The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-08 00:00:00

BOSTON ELECTION.

The SPEAKER informed the house that he had received
a letter from the agent to the petition against the return
for the borough of Boston, stating that it was not the inten-
tion of the writer to proceed with the petition.

GUILDFORD ELECTION PETITION.
Lord SEYMOUR reported from the select committee ap-
pointed to inquire into the allegations of the petition against
the return fur the borough of Guildford that Messrs.
Mangles and Bell had been duly elected, and that the com-
mittee had come to the following resolution :—" That the
allegations of bribery and treating contained in the petition
had been made without reasonable grounds, and were frivo-
lous and vexations. The committee therefore ordered that
all costs connected with the investigation of said allegations
be paid by petitioners and the sureties to the petition."
(Heer, bear )
KINGSTON UPON-HULL.

Mr. LABOUCIIIERE reported from the select committee
appointed to inquire into the subject matter of • petition
complaining of an undue return for the borough of King-
ston-upon-Hull, that Lord Cluderich and Mr. Clay bad not
been duly elected, and that the last election was a void elec-
tion. The committee had further resolved that said mem-
bers had by their agents been guilty of bribery and treating
but that it was not proved, to the satisfaction of the com-
mittee, that such bribery and treating had been committed
with the knowledge and consent of the sitting members.
They found that John Walker had been engaged as an
agent in carrying out this system of bribery. They had
reason to believe that corrupt practices bad prevailed at the
Lit election, and that a system elistee. both at the last and
at former elections of bribing the P xirer electors by pay-
ments of 30s. per head. In punua'Ace of these resolutions
of the committee, the right hon., member moved that the
minutes of the evidence be laid '.iefore the house, and gave
notice of a motion for this day for prohibiting the issue of
a new writ for the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull before
the 12th of April neat.

RYE.

Sir .1. PAKIN9TOYi reported from the select commit'

appointed to try the raerits'of the petition against the re-
turn for the Boron ,111 of Rye, that W m. Alex. 111.bannon,
Esq., had not bees', duly elected ; and that the late elective
war a void election; that the said Win A. fd.liinnon, Esq.,
had, by kis upants, been guilty of treating at the last elec-
tion ; and that on the first day of the inquiry
the said Wm. A. Ild'Einnon, Esq., had declared him-
self unable to disconnect himself with the charge of treating

at is is en the tad July, 1862, and that bias s
sadoW Ike comaitteo melt &elan the elation mid
he had determined not to deem& Ws me. The committee
t-ittilsmittad of ten obelus lila had ressived
a lin of paresis charged with gide ll* bands-
and of 29 paddle-houses in whisk mean. ist the in-
terest of the lining member had been carried an betwiffin
the months Of June and August in the last year. The
committee taking into consideration the nature and extent
of the above allegations, recommend an investigaticia under
the provisions of the 6 and 6 Vic., but pending such in-
quiry, had sot thought it necessary to catmint, the sitting
member, or his agent. The report concluded with mom-
seaadateen that there should be no new election for the
beneath of Rye until the result of such inquiry had been
aessatained. (Hear, hear)
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
VNIVERSITY TESTS SCOTLAND.
• The LORD ADVOCATE gave notice for Monday next,
to move for leave to bring in a bill to regulate the admission
to lay chairs in the Scotch universities.

BANKRUPT LAW, SCOTLAND.
The same 'ion. and learned MEMBER gave notice, foe
as early dai after Easter, to move for leave to bring in a
bill to amen.! the Bankrupt Law of Scotland.
The following motions were agreed to without diem-
Ilket
Tlik CORPORATION OF LONDON.
On the motita of Sir B. HALL, return of the number of
bills for which petitions have been presented by the Corpo-
ration of London, in each year since the Ist day of October,
1837, setting Corti. the name and title of each blil, and dis-
tinguishing the cases in which the petitions for the bills
were referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders,
in consequence of non-compliance with those orders.
CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS.
On the motion of Mr. PHIIIN, return of the number of
petiticas against the return of any member or members
elected i sit in parliament for any
.county, riding, division
of a county, city, borough, town, claque port, or place re-
turning members to sit in parliament, presented since the
29th day of January, 1833, complaining that en h return
was void, on the ground that bribery, treating, or corrupt
practices, had prevailed at such election, such return to
state in what manner suck petition was disposed of ; and,
in cue of the committee nominated to determine the allega-
tions of any petition having reported that the members or
member petitioned against had, by themselves or their
agents, been guilty of bribery or treating at such election,
or that corrupt practices had prevailed thereat, or at any
previous election, such return to state the resolutions of the
committee, as reported to the house, in full.
POSTAL INTERCOURSE. _

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On the motion of Mr. H. HBRBRAT—Copy of a letter
bearing date the 31st day of January, 1833, from Mr.
Howell, secretary to the City of Dublin Steam Packet
Company, to Bir Charles Trevelyan, relative to a proposed
improvement of the postal intercourse between England
and Ireland. -

ORDNANCE.

On the motion of LorciiiiiiOtnßeturns of the store-
keepers, deputy storekeepers, clerks, and others attached to
the several ordnance establishments abroad, for the year
ending January, 1853, stating pay and allowances of every
description, and all contingent or other charges for each
establishment, with a summary of the numbers of each
class and of the entire charge iacurred ; of the commissa-
riat officers, clerks, and subordinate persons employed at
the several stations in the year ending January, 1853, stat-
ing their rates of pay and allowances of every description,
the total charge for each station, with a summary of the
entire charge ; and, of the al stations abroad where
there as establishments for naval and for victualling stores,
stating the pay and allowances of the storeksepers, agent
' victuallers, clerks, or other persons in charge of the stores ;
distinguishing stations where the naval and victualling
stores are under one storekeeper, and also where the de-
pots of victualling stores are in charge of the commissaries.