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Disbound. [Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Limerick City Election Petition; with the proceedings of the Committee. (1859)] In the matter of the Petition of James Spaight, Esq., complaining of the undue election and return of Major Galvin for the City of Limerick, the Committee determined; -That Major Galvin is duly elected a Citizen to serve in the present Parliament for the County of the City of Limerick, furthermore the Committee agreed to the following resolutions: 1. That certain riotous and tumultuous proceedings took place at and after the last election for the said City; but that it was not proved to the Committee that such proceedings took place at the instigation, or with the sanction of Major Galvin or his agents. 2. That no application was made to the returning officer for an adjournment of the poll in consequence of such proceedings, and that it was not proved to the Committee that they were of such a duration or of such a character as to prevent the votes of the electors from being recorded. Select Committee appointed to try and determine the matter of the Petition: Ralph William Grey, Esq., Allen Elliot Lockhart, Esq., Taverner John Miller, Esq., Meaburn Staniland, Esq., James Milnes Gaskell, Esq. (Chairman). 116pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Disbound. [Report from the Select Committee on the Waterford Election Petition; with the Minutes of Proceedings. (1853)] together with [Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Waterford Election Petition; together with the Proceedings of the Committee. (1853)] Papers in relation to the trial of the Petition of Richard Hely Hutchinson, a candidate at the last election, complaining of the undue Election and Return, for the County of Waterford, of John Esmonde, Esq. Keywords: Elections - Corrupt practices - Ireland - Irish papers - government - parliament. Series: House of Commons papers: 348, 389. 34pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Disbound. [Minutes of evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Dublin City Election Petition with the Proceedings of the Committee and Index. (1857)] The trial of the Petition of Robert Hobart and David Lyons, two electors of the County of the City of Dublin, complaining of the undue Election and Return of Edward Grogan and John Vance for the said city. Keywords: Elections - Corrupt practices - Ireland - Irish papers - government - parliament. Series: House of Commons papers: 293. 156pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Disbound. [Lisburn Election. Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Lisburn Election Petition; together with the proceedings of the committee and index. (1864.)] Names of Members of the Select Committee appointed to try and determine the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue Election and Return in the Borough of Lisburn: William Edward Forster Esq., Frederick North Esq., Henry Paull Esq., William Stirling Esq., and chairman Hugh Edward Adair Esq. The said petition is of Jonathan Joseph Richardson and of Russell Kennedy and Bryson Pelan, complaining of an undue election and return in the Borough of Lisburn, Co. Antrim. Counsel for the petitioners was Mr. Phinn, Q.C., Mr. Rodwell, Q.C., and Mr. Clerk. Counsel for the sitting member was Mr. O’Malley, Q.C., Mr. Cooke, Q.C., and Hon. R. Bourke 260pp. Disbound and housed in a protective file
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Hardback. Reports from Committees 1852-53: Volume 4 of 32 Volumes. Contents of Fourth Volume: Cork City Election. [Report from the Select Committee on the Petition of Richard Beare Tooker and William Prittie Harris, Electors, complaining of an undue Election and Return of Francis Stack Murphy and William Fagan, Esquires, for the County of the City of Cork] [Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Cork City Election Petition; together with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee] [Index to the Minutes of Evidence on the Cork City Election Petition] Keywords: Elections - Corrupt practices - Ireland - Irish papers - government - parliament. Series: House of Commons papers, 521; 528; 528-1. 498pp. Rebound in July 1934 in varnished maroon cloth, gilt decoration on the spine
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Disbound. [Report from the Select Committee on the Carrickfergus Election Petition: with the Minutes of Proceedings and the Evidence taken before them.] Mr. O’Connell, from the Select Committee appointed to try and determine the merits of the Petition of the there undersigned Freeholders, Leaseholders and Householders of the Town and County of the Town of Carrickfergus, in Ireland, Electors who had a right to vote at the last election of a member to serve in this present Parliament for the said town of Carrickfergus, and who therein and thereby claim to have had such a right, complaining of an undue election and return for the said town and county, informed The House, that the said Committee had determined;- That Conway Richard Dobbs, Esq. Is not duly elected Burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the Town and County of the Town of Carrickfergus. – That the last Election for the Town and County of the Town of Carrickfergus is a void election. –That the Petition of the said Freeholders, Leaseholders and Householders, does not appear to the said committee to be frivolous or vexatious. Mr. O’Connell also informed The House, that the said Select Committee had come to the following resolutions, which they had directed him to report to The House: -That the most gross and scandalous bribery appears to have prevailed on both sides at the late election for the Town and County of the Town of Carrickfergus; and that although it does not appear that the said Conway Richard Dobbs, Esquire, did personally take any part in such bribery, yet that his return was procured by his agents and friends by bribery. –That a great proportion of the constituency, composed of freemen of the Corporation, have been influenced solely by bribery in giving their votes at the late election; and it appears to the committee that similar corrupt practices have prevailed Elections for the said Town and County of the Town of Carrickfergus. –That the committee beg leave to submit to the most serious attention of The House the evidence of gross bribery and corruption which appears upon the Minutes of Evidence. –That great expense has been occasioned to the Parties by the delay in the production of certain documents which were required in the progress of the Petitioner’s case; and that the Committee would also beg to direct the attention of The House to the facts which appear upon the Minutes of Evidence on that subject. Carrickfergus Election Committee: Daniel O’Connell, Esq., James Henry Callender, Esq., John Madocks, Esq., Henry Aglionby, Esq., Sir Edward Dolman Scott, Baronet, The Honourable Pierce Butler, Sampson Stawell, Esq., Fitzstephen French, Esq., William Lewis Salusbury Trelawney, Esq., Morgan O’Connell, Esq., Leonard Dobbin, Esq. 102pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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- 1833
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Disbound. [Report from the Select Committee on the City of Dublin Election Petition: and also, the Minutes of Evidence Taken before them.] Mr. Robert Gordon, from the Select Committee appointed to try and determine the merits of the Petition of James Scarlett, David McCleery, and others, severally complaining of an undue election and return for the City of Dublin, informed The House, that the said Committee have determined: -That Robert Harty, Esquire, The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Louis Perrin, Esquire, are not duly elected Citizens to serve in the present Parliament for the City of Dublin. –That the last Election of Citizens to serve in Parliament for the said City of Dublin is a void election. –That the said Petition did not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. –That the Opposition to the said Petition did not appear to the said committee to be frivolous or vexatious. Mr. Robert Gordon also reported to The House, that Select Committee had come to the following Resolutions, which they had him to report to The House; -That Robert Harty and Louis Perrin, Esquires, were, by their agents, guilty of bribery at the last election for the said City. –That it appears to this committee, that certain individuals holding official situations in Ireland, or considered to be connected with the Irish Government, did, at the last election for the City of Dublin, in contravention of the Resolutions of The House of Commons, use undue influence in favour of, and with a view to aid and assist in, the election and return of the sitting members of the City of Dublin. –That the Chairman be requested to move, that this report, with the Evidence taken before the said Committee, be printed. 88pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Hardback. [Report from the Select Committee on the Mayo Election Petition; with the Minutes of Proceedings. (1853.)] together with [Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Mayo Election Petition; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee (1853.)] and also [Index to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Mayo Election Petition] The trial of the Petition of Sir Robert Lynch Blosse, Bart., and William Kearney, complaining of an undue Election and Return of George Henry Moore, Esq., and George Gore Ouseley Higgins, Esq. Keywords: Elections - Corrupt practices - Ireland - Irish papers - government - parliament. Series: House of Commons papers: 372, 415, 415-1. 108pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Disbound. [Report from the Select Committee on Carrickfergus Borough: with the Minutes of Evidence and an appendix] The Select Committee was appointed to make further Inquiry into the Proceedings of the Last and Former Elections for the Borough of Carrickfergus, and into the state of the Population and other circumstances in the said Borough, with a view to the propriety of its being represented in Parliament, and to whom the several Petitions against the Carrickfergus Disfranchisement Bill were referred. Keywords: Elections - Corrupt practices - Ireland - Irish papers - government - parliament. Series: House of Commons papers: 527. 38pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Disbound. [Report from the Select Committee on the Newry Borough Election Petition: and also the Minutes of Evidence taken before them] In the matter of the Petition of Dennis Maguire, Esquire, of Newry, in the County of Armagh, one of the Candidates at the last election for a Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Newry, complaining of an undue Election and Return for the said Borough, the Committee determined;- That the Honourable Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill, commonly called Lord Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill, is duly elected a Burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the Borough of Newry;- That the Petition of the said Dennis Maguire does not appear to be frivolous or vexatious;- That the opposition to the Petition does not appear to be frivolous or vexatious. The Committee also came to the resolution that although it had not been proved that the sitting Member was implicated by the existence of unlawful practices during the late election for the Borough of Newry, it appears that a system of bribery prevailed there to a considerable extent, in which certain Members of a club called The Union were concerned; and the Committee wished to direct the attention of The House to the part taken in these transactions by James Lisle and other Electors. 50pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Hardback. [Report from the Select Committee on the New Ross Election Petition; with the Minutes of Proceedings (1853)] together with [Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the New Ross Election Petition; together with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee] The Trial of the Petition of Henry Lambert, complaining of the undue Election and Return of Charles Gavin Duffy for the Borough of New Ross in County Wexford. Keywords: Elections - Corrupt practices - Ireland - Irish papers - government - parliament. Series: House of Commons papers: 356, 463. 30pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Disbound. [Petition; also, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Cork County Election; together with the Poll Books produced before the Committee] The Petition presented to the Committee was that of Nicholas Philpot, Leader of Dromagh, in the County of Cork, Esq., Robert Longfield, of the City of Dublin, Esq., Barrister at Law, John Newman, of Ashgrove, County cork, Esq., and John Caulfield Irvine, of Grove Hill, County Cork, Esq.. They allege that the Return of Daniel O’Connell and Edmund Burke Roche was obtained by violent, illegal, fraudulent and outrageous means and devises and that the Election of the two gentlemen was illegal and void and that Nicholas Philpot and Robert Longfield ought to be Substituted in the Return for the said county. The Committee determined that Daniel O’Connell, Esq., and Edmund Burke Roche, esq., were duly elected Knights of The Shire, to serve in the present Parliament for the County of Cork. 214pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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- 1842
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Disbound. [Report from the Select Committee on the Athlone Election Petition; with the Minutes of Proceedings. (1853)] together with [Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Athlone Election Petition; together with the Proceedings of the Committee. (1853)] and [Index to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Athlone Election Petition] Papers in relation to the trial of the Petition of Robert Bartholomew Lawes, complaining of an undue Election and Return of William Keogh, Esq., for the Borough of Athlone. Keywords: Elections - Corrupt practices - Ireland - Irish papers - government - parliament. Series: House of Commons papers: 321, 383, 383-1. 62pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Disbound. [Minutes of the Proceedings and Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Athlone Election Petition] In the matter of the Petition of Patrick Kelly and others, complaining of an undue election and return for the Borough of Athlone, The Committee determined that John Collette, Esq., is duly elected a Burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the Borough of Athlone. The Select Committee appointed to try and determine the matter of the Petition: William Beckett, Esq., Hon. William Owen Stanley, William Lockhart, Esq., Raikes Curry, Esq., William Cripps, Esq., Henry George Ward, Esq., John Somerset Pakington, Esq. (Chairman). 28pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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- 1844
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Hardback. [Minutes of Evidence and Proceedings taken before the Select Committee on the Carlow Borough Election Petitions] The trial of: the Petition of Thomas Gisborne, the younger against the Election and Return for Carlow; - the Petition of George O’Farrell and others, electors, complaining of the Election and – the Petition of Henry Cary and Simeon Clarke, electors; Petition of Nicholas Byrn and others, electors; Petition of William Cary and others, electors, severally praying to be admitted as Parties to defend the Return of the Sitting Member. Keywords: Elections - Corrupt practices - Ireland - Irish papers - government - parliament. Series: House of Commons papers: 414. 1102pp. Two Volume set rebound in 1934 in maroon cloth with gilt decoration on the spine
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Disbound. [Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Sligo Borough Election Petition; with the Proceedings of the Committee (1857)] and [Report from the Select Committee on the Sligo Election Petition (Mr. Somers’ Petitions); with the Proceedings of the Committee] The Minutes of Evidence of the trial of the Petition of the Right Honourable J.A. Wynne, the unsuccessful candidate at the last election, against the return of J.P. Somers, together with the Report of the trial of the Petition of J.P. Somers , in relation to any circumstances in the case affecting the Privileges of The House. Keywords: Elections - Corrupt practices - Ireland - Irish papers - government - parliament. Series: House of Commons papers: 227, 206. 30pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Disbound. [Lagan Navigation Bill. Report and Minutes of Proceedings of the Select Committee on the Lagan Navigation Bill.] 6pp. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Inland waterways, Public Works, Local History - County Down, County Antrim. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Disbound. [Report from the Select Committee on Pawnbroking in Ireland; Together with the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index] 257pp. Report from the Committee appointed to inquire into the Laws and Regulations which affect the Trade of Pawnbroking in Ireland, and their Practical Operations; and to Report to The House whether any and what alterations may be advantageously adopted therein. Contains a wealth of information relative to the business of Pawnbroking in Ireland, Including extensive tables of figures of amounts borrowed, Names and Locations of Pawnbrokers, Names, Residences and Occupations of Sureties. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Economic Conditions, Trade and Industry, Local History. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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- 1838
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Disbound. [Report from Select Committee on Carrickfergus Forgeries Election Petition] THE SELECT COMMITTEE to whom the Petition of Lord George Augusta Hill, stating that several of the Names subscribed to the Petition of William Henderson and others, Freemen, complaining of the Election and Return for the Borough of Carrickfergus are Forgeries, and also the Petition of James Simms, Henry White and others, complaining that their Names were forged as Signatures to the said Election Petition, were referred, and to whom the last-mentioned Petition was also referred ; and who were empowered to report the Minutes or Evidence taken before them to The House ; -have examined the Matter thereof, and have come to the following Resolutions : That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That fourteen out of thirty signatures to the Petition purporting to be an Election Petition against Lord George Augusta Hill for the Borough of Carrickfergus, delivered into the Table of This House on the 15th day of November last (such Signatures purporting to be those of parties entitled to vote at the last Election for the said Borough), were not written by the persons intended to be represented by the same, or with their concurrence, but are Forgeries, one of the remaining Signatures belonging to a Freeman long since dead, and another to a party not a Freeman; -That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That Hutcheson Posnett was privy to the Forgery of the said Signatures; -That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That John Morison Eccleston was privy to the Forgery of the said Signatures. 122pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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Disbound. [Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Waterford County Election Petition; with the Proceedings of the Committee. (1867.)] In the matter of the Petition of the Honourable Walter Cecil Talbot complaining of an undue Election and Return for the County of Waterford, the Committee Determined: -That Edmond de la Poer, Esq., was duly Elected a Knight of the Shire to serve in the present Parliament. They also resolved: -That no case of general riot at the last Election was proved as would make the Election altogether null and void; -That no evidence was adduced before the Committee in regard to corrupt practices at the last Election. The Select Committee Appointed were: Richard Arkwright, Esq., George Cubbitt, Esq., Henry Riversdale Grenfell, Esq., Lewis Llewellyn Dillwyn, Esq., and Hugh Edward Adair, Esq. Chairman. The Trial commenced on the 26th March 1867 and terminated on the 3rd April 1867. 172pp. Disbound, housed in a protective file
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