The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-01 00:00:00

BRIDONORTff ELECTION PETITION.

Kr. BOU VBBIB said hs had te report that the 00111•
mitts* in this ease had determined that Henry Whitmore,
Req., was duly elected to serve in the present parliament
and that Sir Robert Pigot, Bart., was not duly elected,
sad that Sir B. Pigot was byl his puts guilty of
bribery at the last election. It was proved to the oom-
mates that Joseph Mason was bribed by the payment of
101., but it was not proved that such bribery was committed
with the kaowledge of the said Sir. A. Pigot. Inasmuch as
the 'negations of bribery with respect to William Milner
sad others were made without any reasonable or probable
ground, this committee had ordered all the expenses to be
paid by the Stoners and their sureties to the said Henry
Whitmore, .
Sir J. V. S LLEY gave Reties that be should on the
following (this) day move that the evidence takes by the
committee should be laid on the table, sad that the writ
should be suspended until the evidence was in the heads of
members.

Mr. HEY WOOD asked secretary o[ Stats for the
Dooces Ham twhether it is the intention of the govern-
' MOB lb ea the table of the house espies of the
Oared Statutes, and of the Cambridge Cid-
=ma Documents, newly published by the
d Of the Oxford and Cambridge Commissioners ;
and alsomballter say steps can be taken for the preparation
of Fil tam olattons of such academical collections,
wader the sues of die University Commissionsn.
Viuu PALMERSTON (who was very indistinct)
was usimetemed Se say that to do what wm asked would in-
volve eaweldsrahlo swiss, sad that he could not give any
promise es the eal‘sit.
EXCHEQUER LOAN FUND.
Kr. RICH asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what
course hs proposed to pursue with regard to loans humble
by the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, act 67 Geo. 111., c.
24 ; also, whether any portion of the 633,00 W., which, by •
1 fetus from these commissioners, appeared to be the amount

of hoist on aid repayment of loam' eb.
elipteefilt 1852, wield be &H IM le the
puling debt la the resat of t dimiaatios er _
I nil
katAlie CELLOR of the ZICHZQUIE sold the
illwhich hid lima at to bile by the bee.:lBlelleme
itself iota Um parts, the lattsfipierint PA*
bi bad WOW tomb upea lint, big any portion
pails
letrooli heer ?plied
of 1M ster-
nibbles eir emattiam of sash lee, and tbe ham part
inks Idiot muse t e,emwment reposed towns gene-
-1111, salprd lbe imse of Issas under tbe Basitsquer
ISM rand? With mimed to ibe application el the Dam of
1fi8,0001., and of all the »perm* of the Euesquer Loan
/hod as they may seam in, it was ahead provided for by
semi wadi go forma.peadeatty of the
isr of 'bet bones, in the Maga 8111116. There
was likewise a revision by statute ler the less., sub.
jolt to the dissredea of goverment. if 75,0001. per
great for the purposes of the Isiburare Loan Fund ; I
red be apprehended that the idea with wide& that sant sues
find was that it would balance the avenge repayments.
The provision made by law, therefore, at present, was this.
There was power to issue 800,0001. annually, in four qui.
luny payments of 76,0001., for the parpesee of new st-
emma to be made by the Exchequer Loss Commissioners,
sad them was likewise a provision for carrylog the repay
mesh of the commissioners, as they came in, to the acersat
of ways and means for the year. The repayments were
plop on without any intervention on the pert of the gO.
Veralhout. But, at the close of the last quarter, on tea-
seling the state of the secount,it appeared that the cursing
imeamis ea the fond were not likely to absorb the when
anent eluding to its credit, and seasequeady
be them* it his duty to stop the paymtint of
the 75,0001., which would have been canted to the
reedit of the fund. That was the only step of any kind
that hail been taken with regard to the actual advisees fur
the purposes of the fund. With regard to the general
viestion—what course the government meant to take on
the subject of the Exchequer Loan Fund—the course which
be had pursued was this :—lt did not appear to him that
the papers on the table of the house contained information
sufficiently full and distinct to enable the house t• form a
satisfactory and final judgment on the expedieney, on the
one hand, of continuing the system of the Exchequer Loan
Fund, or, on the other hand, of abolishing it, as was pro-
wled by the right her. gentleman opposite. The boom
was aware that the Lohman Loan Fund commission hod
bon in the habitat giniseging by one and the same nor
eainery very different fonglisna. It bad been in the habit
of making loam at its ewe diessetion exclusively, after ki-
nking late tice emits ef die application submitted. It had
lihmwMbees 4.proliament as an organ for
mossy ender he purposes which had bee=
loans, bat which rather been in the nature of gifts
under fides pretences. It bad likewise been in the habit of
issuing mosey in various modes intermediate between them
two, somethass tinder a positive order from the Treasury,
sometimes under • recommeadatien from the Treasury ;

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and, sgain, it had hen in the habit of issuing money trim
special toads appregdated to particular purposes. Now,
what he had Oast la be done, and what he loped would
soon be aiwomplilowl. was this—that all the transactions
'Dad easlierthille heads shwa be carehtlly separated the
or him the atm, and that a beisnmosheet shield be pre-
med ender egoh of those boob is fair that they might
hays the meson of seeing what the Backitair Loan Com-
stimisain had dose, whether ea the cape of parliament,
Wham as the sensate of the Treasury, whether at their
Wag hoe diserealowor in any other capacity. When they
had sliesined these three returns they would see exactly the
melt settee treasseisas of the Exchequer Loan Fund up
ths poem tints aader each head ; and he thought the
Yea. gentleman would agree with him that government
aril parliament would then be in a condition to forni a
jadipmat apes the question whether it was expedient that
the WM= ANTS w ahaald sot be continued.