek. her for life for stealing a penny out of a th kk Ito man was L 'l4 %4, lteaii„,, , . sentenced to transportation for ifol,h_tt for of it nth half-sentenced out of a letter. Another t 000,6 wok %Lanai:: .I:llnraitted by him (Mr. Wakley) from td Ist_eaqinette whom e The man pulled out of bed a 4417 N thattuots her, sipreseosehabbietredakickedith:rbaibsouktnetehse d tirtvitille 43fashe told, 'l' he would rip the child out tin that sOt of a most notorious thief and ruffian. iity! sir:tif her. ofth. at. poor woman caused her death, ote and restat,en !Prlogs and there was not a mittift let tot tot a those in the ease: The man was found as tette, etr tell' fors at which a man was tip s ans Ported f l kdh til this °ther or , for stealing a penny out list ,1 1 wa,s a raan, guilty of the death of.a woman and , ,retts. ahn,‘._ etenced to le tro hooq-. lao, it .twelve months' imprisonment 4ro,atttesi that obtain the was impossible that laws so admit to lief the . . respect and confidence of the people. 1,,_. h lorrn o,_ Ho would therefore proceed in right 4 tr:t' t;l:j,_‘lst a',171 erlf min.al law, and the GoPvernincnt of the eeehng tone in which the Right Hon. oche seb; 'secrets,. r00..,h,e, •Let, e,tati berEY jo_r_.mt.hre .Home Department had spoken lose ~`-',otqs major;,!_eis led by them all--( Hear, Lear)._ 1)0,,t‘,' the ':.'.eAt w,:u1.;7 yin the House, he truded the Right ~,„_ll Jo.thnseene tissegsonot allow the matter to rest, but would '''.. stioirosi Ilinovat:ti :eptononiteasuCbejememt. ittee, which should sues, s to • -le on i, , factslie naeneddmedatneroitalas egislatinn,gnaltie,thee had already . y ought, after receiving the lie