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London, England, 1819-03-17 00:00:00

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ESTER ELECTION PETITION 4
said, an Order had been made for the
the Minutes of Evidence taken before
0:1 the Rochester Election, without
izned for that proceeding. As this was
practice of the House towards'Elec-
tees, he should move that the Order be
upose of moving afterwards that it

ET said, he moved for the production
without assigning any reason, but
to hear from some Member of that
some reasons for the decision which that
adopted. The Petitioner, at the Election,
his opinion that the qualification of the
'ter (Lord Binning) was insufficient. In
r this suggestion a general meeting of
took place ; the case 'was put into the
iinent Parliamentary Counsel, (Messrs.
I Warren), to decide whether there
of. Petition against Lord Binning, on•
that he had refused to produce a qua-'
deeming hi mkell to be qualified as the
Peer. The Counsel to whom the mat •
gave their opinion, not only that there
Jr petitioning, but even for expecting
verdict—(Hear.) On that advice the,
', yet the Petition had been voted fri-
, vexatious. This was the first time that
imooted, undecided point of law, such a de-
' been come to—(Order!)
\ STLEREAGH rose to Order, on the
would lead to serious consequences to
against the judicial proceedings of an
mittee. He hoped the Honourable Gen-
be satisfied that such a line of argu-
'icious.
LT said, he was in a strange, and cer-
alit situation. An Honourable Gentle-
Iced to him, that he had procured the'
assigning reasons; and now, when he
assign reasons for his proceeding, the
rad objected to him, that he was out of
hear,
.front the Opposition.) In what
Order ?—(Hear.) The House' could
:aign the conduct of the Lord Chancel-
arraign the conduct of the Judges, or
luals in the kingdom invested with ju-
, and in that right he stood up, and as-
:rivilege, though not in the language of
to offer his observations on the conduct
,e Committee.
Viscount NORMANBY said, as a Member of the
, he had concurred most fully with the
lee in deciding in favour of the due election
Sitting Member, but there had appeared to
. to be that ground of doubt on the face of the
et of Parliament, that a legal argument might fairly
raised on it—(Hear).
sir. S. BOURNE said the whole question arose
a few words of an Act of Parliament, which
plain Gentlemen were as competent to under-
:d as the most learned lawyers.
Mr. TIERNEY thought good .had been done by
- forward. this discussion, mid argued that it
much to decide that a Petitioner had acted
..7clotely and vexatiously, when he proceeded un-
- the advice of two Gentlemen who had had so
ch business before Committees. No Petition could
with propriety decided to be frivolous and vela-
unless the object of the Petitioner clearly was
J harass the sitting Member, without hopes of suc-
ceeding in his Petition. Some measure should be
to relieve Committees from the necessity of
. a decision, as the practice would in effect be
writing up against Petitioners " Steel traps and spring
Fos: —(A laugh.)—lf a Petition founded on such
advice were voted frivolous and vexatious, no man
toad tell when he was safe in petitioning the House.
Lord CASTLEREAGH thought no good could
melt from the motion ; hut, on the contrary, that to
bring before the House, who were not en their oaths,
the judicial parts of the transactions of Election
Committees, would shake the fundamental advan-
tage dile Grenville Act. The Ordei being read,
Mr WYNNE argued that the decision of the Committee
shc:ll be considered as tlnaL---The questixt for discharging
the crd.tr was thea put and agreed to, 'mime a division.
WINDROR EST .kI3LISHMENT.
Cir ALEXANDER HOPE rose to move his Re-
that Six Equerries be continued on the
ltrval Establishment at Windsor. The Officers, he
who held the rank of Equerries to his Majesty,
had been at all times the companions of his recrea-
-6011. Ought his Majesty, he would ask, after having
fo-nd the same men always by his side, now in the
..11 year of his reign, and the B'2d of his age, find
Lem removed if the Aemtoture should please to
!wore him to the full and unclouded possession of
reason? In the instance of General Spencer, his
Majesty appointed him not only as a man whom he
ap?re..-ed, but also as one previously approved cf by
his cto •
ntry. The appointment of General \Vynyard,
U"her of the Equerries, was occasioned by the love
Ithich he bore to his Majesty's father. The dismissal
t!rese two Officers would, he conceived, disqualify
Let attendance which he treated the House would
Ittige necessary for his Majesty ; of the other four
intrries, one entered the Army 57 years ago; a
11iril 49, and the remaining one 41 years past.—
fleatentioned this as a proof of the claims of the
uz7cers who held these situations, and he trusted
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4tt *.rte House wonld give their claims a fair and
to cid consideratien. He could easly conceive that
t.;elCommittee, when they were called upon to dc-
c-e this question, made a great deal of mutual con-
cession: but what could there possibly result
from continuing only four of the Equerries, at an
expense originally intended for the entire six ? llt
T -rted that the House would decide on the Resolu-
I'm which he was about to submit, with some view
to what might be considered as his Majesty's wishesl
!Pe?
_tile subject. On reference to several documents
,24 Zurent periods, he found that in 1780 his Majesty
esti wien Auerries, and that he, of his own accord,
nreuced diem to five. Mr. Burke, at that period,
pas,,„ i decidedly of opinion, that Parliament should
tterfere with
the appointment of his Majesty's
lu 174, ho said, that all thanks were
• to his Majesty, who had commenced reduction
‘-14113 own liousehOld. If, then, in the year 178 V
would Burke not, by any act of his, attack the
overeigit upon this subject when in the zenith of his
men Parliament, now that be NM blighted

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Boost El
31r. WINN sa
. duction of ths
Committee 0
leasou assign
„teary to the p
committees,
for the pur
discharged.
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cvnittee some
a' had adopte4
a aired his 01
Member (1
,„.hence of tl
c Electors took
,ds of eminen
; reason and %
ore grounds of.
allegation tht
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favourable ver
f.zctors acted, 3
,:!sus and vexat
al an unmooted,
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Lord CASTL
round that it w
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FleCtton Commie
damn would be
mcnt was injudis
Mr. BENNEI
tzinly a difficult
man had objects
Order without a
had begun to as!
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Order—(Hear,
was he out of C
canvass or arrai
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of any individua
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:cried his privi]
arraignment, to
of the Committs
Viscount NOI
Committee, he
Committee in (II
the Sitting
aim to be that ,
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be raised on it—
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Mr. TIERNI
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such a decision
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advice were vc
meld tell whei
Lord CAST
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bring before t 1
the Judicial f
Committees,
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Mr. WYNNE
,Sc-id be consid4
the cr&r was tbi
fir ALEX/
that
Rcral Establi
who het,
had been at al
tea. Ought
ft:p.:ld the sari
59th year of I
them remove(
rettore him to
Es reason?
Majesty appo
bu
his c,,,:ttry.
ar kther of chi
which he bon
cf t!tese two I
that attendan
j,idge necesss
koerries,
third 49, an
mentione
Oilcers who
t:-.at the Hot
car. Cid consi,
Commit:
e.le this que
cession ; but
Nora contint
ezpenie orii
ts'.:ted that
t*.on which
to what mig
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reduced du
pas decide
slot interfen
'Equerries,
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:dr. Burke
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