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London, England, 1804-07-10 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Chimney Sweepers, and theWedenberk Ord-
stance Bills, were read a third time and Nis:ed.
A Message from the Lords informed the Home,
that the L lids had agreed to the Dollar Countei&it
Prevention Bill.

MIDDLESEX ELECTION.
Lord MA R,SHA NI reported from the Committee,
appointed to try the merits of the several Petitions,
complaining of an undue eleCtion, for the County of
Middlesex ; that it was the opinion of the Commit-
tee, that Sir Francis Burdett, Baronet, was not duly
elefted ; that William Mainwaring, Esq. was duly
eleCted, and ought to have been returned as the sit-
ting Member, at the said EleCtion. But it having
been proved, before the Committee, that William
Mainwaring, Esq. did commit certain aCts of bribery
at that EleCtion, the Committee resolved, that he
was thereby incapacitated front sitting in the present
Pailiament ; and that the said Eledion was a void
EleEtion, so far as it related to Sir Francis Burden.
I'he C nimittee also resolved, that none of the Peti-
tions, nor the opposition made to them, were frivo-
lous or vexations.

Lord MARSHA' then moved. that a new writ
,se issued for the Election of a Knight of the Shire
for the County of Middlesex. in the room of Sir
I..roncis Burdett, st h•ose l..leCtion was declared void.
toed MARSH:\ Ni then r-porred certain other
Resolutions atom the '..'ortmittee, which were as fol-
low: " That, on th:. Isth, 14th, and 13th days of
the Poll, when t;!ere was a majority of legal votes,
in favour of-Wiliam Mainwaring. Esq. Robert Al-
hion Co::, Es,i. and Sir William Rawlins, Knight,
the :-heriffs who presided at the Eleilion did. wil-
fully, know surly, Ana corruptly. putt throe hundred
persons, claiming a right to vote, under a Mitions
pretence that they Nt.re Freeholders, in consequence
of being joint proprietors of 3 certain mill, situate
in the parish of Lleworth ; and that on the 15th day
of the Poll, after a majority was thus established
for Sir Francis Burdett, the said Sheriffs rejected the
votes of several other pe:.ons, on the same grounds
for which they had admitted those of others; that
they refioed to hear Counsel upon those votes.
That the said Sheriffs, in thus deciding on the
validity of .such votes, had acted contrari to the
conduCt pursued by themselves on other occasion:,
and in gross violation of their duty. And it appear-
ed to the Committee that the obvious tendency of
their conduCt was jp admit persons nut having a
right to poll, and to hold out an encouragement to
the commission of perjury.
On the motion of Lard MARIIIAM, the report
was then ordered to be taken into consideration on
to-morrow se'nnight, also to be printed ; and it
was tottered that so mach of the minutes of the
evidence taken before the Committee, as related to
the said report, be laid before the House for the use
of the Members.

The Franking Bill was committed, and the re.
port ordered to be received to-morrow. _ _

The ATTOINIT GENZIAL obtained leave to
bring in a Bill to obviate certa:n inconveniencies ex-
perienced in the Accomptant G:neral's Office in the
Courts of Chancery, in the execution of the Plo-
p erty T4l Aa.
On the motion of Mr. WALPOLE. a new writ was
ordered to be issued for a Member to serve for the
Borough of Knareshorough, in Yorkshire, in the
room of Cavendish, Esq. who has accepted the
Chiltern Hundreds.