The Sun. — 1847-05-21 (London, England)

DISRAELI—Why, the Prime Minister had not a freehold, but they had no means of removing him without telling him the reason. The Noble Lord said himself that no man ought to be dismissed unless he conducted his business in such a manner as was unsatisfactory to his employers. Why Mr. Day was dismissed without any reason being assigned, and that not even in an official manner. The manner in which Mr. Day was appointed was as follows:—He had not a public friend in the world, but he published a pamphlet before the reform of the old law was contemplated, and he reformed his own parish on the principle of the 43d of Elizabeth, he described the reforms which he effected in that pamphlet. Having no public friend, it was the last effort of a desperate man; for every one who ever wrote a pamphlet must admit that no one ever read it. In 1831, when the Government introduced their plan, they were looking out for clever men, who, to use the fashionable language of that House, could carry out their system, a Noble Lord, resident in the county to which Mr. Day belonged, said there is a distinguished country magistrate who reformed his own parish see to him, he has written a pamphlet. The pamphlet was sent to the Minister, who read it. Mr. Day was sent for, was offered the post, which he accepted, and he became a zealous officer.—(Hear hear.) He was sent to that part of the kingdom which was declared wholly and the most incapable of reform, South Wales.—(Hear, bear.)_e He did reform it. Was it any wonder, however, that however, a should have become unpopular ? In h labours, he broke his leg, and when he had recovered, he wrote a note, to say that he was still prepared to resume his labours. In reply to that communication, he received a letter, marked private, which advised him as a friend to send in his resignation, Now in all this there was a great deal of hardship and arbitrary conduct. Mr. Day had broken up his establishment in his county, where, on a moderate income, he supported a large family. He zealously conducted the duties of his office, accomplished what was admitted to be a most difficult task, and received a compound fracture in the service of Government, yet this was his reward, after all.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Day was accused of unpopularity, which was hardly possible, for him to be otherwise, but Mr. Day brought credentials from every board of guardians which he had been brought into connexion with, all expressing their condolence with him, and their confidence in him. He (Mr. Disraeli) could not refrain from mentioning these facts. And now, with regard to the Bill itself, looking at it merely in comparison with the present system of control, he was not disposed to say that it might not be an improvement, it might or it might not ; he, however, would give the Government the advantages f believing _atehart on a vicious system it was an improvement.—(Hear, hear.) And so far as that went, he be inclined to support it; but looking as he did the system of metropolitan country this pernici Bill as one meant to perpetuate on ,thseo ous, and which had brought af he would vote for the control, which he believed lt to the ee efivoilfsaotanl which had been complained o for nares orough. Mr. P. BORTHWICK moved the adjournment of the amendment of the Hon. Member' K b debate. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he hoped they would fin ish the debate that night. Mr. FERRANDssad, that after the speech which had bye the measure. Noble The Lord, hiot n. was Memberrlist y was determined to answer it, and he, for his part, was determined to offer every opposition to her Majesty's to been preys e s s made t h Government, if they attempted so unconstitutionally to press the second reading.—(Hear, and cries of" On.") And now, as to a question personal to himself, he desired that the Noble Lord would explain what statements of his were unfounded which he made on Monday last; he alluded especially to those statements which he had made in reference to the manufacturing districts. He asked the Noble Lord to stand tip in his place and state what was the statement he had made. Mr. VILLIERS said he had stated that they toe]; peasants Cron) the agricultural districts, and sold thei as slaves in the manufacturing districts. He said also, that they murdered children in the-workhouses. These were two of his misstatements, and the House need wait no longer. Lord JOHN RUSSELL paid these two were state