§ LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEYpresented two petitions, one from the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, and 2152 the other from the Law Association of Manchester, complaining of the conduct of William Thomas Jemmett, Esq., a Commissioner of the Court of Bankruptcy in Manchester, in contracting debts which he is not able to pay; and praying for the adoption of measures for the purpose of removing the said Thomas William Jemmett from the said office.
THE LORD CHANCELLORwas obliged to his noble Friend for having informed him of his intention to present these petitions and communicated to him their contents. It was with the greatest pain he had read the statements contained in them, more especially as the gentleman to whom they referred was one with whom he had been on terms of intimacy. As Lord Chancellor, however, he had no power to interfere in the matter, for although the appointment of Commissioners of Bankrupts rested with him, he could not remove them for misconduct.