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I.w.We beg to e,ailt'iie We ttciition of our.readers to -the dis-. cussion wblich*t, plac&last :nightin the IT6use of Corn-. mnions on tlie ei!ton ofMLI'. O'CALLAGi AN. It will beCob-: served,that the-yery inagistratc(LordE AsT-oa) *vho passed- the sentcnhe, ha'd no iiihtcn.ion nor any cgnceptiou that stih a punishmnent as -has been inflictod Wbuld ba the conse- qtuence of that setitehc. 'It seerms,. theu% that by some e,- traordin4ry- -power, unrecognized and undefined bj any universal:sfatute (wihich alone in>gcneral matters canr prd perly be called la)v3 a junto-of local- Magistrates mav;. at theit own arbitrarywill or. discretion; punish- an individual in away whieli INisJudges never intended; which they did not eveh-knovi'existed' nad,ihieh, indeed, -noi-beiDg legally and speeificallydescribed,sattached to theparticularoffince, cannothiave any ltg'al'existence. tf ?dr.Pzztfindsin thisease, as in the-instancegofthe Yorlshire magistrates; who, in' his opinion, illegally inflicted punishment.on untried prisoners, thatajroceeding hssbeen sufered to grow into regular prac- tice till it is too powerful ev.n f6r ,tbe control of the Courts of Law,.he will doaibtless lagain think it necessary to hive recourse tv - cdec1a'ra ililIl, ich .niay define and nlimit -he power of -Magistrates within the bounds consistent with- the gereral spirit of- the Constitution. In the mean timne, as the season for an immediate enactment has passed away, he will probably think that-it is no-improper exer- -elseof his discretion-, to remit - the sentence of a man who -is-confessedly paniished beyond wbhathis Judges intended. ThenPllusioii to the case of 1Mr. PEEL'S brother, we are snre cannot be without its weight. with a mind of right Prrlnciplee. v