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Resolved, That an humble Address he presented to Her Majesty, as followeth:—
Most Gracious Sovereign,
We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave humbly to represent to Your Majesty that Sir William Robert Grove, knight, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, and one of the Judges selected for the trial of Election Petitions, pursuant to "The Parlia-
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mentary Elections Act, 1868," has reported to the House of Commons that there is reason to believe that corrupt practices extensively prevailed at the last Election for the Borough of Boston:
We therefore humbly pray Your Majesty that Your Majesty will he graciously pleased to cause inquiry to be made, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Parliament passed in the sixteenth year of the reign of Your Majesty, intituled, "An Act to provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence of Corrupt Practices at Elections for Members to serve in Parliament," by the appointment of Æneas John M'Intyre, esquire, one of Her Majesty's Counsel, Wyndham Slade, esquire, barrister at law, and Douglas Straight, esquire, barrister at law, as Commissioners, for the purpose of making inquiry into the existence of such corrupt practices.
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Ordered, That the said Address be communicated to The Lords, and their concurrence desired thereto.—(Mr. Attorney General.)
House adjourned at a quarter after One o'clock.