§ MR. INGHAM, the Chairman of the Derby Election Committee, appeared at the bar with the Report of that Committee. He said—
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The Committee have come to the following determination:—
That Michael Thomas Bass, esquire, is duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Derby.
That Thomas Berry Horsfall, esquire, is not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Derby.
That Lawrence Heyworth, esquire, was duly elected, and ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the-Borough of Derby.
That the Petition of William Pool, so far as-it regards the Return of Michael Thomas Bass, esquire, was frivolous and vexatious.
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The Committee have also agreed to the following Resolutions:—.
That Thomas Berry Horsfall, esquire, was by his agents guilty of bribery at the last Election, but that it has been proved, to the satisfaction of the Committee, that such bribery was altogether without the concurrence or privity of the said Thomas Berry Horsfall.
That Thomas Morgan seems to have been the person principally engaged in the above-mentioned acts of bribery, and the funds for such purpose appear to have been furnished to Morgan through the intervention of a person named Thomas Lund.
That it has been proved, as to several of the above parties, that at former Elections they have received money for their votes, and the Committee have reason to believe that such corrupt practice has been prevalent in the Borough; and they desire to state their opinion, that parties once
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reported to the House as guilty of bribery, should be disqualified for the future from exercising any Parliamentary franchise.
§ Clerk of the Crown to attend To-morrow, and amend the Return.