§ Mr. Dickinsonrecalled to the recollection of an hon. baronet a petition which he had on a former occasion presented to the House, from some persons confined in Ilchester gaol, for a riot at Bath; and who, in their petition, complained of ill-treatment. He also recalled to the recollection of the hon. baronet the circumstance of his having produced a loaf in the House, which had been sent from the prisoners confined in some jail. He wished to know whether the hon. baronet meant to proceed any further with those complaints.
Sir F. Burdettreplied, that his time had been so much engaged by an election committee, that he had not been able to proceed further in the business of these petitions; and that he had no intention of pressing the matter any further upon the consideration of the House.
§ Mr. Dickinsonwished to know whether the hon. baronet had inquired into the truth of the allegations in the petitions which he had laid before the House?
Sir F. Burdettreplied, that the causes of the complaints preferred in the petitions had been removed.
§ Mr. Dickinsonwished to ask the hon. baronet whether the loaf which he had produced had been sent from the Ilchester or the Bath jail.