HC Deb 12 April 1866 vol 182 c1123

The Members appointed to try and determine the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of Cambridge being again called to the Table at Five of the clock, and John Duke Coleridge, esquire, being still absent, Mr. Bovill, Member for the Borough of Guildford, stated in his place that he had a Letter in his hand from Mr. Coleridge, from which it appeared that he was now on his way to London by Railway, from Devonshire, the train being due at the Waterloo Station at twenty minutes after Six this afternoon; and Mr. Bovill having verified such statement upon oath, Mr. Speaker directed the four other Members to resume their -seats until the Committee should be sworn, or the swearing adjourned.

The Members appointed to try and determine the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of Cambridge, being again called to the Table at Seven of the clock, and John Duke Coleridge, esquire, being still absent:—

Ordered, That the swearing of the said Committee be adjourned till To-morrow, at Four of the clock.—(Sir George Grey.)