§ Mr. SPEAKERI have to report to the House that I have received the following report and certificate from the judges of the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, who were appointed to try election petitions:
"The Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868. The Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883.
"To the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons.
"Election of a Member of Parliament for the Denbighshire Boroughs, holden on the 19th day of January, 1910. In the matter of a Petition relating to the said Election presented to His Majesty's High Court of Justice on the 14th day of February, 1910. Allen Clement Edwards, petitioner. The Hon. William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, respondent.
828 "We, the Hon. Sir John Compton Lawrance, Knight, and the Hon. Sir William Pickford, Knight, two of the Judges of the High Court of Justice, for the time being on the Rota for the trial of Parliamentary Election Petitions in England and Wales, do hereby report:—
§ "(1) That an application for leave to withdraw this petition was heard before us in open court on this 13th day of May, 1910.
§ "(2) That having heard counsel on both sides and read the affidavits by the parties to the Petition, their solicitors and election agents, we ordered that the petitioner should have leave to withdraw this Petition.
§ "(3) That in our opinion the withdrawal of this Petition was not the result of any agreement terms or undertaking nor in consideration that the seat should at any time be vacated, nor in consideration of the withdrawal of any other Election Petition nor for any other consideration.
§ "Dated this 13th day of May, 1910.
§ "J. C. LAWRANCE.
§ "W. PICKFORD."