HL Deb 26 June 1846 vol 87 cc1035-6
LORD BROUGHAM

wished to know from the Under Secretary for the Colonies, whether Mr. M'Dowall had been restored to the office of Attorney General for Van Diemen's Land?

LORD LYTTELTON

replied that he had not, but that he had been appointed a Commissioner of Insolvency, an office which was inferior in emolument, but not in the respect which it commanded.

LORD STANLEY

observed, that as well as his memory served him, Mr. M'Dowall's dismissal had been caused in consequence of the bad feeling that existed between that gentleman and the Solicitor General of Van Diemen's Land. This animosity had been carried to such an extent as to endanger the satisfactory prosecution of the public business. He had never heard that Mr. M'Dowall had been dismissed for any corrupt, illegal, or dishonourable conduct.

LORD BROUGHAM

stated that he should move for the production of Lord J. Russell's despatch on Monday.

House adjourned.