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London, England, 1805-01-30 00:00:00

MIDDI,VEX ELECTION, MA.

Lord MARsii:vvi (Chairman 01 the- epauDittce, nn
fi",:eetiOr)) iniasid ;he Older of :be D4y. for
1;±21,g into conSiflrtati(4ll ‘lto R .I)nr.t of the m
tel,tiog tO tyre cullduCt of the w. is iffo,
`;,'tic: Retioluttuit,; .pt the compi, tee were read by
the Clctk, ototp,g, tp to the 13th day of.the
tigiiiJr; the to.ijvrttx of VOUS Witf HI femur if

W..MAI NWAtt !NG; Elrbut. t Wand after the
t3th day, the Sheriffs, *m. ResaluNs, aud
ROB mrcr ALIA oN Cox, Esq. Aidinitteff 3pre persons
'to- vote tu the 'right of 'll',.#llll at Isle:Worth, by , ,
which Sir F. BURDSTT Abtained a colourable majo.
rity. The Resolutions further charged the Sheriffs
with partiality, in taking upon them to decide ju.
dicially in favour of the validity of these votes
when tendered for Sir F. tutiomr, and refusiog to
make such a deciaiort,- declaring, that their Office
wastmerely Ministerial', when .similar tenders were
anode for Mr. 114AmvAitisto. The' Resolutiona
further asserted, that this, conduct had an obvious
tendeoby to admit persone'tovote ti, ho had no right,
and to 'many other illegal and mischievous conic.
quencea. The Clerk then, on the Motion of:LOtd
MitastiAM, read from the Journals the Proceeding&
in' the Shoreham case, in'l77l ; and that of ,Greitt
Grimsby in ,180.3.
ford iIi4PSI-Milisaid, he proposed, in cOnfor.
mity with these precedents, to move four Resolu-
tions:, lit. That the Charge should be heard at the
Bar; ad. r.litat it should be heard on Ffiday, .Fe.
binary. 1.; 3'L That the "Sheriffs, Sir Was. RAW.:.
LINO, and Rosetta- ALAIONCox,Esq. he'ordered
to attend ; That the said Sir WM. RAW LIN 4,
and R. ALBION Cox, Esq. be furnished with a Copy
of the Charge, and heard by Counsel. He thought it
right to appoint so early a day, as the Matter had
been so long pending ; and on consulting the indi.
viduals, he found that the day he had mentioned
would be perfeCtly convenient to the parties.--,
There was one part of the proceedinga in the for..
met cases that he did pot think necessary' here;"
that was an Order far examining ' evidence; at
the Bar. There was no occasion for that in this
case, and no injustice could fallow from the oMis.,
aloft °gr..' All the Witnesses had been examineil
and cross-examined, on-oath,,before the Committee,
by eminent, Counsel ; and the whole of their evi,
dence had been taken down, almost literally, by
a sworn Shorthand Writer. It may be possible
that the same Witnesses at the Bar of the, House,
and
no longer on their oaths, may not be a 3 scrupulous
as they had been before the Committee, where ,
they, were on oath, arid hence they may, possibly
cantradiet themselves. In the Shoreham case Counsel
was heard ,after the Charge. In rise Grimsby, case
Witnesses were summoned, ' but not heard. -In the
case of Cawthorn, Judgment had been finally pro.
flounced on the Minutes of a Court Martial typroved
by tits MAI ESTN;. The evidence thus taken down
was tlinught a sufficient ground fur the Proceedings
of the H ,use, and though the cases were not pre.
cisely analogous, he thought the same keasuning ap.
plied in the present instance.
The SFRA.KbR having enumerated these pro.
ceedings according; to the prec:edents, thought it his
duty to advert particularly to the Resolution which
it was proposed to omit. It was usual to make an
order that Witnesses shthuld be examined when the
charge,*aS to be heard at the BIN In the Shore.
ham and Grimsby cases, and in a case that bad oc.
Culled later, the order had been made accordingly.
„It was his duty to call the attention of the House
distinftly to any departure from its usages. There
was, however, no tiot4tiun before the House on the.
subjea this day ; and when the Resolution should be!
proposed, it would be for the
,House to . consider
.whether the adherence to the praftice would be ne.
cessary, or whether the deviation from it would ,
create a &grimy.
Mr. FRANCIS wished to know, what was the
'question to be decided on by .the House it If no evi.
dence 'could be brought furwnrd to contradin the
Resolutions. of the Committee, and the House had
only to consider them barely in thcluselVea, then the
,House would' have tp.) disere4an non them.
Lord MARSHA/11 , said, that the whole of the
'evidence that could be brought to hear on the case
Was already before the House printetl, and had been
in every Gentleman's hands for a long time. gvery
Member was thin already in p()SieSSION of the best
possible itiforination on the sUbjed and the,question
for the House would be, whether the Committee was
warranted in turning to the Resolittions it had forth.
ed on the evidence which was laid as the ground of.
them; and, if the Committee was watranted,whether
the'Houie would adopt any further proceedings in'
consequence 1,
After a few words from the SPEAKER, it Was or.
dereti, that the Charge be heard at the liar of the
House on Friday next ; that the Sheriffs, Sir W.
RAWLINS anti ROE AL II loN Cox, F. q. be ordered
to attend on that-day ; that a Copy, pt the Charge`
he furnished to them ; and that they be at liberty to
be heard by Counsel in their defence.'