An Act to indemnify William Forsyth Esquire, One of Her Majesty’s Counsel, from any penal Consequences which he may have incurred by sitting or voting as a Member of the House of Commons while holding the Office of Standing Counsel to the Secretary of State in Council of India.
WHEREAS William Forsyth Esquire, One of Her Majesty’s Counsel, was elected and returned at the General Election in One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five as One of the Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of Cambridge: And whereas the said William Forsyth, at the Time of the said Election, held and still holds the Office of Standing Counsel to the Secretary of State in Council of India; And whereas a Petition was presented to the House of Commons on the Sixteenth D...