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ELECTION PETITIONS.

FROM THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
MERCURIT, 20 DIE FEBRUARII, 1833.
Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections and Returns
being offered to be presented, the names of the places to
which the said Petitions related (being all of them Petitions
of the last class) were put into the glass at the Table, and
drawn by the Clerk in the following order :
Galway Town Election,—Petition of Timothy Murray, Francis
Kenney, and others, Electors, complaining of that Election
[Appx., No. 39] :—To be taken into consideration upon
Tuesday, the 23d day of April next, at the same time that
the Petition of Martin Joseph Blake, Esquire, is ordered to
be taken into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his
Warrants for persons papers and records.
Londonderry City Election,—Petition of Andrew Alexander
Watt, Frederick Hamilton, and others, Voters, complain-
ing of that Election [Appx., No. 40] :—To be taken into
consideration upon Thursday, the 21st day of March next,
at the same time that the Petition of Andrew A. Watt, and
others, Electors, is ordered to be taken into consideration ;
and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for persons papers
and records.
Londonderry City Election,--Petition of Peter Collins, John
Collins, and others, Electors, complaining of that Election
[Appx., No. 41] :—.To be taken into consideration upon
Thursday, the 21st day of March next, at the same time
that the Petition of Andrew A. Watt, and others, Electors,
is ordered to be taken into consideration ; and Mr. Speaker
to issue his Warrants for persons papers and records.
Harwich Borough Election, Petition of John Disney,
Esquire, complaining of that Election [Appx., No. 42] :
To be taken into consideration upon Thursday, the 25th
day of April next, at three of the clock in the afternoon ;
and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for persons papers
and records.
Harwich Borough Election,—Petition of Charles Rabett Whin-
field, and John Pattrick, Voters, complaining of that election
[Apex. No. 43] :—To be taken into consideration upon
Thursday the 25th day of April next, at the same time that
the Petition of John Disney, Esquire, is ordered to be taken
into consideration ; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants
for persons papers and records.
Bristol City Election,—Petition of Richard Ash, Richard
Bligh, and Harman Visger, Electors, complaining of that
Election [Appx. No. 44] :—To be taken into consideration
upon Thursday the 25th day of April next, at ten minutes
after three of the clock in the afternoon ; and Mr. Speaker to
issue his Warrants for persons papers and records.
Carmarthen and Llanelly Boroughs Election,—Petition of
James Hughes and John Lawrance, Electors, complaining of

that Election [Appx. No. 45.]:—To be taken into considera-
tion upon Thursday the 25th day of April next, at half an
hour after three of the clock in the afternoon ; and Mr.
Speaker to issue his Warrants for persons papers and records.
Linlithgow County Election,—petition of James Joseph Hope
Vere, Esquire, complaining of that Election [Appx. No. 46] :
To be taken into consideration upon Tuesday the 30th day of
April next, at three of the clock in the afternoon; and
Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for persons papers and
records.
New Sarum City Election,—Petition of the Honourable
Duncan Pleydell Bouverie, complaining of that Election
[Appx. No. 47] :—To be taken into consideration upon
Tuesday the 30th day of April next, at a quarter of an hour
after three of the clock in the afternoon ; and Mr. Speaker
to issue his Warrants for persons papers and records.
Stirling Burghs Election, Petition of James Johnston,
Esquire, complaining of that Election [Appx. No. 48] :—To
be taken into consideration upon Tuesday the 30th day of
April next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the
afternoon ; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for per-
sons papers and records.
Northumberland (Southern Division) Election,—Petition of
Robert W. Brandling, and others, Electors, complaining of
that Election [Appendix, No. 49] :—To be taken into consi-
deration upon Thursday the 28th day of March next, at the
same time that the petition of Ralph Park Philipson, Esq., is
ordered to be taken into consideration ; and Mr. Speaker to
issue his Warrants for persons, papers, and records.
B ury Saint Edmund's Borough Election,—Petition of Francis
King Eagle, complaining of that Election [Appendix, No.
50] :—To be taken into consideration upon Thursday the 2AI
day of May next, at three of the clock in the afternoon ; and
Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for persons papers and
records.
Norfolk County (Eastern Division) Election,—Petition of John
Harper and Charles S. Gilman, Electors, complaining of that
Election [Appendix, No. 51] :—To be taken into conside-
ration upon Thursday the 2d day of May next, at ten minutes
after three of the clock in the afternoon; and Mr. Speaker
to issue his Warrants for persons papers and records.
Lincoln City Eldction,—Petition of Charles Delaet Waldo Sib-
thorp, Esq., complaining of that Election [Appendix, No.
52] :—To be taken into consideration upon Thursday the 2d
day of May next, at half an hour after three of the clock in
the afternoon ; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for
persons papers and records.
Barnstaple Borough Election,—Petition of George Hervey,
Esq., complaining of that Election [Appendix, No. 53] :
To be taken into consideration upon Tuesday the 7th day of
May next, at three of the clock in the afternoon ; and Mr.
Speaker to issue his Warrants for persons papers and
records.
Barnstaple Borough Election,—Petition of Elles Lee Sanders,
and James Colley March, Electors, complaing of that Elec-
tion [Appendix, No. 54] :—To be taken into consideration
upon Tuesday the 7th day of May next, at the same time
that the Petition of George Hervey, Esq., is ordered to be
taken into consideration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his War-
rants for persons papers and records.
Barnstable Borough Election,—Petition of Cadwallader Ed-
wards Palmer, complaining of that Election [Appendix
No. 55] :—To be taken into consideration upon Tuesday,
the 7th day of May next, at the same time that the Petition
of George Hervey, Esq., is ordered to be taken into consi-
deration; and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for per-
sons papers and records.
'Coleraine Borough Election,—Mr. Speaker acquainted the
House that he had received a Declaration in writing, sub-
scribed by Sir J. P. Beresford, Baronet, who is returned a
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough
of Coleraine, that he the said John Poo Beresford did not
intend to defend his Return for the said Borough.
And the said Declaration being delivered In at the Table,
was read, and is as followeth ; viz.
" I, Sir John Poo Beresford, the Sitting Member elected and
returned to serve in thispresent Parliament for the Borough of
Coleraine, do hereby declare and notify to your Honourable
House, that it is not my intention to defend my Election or
Return against the Petition of William Taylor Copeland, which
was presented to your Honourable House on the 7th day of
December last. And I do hereby acknowledge this to be my
declaration, subscribed by me, and delivered at the Table of your
Honourable House, pursuant to the provisions of an Act passed
in the ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George
the Fourth, intituled, An Act to consolidate and amend the
Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted Elections or Return s
of Members to serve in Parliament.'
" As witness my hand, this twentieth day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
" J. P. BERESFORD "
Coleraine Borough Election—Act (9 Geo. 4, c. 22, s. 11) read—
Order for considering the Petition of William Taylor Cope-
land, Esq., complaining of that Election and Return, on
Tuesday, the 26th day of this instant February, read, and
discharged.—Petition to be taken into consideration upon
Tuesday, the 7th day of May next, at half an hour after
three of the clock in the afternoon.
Warwick Borough Election,—Petition of William Tibbits,
George Birch, and Henry Smyth, Electors, complaining of
that Election [Appendix, No. 56] :—To be taken into con-
sideration upon Tuesday the 7th day of May next, at half
an hour after three of the clock in the afternoon ; and Mr.
Speaker to issue his Warrants for persons papers and
records.
Warwick Borough Election—Petition of George Cattell Green-
way and Henry Robbins, Electors, complaining of that Elec-
tion [Appendix, No. 57]:—To be taken into consideration
upon Tuesday, the 7th day of May next, at the same time
' that the Petition of William Tibbitts, George Birch, and
Henry Smyth, is ordered to be taken into consideration ;
and that Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrants for persons
• papers and records.
Warwick Borough Election—A Petition of William Collins
and John Enoch, Electors, complaining of that Election
[Appendix, No. 58] :—To be taken into consideration upon
• Tuesday, the 7th day of May next, at the same time that the
Petition of William Tibbits, George Birch, and Henry
Smyth, Electors, is to be taken into consideration ; and Mr.
Speaker to issue his Warrants for persons papers and
• records.