The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-30 00:00:00

Sir
ER
-riot be T PEEL—Whether Mr. Daniel has or has
true been appointed mayor, I will not pretend to say ; but
Ik_leit
vv is
otthat he is a gentleman who is far advanced in years.
a groundn
Sir, until now, that the Noble Lord had made age
toriieof
can exclusion ; but if he had applied such a principle
all j Case cf Mr. Daniel—to the case rather of Bristol—
other 4'lY is, that in the instance of Rochester and many
toiltetut2totiveysns I could enumerate, he has not considered tke ages
as any reason why they ought to he triluded from
4llucreagistAcY—(Cheers.) I conceive the cases to which I
acted
onaulPlY sufficient to show that the Noble Lord has not
iirtievtion the principle which he now states ; but it is not my
to call
on
to condemn the acts of the Noble Lord, but only
Which he him for some explanation as to the principles Pal
1711adielrethe has proceeded in the nomination of the magistrates
new corporations. With these observationa,, SIT., I
any -21;6'1de, saying only, that if the Noble Lord. tan give
.oh vvhich will be satisfactory 'to the liouse, the
1,4 t which I have in view will be more than `answered, as I
ink Inch charges as I hive brought again ;t him had much Mighe made here than elsewhere, whe•ce the Noble Lord
hon.
Bat
an opportunity of answerin
Lor g them. The Right
d
onet resumed his seat amidst loud cheering.
the R; RUSSELL said he '4ertainly would much rather
consicerationH of igut Gentleman Irought the subject under the
lqaon. the Ho•:,se, than that the charge, conveying
iieliputation on his Itlajesty's Government for the manner in
Corpo th;cY on
sr.:iected magistrates under the Municipal
tuttityraot!'°:as kt should be made where he had no oppor-
at all, • g4vi'dg an explanation, and where, if it were made
doubt n'•ust be for the purpose of laisina• suspicion and
jeanr to the propriety of the course which his Mo-
tion es
,-',overnment had pursued. With regard to this ques-
hy t' `ne appointment of magistrates, it would be recollected
Q.O
o4le House, that the first Bill introduced on the subject of
ula.rations provided, in conformity, as he and his colleagues
not with the principle of the report of the Commissioners,
Tipal ertainly that a portion of the Councillors of these muni-
. two boroughs should themselves be the justices, but that the
give Powers should be totally disjointed ; and in order to
peti• confidence to the inhabitants of the towns in the ad-
esa in
tra tion of justice, that the persons nominated to be
be't the commission of the peace should be persons who had
ci rpreviouslv recommended by the Town-council. That prin-
%Po uP to the end of the discussions which then took place, he
,i_.urght the most favourable to govern the nomination of the ma-
aeoZleaitiesa.aShubsequently it was thoughht preferable that the Town-
rnetver of Should be consulted, and t ere was left to them the
th; Siselection, giving to the Crown the power of rej.ect-
ll nomination which was thought objectionable. When
tr, was last in the House, when the amendments of the
ata",rma Were last discussed, it would be remembered that he
-Lecl. in conformity with vt hat he understood, and with what
sta,"4 understood by friends and colleagues of his had been
the 'e," in another :place by those who framed and supported
after "Inendment, that it would be as competent to the Crown,
elo amendment was carried, to take the advice and opi-
to take the Town Councils, as was for the Lord Chancellor
0.1 e the opinion of the Lords Lieutenant of counties._
of 'TY, hear.) It was partly on the faith of that declaration
vir,,,4thot a great majority. of this House, who thought the
rsti:e uf the Bill had been a good deal impaired by the altc-
thar''s--(Cheers)—consented to adopt those amendments,
cla,-.raajority expecting that in the beginning, at least, the
hee-„"e would be acted on in the spirit of the clause as it had
their tent up to the Lords, and not as it had been amended by
„ktordships.—(Hear, hear.) Holding to the opinion on-
thea"Y expressed by his Majesty's Ministers, and holding to
ott tlpinion of the House of Commons which passed the Bill
e, the faith of the declaration of Ministers, he thought it
n>,e3ary to direct the Under Secretary of State for the
clac Department to write, in the month of October, a cir-
thairt for a copy of which the present motion was made. In
lifte circular the Under Secretary of the Home Department,
oercr stating the various regulations which were to be ob-
tisine4 with a view to the carrying into effect of the pro-
hans,f the Act, said—" I am likewise authorised to request
seco2vill make it known to the new Town-councils that any
hair endation which they n!ay. think fit to make of persons
tie
weed to serve in the commission of the peace, will have its
164. 'gilt with the advisers of the Crown." He directed
ope ',terms to be used, because he thought, while on the
'ca' hand they invited the Town-councils to do that which
whilacit strictly within the letter of the Act of Parliament--
14h e they invited the Town-councils to recommend persons
,„: Were fit to be magistrates, they at the same time would
togs rte to the Crown the whole right and power of consider.
kis„tu°se recommendations, and of determining whether the
tea,„llB so recommended were individuals who were fit to be
mendedto thm. to his Majesty for the administration of justice
to the various local districts. Having acted, as he conceived,
and %spirit both of the Bill as it was originally introduced
tleela the intentions of his Majesty's Ministers as they were
cot red, he wrote for those recommendations to be made,
114"; Les it had been most absurdly asserted by some, who must
JeQQ'ceil very careless in the inquiries they made on the sub-
tot I,,b,°t after knowing the result of the municipal elections—
hear
;\gildthe Town-councils were flushed with victory—( Hear,
kii,;,'"--but when he must have been totally ignorant of what
ttZt be the fate of the elections, and whether the great and
lie,"'llehning majority might not be of what the Right
Itßaronet called the Conservative party.—(Cheers.)
at that time he pledged himself that due considera-
teoubsuould be given to the recommendations of the Town
ad bTherefore, any representations of the kind that
jeett countenanced by an address being moved in the
4tell,e et' Lords for any circular letter sent from the Home-
this otal nu this subject in January last, that was founded oi! a
Aluisrepresentation and perversion of the conduct which
kla';,ajesty's Government thought fit to pursue, and, he must
deep that such a misrepresentation and perversion might have
41'oided simply by the care of looking into the London
titteatuatry newspapers of the time to ascertain the date of the
11ie:41%--( Cheering.) Well, then, the period having arrived
tlie; these electious had taken place, the Town Councils of
tk4rious boroughs began to consider as to the recoramenda-
SeWhich they would make to the Crown. So soon as
thende of these recommendations had arrived, it struck him
'grebes of the individuals selected and recommended by
tieastit°svn Councils for magistrates being very dispropor-
k, e, that he might adopt some rule as to them which would
:41144, a guide. He, therefore, sent for Mr. Blackburne, who
hirlteth `ed as the chief of the Commission, and asked him
ellta -„e:' in his opinion, it was right to fix any limit to the
,;(14ti to be recommended ? Mr. Blackburne told him
POpwa thought it right to have a scale according to the
tltt-stiens of the different towns. He would not, how-
her:tivise such a scale to be strictly and invariably
via d to, but it might be adopted rather with
bto their convenience—( Opposition cheers),—in
e number which might be fit for any particular town.
he was that in general a certain /number should not
liceeded. He would now show the House the nature and.
Sense of the recomnendation of Mr. Blackburne. He
sno„
occasion to consider the. representations received
dread
,the sea-port towns. In those representations it was
iliac:Qat several of the persons recommended were for. a
'tilaad'a time absent from the town, and as they could not, like
Z4lit'reP!aces, have the continued services of persons in cen-
t! the shicience with them, if a fixed number had been adopted
ell e,;`°rne-office, they expressed a hope that there would
as given
to them a larger number of magistrates than:was
usually.—( Cheers.) He thought that a very valid
.h..4iell'is-C( Hear har Now, with respect to the places
11(1,qc Hon. )Gentleman had fixed on es the sub-
-1,;41(5h`"s ob's'erti;ations; the. first was
.Guildford, and there he
recommendation included nine Tories and three
his Majesty's
.Government had contrived to alter
st'ese Pertion by selecting the three Whigs and only. one
g',hchrvhati? This statement proved to him the difficulty,
-lted Honourable Gentleman had himself sug-
llttrt;„ cf et,.;„'' of politics upon a
•1/441, ---g a particular designation
tPery:in. He would give an instance of this diffi-
h;„_his pe did not see the Honourable Member for Exeter
thar,acc, but he was sure, as far as concerned
oa''te ca-c !ee would not dispute
single
t he was going to state.
they of t„."1 Exeter was not a single instance, but. was one
Wit e, v-eatY or thirty. He was informed by his friends
o,
Ith`` that "eM he had several, being intimately connected
the the neighbourhood,
bourhood, that there were some -persons
soy sver;;Y wanted to be nominated by the town-council, but
who rejected ; but they said there were one or two
iper- c tiger
ti:11 their politics were so violent
.against everyt ling
if c'idep n would be a great mortification, and a source of
tokthey %lc dissatisfaction to the whole of the. Liberal. party,
eed re selected by the Crown as individuals to be
he tie lu the
the
these commission of the peace. Now with respect to
tolthre„ , names—there were about two, or there might
ieter ;---t,„°,4l:ing had occasion to ask the Hon. Member for
'` he thought of the recommendation of the town-
as 1,
taihe exen had been told it contained some names that
us' list `e ,tingly obnoxious, and that altogether it was not a
h•'eere
si;--the Hon.
Gentleman took him into the lobby, and
Qas him a private letter he had received, in which
1,4,' fair rasa that in the opinion of his friends the list
ilia - °no, and there the person whom the Whig and
,11 tl,ca larty
ti, (town designated so. particularly obnoxious was
;IOiu„ eel 14, •cis Rhe amongst the Whigs, while the Conservatives,
thatra.htY, had given him to their opponents. This
tc,sca to it was not safe to say that an individual be-
-41'1.4 to
_ea particular party, and was disqualified on that ac-
thtoir ta_dest in the commission of the peace. lie was sure that
111_4
gaand designations depended more on the opinions of
tt4laseiveus ve them than on the sentiments of the individuals
th!th4!e WI : Be frequently saw one whom he could call a mo-
eal..ng described by the Conservatives as a decided
Nile...44'V by the Radicals as a no less decided Conserva-
ilein 4°oo In the case of Guildford there were several
It4,eratesel4v,who wished some individuals to be nominated ma-
-I,'vas ear" had not been recommended by the town council.
liechh ricstlY desired that he should recommend to the
ear Qlievou° Persons in particular, of the highest respectability khij.d to them to be, and if they had been appointed he
kt Itys that they would have discharged their duty with
aOelkko,(ktto to?! did not doubt their qualifications, but he refused by :ntuesee in the proposal, because out of the twelve
11,1,1 qualien town council he found four who were perfectly
katt'ral pe for the office. He was told, on inquiring of
al,. the tzi*"es, that of the four named two were Reformers,
thrieh the Ric were moderate Tories. That was the case in
ce aithin.“-ight Honourable Gentleman said he had named
k1e1441111 and one Conservative.—( Hear, hear.) He might
aeritely statedeteinsances of this kind till midnight, but he had
bone enough to show that in their attempts to fix the
ta,l4 madlefparty, it was not safe to rely on the representa-
tdo,reeeir'_ .3' adversaries. Relying on the representations he
tieina, lie believed that he had selected two on each
tstrso 11,,,,n 110 doubt they were all respectable men, but if
tht passed that amongst the others there were some who
aly
weres:." pver because they were attorneys, or because
him h
intimately connected with the political elections of
ola u--(Opposition cheers.) That cheer reminded
''Rh e should tad
t _ state here, that it had been his rule, as the
to e.,..°2,'• Gentleman said, generally to exclude attorneys
"'lutist brewers. There were two reasons why he ex-