§ Mr. Hogg,chairman of the committee appointed to try and determine the merits of the petition complaining of an undue return for the borough of Clitheroe, brought up the report of the said committee.
The committee reported,—
That Mr. Matthew Wilson, jun is not duly elected a burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the borough of Clitheroe.That Mr. Edward Cardwell is duly elected and ought to have been returned a burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the borough of Clitheroe.