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London, England, 1804-05-09 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

TUESDAY, MAY 8. .
A Ballot for the Chippenham Eleetion was axed
for this day, but the Counsel and Agent for the
Petitioner not appearing, their recognizances are
forfeited, and ►he contest is of course at an end.
Mr. FosTER moved the postponement until this
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day se'nnig'lt, of the Order for the appointment of
a Committee to examine the Petitions with resrett
to the Tax of 4-1- per Cent. on the Irish Linens.—
The Hon. Member stated his reason to he the pre_
sent state of things relative to the Adthinistration.
The Motion was agreed to.
The Accounts respeaing the Imports and Exports
of Ireland for the last seven years, was ordered to
be printed.
AYLESBURY DISFRANCI-lISIG BILL.

On the Question being put for the third reading
of this Bit,
Mr. A AI NE objeCted, with considerable force,
to the principle of this Bill, which, he conceived,
teas neither sanaioned by any precedent which
bole any resemblance to the present case, nor was
called far by the peculiar circumstances of the case
itself. Fie compared the C:ocklade case and others,
which had been adduced as precedents, with the
case of Aylesbury, which, he thought, was widely
different, inasmuch as in the present case, -so far
from it having been proved that the Majority of the
Eleßors had been bribed, it had only been proved
that filty.seven nut of four hundred and sixty Voters
(being not one-eighth of the whole number) Jiad re-
ceived bribes ; he therefore opposed the,third read-
ing of the Bill.
Mr. DICKENsoN_ argued in support. of,the BilL
The AT T 9 it Nll7 GETTER AL :.ar-gded'ag4ipst
the principle of the Bill, which he considered alto-
gether unjustifiable : it was a notorious fal, atid
there was no necessity far Gentlemen to pretend to
shut their eyes against it, that not only in this Bo_
.sough but in very many Borough of the kingdom,
it wocabsolutely impossible to prevent .some, of the
poorer Eleaors from taking bribes, presented to
them in different. shapes.. If, therefore, because
some Voters of that description had taken. Bribes at
Aylesbury, the entire Constitution,of the Borough
was to be altered, by the same reason, a material
change-might be introduced in the Constitutions of
m tny, -if not of twist of the Bnreughs of the king-
dom. He thought the present Laws were sufficient
to punish the guilty, and that it would be most un-
just to tn.ike a taw to punish the innocent.
Lerd ARCIIIBALD HAMILTON thdught the
of the Eleaors who provoked this measure,
so plain and palpable, that he could not, without
surprize, listen to the opposition that was made
to it, and particularly by die Learned Gentleman
who had just sat (lawn--a Gentleman who was not
only adverse to the idea of simetioning the applica-
tion of any remedy to the general system of Borough
EleEtion, but to a particular case of flagrant Cur-

ruption.
The House divided. For the Motion 73--Noes
29.
The Bill was passed, and ordered to the Lords.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL gave notice, that he
would to.rnorrow move for leave to bring in a Bill
to facilitate the Arrest of Offenders escaping from
one part of the United Kingdom to the other.
The Motion tor the third reading of the English
Army of Reserve Suspension Bill, was postponed
till to-morrow ; as was the Motion for the second
reading of the ITO Army of Reserve Bill.
The Report of the Customs Duty Bill was brought
up and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be en.
grossed.
The English Loan Bill, the Irish Loan Bill, and
the Excise Posy Bt were read a third time and
•rra3,sed.