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•I to take to keep clear of all political influences ; it would in-
deed be a very great misfortaine if Judges: were so to abuse
their position as to take advantage of the Act by which they
could not be deprived of their places fer.miseonifect, except
by an address from both Houses of Parliament', so far as nor
to consider the best mode of performing their h¢. curable du-
ties so much as how the Treasury Bench was occupied.—( Hear,
hear.) There could be no charge made against the Execifs..
tive Government on account of this case. It was their duty
to accept the resignations when offered upon good and valid
grounds, and then to select men of legal ability in character to
fill the vacancies. Against the euccessors of the late Judges he
had nothing to say, for the names of the former were a
sufficient guarantee for the proper discharge of their functions.
It was not, therefore, with a view to make any et arge against
the Executive Government, that he moved for those docu-
ments ; but he introduced the subject. in order that its dis-
cussion might operate somewhat as a warning to - persons in
the high stations of those learned personages, to show them
that they ought not to allow themselves to be guided by political
partiality, and that as Judges they should consider themselves
as totally removed from all parties, and not as partisans either
of the Whig or of the Tory side Of the House.—( Hear, hear.)
With these few observations, he begged leave to move for
copies of the letters, according to the notice he had given.
Sir J. GRAHAM said, that before the Noble, Lord hail
risen for the purpose of explaining the reasons which had in-
duced him to bring forward the present motion, he confessed
that after the best attention which he could give to the matter,
he remained in the greatest doubt as to what could have been
the mo'ive or the intention cf the Noble Lord. If the Noble
Lord had brought forward any accusation against the Govern-
ment, if he had any doubt as to the purity of their conduct, or
!sad any question to bring forward, touching, the motives which
had Induced them to give effect to those resignations, then he
vrelfild have been perfectly preparedtojustify the course they had
pursued. But the Noble "Lord had said, that with respect to the
Executive Government he had no cause of complaint—that they
had no option in accepting those resignations when duly attested.
They had no alternat;s-e but to accept the resignations of parties
known for their long seici,ig; and to exercise their best dis-
cretion in advising the Crow n. esit:l respect to the manner
which the vacancy should be tii:zids"P• The Noble Lord
admitted 'that lie had no complaint i',7- make of the ' manner in
and he had
which the Executise had discharged i,l`-antY ;d 2 for the
brought forward the present motion as it api-i''44:i.-e ' not
--wo venerable
purpose of reflecting on tile. ejtaracters of the
tl* ' .oy,er the
Judges who had lately retired fiord presiding the one
Courts of Coalmen Law in Ireland, end thel other ove;"1.1(:.
Judicature of Scotland, The Noble Lord said that he brought
forward the motion in order that it might serve as a warning
to all future Judges not to follow their example. But he (Sir
James Graham) so far from joining in the Warning which had
been administered by the Noble Lord, should say that these
Judges had left a bright example fur the imitation dal( who
might hereafter fill similar situations —( Cries of " Hear," on
the Ministerial benches, and laughter from the Opposition. )
Their merits were, in his opinion, of the highest order ; their
impartiality could not be impugned; and the testimony of the
bar in both countries was the evidence upon which he relied
when he made that assertion.—( Hear, hear.) With regard to
Chief Justice Bushe, he (Sir James Graham) saw opposite a .
Learned Gentieman who had of late years been opposed to that
Learned Judge, but still he was satisfied that, as a barrister of
distinction in Ireland, he would admit that the address which
had been presented to Chief Justice Bushe, on hie retiring
from the Bench in Ireland, by Mr. Dickson, the fether of the
Irish Bar, and which had been Unanimously adopted, was a
sufficient proot of the great admiration which was entertained
of the talents and conduct of that learned person, while it left
not which he could himself desire on his retiring into private
life. lie did not rise for the purpose of passing any eulogium on
the late Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench in Ireland, but he
would say that among the most distinguished men in Ireland
in those days of her glory, he stood prominently forward,
and lost nothing in Comparison with such men as Grattan and
Curran, and Flood, and the. other great men of that nation.—
And he did not think it advisable that the Noble Lord should,
now that the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland had retired into
private life, bring forward a motion to snake his retirement a
warning to all other Judges.—( Hear, and Ministerial cheers. )
With regard to the Lord President of Scotland, he (Sir James
Graham), though he was not acquainted with him, had under-
stood that learned person had first presided as Lord Chief Ju'.
• tine Clerk, and had been afterwards Lord President of the.
Courts of Scotland for many years, and he (Sir J. Graham)
had never understood until the present moment that his inte-
gri y or conduct as a Judge had been called in question.—
( Cheers.) He for sometime thought that the intention of the
Noble Lord in bringing forward his motion was, that he was
anxious to inquire whether the present Government had fol.
lowed the example of the Government of which he (Lord J.
Russell was a member,- in entering into negotiatious—
( Loud Ministerial cheers)—whether the present Govern-
ment had employed the Solicitor-General to enter into
certain negotiations-s--(Cheers)—wiqi respect to the Lord Pre-
sident's allowance—whether the Solicitor-General waited on .
the Lord Advocate or Lord President to say that a Bill had
been introduced which Wiould alter the rate of the retiring
allowance—(Loud cheers).— and when a vacancy should occur
to remove the Lord Advocate, and - then that the Solicitor-
General should succeed him.--( Cheers.) Ile ( Sir James
Grehafn) thought that the constitutional jealousy of the Noble 1
Lord—(Laughter)—not to s ey his experience in office—,
( Renewed laughter)—mnst have excited those scruples in his .i
I
min I, and could not permit him to be a party to .transactions o
..
that deseript inn.—( Cheers. ) He. would. now declare, on the
part o?-her Majesty's Government that there had been no I
turamunicatioe, directly-or indirectly, with the Lord President i
res 'ecting his retirement.—(Cheers.) He knew the Noble
Lord said that it was most important the House should pay -
-attention'to the resignation of Judges, and he had not con-
fined his jealousy to Scotland, but had extended it to Ireland also.
—(Hear, hear.) Net only had Lord Chief Justices retired,
but they had heard of the retirement of Lord Chancellors,—
( Hear, hear.) They had heard of Lord Chancellors retiring,
not on the accession of a Government to office, but when the
Government was virtually coridemited-(llear, hear)—and
when its existence was known to its-members to be impossible.' ,
—( clear, hear, from the Tories.) .He should like the House
to hear under what circumstances the Lord Chief Justice lied"
retired from Ireland; there was no doubt what the conduct
had been, connected with the retirement Of Lord Chief Justice
Bush° but the circumstances remained yet to he inquired into:
But the circumstances which made Lord Plunkett retire,
were stated by himself, on the day lie left office ; and. he (Sir
James Graham) would now read that Nobleman's stateinent to
the House. It was of vast importance that they saw whether there
had been any indirect communication,—(llear, hear, from
the Tories.) He (Lord Plunkett) says, " With regard to tho
particular circumstances which have occasioned my-retirement,
I feel it is a duty which I owe to myself, and the members of ,
the bar, to state that, for my retirement on this occa- '
sion, I am not in the slightest degree answerable. I have never,
directly or indirectly, sanctioned it ; and in giving my assent. '
to the proposal which was made to me of retiring, I was guided I
solely by its having been required of me as a personal favour to '
do so, by a person to whom I am under so great obligations,
that an irresistible weight of gratitude—( Hear, hear, and
laughter, from the Ministerial benches)—made it impossible
for me to do anything but what I have done."—(Hear, hear.)
He (Sir J. Graham) would simply show to the House and the
country, that with respect to the retirement of Lord Pre-
sident Hope and Chief Justice Bushe, that neither of
them were asked to retire from office, either on the
ground of personal favour or debts of gratitude.,
The Government never in any way tampered with those learned
persons ; their resignations were freely offered, arid were
accepted by the Government,-on public grounds only, as freely
as they had been offered : they were now filled according to
the best judgment of the Government; and he (Sir .1.
Graham) would not consent,
.unless by a vote of that House,
to stamp with disgrace those venerable persons. He would
most willingly produce"the letterslreqUired of him. Would he
could produce those venerable persons before the House.
Weakened they might be with 'age - and infirmity, but still
strong in honesty and principle. He ( Sir J. Graham) knew so
well the feelings of that House. that lie was sere all angry feel-
ings of party would be laid aside, anti the wish would be, not to
curse their retirement with pangs such as a motion like this
I
might convey, but to treat them with respect and attention; and
even the Noble Lord hiinself (Lord J. Russell) would regret
that in a hasty moment he had been led into the bringing tor-
ward such a motioit.—( Hear, hear.) . .
Mr. FOX MAULS heartily agreed with the Honour-
able Gentleman in the last wish he had expressed. He did
wish that, as far as Scotland was concerned, lie could
produce the venerable gentleman who had se lately retired
from his duties. (Hear, -hear,: hear.)- lie- . would -be
sorry to use any expressions .but. these of respect for. that
gentlemen •, yet it was well, knoWn in Scotland that the state
of this Lord President 'had 'been sneli for many months past
that he could not adequately perform the duties. of MS-office. '
Ile would ask the Lord-Advocate, minini-he saw opposite, whe-
ther, when the Lord President presided -in thatr.Cuurt, lie did
not at the close of-the Session stateju the, assembly of the
.fudges, that on account of his inerming itifirnalties he must
give up, and could no longer atterfil, to the performance of the
duties of his office, and this before the hite Clovernment had
brought forward their la+t motion, which had decided them
"against continuing in office? Nor had this been the first in-
Itanee of his doing so. The Hon. Gentleman stated that the bar
-of Scotland was ready to bear testimony to the ability with
which he performed his duties, but it had been the forbear-
ance of the bar which had enabled him to perform those duties
so long, on account, of his age -and infirmity. The position of
an English Judge was different, because he formed his -judg-
ment on written pleadings in the retirement of his chamber,
anti -. after listening to the pleadings he gave his
judgment - in . Court. So that an English Judge might
discharge his, duties much more easily than a Scotch
, Judge. In the Jury Court of -Scotland, after hearing the evi-
dence, the duty of charging the jury devolved especially on the
bead of the Court, and the Lord President bad not for some
time performed that-duty. it had been left to the junior mem-
bers of the Bench. He would elude also to another case, that
of Lord Corehouse, who had retired from the Bench upwards
of two years. During the whole of that time the indignation
of the lion. Gentleman had slumbered and slept. He could
plead ignorance on the subject, because the papers were trans-
mitted to him ; and he believed that, if the simple facts of that
case we: e known to Gentlemen opposite, he thought they would
regret the cheers -they had given. That venerable Judge had
been visited with a paralytic stroke while engaged in the exe-
cution of his duty as President of the Court of Session in Scot-
land—tie was rendered incapable, in the opinion of his medical
advisers, to perform the duties of his office, and the question
fur the Government was then, at that time when they had no
prospect, no object to attain—at that time when there was no-
thing in the political horizon to induce them to shape their
course in any particular way—to procure the retirement
from office of Lord Corehouse. The question in
that case was, whether Lord Corehouse should apply
for leave of absence, which must, from his state of health at
the time, have terminated in his resignation, or whether lie
should have immediately retired from office.—(Hear, hear. )
The question which then weighed upon Lord Corehouse's
mind was, that there was a Bill then under the consideration
of Parliament for the purpose of regulating the retiring sala-
ries of Judges. If Lord Corehouse retired, then he could not
partake of the benefits proposed to be conferred on retiring
Judges ; but if he took advantage of, or obtained leave of ab-
sence, he was likely to come within the provisions of that Bill.
The qu tstion was not whether the appointment was in danger
of lapsing from the Government, but whether, if a vacancy was
then caused by the retirement from office of Lord Corehouse,
and his place left to be filled up on the Bench by a More effi-
cient servant, a clause should be introduced in the bill which
would give him the benefit of a retiring salary to which other
Judgesof his class would have been entitled. He (Mr. F. Manic)
was a party to the introduction of the clause in the Bill, and
he had not the least hesitation to say so then before the puclic.
He thought it was an act of justice. He was struck with
-compassion for that learned and venerable person, who was
at an advanced period of his life, struck, by the visitation of
Providence, with. an afflicting complaint, and rendered incapa-
ble of performing the duties of his office.—( Hear, hear.) For
the purpose of making the Court more efficient, he (Mr.
A.taule) consented to the introduction into the Bill of the clause

to which lie alluded,and the Right lion. Baronet (Sir. James
Graham) had thought it worth his while to give 1 ge a party
cheer_-( Hear hear)—over his Noble Friend (Lord J. Rosser')
by
.adverting to the matter as he had; at the same time, he
(Sir J. Graham) mutt have forgotten how much obloquy must
have attached to himself, for if that was looked upon as an in-
terference on the part of the late Government, or if it had
the effect of rendering impure the channeic of justice, why did
not the Right Hort. Baronet bring forward this question in his
place in Parliainent some few years ago ?—(Loud cheers.)
The Right Hon. Baronet shook his head, but he (Mr. 'Statile)
would leave the public to decide between the charge that had
been made and the answer which was given to it.—(Loud
cheers.) ,With respect to the president of the Court of Ses-
sion in Scotland, he (Mr. Manic) observed that the judgments
of that Court were latterly so differsant as to give deep. and se-
rious disgust.—(Hear, hear.) He sysieuld allude to one of those
e!ay presided, was
judgments, which was perhaps the meat important that ever
_ ms.prenounced by a judicial tribunal in .Saailand, sans' one in
which that venerable Judge who had ftstd
called upon to give his opinion as Lord PresMesnt-aitehe,fq;;eisdtiiosidn.
was as to the rights of the General Assembly of the Church
farradof
Scotland in the Strathbogie case.--( Hear, hear.) ,
the _Lord President allow hi s temperittothaeemt theost be/it:7,01),s
con-
cretion, and he (Mr. Mau le) gave e wine -his ja:4g-
structien, in stating that—that instead of delivering e
deliberation which would give it weight, and
ment with that calintiesS which would ve
eintfilffleecitt.taontdheit!
sembly, cit• 4 least them ajority of ,wi p
speet of the parties concerned in it, themp.athdersons eotiferaalvAers;
inferior grade,--(Hear,) 1 simile, fai which
the G-
eneral Ass( mbly of the Church of Scotian(
' He used,
he (Mr. Mettle) supposed he vrac- indebted
...
with r,eatfeo!tehneceilitgohtlimz.
Loude called the
Baronet of poeite—( Laughter and siauj
General Assembly a set of thimble-rigger
t e( stated that the
—and, in his judgment, that Learned Jut ge s
were
not only
General Assembly of the Church of Scotlaii4'
or a set
eli;_ers laughter)
like, but put him j, mind pf a set of thimble-riggera,
of-men who tossed in a race course, Heads! win—(Laughter)—
had
ter)—
and Harp you loose.—(Loud laughter.) He certainly
tt y
:a
used those terms in pronouncing his judgment t
grave and important case. There were certain gentlentea
t
from Scotland then in the House, and he (Mt alaule) fied
any of them to deny that those expressions were used by the
de
Pi etident of the Court of Session in delivering that jncllment,
Would any gentleman, who walked Westminster-hasss hear
such language as that proceed from any of the Judges there?
Would any gentleman tell him, that if any such language:- as
that fell from Lord Denman, it would not in that House be
made the subject of- great disapprobation, at the least ? lie
wished not to hurt the feelings of any party ; but he must say
that there -was so much of temper mixed up with the judgment,
that it had excited in Scotland a feeling of indignation, and
had donemore to widen the breach between the Civil aria the
Church Courts than anything he had ever recollected.—
( Hear, luar.) The Right Hon. Baronet opposite, the Member
for Tamworth, could set at rest any suspicion with eespect to
the Lord President that was entertained in Scotland. 101. e had
been told that the Lord President tendered his resighatean in
1834, during the Right Hon. Baronet's former Administrate: 1.
He (Mr. F. Mauls) could scarcely credit that ; but, for the
sake of the Learned Judge's character, it ought to be stated
whether he did so or not.—( Hear, hear.) He had no reason
to believe the Executive Government had any thing to do with
',.ae resignation of the Lord President.; lie entirely absolved
them from all charge upon that head. What could they
do but
Invites the resignation, appoint as successor
the party the,
, should best think calculated to fill the office?
This matter hat, . ached much conversation and a great deal of
suspicion in Scotlara.,. and though he was ready to absolve the
Government from hand, act. or part in that resignation, he
was not pure that the Right - ilon. Baronet's defence of the Lord
hear
President would allay that susp.'`'ion•
the(H moear, .)tion of the Noble
Sir W. RAE never doubted thait
is, for it was impossible
Lord had been made upon public grourer
,track upowan aged
to suppose that lie would be a party to an a
in a
person, who had long and well served his esuntry.—(Hear,
hear.) But the object of the motion was aggrava,`!'d
(tenth
traordinary manner by the speech of the Right Hon.
man who had just sat down • and he (Sir W. Rae) could only
express his surprise that he should have thus heaped coals of .re
on the head of a venerable old man, who had not an opportunity'
of defending himself. This was the more ungenerous, as the
charge was unfounded. Mr. Hope,thelate Lord President;swas as
sound in his mind now as he had been any time these ten years.
Mr. F. NIAIYLE—I never said he was of unsound mind.--
(Oh, oh ! and Order.)
Sir W. RAE—You said the state of his mind affected his
judgment.—( Hear, bear.)
Mr. F. MAUL E— I never said eite--( Order. )
Sir W. RAE—The Lord President Was
perfectly able to
perform
his duties down to the hour of his resignation. With
respect to the Jury Court, the Lord Presiders.:
• had invariably
attended she first division of. it, which was the oe'riartment be-
longing to his position. But it was a fact that 'I/le'
bad been so lame lit his lower limbs, that it was with Lord
diffi
ship
ga eat-
cult y lie could enter a carriage or ascend to his seat.on the Vitali.
That individual was now seventy-eight years of age—(lleZara
hear, from the Opposition)—and he had officiated in his'
Court for the last thirty-eight years. The Hon. Gentleman
had alluded to the Church question. It might, perhaps, be a.-
pri-pular subject in Scotland, but he (the Lord Advocate) did
not wish to indulge in its discussion at that moment. He
should say, however, that he had never heard, until that
evening, the words which had been attributed to the Lord
President; and, if be had used them, that had not come to
his knoWledge. If ever there was address which gave proof
of hie!) intellect, it was that of the Lord President to those
' parties who bad been baought up for censure before him.
There never was a more dissnified, able, and elegant address,
thaiethat which had thus been delivered six months ago.—
(1 fear, hear.) But he did not avTali that the character of that
learned personage should rest solely' on his testimony. The
lamully of Advocates, at a very iettanerous meeting of
their body, had unanimously aereed re' a. must cor-
dial acid atleetienate address to the Lord Presins•nt on his re-
tiring from his office. In that address they „attest their
sense of the distinguished ability and integrity with w-hich he
hail discharged the duties of his situation. They bore their
aatansey t0.14e learning,,Angegeseeenaledawartialify by
which lie had commanaed 3neli universal conliderice atidrespeeff
by expreaieg a hope that be might enjoy in private life that re-
pose anti halayinpflat hicli would be ttefitting reward of his lone
labours antheinittent virtues.—(Hear, hear. ), At this stage off
.iris life ate e they to assail the character of sci'distinguished a
man—a man who had passed thirty-right years of hisaife in
the service of his country? During the whole ot that titne he
ha.: tilled his situation with honour to himself, and without
any consideration for his own interest. He had won the
respect and admiration of the whole bar of Scotland. He bad
held office tindei the Government of 1530 to the satisfaction of
, all parties, having tilled the office of Solicitor-General, and
~ainple opportunities were then offered for his consulting his
own interest. lie (the Lord Advocate) felt strongly on this.
' subject., and he felt that a more unjust accusation was never
made, or a more ungenerous one.—( Cheers.)
Mr. O'CONNELL said that he did not think that the mo-
tion of the Node Lord was brought forward in the manner
must calculated to insure success.—( Hear.) The Right
Hon. laaronet appealed to him for his testimony in fervour of
Chiof Justice litt,he, which he insinuated would be the ntore
valuable as he differed from him in politics. Now, he, (Mr..
O'Connell thought that as a Chief Justice he should haves
no politica.—(Cheers.) They had not differed in politica till
lie (the Lord Chief Justice Bushe) got a scat upon the bench.
'(hen began hii career by voting against the Union. He stood
in nutty respects superior to the (irattans, and the Currans,
and the Ponsonbys of his day—(Cheers)—and inferior to them,
and many other. He had the happiest voice that ever human
being was blessed with. He was an excellent lawyer, and an
accomplished gentlemen, but the Charles Bustle of that day
was not the Charles Bustle who retired when the present Go-
vernment came into office.—(hear, hear.) Atter he had
ceased to be of use upon the Bench, he adhered to his sear
tvith the most unhappy constancy, and with the most desperate
tenacity.—(Hear.) He spoke of him with regret, he spoke
with regret of his memory, or rather of his recollection, ro his,
Memory was not to be spoken of at all.—( Hear, hear, and
laughter.) For four or live years he had not presided inethe
Nisi Prius Court, the duties of which he devolved upon one of
the junior Judges. It was unhappily the case in Ireland that a
Judge's salary was retrenched if he did not go a circuit, but it
was known that Chief Justice Bushe spent two days at the
Maryborough Assizes, in deciding a few cases of registry ap-
peals. His memory and his faculties had forsaken him, and
his incompetency was apparent to all his best friends who wished
and,urged him not to continue in office. It was melancholy
that such a state of things should exist, and it required the
greatest constitutional jealeusy.—( Cheers. ) The addresses of
the bar had been spoken of by the Right Hon. Baronet, but it
was not difficult to see of what little value they were
for the,purposes for which he used them. Perhaps the Right%
Hon. Baronet would not give him credit for it, but he could
assure him it was with considerable pain he was thus forced to
speak of the late Lord Chief Justice.—(Hear, hear.) There
was another instance in Ireland of the same kind, which
would be brought before the House at another tiue.—(Hear,
hear.) tic thought the Noble Lord was perfectly right in
bringing ferward a question of that constitution and nature in
order to terrify Judges from continuing in office until the mo-
ment when a political party came into power.—( Cheers.)
' Mr. SHAW said he rose for the purpose of contradicting
the Hon and Learned Gentleman, not with respect to his
merited eulogiuna on the late Lord Chief Justice, but with re-
l'ilicet to matters of fact. He (Mr. ahaw) alWays. kiricleestood
s„,hate Chief Justice Bu-he attended bis -Court eery. regularly
unto the last. term, and that be thanintimated to his . Pim*,
Vithont reference to those 'Who oe'caipiett the Treasury 'fetiches,
•feis-"ilitention of resigning.. lle•was astelnishedittalatetolffiitai of
,fle .4114,e, Leordot alai
ebTal bringing iLngor;fiol2•aitiaatieliedie.Lestarlint rill
after_ the.
a' nd lie hail every rea on to kn°6l:44, thgthinae
-offered weer. Justice Johuson, and that one of his tastily had
keen (4trered a civil appointment, and another, preferment. in the-
Ch aa urcle( Loud cheers.) The NubleiLord proviakacrevery-
thing there had-been said, and yet there' never was a Govern-
ment which made so complete a clearance in the public offices
as the late Administration, in the Police, the Stipendiary
Magistracy, anti other Departments, for the- purpose of
promoting and advancing their own supporters.—(Cheers.)
Mr. O'CONNELL said he did not know whether the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman Opposite meant to convey that he (Mr.
O'Connell) had spoken of .the last' sumw.er circuit., Ile had,.
however, not done .so. He referred to the last March Circuit..
Mr. WAKLEY said, it could not be denied that this mo-
tion had given rise to a most edifying discussion ; and it was'
a most useful thing to the public that some people should fall
out and disagree, became, by such means they let the people a
little into their secrets, and informed them of what was going
on inscertain political parties. He (Mr. Wakley) was in the
habit of snaking certain marks opposite the various notices on
the paper which seemed to intimate the importance or unim-
portance of the differept topics. Some he marked as useless;
some he marked as nonsense ; but, strange to say, he had
marked the notice of the Noble Lord as .• Suicide"—( Loud
laughter)—and he thought he might perhaps be called upon
to act on it in his official capacity.—( Renewed laughter.) He
knew nothing of the present case, but be would say that even
if all the allegations made against those Judges were true,
that they were not so culpable as those men who had been in
the habit for a long series of years of appointing people to the
judicial.v
\abench,sit fitso hltelLl judgmentacc-ouutof
featth
e politics they
oit
thalelntiecrai
d
institution?—(Hear, hear.) Was it not a scandal to the
Legislature—a disgrace to the intelligence of the nation--and
a reflection on the good sense of the people of this country, tiaat
the judicial appointments should always depend on the polities'
of the party ?—( Hear.) Ile did not say that the present Ad-
ministration was more reprehensiLle than other administra-
tions, but he hoped that this would be a useful lesson, which
might guide them right in making future appointments, that it-
might not be said that a man was selected because he held par-
ticular views, but, because his qualifications and abilities were
such as eminently to fit him for the office.—( Hear.)
. Sir 11. PEEL said, did the lion. Gentleman opposite mean
to imply that the -present Government had been influenced in
its judicial appointments by the politics of the parties ? If so,
he (Sir R. Peel) would convince hint that her MajestY's ?),°,;
vernment was not open to the imputations ellieli the i]
were apt-to throw on it.—( Hear.) The name of Lord I
Core-
house reminded him that it was by him (Sir R. Peril) that Mr.
Cranstoun had been placed on the bench.—(
solely on account of his . had selected that gentleman for the judicial ibleenacrbienelarc_otisn.d
professional
fitnneThet ad haeda %le)
He had disregarded all political clairns,uai ,
b i a great benefit
proud pleasure of conferring onr h
ent
he
udieial offices which had been
now. With respect to the J
1 thr-eernment since it came into power.
by securing the labours of M .. tCeranis)touti.—(Hear, hear. )
in the appointment of toe. ,
°Wiient hunr,e.snpte cot i t
Ao
itrh ,
I -wt a word to say; lie thought, and
Mr. Cresswell, he hat •
The Hon. Gentleman said
thought justly, that the appo
for . .Creswell was a
r one, arid a just reward his professional fame,
most prope his
political
...
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and with respect to „ ,
r "/ they 1141 the undis