§ Viscount Melbourne, seeing in his place a noble Earl who had some time ago put to him a question respecting the removal of Colonel Fitzgerald from the Magistracy of Ireland, wished to say a few words on the subject. Certain charges against Colonel Fitzgerald had been made to Government, at first anonymously, but of so extraordinary a nature, that the Lord Chancellor thought it necessary to institute a particular inquiry into the circumstances of the case; and the result was, a conviction that there was some foundation for the charges. It was then thought proper to lay a case before the law officers of the Crown, for their opinion whether or not it would be proper to institute criminal proceedings against Colonel Fitzgerald. The Attorney General's opinion was, that, under the present circumstances of the case, it would not be expedient to take any steps of that kind. The case then reverted into the 168 hands of the Lord Chancellor, who wrote to Colonel Fitzgerald, requesting explanation. The answer was so unsatisfactory, as to warrant the Lord Chancellor in removing him from the Commission of the Peace.