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London, England, 1842-07-19 00:00:00

Tie-. Right "on. Gfitl.,rnan 'vas there to
isce those els rges.—( flea hear-) But he oe tll re
walls of Parliament, the organs
c'f the party were not silent. The Liberal papers ha,'
repeated those charges, awl if Hon. Gentlemen lieLeved
those charges to be well founded, they abandoned their
trust by allowing the Government to escape so lung.
' --(Hear, hear.) Before he proceeded to the charges
alt.. by the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, he
tied to acknowledge his courtesy, and the frank and
.41• • rowdy manner with which he conducted himself on this
'-occasion. He had given hun (Lord Eliot) notice of
" the charges he intended to bring against the Govern-
• 44`41_ 'nem, which enabled him to give them a full answer.
isiiii74:qhe Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman had referred
.z4.4,44t0 a speech made by him to his constituents irn Corns
',vat:43'l4ll. That speech was a spontaneous declaration :of his
-wen feelings. He was not called on for any declaration
t t of- his opinions, but he thought it proper to state
Ise
the views he entertained—views which he entertained
long before he became connected with the office he had
• the honour to hold.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon.
• Gentleman also adverted to the answer of the Lord Lieu-
-, tenant to the address presented to him on his arrival in
Ireland. Now, he would tell the Right Hon. and
Learned Gentleman that they had adhered to the decla-
rations they made to the letter and spirit.—(Hear, hear.)
The Right Hon. Gentleman had accused them of a mal-
distribution of Government patronage, and that ',.ney
ought have given it without reference to rer
i.
tical feelings. In the general admi-'
.../stration of justice
• no one party was allowed to (lo °-
...annieer over the other—
the ascendancy of reli:-6
principle of the 'ions feelings was over—but if the
ratd the D 12. sight Hon. Gentleman were carried out,
?.t..:eonage of Government- given indiscriminately,
an end to all political combinations—(Hear,
• 4e4o—and it was a principle upon which no Govern-
tent ever had acted or ever could net. The flight
Honourable Gentleman called the attention of the House
tD the law appointments, and alluded to the case of
Ur. tlonaghan. He (Lord Eliot) begged to say, that
the retention of Mr. Monaghan would be incompatible
*ith the principles on which the Government acted.—
° (Hear, hear.) Mr. Monaghan was an advocate 14 the
•rePeal of the Union.—(Cries of" No, no.") At all events
''e'ts he was a string partisan, and he believed that Mr.
3,f •
onaghan would be as sorry to retain his office if
.f,e;t! (leered to him, as the Government would be wrong in
Proposing it ior his acceptance.-Hear, hear.) The
' Right.,„ Hon. and Learned Gentleman had referred to
air. Brewster as an ardent political partisan, and other
Parties had referred to him as what was called "an
tertninator." Now he (Lord Eliot) believed that
;Tete charges were unfounded, and he was happy to have
• "in his power to contradict them. The Noble Lord here
Fin extract relative to the circumstances under which
. .411% Brewster had elected certain tenants Ruin his es-
' e • tatL
Carlow, It appeared that tue parties ejected
were refractory tenants, who were notorious in the neigh-
ttrhood for the irregularity of their conduct, that they
had never paid any rent, and that Mr. Brewster ad-
„peed them some money on their leaving his estate.
• ad-
` ,p
respect to the appointment of Baron Lefroy, upon
tich the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman had laid
40 much stress, he should first ask the Bight Hon Gen-
tleman whether he would accept that species of political
• sodality which he sought to fix upon his oonents? He
had heard of gentlemen who had been offered high offices
whose conduct had been denounced a speech from the serohna.—(Hear, hear.) But he would place this matter
higher grounds; instead of seeking to throw blame
' °II others, he would defend the appointment on its
• ~_°43l merits. It was his firm belief that the Govern-
'gent would have acted most unjustly if it had
rased over the claims of Mr. Baron Lefroy. He be-
e,ver.l that no gentleman had higher claims to the con-
ration of the Government than Baron Lefroy. For
his own part, he had the highest opinion of him, and was
Satisfied that he would be numbered among those Judges
ho had graced the Irish Bench, The Right Hon.
Gentleman had adverted to the appointment of his Noble
Friend
(Sergeant Jackson) ; in his presence he could not
advert to his many estimable finalities, but he was bound
to sa3, with respect to him, that from his official con-
nexion he had derived the sincerest satisfaction and
gratification. :another appointment that had been
re 4 of that of Mr. Sergeant Warren. Now, with
4 Peet to that gentleman, he must say that if there had
,4,,e-At any wish on the part of the Government, their in-
Lu:nttlion'i would have led them to appoint Mr. West ;
sint they thoueht that professional distinction was entitled
to consideration. They considered, however high Mr.
west stood, Mr. Warren stood higher, and
Retherefore he was entitled to the appointment.
fdid not believe that one of the appointments made
°3' the present Government was influenced by political
Principle or religious creeds. Let 'them look, for ex-
-421,1P1e, to the appointment of the Bishop of Ossory,
_nose appointment rested solely upon the fact that he
rood preeeminent above his fellows in knowledge, learn-
and piety.---(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman next referred to the appointment of Crown pro-
. 4etutors by the Attorney-General. He (Lord Eliot)
"Fluid say that those appointments had been distributed
without reference, to political or religious opinions.
There were as many appointments on one side as the
Other., The Right Hon. Gentleman also referred to cer-
tain proceedings at the elections, and hinted that undue
influence had been used by a Noble Friend of his (Lord
Eliot). His Noble Friend (Lord Jocelyn) was the son
• of one of the most Popular and universally-beloved No-
blemen in Ireland, and he was requested to stand for
Dublin ; his Noble Friend was, however, otherwise en-
gaged, and though he could not stand for Dublin, he pro-
Missl to canvas for the Conservative candidate. He held
a situation at the time in the Lord Lieutenant's House-
hold, but he (Lord Eliot) was convinced that he made
tDie of any influence which he might possess from
,'"l4a4 eireumstance.—(Hear, hear.) His Noble Friend
no • doubt answer for himself.—(Hear, hear.)
th regard to Mr. Gregory. the Government had not
•:'
_.teeeded beyond fair and legitimate bounds. The
.;. . Hon. Gentleman had adverted to the refusal of the
ii,,7,s_rnment to remove the She riff from office. A more
meat Botts proposition could not be made to any Govern-
. II 4 What would have been said of any Lord Lieute-
e, "11l previous to general election, should remove
th Igentleman from office, and patina party-man of
°wit ? lie had also laid some stress on a trumpery
„uukaation of Mr. Sheriff Browne to the late Govern-
' but it was made in March, 1831, three or four
ft-,,,Qnilis•before the general election, and without red-
, I:;,erien to election proceediress. Several measures had
iec", submitted to the House relating to Ireland,
Art he hoped would become the law of the land.
-n
the'"f these, the Drainage Bill, would tend to improve
• productiveness of the soil ; another to consolidate
' tutas old and obsolete statutes ; and another to give
CO
te te intentiOns ot the framers of the Municipal
• o.rati on Act He therefore thought taunts of
pe Right Hon. Gentleman were undeserved. He would
itw refer to the case of the trial of M'Ardle for murder,
%Zd vieuld la ad the statement of the Attorney-General
se„.,lle,eting it, and he believed he had neither misunder-
C° nor misrepresented the case. The next case was
at lit %%hie!' it was said a Protestant was acquitted by
rotestant jury, and a Catholic convicted by a Pro-
, ,12tant jury—the case of Francis Hugizes. In the
Zq trial nine of those who were set aside by the
'wil had been set aside on the former trials.
Thetil juror M‘Donald, who had been adverted to by
it!ght Hon.,Gentleman, was objected to on account of
Milan( parties declaring that they would not believe
ee44 on his oath. Two of
upon objected to, it was
bltnarkable, were placed a trial (t trial for misde-
%eatiour—the day after Hughes was tried; those persons
Were sworn to try a case of Ribbonism. On the jury
‘vere nine Protestants and three Catholics. The case
as as clear as possible. Nothwithstanding this the
three Persons refused to agree to a verdict, and the con-
eetinence was, that no verdict had been given in the
etsni and that was a case in which a defendent offered
defence. After Hugnes' trial and conviction, a pea-
ls/4T of mercy was set by his wife, and his (Lord Eliot's)
~"131e Friend, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, having
ti°7easion to leave Ireland, appointed the two law officers
Crown to act in his place. The Lord Chan-
-'uor thought it his duty to examine into the
,firetnstances,
, and he took the utmost paing to investi-
Ve every circumstance connected with the transaction.
e had a personal interview with the Solicitor for the
14:ewn, also with the Counsel for the prisoner, and he
• lepeeted the Judges' notes, and his conviction was that
e Prisoner was guilty. (The Noble Lord then read a
. :tter from the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, detailing the
reumstances of the murder of Mr. Powell.) The Lord
Chancellor having come to that opinion upon due nonsi-
-1 "eMtion there was no alternative left him but to order
•
1r i
I man for execution. lie (Lord Eliot) had endea-
,:-,'nred to state the facts of the case, and he should say
teat there never was a more unfounded accusation than
„`"cat respecting the impanneling of the jury in the case
Hughes. The Right Hon. Gentleman must be aware
*oat in the county of Armagh the majority of the inhabi
t42"te were Protestants, and the Sheriff took the names
' the jury from a book without consideration as to their
3 ''te!.eetl• The Government could have nothing what-
t
9 u,---er to do with it. The next. cases to which he
eutild call the attention of the House were those
ith. the prosecution of certain newspaper. for libel. The
Oght Ron. Gentleman was aware that the Newry
Zv:ratniner pleaded guilty. He would first say a fee
el4:da as to the cirmnstances under which those prose-
' seen'
took place. He thought he should be able to
see"' to the Right Hon. Gentleman that !hose libe:s
attacked me;e attacks upon the Government, but they
its d inistration of justice in Ireland, and
roads; • " m
wi direct assertions that justice had been tampered
• • tht4' The Noble Lord then read the libel, which state°,
kepi, Francis Hughes had been tried for the murder of
,‘!()%vell three times, and was at length convicted.
Ina-ne's not their province to pronounce as to whether the
was was guilty or nut, but what they complained of
that he had nut hail an impartial trial. Ile Mal
etit,"h tried as an Irish Catholic, and if they (tile
se,,elies) submitted to such tyranny they deserved to
ttia,,- for ever, &c. The jury, the Right thin. Gentle-
'veuld not dispute, were most respectable, and the)
Itiane..„, of an unanimous opinion that that was a
iteL,tt;'"iis libel. He believed that if any gentleman con
weigh . with Dublin were to refer to the
the'(
, composed that jury, he would fi.nl that they C ire
130:1" the highest resp,ctubility ; and those genli•mea
colleted that the ohjtct or the libel was to [a ing into
It•otkilePt the administratioll of justice in Ireland. Ile
hatii'd refer the Right lion. Gentleman to a tint' which
vveretal"-n place in C10n...el lately, the jur On which
een)Poscd of eight Catholics and tbur Protestants.
Whi
tv`i:uuld
the
then retcr to the case of Mr. Biddulph, to
k
noteli ,"e did not attach any very great weigh;. He did
it was the duty of the law officers to state to
(lev
eminent any acts of misconduct on the part of
4..iiadgistrates, lie believed the Right Hon. Gentleman
the stated the facts correctly, but he believed that
trade in
made by Mr. Biddulph was
in order to relieve his sister, who was
not of the principal witnesses in the case. He did
...tate that in justification of Mr. Biddulph.
lair,
the _lsiddulph's name had, however, been removed from
ettjemilnaission, but Mr. Biddulph was a Whig. He next
tr). the case of Mr. St, George. Mr. :74. George