MR. HINDLBYsaid, in the absence of the right hon. Member for Derby (Mr. Bass), he would repeat the question which that Gentleman put to the right hon. Home Secretary on Monday—namely, whether, within the last few days, the Lord Chancellor bad placed on the Commission of the Peace for the borough of Derby, Dr. Hilett, Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Henry Fox, all ardent supporters of the hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Horsfall)?
§ MR. WALPOLE, in reply, said, if there were any feeling of a want of confidence in Her Majesty's Government, or any complaint to be made with regard to their appointments to the magistracy, let it be expressed openly and directly. He had made inquiries of the Lord Chancellor with respect to the appointments referred to, and the noble and learned Lord had informed him, that, after receiving a memorial from the inhabitants of Derby, he had appointed to the Commission of the Peace there three of the most respectable persons in that town, in lieu of three persons who did not qualify last year when they were appointed by the Government of the noble Lord opposite (Lord John Russell).