Lord Maitlandpresented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Appleby, praying for an inquiry into the state of that borough; praying that it might be removed from schedule A, and be allowed to return one Member to Parliament in future.
§ Mr. Crokersaid, this petition deserved the most serious attention of the House. It fully confirmed the statements he had made during the last Session upon the subject of the relative importance of the borough of Appleby. Of some of the allegations contained in the petition it was impossible to 649 doubt, and the truth of the remainder might with great case be ascertained. He, therefore, thought, Ministers ought to grant an inquiry, that full justice might be done to the borough before it was disfranchised.
§ Petition to be printed.