The death of Mr. Jolin Blackburne, Member for Huddersfield, and
Chairman of the Corporation Commissioners, was announced in a part of our impression last week. Mr. Blackburne was universally respected for manliness of character and sterling independence. As a Member of Parliament he was a consistent Liberal ; and, alter Listening to the niaiseries, the false compliments, the shuffling excuses and simpering tones of certain so-called Representatives of the People, it was quite refreshing to get one of his brief, pithy, direct and distinct statements of fact and argument from Mr. Blackburne. As a lawyer, Mr. Blackburne enjoyed considerable practice, and was more than respectable. Had he been a Tory, his standing on the Northern cir- cuit would have secured to him the choice of the Treasury briefs ; but as he happened to be a Whig and " something more," and a firm sup- porter of Ministers, he had the mortification of seeing his Tory juniors and inferiors carrying away the Government business. In boa, be was shamefully neglected by the Government—absolutely insulted by the men whose system appears to be the preference of everybody whom they ought to discountenance. Among their minor offences, few have excited greater disgust against Ministers than their treatment of the late Mr. Blackburne.
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