HC Deb 25 March 1806 vol 6 c536
Mr. Secretary Fox

said, he wished that the deputy clerk of the crown should be called in, to be examined as to the non-arrival of the return for Waterford. A considerable time had now elapsed since the election had taken place, and yet he understood that the return was not yet received by the clerk of the crown. The return ought to have been forwarded the day after the election. In the present instance the delay was extraordinary, and there were surmises that it was not purely accidental. He gave notice, that If the return did not arrive before that day, he should, on Thursday, move that the sheriff of the county of Waterford be ordered to attend at the bar. The deputy clerk of the crown was then called in and examined. He said that the return had not been received by him. Mr. Fox then gave notice of a motion on Thursday