The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-19 00:00:00

would move for the papers of which he had given notice,
illu3trativ• of this ease.

The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER justified the
removal of Mr. Mara from the office of Registrar of Benefit
Societies. The Noble Lord was mistaken in stating that Mr.
Mara was a gentleman of great experience. Hehad only held
the office for six months, and he (the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer) had acted upon what was the admitted rule, namely, that
the person holding the office should change with the Attorney-
General ; and the same rule also held in Scotland, far
every succeeding Lord-Advocate appointed the individual
who filled the office of registrar. The Right lion. Baronet
then proceeded to read the names of the Attorneys-General
for Ireland for a series of years, and the appointments which
each had made to the office of registrar. Ho did not under-
stand that the commissioners had at all exceeded their duty.
He had consulted the Lord-Advocate of Scotland and the At-
torney-General of Ireland, and had been given to understand
by those eminent legal authorities that there was not any-
thing in the construction of the Act to justify
Mr. Mara's complaint. Neither did he see that
there was anything in the construction of the Act
to justify the impression that there had been injustice com-
mitted in :the displacement of Mr. Mara. The Right lion.
Gentleman then read an extract from the Act, to show the
provisions which affected this particular case. If Mr. Mara
had any reason to complain of the deficiency of his salary, he
ought to have asked for more. It was always customary, on
anif change of the Attorney-General in Ireland, for the
officials under him to be changed also, and there was not one
word in the Act, that he could discover, to justify the sup-
position that the system would be altered. With respect to
the papers for which the Noble Lord had asked, he had seen
some parties on behalf, of Mr. Mara,: and ;though he did not
see that they could serve any purpo..,e, he should have no objec-
tion to grant them.
Mr. G (HILBURN could not see that there 'was sufficient
reason made out for the: dismissal of Mr. 11ara, for the
Right Hohourable Baronet must know that the real ob-
ject for the attainment of which this Act was passed,
was to obviate the inconvenience of changing the under officials
in the office of the Attorney-General. Then the Right lion.
Baronet appeared to rely, and laid great stress on, the construc-
tion of the Act of Parliament; certainly, when there was the
opinion of so many lawyers, lie did not feel himself qualified to
give an opinion ; but when he looked to the fact to which he
had just alluded, there was, in his opinion, sufficient reason to
believe that this Act was not intended to affect such an indi-
vidual as Mr. Mara. It was admitted that an interval must
elapse between the retirement of one, and the appointment of
another Attorney-General. Now, during that. interval, Mr.
Mara had acted as the certifier under the Act, and it was
highly important that the acts of that gentleman should be con-
firmed and admitted as legal.
After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
CHEQUER in explanation, the motion was then agreed to.