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Conference had, at the Desire of the Commons, upon the Subject Matter of an Address to be presented to Her Majesty, under the Provisions of the Act 15th and 16th Vict. cap. 57; and Report made, That the Commons had agreed to the following Address, to be presented to Her Majesty, to which they desire the Concurrence of their Lordships:
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 a Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to try a Petition complaining of an undue Election and Return for the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, have reported to the House, that there is Reason to believe that Bribery extensively prevailed at the last Election for the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
We therefore humbly pray Your Majesty, that Your Majesty will be 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 James Vaughan, Esquire, Thomas Irwin Barstow, Esquire, and Franklin Lushington, Esquire, as Commissioners, for the Purpose of making Inquiry into the Existence of such Bribery.