Bill for the Removal of the Civil Disabilities of the Jews-passed by the
Commons-rejected by the Lords-Rejection of a proposition for Re-
pealing or Modifying the Laws by which Members of the House of
Commons, accepting certain offices, vacate their Seats-Motion for
Shortening the Duration of Parliaments-Motion for Amending the
Clauses of the Reform Bill, which require the Payment of Rent and
Taxes as a previous qualification for the exercise of the Elective Franchise
-Bill to prevent Bribery in Elections-The Amendments of the Lords
rejected by the Commons--Bills to Disfranchise Warwick, Hertford,
Stafford, Liverpool, and Carrickfergus; none of them pass the Lords-
Lord Warwick's Statement-Issuing of writs to Hertford, Carrickfergus,
and Warwick, suspended-Money supplied by the Secretary of the
Treasury, for the purposes of the Colchester Election-Lord Brougham's
Case of Breach of Privilege-Breach of Privilege occasioned by the
Musical Festival.
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