§ LORD ROBERT GROSVENORappeared at the bar, and stated that the Maldon Election Committee had determined—
That Charles Du Cane, esquire, is not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Maldon.That Taverner John Miller, esquire, is not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Maldon.That the last Election for the Borough of Maldon is a void Election.Also that the Committee had agreed to the following Resolutions:—That Charles Du Cane and Taverner John Miller, esquires, were by their agents guilty of bribery at the last Election, but that it was proved to the satisfaction of the Committee, that the acts of bribery were committed without the cognizance or privity of the said Charles Du Cane and Taverner John Miller.That Charles Du Cane and Taverner John Miller, esquires, were by their agents guilty of treating at the last Election, but that it was not proved to the satisfaction of the Committee, that such treating took place with the knowledge or consent of the said Charles Du Cane and Taverner John Miller.That there is reason to believe that corrupt practices have extensively prevailed at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Maldon.
§ Report to lie on the table.
§ Ordered—That the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Committee be laid before this House.