§ MR. WALPOLEbrought up the Report of the Committee appointed to try and determine the petition against the return for the borough of Knaresborough. The Committee had determined—
That Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead, esquire, is not duly elected, and ought not to have been returned a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Knaresborough.That Basil Thomas Woodd, esquire, is duly elected and returned a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough of Knaresborough.That John Dent Dent, esquire, is duly elected and returned a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough of Knaresborough.
§ Report to lie on the table.