A 769,048 DUPL 4.4. } 18:7 SCIENTIA ARTES LIBRARY VERITAS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | PLUAISUS UKUN TUE BOR EL-QUÆRIS PENINSULAN CIRCUMSPICE ว 1 : : ་ - v M - CROSBY'S PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 11 CROSBY'S RLIAMENTARY RECORD OF ELECTIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AR RV IRELAND: CANTI WITH " BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES AND SPEECHES OF DISTINGUISHED STATESMEN, &c. VOL. I. LEEDS: PUBLISHED BY GEORGE CROSBY, QUEEN'S PLACE. 1849. JN 505 $67 1849 V 3 1027515-190 PREFACE. Tuc exercise of the elective franchise is justly considered as one of the pre-eminent privileges of Britons. It is the distinguish- ing characteristic of a free nation, and cherishes that spirit of independence which actuated the bosoms of our ancestors, by whose noble exertions, and at the expence of whose blood it was obtained. Nothing is more strongly indicative of the political spirit of the times, than the manner of exercising the important right, the information relative to which has chiefly been confined to the ephemeral productions of the press. A conviction of the utility and accommodation it would afford to numerous inquirers after knowledge, if this important information were concentrated in a more convenient form, led to the publication of the present volume. For, whoever reflects that the decisions of our legislators affect the fate of empires,-that upon their breath rests all that is dear to freedom and religion,—that their acts may involve us in all the horrors of civil discord, or plunge the kingdom into a calamitous war, and thereby expend the blood and treasure of the nation,—will not hesitate to conclude that their proceedings must be pregnant with interest, and to clucidate all important events connected with them, a most desirable object. If it be true, then, that "our property, our liberties, and our lives are in the hands of the senate,"—and that it is true, no one, we are persuaded, will venture to deny,-how essentially necessary it is that all who desire the well-being and prosperity of their country, and the stability of its constitution, should be 02 8 8 2 iv. PREFACE. 1 thoroughly acquainted with all that relates to that august assembly in order that, by their united and exerted influence and intelligence it may no longer be an assembly of small and particular interests but that it may form a body of men who represent the interest and intelligence of the nation, who sympathise with them, and who can fairly call upon them to support their burthens in the future struggles and difficulties of the country, on the ground that those who ask them for that support, are joined heart and hand with them, and, like themselves, are seeking only the glory and welfare of the United Kingdom. Opposition to the rapidly- increasing spirit of inquiry, and the ardent desire for information on political subjects which now pervades all classes, from the peer to the peasant, would be unwise and unavailing. The same spirit which led the humble and uneducated to enter the fields of natural and experimental philosophy, is now animating many ardent minds to explore the arcana of statistics. We therefore, unin- fluenced by party views, and unprejudiced by political connexions, advance to cherish and assist the impulse by presenting a succinct desideratum, which will serve as an interesting and useful Political Record. CONTENTS. On the Origin of Government, by the late Sir Wm. Dugdale 15 The Origin of Laws 16 · Westminster Hall 19 Historical Origin of the British Parliament, and its progressive changes to the present time 21 An Account of the Parliamentary Forms and Regulations of the House of Commons 39 Abstract of the Changes made in the Representation of Counties and Boroughs by the Reform Bill 49 53 ib. 55 56 57 5S ib. 39 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford and Mortimer Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke William Pulteney, Earl of Bath John Carteret, Earl of Granville Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield : • : : : Henry Fox, Lord Holland .. • } : viii. CONTENTS. * : : : : : : : : Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Statesmen. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham Charles Townshend Charles Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool Frederick North, Earl of Guildford .. Edmund Burke : Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville William Petty, Marquis of Lansdowne Charles James Fox Richard Brinsley Sheridan Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth Samuel Whitbread William Pitt William Wilberforce : : William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville Spencer Percival Charles, Earl Grey Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington Robert Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry Sir Francis Burdett William Huskisson George Canning Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool John Scott, Lord Eldon Sir Samuel Romilly Sir James Mackintosh William Draper Best, Lord Wynford Henry Richard Vassall, Lord Holland : Henry Brougham, Lord Brougham and Vaux : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 60 02 16. : : 63 64 66 67 68 67 69 72 75 76 ib. 77 82 83 84 85 87 $9 91 94 95 98 100 101 L 103 104 106 ib' CONTENTS. 13. Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Statesmen, Henry Petty, Marquis of Lansdowne Frederick John Robinson, Earl of Ripon Sir Robert Peel, Bart.. Lord John Russell John Copley, Lord Lyndhurst Alphabetical List of Members of Parliament, elected July 1841, as published 109 110 111 116 118 in the "London Gazette" English Parliamentary Elections Andover Election, 1768 119 120 Aylesbury : : : • 131 134 • • Burke's Speech at Bristol, 1774 148. To the Electors of the Eastern Division of the County of Cumberland . . Andrew Marvell 163 202 South Lancashire.-Lord Ellesmere's Address, 1846 200 Mr. Macaulay's Address to the Electors of Leeds, on being appointed a Member of the Council in India 200 Canning's Letter to the Worthy and Independent Freemen of Liverpool 218 Pitt's Letter to the Livery of the City of London.. 222 Election of John Wilkes, M.P. for Middlesex, 1768 233 Nottingham Elections Petitions 246 Oxford City 249 Expenses of R. B. Sheridan, Esq., at the Borough of Stafford for Election, Anno 1780 273 R. Cobden's Letter to the Farming Tenantry of the United Kingdom Extracts from Sir Robert Peel's Speech, delivered at Tamworth, July 24th, 1837 285 Westminster · • 276 299 Westminster Election, 1784 300 Address to the Right Hon. Viscount Morpeth, passed at a Public Meeting of the Electors and Inhabitants of the West Riding of the County of York, held in the Court House at Wakefield, on the 27th of October 1841 315 Scotch Parliamentary Elections 331 CONTENTS. Irish Parliamentary Elections.. The Three last General Elections.-1835, 1837, and 1841.. 349 370 Representation of the United Kingdom 372 Comparative Summary of the Population in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841 Agricultural Condition of England and Wales 371 ib. Declared Value of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures, under Sir Robert Peel's New Tarif 375 Statistics of Great Britain, from 1796 to 1845 A Table of the Number and Duration of Parliaments Important to Electors.. Occupations of the People of England and Wales Parliamentary Electors in Great Britain Total Number of Electors in Great Britain and Ireland, in 1842-3 National Debts .. Dissolution of Parliament and Queen's Speech, June 23, 1847 The General Election in July and August, 1817 Gains and Losses on the General Election 376 ► : : : : 378 379 : : : 380 ib. 3S1 382 383 389 413 State of the Partics before the Dissolution, and after the General Election 413 THE FOURTEENTH IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT OF The United Kingdom OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND THE SECOND OF HER PRESENT MAJESTY. Her Most Excellent and Gracious Majesty, VICTORIA I. QUEEN of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Sovereign of the Orders of the Garter, Bath, St. Patrick, Thistle, and the Ionian Order of St. Michael and St. George, Born May 24, 1819; succeeded to the throne upon the demise of her uncle, King William IV., 20th June, 1837; is the only daughter of the late Duke of Kent, by Princess Victoria Mary Louisa, fourth daughter of the Duke of Saxe Cobourg Saalfield, sister of Leopold I. King of the Belgians, and widow of his serene Highness Charles Louis, Prince of Lieningen. Crowned Sovereign of these Realms, at Westminster, June 28, 1838. Married February 10, 1840, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, with Field Marshal His Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel, Duke of Saxe, Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter. Issue, the Princess Royal, born November 21, 1840. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, born Nov. 9, 1841. Alice Maud Mary, boru April 25, 1843. Alfred Ernest Albert, born August 6, 1844. Helena Augusta Victoria, born May 25, 1846. 1 INTRODUCTION. POLITICS have their metaphysics, as well as chemistry and medi- cine. It is possible to express in abstract or general terms those perpetual truisms, or laws of nature as to social man, which compre- hend a multitude of individual observations on particular facts. The apparent exceptions can be classed, and these again reduced into a theoretic form, which passes at first for an hypothesis, and at last for an axiom. It is by this sort of progressive generalization, that all human science necessarily advances: to philosophise is to reduce detached facts under some common principle; to discover truth, is to invent that form of proposition or expression which shall not require subsequent change. The art of rendering great political changes useful, then, is to reduce from the various specific examples of them, the general laws by which they are governed; so that men may know beforehand what is the natural and probable progress of party opinion, and party con- duct, and be able to estimate what degree of oppression, or public misery, apathy, or enthusiasm is to be awaited for the successful introduction of them. "General reasonings," says Mr. Hume, "seem intricate merely because they are general: nor is it easy for the bulk of mankind to distinguish, in a great number of particulars, that common circum- stance in which they all agree, or to extract it pure and unmixed, from the other superfluous circumstances." But however intricate they may seem, it is certain, that general principles, if just and sound, must always prevail in the general course of things, though they may fail in particular cases: and it is the chief business of the phi- losopher to regard the general course of things; one may add, that it is also the chief business of politicians, especially in the domestic government of the state, where the public good, which is, or ought to be their object, depends on the concurrence of a multitude B vi. INTRODUCTION- of causes; not as in foreign politics, on accidents and chances, and the caprices of a few persons. We shall, therefore, endeavour to place a practical demonstration of our matchless constitution, by giving a succinct historical origin and its progressive changes to the present time; also a brief biography of the most illustrious statesmen that have adorned our British senate; embodying a collection of speeches from past and present distinguished orators, combining the splendor and dignity of elocution, with the beauty and sublimity of metaphor. It is presumed that a collection of events, so essential to be known by every British subject, will not only be deemed worthy the notice of the politician, but of every reader who admires nervous and classic composition, enriched with all that grace and elegance for which the British senate is most eminently conspicuous. The statistics of the contested elections, changes of the respective parties, tables, &c., will form an interesting portion for general reference. The whole furnishing the most interesting information in a concise form, will tend to afford a knowledge of that constitution which is the admiration of the world; as congenial to nature, perfect justice, and enlightened reason: a system most beautiful and grand, originating in the purest principles of human policy directed to the promotion of general welfare; and the fostering of genuine liberty, the fruitful source from which all public blessings spring, like the sturdy oak from its acorn, or the flower from its seed. From these principles are derived that firmness, beauty, and magnificence of our excellent con- stitution, founded on the mutual consent of prince and people: both moving as it were in one orb, reciprocally influencing, attracting, and directing each other; whose united power may be compared to a machine for the determining the equality of weights, the sovereign and the representative body counterpoising each other, and the peers pre- serving the equilibrium: a constitution founded on the basis of characterestic virtue, the love of order, the purity of Parliament, and the liberty of all her Majesty's loyal and faithful subjects. PARLIAMENTARY RECORD, &c. ON THE ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT. LATE SIR W. DUGDALE. BY THE LATE (Jura dant singuli natis et uxoribus.) That this at first was in the father of the household, and when generations of men increased, in the chief of the family, both the light of reason and all history do suffi- ciently manifest. How it therefore fell into other hands, I cannot better express, than in the words of Sir Walter Raleigh. In tract of time (saith he) as people grew numerous, and kindreds more remote, obedience, the fruit of natural reverence, waxing cold, and brotherly affection by little and little withering away; wisdom being likewise severed from power, and strength from charity, covetous- ness begot oppression, and the more powerful man in- croached upon the weak; necessity, therefore, (which makes wise even the brute creatures as well as men) occa- sioned both the prudent and ignorant at once to under- stand, that the condition of reasonable man would become far more miserable than that of the beasts; and that a general flood of confusion would a second time overflow them. did they not by a general obedience to order and dominion. prevent it. For the mighty, who trusted in their own strength, found others again (by interchange of times) 16 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. more mighty than themselves: the feeble fell under the forcible, and the equal from equal received equal harmes;) insomuch, that licentious disorder, which seemed to pro- mise liberty upon the first acquaintance, proved upon a better trial no less perilous than an unendurable bondage. Hence, therefore, was it (as Cicero well conjectureth) that men fled to some one amongst themselves excelling others in virtue and prowess, and submitted to his dictates and decrees, as to laws inviolable; Prestat enim regem tryran- num habere, quam nullum, it being better to have a tyrant than no government at all. Thus, to speak humanly, may the beginning of empire be ascribed to reason and necessity; but out of doubt it was from Almighty God himself, that this beam of light did shine into the hearts of men whereby they might discern, that they could not subsist without a guide and ruler for from the words of Holy Writ we find, that the Most High beareth rule over the kingdoms of men, and appointeth over them whom he pleaseth. THE ORIGIN OF LAWS. But by this government, though they found great advan- tages, considering the miseries they underwent before, yet time (making all men wise that observe it) shewed them some imperfections therein and therefore both the same necessity which invented, and the same reason which approved of sovereign power, devised certain rules. whereby dominion (in the beginning boundless) might likewise be kept within her own limits; so that the gover- *Daniel v. 21. PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 17 ہم * nour might the more safely exercise his sovereign power, and the governed more securely enjoy that which was their own right for then, as Justine saith "Populus nullis legibus tenebantur arbitria principum pro legibus erant": The people were not governed by any other laws than the wills of their princes. And what the effects of those their wills were, hear what St. Augustine expresseth, เ Quid enim (saith he) sunt regna nisi magna latrocinai remota justitia quæ est legum effectus." Since, therefore, the benefit of law is so great, let us consider what it is, from some excellent and most proper definitions which have been made thereof. The famous Roman orator tells us that "Lex est summa ratio insita a natura, que jubeat ea quæ facienda sunt, prohibeatque con- traria": It is the great dictate of natural reason, which commands what is to be done, and prohibits the contrary. It is the reformer (saith he) of vice and the encourager of virtue. ៩. Under this law (I mean the law of nature) did the old patriarchs live: and in this do most nations of the world still concur. And of so great power hath it been esteemed that Ea, non homini sed Deo Delphico triburetur” That it ought not to be attributed to men, but to God, saith Cicero. I have read, that the ancient Kings, for the better reputation of their laws, told their subjects that they received them from the Gods,--" Deum ne an hominem aliquem condendarum legum causam existimatis," quoth Plato in that dialogue of his with Clivius the Cretian, and Megillas the Lacedemonian; Clivus answering "Deum, (0 hospes) Deum inquam, ut decet asserere apud nos quidem, (Cretenses vult) Jovem apud Lacedæmonios Apollinem” : and then tells us (out of Homer) of Minos, (the great 1 18 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. lawgiver of Crete) how he had nine years conversation and conference with Jupiter before he gave them their laws; and a little after calls him, one that gave laws from God. Our great English lawyer, Sir John Fortescue Knight, (who was chief justice of the King's Bench, in the time of King Henry VI.) in that learned discourse of his De Laudibus Leg. Angl., saith, that all human laws are either the law of nature, or customs, or statutes, which are called constitutions, but customs and the sentences of the law of nature; after that they were once put in writing, and by the sufficient authority of the prince published, and commanded to be kept, were changed into the nature of constitutions or statutes: and did, after that, more penally than before, bind the subject of the prince to the keeping of them, by the severity of his commandment. Consonant whereunto is that expression of the learned Seldon, "All laws in general (saith he) are originally equally ancient: all were grounded upon nature and no nation was, that out of it took not their grounds; and nature being the same in all, the beginning of all laws must be the same." Now of those who have been most famous for making laws in several nations, Moses may be very well ranked in the first place, by reason that the Israelites received theirs from him. Lycurgus in the next, from whom the Lacede- monians had theirs and from Solon, the Athenians; the memory of which men, for their singular prudence in framing such wholesome and beneficial constitutions in those countries, is still no less famous than of the greatest princes by whose power they were ever governed. The Romans received some of theirs from their kings, some from their Decemviri, some from their Senators, some from their Lawgivers, and some from the people themselves. PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 19 WESTMINSTER HALL. When I enter, says Mr. Stephen, in his Dangers of the Country, that venerable Hall which for many cen- turies has been the seat of our superior tribunals, and contemplate the character of the courts which are busily exercising their several jurisdictions around it; I am almost tempted to forget the frailty of man, and the im- perfection of his noblest works. There Justice, supported by liberty and honour, sits enthroned as in her temple, elevated far above the region of all ignoble passions. There judicial character is so strongly quartered by ages of fair example, by public confidence, by conscious independence and dignity of station, that it is scarcely a virtue to be just. There the human intellect, nourished by the morn- ing dew of industry and warmed by manly emulation, puts forth its most vigorous shoots, and consecrates them to the noblest of all sublunary ends. If the rude emblems of heavenly intelligence, with which our pious ancestors have adorned that majestic roof, were really what they were meant to represent, they might announce to us that they had looked down upon an administration of justice, advancing progressively from the days of our Henrys, at least in correctness, liberality, purity, and independence, till it has arrived at a degree of perfection never before witnessed upon earth, and such as the children of Adam are not likely ever to surpass. This blessing, the fairest offspring of freedom, or rather its purest essence, may, like all other advantages, be undervalued by those who have always enjoyed it, and know only by report the evils of a different lot; but those Englishmen who have travelled far enough to see ignorance, prejudice, servility, and I { 1 20 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. oppression in the seat of justice, know how to appreciate and admire the tribunals of their native land. Nor is the protecting power of our superior courts less distin- guished than their purity. In what other realm can an independent judge deliver him whom the government has consigned to the darkness of a dungeon-where else is the sword of state chained in its scabbard till drawn by the sentence of the law-and who but an Englishman can defy, while judges are incorrupt, the proudest minister or most insidious minion of a court? The unique and inestimable institution of trial by jury is an item only, though a precious one, of this glorious account. The Englishman's life, his honour, and with some reasonable exceptions, his property too are placed not only under the protection of the laws, but under the further safeguard of his neighbours and equals in private life, without whose sanction, solemnly given upon oath, he cannot be con- demned. ہوں HISTORICAL ORIGIN OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, ITS PROGRESSIVE CHANGES TO THE PRESENT TIME. MARY HISTORIANS inform us that the Britons derived their origin from the Gauls or Celta, about one thousand years before the Christian era. Their manners and customs, language, and government, all being the same, are a strong indication of the truth. The original name of our island was Albinn; inn was the Gaelic term for a large island, alb anciently signified white; as Britain presented to the people on the opposite coast its chalk cliffs, the term Albinn or White Island, was applied to it. The word Britain, has had various interpretations given it. Britin, the barbaric term from which the Greeks and Romans named Britannia, was the name of the inhabitants, and not of the island; the termination inn, which has so much perplexed Camden, and other able antiquaries, is only the sign of the plural, according to the usual mode of declension in the Gaelic tongue, and Brit signifies merely the divided or separated. The Britin, therefore, were the separated people, or the emigrants from Gaul into Albinn. The Albinns or Britons were a barbarous people, divided into many small nations or tribes, whose sole property was their arms and cattle, while the arts of peace were 22 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. unknown. Wars formed the chief occupation, and the principal object of ambition among the people. Thus our ancestors remained in a rude, though independent state, till within fifty-five years of the Christian era, when Cæsar the great Roman conqueror, landed at Deal, and subdued them, and then returned to Gaul; but, as Tacitus rémarks, he rather showed the Romans the way to Britain, than actually put them in possession of it. The Britons valiantly resisted the invaders for one hun- dred and thirty-three years, when they were finally con- quered by the famous Julius Agricola, in the seventy- eighth year, (during the reign of Vespasian,) who intro- duced laws and civilization among the Britons, taught them how to provide the necessaries of life, reconciled them to the Roman language and manners, and gradually incorporated them as a part of that mighty empire. During the reign of the Roman emperors, such a pro- found tranquillity prevailed in Britain, that little mention is made of it by the historians; being disarmed, dispirited, and submissive, they had lost all desire of their former liberty and independence. In this state of vassalage they remained for four hundred and three years, when the Romans withdrew their legions for the defence of their own empire, in the year three hundred and forty-eight. We are not informed what species of civil government the Romans had left among the Britons, but it appears probable that the chief men assumed a kind of regal authority over their own immediate districts, and lived in a great measure independent of each other. In this de- fenceless and divided state they were ill prepared for fresh invaders. The Picts and Scots who dwelt in the northern parts beyond the wall of Antoninus, made numerous in- 1 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 28 cursions upon their peaceable neighbours, who being repeatedly defeated, and reduced to despair, deserted their habitations and fled to the mountains. In this extremity, the Britons sent into Germany a depu- tation to invite over the Saxons for their assistance and protection. The invitation was accepted; Hengist and Horsa, two brothers who possessed great credit among the Saxons, and were much celebrated for their valour and nobility, found it easy to persuade their countrymen to embrace the enterprise; they landed about the year 449, in the Isle of Thanet, and immediately marched to the defence of the Britons against the northern invaders, who were unable to compete with the valour of these auxiliaries. The Britons hoped to enjoy their triumph in peace under their new allies, but the Saxons perceiving their weakness, sent for a reinforcement of five thousand men, and on their arrival they formed an alliance with the Picts and Scots, and proceeded to open hostility against the Britons, whose ancient valour appears to have been re- kindled against these treacherous invaders. They made a noble resistance, and after one of the most arduous and protracted struggles ever recorded in history, were at last defeated. In this manner, the natives being overpowered or entirely expelled, seven kingdoms were established in Britain, which have since been well known by the name of the Saxon Heptarchy. But by a variety of fortunate contin- gencies in the year 827, all these seven principalities fell under the power of Egbert, who was crowned king of all England. This circumstance had a decisive effect upon the future destinies of our island. The principles of freedom by 24 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. which they had been actuated on the shores of the Baltic, they proudly enforced on their own behalf when they be- came the masters and possessors of Britain; and these principles, repressed or expanded according to the course of events, have continued to be the animating spirit of our national institutions to the present day. The Parliament of Great Britain is the grand assembly of the three estates of this kingdom, consisting of the sovereign, the lords spiritual and temporal, and the com- mons, summoned together by the sovereign's authority, to consider of matters relative to the public welfare, and par- ticularly to make and repeal laws. The original, or first institution of parliament, is one of those matters which lie so far hidden in the dark ages of antiquity, that the tracing it out is a thing equally difficult and doubtful. The first British Parliament on record was termed "Kufr-y-then”,-the Assembly of the Thanes or Lawgivers. It was, however, only in the reign of Alfred that the Saxons first established the blessings of a domestic government by dividing all England into counties; these counties he subdivided into hundreds, and the hundreds into tithings. Every householder was answerable for the conduct of his family and all who resided with him for above three days; ten neighbouring householders forming one corporation, under the name of a tithing or fribourg, were answerable for each other's acts, and any man under the name of a tithing-man, headburg, or borsholder, was appointed to govern. Every man who did not register himself in some tithing, headburg, or borsholdership was punished as an outlaw, and before any man could change his house, he must obtain a certificate from the borsholder of the tithing. The Kyfr-y-then, Thanes or lawgivers, PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 25 was changed to that of "Folkmote", or general meeting of the people, which took place occasionally, at the beginning of the calends of May, to consult of the common safety, of peace, of war, and of promoting the public profit; and was also frequently convened, on any sudden emergency. by the earls, aldermen, or borsholders of every county. Alfred, justly called the Great, also laid the foundation of English liberty and independence, by the institution of trial by jury, and the introduction of what is called the common law; and to him we are indebted for the com- mencement of that marine which has been the glory and bulwark of England. Her powerful navy has often frus- trated the designs of her most inveterate enemies, and given stability as well as honour to the British throne, amidst the general wreck of European governments. History states, that at all times and in all the kingdoms of the Heptarchy, there was a national council called a Wittenagemote", or assembly of wise men, (for that is the import of the term,) whose consent was requisite for en- acting laws, and for ratifying the chief acts of public administration. The preambles of all the laws of Ethelbert, Ina, Alfred, Edward, Ethelred, and Edward the Confessor. even those to the laws of Canute put this matter beyond controversy, and give proofs in abundance of a limited and legal government. The Wittenagemote was a council called by the prince, on affairs of state and difficult points of government, which the laws of the commons, or Folkmote, did not allow him to decide or carry into execution upon his own authority. The members of the Wittenagemote being accountable to the Folkmote, the laws of the former were subject to the revision and control of the latter, and null and void unless confirmed by the Folkmote, which C 26 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. was virtually and really the voice of the people. The Wittenagemote was the conservative, the Folkmote the legislative body; the one proposed the aids and taxes re- quired by the state, the other fixed and assessed the amount. CC Six centuries elapsed from the invasion of the Saxons till the Norman conquest, in the year 1066. Upon the conquest of England by the Normans, the government of the Saxons was terminated; the legislative assembly, com- posed as before, of freemen, in conjunction with the fol- lowers of the conqueror then received the appellation of the Council of the Commons." This arrangement was of short duration, for the people complaining of the favour shown to his followers, he introduced the feudal law, and dispossessed the English and Saxon freeholders of their lands, and bestowed them upon his Normans; and in lieu of the Wittenagemote, Folkmote, and Council of the Commons, substituted a Council of his own Barons, in- troducing at the same time the language, laws, and customs of Normandy. The Great Council of the Barons met at least three times a year. The supreme legislative power of England, under the feudal Parliament, was lodged in the King and Great Council. The English and Saxons remained in this state of vassalage for one hundred and forty-eight years, when they threw off the yoke, and passed the great boon of liberty, called "MAGNA CHARTA," in the reign of John, about the year 1214, which granted or secured very im- portant liberties and privileges to all orders of men in the kingdom. On the English nation the Charter has un- doubtedly contributed to bestow the union of establisment, with improvement to all mankind; it set the first example PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 27 of the progress of a great people for centuries in blending their tumultuary democracy and haughty aristocracy with a fluctuating and vaguely-limited monarchy, so as at length to form these discordant materials into the only form of a free government which experience had shown to be reconcileable with widely-extended dominions. Whoever in any future age or nation may admire the facility of the expedient which converted the power of taxation into the shield of liberty, by which discretionary and secret imprisonment was rendered impracticable, and portions of the people were trained to exercise a larger share of judicial power than ever was allotted to them in any other civilized state, in such a manner as to secure instead of endangering public tranquillity: whoever exults at the spectacle of enlightened and independent assemblies, which, under the eye of a well-informed nation, discuss and determine the laws and policy likely to make com- munities great and happy: whoever is capable of compre- hending all the effects of such institutions, with all their possible improvements upon the mind and genius of a people, is sacredly bound to speak with reverential grati- tude of the authors of the great charter. To have pro- duced it, to have preserved it, to have matured it, con- stitutes the immortal claim of England on the esteem of mankind. Her learned Bacons and Shakspeares, her Miltons and Newtons, her Pitts and Foxes, her Burkes and Cannings, and a host of other illustrious individuals, with all the truth which they have revealed, and all the generous virtue which they have inspired, are but of inferior value when compared with the subjection of men. and their rulers to the principles of justice; if, indeed, it be not more true that these mighty spirits could not 28 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. have been fostered except under equal laws, nor roused to full activity without the influence of that spirit which the charter breathed over their forefathers. King John died two years after this great event, and Henry the third succeeded, at the age of ten years, under the regency of William, Earl of Pembroke, under whose fostering care the privileges of the charter were carried out, and extended so as to facilitate the attainment of further improvements, which gradually took place during Henry's reign. The principal additional privilege was the foundation of our representative form of government. In the forty-ninth year of this reign, writs were issued for summoning knights of counties, citizens, and burgesses to meet in Parliament; the manufacturing, trading, and commercial part of the community not being deemed of sufficient importance to be represented separately. For in the course of a century and a half, the Norman chiefs on whom William had bestowed all the lands, gradually lost their property and influence, while the English and Sax- ons, by their industry, acquired sufficient wealth and consideration to justify their claim of electing representa- tives from their own body; this was granted about the year 1268. They were not permitted to sit with the Barons, who still retained their privileges as Peers, but a separate chamber was appropriated for their meeting. Their powers were great, for they had the right of nega- tiving any bill originating in the Council of Barons, the Peers reserving to themselves the same power in respect to any enactment made by the Commons, and this, with various modifications and improvements since made, was the origin of the present Parliament of King, Lords, and Commons. The powers of the Parliament were indeed for PARLIAMENTARY REcord. 29 some time vague and unsettled, and its organization was at first, as might have been expected, extremely imperfect. But in the reign of Edward I. the English government began to be conducted with greater regularity, and our constitution assumed a more definite form, an improve- ment for which we are indebted to the progress of civili- zation and the diffusion of property. These Parliaments were held annually In 1589 a bill was passed termed the Triennial Act, which provided that a new Parliament should be called every three years. "The power and jurisdiction of Parliament," says Sir Edward Coke, “is so transcendent and absolute, that it cannot be confined either for causes or persons, within any bounds. It hath sovereign and uncontroulable authority in making, con- firming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, re- viving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal; this being the place. where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the con- stitution of these kingdoms. All mischiefs and grievances, operations and remedies, that transcend the ordinary course of the laws, are within the reach of this extraor- dinary tribunal." It can regulate or new-model the suc- cession to the crown, as was done in the reign of Henry VIII. and William III. It can alter the established religion of the land; as was done in a variety of instances in the reign of king Henry VIII. and his three children. It can change and create afresh even the constitution of the kingdom and of Parliaments themselves: as was done by the act of union, and the several statutes for triennial and septennial elections. It can, in short, do every thing © 2 30 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. that is not naturally impossible: and therefore some have not scrupled to call its power, (by a figure rather too bold) the omnipotence of Parliament. True it is that what the Parliament doth no authority upon earth can undo, so that it is a matter most essential to the liberties of this kingdom, that such members be delegated to this import- ant trust as are most eminent for their probity, their for- titude, and their knowledge, for it was a known apophthegm of the great lord treasurer Burleigh, "That England could never be ruined but by a parliament;" and as Sir Matthew Hale observes, "This being the highest and greatest court over which none other can have jurisdiction in the king- dom, if by any means a misgovernment should any way fall upon it, the subjects of this kingdom are left without all manner of remedy." To the same purpose the presi- dent Montesquieu presages, "That as Rome, Sparta, and Carthage have lost their liberty and perished, so the con- stitution of England will in time lose its liberty and perish; it will perish whenever the legislative power shall become more corrupt than the executive." Mr. Locke and other theoretical writers have (and do hold) that “There remains still inherent in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them, for when such trust is abused it is thereby forfeited, and devolves to those who gave it." But however just this conclusion may be in theory, we cannot adopt it nor argue from it under any dispensation of government at present actually existing. For this devolution of power to the people at large, includes in it a dissolution of the whole form of government established by that people; reduces all the members to their original state of equality, and by PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 31 annihilating the sovereign power repeals all positive laws whatsoever before enacted. No human laws will therefore suppose a case which at once must destroy all law, and compel men to build afresh upon a new foundation, nor will they make provision for so desperate an event, as must render all legal provisions ineffectual. So long therefore as the English constitution lasts we may venture to affirm that the power of parliament is absolute and without controul. The government, in the reign of Elizabeth, established monopolies and granted patents for exclusive trade,-a plan so pernicious, that had it continued for many years, the enterprising spirit of England, the seat of riches, and arts, and commerce, would have been reduced to a level with Morocco, or the coasts of Barbary; yet notwithstand- ing these discouragements, the spirit of the age was strongly bent ou naval enterprises, and many new branches of foreign commerce were opened by the English. In the year 1600, the East India Company commenced their prosperous and powerful auxiliaries; the Queen obtained an exclusive patent from the Czar for the whole trade of Moscovy; and encouraged by these privileges, the English merchant, with his characteristic spirit, boldly persevered until he crossed the Caspian sea, and thus opened a com- merce for his manufactures into Persia. These enter- prises produced wealth which gave an additional lustre to the reign of the Queen, while they increased the power of the people, which formed a bulwark round their newly- established representative system, which was called into action in the reign of James,-when, by their virtue and talents, they displayed a firmness in resisting the en- croachments of the crown, at a time when its prerogative 32 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. was considered supreme, and the Commons only an orna- ment to the fabric, without being in any degree essential to its being or existence, which justly entitles them to the admiration of a grateful posterity. In this prosperous state commenced the reign of Charles I. in the year 1625; he summoned his parliameut in the same year. The Duke of Buckingham was a great favourite with the young Prince, and his influence approached to supremacy over the modesty of Charles. His vehement temper prompted him to raise suddenly to the highest elevation his flatter- ers and dependents, and upon the least occasion of dis- pleasure, he threw them down with equal impetuosity and violence. Implacable in his hatred, fickle in his friend- ships, all men were either regarded as his enemies or dreaded soon to become such; the whole power of the kingdom was grasped by his insatiable hand, while he both engrossed the entire confidence of his master, and held invested in his single person the most considerable offices of the crown. This power was the chief cause of a spirit of resistance by the Commons, who, possessing a strong power in the legislature, with a patriotic spirit determined to support and defend their newly-acquired privileges against the encroachments of the crown. This led to a series of struggles, and finally to the over- throw of Charles, and changed the monarchy into a Commonwealth, in 1649. A military and despotic re- publican government was now formed which elected Oliver Cromwell its Protector or Chief, possessing the whole power, civil and military, of the three kingdoms. The republicans were better qualified for acts of force and vigour, than for the tedious and deliberate work of legis- lation. The power of England had never been so PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 33 formidable as in the time of the Commonwealth; her numerous and well-disciplined army struck terror into foreign nations. Their civil policy was a series of egre- gious impolitic despotism which led to commotion and anarchy. Harrassed with convulsions and disorder, En- glishmen ardently longed for the restoration of their lost privileges the passion for liberty having been carried to such violent extremes, and having produced such bloody commotions, began by a natural movement to give place. to a spirit of loyalty. When Cromwell died, his son Richard seized the reins of government, but they in- stantly dropped from his feeble hand-the general voice called for the restoration of the Monarchy, and Charles II. returning from his long exile, was received by his people with the most ardent enthusiasm, and placed on the throne of his ancestors in 1660. The sudden and surprising revolution which restored him to his regal rights, had also restored the nation to peace, law, order, and true liberty, and no prince ever obtained a crown under more favourable circumstances, or was more blessed with the cordial affection and attach- ment of his subjects. The forms of the constitution were revived, the hierarchy resumed its dignity, the House of Lords was restored, the Commons were restricted to their ordinary functions, and the convention changed to that of parliament. As men are ever prone to run into extremes, so on this occasion they allowed the Crown too much power, by repealing the Triennial act, which provided that a new parliament should be called every three years, and the summoning of parliaments was left entirely to the discretion of the King. When, therefore, he had once assembled a body of senators sufficiently obsequious 31 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. to his views, he was not in haste to change them, hence he allowed his celebrated long parliament to sit about. eighteen years. The dissatisfaction of the people became so oppressive that he dissolved it in 1681. During his reign the celebrated Habeas Corpus Act was passed, by which personal liberty is secured to the subject. But the perfection of the British constitution was com- pleted in 1688, when James II. was hurled from the throne for his arbitrary principles, the right of parliament to regulate the succession to the crown established, and the liberties of the people secured by the Bill of Rights, and the Act of Settlement. In this Bill it was expressly declared "That the pretended power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, without con- sent of parliament, is illegal;" every mode of levying money upon the subject by mere virtue of the royal pre- rogative was pointedly condemned. It was also laid down. as a fundamental principle, that the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any other place or court out of Parliament. It was also declared that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law; and even in time of war, the maintenance of a military force was afterwards rendered entirely de- pendent upon the authority of Parliament. These are the principal provisions of the Bill of Rights, which, though it well may be denominated the palladium of British liberty, prescribes no new limitation of the pre- rogative, but merely asserts those great principles of con- stitutional law which are to be collected from the practice of the best times. A L PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 35 1 A vacancy of the throne being thus declared, they im- mediately proceeded to fill it by devolving the succession upon the Prince and Princess of Orange. By this mea- sure they deviated as little from the lineal course of in- heritance as was consistent with the general safety, and gave as little countenance as possible to the principle of elective monarchy. In the reign of Queen Anne, Scotland was united to England, and thenceforward represented by one parlia ment. The act for the union of Scotland, passed the House of Commons in 1707, by a majority of 104. By this union, sixteen peers were admitted to the English House of Lords, and the Commons received an addition of forty-five members. Notwithstanding the violent party feeling which animated the contending parties at this period, the House of Commons remained unaltered in its constitution nearly a quarter of a century after the pass- ing of the act for triennial parliaments. The Commons. however, at the end of that period pleaded the danger of the state, as a reason for continuing the duration of Par- liament beyond the time allowed by law; and passed a Bill empowering them to sit for seven years. Ireland continued to have a separate parliament until the reign of George III., when a union was effected in 1800, during the administration of Mr. Pitt. The Earl of Clare introduced the subject to the Irish House of Peers, and strongly advocated the measure, and his argu- ments were enforced by the appeals and exertions of Lord Castlereagh. In the English House of Commons, the measure was strongly opposed by Councillor Saurin, Mr. Grattan, Mr. Forster, and others. The union, however, having passed in Ireland by a majority of 30, (the nun- 36 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. bers being for the union 160, against it 130), the English minister and his friends earnestly pressed the measure, and eventually the act of union was passed. It stipulated that Ireland should be represented in the English House of Peers, by 4 lords spiritual, and 28 temporal, and in the Commons by 100 members; and it was declared by the articles that "There shall be one Parliament, styled the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." In 1829 the Catholic Relief Bill passed, which admitted persons professing the Roman faith into the House of Commons. William IV. ascended the throne in 1830, at which period there was a great commotion for an alteration of the franchise and an extension of the suffrage; and after much opposition the Reform Bill was carried by the administration of Earl Grey, (A.D. 1832,) by which the decayed and deserted boroughs lost their right of sending members to Parliament, and the privi- lege was transferred to the larger counties and more im- portant towns.* Our present Queen Victoria I. succeeded to the throne on the demise of her uncle, 20th June, 1837, since which no important change affecting Parliament has occurred. Great commercial reforms have been enacted during her Majesty's auspicious reign. Repealing the prohibitory, and relaxing the protective duties, with a view to equalize taxation and encourage industry, are included in what is termed "The Tariff," a microcosm of commerce and finance. The long agitated question of the Corn Laws has been adjusted preparatory to their total repeal in 1849, when Foreign grain is to be admitted duty free; as well * For which see the abstract of the changes made by the Bill in a separate part of this volume. 1 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 37 as a considerable relaxation of the almost prohibitory duties on Foreign sugar and other articles; which the wisdom of Parliament has deemed it necessary to make, in order to enable our merchants and manufacturers to com- pete with their foreign rivals. These great changes prove the truth and correctness of the following quotation:-"The constitution of England, that structure of which we boast, and which foreigners so much admire, is formed of three distinct parts, and the union of these parts produce that happy combination of monarchical, aristocratical, and de- mocratical government, which was considered by ancient writers to be a theory beautiful in perspective, but incapable of realization. Nothing could be more fitted on the one hand to guard against the abuse of delegated power, and on the other to restrain the excesses of popular tumults, than the British constitution. To each Branch originally was given its proper share in that legislative union, which by combining all interests, made Britain great, rich, free, and happy. One of its chief excellencies is its capability of adapting itself to times and seasons, and the ease with which an alteration is effected, without injuring or under- mining the strength or beauty of the majestic structure itself." υ ! HOUSE OF COMMONS. The number of Members returned to legislate in the House of Commons, is as follows:- ENGLAND. -Counties 144 دو Cities and Boroughs 327 WALES. Counties 15 Boroughs 14 SCOTLAND.-Counties 30 Cities and Boroughs 23 IRELAND. Counties 64 "} Cities and Boroughs 41 Total number of Members.... 658 The right of voting for Members of Parliament is given by the late reform act to leaseholders, in Counties, seised of lands or tene- ments worth ten pounds a-year, to tenants at will, farming lands at a rent of fifty pounds a-year, and to holders in fee-simple of lands or tenements of the yearly value of forty shillings. In Cities and Boroughs the right of voting is given to resident householders whose tenements are worth an annual rent of £10, but the rights of freemen in the old constituencies are preserved for the term of their natural lives. 1 AN ACCOUNT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY FORMS AND REGULATIONS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. No person can sit or vote in the House under twenty- one years of age. A member is elected Speaker (or Chairman) of the House, whose prerogative it is to keep order by enforcing the rules. Amongst the duties of the Speaker are the fol- lowing:-To read to the Sovereign petitions and addresses from the Commons, and to deliver in the Royal presence, whether at the Palace or in the House of Lords, such speeches as are usually made on behalf of the Commons; to manage, in the name of the House, where counsel, witnesses, or prisoners are at the bar; to reprimand persons who have incurred the displeasure of the House; to issue warrants of committal or release for breach of privilege; to communicate in writing with any parties, when so instructed by the House; to exercise vigilance in reference to private bills, especially with a view to protect property in general, or the rights of individuals from un- due encroachment or injury; to express the thanks or approbation of the Commons to distinguished personages; to control and regulate the subordinate officers of the House; to appoint tellers on divisions. He must abstain 40 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. from debating, unless in committees of the whole House. When Parliament is about to be prorogued, it is customary for the Speaker to address to the Sovereign, in the House of Lords, a speech, recapitulating the proceedings of the session. His salary is £6000 a-year, exclusive of a fur- nished residence. At the end of his official labours he is generally rewarded with a peerage, and a pension of £4000 a-year for two lives. He has a casting vote on divisions. Discussions generally arise on a motion made by a Member, seconded by another, and then put from the Chair in the shape of a question; on each of these, every Member is entitled to be heard once, but may rise again to explain, and the Member who originates the motion is allowed to reply. Committees are, first, those of the whole House, which may be to consider of certain resolutions, in respect to the nature of which considerable latitude prevails; or the House resolves itself into such Committee to consider the details of a bill, the principle of which is never discussed unless on its several readings. Or there may be Com- mittees for financial purposes, as those of "Supply," or "Ways and Means."-Secondly, there are Select Com- mittees, chosen by ballot or otherwise, for some specific purpose; the Members composing such body seldom exceed twenty or thirty; occasionally these are declared Committees of Secrecy. Thirdly, Election Committees, which are strictly judicial tribunals, and whose duty it is to try the merits of controverted elections: these are always chosen by ballot. Fourthly, Committees on private bills. When the whole House is in Committee the Speaker vacates the Chair, some other Member is called on to preside, and he sits in the seat of the senior PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 41 clerk. The mace is then placed under the table. For Committees of Supply, and Ways and Means, there is a Chairman who receives a salary. Finances. Committee of Supply. - All proceedings which relate to the public income or expenditure, must originate with the House of Commons; and the initiative to the latter, consists of resolutions moved in a committee of supply, which is always a committee of the whole House. In the course of the session, estimates are sub- mitted to a committee of supply, and resolutions moved therein, granting to the crown the sums requisite for de- fraying the expenses attendant upon the various branches of the public service. These resolutions having been con- sidered and disposed of, such amongst them as may be affirmed, are reported to the House, reconsidered, and adopted, or rejected. Under the authority of those to which the House agree, the Lord of the Treasury issues the requisite funds for carrying on the service of the country. At the end of the session, the supply resolu- tions are consolidated in the appropriation bill, which is sent up to the Lords, and being there considered and decided on, receives the Royal assent, and becomes law. The Lords may reject this or any other bill, but it would be considered an invasion of the privileges of the Com- mons if their Lordships were substantially to modify measures of this class; the Commons, however, do not object to consider any verbal emendations which may be made by the other House. Before any bill can be intro- duced, authorizing expenditure of public money, resolu- tions must be moved in committee of supply, agreed to there, and confirmed by the House. Committee of Ways and Means.-As the committee of 42 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. supply relates to the expenditure of the nation, so the functions and duties of a Committee of Ways and Means have reference to the funds by which such expenditure is to be sustained. Loans, duties, taxes, tolls, revenue, and imposts of every description, are submitted to a Com- mittee of Ways and Means, which is always one of the whole House. The propositions of government on these subjects are reduced to the form of resolutions, considered, decided on, and such as are agreed to, reported to the House: those which may be there adopted, are embodied into bills, and in due course become law. As in the case of supply, the Lords may reject, but cannot modify; nei- ther can their Lordships insert pecuniary penalties in any bill whatever. The Budget. The Chancellor of the Exchequer makes one general statement every year, to the House of Com- mons, which is intended to present a comprehensive view of the financial condition of the country. Sometimes there are preliminary, or supplemental, or occasional speeches but the great general statement of the year, has, for a long time past, been called the Budget. The annual speech known by that appellation embraces a review of the income and expenditure of the past year, as compared with those of preceding years: remarks upon the financial prospects of the country: an exposition of the intended repeal, modifications, or imposition of taxes during the session: a detail of the public expenditure during the current period, with its grounds of justifica- tion: an account of all operations relating to the National Debt: and finally, the excess of income over expenditure, or vice versa; accompanied by such observations as the occasion may seem to require. The sources of the public PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 43 income are as follow:-Customs, Excise, Stamps, (includ ing various licenses and taxes), Post office, Poundage on pensions and salaries, Crown lands, with certain surplus Fees of public offices, unclaimed Dividends on the public debt, &c. The following branches of the public expendi- ture also enter into the composition of the Budget:- Interest and management of the Public Debt, the expense of the Army, Navy, Ordnance, Civil List, Pensions, Diplomatic and Judicial expenses, miscellaneous charges, &c. The Prorogation of Parliament is an act of the Crown, but either House may adjourn its sittings to any future day, as of course it may adjourn any debate. Motions of adjournment may be made at any time, and repeated at the pleasure of any Member. When a motion has been made upon which the Mem bers of the House are unwilling to come to a vote, there are formal modes of avoiding a decision, amongst which are passing to the "other orders of the day," or moving the previous question." The former means that the House should-casting aside and taking no further notice of the matter then before it-proceed to the other busi- ness appointed for that day; the latter, that a vote be previously taken, as to the expediency of their coming to any decision on the question raised. If the previous question" be decided in the negative, the motion on which it bears is then got rid of for the time; whereas a direct negative to the motion itself, would be a proscription of it for the remainder of the session, as well as a denial of its principle. Moving that a bill be "read this day six months," is a mode of throwing it out without coming to an express declaration against the principle of the measure. 44 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. If there are not forty Members present when the Speaker takes the Chair, he adjourns the House till the following evening. It is the peculiar duty of the House of Commons to enquire into all national grievances and see them re- dressed. And with respect to taxes, it is their indisputable privilege and right, that all grants of subsidies, or Parlia- mentary aids, shall begin with them, although such grants are not deemed effectual until they have the assent of the other branches of the legislature. The reason of this privilege which was conferred upon the Commons upwards of five centuries ago, is that as the supplies are levied upon the body of the people by them, it is proper that they alone should have the right of taxing them- selves. One of the most important rights enjoyed by the sub- ject is that of petitioning the Parliament for redress of grievances. This right has of late years been much used, and as it is in perfect conformity with the spirit of the constitution, it ought to be highly prized and carefully guarded. Petitions may be presented from an individual, from trades, from corporate bodies, from religious commu- nities, &c. The form in which petitions should be drawn up:―They should be couched in respectful language, and wholly divested of untruth, or false colouring. It is not necessary that they should be on parchment, but may be written in a fair and legible hand on paper in common use. Private Bills.—These are chiefly introduced to enable private individuals, associated together, to undertake works of public utility at their own risk, and in a degree, for their own benefit: but there are other private bills, as PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 45 those of naturalization, change of name, divorce, or for perfecting titles to estates, &c. Generally speaking, ex- penses, including the fees, attendaLt upon a private bill, amount to about £500 and frequently to a much larger sum; the fees on a bill for the naturalization of a foreigner are limited to £100. The class of professional gentlemen who act as solicitors in promoting private bills are called parliamentary agents. A bill is the draft or skeleton of a statute. No public bill can be brought into the Commons House unless a motion for leave be previously agreed to. Permission having been granted, three or four Members are appointed to prepare the bill. To bring a bill into the House, if the relief sought be of a private nature, a petition must be presented, (by a Member, none else being qualified,) stating the grievance desired to be remedied; and if the petition be not op- posed, then leave is given to bring in the bill. On public matters a petition is unnecessary. The bill being brought in, by a motion made to the House, it is read a first time, and at a convenient period, a second time; after the second reading it is referred, according to its importance, either to a Committee of the whole House, or to a few Members. When it has gone. through this Committee, it is reported to the House, who reconsider it, and occasionally add amendments; it is then ordered to be engrossed on long rolls of parchment, and sewed together. At the third reading, amendments are sometimes made, and if a new clause be added to it, it is done by adding a separate piece of parchment to the bill which is called a rider. The Speaker then puts the question whether the bill shall pass. If this be agreed to, 46 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. it is carried to the Lords for their concurrence by one of the Members, who, attended by several others, presents it at the bar of that House, into the hands of the Chan- cellor, who comes down from his woolsack to receive it. If the bill be agreed to by the Lords without amendment, it remains with them, except in case of a money bill, which is sent back to the Commons. If the bill be re- jected by the Lords, no more notice is taken of the mat- ter, in order that unpleasant discussions may be avoided. When the bill has passed the two Houses, and received the Royal assent, it is called "An Act." No Act of Par- liament can be altered, amended, or repealed during the session in which it was passed, unless it contain a clause authorizing a departure from the general rule. Previous to the commencement of a Session, which generally commences in February, a proclamation is issued by the Crown commanding the attendance of the Lords and Commons, usually at Westminster, but it may be at any place within the United Kingdom. The House being assembled, the Sovereign delivers a speech in per- son or by commission. In this manner does a session commence. To close the session there must be a proro- gation of Parliament under a Royal commission, or by the Sovereign in person. The mere assemblage and pro- rogation are not sufficient of themselves to constitute a session, unless one bill at least have passed both Houses of Parliament, and received the Royal assent. The usual duration of the session is from February to August, but no number or length of adjournments destroy its continuity. An acceptance of "the Chiltern Hundreds" is a form which has now no other meaning than that the Member PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 47 accepting resigns his seat. By an express Act of Parlia- ment, no office having emolument attached, can be con- ferred by the Crown on a Member of the House of Com- mons without his thereby vacating his seat, and it is only thus that a Member can rid himself of the duties which any body of constituents may impose even without his consent; the Crown, therefore, as an accommodation to the House at large, is always ready to confer on any Member "the Stewardship of Her Majesty's Chiltern Hun dreds," which office, when it has served his purpose he immediately resigns. A "Call of the House" takes place when very important questions are agitated; which is calling the names of the Commons over, each Member answering to his own, and leaving the House in the order in which he is called. This plan is adopted to discover whether any Member be absent, or any person present who is not a Member. When a vacancy occurs in the House, the Speaker, upon receiving a certificate, can cause notice to be inserted in the Gazette, but shall not issue his warrant until four- teen days after such insertion, when an Election shall take place forthwith, to fill up such vacancy. The privileges of both Houses are great:-That of freedom of speech stands the most conspicuous; the statute of 1 Wm. and Mary declaring that "the freedom of speech and debate, and proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any other place or court out of Parliament." They have both the same power, conjointly with the Sovereign, of making, abrogating, repealing, and revising laws; but in the Arraignment of any Peer of the Realm. Impeachments of the Ministers of the Crown, Writs of 48 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. Error, and Appeals from the Decrees of the Court of Chancery, the Lords are sole judges. Both have pro- tection from Arrest of Debt. And any Peer or Prelate, by licence obtained from the Sovereign, may make another Lord of Parliament his proxy to vote for him in his absence. The House of Commons exercises the important privi- lege of raising or witholding the Supplies, and has the power of impeaching public delinquents;—even the highest Lords in the kingdom, both spiritual and temporal. The authority for summoning a Parliament is now vested in the Sovereign, or in her absence, the Custos Regno, or the Regent; and the place of meeting, wherever it shall be her pleasure to appoint. The Cabinet is composed of the more eminent portion. of the administration, but it does not constitute more than a fourth of those whom a change of ministry de- prives of office. The persons included in that council being generally from ten to fifteen. The Cabinet being more immediately responsible for the conduct of public affairs, their deliberations are always considered confidential and kept secret even from their colleagues, who are not immediately included in the Cabinet. The whole of the Royal Authority is vested in them for the time being, its members all belong to the Privy Council. The chief offices of the Cabinet are the Prime Minister, or the head of her Majesty's government, termed the first Lord of the Treasury, the Lord Chan- cellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the three Secretaries of State, &c. The Cabinet is formed by the recommendation of the Prime Minister to the Sovereign; the principal patronage of the Crown is at his disposal. ABSTRACT OF THE CHANGES MADE IN THE REPRESENTATION OF COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS, BY THE REFORM BILL. BOROUGHS DISFRANCHISED. Aldborough, Yorkshire Lostwithiel, Cornwall Aldeburgh, Suffolk Amersham, Bucks. Appleby, Westmoreland Bedwin, (Great) Wilts. Beeralston, Devonshire Bishop's Castle, Shropshire Bletchingley, Surrey Boroughbridge, Yorkshire Bossiney, Cornwall Brackley, Northamptonshire Bramber, Sussex Callington, Cornwall Camelford, Cornwall Castle Rising, Norfolk Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire Downton, Wilts. Dunwich, Suffolk East Grinstead, Sussex East Love, Cornwall Fowey, Cornwall Gatton, Surrey Haslemere, Surrey Hedon, Yorkshire Heytesbury, Wilts. Higham Ferrers, Northampton. Hindon, Wilts. Ilcester, Somersetshire E Ludgershall, Wiltshire Milborne Port, Somersetshire Minehead, Somersetshire Newport, Cornwall New Romney, Kent Newton, Lancashire Newtown, Isle of Wight, Hants. Oakhampton, Devonshire Old Sarum, Wiltshire Orford, Suffolk Plympton, Devonshire Queenborough, Kent St. Germain's, Cornwall St. Mawes, Cornwall St. Michael's, or Midshall, Corn- wall Saltash, Sussex Steyning, Sussex Storkbridge, Hants. Tregony, Cornwall Wendover, Bucks. Weobly, Herefordshire West Love, Cornwall Whitchurch, Hauts. Winchester, Sussex Wotten Basset, Wiltshire Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 50 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. BOROUGHS TO RETURN ONE MEMBER EACH. Arundel, Sussex Ashburton, Devonshire Calne, Wiltshire Christchurch, Hants. Clitheroe, Lancashire Dartmouth, Devonshire Droitwitch, Worcestershire Eye, Suffolk Grimsby, (Great) Lincolnshire Helleston, Cornwall Horsham, Sussex Hythe, Kent 4 Liskeard, Cornwall Launceston, Cornwall Lyme Regis, Dorset Malmesbury, Wilts. Midhurst, Sussex Morpeth, Northumberland Northallerton, Yorkshire Petersfield, Hants. Reigate, Surrey Rye, Sussex St. Ives, Cornwall Shaftsbury, Dorsetshire Thirsk, Yorkshire Wallingford, Berkshire Wareham, Dorsetshire Westbury, Wiltshire Wilton, Wiltshire Woodstock, Oxfordshire NEW BOROUGHS TO RETURN TWO MEMBERS EACH. Birmingham, Warwickshire Blackburn, Lancashire Macclesfield, Cheshire Manchester, Lancashire Bolton, Lancashire Bradford, Yorkshire Brighton, Sussex Devonport, Devonshire Finsbury, Middlesex Greenwich, Kent Halifax, Yorkshire Lambeth, Surrey Leeds, Yorkshire Marylebone, Middlesex Oldham, Lancashire Sheffield, Yorkshire Stockport, Cheshire Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire Stroud, Gloucestershire Sunderland, Durham Tower Hamlets, Middlesex Wolverhampton, Staffordshire NEW BOROUGHS TO RETURN ONE MEMBER EACH. Ashton-under-Line, Lancashire Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Bury, Lancashire Chatham, Kent Dudley, Worcestershire Frome, Somersetshire Gateshead, Durham Huddersfield, Yorkshire Kendal, Westmoreland Kidderminster, Worcestershire Merthyr Tydvil,Glamorganshire Rochdale, Lancashire Salford, Lancashire South Shields, Durham Tynemouth, Northumberland Wakefield, Yorkshire Walsall, Staffordshire Warrington, Lancashire Whitby, Yorkshire Whitehaven, Cumberland PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 51 COUNTIES. Six Members to be returned for the County of York, instead of four, viz. Two for each of the three Ridings, to be elected in like manner as if each Riding was a separate County. Four Members to be returned for the County of Lincoln, instead of two, viz.; Two for the parts of Lindsey, and Two for the parts of Kesteven and Holland, to be elected as if each was a separate County. Each of the following Counties to be divided into Two Divisions as settled by the Boundary Act, viz.;— Hampshire Cheshire Cornwall Kent Cumberland Lancaster Derby Leicestershire Devonshire Norfolk Durham Northumberland Essex Northamptonshire Somersetshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Gloucestershire Nottinghamshire Shropshire And to return Four Members instead of two, i. e. Two for each Division, such Members to be chosen in like manner as if each Division was a separate county. Three Members to be returned for each of the following Counties. instead of two, viz.: Berks, Bucks, Cambridge, Dorset, Hereford, Hertford, Oxford; and Two instead of one for each of the Coun- ties of Carmarthen, Denbigh, and Glamorgan. The Isle of Wight, for the purposes of the Act, to be a county of itself, separated from Southampton, and return One Member, to be chosen in the same manner as Members for Counties. THE FOLLOWING PLACES FORMERLY SENT MEMBERS TO PARLIAMENT, WHICH NOW DO NOT. Alnwick, Northumberland Alresford, Hauts Alton, Hunts Axbridge, Somerset Bamburgh, Northumberland Basingstoke, Hauts Berkhampstead, Herts. Bishop's Stortford, Herts. Blandford, Dorset. Bradford, Wilts. Braduesham, Devonshire Broomsgrove, Worcestershire Bromyard, Herefordshire Burford, Oxfordshire 52 PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. Canebrig, Northumberland Chard, Somerset Chelmsford, Essex Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Crediton, Devonshire Dodington, Oxfordshire Doncaster, Yorkshire Dudley, Worcestershire Dunstable, Bedfordshire Dunster, Somersetshire Egremont, Cumberland Ely, Cambridgeshire Exmouth, Devonshire Fareham, Hants. Farnham, Surrey Fremington, Devonshire Glastonbury, Somersetshire Grampound, Cornwall Highworth, Wiltshire Jarvall, Yorkshire Kingston, Surrey Longport, Somersetshire Ledbury, Herefordshire Lidford, Devonshire Mere, Wiltshire Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Modbury, Devonshire Montacute, Somersetshire Newbury, Berkshire Odiham, Hants. Overton, Hants. Pershore, Worcestershire Pickering, Yorkshire Polerun, Cornwall Ravensoe, Yorkshire Ross, Herefordshire Sherborne, Dorsetshire South Moulton, Devonshire Spalding, Lincolnshire Stoke Curcy, Somersetshire Teignmouth, Devonshire Tickhill, Yorkshire Torrington, Devonshire Tunbridge, Sussex Wainfleet, Lincolnshire Watchat, Somersetshire Were, Somersetshire Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire Witney, Oxfordshire Yarmouth Parva, Suffolk BOROUGHS WHICH FORMERLY SENT MEMBERS, AND WERE AGAIN ENFRANCHISED BY THE REFORM ACT, Dudley Greenwich Halifax Kidderminster Leeds Manchester Whitby 3 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. ROBERT HARLEY, EARL OF OXFORD MORTIMER. Robert Harley was the eldest son of Sir Edward Harley, who greatly distinguished himself as a parliamentary partizan in the reign of Charles II.; he was born in Pow street, Covent Garden, on the 5th of December 166 1 After the accession of William and Mary he was chosen member of parliament for Tregony; and subsequently served for Radnor, from 1690 until called to the house of lords. Bishop Burnet says he was of a whig family, yet joined with the tories to create jealousies. He was made speaker of the house in 1700; and was a great favourite with Queen Anne. He was a great encourager of litera- ture, and collected a large number of books and manu- scripts, especially of those concerning the history of his own country, and formed the nucleus of the celebrated Harleian library, which was completed by his son, and now constitutes one of the richest treasures of the British Museum. ROBERT WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD. The ancestors of this eminent statesman derived their surname from the town of Walpole, in Norfolk, where 51 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. they resided, until one of them exchanged the family seat for Houghton, in the same county. At this place, Robert Walpole was born, on the 26th of August, 1676. He en- tered the house of commons at the latter end of the reign of William III., as member for Castle Rising, in Norfolk. In the first parliament of Queen Anne he was returned for Lyme Regis, for which place he continued to sit in every succeeding parliament until the close of his political career. In 1708 he was appointed secretary at war; in 1709 the office of treasurer of the navy; on the arrival of George I. in this country he was appointed paymaster of the forces, and treasurer of Chelsea hospital; and in October, 1715, first lord of the treasury, and chancellor of the exchequer. About this period the septennial act was passed, with his approbation, and he opposed all attempts to obtain its repeal; in March, 1717, he and his party retired from office; in 1721, he again became first lord of the treasury. It had been customary hitherto for the prime minister to be placed in the house of lords, and that honour was offered to Walpole: conscious, however, that his influence would be more secure in the house of commons, he declined the dignity himself, but accepted it for his son, who was created Baron Walpole. At the revival of the Order of the Bath, he was chosen one of the knights, and from that time assumed the title of Sir Robert; in 1726 he received the more distinguished rib- bon of the Garter. In 1733 he introduced a plan for subjecting the duties on wine and tobacco to the law of excise, and after a long and animated debate, the prelimi- nary resolutions were carried. The proposed measure was so unpopular with the people, that Walpole deemed it advisable to summon a meeting of his adherents on the 1 ORFORD, BOLINGBROKE. 55 I subject, at which it was powerfully urged that all taxes were obnoxious, and that there would be an end of sup- plies, if mobs were to control the legislature. Walpole, however, said "In the present inflamed temper of the people the act could not be carried into execution without an armed force: and there would be an end of the liberty of England, if supplies are to be raised by the sword. will not be the minister to inforce taxes at the expense of blood." The bill was consequently abandoned, and the people expressed their joy on the occasion by bonfires, illuminations, and the burning of Walpole in effigy. He remained in office until 1742, when he was created Earl of Orford, with a pension of £4000 per annum, and then resigned the seals of his office. He now retired to Houghton, in Norfolk, where he died on the 18th of March, 1745, in the 69th year of his age. HENRY ST. JOHN, VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE. This distinguished ornament of the senate was born at Battersea, in the year 1678. He was the son of Sir Henry St. John, of Lydiard, Tregoney, in Wiltshire, and Mary, daughter of Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick. He was returned member of parliament for Wotton Basset, in Wiltshire, in 1700, at the age of twenty-two. In that great field of mental warfare, the British senate, he soon became a distinguished member, and in 1704 he was appointed secretary at war: in 1707, he and his friends resigned, but in 1710 again took office, when he became secretary of state for foreign affairs, an arduous post at all times, but doubly so at that important crisis. He bore the principal burthen of the complicated negociations, 56 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. " which ended in the treaty of Utrecht; and frequently said in after life that he never looked back to this period with- out a mingled emotion of terror and elevation of mind. In 1712, he was raised to the peerage under the title of Baron St. John and Viscount Bolingbroke. On the accession of George I. he gave up the seals of office, and became an ardent oppositionist. His political exertions. ceased in 1735, but before he withdrew, he collected his energies to give a parting blow to Walpole, and dedicated to him in a vein of sarcasm, his masterly dissertation on parties. He now retired to France, resolving to pass the remainder of his life in complete privacy. "Plato" he observes, "ceased to act for the commonwealth when he ceased to persuade, and Solon laid down his arms before the public magazines, when Pissistratus grew too strong to be opposed any longer with hopes of success." He devoted the remainder of his days to literary pursuits, and died on the 15th of November, 1751, aged 79 years. WILLIAM PULTENEY, EARL OF BATH. This remarkable statesman, descended from an ancient family in Leicestershire, was born in 1682, and was returned to parliament for the borough of Heydon, on the accession of George I. He was appointed privy councillor and secretary at war, in direct opposition to the wish of Marlborough, and so intimate was his connection with Walpole and Stanhope, the whig leaders, that in allusion to the projected triple alliance between England, France, and Holland, they were called the three grand allies. Differences however soon took place between the cele brated statesmen, which terminated in great political GRANVILLE. 57 hostility. Pulteney now attached himself to Lord Boling- broke the supporters of the administration quailed beneath his vindictive eloquence, and in 1741, Walpole admitted that he feared Pulteney's tongue more than another man's sword. They soon resigned, and the oppo- sition party took office. Pulteney was called to the house of lords, and created Earl of Bath. He died on the 8th of June, 1764, æt. 82. JOHN CARTERET, EARL OF GRANVILLE. This nobleman, the son of George, Lord Carteret, was born on the 22nd of April, 1690. On his entry into poli- tical life, he gave an earnest of those brilliant talents which raised him to the highest offices in the state. From the zealous eloquence with which he advocated the protestant succession on the 4th of May, 1721, he was nominated to the office of secretary of state, which he resigned on the 3rd of April, 1724, and on the same day received the appointment of lord lieutenant of Ireland. Shortly after the accession of George II. in 1737, he was again constituted lord lieutenant of Ireland, and remained until 1731, when he returned to England. In 1741 he was appointed secretary of state, which in the latter end of the year 1744 he resigned. In 1749 he received the ribbon of the order of the Garter, and the next year he was created president of the council, an office which he retained until his death, having declined accepting the seals of secretary of state in 1756. He retained his vivacity up to the day of his death, which took place on the 2nd of June, 1663, aged 73 years. 58 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. R THOMAS PELHAM, DUKE OF NEWCASTLE The eldest son of Thomas, Lord Pelham, was born on the 21st of July, 1694. He succeeded to his father's honours in 1712, and subsequently came into possession of the large estates of his uncle, John Holles, Duke of Newcastle, in October, 1714. He was created Viscount Pelham, and Earl of Clare, and in August, 1715, Duke of Newcastle. When young, he attracted much notice for the zeal with which he supported the interests of the house of Hanover. With the assistance of his brother he raised a troop of horse to assist in putting down the Jacobites, and was in return for his loyalty made a knight of the garter, lord chamberlain, and secretary of state. In this exalted station he continued for a number of years, when he resigned it into the hands of Pitt. He died in July, 1776, aged 82 years. PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. This celebrated nobleman was the eldest son of Philip, the third Earl of Chesterfield, by lady Elizabeth Savile, daughter of the Marquis of Halifax. He was born in Lon- don, on the 22nd of September, 1694. In 1715 he became a gentleman of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, and about the same time took his seat in the house of com- mons as member for St. Germaine, in Cornwall. In 1716 he gave his decided support to the septennial bill, in 1730 he was made a knight of the garter, and high steward of his Majesty's household. In 1732, he quitted the party of Sir R. Walpole, whose excise bill he opposed with great vehemence. From this time until the year 1744, he was constantly in opposition to whatever party HOLLAND. 59 happened to be in office. On the union of parties taking place in 1744, he connected himself with the administra- tion in 1746 he was made chief secretary of state, which office he resigned in 1748, and took no part in any future administration; nor did he afterwards, except in a few rare instances, being afflicted with deafness, join in the parliamentary debates. He died on the 24th of March, 1773, aged 79 years. HENRY FOX, LORD HOLLAND. The son of Sir Stephen Fox, by his second wife, whom he married after he had attained his eightieth year, was born in 1705. In 1735, he obtained a seat in parliament, as member for Hendon, in Wiltshire, and his abilities soon procured public employment. In 1737 he was ap- pointed surveyor-general to the board of works, in 1743 one of the commissioners of the treasury, in 1746 secretary at war. He was honoured for a considerable time with the confidence of the king, but at last, his great political rival, Pitt, after a most vehement struggle, drove him from office. Fox resigned his secretaryship in 1756. He was raised to the peerage by the title of Baron Holland, of Foxley, in 1763. On his first appearance in parliament, predjudices were raised against him as a speaker, on account of what Walpole, aptly terms, his barrenness of expression, but he rapidly improved in elocution, although he was occasionally hesitating, and never florid. His speeches abounded in good sense, and were masterpieces of close reasoning; he was unquestionably a man of ex- traordinary talents. He died at Holland House, Ken- sington, on the 1st of July, 1771, aged 69 years. 60 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM. • The eldest son of Robert Pitt, of Boconnoc, in the county of Cornwall, was born on the 13th of November, 1708, in the parish of St. James, Westminster. In 1735, he went into parliament as member for Old Sarum. His exalted talents, lofty spirit, and commanding eloquence soon rendered him singularly conspicuous, and he gradu- ally obtained the reputation of being one of the most vigilant and powerful opposers in the house, to impolitic measures or unconstitutional innovations. In 1746, he was appointed in the first place, joint vice-treasurer of Ireland, and afterwards treasurer and paymaster of the army, with a seat in the privy council; in 1756 he was appointed secretary of state for the southern department ; in June, 1757, he was made premier. The vigour of the new administration soon produced an extraordinary effect. The spirit, activity, and resolution of Pitt, wrought miracles in the government offices. In October 1761, he resigned his office. In 1764, he greatly distinguished himself by his opposition to general warrants, which, with all his accustomed energy and eloquence, he stig- matized as being atrociously illegal; a search for papers, or a seizure of the person, without some specific charge, was, he contended, repugnant to every principle of true liberty. By the British constitution," said he, "every man's house is his castle; not that it is surrounded by walls and battlements: it may be a straw-built shed, every wind of heaven may whistle around it, all the elements of nature may enter it, but the king can not, the king dare not." At the latter end of 1766, he took office again as lord privy seal, and gave up his enviable title to the Great Commoner, with some portion of his CHATHAM. 61 deserved popularity, by accepting a peerage, having been called to the House of lords as Viscount Pitt, of Burton Pynsent, and Earl of Chatham. He resigned his place in November, 1768, and never took office again, but con tinued to take a part in important debates. He had in- variably opposed with the whole force of his eloquence, the measures which led to the American war, and long after his retirement from office, had exerted himself most zealously to bring about a reconciliation between the mother country and the colonies. But when the Duke of Portland, in 1778, moved an address to the crown, on the necessity of acknowledging the independence of America, Lord Chatham, although he had but just left a sick bed, opposed the motion with all the ardent eloquence of his younger days. The Duke of Richmond having replied to his speech, Lord Chatham attempted to rise again, but fainted, and fell into the arms of those who were near him. The house adjourned, and the Earl was conveyed home in a state of exhaustion from which he never recovered his death took place at Hayes, early in the following month, viz., on the 11th of May, 1778. In figure, Lord Chatham was eminently dignified and com- manding; there was a grandeur in his personal appear- ance, says a writer who speaks of him in his decline, which produced awe and mute attention: and though bowed by infirmity and age, his mind shone through the ruins of his body, armed his eye with lightning, and clothed his lip with thunder. Bodily pain never sub- dued the lofty daring, or the extraordinary activity of his mind. He even used his crutch as a figure of rhetoric: "You talk, my lords," said he, on one occa- sion, "of conquering America, of your numerous friends F 62 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. there, and your powerful forces to disperse her army, I might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch!" The Earl of Chatham was sagacious, firm, and patriotic; his opinions were liberal, his views lofty and enlightened, and his measures so eminently success- ful, that he has perhaps with truth, been termed, the greatest statesman of his country. CHARLES TOWNSHEND. The second son of Charles, the third Viscount Towns- hend, was born on the 29th of August, 1725. In 1747, he went into parliament, as member for Yarmouth, for which place he sat until 1761, when he was elected for Harwich; and continued its representative until he died. In June, 1749, he was appointed a commissioner of trade and plantations; in the following year a commissioner for executing the office of lord high admiral; in 1756, a member of the privy council; in March, 1761, secretary at war; in February, 1763, first lord of trade and planta- tions; in June, 1765, paymaster general and chancellor of the exchequer; and a lord of the treasury in August, 1766, from which period he remained in office until his decease, on the 4th of September, 1767. Burke says of him, In truth he was the delight and ornament of this house, and the charm of every private society which he honoured with his presence." CHARLES JENKINSON, EARL OF LIVERPOOL. The eldest son of Colonel Charles Jenkinson, was born on the 16th of May, 1727. In 1761, he went into par- liament as member for Cockermouth, and became under 1 1 LIVERPOOL, NORTH. 63 secretary of state. During the two following years he was secretary to the treasury; in 1763, he held a seat at the admiralty board, from which he was removed in 1766, to that of the treasury. In 1763, he became a member of the privy council, and obtained the vice treasuryship of Ireland, which he afterwards exchanged for the lucrative clerkship of the Pells. In 1778, he was made secretary at war, in 1784, president of the board of trade, which he held until 1801; and two years afterwards he resigned the chancellorship of the duchy of Lancaster, to which he had been appointed in 1786; on the 21st of August in that year (1786), he had been created Baron Hawks- bury, and on the 28th of May, 1796, Earl of Liverpool. He died on the 17th of December, 1808, aged 81 years. The earl was a respectable politician, a neat speaker, an assiduous man of business, and an able expositor of international law. FREDERIC NORTH, EARL OF GUILDFORD. Lord North, the eldest son of Francis, Earl of Guild- ford, was born in 1729. He was elected member of par- liament for Banbury, which he represented during the parliaments of 1774, 1780, and 1784. He was appointed a commissioner of the treasury: in 1766 he was made joint receiver and paymaster of the forces, and obtained a seat in the privy council. In 1767, he became chan- cellor of the exchequer, and in 1770, first lord of the treasury, which he held until 1782, and the following year he formed a coalition with his former opponent, Fox. In 1790, Lord North succeeded his father, as Earl of Guildford, but took no active part in the debates of the 64 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. peers. For several years before his death, which took place on the 5th of August, 1792, the Earl of Guildford was distinguished for his urbane deportment, his excellent temper, his great liberality, and those other fine qualities, which in the highest degree endear a man to those who compose his social circle. He had numerous opponents as a minister, scarcely any enemies as a man. As a pub- lic speaker, he succeeded rather by his wit, suavity, and apparent candour, than by force of argument or splendour of diction. EDMUND BURKE. This accomplished author, orator, and statesman, was born at Arran Quay, Dublin, on the 1st of January, 1730. His father was an attorney, who for many years enjoyed a very extensive practice in the Irish capital, and his mother was a relative of the gallant Sir Edmund Nagle. In 1765, he was first returned to parliament, as member for Wendover, in Buckinghamshire, having been previously appointed private secretary to the Marquis of Rockingham. Burke soon took a leading part in the house of commons. He signalised himself as a decided enemy to all obnoxious measures, a champion for the liberty of the subject, and a powerful advocate for religious toleration. In 1782, he was appointed paymaster of the forces, with a seat in the privy council, under the Marquis of Rockingham, his first patron, whose unexpected death, soon caused Burke to resign, and become an oppositionist. In 1784, he was elected lord rector of the university of Glasgow. In 1786, Burke entered on one of the most eventful periods of his whole political life, namely, the prosecution of Warren Hastings; he occupied four days in opening the BURKE. 65 case, and it has been observed, that no terms can describe the almost more than mortal vehemence with which he uttered his manifold accusations. The accused, Hastings, admitted that for half an hour he looked up to the orator in a reverie of wonder, and actually felt himself to be the most culpable being on earth, but he adds, I returned to my own bosom, and there found a consciousness which consoled me under all I heard and all I suffered. In 1794 he effected an union between the old whigs and the ministry, and withdrew from parliament. In the beginning of the year 1797, Burke's health declined with great rapidity. Although enfeebled in body, his mind remained unimpaired, and he conversed with his usual powers, until a short time before his death, which took place on the 8th of July, 1797, aged 67. As a speaker, Burke's manner was bold and forcible, his delivery vehement and unembarrassed: but though easy, he was inelegant. His head continually oscillated, and his gesticulations were frequently violent. To the last, his pronunciation was hibernian. Although a great orator, he was not a skilful debater. Few men ever pos- sessed greater strength of imagination or a more admira- ble choice of words. His mind was richly stored, and he had a great command over its treasures. In his most brilliant efforts, he was sometimes deemed dull, because by those whom he addressed, he was incompre- hensible, and he was not unfrequently laughed at for being absurd, when safely winging his glorious way along the brink of the sublime. His contemporaries have applied almost every laudatory epithet in the language to his eloquence; as an instance, Johnson said he was not only the first man in the house of commons, but the first 66 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. man every where and, on being asked if he did not think Burke resembled Cicero, replied, "No, Sir, Cicero resembled Burke." Perhaps we may characterise him in the language of Cazales, viz.-" He possessed the sub- limest talents, the greatest and rarest virtues that ever were enshrined in a single character." 1 CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH, MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM. This amiable nobleman was born on the 13th of May, 1730. He succeeded his father as Marquis of Rocking- ham and Earl of Milton, in Ireland, on the 14th of December, 1750. On coming of age, in 1751, he took his seat in the house of peers; on the 9th of May, in the same year, he was constituted lord lieutenant of the county of York, and in 1760, he was made a knight of the garter; he was also a lord of the bedchamber. In 1763, he resigned office, but in July, 1765, he was appointed first lord of the treasury, which he resigned on the first of August, 1766. He was now considered in the house of lords as the head of the aristocratic part of the opposition. In 1782, he was again elevated to the premiership, having for his principal colleagues, the Earl of Shelburne and Mr. Fox. The ministry thus formed seemed likely to be permanent, but it was destined other- wise. On the first of July, 1782, the Marquis was seized with a violent spasmodic affection, and almost instantly expired He had long anticipated his approaching death, and is said to have expressed but one motive for wishing a continuance of life, which was, that he might see his country extricated from her troubles. LANSDOWNE, PORTLAND. 67 WILLIAM PETTY, MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE. This nobleman, who is principally known by his inhe- rited title of Earl of Shelburne, was born in May, 1737. In 1760 he was appointed aide-de-camp to George III. with the rank of colonel; in 1761, he went into parlia- ment as member for Chipping Wycomb: and in the course of the same year, took his seat in the house of peers, on succeeding to his father's title as Earl of Shel- burne. In 1763, he was admitted to the privy council, and placed at the head of the board of trade; but soon became opposed to the ministers, and resigned his office to join the opposition, under Pitt, afterwards Lord Chat- ham. In 1766, Lord Chatham was appointed premier, and nominated Lord Shelburne, secretary of state for the southern department and colonies; on a change of minis- try, 1768, Lord Shelburne shared his attachment to his eminent leader's political principles, by resigning his seals. In 1782, he was elevated to the premiership, and laboured hard to finish the negociations for peace, but his endeavours were thwarted by the union of Fox and Lord North, which gave them a preponderance in parliament, and caused him to resign in 1783, when he was created Marquis of Lansdowne and Earl of Wycombe. He now determined to retire from public life, but on the breaking out of the French revolution, he emerged from his retire- ment, and joined the opposition. He died on the 7th of May, 1805, aged 68 years. WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK, DUKE OF PORTLAND. This nobleman was the second son of the second Duke of Portland. He was born on the 14th of April, 1733, 68 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. and went into Parliament in 1761, as member for Weobly, in Herefordshire, which place he continued to represent until called to the house of peers, on the death of his father, in May, 1762. In 1782, he was appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland. On the 5th of April, 1783, he became first lord of the treasury, but resigned on the 27th of the following month. He was a whig until the French revolution, when he seceded with Burke and others, and did all in his power to strengthen the government. On the 11th of July, 1794, he was appointed to the home secretaryship, which he retained until the resignation of Pitt, in 1801, when he was chosen presi dent of the council, and remained in office until the dis- solution of the Addington cabinet. On the dismissal of Lord Grenville and his colleagues in 1807, the Duke was once more placed at the head of the treasury. He con- tinued at the administration until his decease, which took place after a brief illness, on the 30th of October, 1809, aged 76 years. HENRY DUNDAS, VISCOUNT MELVILLE. Was a younger son of Robert Dundas, born in 1740. In 1773, he was appointed solicitor general, in 1775 lord advocate, and two years after, joint keeper of the signet for Scotland. When Lord North and Fox came into power at the head of the famous coalition, Dundas resigned, but on Pitt soon after taking office, he resumed his official post and was subsequently appointed president of the board of control, and honoured with a seat in the cabinet. In 1791, he became secretary of state for the home de- partment. In 1794, he was nominated secretary at war, FOX. 69 and continued in active employment until 1801, when he retired from office with Pitt and his friends, and was created Viscount Melville. On the resignation of Adding- ton, and the return of Pitt to power, in 1804, Lord Mel- ville was created first lord of the admiralty, and remained until 1805. He died in Scotland on the 27th of May, 1811, aged 71 years. CHARLES JAMES FOX. The second son of Henry Fox, first Lord Holland, and Lady Georgiana Carolina Lennox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond, was born on the 13th of January, 1749. At the general election in 1768, notwithstanding his nonage, he took his seat in the house of commons as member for Midhurst, in Sussex. In February, 1772, he was nomi- nated one of the lords of the admiralty, under Lord North's administration. In 1774, Fox's father died. He now felt himself quite at liberty to form his own political connections, and it is said he had determined to retire from North's administration: Lord North, anti- cipating his resignation, sent him the following laconic epistle: "Sir, His Majesty has thought proper to order a new commission of the treasury to be made out, in which I do not perceive your name,-North." Fox soon after this became a bitter opponent, and the triumph of his eloquence, in their expulsion from office, was fast approaching, and Lord North and his friends were at length compelled to resign. The Marquis of Rockingham was appointed premier, and Fox secretary of state for foreign affairs; this was of short duration, occasioned by the death of the Marquis of Rockingham. Lord 70 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. Shelburne succeeded to the premiership, and Fox was again in opposition; he formed a coalition with Lord North, and they soon caused the new minister to resign, and Fox and North replaced him; but their reign was short, and his great rival, Pitt, was made premier, and Fox was recognized as the leader of the opposition. Pitt dissolved parliament with a view to gain strength. At the general election, 1784, Fox contested Westminster, and after a powerful struggle, the poll being kept open for forty-seven days, he was returned second on the poll. In 1787, he supported a motion for the repeal of the test act, with great ability. Early in 1788, he was elected recorder of Bridgewater. Great and continued exertions had now so much impaired the health of Fox as to alarm his friends, and he was advised to try the air of Bath, where, in the course of a month he happily recovered, and returned to his parliamentary duties like a giant refreshed. In the course of 1789, he was mainly instrumental in preventing a war with Russia. In 1791, a rupture oc- curred between Fox and Burke, who had for many years regarded each other with brotherly affection. They dif fered in their views of the French revolution, Fox eulo- gised, and Burke most bitterly condemned it. In his subsequent parliamentary career, Fox energetically op- posed the war with France. In 1796 he was again elected for Westminster. In 1797, he obtained as a privy coun- cillor, an audience with the king in the closet, and repre- sented in glowing terms the alarming state of the king. dom; he soon after retired to his seat at St Anne's Hill. Finding himself invariably in a minority, he thought it useless attending parliament, but in the year 1800, he was called from his retirement to discuss the propriety of FOX. 71 receiving overtures for peace from the first Consul of France. He warmly opposed the union with Ireland, and gave Addington, who took office during the temporary retirement of Pitt, his support in concluding the peace of Amiens. On the death of Pitt, in January, 1806, Fox, having coalesced with Lord Grenville, was appointed secretary of state for foreign affairs. This union of parties appears to have been by no means palatable to the public ; his ministerial duties and the opposition he experienced from the spirited adherents of his departed rival, rapidly undermined his constitution. He seems to have been fully aware of the decay of his bodily powers; "Pitt," said he, "died in January, perhaps I may go off before June." He lingered until the 13th of September, and then expired, 1806, aged 57 years. It would be difficult to convey a just idea of the elo- quence of Fox. He rejected everything that had the appearance of art; and it was a saying of his, that, if a speech read well, it was a bad speech; he had no set style, no monotony of round or studied periods. His illustrations were drawn from history or common life, he reasoned from facts and obvious principles, and made his hearers think and feel with him, because he appeared to speak what he thought, and to feel like one of them- selves. The following passage occurs in the elaborate character of Fox, by Dr. Parr: "If you had been called upon to select a friend from the whole human race, where could you have found one endowed as he was with the guileless playfulness of a child, and the most. correct and comprehensive knowledge of the world; or distinguished as he was, by profound erudition, by well founded reverence for the constitution of his country, 72 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. and the keenest penetration into the consequences near and remote of all public measures: where could you have found a statesman with such extensive and noble views: where could you have found an orator gifted with properties of eloquence, so many and so great, always exciting attention by his ardour, and rewarding it by his good sense; always adapting his matter to the subject, and his diction to the matter; never misrepresenting, where he undertook only to confute, nor insulting because he had vanquished; instructive without a wish to deceive, and persuasive without an attempt to domineer; manfully disdaining petty controversy, eager for victory only as the price of truth, holding up the most abstruse prin- ciples in the most glowing colours, and dignifying the most common by new combinations; at one moment incorporating with argument, and at the next ascending from historical details to philosophical generalization; irresistible from effort, captivating without it; and by turns, concise and copious, easy and energetic, familiar and sublime.” RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN. This distinguished orator, dramatist, and wit, was born in Dorset street, Dublin, in the month of September, 1751. He was first returned to parliament for Stafford. In 1782 he was appointed one of the under secretaries of state. On the 7th of February, 1787, in a committee of the whole house, he represented the charge against Warren Hastings, the late Governor-General of Bengal, as the ground of his impeachment in respect of his conduct towards the Begum Princesses of Oude, in so powerful a SHERIDAN. 73 speech, that at its conclusion the House adjourned with- out a division in order to allow time for the mind of the committee to cool, as it was deemed impossible after the eloquence displayed to act dispassionately. Mr. Sheridan remarked that "he heard of factions and parties in that House and knew they existed. There was scarcely a subject upon which they were not broken and divided into sects. The prerogative of the crown found its advocates among the representatives of the people. The privileges of the people found opponents even in the House of Commons itself. Habits, connections, parties, all led to diversity of opinion. But when inhumanity presented itself to their observation, it found no division among them they attacked it as their common enemy; and as if the character of this land was involved in their zeal for its ruin, they left it not till it was completely overthrown. It was not given to that House to behold the objects of their compassion and benevolence in the present extensive consideration, as it was to the officers who relieved, and who so feelingly described the extatic emotions of gratitude in the instant deliverance. They could not behold the workings of the heart, the quivering lips, the trickling tears, the loud and yet tremulous joys of the millions whom their vote of this night would for ever save from the cruelty of corrupted power. But though they could not directly see the effect, was not the true enjoyment of their benevolence increased by the blessing being conferred unseen? Would not the omnipotence of Britain be demonstrated to the wonder of nations, by stretching its mighty arm across the deep, and saving by its fiat distant millions from destruction. And would the blessings of the people thus saved, dissipate in empty air? G 74 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. No! if I may dare to use the figure, we shall constitute Heaven itself our proxy, to receive for us the blessings of their pious gratitude, and the prayers of their thanks- giving. It is with confidence, therefore, Sir, that I move you on this charge, That Warren Hastings be im- peached."" Of this astonishing oration, Pitt said, "that it surpassed all the eloquence of ancient and modern. times, that it possessed every thing which genius or art could furnish to agitate and control the human heart." Fox declared, "that all he had ever heard-all he had ever read, when compared with it, dwindled into nothing, and vanished like vapour before the sun;" and Burke pro- nounced it to be "the most astonishing effort of eloquence, argument, and wit, of which there was any record or tra- dition." Many years after its delivery, on Sheridan being informed that Lord Byron had pronounced it to be the best oration ever conceived or heard in this country, he is said to have been so overpowered with delight that he burst into tears. In 1806, Sheridan was appointed to the treasurership of the navy, under the coalition ministry of Fox and Grenville, and on Parliament being dissolved, he became a candidate for Westminster, and after a severe contest was returned. At the general election in 1807, he again offered himself, but was defeated, and took his seat as member for Ilcester. In 1811, the regency bill was passed, and a council was held for the purpose of deter- mining what course the prince, on assuming the reigns of government, should adopt; Sheridan was the only person not of the blood-royal present. In the year 1812, he delivered his last speech in the senate, to the following purport:-"After the general subjugation and ruin of Europe, should there ever exist an independent historian RICHMOND. 75 to record the awful events that produced this universal calamity, let that historian have to say,-Great Britain fell, and with her fell all the best securities for the charities of human life; for the power and honour, the fame, the glory, and the liberties, not only of herself, but of the whole civilized world." On the 7th of July, 1816, died this distinguished orator and statesman, aged 65 years. CHARLES LENNOX, DUKE OF RICHMOND. He Was born on the 22nd of February, 1734, and succeeded to his father's titles and estates at the age of sixteen. On the accession of George III. he was appointed a lord of the bed-chamber, but soon resigned; to the administra- tion of Lord Bute, and to that of his successor George Grenville, the Duke was an active opponent. On Lord Rockingham taking office he was appointed lord lieu- tenant of the county of Sussex and ambassador to the court of France. He was shortly afterwards recalled, but soon obtained the seals of secretary of state for the southern department, which he resigned on the change of ministers, and became a powerful opponent to their successors. brought forward a plan for parliamentary reform about the year 1800, which was rejected by a large majority. Un- dismayed by defeat, he redoubled his exertions to obtain a renovation of the rights of the people, by means of an- nual parliaments and universal suffrage, and for some time presided over the constitutional society, established, as it is stated, under his auspices, for the purpose of effecting the restoration of a genuine house of commons. He died on the 27th of December, 1806. His abilities were above mediocrity, his acquirements extensive, and his motives appear to have been patriotic. 76 1 ¡ EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. HENRY ADDINGTON, VISCOUNT SIDMOUTH. Was born at Reading, in the year 1757; he was first returned to parliament for Devizes. In 1789, he was clected speaker of the house of commons, which office he maintained for twelve years with dignity, and gave general satisfaction. On the resignation of Pitt in 1802, he was appointed premier. In 1805 Pitt was reappointed, and Mr. Addington made lord president of the council, and created Viscount Sidmouth. In 1806 he was made lord privy seal, under Lord Grenville's administration. He was chosen secretary of state for the home department under Lord Liverpool: after retaining his office for many years, he resigned in favour of Mr. Peel, (now Sir Robert), in 1822. Viscount Sidmouth is said to have possessed good personal qualities of public integrity, and fairness of intention. SAMUEL WHITBREAD. Was born in the year 1758; he became a candidate for Bedford in 1780, and after a spirited contest, was re- turned a member of parliament. He was returned in many successive parliaments without opposition for the borough of Bedford. On the 6th of April, 1805, he brought forward a motion tending to criminate Lord Melville, for his alleged malversations while treasurer of the navy, and succeeded by the casting vote of the speaker. He continued to take an active part in the parliamentary debates for a considerable period. He was an advocate for moderate reform, the abolition of the slave trade, re- trenchment in the public expenditure, and the education of the poor: He at last exhausted his body and mind in his country's cause, and became low and dejected in WHITBREAD, PITT. 77 spirits; an aberration of intellect ensued, and on the 6th of July, 1815, he put an end to his existence. As a sen- ator, he was distinguished for general information, up- rightness of conduct, and a manly expression of his sentiments his speeches were luminous, but not brilliant. : WILLIAM PITT. The second son of William Pitt, first Earl of Chatham, was born at Hayes, in the county of Kent, on the 28th of May, 1759 In 1780 he became a candidate for Cam- bridge university, but was defeated. In 1781 he was first returned to parliament for the borough of Appleby. On the 7th of May, 1782, he made a motion for a committee to inquire into the state of the representative system: he was desirous of transferring the elective franchise of small boroughs to populous towns. In 1782, Pitt was called to the important office of chancellor of the exchequer. In 1784, (when only twenty-five years of age), he was appoint- ed premier under disadvantageous circumstances, having to contend with a powerful opposition, headed by Fox and Lord North, forming a coalition party absolutely para- mount; so that all his proposed measures were contemp- tuously rejected by large majorities. The king, however, encouraged him to retain his post, by strong declarations in his favour: emboldened by his increasing popularity, and the king's friendship, he persevered against all oppo- sition; and at length the conflict was terminated by the dissolution of parliament in 1784, The general election was so decidedly in his favour, that upwards of one hun dred and sixty of his opponents failed to obtain seats. On the 29th of March 1786, he proposed his scheme for the redemption of the national debt (in a speech of six hours. G 2 78 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. duration,) by means of a sinking fund, which was agreed to without a dissentient voice. During the insanity of George III. in 1788, several violent debates took place with regard to the regency bill, in all of which Pitt tri- umphed; but it was rendered unnecessary by the sudden and unexpected recovery of the king. In 1790, Pitt was chosen high steward of the university of Cambridge. The French revolution soon afterwards became the great par- liamentary, and the leading popular, topic. Difference of opinion on this subject, produced a convulsion in the state of parties, and an exasperation of feeling among the leading politicians, almost without a parallel. Pitt led the cry against French principles, the majority of the na- tion was clamorous for war, and hostilities were at length commenced against revolutionized France. In 1801, Pitt carried his favourite project of an union with Ireland, and during the discussions on the subject, had held out hopes to the Irish catholics, that their political disabilities would be speedily abolished. The king, however, was averse to concession, and the people, at the same time, were anxious for peace. Finding himself, therefore, incapable of per- forming his promise to the catholics, he determined on retiring from the administration in 1801, having been. premier seventeen years in succession: he accordingly resigned his office, and supported his successor in office, Mr. Addington, until the renewal of war with France, when the premier resigned, and Pitt was again appointed to take the reigns of government, on the 12th of May, 1804, when he prosecuted the war with all the vigour in his power. But his spirits and health already impaired, were fatally affected by the disastrous aspect of affairs on the continent: his constitution now rapidly declined, and # PITT. 79 he became so lethargic, that the awful intelligence of his approaching death had scarcely any effect upon him. His death took place on the 23rd of January, 1806. His last words, according to an assertion made by Mr. Rose, in the House of Commons, were, Oh, my country !" (C In person, Pitt was tall, slender, well proportioned, and active; he had blue eyes, rather a fair complexion, promi nent features, and a high capacious forehead. His aspect was severe and forbidding, his voice clear and powerful his action dignified, but neither graceful nor engaging; his tone and manners, although urbane and complacent in society, were lofty and often arrogant in the senate. On entering the house, it was his custom to stalk sternly to his place, without honouring even his most favoured adherents with a word or a nod, or even a glance of recog- nition. The right honourable George Canning says, "The character of this illustrious statesman early passed its ordeal. Scarcely had he attained the age at which reflec- tion commences, than Europe, with astonishment, beheld him filling the first place in the councils of his country, and managing the vast mass of its concerns with all the vigour and steadiness of the most matured wisdom." Dig- nity, strength, discretion, these were among the masterly qualities of his mind at its first dawn. He had been nurtured a statesman, and his knowledge was of that kind which always lies ready for practical application. Not deal- ing in the subtleties of abstract politics, but moving in the slow steady procession of reason, his conceptions were reflective and his views correct. Habitually attentive to the concerns of government, he spared no pains to acquaint himself with whatever was connected, however minutely, with its prosperity. He was devoted to the state, its in- 80 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. .་ terests engrossed all his study, and engaged all his care: it was the element alone in which he seemed to live and move. He allowed himself but little recreation from his labours, his mind was always on its station, and his acti- vity was unremitted. He did not hastily adopt a measure, nor hastily abandon it. The plan struck out by him for the preservation of Europe, was the result of prophetic wisdom and profound policy. But though defeated in many respects by the selfish ambition and short-sighted imbecility of foreign powers, whose rulers were too venal or too weak to follow the flight of that mind which would have taught them to outwing the storm; the policy in- volved in it has still a secret operation on the conduct of surrounding states. His plans were full of energy, and the principles which inspired them looked beyond the consequences of the hour. In a period of change and convulsion, the most perilous in the history of Great Britain, when sedition stalked abroad, and when the emissaries of France, and the abettors of her regicide factions, formed a league powerful from their numbers, and formidable by their talent:-in that awful crisis, the promptitude of his measures saved his country. He knew nothing of that timid and wavering cast of mind which dares not abide by its own decision: he never suffered popular prejudice or party clamour to turn him aside from any measure which his deliberate judgment had adopted : he had a proud reliance on himself, and it was justified. Like the sturdy warrior, leaning on his own battle axe, conscious where his strength lay, he did not readily look beyond it. As a debater in the house of commons, his speeches were logical and argumentative: if they did not often abound in the graces of metaphor, or sparkle with d. PITT 81 the brilliancy of wit, they were always animated, elegant, and classical. The strength of his oratory was intrinsic : it presented the rich and abundant resource of a clear discernment and a correct taste. His speeches are stamped with inimitable marks of originality. When replying to his opponents, his readiness was not more conspicuous than his energy: he was always prompt, and always dig- nified. He could sometimes have recourse to the sportive- ness of irony, but he did not often seek any other aid than was to be derived from an arranged and extensive know. ledge of his subject. This qualified him fully to discuss the arguments of others, and forcibly to defend his own. Thus armed, it was rarely in the power of his adversaries, mighty as they were, to beat him from the field. His eloquence, occasionally rapid, electric, vehement, was always chaste, winning, and persuasive; not awing into acquiescence, but arguing into conviction. His under- standing was bold and comprehensive: nothing seemed too remote for his grasp. Unallured by dissipation, and unswayed by pleasure, he never sacrificed the national interest to any other. To his unswerving integrity, the most authentic of all testimony is to be found in that un- bounded public confidence which followed him throughout the whole of his political career. He excelled in sarcasm, and during the heat of debate, always retained the most perfect command over his temper. "Pitt," says a contem- porary, alluding to one of his speeches, "surpassed him- self, and then, I need not tell you that he surpassed Cicero and Demosthenes. What a figure would they, with their formal, laboured, cabinet orations, make ris-a-vis with his manly vivacity, and dashing eloquence. At one o'clock in the morning, after sitting in the heat of a crowded. 82 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. t } # senate for eleven hours, he spoke above an hour and a half with scarcely a bad sentence." To conclude, it has been justly said of him, that he never failed to put the best word in the best place. He was above every little art or low intrigue, for his sentiments were lofty as his pro- fessions were dignified. 1 WILLIAM WILBERFORCE. This gentleman, the descendant of a mercantile, but ancient, family, in Yorkshire, was born at Hull, in August, 1759. At the general election in 1780, he was unani- mously returned to parliament for his native place. In 1784, he was elected for the county of York, and con- tinued a knight of the shire till 1812, when he took his seat for the borough of Bramber, which he continued to represent until the termination of his parliamentary career in 1825. In 1787, he gave notice of his inten- tion to call the attention of parliament to the abolition of the slave trade, but being prevented by ill health, his friend, William Pitt, in his name, on the 9th of May, 1788, proposed a resolution (founded on a number of petitions which had previously been presented), pledging the house early in the ensuing session, to take the state of the slave trade into consideration. In 1791, Wilber- force moved for leave to bring in a bill to prevent the further importation of African negroes into the British colonies, but it was lost. On the 2nd of April, 1792, he again called the notice of parliament to the subject. On this occasion he did not advocate immediate emancipa- tion, but considered that the Africans should be gradually prepared, by moral and religious education, to receive the boon; observing that true liberty was a plant of celestial WILBERFORCE, GRENVILLE. $3 growth, and that none could taste of its odour, but those who had employed the nobler faculties of the human soul in contemplating the goodness of the divine essence, from whence it sprung. A motion in favour of gradual aboli- tion was now carried; and at length during the brief administration of Fox, in 1806, a bill for the entire aboli- tion of the slave trade was carried through both houses of parliament, and Wilberforce reaped the reward of his benevolent toils, after devoting a long life to the cause of humanity. Neither sickness nor defeat could ever arrest his benevolent exertions: the object nearest his heart was the moral improvement of mankind, every project that could conduce to so beneficent a result he promoted, -every abuse that could thwart it he endeavoured to detect and expose. Lord Brougham thus describes him, as the venerable patriarch of the cause of the slaves; whose days were to be numbered by acts of benevolence and piety; whose whole life had been devoted to the high- est interests of religion and charity." WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, LORD GRENVILLE Lord Grenville was the son of George Grenville, born on the 25th of October, 1759. In 1782, he became secretary to his brother, the Marquis of Buckingham, who had been appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland, and in the latter end of the following year, was nominated pay- master general of the forces. In 1784, he was returned a knight of the shire for Bucks. His perfect knowledge of the privileges and customs of parliament, led to his appointment as speaker of the house of commons, in 1789; but he did not occupy the chair long, for in the same year, he succeeded Lord Sydney as secretary of 81 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. state for the home department, and was created a peer, by the title of Baron Grenville. In 1791, he became secre- tary for foreign affairs. In 1795, he introduced a bill for the protection of the royal person, and soon afterwards brought forward another for regulating the residence of aliens in this country, both of which were adopted by the legislature. Lord Grenville went out of office with Pitt, on George III. refusing to grant concessions to the Catholics, which they had been led to expect would have been the consequence of the union, a measure that Gren- ville had warmly supported. He opposed government during the war; but on the signal defeat of the French in 1814, he heartily congratulated the country on the prospect of an immediate peace; and in the following year supported ministers in their resolution to depose. Napoleon. From that time he ceased to take so promi- nent a part in parliamentary discussions as he had pre- viously done, except during the debates on catholic emancipation, of which he continued an uniform and able supporter. SPENCER PERCIVAL Was the second son of John, Earl of Egmont, by his wife, Catherine Compton, daughter and sister of the Earl of Northampton, and Baroness of Arden in her own right; was born on the 1st of November, 1762. He was re turned to parliament in 1796, as member for Northamp- ton, which borough he represented during the remainder of his life. In 1801, he became solicitor general, under the Addington administration; and attorney general in the following year. On the death of the minister, Per- cival resigned office: he was afterwards appointed chan L PERCIVAL, GREY. 85 cellor of the exchequer. On the death of the Duke of Portland, he was raised to the head of the treasury, in 1809, and continued in his high office until the 11th of May, 1812; when he was shot through the heart with a pistol-ball in the lobby of the house of commons, by a person of the name of Bellingham, who made no attempt to escape, but calmly said, "I am the man who shot Mr. Percival," and surrendered himself without offering the least resistance. It appeared that he had been residing at Archangel, where, having become bankrupt, and con- ceiving himself aggrieved by the Russian government, he first solicited the British ambassador, and subsequently on coming to England, of which he was a native, memo- rialized the ministers to procure him redress, but failing in his application, he determined to shoot the first mem- ber of the administration who came in his way. He con- fessed that he had no personal hostility against Mr. Percival, and would have preferred shooting the ambas- sador; yet as the matter had turned out, he was satisfied that he had only done his duty. He was found guilty of murder, and executed. Percival's appearance was prepos- sessing, his deportment courteous, and his character in private life unblemished. As a statesman he possessed great shrewdness, indefatigable application, considerable fluency of speech, adroitness in debate, and calmness of temper. CHARLES, EARL GREY. The son of the first Earl Grey, was born in Northumber land, on the 18th March, 1764. In 1785 he was returned to parliament without opposition, for his native county. In 1791 he procured the appointment of a committee on H 86 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. the subject of imprisonment for debt. In 1792 he took a leading part in the debates relative to the negociation with the Empress of Russia: and in the following year strenuously opposed a warlike demonstration against revolutionized France. In 1794, he opposed the subsidiary treaties with Sardinia, as being not only iniquitous and unjust, but absurd and impolitic. In 1795, he made two motions, both of which were unsuccessful, that the exis- tence of a républican government in France, ought not to be a bar to a negociation for peace with that country. In 1797, he brought forward his proposed measure for a re- form in parliament, which was rejected. In 1800, he opposed the union bill, and warmly recommended catholic emancipation, which he thought would pacify Ireland, and effect all that the country required. In 1805, he objected to the legacy duty bill, as being oppressive to the younger branches of families. In 1806, he obtained the post of first lord of the admirality, with a seat in the cabinet, on the accession to power of the Fox and Grenville coalesced parties. He now became member for Appleby, which he continued to represent until called to the house of peers, on the death of his father, in 1807. In 1815, Lord Grey opposed and entered a protest against the corn bill; in 1817, he supported Lord Donoughmore's motion for going into a committee on the catholic claims; and with great zeal, opposed Lord Sidmouth's bill for the suspension of the Habeas corpus act, as being harsh and unnecessary: when the bill for the repeal of the test and corporation acts was introduced, he exerted himself most vigorously in its favour. In 1829, the catholic relief bill passed, a measure in which he had long taken a great interest. In November 1830, Earl Grey was appointed premier. He accepted GREY, WELLINGTON 87 office on the principle of reform, considering it essential that government should take into consideration the state of the representation in parliament, to correct what was imperfect, and to re-establish the confidence of the public, which parliament in its present constitution did not enjoy to a sufficient extent. In 1832, the reform bill was finally carried, by which the decayed and deserted boroughs lost their right of sending members to parliament, and the privilege was transferred to the larger counties and more important boroughs. Since this bill passed into a law, the Earl did not take such a decided interest in the debates, and in July 1834, he resigned the seals of office, being in his 70th year of age. On his first entrance into public life, his copiousness and elegance of diction, strength of argument, and graces of elocution, were highly eulogized; and a tory writer describes him, in 1828, as being then one of the best, if not the best orator in the house of commons, whose mature years had effectually subdued the ardour and zeal of party and competition. Earl Grey, throughout his political career, was a most zealous and indefatigable advocate for liberal, tolerant, and what are termed popular principles. Firmly convinced of the soundness of his opinions, although frequently defeated, he appears to have constantly looked forward to a series of certain though remote triumphs, some of which he has lived to see achieved. ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON. This great warrior and statesman, the fourth son of the Earl of Mornington, was born at Dengan Castle, the seat. of his ancestors, in Ireland, on the first of May, 1769. Being deprived of his father at an early age, he became 88 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. the chief care of his mother, by whom he was sent to Eton, and afterwards to the military academy of Angers in France. At this school he studied the principles of military science, and in 1787, received his first commission as an ensign of the 41st regiment. Thus commenced his renowned military life, which we pass over, our business being political. In 1819, he was appointed master gene- ral of the ordnance, and at the coronation of George IV. in 1821, he officiated as lord high constable of England. While at the congress of Vienna, he refused on the part of England, to interfere between France and Spain, when the French, under the pretext of an allied cause mani- fested a disposition to invade the latter country. On returning to England he began to take a more active part in the business of parliament, and his political conduct lost him much of that popularity, which, by his military renown, he had previously acquired. On the death of the Duke of York, in 1827, his grace was made comman- der-in-chief of the army, an appointinent which he re- signed on the formation of Mr. Canning's ministry. Lord Goderich succeeded Mr. Canning; but his reign was brief, and in January 1828, the Duke of Wellington accepted office as first lord of the treasury, and resigned the office of commander-in-chief to Lord Hill. He was very unpopular in his new character, but he in some degree reconciled the public, by his straight forward busi. ness habits, and conciliatory measures, such as the repeal of the test and corporation acts, catholic emancipation, the corn bill, the disfranchisement of all Irish forty-shilling freeholders, and entitling those to a vote who possessed a £10 qualification. In 1829, his grace was appointed war- den of the cinque ports and governor of Dover Castle; WELLINGTON, LONDONDERRY. 89 and on the 10th of April 1830, he was gazetted as one of the commissioners for executing the office of treasurer of the exchequer of Great Britain, and lord high treasurer of England. The Duke of Wellington's administration lasted till November, 1830, when his grace and his col- leagues resigned, and were succeeded by the ministry of Earl Grey. On the sudden dismissal of Viscount Mel- bourne's ministry, in November, 1834, his grace was appointed by his majesty as secretary of state for Foreign affairs, and discharged all the duties of three other cabinet and ministerial offices, till the retur of Sir Robert Peel, from Italy, in December; when the right honourable baronet became the head of the administration, and his grace continued secretary of state for Foreign affairs until the 18th of April, 1835, when he resigned with the ministry, being defeated on Lord John Russell's motion for the appropriation of the surplus revenues of the Irish Church. He became a member of the cabinet of Sir Robert Peel, being appointed first lord of the treasury in September, 1841, but without office. The Duke has since been appointed commander-in-chief, vacant by the retirement of Lord Hill, in August, 1842. He was the ministerial leader of the house of lords during Sir R. Peel's administration. His grace is entitled to be univer- sally admitted the greatest man of his age. ROBERT STEWART, MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY. This distinguished statesman, the son of Robert Stewart, who was created Marquis of Londonderry, in 1816, was born in Ireland, on the 18th of June, 1769. He was elected member of parliament for the county of Down, in the Irish parliament. In 1797 he was made keeper of the 90 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. privy seal for Ireland, and soon after became one of the lords of the treasury; and in the following year obtained the chief secretaryship. While in this office, he exerted himself most strenuously in favour of the union with Great Britain. In the united parliament he continued the representative of the county of Down; he was ap- pointed to the head of the board of control; he also took the title of Lord Castlereagh. He was afterwards appointed to the war-secretaryship, which he resigned on the death of Pitt, in 1806, but accepted it again when the Grey and Grenville administration was dismissed, in 1807. In 1812, Lord Castlereagh became secretary of state for foreign affairs, which post he held during the remainder of his life. In December, 1813, he proceeded to the continent as plenipotentiary on the part of this country, to negociate for a general peace, which took place after the downfall of Napoleon, and the taking of Paris. In the following year, when Lord Castlereagh attended the congress of Vienna, and enforced a settlement with Europe, in a speech of three hours long, delivered in French without interruption, Lord Castlereagh received the thanks of parliament for his services on this occasion, and was further rewarded with a ribbon of the garter. On the death of his father, in 1821, he succeeded to the Irish Marquisate of Londonderry, but still kept his seat in the commons. The laborious session of 1822 had a serious effect both on his body and mind. On Friday, the 9th of August in that year, at an interview which he had with his Majesty, he displayed some symptoms of mental alienation, and on the 12th, he inflicted a wound in his neck with a knife, by which the carotid artery was severed, and in a few moments. he breathed his last. As a man of business, he was active 1 CASTLEREAGH, BURDETT. 91 and energetic; as a public speaker, plausible, but not elegant. It has been said of him, that he swayed the house of commons by his manner. Although not eloquent, his perfect self possession, his complacency, and tact, rendered him skilful and effective as a debater. In person, Lord Castlereagh was well formed, and his features hand- some. In private life, he was kind, conciliatory, and liberal. While in power he is said to have gratefully re- membered his former benefactors, and it is added that he never broke a promise, expressed or implied, nor abandoned a friend who claimed and merited his assistance. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. Was son of Sir Robert Burdett, a gentleman of an an- cient and distinguished family, and the fourth Baronet. of that name was born on the 25th of January, 1770. In 1796, he was returned to parliament, as member for Boroughbridge with Scott, subsequently Lord Eldon. He soon distinguished himself by the liberality of his opinions, and his resolute hostility to the measures of government. The war with revolutionized France he declared to be wholly unjustifiable: and in 1797, he supported with great vehemence, a motion in favour of parliamentary reform. In the same session, he strenu- ously opposed the bill for regulating the publication of newspapers, declaring that a free government had nothing to apprehend, and every thing to hope from the liberty of the press. In 1800, he repeatedly protested against the suspension of the Habeas Corpus act, and the renewal of the sedition bill. In July, 1802, after a contest of 15 days he was returned to parliament for the county of Middlesex, but the election was afterwards made void, on 92 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. account of some misconduct on the part of the sheriffs, for which they were committed to Newgate. A new writ being issued, he was again placed at the head of the poll after a severe contest. Shortly afterwards he subscribed £1000 to the Westminster hospital, and the like amount to the society for the relief of persons imprisoned for small debts. In 1806, he published his celebrated address to the freeholders of Middlesex, and was again elected for that county. In 1807, he was elected for Westminster by a large majority. In June, 1800, he brought forward a motion, which proved unsuccessful, relative to parlia- mentary reform; and early in the next year delivered an animated address to the house on the same subject. On the 9th of February, 1810, he presented, and eloquently supported a petition from his constituents for a radical amendment in the representation of the people. On the 6th of April in the same year, the house after a warm debate, adjudged a letter which he had addressed to his constituents, respecting the committal of Gale Jones for a breach of privilege, to be a libellous and scandalous paper: whereupon a motion was made and carried for his appre- hension. After much resistance he (Sir Francis) surren- dered, and was conveyed to the Tower under a strong escort, civil and military. Sir Francis Burdett soon afterwards commenced actions against the speaker of the house of commons, for having ordered a forcible entry into his house, &c.; against the sergeant-at-arms, for having executed the speaker's warrant; and against the lieutenant of the Tower for holding him in custody; in all of which he was defeated. In July, 1819, he again moved, but without success, that the house should take the subject of parliamentary reform into consideration BURDETT. 93 observing that "the people had no right to be taxed. without their own consent, expressed by a full, free, and fair representation, a principle he stood upon as on a rock, from which he thought it impossible to be removed." He next distinguished himself by repeated, but fruitless. efforts, to call the attention of the house to the conduct of the magistrates and yeomanry, at the celebrated meet- ing of the people, on the 10th of August, 1819, in the neighbourhood of Manchester. He had previously written. an energetic letter to his constituents on the subject, for the publication of which, proceedings were commenced against him by the attorney general. He was found guilty of having published a seditious libel, and in 1821, he was sentenced to three months imprisonment in the king's bench, and to pay a fine of £2000. On the 29th of April, 1822, he supported Lord John Russell's motion for reform. On the 1st of May, 1825, he presented the general petition of the catholics, and moved for a com- mittee of the whole house to take their claims into con- sideration. His motion being agreed to, he brought in a bill, which was carried through all its stages in the commons, but rejected by the lords. On the 18th of April, he supported Mr. Whitmore's motion in favour of a revision of the corn laws. On the elevation of Canning to the premiership, he took his seat on the treasury benches, and for some time continued to support minis- ters. On the 8th of May, 1828, he again appeared as the advocate of the catholics, and a bill for their relief was again carried through the commons, and rejected by the peers. In 1829, he concurred with Mr. Brougham, in recommending that as ministers appeared willing to bring forward emancipation as a government measure, 94 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. the catholic association should dissolve itself: and during the subsequent debates on the question, he supported with great fervour those concessions which he had so materially contributed to obtain. In 1822, he strenuously supported the reform bill; after which period he did not take so prominent a part in the debates. He continued to represent Westminster until May 1837, when he re- signed his seat, his constituents being dissatisfied by his ceasing to support those opinions for which he was returned to parliament; and again offered himself on conservative principles. He was opposed on the radical interest by John Temple Leader, Esq., but was returned, after a severe contest, by a majority of 500. On the dis- solution of parliament in the same year, he retired from the representation of Westminster, and was returned for North Wiltshire, which he represented until his death, which took place in 1843, aged 73 years. Sir Francis Burdett was an aristocrat by birth and fortune, and voluntarily exerted the whole of his spirit- stirring eloquence, his abilities and acquirements, for his country. Unambitious of office, honours, and emolu- ments; steadfastly attached to the constitution, and a zealous, yet enlightened adherent to the established church; his talents and acquirements were equally re- spectable, and his eloquence bold, glowing, and forcible. WILLIAM HUSKISSON. Was born at Birch Moreton Court, in March, 1770. When Lord Gower went out as ambassador to France, he appointed young Huskisson to be his private secretary, and in 1793, successfully recommended him to Dundas as a person highly qualified to assist in the projected HUSKISSON, CANNING. 95 arrangements of an office for the affairs of emigrants who had taken refuge in England. In 1795, he became under secretary in the colonial department; and the following year he took his seat in parliament as member for Mor- peth, and in 1823 he succeeded Canning as member of parliament for Liverpool. He retired from office to the resignation of Pitt, and on his return to power, in 1804, Huskisson was appointed one of the secretaries of the treasury, and continued in office until the death of the premier in 1806. In 1807, he was recalled to his post, which he retained until 1809. In 1814 he became first commissioner of woods and land revenue; and in 1823, was advanced to the important offices of treasurer of the navy and president of the board of trade. Shortly after- wards he obtained a seat in the cabinet. On the death of Canning, and the formation of the Goderich adminis- tration, Huskisson was appointed secretary of state for the colonial department, and was succeeded in May, 1828, by Sir George Murray. He was returned member for Liverpool at the general elections in 1826 and 1830. In November of the same year, he came to his melancholy death at the opening of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway, by falling and being passed over by the train. He was a great advocate of the principles of free trade. GEORGE CANNING. This celebrated statesmen was born in the parish of Mary-le-bone, on the 11th of April, 1770, his parents having recently left Ireland, their native country. In 1793, he was elected member of parliament for Newport, in the Isle of Wight. In January, 1794, he delivered his maiden speech, in which he displayed considerable talent. 96 EMINENT BRITISHI STATESMEN. In 1796 he was appointed one of the under secretaries of state. In 1799, he took a conspicuous part in the de- bates relative to the union with Ireland. In 1801, he resigned office with Pitt, Mr. Addington becoming his successor. In 1804, Pitt again resumed office, and Can- ning was appointed treasurer of the navy, which he held until Pitt's death in 1806. The friends of the departed premier now resigned office, when Fox and Grenville suc- ceeded, whose administration was termed, All the Talents." Fox's death put a speedy end to it, when the Duke of Portland was appointed premier, and Canning secretary of state for foreign affairs. In 1809 he again resigned. In 1812, he stood a severe contest for Liver- pool, and was returned at the head of the poll. In 1814, he was appointed ambassador to Lisbon, where there was neither court nor sovereign, at the enormous salary of £14,000 per annum. He was seventeen months in Lis- bon. In 1816, he accepted office as president of the board of control. In June, the same year, Queen Caro- line returned to this country; and Canning, who was averse to taking any share in the proceedings that were meditated against her Majesty, tendered his resignation, which the King declined accepting: at the same time, however, permitting Canning to abstain as much as he thought fit from the expected discussion on the Queen's conduct. In 1822, he was appointed governor-general of India, but soon afterwards accepted the foreign secretary ship. Canning had by this time, (1823), become deserv edly popular for the spirited and liberal opinions which he most powerfully advocated, as well with regard to foreign as domestic policy; he insisted on the necessity of aiding Portugal against Spain with such fervent elo- CANNING. 97 quence, as had rarely, if ever, been heard in parliament, since the setting of those great political luminaries, during whose splendid meridian the dawn of his genius had glimmered. At the funeral of the Duke of York, in Jan- uary, 1827, he caught a cold, the consequence of which was a disorder that soon afterwards terminated his exis- tence. Early in March, he delivered a powerful speech in favour of catholic emancipation. So intense was his anxiety for the fate of the motion, which was lost by a majority of four only, and so great were his exertions on this occasion, that, for a short time afterwards he was rendered incapable by illness of re-appearing in his place. Meanwhile, the friends of Lord Liverpool, who had been attacked by paralysis in May, lost all hope of his recovery; the premiership consequently became vacant, and on the 12th of April, 1827, Canning was appointed first lord of the treasury. He struggled with all his expiring energy to retain his eminence; he sat out the session, but his disease, which was an inflammation in the kidneys, gradu- ally gained upon him, and at length, on the 8th of August, 1827, he expired, aged 57 years. Canning died, when at the zenith of his political repu- tation, he had attained the pinnacle of all his earthly ambition, as well with regard to popularity as place. His early errors were forgotten in admiration of his recent spirit, upright and manly conduct. No unprejudiced mind could withold its applause from a minister whose views were at once so eminently patriotic, and so univer- sally benevolent. Had he lived, he would most probably have become entitled to the gratitude of the world. an orator, he enshrined the most appropriate classical allusions, the most brilliant ideas, and the most exquisite G As 98 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. irony in language, which, with rare exceptions, even when uttered without premeditation, no art could refine-to which no labour could give an additional polish. For ele- gance and purity of composition, he was perhaps never excelled; and in taste, with regard to rhetorical ornaments, but seldom equalled. His raillery was often irresistible, his wit pure and poignant, and his humour at once admi- rably refined, and remarkably effective. He was possessed of so large a share of political courage, that during his whole public life, he was rarely known to flinch or avoid an attack, however well merited. He seldom lost his perfect self possession; but when in the fervid utterance of his thoughts, he rose into the most lofty and spirit- stirring eloquence, which appeared to electrify the whole house. A contributor to a periodical describes Canning's dress as having been plain, but in perfect good taste, his person tall and well made, his form being moulded between strength and activity; his countenance beaming with in- telligence, but having a cast of firmness mingled with a mild, good natured expression. His head bald as "the first Cæsar's," his forehead lofty and capacious, his eye reflective, but at all times lively, and his whole counte- nance expressive of the kindlier affections of genius and intellectual vigour. In the prime of his life he was decidedly handsome, but latterly, continues the writer, he exhibited marks of what years, care, and ambition had done upon him. ROBERT BANKS JENKINSON, EARL OF LIVERPOOL. The only son of Charles Jenkinson, afterwards Earl of Liverpool, was born on the 7th of June, 1770. In 1791, he was returned to parliament for Rye; and on the 27th LIVERPOOL. 99 of February, 1792, he delivered a most promising maiden speech. In April, 1793, he was appointed a commissioner of the India Board, and in May, 1796, he became Lord Hawksbury, on the elevation of his father to the Earldom of Liverpool. He now supported, among other ministerial measures, the union between Great Britain and Ireland. He subsequently became secretary of state for foreign affairs, during the Addington administration, and con- ducted the negociation which ended in the treaty of Amiens. In 1804, on Pitt resuming office, he was ap- pointed secretary of state for the home department; he was also raised to the upper house, by writ as a peer's eldest son. On Lord Grenville's motion in 1805, for con- sidering the petition of the Roman catholics of Ireland, Lord Hawksbury declared it to be his opinion, that as long as the catholics refused to take the oaths of supre- macy, they ought to be excluded from political power. On the death of Pitt, he was offered the premiership, but declined accepting it. In 1808, he succeeded to the Earl- dom of Liverpool, and on the assassination of Spencer Percival, in 1812, he consented, at the Prince Regent's special request, to accept of the vacant premiership. On the death of George III. Lord Liverpool resigned his seals of office, pro-forma, and resumed them again, with an assurance of royal confidence and esteem from the new monarch. He continued to hold office until his fatal ill- ness in 1827. He appeared for the last time in the House of Lords, on the 16th of February in that year, when he supported an address for conferring a pension, suitable to their rank, on the Duke and Duchess of Clarence. The next morning, after having breakfasted alone in his library, he was found by his servant stretched on the floor in a 100 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. paralytic fit. He was shortly afterwards removed to his seat at Coombe wood, where he lingered in a state of mental imbecility until his death, which took place on the 4th of December, 1828. As an orator he was plain, but nervous; and in debate he invariably treated the supporters of those measures to which he was most inimical with courtesy and respect. JOHN SCOTT, LORD ELDON. Brother of Lord Stowell, and son of a coal fitter at New- castle-upon-Tyne, was born on the 4th of June, 1751 In 1772, he became a student of the middle temple, and fol- lowed his professional pursuits with a zeal and assiduity that has scarcely ever been paralleled. In the year 1783, he was returned to parliament for Weobly, and in 1788, he was appointed solicitor-general, receiving on this occa- sion the honour of knighthood. In 1793, he was advanced to the attorney-generalship. In 1799, Sir John became Chief Justice of the common pleas, and was created a peer by the title of Baron Eldon. In 1801, he was raised to the woolsack. He resigned office in 1806, on the acces- sion of the whigs to power, but resumed it in 1807, when the tories were again in office. After the accession of George IV., on the arraignment of Queen Caroline, Lord Eldon took a decided part against her Majesty, and his ability gave so much pleasure to the King, that he was raised to the dignity of Viscount Encombe, in Dorset. He took a principal share in all the political debates. Soon after the death of Lord Liverpool, he retired finally from office, and received from George IV. a piece of plate inscribed "To his friend, John, Earl of Eldon." He was regarded in parliament more for the force of his argu- ELDON, ROMILLY. 101 ment than the power of his eloquence, his speeches being addressed to the understanding rather than to the passions of his audience. He filled the office of chancellor with the utmost impartiality. In politics he was a consistent upholder of the church and state. SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY. This distinguished character, the descendant of French refugees, and the son of á jeweller, was born in Firth-street, Soho, on the 1st of March, 1757. He, having resolved to study for the bar, became a member of Gray's Inn, in 1788. In 1800, he was made a king's counsel; and in 1806, having been appointed solicitor general and knighted, he was elected member of parliament for Queenborough, and selected to conduct the evidence on the impeachment against Lord Melville. His lordship was acquitted and restored to office; from which he was finally removed, owing, it is said, to an eloquent speech made by Romilly, in which he observed on the impropriety of keeping in office "a man, who, notwithstanding his acquittal, stands. impeached on the journals of the commons by a vote that, no one had hitherto presumed to move for rescinding." In 1807, Romilly resigned office on a change of ministers. His first parliamentary efforts were directed towards re- pealing or amending severe laws. In the course of the different sessions he procured the repeal of the statute of 8 Elizabeth, cap. 4, by which the punishment of death was inflicted for the offence of privately stealing from the person: effected an improvement in the bankrupt law, by introducing the provision of the statute 19 George III. cap. 121; and brought in three bills for the repeal of certain statutes making the punishment capital for privately 102 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. stealing in a shop, goods of the value of five shillings. In 1812, he contested Bristol, but was defeated; he was sub- sequently returned for Arundel, and continued to support in the house of commons the interests of the people. Among other popular measures he obtained leave to bring in a bill to repeal the game law act, which made it felony for an unqualified person to be found with a gun between eight at night and seven in the morning; and supported Sir F. Burdett's motion for parliamentary reform. He frequently presented petitions against the suspension of the habeas corpus act, and such was his popularity, that in August, 1818, he was elected member of parliament for Westminster, (without any effort of his,) and placed at the head of the poll. His gratification at this event, was much allayed by his solicitude for Lady Romilly, whose declining health gave him much uneasiness at the appa- rent approach of dissolution, which took place in the October following; after which time he sank into a pro- found melancholy, and on the 2nd of November, 1818, he inflicted a wound on his throat with a razor, and soon after expired. The susceptibility of his nature was superior to the strength of his mind; and the too great sensibility of his feelings was doubtless the cause of his unhappy dis- solution. Mr. Wilberforce spoke of him, as a man whose general knowledge was only equalled by his professional attainments; and who brought to the subject, all the lights of the understanding, and all the advantages of ex- perience. His oratory was distinguished by the total absence of ambiguity or equivocation, by strength of rea- soning, pungency of satire, and energy of expression. The firmness and remarkable integrity of his character gained him the respect of all parties; while his splendid abilities ROMILLY, MACKINTOSH. 103 secured him the admiration both of his political friends and enemies. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. This distinguished advocate, statesman, and historian, descended from an old Scottish clan, who followed the Pretender's fortunes, and the son of John Mackintosh, Esq., an officer in the army, was born in Morayshire, North Britain, on the 24th of October, 1765. Having completed his preparatory studies, he was in due time called to the bar. In 1800, he volunteered his services as counsel for M. Peltier, who had been proceeded against for a libel on the first consul of France, Napoleon Buona- parte. He advocated the cause of his client with such skill and eloquence, that he was from that time looked upon as an orator of the first rank. His speech for the defence, was pronounced by Lord Ellenborough to be the most eloquent oration he had ever heard in Westminster Hall. He was soon after this knighted, and appointed recorder of Bombay. In this character he had frequent opportunities for the display of his abilities: and he per- formed his functions to the satisfaction both of the Euro- peans and the natives. After seven years' residence in India, Sir James was obliged by ill health to return to England. In July, 1813, he was returned to parliament for the county of Nairn, in Scotland. His maiden speech was by no means promising; he however completely re- deemed his reputation in the next session, by delivering an eloquent speech on the escape of Buonaparte from Elba. But his greatest parliamentary efforts were directed to the amendment of the criminal code, which he is said to have taken up as a solemn bequest from the 104 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. originator of that measure, Sir Samuel Romilly. His first motion on the subject, related to the capital punish- ment of felony, and was introduced to the notice of parlia- ment, it is stated, by a speech of the very first character, both in style and argument; and such was the effect it produced that he carried his motion by a majority of nine- teen. In 1822, he had the honour of being elected lord rector of the university of Glasgow, in preference to Sir Walter Scott. In June, 1822, he made a brilliant speech on the subject of the alien bill. On the 17th of June, 1823, he was elected a vice-president of the royal society: and in July, 1826, became one of the council for conduct- ing the affairs of the London university. In the same year he was elected member of parliament for Knares- borough. He made the abolition of the slave trade, the subject of an annual motion. In April, 1830, he sup- ported a proposition for the emancipation of the Jews. Sir James Mackintosh died in the year 1832. As a par- liamentary orator, his arguments however vehement, were tempered by gravity and dignity; whilst at the same time his eloquence lost none of that warmth which is conge- nial with truth, and the diffusion of lofty and generous sentiments. WILLIAM DRAPER BEST, LORD WYNFORD. Was born 13th December, 1763, in Somersetshire. He was called to the bar in 1789; in 1800, he became sergeant-at-law, and was subsequently appointed chief justice of Chester, and solicitor general. In 1802, he entered the house of commons as member for Petersfield, Hants; and on the 24th of May, 1803, he made his first important speech on the subject of a war with France. WYNFORD. 105 In the same parliament he spoke against the magistrate's protection bill; voted against Mr. Pitt's addition force bill; spoke in support of Mr. (afterwards Lord) Grey's amend- ment to the address to the throne on the war with Spain, and voted with the majority that declared Lord Melville guilty of malversation. About 1805, he introduced into and carried through parliament, the celebrated bill for improving the livings of the clergy in the British metro- polis, who signified their gratitude to him soon after, by presenting him with a piece of place, bearing a suitable inscription. In March, 1809, he was elected recorder of Guildford, in the room of Lord Grantley. In 1813, he was elected member of parliament for Bridport, and on the 30th of November, 1814, he moved for a return of the number of insolvent debtors released from the King's Bench prison, &c., in order to devise some means of dis- tinguishing the fraudulent from the unfortunate debtor. On the 11th of April, 1815, he obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the insolvent debtor's act; one feature of which was to be, that any debtor that could give up pro- perty which would pay fifteen shillings in the pound, should be entitled to his immediate discharge. In 1819, he was knighted, and made a judge of the court of King's Bench. He was subsequently made chief justice of the common pleas, which situation he resigned in the year 1825, when he was raised to the peerage under the title of Baron Wynford. In 1830, he supported in the house of peers, Lord Lyndhurst's amendment to the forgery bill, for retaining the punishment of death in all cases connected with negotiable securities, transfer of stock, and all instru- ments connected therewith. As a counsel he was an able orator, and a skilful lawyer: and was remarkable for his independent bearing both at the bar and in the senate. 106 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. HENRY RICHARD VASSALL, LORD HOLLAND. The son of Stephen Fox, Lord Holland, was born on the 23rd of November, 1773, and succeeded his father, in title and estate, at the latter end of the following year. He commenced his parliamentary career by protesting against the assessed tax bill, and soon became a formid- able opponent to the tory administration. In 1806, he was appointed lord privy seal during the brief adminis- tration of Lord Grenville, on whose dismission he returned to the opposition benches. In 1817, he brought forward a motion for affording further liberty and comforts to Napoleon Buonaparte, against whose detention at St. Helena, he had on a former occasion protested, as being a violation of national faith. He often distinguished him- self by his powerful advocacy of catholic emancipation, parliamentary reform, and the abolition of the test and corporation acts. He was nephew of that eminent states- man Charles James Fox, and was through life a consis- tent supporter of the political opinions of his uncle. As an orator he was energetic, copious, and effective, although his utterance was imperfect, and his gesticula- tion ungraceful. HENRY BROUGHAM, LORD BROUGHAM AND VAUX. This celebrated man, (whose ancestor, Sir Thomas Vaux, bears a conspicuous part in Sir Walter Scott's tale of the Talisman,) is descended from an ancient family of Cumberland, which afterwards settled in Westmoreland. His father was proprietor of Brougham Hall, in the latter county, and his mother niece of the celebrated histo- rian, Robertson. He was born 19th of September, 1779, Square, Edinburgh. In 1802, Mr. in St. Andrew's BROUGHAM. 107 In Brougham, in conjunction with his schoolfellows, Jeffrey, Francis Horner, and other distinguished characters, commenced that able periodical the Edinburgh Review, and for some time were its principal contributors and supporters. In February, 1810, he was elected member of parliament for the borough of Camelford, and in June of the same year introduced a bill to make the practice of the slave trade felony. In 1812, he contested, but with- out success, the representation of Liverpool. In 1815, he strenuously opposed the corn bill: supported Mr. Grattan's motion in favour of the catholic claims, and introduced his own bill for the better education of the poor. 1816, he made a tour on the continent, and visited the Princess of Wales, at Como; an introduction which most probably led to his being employed by her royal highness in the celebrated proceedings subsequently instituted against her as Queen of England. In 1817, he opposed the suspension of the habeas corpus act; and in 1818, succeeded in carrying his education bill through a com- mittee of the whole house, having supported it in a speech of great eloquence. In 1820, he contested for the second time the county of Westmoreland, without success, but was returned for Winchelsea. On the third day of Easter term he took his seat in the court of King's Bench, as Attorney General for Queen Caroline. On the 3rd of October, 1820, Mr. Brougham appeared in the house of lords, as counsel for the Queen. His speech in her de- fence occupied nearly two days in delivery, and has been considered one of the most masterly and eloquent speeches ever delivered in either house of parliament. In 1821, he supported the motion of Lord A. Hamilton respecting the omission of the Queen's name from the Liturgy, ad- 108 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. } vised with respect to the quantity of her allowance, and to all measures generally affecting her. "The Queen" he observed, in one of the debates, "has been acquitted, she must be treated as if she had never been tried, or there is no justice in England." In 1822, he supported the motion of Lord John Russell for a reform in parlia- ment he also moved for a diminution of taxes on agri- culturists as a proper method for relieving them. In 1825, Mr. Brougham was elected lord rector of the Uni- versity of Glasgow, in opposition to Sir Walter Scott; he gained the election by the casting vote of Sir James Mackintosh. At the general election in 1826, he a third time unsuccessfully contested the representation of West- moreland, and again took his seat in the new parliament for Winchelsea. In May, 1827, he, for the first time, occupied a place on the ministerial benches, as a supporter of Mr. Canning's ministry; and in the term of the same year, he received a patent of precedence, and again as- sumed a silk gown. In 1828, he made his memorable speech on the subject of reform in the law administration, on which occasion he is said to have spoken six hours and a half, during all that time rivetting the attention of hist hearers. In 1830, he was elected member of parliament. for Knaresborough; and on the 23rd of the same month, he supported Lord John Russell's motion for transferring the franchise of small boroughs to large and populous. towns. On the 29th of April, he brought forward a mo- tion for establishing courts for local jurisdiction for the recovery of small debts. He also spoke against the vote by ballot, and in the following July, moved, in an elo- quent speech, for the house taking into its early consi- deration the effectual means for the abolition of the slave BROUGHAM. 109 trade. On the dissolution of the Wellington ministry in November, 1830, he was returned for the West Riding of Yorkshire and a few days after his election he was offered the chancellorship by Earl Grey, and created Baron Brougham and Vaux. He occupied the woolsack until the resignation of the ministry in 1834. The cha- racter of this great man is acknowledged in all parts of the civilized world as an ornament not only to his own country, but to the age in which he flourishes. Gifted in an extraordinary degree with mental energy and acumen, which experience has taught him to improve, as well as to apply, he stands forth amid his political contemporaries, a sun, by which his followers are dazzled and his oppo- nents confounded. The senate is his grand arena, he is there without a rival, although his eloquence is distin- guished neither by imagination nor even the common graces of rhetoric; nevertheless, his forcible mode of rea- soning, his overwhelming vehemence, his impressive and earnest manner of delivery, and his tremendous powers of sarcasm, gain him a degree of attention in the house which is accorded to no other member, and render him a fearful antagonist. Is chief commissioner of inquiry con- cerning charities, President of the London University, and has a pension of 5000 a year as ex-lord chancellor. HENRY PETTY, MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE. A younger son of the celebrated Earl of Shelburne, afterwards Marquis of Lansdowne, by his second wife. Louiza Fitzpatrick, a daughter of the Earl of Upper Ossory; was born on the 2nd of July, 1780. On attain- ing his majority he was elected member of parliament for Calne. At this early period of his career, Fox compared K 110 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. him to Pitt when at the same age, on account of his talents. On the death of Pitt, in 1806, Lord Henry succeeded to the chancellorship of the exchequer, and also became member for the university of Cambridge; and afterwards member for Camelford. In 1814, he moved an address to the Prince Regent, which was adopted without a division, declaratory of the deep regret felt by the house, that the humane exertions of this country for abolition of the slave trade had not been attended with complete success; and praying that means might be taken more fully to effectuate the merciful intentions of the legislature. In 1824, he introduced a bill for the imme- diate recognition of the southern American States. In 1827, he accepted a seat in the cabinet, and soon after- wards obtained the seals of the home department, which he relinquished in 1828. On Earl Grey being appointed first lord of the treasury, in 1830, the Marquis of Lans- downe accepted office as lord president of the council; he filled the same office under Lord Melbourne's administra- tion, in 1835, and also under the administration of Lord John Russell, in 1846. His political knowledge is exten- sive, his delivery pleasing, and his manners mild and courteous. FREDERICK JOHN ROBINSON, EARL OF RIPON. This statesman, son of Thomas, second Lord Grantham, was born on the 30th of October, 1782. In 1807, he was elected member of Parliament for Ripon, which he repre- sented in several succeeding parliaments. In 1812, he was appointed vice president of the board of trade, and also treasurer of the navy. On the 1st of March, 1815, he brought forward the corn bill. Popular violence in- RIPON, PEEL. 111 creased with the discussions on the measure, and riotous assemblies were held. A mob attacked the house of Mr. Robinson, and destroyed his furniture and papers; but in spite of a most determined opposition, it was carried on the 10th of the same month. In 1823, he was appointed chancellor of the exchequer. On the formation of Can- ning's ministry, in 1827, he became secretary of state for the colonies, and on the 28th of April, 1827, he was raised to the peerage by the title of Viscount Goderich, of Norton, in the county of Lincoln. At the death of Canning, Lord Goderich succeeded to the premiership, which he resigned in 1828. He was appointed colonial secretary in 1830, under the administration of Earl Grey; but retired from office in May, 1834, along with Lord Stanley, Sir J. Graham, and the Duke of Richmond. He was created Earl of Ripon in 1833. On Sir R. Peel being made premier, in 1841, Lord Ripon became president of the council, which he resigned with his colleagues in 1846. The Earl of Ripon is urbane and candid to his political opponents, honest in his intentions, and well skilled in the practical duties of office. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART. Much has been said of the humble origin of the Peel family, and no little misconception indulged in with respect to the obscurity of its descent. The following details, founded on unquestionable data, will show, that, though devoid of all claims to the pride and pomp of heraldry, it can be traced back for several generations, through a long line of progenitors. The grand uncle of the late baronet, the Rev. Nicholas Peele, held the curacy of Blackburn, in Lancashire, in 1650. The name we find originally written 112 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. with a final e, and a family of that name was, as early as the beginning of the fifteenth century, seized of lands in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and in the lower divisions of Black- burn, Lancashire. About the close of the succeeding century, Robert Peele left the parish of East Morton, in the hundred of Lancashire, with which his descendants have ever since been connected. He died in 1608, leaving a son, William, father of William Peele, of Hole House, who died in 1651, leaving, by Margaret Livesey, his wife, (whom he married in 1619,) a son, Robert, whose two sons were Robert Peele, of Peele-fold, Oswaldtwistle, and the Rev. Nicholas Peele, curate of Blackburn. The elder, Robert, married in 1681, Anne Ward, and died in 1733, leaving one son, William Peele, of Peele-fold, who married in 1712, Anne, daughter of Robert Walmsley, of Upper Derwent, and was father of Robert Peele, of Peele-fold, who, by Mary, his wife, daughter of Edmund Haworth, of Blackburn, had a large family, the third son of which was the late Sir Robert Peel, Bart., father of the present Sir Robert, who was born on the 5th of February, 1788, at Bury, in Lancashire. In 1809 he was returned to parliament for Cashel, in Ireland, and seconded the address in reply to the king's speech, on the opening of the session. In the course of the same year, he was appointed under secretary for the colonial department; and on the 12th September, 1812, he became chief secretary for Ireland. In this capacity, on account of the disturbed state of the country in 1814, he proposed the revival of the insurrection act in Ireland, which, after warm discussions, ultimately passed both houses of parliament. On the elevation of Mr. Abbot to the peerage, in 1819, Mr. Peel was elected member for the University of Oxford. In 1818 he resigned the Irish PEEL. 113 secretaryship. In 1819 he was selected by the government to act as chairman of the Bank committee: in that capacity he introduced the act for the resumption of cash payments, since called "Peel's Bill." On the 17th January, 1822, he was appointed secretary for the home department. In the course of the same year he resisted the measure in favour of catholic peers, and brought forward the alien act. In 1824 he proposed a modification of the alien act, and the following year opposed the catholic relief bill. In 1826 he commenced his measures for the improvement of the criminal code. On the accession of Canning to power, he resigned his office, which he again resumed under the Duke of Wellington's administration in January, 1828. Though he had ever been a strenuous opponent of the catholic emancipation, Mr. Peel was now induced to support a bill for their relief, which was made a government measure. To extenuate what was termed his apostacy, he urged that the position of affairs had altered; that concession to the catholics had become a matter of expediency; and that the catholic question had interfered with the proper government of the country for thirty-five years, by causing constant divisions in the cabinet." "I shall follow," said he, in reply to a severe attack from Sir C. Wetherell, “the example of the pilot, who does not always steer the same course to guard the ship from danger, but a different course under different circumstances, as they arise, in order to save the vessel from the very dangers which the captain. and crew have most dreaded." In consequence of this change he resigned his seat for the University of Oxford, and was defeated in his attempt to be re-elected, by Sir R. H. Inglis, in February, 1829, who had a majority of forty- six votes. He was afterwards returned for Westbury. He 114 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. On the dismissal of the succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father, in the year 1830. He resigned office with his colleagues in November, 1830, and became leader of the opposition. party in the house of commons. Melbourne government, in 1834, the Duke of Wellington took office until the return of Sir R. Peel from Italy, when he was made first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer. But being defeated in the new parliament which he had summoned, he resigned in April, 1835. On the 7th of May, 1839, ministers, having only a majority of five in the house of commons on the Jamaica bill, resigned. On the following day Sir Robert received her Majesty's commands to form a new administration, but owing to the refusal of the Queen to dismiss the ladies of her household, on which Sir Robert Peel insisted, he de- clined the commission, and on the 10th Lord Melbourne was re-instated. The ministers continued in office until 1841, when they were defeated on the budget, and they appealed to the country by dissolving parliament. On the meeting of the new parliament, however, the opposition had a large majority, and the ministers were compelled to resign. Sir Robert Peel was again summoned by her Majesty, and undertook the formation of a new administra- tion, of which the right honourable baronet was the head. In February, 1842, he proposed and carried a revision of the corn laws and the tariff; and at the same time imposed the income and property tax, to compensate for the defici- ency occasioned by the great reduction of duties. On the 14th February, 1845, in making the annual financial statement, he proposed the renewal of the income tax, and stated his plans with regard to the disposal of the surplus revenue, which he calculated at £3,409,000. He pro- ・ PEEL 115 posed to abolish all duties on export, also to abolish the duties on those articles which merely yielded nominal amounts, by which 430 articles would be expunged from the tariff. He also proposed to abolish the duty on cotton wool, and on staves, the auction duty, and the duty on glass. The total reduction to be effected on sugar was estimated at £1,300,000, and the total loss to the revenue by the various reductions would amount to £3,356,000. He carried his measures through Parliament; but at the close of the year, the ministry resigned owing to the dif ferences in the cabinet on the repeal of the corn laws. After an ineffectual attempt by Lord John Russell to form an administration, Sir Robert Peel again resumed office with the greater portion of his former colleagues. At the commencement of the session, in stating the course he intended to pursue in respect to the corn laws, he ac- knowledged that his opinions on the subject of protection. had undergone a change, from close observation of the working of his tariff of 1842, when the great invasion was made on the principle of protection to domestic industry, showing that the increase of foreign exports from 1842 to 1811 was from £47,381,000 to £58,530,000. On the 27th January, 1846, Sir Robert introduced his plan for the gradual abolition of the corn laws in a speech occupying four hours in delivery; and after repeated animated de bates, his measures finally passed both houses, and received the royal assent on the 26th of June. On the same date he was defeated on the second reading of the Bill for Pro- tecting Life in Ireland, being in a minority of 73, in con- sequence of which he resigned office on the 29th. Robert has since given a qualified support to his successor. Sir 116 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. Is the third son of the late Duke of Bedford, by his first Duchess, and was born on the 19th of August, 1792. He entered parliament, July 1813, for Tavistock, and delivered his maiden speech in July, 1814, on the alien act repeal bill. In 1818, he was again elected for Tavis- tock; and on Sir Francis Burdett's motion for reform in 1819, he avowed himself friendly to triennial parliaments, but would not pledge himself to support a measure that went the length of proposing an inquiry into the general state of the representation; because such an inquiry, he contended, was calculated to fill the minds of the people with vague and indefinite alarms. In 1819, he intro- duced his first motion for parliamentary reform in a temperate speech, which he concluded by submitting for the adoption of the house four resolutions declaratory of the expediency of disfranchising corrupt boroughs, of giving compensation to the pure electors, of transferring the right of representation so taken away to large towns and counties, and for adopting further measures for the prevention of bribery at elections. These resolutions he afterwards withdrew, and gave notice of a motion for the disfranchisement of Grampound, which ultimately took place in 1822, when the forfeited franchise was transferred to the county of York. He made an unsuccessful motion to disfranchise corrupt boroughs, and to bestow the repre- sentation upon populous towns in May, 1821; and in 1822, 1823, and 1826, he proposed resolutions that the state of the national representation required the serious notice of the house, which were negatived on each occasion by large majorities. Towards the close of the session of 1826, he brought forward a series of resolutions to prevent RUSSELL. 117 bribery at elections. At the next election, on account of his advocacy of catholic emancipation, he lost his seat for the county of Huntingdon, which he had represented since 1820, but was returned for the Irish borough of Bandon Bridge. On the 26th of February, 1828. he introduced his celebrated bill for the abolition of the test and corporation acts, which soon afterwards passed into law. On the 28th of May, 1830, he opposed Mr. O'Con- nell's motion for universal suffrage, declaring that he was no friend to sweeping measures, but an advocate only for moderate reform. He accepted office in 1830 under Earl Grey's government, and introduced the reform bill and superintended its passage through the house of commons. In April, 1835, he was appointed secretary of state for the home department, under Lord Melbourne's administra- tion. In consequence of taking office he had to be re- elected after a severe contest he was defeated, but was shortly afterwards elected for Stroud, Lieut. Col. Fox vacating his seat for that purpose. In 1839, he was appointed secretary of state for the colonies, which he resigned along with his colleagues in office, in September, 1841. Lord John Russell was returned for the city of London at the general election in July, 1841, after a very severe contest. On the resignation of Sir R. Peel in December, 1845, her Majesty commissioned his lordship to form a new administration, which, owing to the disa- greement of his friends, he failed to accomplish, and Sir R. Peel was again re-called: on whose second resignation on the 26th June, 1846, Lord John was again summoned to her Majesty's counsels. His Lordship is now prime minister of England. 118 EMINENT BRITISH STATESMEN. JOHN COPLEY, LORD LYNDHURST. This profound lawyer and eminent statesmen was born at Boston, in America, on the 21st of May, 1772. His father was one of the American loyalists, who was com- pelled to fly to England, where young Copley received the most important part of his education. Having chosen the law as his profession, he was called to the bar in 1800. In 1819, he was appointed solicitor general, and received the honour of knighthood; and attorney general in 1824. In 1826, Sir John Copley was elected member for the University of Cambridge, and in a few months afterwards he succeeded to the office of master of the rolls. He some time afterwards made his memorable speech in opposition of the catholic claims; and on the formation of a ministry by Canning, Sir John Copley succeeded Lord Eldon as lord high chancellor of England, with the title of Baron Lyndhurst. He continued to hold the seals on the accession to power of the Duke of Wel- lington. Government having determined on acceding to the catholic claims, Lord Lyndhurst was critically situated, he having recently opposed them, but gave the measure his support, in deforence to the majority of the cabinet, who considered it a measure of expediency. After his resignation of the chancellorship in 1830, Lord Lyndhurst was appointed chief Baron of the Exchequer during the administration of Earl Grey. He was again made lord chancellor during the brief administration of Sir R. Peel in 1834-5. Lord Lyndhurst was a third time appointed. lord chancellor in September, 1841, on the accession of Sir Robert Peel to office, which he resigned along with his colleagues, on the 26th of June, 1846. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT, ELECTED JULY. 1841, AS PUBLISHED IN "TII E LONDON GAZETTE." SPEAKER.-Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre. WHIG. CONSERVATIVES. A'Court, Captain, Tamworth Ackers, James, Ludlow Acland, Sir T. D., Devon North Acland, T. D., Somerset West Acton, Colonel, Wicklow county Adare, Visc., Glamorganshire Adderley, C. B., Staffordshire Alexander, N., Antrim county Alford, Lord, Bedfordshire Allix, J. P., Cambridgeshire Antrobus, E., Surrey East Arbuthnot, Hn. H., Kincardinesh. Archdall, M. E., Fermanagh Astell, W., Bedfordshire Ashley, Lord, Dorsetshire Ashley, Hon. A. H. C., Dorchestr. Attwood, J., Harwich Attwood, M., Whitehaven Bagge, W., Norfolk West Bagot, Hon. W., Denbighshire Bailey, J., Herefordshire Baillie, Colonel H., Honiton Baillie, J., Worcester Baillie, H. J., Invernesshire Baird, W., Falkirk Burghs WHIGS. Abercromby, Col., Kinrosshire Acheson, Visc., Armagh county Aglionby, H. A., Cockermouth Ainsworth, P., Bolton Aldam, William, Leeds Anson, Hon. G., Staffordshire S. Archbold, Robert, Kildare Armstrong, A., King's County Bainbridge, E. T., Taunton Bannerman, A., Aberdeen Barclay, D., Sunderland Baring, Rt. Hn. F. T., Portsmouth Barnard, E. G., Greenwich Bell, J., Thirsk Bellew, R. M., Louth Berkeley, Hon. C. F., Cheltenham Berkeley, Hon. F. M., Gloucester Berkeley, Hon. F., Bristol Berkeley, Hn. G., Gloucestersh.W. Bernal, R. jun., Wycomle Blake, M. J, Galway Blake, Sir V., Galway Blake, M., Mayo county Blewitt, R. J., Monmouth Bodkin, J., Galway co. 120 CONSERVATIVES. WHIGS. Baldwin, C. B., Totness Bowes, J., Durham South Balfour, J. M., Haddington Burghs Bowring, Dr., Bolton Bankes, G., Dorsetshire Baring, Hon. B., Thetford Baring, H. G., Marlborough Barneby, J., Worcestershire East Barrington, Lord, Berkshire Baskerville, T.D.M., Herefordsh. Bateson, Sir R., Londonderry co. Beckett, W., Leeds Bennett, J., Wilts South Bentinck, Lord G., Lyun Bell, M., Northumberland South Beresford, Capt., Athlone Beresford, Major, Harwich Blackburne, J. I., Warrington Blackstone, W. S., Wallingford Blakemore, R., Wells Bodkin, W. H., Rochester Boldero, Captain, Chippenham Borthwick, P., Evesham Boscawen, Lord, Cornwall West Botfield, B., Ludlow Bradshaw, J., Canterbury Bramston, T. W., Essex South Broadley, H., Yorkshire East Broadwood, H., Bridgewater Brook, Sir A. B., Fermanagh Brownrigg, J. S., Boston Bruce, Lord E., Marlborough Bruce, Lord, Southampton Bruen, Colonel, Carlow Bucke, L. W., Devon North Buckley, E., Newcastle-un-Lyne Buller, Sir J. Y., Devon South Bunbury, H., Carlow Burdett, Sir F., Wilts South Burrell, Sir C., Shoreham Bridgman, H., Ennis Brocklehurst, J., Macclesfield Brodie, W. B., Salisbury Brotherton, J., Salford Browne, R. D., Mayo co. Browne, Hon. W., Kerry Bryant, Major, Kilkenny co. Bulkeley, Sir R. W., Flint Buller, C., Liskeard Buller, E., Stafford Butler, Hon. P., Kilkenny co. Byng, Rt. Hon. G. S., Chatham Byng, G., Middlesex Callaghan, D., Cork Carew, Hon. S., Waterford co. Cave, Hon. R. O., Tipperary co. Cavendish, Hon. G., Derbyshire Cavendish, C. C., Youghal Cayley, E. S., Yorkshire North Chalmers, P., Montrose district Chapman, B., Westmeath Childers, J. W., Malton Clay, W., Tower Hamlets Clayton, Sir W., Marlow Clements, Lord, Leitrim Clive, E. B., Hereford Cobden, R., Stockport Colborne, Hon. W. R., Richmond. Collins, W., Warwick Cowper, Hon. W., Hertford Craigh, W. G., Edinburgh Crawford, W. S., Rochdale Currie, R., Northampton Curteis, H. B., Rye Dalmeny, Lord, Stirling Burghs Dashwood, G. H., Wycombe 121 CONSERVATIVES. Burroughs, H. N., Norfolk East Campbell, Sir H., Berwickshire Campbell of Menzie, Argyleshire Canning, Sir S., Lynn Carnegie, Hon. Capt., Stamford Cartwright, R. C., Northamptonsh. Castlereagh, Visconut, Down co. Chapman, A., Whitby Charteris, Hon. F., Gloucester E. Chelsea, Lord, Reading Chetwode, Sir J., Buckingham Cholmondeley, Hon. H., Montgmy. WHIGS. Dawson, T. V., Louth Denison, J. E., Malton Denison, W. J., Surrey West Denistoun, J., Glasgow D'Eyncourt, Rt. Hn. C. T.,Lambeth Divet, E., Exeter Drax, J. S. W. S. E., Wareham Duff, J., Banffshire Duke, Sir J., Boston Duncan, Lord, Bath Duncan, G., Dundee Duncombe, T., Finsbury Dundas, Capt. D., Greenwich Christopher, C.A., Lincolnshire N, Dundas, Hon. J. C., Richmond Christmas, W., Waterford Chute, W., Norfolk West Clayton, R., Aylesbury Dundas, D., Sutherlandshire Dundas, F., Orkney and Shetland Clements, Colonel, Cavan Clerk, Sir G., Stamford Clive, Hon. R., Salop South Cockburn, Sir G., Ripou Codrington, C. W., Gloucester E. Cole, Hon. A. H., Enniskillen Collett, W. R., Lincoln Colvile, C. R., Derbyshire South Compton, H. C., Hants. South Coote, Sir C., Queen's County Copeland, W. T., Stoke-upon-Trent Corry, Rt. Hon. T., Tyrone Courtenay, Lord, Devonshire S. Cresswell, C., Liverpool Cresswell, B., Northumberland Cripps, W., Cirencester Crosse, T. B., Wigan Damar, Hu. Col. D., Portarlington Darby, G., Sussex East Darlington, Earl of, Salop South Dawnay, Hon. R., Rutlandshire Darby, G., Sussex East L Easthope, J., Leicester Ebrington, Lord, Plymouth Ellice, E., Coventry Ellice, E., St. Andrews Ellis, Wynne, Leicester Elphinstone, H., Lewes Esmonde, Sir T., Wexford Etwall, R., Andover Evans, William, Derbyshire North Ewart, William, Dumfries Ferguson, Col., Kirkaldy district Ferguson, Sir R., Derry Fielden, J., Oldham Fitzalan, Lord, Arundel Fitzroy, Ld. C., Bury St. Edmonds Fitzwilliam, Hu. W., Peterborough Fleetwood, Sir H., Preston Forster, M., Berwick Fox, Colonel, Tower Hamlets French, F., Roscommon Gibson, T. M., Manchester | Gill, J., Plymouth CONSERVATIVES. Denison, E. B., Yorkshire West Dick, Q., Maldon Dickinson, J. H., Somerset West 122 D'Israeli, B., Shrewsbury Dodd, G., Maidstone Douglas, Sir C. E., Warwick Douglas, Sir Howard, Liverpool Douglas, J. S., Rochester Douro, Marquis of, Norwich Dowdeswell, J., Tewkesbury Drummond, H., Perth Duffield, T., Abingdon Dugdale, W. S., Warwickshire N. Duncombe, Hon. O., Yorkshire N. Duncombe, Capt., East Retford Dupre, C. G., Bucks. East, J. B., Winchester Eaton, R., Cambridge Eastnor, Lord, Reigate Egerton, Lord F., Lancashire S. Egerton, W. T., Cheshire North Egerton, Sir P., Cheshire South Eliot, Lord, Cornwall East Emlyn, Lord, Pembrokeshire Escott, B., Winchester Estcourt, T. B., Oxford University Farnham, E. B., Leicester North Fellowes, E., Huntingdonshire Ferrand, W. B., Knaresborough Feilden, W. B., Blackburn Filmer, Sir E., Kent West Fitzroy, Captain, Durham Fleming, J. W., Hants South Flower, Sir James, Thetford Follett, Sir W., Exeter Forbes, W., Stirlingshire Forester, Hon. G. C., Wenlock Forman, T. S., Bridgewater WHIGS. Gordon, Hon. F., Forfarshire Gore, Colonel, New Ross Granger, T. C., Durham Grattan, H., Meath Grattan, J., Wicklow co. Greenaway, C., Leominster Grey, Sir G., Devonport Grosvenor, Lord R., Chester Guest, Sir J., Merthyr Tydvil Hall, Sir B., Marylebone Harford, S. Lewes Harris, J., Newcastle-under-Lyne Hastie, A., Paisley Hatton, Capt. B., Wexford co. Hawes, Benjamin, Lambeth Hay Sir A. L., Elgin Burghs Hayter, W. G., Wells Heathcote, C., Rutlandshire Heathcoat, J., Tiverton Heneage, E., Grimsby Heron, Sir R., Peterborough Hill, Lord M., Evesham Hindley, C., Ashton Hobhouse, H. C., Hereford Hobhouse, Sir J. C., Nottingham Holland, R., Hastings Horsman, E., Cockermouth Hoskins, K. Hereford Houldsworth, J., Wakefield Howard, Hon. C., Cumberland East Howard, Hon. J., Malmesbury Howard, Lord, Shaftesbury Howard, Capt., Morpeth Howard, P. H., Carlisle Howard, Capt., Cricklade Howard, Sir R., Wicklow co. Humphrey, Alderman, Southwark Hutt, William, Gateshead CONSERVATIVES. Fremantle, Sir T., Buckingham Fuller, A. E., Sussex East Gaskell, J. M., Wenlock Gladstone, W. E., Newark Godson, R., Kidderminster Gore, M., Barnstaple 123 Gordon, Capt. W. B., Aberdeenshire Gore, W. R. O., Sligo County Goring, C., Shoreham Goulburn, Rt. Hn. H., Cam. Univ. Graham, Sir J. R. G., Dorchester Granby, Marquis of, Stamford Grant, Sir A., Cambridge Greenall, P., Wigan Greene, T., Lancaster Grimsditch, T., Macclesfield Grimston, Viscount, Hertfordshire Grogan, E., Dublin Gore, W. O., Salop North Hale, Sir R. B., Gloucester West Halford, H., Leicestershire South Hamilton, Captain, Aylesbury Hamilton, H., Dublin County Hamilton, W., Newport, I of Wight Hamilton, Lord C., Tyrone County Hanmer, Sir T., Hall Harcourt, G. G., Oxfordshire Hardinge, Sir H., Launceston Hardy, J., Bradford Harford, J. S., Cardigan Hawkes, T., Dudley Heathcote, Sir W., Hants North Henley, J. W., Oxfordshire Heneage, G. H., Devizes Henniker, Lord, Suffolk East Hepburn, Sir T. B., Haddingtonsh. Herbert, Hon. S., Wilts South Hill. Sir R., Salop North WHIGS. James, W., Cumberland East Jardine, W., Ashburton Jervis, J., Chester Johnson, General, Oldham Johnstone, W., Kilmarnock dis. Labouchere, Rt. Hon. H. Taunton Lambton, H., Durham North Langston, J. H., Oxford city Langton, Col. G., Somerset East Larpent, G. G. De H., Nottingham Langard, Capt., Carlow Leader, J. T., Westminster Leveson, Lord, Lichfield Lister, W. C., Bradford Listowel, Earl of, St. Albans Loch, J., Wick Burghs Macaulay, Rt. Hon. T., Edinburghı Maher, P., Tipperary co. Macnamara, W. N., Clare eo. 'Taggart, John, Wigton Mangles, R. D., Guildford Majoribanks, S., Hythe Marshall, W., Carlisle Marsland, H., Stockport Martin, J., Tewkesbury Martin, T., Galway co. Maule, Hon. F., Perth Metcalfe, H., Tynemouth Mitchell, T. A., Bridport Morris, D., Carmarthen Morrison, J., Inverness Mostyn, E. M. L., Flintshire Muntz, G. F., Birmingham Murphy, F. S., Cork city Murray, A., Kirkcudbright Napier, Sir C., Marylebone Norreys, Sir D., Mallow ' O'Brien, W. S., Limerick co. 124 CONSERVATIVES. Hillsborough, Earl of, Down Hinde, J. H., Newcastle upon-Tyne Hodgson, F., Barnstaple Hodgson, R., Berwick Hogg, J. W., Beverley Hope, Hon. C., Linlithgowshire Houldsworth, J., Notts. North Holmes, Hon. W., Isle of Wight Hope, B., Maidstone Hope, G. W., Weymouth Hornby, J., Blackburn Hotham, Lord, Yorkshire East Hughes, W. B., Carnarvon Ingestrie, Lord, Staffordshire S. Inglis, Sir R. H., Oxford Univer. Irving, J., Antrim co. Jackson, J. D., Bandon James, Sir W., Hull Jermyn, Lord, Bury St. Edmonds Johnson, J., Belfast Johnston, J. H., Dumfriesshire Johnstone, Sir J. V. B., Scarbro' Joliffe, Sir W. J., Petersfield Jones, Captain, Londonderry co. Jones, J., Carmarthenshire Irton, S., Cumberland West Kelburne, Lord, Ayrshire Kemble, H.. Surrey East Kerr, D., Downpatrick Kerrison, Sir E., Eye Kirk, P., Carrickfergus Knatchbull, Sir E., Kent East Knight, H. G.. Notts. North Knight, J. W., Worcester West Knightley.Sir C., Northamptonsh.S. Law, Hu. C. E.. Cambridge Univer. Lawson, A., Knaresborough Lefroy, Rt. Hn. T., Dublin Univer. WHIGS. O'Brien, J., Limerick city O'Brien, C., Clare co. O'Connell, Daniel, Cork co. O'Connell, M., Tralee O'Connell, Morgan J., Kerry O'Connell, J., Kilkenny O'Connor, Don, Roscommon O'Ferrall, R. More, Kildare Ogle, S., Northumberland South Ord, W., Newcastle-upon-Tyne Oswald, J., Glasgow Paget, Colonel, Beaumaris Paget, Colonel, Lichfield Paget, Lord W., Andover Palmerston, Lord, Tivertou Parker, J., Sheffield Pechell, Capt., Brighton Pendarves, E. W., Cornwall Phillips, G. R., Poole Phillips, Sir R., Haverfordwest Phillips, M., Manchester Phillpotts. J., Gloucester Pigott, D. R., Clonmel Pinney, W., Lyme Plumridge, Capt., Falmouth Ponsonby, Hon. C., Poole Ponsonby, Hon. J. G. B., Derby Powell, C., Limerick co. Power, J., Wexford co. Protheroe, E., Halifax Pryse, P., Cardigan borough Ramsbottom, J., Windsor Ramsay, W., Edinburgh Rawdon, Colonel, Armagh Redington, T. N., Dundalk Rennie, G.. jun., Ipswich Ricardo, L., Stoke-upon-Trent Rice, E., Dover 125 CONSERVATIVES. Legh, C., Cheshire North Leicester, Lord, Bodmin Lennox, Lord A., Chichester Liddell, Hon. H., Durham North Lindsay, H. H., Sandwich Litton, E., Coleraine Lockhart, Captain, Lanarkshire Long, W., Wilts North Lopes, Sir R., Westbury Lowther, Lord, Westmoreland Lowther, J., York Lowther, Hon. Col., Westmoreland Lyall, G., London Lygon, General, Worcester West Mackenzie, W. F., Peebleshire Mackenzie, T., Ross and Cromarty Mackinnon, W. A., Lymington Maclean, D., Oxford M'Geachy, F., Honiton Mahon, Lord, Hertford Mainwaring, T., Denbigh Manners, Lord G., Leicester N. Manners, Lord J., Newark March, Earl of, Sussex West Marsham, Lord, Kent West Martin, W., Newport, Isle of Wight Marston, G., Lancaster Martyn, C. C., Southampton Master, T. W. C.. Cirencester Masterman, J., London Meynell, Colonel, Lisburne Miles, P., Bristol Miles, W., Somersetshire Milnes, M., Pontefract Maunsell, T. P., Northampton N. Mordaunt, Sir J., Warwickshire S., Morgan, O., Monmouthshire Morgan. C. R., Brecon WHIGS. Roche, Sir D., Limerick city Roche, E. B., Cork co. Roebuck, J. A., Bath Rumbold, C. E., Yarmouth Rundle, J., Tavistock Russell, Lord E., Tavistock Russell, Lord J., London Rutherford, Rt. Hon. A., Leith Scholefield, J., Birmingham Scott, W. C., Walsall Scrope, G. P., Stroud Seale, Sir J., Dartmouth Seymour, Lord, Totness Sheil, R. L., Dungarvon Shelburne, Lord, Calne Smith, B., Norwich Smith. J. A., Chichester Smith, V., Northampton Sombre, D. 0. D., Sudbury Somers, J. P., Sligo borough Somerville, Sir W., Drogheda Stanley, Hon. W. O., Anglesea Stausfield, W. R., Huddersfield Staunton, Sir G., Portsmouth Staunton, W. H., Stroud Stewart, P. M., Renfrewshire Scott, Dr., Cashel Strutt, E., Derby Strickland, Sir G., Preston Stuart, Lord J., Ayr burgh Stuart, W. V., Waterford co. Talbot, C. M. R., Glamorgansh. Tancred, H. W., Banbury Thornley, T., Wolverhampton Tuite, H. M., Westmeath Townley, C., Beverley Traill, G.. Caithnesshire Troubridge, Sir T., Sandwich 126 CONSERVATIVES. Mundy, E. M., Derbyshire South Murray, C. S., Bucks Neeld, J., Cricklade Neeld, J., Chippenham Neville, R., Windsor Lincoln, Lord, Notts. South Newry, Lord, Newry Nicholl, J., Cardiff Norreys, Lord, Oxfordshire Northland, Lord, Dungannon O'Brien, A. S., Northampt. North Ossulston, Lord, Northumblnd. N. Owen, Sir J., Pembroke Packe, C. W., Leicestershire South Pakington, J. S., Droitwich Palmer, G., Essex South Palmer, R., Berkshire Patten, J. W., Lancashire North Peel, Sir R., Tamworth Peel, Colonel, Huntingdon Pemberton, T. Ripon Pennant, D., Carnarvonshire Percival, Colonel, Sligo county Pigot, R., Bridgenorth Planta, Rt. Hon. J. C., Hastings Plumptre, J. P., Kent East Polhill, Captain, Bedford Pollington, Lord, Pontefract Pollock, Sir F., Huntingdon Powell, Col. W., Cardiganshire Praed, W., St. Ives Price, R., Radnor Pringle, Sir A., Selkirkshire Pusey, P., Berkshire Rae, Sir W., Buteshire Ramsay, Edinburghshire WHIGS. Tuffnell, Henry, Devonport Turner, E., Truro Turner, W. M., Blackburn Vane, Lord Harry, Durham South Villiers, Hn. C. P., Wolverhampton Villiers, F., Sudbury Vivian, Captain, Falmouth Vivian, Major, Bodmin Vivian, J. H., Swansea Wakley, T., Finsbury Walker, R., Bury Wall, B., Guildford Wallace, R., Greenock Warburton, Henry, Bridport Ward, H. G., Sheffield Wason, R., Ipswich Watson, W. H., Kinsale Wawn, J. T., South Shields Wemyss, Colonel, Fifeshire Westenra, Hon. J., King's county Westenra, Hon. H., Monaghan White, S., Leitrim White, Col. H., Longford White, Luke, Longford Wigney, J. N., Brighton Wilde, Sir T., Worcester Williams, W., Coventry Wilson, J., Clitheroe Wilshere, W., Yarmouth Winnington, Sir T., Bewdley Wood, B., Southwark Wood, C., Halifax Wood, G. W., Kendal Wood, Sir M., London Worsley, Lord, Lincolnshire Wrightson, W. A:, Northallerton Rashleigh, William, Cornwall East Yorke, H. R., York Reade, M., Waterford • 127 CONSERVATIVES. Reid, Sir J., Dover Repton, G. W., St. Albans Richards, R., Merionethshire Rolleston, Col., Nottingham South Rose, Sir G. H., Christchurch Round, John, Maldon Round, C., Essex North Rous, Captain, Westminster Rushbrook, Col., Suffolk West Russell, C., Reading Russell, J., Staffordshire Ryder, Hon. D., Hertfordshire Sanderson, R., Colchester Sandon, Lord, Liverpool Scarlett, J. Y., Horsham Scott, Hon. F., Roxburghshire Seymour, Sir R. B., Midhurst Shaw, Rt. Hn. F., Dublin Univers. Sheppard, T., Frome Shirley, E. J., Warwickshire Shirley, E., Monaghan Sibthorp, Colonel, Lincoln Smith, A., Hertfordshire Smollett, Alex., Dumbartonshire Smyth, Sir C., Colchester Smythe, Hon. M., Canterbury Somerset, Lord G., Monmouthsh. Sotheron, P. H. S., Devizes Stanley, Lord, Lancashire North Stanley, E., Cumberland West Stewart, J., Lymington Stuart, H., Bedford Stuart, H., Dorsetshire Sutton, C. M., Cambridge Taylor, Capt. E., Dublin county Taylor, Worcester East Tennent, J. E., Belfast Thesiger, F., Woodstock 128 CONSERVATIVES. Thompson, Alderman, Sunderland Thornhill, G., Huntingdonshire Tollemache, Hon. F., Grantham Tollemache, Hn. J., Cheshire So. Tomline, G., Shrewsbury Trench, Sir F., Scarborough Trevor, Hon. G. R., Carmarthensh. Trollope, Sir J., Lincolnshire S. Trotter, J., Surrey West Turner, C., Lincolnshire South Tyrrell, Sir J., Essex North Vere, Sir C. B., Suffolk East Verner, Colonel, Armagh co. Vernon, J. E., East Retford Vesey, Hon. T., Queen's County Villiers, Lord, Weymouth Vivian, J. E., Truro Vyvyan, Sir R., Helston Waddington, H. S., Suffolk Walsh, Sir J. B., Radnorshire Welby, G. E., Grantham West, J. B., Dublin city Whitmore, T. C., Bridgenorth Wilbraham, Hon. R., Lancashire S. Wigram, J., Leominster Williams, T. P., Marlow Wilmot, Sir E., Warwickshire N. Wood, Colonel, Brecknockshire Wood, Lt. Col. T., Middlesex Wodehouse, J., Norfolk East Wortley, Hon. J. S., Yorkshire W. Wyndham, Colonel, Sussex West Wyndham, W., Salisbury Wynn, C. W., Montgomeryshire Wynn, Sir W. W., Denbighshire Yorke, Hon. E., Cambridgeshire Young, Sir W. L., Buckinghamsh. Young, J., Cavan ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. ABINGDON. Berks. Pop. 5259. 2 Edw. III., and Philip and Mary, 1557. Constituency composed of scot and lot inhabitants and householders. 1747, to John Morton 1754. 1754. John Morton 133 Henry Thrale 100 1660. Sir John Stonehouse 1661. George Stonehouse 1768. John Morton N. Bagley 126 124 1678. John Stonehouse 1685. Sir J. Stonehouse 1774, to 1782. John Mayor 1688. Thomas Medlicott 1690, to Sir Simon Harcourt 1705. 1705. George Nevil 1782. J. Howarth 1783,) to E. L. Loveden. 1796. 1796. T. T. Metcalf じ ​1708. William Hucks 1802. Sir T. T. Metcalf, G. Knapp C 111 W 102 1710, to James Jennings 1722. 1806. Sir T. T. Metcalf G. Knapp 1722, to 1741. Robert Hucks 1807. R. G. Knapp 1741. John Wright C 125 W 118 • W 120 Sir T. T. Metcalf_C_113 } 130 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1810, vice Knapp, deceased Henry Bowyer 1688. F. Pawlett John Pollen 1812, 1695. J. Smith to Sir G. Bowyer, Bt. R. Smith 1818. 1698. J. Smith 1818, to John Maberly . W A. Hendley 1832. 1701. John Smith 1832. Thomas Duffield.. C 157 Francis Shepherd John Maberly W 43 1708. J. Smith 1832, Wm. Guidot to Thomas Duffield C 1844. 1713. Sir A. Crawley Wm. Guidot 1844, May, vice Duffield, resigned Frederick Thesige. C 1845, vice Thesiger, appointed Attorney General Sir F. Thesiger C 155 Maj. Gen. Caulfield W 127 1727. Jas. Brudenell C. Collyer 1734. Wm. Guidot J. Pollen 1747. Lord Lymington John Pollen ANDOVER. Hauts. 23 Edw. I., 2800. Pop. 1941. 1660. Sir John Trott John Collins 1678. F. Pawlet Wm. Withers 1681. Sir R. Henley F. Pawlet 1754. F. B. Delaval C J. W. Griffin W 1738. Sir J. B. Griffin B. Lethieullier Sir F. B. Delaval W 17 W 16 • + C 9 1784. B. Lethieullier W Sir J. G. Griffin W 1784, vice Griffin, a peer. 1685. Sir J. Collins R. Philips Lord Howard W. Fellowes ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 131 1796. B. Lethieullier W 1807. T. A. Smith C Hon. C. Wallop Hon. N. Fellowes.. W 1797, vice Lethieullier, deceased 1812. Hon. N. Fellowes W T. A. Smith Henry Smith C 1802. T. A. Smith C 1820. T. A. Smith C Hon. N. Fellowes W Sir J. W. Pollen, Bt. C ANDOVER ELECTION, 1768. Mr. Edgeworth, in his memoirs, relates a whimsical anecdote respecting this Election. Sir Francis's Attorney's bill was not discharged; it had been running on for many years; and though large sums had been paid on account, a prodigious balance still remained to be adjusted. The affair came before the Court of King's Bench, when among a variety of exorbitant charges there appeared the following article:- CL To being thrown out of the George Inn, Andover; to my legs being thereby broken; to Surgeon's bill, and loss of time and business; all in the service of Sir F. B. Delaval....... £500.” When this curious item came to be explained, it appeared that the attorney had by way of promoting Sir Francis's interest in the borough, sent cards of invitation to the Officers of a regiment in the town, in the name of the Mayor and Corpora- tion, inviting them to dine and drink his Majesty's health on his birth-day. He it the same time wrote a similar invitation to the Mayor and Corporation, in the name of the Officers of the regiment. The two parties met, complimented each other, ate a good dinner, drank a hearty bottle of wine to his Majesty's health, and prepared to break up. The commanding Officer of the regiment made a handsome- speech to Mr. Mayor, thanking him for his hospitable invitation and entertainment; No, Colonel," replied the Mayor, "it is to you that thanks are due, by me and my brother aldermen for your generous treat to us." The Colonel replied with as much warmth as good breeding would allow; the Mayor retorted in downright arger, vowing that he would not be choused by the bravest Colonel in his Majesty's service. "Mr. Mayor," said the Colonel, there is no necessity of displaying ary vulgar passion on this occasion, permit me to show you that I have here your obliging card of invitation." Nay, Mr. Colonel, here is no opportunity for ban tering, there is your card." Upon examining the cards, it was observed that not- withstanding an attempt to disguise it, both cards were written in the same hand, by some person who had designed to hoax them all. Every eye of the Corpora- tion turned spontaneously upon the attorney, who of course attended the meeting, his impudence suddenly gave way, he faultered and betrayed himself so fully by his confusion, that the Colonel, in a fit of summary justice, threw him out of the window; for this Sir F, B. Delaval was charged £500, 132 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1831. H. A. W. Fellowes W Ralph Etwall, jun. W 7127. Lord Gage Sir J. Shelley 1832. H. A. W. Fellowes W 1761. G. Colebroke Ralph Etwall, jun. W John Bristow 1835. Ralph Etwall, jun. Sir J. W. Pollen, Bt. C 108 W 149 E. Nightingale W 100 1780. Sir P. Crawford, Kt. W 167 Thos. Fitzherbert Hon. P. C. Wyndham C C 131 69 E. R. Tunno 35 1837. Ralph Etwall .. W 1784. Earl of Surrey W Sir J. W. Pollen, Bt. C Sir Geo. Thomas, Bt. W 1841. Ralph Etwall W 131 Lord W. Paget W 112 1790 Sir Geo. Thomas, Bt. W H. Howard Sir J. W. Pollen, Bt.C 105 ARUNDEL. Sussex. 1802. Viscount Andovr John Atkins W • . C Edw. I., 2 Wm. IV., one member in- stead of two. Pop. 2624. 1660. *Lord Orrery Lord Falkland *Lord Orrery was the inventor of the astronomical instrument which bears his name. 1807. Sir A. Pigott W F. J. Wilder W • 1812. H. H. Molineux W 300 F. J. Wilder Lord Binning W 196 .. C 110 1690. John Cook Jas. Butler 1820. R. Blake C 185 Lord Bury J. G. Blake W 174 C 159 1708. Lord Shannon Sir H. Pechy A. Atherley W 157 • 1831. John Atkins C C 851 1713. Lord Lumley Lord D. C. Stuart C 85 Lord Thomond 1832, 1722. Lord Micklethwait to Lord D. C. Stuart C Sir T. L. Saunderson 1837. ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 133 1837. Lord Fitzalan W 176 1837. C. 1837. C. Lushington W 98 Lord D. C. Stuart C. 105 Utten Brown • . C 87 1841. Lord Fitzalan W 1841. W. Jardine W • ASHBURTON. Devonshire. Edw. I. 2 Wm. 1V. one M.P. instead of two. Pop. 3841. 1660. Sir W. Courtenay John Powell 1843, vice Jardine. James Matheson .. W 141 J. H. Palmer • C 96 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. Lancashire. 2 Wm. IV. Pop. 22,678. 1832. Lt.-Col. G. Williams W 176 1784. Sir R. Palk C 56 Robert Mackreth.. C 51 Lord North W 5 C. Hindley W 163 T. W. Helps . C 33 • 1802. Sir Hugh Inglis, Bt. C Walter Palk .. C 1835. Charles Hindley. W 212 T. W. Helps C 105 Lt.-Col. G. Williams W 63 1807. Walter Palk ..C Lord C. Bentinck.. C 1837. Charles Hindley W 237 Jumes Wood C 201 1818. Sir L. V. Palk .. C Rev. J. R. Stephens R 19 C *J. S. Copley *Now Lord Lyndhurst. 1820. Sir L. V. Palk, Bt. C Sir J. S. Copley, Kt. C 1841. Charles Hindley.. W 303 J. Harrop C 254 1831. W. S. Poyntz Robert Torrens W 74 AYLESBURY. Bucks. 1 Mary. Pop. 5429. W 18 Sir L. V. Palk, Bt. C 42 1660. Richard Ingoldsby Thomas Lee 1832. W. S. Poyuts W 1741. Charles Pilsworth 344 1835. C. Lushington W 98 Hon. Wm. Stanhope 320 J. H. Palmer C 71 J. Bertie .. 135 M 134 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1774 A. Bacon W 221 • 1807 Gen. Sir G. Nugent W 567 J. Aubrey.. C 213 G. H. C. Cavendish C 490 J. Durand.. W 196 Williams W 413 C. Lowndes C 195 1818. Lord Nugent W 853 Wm. Rickford C 491 1784. Sir J. Halifax, Kt. William Wrightson C. C. Cavendish W 421 1831. William Rickford.. W 983 1796. Scrope Bernard C Lord Nugent W 604 • Gerard Lake C Lord Kirkwall C 508 • 1802. James Dupre W 336 1832. William Rickford W 1076 Robert Bent W 260 Lt. Col. H. HanmerC 657 Scrope Bernard C 180 W. Freemantle C 31 1804, vice Bent, unseated. T. B. Hobhouse.. W 602 1836. William Rickford.. W 855 Lt.-Col. H. Hanmer C 586 Wm. Cavendish W 485 T. B. Hobhouse Rt. Hn T. Grenville C 418 Dr. J. Lee W 518 .. R 286 AYLESBURY. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Dame Pocklington, as Lady of the Manor, returned the two Members of Parliament previously to the cxtension of the Fran- chise to the hundreds; the voters were invited to a feast, and before each Elector was placed a goblet of guineas, which they jocularly styled "golden punch." The representative history of this Borough is very important in the annals of Parliament, as it involves the famous cause of Ashby and White, being a contest between law and privilege, which produced so serious a difference between the two Houses, as obliged Queen Anne to prorogue the Parliament. Ashby had brought an action against White and others, the constables and returning officers, for re- fusing his vote. The House of Commons considered the interference of a court of law in a question which concerned the right of election, as a breach of their privi- leges, and ordered all the parties concerned therein, council, attorney, and others, to be taken into custody. Lord Chief Justice Holt was ordered to attend the House, but disregarding the summons, the speaker was directed to proceed with the mace to the Court of Queen's Bench, and command his attendance upon the House. The Chief Justice replied, "Mr. Speaker, if you do not depart from this Court, I will commit you, though you had the whole House of Commons in your belly." Since that time, actions have been frequently brought by voters against returning officers for refusing to receive their votes, being duly qualified, and verdicts have been obtainerl. ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 135 1837. William Rickford.. W 865 1826. Hon. A. C. Legge W.Mackworth Praed C 657 Lord Nugent W 540 1831. John Easthope Col. H. Hutchinson C W 6 3 1839, July, vice Praed, deceased. C. J. B. Hamilton C 620 J. Ingram Lockhart R Lord Nugent 1832. H. W. Tancred W 72 W 3 1835. H. W. Tancred Lloyd Williams W 205 . C 45 1841. Capt. C. Hamilton C R. Clayton . C • 1837. H. W. Tancred Henry Tawney W 181 .. C 75 BANBURY. Oxfordshire. Mary. Pop. 6753. This borough gen- erally returned a junior branch of the family of the Norths, (Earls of Guild- ford,) until 1794, when Mr. W. Holbech, a neighbouring gentleman, was returned in opposition; but the old interest once more predominated, until 1806, when Mr. Wm. Praed, an eminent banker, of the firm of Praed, Digby, Box, & Co., was returned in 1807; the parties being equal, (viz. 9 each), caused a double return. 1660. Sir A. Cope, Bt. 1841. H. W. Tancred W 124 . C 100 R 51 H. Holbech H. Fincent BARNSTAPLE. Devonshire. 23 Edw. I. Pop. 10,259. 1660. John Rolle Nicholas Denny 1734. Sir J. Chichester, Bt. Theo. Fortescue 1701. Charles North . C 1729, vice North, a Peer. 1741. Henry Rolle . C Toby Chauncy Thomas Benson 1802. Dudley North .. C 1790. John Cleveland .. W 162 William Devaynes C 160 Richard Wilson W 92 1806. William Praed W 1807. William Praed WV 9 1706. John Cleveland Dudley North .. C 9 Richard Wilson 136 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1802. William Devaynes 269 Sir Edward Pellew, Bt. 190 Richard Wilson John Cleveland 85 71 W 268 William Taylor C 159 1806. Lord Ebrington William Devaynes C 152 1807. G. W. Thelluson C 264 William Taylor C 173 1837. J. P. B. Chichester W 387 Frederick Hodgson C 356 Hon. W. S. Best C 348 1841. Frederick Hodgson C 361 C 350 M. Gore Hon. F. Fortescue.. W 346 Sir J. Chichester .. W 338 Lord Ebrington Sir J. Miles, Kt.: 1818. F. M. Ommaney W 161 2 C 330 Sir M. M. Lopez, Bt.C 270 Sir H. C. Thompson W 199 BATH. Somersetshire. 23 Edw. I. Pop. 52,346. Previous to the Reform Act in 1832, the Mayor, Alder- men, and Common Council returned the Members to Parliament. 1660. Alexander Popham William Prynne 1826. F. Hodgson C 401 Henry Alexander.. C 376 M. Noal C 126 1737. George Wade Robert Gay 1830. S. L. Stephens . C 370 1747. Gen. Geo. Wade George Tudor C 332 • C 246 ·· C 245 Sir C. Campbell 1831. F. Hodgson J. P. B. Chichester W 218 George Tudor C 183 1832. J. P. B. Chichester W 519 Major C. J. FancourtC 349 Thomas Northmore C 226 Lord George Hervey C 126 1835. J. P. B. Chichester W 542 Major C. J. Fancourt C 527 James Stewart Wottey Robt. Henley 1757, vice Henley, appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. William Pitt 1701. Visct. Ligonier Rt. Hon. Wm. Pitt 1766, vice Pitt, created Earl of Chatham. C John Smith 1774. John Smith C 134 A. Moysey, Jun. 3 • · Sir J. Sebright, Bt. W 10 29 C 19 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 137 1784. Hon. J. J. Pratt C 27 .. Abel Moysey C 17 Rt. Hon. Wm. Pitt C 12 1790. Visct. Bayham C 26 1835. General Palmer.. W 1096 John A. Roebuck R 1052 Col. Daubeney C 736 * Visct. Weymouth.. C 24 John Morris W 4 * Succeeded to the Peerage as Marquis of Bath, in 1796. 1837. Lord Powerscourt C 1087 Ludlow Bruges C 1024 Ge n. C. Palmer.. W 962 John A. Roebuck R 910 W 1231 C 926 John A. Roebuck R 1159 W.I. L. Bruges 1841. Lord Duncan 1796. Lord J. Thynne • C W • * John Palmer * Mr. Palmer, the son of an eminent brewer at Bath, first suggested to Govern- ment the improvement of the Post, by means of mail coaches, which was exe- cuted under his superintendance; and under his management the income in- creased from £150,000 in 1793 to £600,000 in 1798, with a decrease of expenditure of £12,000 per annum. R Powerscourt C 921 BEDFORDSHIRE. Edw. III. Pop. 107,896 TILE PHILADA 1660. Lord Bruce ୯ Samuel Brown W 1688. Edward Russell 1806. Lord John Thynne C John Palmer William Duncombe 1826. Lord John Thynue C 17 C 16 Earl of Brecknock Maj. Gen. C. Palmer W 12 1829, vice Brecknock, appointed a Commissioner of the Admiralty. Earl of Brecknock 1722. Hon. Chas. Leigh 1192 Sir Rowland Alston, Bt.1143 Wm Hillersden 1091 C 14 1761. Marquis of Tavistock Maj. Gen. C. Palmer W 12 Henry Ongley 1831. Lord John Thynne C Gen. C. Palmer W 1784. Earl Upper Ossory W 1051 St. Andrew St. John W 974 Lord Ongley C 973 1832. Gen. C. Palmer .. W 1515 John A. Roebuck R 1176 H. W. Hobhouse W 1061 1802. Hon. St. Andrew St. John John Osborne 138 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1807. Francis Pym Gen. R. Fitzpatrick W 1084 W 1145 • 1734. Sir J. V. Sambroke S. Ongley John Osborne C 1069 1820. Marq. of Tavistock W 1458 Francis Pym W 1307 • Sir John Osborne C 1415 1774. Sir Wm. Wake, Bt. C 527 Robert Sparrow Samuel Whitbread John Howard C 517 • W 409 W 402 1826. T. P. Macqueen.. C 1515 Marq. of Tavistock W 1273 Francis Pym 1790. William Calhoun Samuel Whitbread, jun. W 1040 1806. Samuel Whitbread W W. Lee Antonie W 1831. Marq. of Tavistock W 1145 Sir Peter Payne.. W 1073 William Stuart .. C 690 1832. Ld. C. J. F. Russell W 1937 William Stuart .. C 1871 Sir Peter Payne.. W 1675 1815, vice Whitbread, deceased. Hn. W. Waldegrave W 1830. W. H. Whitbread W 515 Capt. Fred. Polhill Lord John Russell C 491 W 490 1835. Ld. C. J. F. Russell W Lord Alford .. C 1837. Ld. C. J. F. Russell W 1831. W. H. Whitbread Capt. F. Polhill W C Viscount Alford C 1832. W. H. Whitbread W 599 1841. Lord Alford C William Astell C Samuel Crawley Capt. F. Polhill W 486 .. • • C 483 BEDFORD TOWN. 1835. Capt. Fred. Polhill C 490 Samuel Crawley W 403 Edw. I. Pop. 9178. 1660. Sir John Luke Humphry Winch 1698. Sir Thomas Alston William Spencer W. H. Whitbread.. W 383 1837. Capt. Fred. Polhill C 497 II. Stuart Samuel Crawley • C 421 W 412 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 139 1841. Capt. Fred. Polhill C 433 H. Stuart C 421 W. H. Whitbread.. W 411 1832. Robert Palmer .. C 2942 R. Throckmorton W 2774 John Walter Philip Pusey • W 2479 • C 2440 BERKSHIRE. Edw. III. 2 Wm. IV. to send three members instead of two. Pop. 161,147. 1835. Robert Palmer John Walter P. Pusey · 1660. Sir R. Pye C W C R. Powle 1768. Arthur Vansittart C 1519 Hon. Thos. Craven C 1389 1837. Robert Palmer Lord Barrington Philip Pusey . C 2556 C 2360 C 2312 E. G. C. East W 1302 John Stone W 634 1784. George Vansittart C 678 H. J. Pye C 677 W. H. Hartley W 301 Robert Palmer Philip Pusey 1841. Lord Barrington .. C . C .. C 1 1796. George Vansittart C 1332 Charles Dundas W 1312 E. L. Lovenden WV 840 1802. George Vansittart C Charles J. Dundas W W 1719 1812. Charles Dundas Hon. R. Neville Wm. Hallett C 1571 W 525 BERWICK-UPON-TWEED. Northumberland. Heury VIII. Pop. 12,578. By 20 Geo. II. chap. 42, it was enacted that Berwick- upon-Tweed and Wales shall be included in all Acts of Parliaments wherein the King- dom of England, or that part of Great Britain called England, should thereafter be mentioned. 1660. Sir Thomas Widrington J. Rushworth 1818. Hon. R. Neville C 1224 Charles Dundas I'm. Hallett W 1154 1754. Thomas Watson W 640 John Delaval 1830. Charles Dundas W 1708. Lord Delaval R. Palmer C Robert Taylor 140 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1802. Colonel-Hall 511 1708. Sir M. Wharton J. Fordyce 422 Sir C. Hotham Sir John Callander 394 1722. M. Newton 551 1806. Sir John Callander 486 Sir Chas, Hotham, Bt. 493 Alexander Towers 386 E. Bradshaw 353 Sir A. M. Lockhart 358 Alexander Allen.. 61 1741. C. Pelham 741 Wm. Strickland 529 1831. Sir. F. Blake, Bt. W Colonel M. Beresford C E. Bradshaw 353 1701. G. F. Tuffuell 1832. Sir R. S. Donkin W 371 .. M. A. Newton Sir F. Blake, Bt. W 357 Colonel Beresford.. C 315 1774. Sir J. Pennyman, Bt. 709 1835. J. Bradshaw .. C 410 G. F. Tuffnell Sir C. Thompson 570 426 · • Sir R. S. Donkin.. W 350 Sir F. Blake W 337 1784. Sir C. Sykes, Bt. W 626 1837. R. Hodgson . C C 357 Sir J. Pennyman, Bt. W 593 E. Anderson C 509 W. Holmes Sir R. S. Donkin C 354 W 328 1790. J. Wharton 908 1841. M. Forster W 394 R. Hodgson . C 343 Sir J. Pennyman E. Anderson 460 • 508 T. Weeding W 335 1796. W. Tatton BEVERLEY, Yorkshire. Edw. 1., and 5 Eliz. Pop. 8671. 1660. Sir J. Hotham Hugh Bethel 1685. Sir R. Wharton M. Wharton N. C. Burton 1799, vice Tatton, deceased. J. B. S. Morritt J. Wharton C 512 W 369 1802. John Wharton W 736 General Burton ·· W 690 J. B. S. Morritt .. C 626 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 141 1806. John Wharton W 041 Lt-Gen. R. Vyse C 609 1835. J. Wier Hogg C 523 • · Henry Burton W 497 Lt-Gen. N.C. Burton W 120 Joseph Sykes W 314 1807. Capt. R. W. H. Vyse C 1012 1837. James W. Hogg C 622 John Wharton W 739 George Lane Fox C 582 Phillip Staples W 279 James Olay W 380 George Rennie W 347 1812. John Wharton W 801 Charles Forbes C 731 1810. Jan., vice G. L. Fox, resigned. • Wm. Beverley S. L. Fox C 556 C 591 Thomas L. Murray W 410 1818. John Wharton W 826 1841. J. Townley W 531 R. C. Burton C 669 • • J. W. Hogg .. C 529 D. Wells W 279 S. Lane Fox C 488 Wm. Beverley C 238 1820. George Lane Fox W 1038 BEWDLEY. Worcestershire. John Wharton R. C. Burton W 657 71 James I. Pop. 7458. 1660. Thomas Foley W • 1826. John Stewart . C 1030 C. H. Batley John Wharton C 658 · 1761. Sir E. Winnington W W 588 1768. Hon. Thos. Lyttleton 24 1830. H. Burton W 1065 Sir E. Winnington, Bt. 21 Daniel Sykes W 739 Capel Cure C 657 1796. M. P. Andrews W 1831. William Marshall W 731 1818. W. A. Roberts . C H. Burton W 705 Charles Winn C 349 • 1831. W. A. Roberts . C 1832. Hon. C. Langdale W 516 1832. Sir T. E. Winnington W Henry Burton W 490 Charles Winn C 464 1835. Sir T.E. WinningtonW 142 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. Sir T. E. Winnington W 1835. William Turner W 432 1841. Sir T.E.Winnington W 173 William Feilden.. C 316 Dr. J. Bowring R 303 .. R. Monteith .. C 168 1837. William Turner W 515 BIRMINGHAM. Warwickshire. William Feilden J. B. Smith C 416 W 9 2 Wm. IV. Pop. 182,894. 1841. William Feilden .. C 441 1832. Thomas Attwood R J. Hornby C 427 William Turner W 426 Joshua Scholefield R 1835. Thomas Attwood R 1718 Joshua Scholefield R 1690 Richard Spooner C 915 1837. Thomas Attwood R 2145 Joshua Scholefield R 2114 A. G. Stapleton .. C 1046 1840. Jan. vice Attwood, resigned. BODMIN. Cornwall. Edw. I. Pop. 5,901. 1660 Sir J. Carew Henry Roberts 1741. John Laroche 20 G. F. Muntz Sir C. Wetherell C 917 R 1458 'Thos. Bludworth.. Sir J. Heathcote.. 17 12 1747. John Laroche 30 1841. G. F. Muntz R 2175 Joshua Scholefield R 1963 Richard Spooner C 1825 Sir W. Irby, Bt. George Hunt 25 10 1774. Geo. Hunt 27 1844, July, vice Scholefield, dec. Richard Spooner C 2095 William Scholefield W 1735 Joseph Sturge James Laroche 25 H. Dagge 3 R 346 1790. Sir J. Morshead, Bt. BLACKBURN. Lancashire. 2 Wra. IV. Pop. 26,629 1832. William Feilden C 376 William Turner .. W 346 R 334 Dr. J. Bowring Roger Wilbraham 1807. Davis Giddy Sir W. Oglander, Bt. 1831. D. Gilbert . C H. B. Seymour C ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 143 1832. William Peter W 163 Samuel Thos. Spry C 112 1841. Peter Ainsworth W 604 Dr. J. Bowring W 607 Capt. Vivian W 105 P. Rothwell.. C 532 * W. Bowling.. C 444 1835. Major Vivian Sir S. T. Spry Lord Eliot W 170 . C 158 C 118 BOSTON. Lincolnshire. 2 Edw. III., and 1 Edw. VI. Pop. 14,614. 1837. Major C. C. Vivian W 200 Sir S. T. Spry C 140 1660. Sir A. Irby C. W. J. Ellis W 98 Sir T. Hatcher 1841. Major C. C. Vivian W 225 1722. Rd. Ellis 122 Lord Leicester C 145 Henry Pacey.. 102 Sir S. T. Spry C 130 I'm. Thornton Chas. Wood 81 50 • 1843, Feb., vice Vivian, a peer. Sir S. T. Spry C 165 1747 John Mitchel 165 C. B. Sawle .. W 161 Lord Vere Bertie Francis Beckford .. 114 106 1780. Lord R. Bertie 209 Humphry Sibthorp Sir C. Whichcote.. 139 87 W 627 · C 192 1796. Thomas Fydell W 482 R 107 Lord Milsington Samuel Bernard · • BOLTON. Lancashire. 2 Wm. IV. Pop. 73,905 1832. Robert Torrens William Bolling John A. Yates William Eagle 1835. William Bolling Peter Ainsworth Robert Torrens C 290 W 251 .. W 95 • .. C 633 1802. W. A. Maddocks W 355 · .. W 590 W 343 Thos. Fydell, jun. Lieut.-General Ogle C 165 C 316 W 615 1806. W. A. Maddocks W 253 · • C 697 Thomas Fydel C 237 • Major Cartwright R 59 1837. Peter Aiusworth William Bolling Andrew Knoncles .. W 53S 144 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1807. Thomas Fydel C 229 W. A. Maddocks .. W 196 1835. J. S. Brownrigg John Wilks C 359 .. W 356 W 321 Hon. P.R.D. Burrell W 149 Major Cartwright 1812. vice Fydell, deceased. R R 8 Hon. P. R. D. Burrell W 133 Sir A. Hume, Bt... C 101 Benjamin Handley 1837. J. S. Brownrigg Sir James Duke Major Handley W. F. Collett . C 469 W 442 . W 352 C 156 1812. Hon. P. R. D. Burrell W 292 1841. J. S. Brownrigg C 525 W. A. Maddocks W 203 Sir A. Hume, Bt... C 207 Sir J. Duke W 515 C. A. Wood . C 465 1818. Hon. P. R. D. Burrell W 299 W. A. Maddocks .. W 288 BRADFORD. Henry Ellis .. C 270 Yorkshire. 2 Wm. IV. Pop. 66,508. 1820. G. J. Heathcote W 385 1832. E. C. Lister W 650 Henry Ellis.. C 332 John Hardy W 471 W. A. Johnson W 186 George Banks C 402 1826. G. J. Heathcote W 372 Neil Malcolm C 313 1835. John Hardy C 611 John Wilks W 243 E. C. Lister W 589 • George Hadfield W 392 1830. Neil Malcolm .. C 337 John Wilks C. K. Tunnard W 294 1837. E. C. Lister W 635 W 186 John Hardy 1831. G. J. Heathcote W 265 William Busfield.. W 621 * Wm. Busfield, jun. C 383 C 413 John Wilks .. W 240 *Afterwards took the name of Ferrand. N. Malcolm.. C 41 1832. John Wilks W 509 1841. Johu Hardy C 612 Benj. Handley J. S. Brownrigg W 433 W. C. Lister W 540 • + C 252 W. Busfield W 536 • ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 145 1841, Sept., vice Lister, deceased. W. Busfield W 526 *W. Wilberforce.. C 522 *Son of the late venerable Wilberforce. BRIDGENORTH. Shropshire. 1826. Thos. Whitmore.. C 699 W. W. Whitmore W 461 C 354 E. Ludlow 1830. Thomas Whitmore C 721 W. W. Whitmore W 669 Richard Arkwright C 369 Edward I. Pop. 5770. 1831. W. W. Whitmore W 1660. Walter Acton James Foster W John Bennett 1832. T. C. Whitmore C 1727. Sir John Charlton, Bt. 666 John Weaver 621 Robert Pigott .C • Sir Wm. Acton, Bart. 507 1835. T. C. Whitmore C 190 Edward Acton 316 Edward Bridger 91 Robert Pigott C 423 H. Tracy W 353 1734. Thomas Whitmore 727 1837. T. C. Whitmore.. C 429 G. J. Grove 714 Sir R. Acton, Bart. 511 Sir R. Lawley, Bart. 481 H. H. Tracy R. Pigott • W 370 .. C 347 1741. Thomas Whitmore C 878 William Whitmore C 829 Lancelot Lee 552 Sir Richard Acton, Bt. 30 1784. J. H. Browne . C 662 Thomas Whitmore C 646 Admiral H. Pigot W 381 1802. John Whitmore C 268 Isaac H. Browne.. C 237 St. G. Knudson 1807. J. Whitmore WV 57 C 1. H. Browne C N 1838, vice Tracy, resigned on petition Robert Pigott . C 1841. T. C. Whitmore.. C 493 Sir R. Pigot, Bt... C 477 F. J. Howard W 221 N. Throckmorton.. W 66 • BRIDGEWATER. Somersetshire. Edward I. Pop. 10,149. This Borough was very corrupt previous to the extension of its franchise; pigs, parrots, and dogs have been known to be sold for one hundred guineas each at the elections, 146 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1 without the parties ever receiving their purchases. A blacksmith is represented as charging fifty guineas for shoeing a candidate's horse. The other candidate called upon him, saying he wanted two shoes for his horse; for this he charged one hundred guineas and voted for him, without returning the former his fifty for one shoe. 1660. Sir Thomas Wroth Francis Rolle 1807. George Pocock C 169 Wm. Thornton C 162 Hon. T. Poulett W 140 C 226 .. C 185 1818. George Pocock Wm. Astell J. H. Moggridge.. W 164 Edw. Parkins W 123 1741. Vere Poulett 133 1826. Wm. Astell C. K. K. Tynte Sir C. Campbell C 167 W 151 .. C 90 G. B. Doddington 129 Sir C. Wyndham .. 1831. C. K. K. Tynte 116 .. W 337 W. T. Astell C 213 Henry Shirley R 202 • 1754. Lord Egmont 119 Mr. Balch 114 • 1832. C. K. K. Tynte W G. Bubb Doddington 105 William Tayleur.. W 1780. Hon. A. Poulett 158 1835. C. K. K. Tynte B. Allen 133 J. T. Leader John Acland 127 Henry Broadwood Hon. Chas. Jus. Fox 82 T. M. Martin W 234 R 208 • C 190 C 162 1790. Hon. Vere Poulett C 180 1837, May, vice Leader, resigned. John Langton Lord Percival C 161 W 87 H. Broadwood C 279 R. B. Sheridan W 221 1802. J. Allen G. Pococke J. Agnew . C 166 1837. H. Broadwood C 279 W 143 • • P. Courtenay C 277 W 143 Sir Thos. Lethbridge W 5 J. Harcourt .. W 127 R. B. Sheridan W 2 1800. Hon. Vere Poulett 213 1841. Henry Broadwood C 280 John Langston 198 J. S. Forman C 276 John Huddlestone 119 Drew W 253 William Thornton 91 Robinson W 248 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 147 BRIDPORT. Dorsetshire. Edward I. Pop. 7166. 1841, Sept., vice Warburton, re- signed. A.D.R.W.B.Cochrane C 1660. John Drake Henry Henley 1784. C. Sturt Thomas Scott 1796. George Barclay C. Sturt 1846, vice Cochrane, resigned. A.D.R.W.B. Cochrane C 240 W 239 J. Romilly On petition, Romilly vice Cochrane. BRIGHTON. Sussex. Sir E. Nepean C. Sturt 1802. George Barclay W 182 2 Wm. IV. Pop. 48,567. C 135 W 103 • • 1832. I. N. Wigney W 826 George Faithful W 720 W 156 G. R. Pechell, R.N. W 609 C 135 • • Wm. Crawford W 391 W 118 • • Sir A. Dalrymple C 32 1806. George Barclay Sir E. Nepean P. Francis 1831. Sir H. D. St. Paul,Bt. C Henry Warburton 1832. H. Warburton R Sir A. Dalrymple retired in favour of Captain Pechell. 1835. Capt. Pechell, B.N. W 961 W 523 I. N. Wigney Sir A. Dalrymple C 483 W 467 R 279 • John Romilly W 218 William Astell C 132 George Faithful 1835. H. Warburton R 244 Horace Twiss C 207 1887. Capt. Pechell, R.N. W 1083 J. Romilly W 199 1837. H. Warburton R 284 • Swinfin Jervis Baillie 1841. H. Warburton W 232 .. C 212 T. A. Mitchell R 304 W 282 A.D.R.W.B.CochraneC 244 Sir R. Dalrymple C 819 W 801 George Faithful.. W 183 1841. Capt. Pechell, R.N. W 1446 I. N. Wigney W 1260 Sir A. Dalrymple C 808 C. Brooker R 17 I. N. Wigney 148 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. C 1277 1722. Sir A. Elton Joseph Earle W 640 • R 16 1734. Sir Abm. Elton, Bt. 1841, May, vice Wigney. Lord Hervey S. Harford C. Brooker Thomas Coster 1739, vice Coster, deceased. BRISTOL CITY. East Somersetshire and Gloucestershire. Edward Southwell 2651 Edward Combe 2203 Edward III. Pop. 140,158. 1754. Robert Nugent .. 2601 1660. Thomas Earle Richard Beckford 2245 John Knight Sir John Philips 2165 1688. Sir J. Knight Sir R. Hart 1774. H. Cruger, jun. W 2565 Edmund Burke M. Brickdale W 2507 .. C 2456 1695. Sir Thomas Daye Robert Yates Lord Clare W 283 Lord Clare resigned on the second day. BURKE'S SPEECH, AT BRISTOL, 1774. On the Relation which ought to exist between a Representative and his Constituents. My worthy colleague tells you that "the topic of instructions has occasioned much altercation and uneasiness in this city;" and he expresses himself (if I under- stand him rightly) in favour of the coercive authority of such instructions. Certainly, Gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents. Their wishes ought to have great weight with him; their opinion high respect their business unremitted attention. It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfactions, to theirs; and above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interests to his own. But his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not his industry only but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. My worthy colleague says his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours without question ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what sort of reason is that ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 149 1780. Sir H. Lippincott C 3518 Matthew Brickdale C 2771 Henry Cruger 1807. Evan Baillie W Rt. Hn. C. B. Bathurst C W 1271 Samuel Peach W 788 1812, vice Bathurst, appointed Edmund Burke was proposed, but de- Chancellor of Lancaster. clined the Poll. 1781, vice Lippincott, deceased. George Daubeny C 3143 R. H. Davis Henry Hunt C 1907 R 235 • Henry Cruger W 2771 1812. R. H. Davis C 2910 Edw. Protheroe .. W 2435 1784. M. Brickdale C 3458 Henry Cruger W 3052 • • R 455 . C 3377 1796. Charles Bragge C 361 E. Protheroe W 2259 Lord Sheffield W 340 Col. Baillie W 1684 B. Hobhouse 1802. Rt. Hon. C. Bragge C W 108 1820. Henry Bright W 2975 R. H. Davis C 2795 Evan Baillie W Hugh Baillie W 127 George Daubeny.. C 2984 Sir S. Romilly, Kt. W 1615 Henry Hunt 1818. R. H. Davis in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide; and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments. To deliver an opinion is the right of all men; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable opinion which a representative ought always to rejoice to hear, and which he ought always most seriously to consider. But authoritative instructions, mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly to obey, to vote, and to argue for, though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience, these are things utterly unknown to the laws of the land, and which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenour of our con stitution. Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates; but Parliament is a deliberate assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole; where not local purposes, not local prejudices, ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed; but when you have chosen him he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member of Parliament. If the local con- stituent should have an interest, or should form an hasty opinion, evidently opposite to the real good of the rest of the community, the member for that place ought to be as far as any other from any endeavour to give it effect. ( 150 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. * 1826. R. H. Davis Henry Bright . C 3887 1741. Richard Grenville C W 2314 Richard Lowndes C Edw. Protheroc.. W 1874 1784. W. W. Grenville C 2264 1830. R. H. Davis C 5012 John Aubrey C 1739 J. E. Baillie W 3378 Earl Terney W 1715 Edw. Protheroe,jr. W 2842 James Acland R 8 • 1831. J. E. Baillie W Edward Protheroe W 1832. Sir R. R. Vyvyan C 3697 1802. Marq. of Tichfield C Earl Temple C 1831. Marq. of Chandos C 1594 John Smith W 1280 Pascoe Grenfell.. W 911 John E. Baillie E. Protheroe, jun. John Williams W 3159 W 3030 1832. Marq. of Chandos C 2856 W 2741 John Smith W 2402 • • G. H. Dashwood W 1647 . C 3709 C 3312 C. S. Murray C 1536 1835. Philip J. Miles Sir R. R. Vyvyan John Evan Baillie W 2520 Sir J. C. Hobhouse W 1808 1837. P. W. S. Miles C 3838 F. H. F. Berkeley W 3212 William Fripp C 3156 1841. P. W. S. Miles C 5193 F. H. F. Berkeley W 3739 William Fripp C 3684 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 33 Henry VIII. Pop. 155,983. 1660. Thomas Tyrrel William Bowyer 1695. Sir Richard Atkins Thomas Wharton 1835. Marq. of Chandos C 3041 Sir W. L. Young C 2348 J. B. Praed C 2179 G. H. Dashwood Dr. J. Lee W 1671 W 1385 1837, Feb., vice Praed, deceased. G. S. Harcourt .. C 2233 G. H. Dashwood W 982 1837. Marq. of Chandos C 2993 G. S. Harcourt .. C 2704 Sir W. L. Young C 2633 George R. Smith W 2078 1839, Feb., vice Chandos, suc- ceeded to the Peerage as Duke of Buckingham. C. G. Du Pré . C ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 151 1841. Sir W. L. Young C 2578 C. G. Du Pré C 2569 C. R. S. Murray.. C 2547 Dr. John Lee W 495 H. Morgan Tane W 450 1842, vice Young, deceased. Hn. W. E. Fitzmaurice C 1845, vice Murray, deceased. C. Towers • . C 1841. SirT.F.Fremantle,Bt C Sir J. Chetwode, Bt. C 1845, vice Fremantle, appointed Secretary at War. Sir T. F. Fremantle 'C 1840, vice Fremantle and Chet- wode, resigned. Colonel Hall Marquis Chandos .. C C BUCKINGHAM. 33 Henry VIII. Pop. 7,978. 1660. Sir Richard Temple John Donner 1701. Sir E. Denton Sir R. Temple 1807. Hon. J. T. Grenville Hon. R. Neville 1831. Gen.SirG.Nugent,Bt C Sir T. F. Fremantle C BURY ST. EDMUNDS. Suffolk. 1 James I. Pop. 12,538. This Borough has been under the pa- tronage of the Duke of Grafton and the Marquis of Bristol, whose Families have cach returned a Member from 1747 to the passing of the Reform Act; since which the contests have been severe, and the re- sult remains as before. 1660. Sir Henry Crofts Sir John Duncomb 1701. Sir Thomas Felton John Harvey W 138 • • 1747. Lord Petersham Felton Harvey 1832. Sir H. Verney, Bt. W 176 SirT.F.Fremantle,BtC 156 George Morgan 1835. SirT.F.Fremantle,Bt C Sir H. Verney IT 1796. Sir C. Danvers Lord Harvey 1807. Lord C. Fitzroy W Lord Templeton C 1837. SirT.F.Fremantle,BtC 235 Sir II. Verney, Bt. W 156 Sir J. Chetwode, Bt. C 138 152 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1831. Earl Jermyn C C. A. Fitzroy W CALNE. Wilts. Edward I. Pop. 5128. 1832. Lord Chas. Fitzroy Earl Jermyn F. Eagle W 344 C 272 W 238 1835. Earl Jermyn C 317 1660. Edward Bayntum William Ducket 1078. Sir George Hungerford Walter Narbon Lord C. Fitzroy W 312 C. J. Bunbury W 287 1714. Sir Orlando Bridgman Richard Chiswell 1837. Lord C. Fitzroy W 289 Earl Jermyn C 277 1802. Lord H. Petty W C. J. Bunbury W 275 Joseph Jekyll W Hon. F. G. Calthorpe C 248 1807. Joseph Jekyll W 1841. Earl Jermyn C 338 Henry Smith W Lord C. Fitzroy .. W 310 H. Twiss • R. Alston, jun. C 296 . W 256 1831. T. B. Macaulay W C. R. Fox W • 1832. Earl of Kerry .. W BURY. Lancashire. 2 William IV. Pop. 24,759. 1835. Earl of Kerry . W 1832. Richard Walker E. Grundy W 306 R 153 1836, vice Kerry, deceased. Hon.J.F.Strangways W 1837. Earl of Shelburne.. W 1835. R. Walker . W 1841. Earl of Shelburne.. W 1837. Richard Walker W 242 • • J. P. Cobbett Serjeant Spankie R 96 C 87 CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Edward III. Pop. 164,459. 1841. Richard Walker W 326 1660. Thomas Wendy H. Hardman C 294 Isaac Thorntou ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 153 1701. Sir R. Cullen Lord Cutts 1831, vice Osborne, resigned. R. G. Townley W 1980 Capt. C. P. Yorke C 1447 1722. Sir J. H. Cotton, Bt. 1518 Lord Harley 1449 Sir F. Whichcote.. 949 1831. Lord F. G. Osborne W H. J. Adeane W Sir R. Clarke 918 1761. Lord Granby Lord Royston 1780. Lord R. Manners C 1739 Hon. P. Yorke.. C 1444 1832. Capt. C. P. Yorke R. G. Townley C 3693 W 3261 • J. W. Childers W 2862 H. J. Adeane W 2850 1835. Eliot Yorke . C 3871 1790. Charles Yorke Sir S. Gideon, Bt W 1028 J. W. Adeane C W • • 1837. Hon. E. T. Yorke C Capt. R. J. Eaton R. G. Townley C W • • R. J. Eaton C 3261 R. G. Townley W 3070 J. W. Childers W 2979 1802, May, vice Adeane, deceased. Sir H. Peyton, Bt. W 1592 Lord C. Manners C 1500 1802. Lord C. S. Manners C 1941 Hon. C. P. Yorke C 1435 Hon. Thos. Brand W 559 1841. Hon. E. T. Yorke C C Capt. R. J. Eaton J. P. Allix C 1807. Lord C. S. Manners C Rt. Hon. C. Yorke C 1826. Lord C. S. Manners C 1394 Lord F. G. Osborne W 897 H. J. Adeane CAMBRIDGE, Henry I. Pop. 24,455. 1660. Sir Dudley North Sir Thomas Willis W 627 • • 1685. Sir Thomas Chichley *Christopher Wren 1830. Lord F. G. Osborne W 2339 H. J. Adeane W 2086 Lord S. Manners.. C 1757 *The celebrated Sir Christopher Wren. 1701. Sir John Cotton Sir Henry Pickering ? 154 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1714. Sir J. H. Cotton, Bt. 196 1834, June, vice Rice, appointed Thos. Sclater 175 Secretary for the Colonies. S. Shepheard, jun. 156 T. S. Rice W 615 J. Jenyns 105 Sir E. B. Sugden C 593 1774. J. Jenyns 92 1835. T. S. Rice W 736 Hon. C. H. Cadogan 89 George Pryme W 693 T. P. Byde 63 J. L. Knight C 688 S. Meek 60 • 1837. T. S. Rice W 690 .. 1780. J. W. Adeane C 98 George Pryme .. C 678 B. Keene C. Potter .. C 81 J. L. Knight C 614 Hon. J. H.M. Sutton C 599 W 19 1802. Hon. E. Finch .. C Robert Manners C • 1807. Hon. E. Finch Robert Manners .C C 1818. Hon. E. Finch G. R. Manners H. J. Adeane 76 76 • • 56 1839. Sept., vice Rice, created Lord Monteagle. Hon. J. H. M. Sutton C 717 T. Miln er Gibson.. W 617 1840, May, vice Sutton unseated. Sir A. C. Grant, Bt. C 745 W 652 Thomas Starkie 1820. F. W. Trench .. C 39 R. Foster, jun. C. M. Cheere C 39 • 1841. Hon. J. H. M. Sutton C 74S Sir A. C. Grant, Bt. C 719 W 691 Lord C. G. Russell W 659 H. J. Adeanc W 17 • · W 16 G. Pryme 1831. Marquis of Graham C Sir F. W. Trench C 1843. vice Grant, resigned. Fitzroy Kelly Richard Foster .. C 713 W 680 1845. July, vice Kelly, appointed Solicitor General 1832. George Pryme W 979 T. Spring Rice W 709 Fitzroy Kelly Sir E. B. Sugden C 540 Shafto Adair C 746 W 729 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 155 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. 1. James I. Pop. 660. 1660. George Monk Thomas Crouch 1688. Sir Robert Sawyer * Isaac Newton *Afterwards Sir Isaac. 1826. Sir J. S. Copley.. C 772 Lord Palmerston .. W 631 W. J. Banks C 508 .. C 437 H. Goulburn 1827, vice Copley, created Lord Chancellor. Sir N. C. Tindal, Kt. C 479 1727. Hon. E. Finch 221 W. J. Banks • 198 176 Hon. T. Townshend C 378 Hon. D. Windesor 1761. Edward Finch 1829, vice Tindal, Chief Justice. Wm. Cavendish Thomas Townshend afterwards W 609 George Banks • • . C 462 1780. James Mansfield W 277 Hon. J. Townshend W 237 1831. H. Goulburn C 805 Lord Hyde 206 William Yates Peel C 804 Richard Croftes 150 Wm. Cavendish W 630 Hon. Wm. Pitt 142 Lord Palmerston W 610 1784. Rt. Hon. Wm. Pitt C 352 1832. H. Goulburn C Earl of Euston C 299 Sir C. M. Sutton C Hon. J. Townshend W 278 James Mansfield W 181 1835. Rt. Hon.H.Goulburn C Hon. C. E. Law C 1802. Rt. Hon. Wm. Pitt C Earl of Euston C • a 1837. Rt. Hon.H. Goulburn C Hon. C. E. Law C 1806, February, vice Pitt, deceased. Lord H. Petty W 331 • Lord Althorp W 145 1841. Rt. Hon.H.Goulburn C • Lord Palmerston .. C 128 1807. Earl of Euston C 324 Sir Vicary Gibbs .. W 313 Lord Palmerston .. C 310 Lord Henry Petty W 265 Hon. C. E. Law C 1841, Sept., 1841, Sept., vice Goulburn, ap- pointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. H. Goulburu C 156 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. CANTERBURY, Kent. 1831. Hon. R. Watson W Lord Fordwich W 32 Edw. I. Pop. 15,435. 1832. Hon. R. Watson W 834 1660. Sir Edward Maisters Thomas Lovelace Lord Fordwich W 802 1678. William Lynch Richard Mills * Sir Wm. Courtenay 375 * Alias THOM, the person who shot Lieut. Bennett, 46th Reg., May, 1838. 1835. Ld. A. Conyngham W 758 1780. George Gipps Charles Robinson . C 630 C 615 Frederick Villiers S. R. Lushington W 660 C 658 Lord Newhaven 456 1837. James Bradshaw C 761 Sir W. H. Dashwood 149 Lord A. Conyngham W 755 Gipps C 751 1796. J. Baker W 777 H. Villiers W 698 S. E. Sawbridge Sir J. Honeywood C 734 George Gipps W 754 Vice Conyngham, resigned. C 716 1807. J. Baker W 911 Hn. G. P. S. Smythe C 772 J. W. H. Wilson W 628 T. T. Hodges W 17 E. Taylor W 830 1841. Hu. G. P. S. Smythe C 823 Sir R. Lushington C 670 J. Bradshaw C 729 R. T. Farquhar C 513 T. T. Hodges WV 720 1818. S. R. Lushington C 990 Lord Clifton W 861 John Baker W 654 CARLISLE, Cumberland. 3 Charles I. Pop. 23,012. 1826. S. R. Lushington C 665 1660. William Briscoe Jeremiah Tolhurst Lord Clifton Hon. R. Watson W 435 W 107 • 1685. Sir Charles Musgrave James Graham 1830. Hon. R. Watson W 1334 Lord Fordwich B. Baring W 1101 1701. Philip Howard W .C 731 James Lowther C 4 + ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 157 ! 1768. Lord E. Bentinck C 387 1820. Sir J. Graham, Bt. W 246 George Musgrave.. C 385 John C. Curwen W 239 • • W 146 .. Elliot 309 Johnston 307 1774. Fletcher Norton 319 W. James 1820, vice Curwen, elected for Cumberland. A. Storer 310 Wm. James W 468 George Musgrave .. 153 Sir P. Musgrave, Bt. C 382 Wm. Milburne 133 1786, vice Surrey, succeeded to the peerage as Duke of Norfolk. E. Knubley 553 R. Stephenson 405 1826. Sir J. R. G. Graham W 264 Sir P. Musgrave, Bt. C 239 William James W 140 1827, vice Musgrave, deceased. J. S. Lushington.. C 362 W. Lawson W 323 1790. J. C. Satterthwaite 503 E. Knubley 503 1829, vice Graham, resigned. J. C. Curwen 399 Sir W. Scott, Bt... C 373 W. Bradyll 394 H. A. Aglionby W 322 1796. John C. Curwen W 399 • • 1831. William James W 100 Sir F. F. Vane, Bt. W 390 W 286 Sir J. Graham, Bt. Edward Knubley.. C 276 1807. John C. Curwen .. W Walter S. Stanhope C P. H. Howard J. L. Lushington 1832. P. H. Howard William James Sir J. Malcolm • . W 478 W 100 C 35 • • 1812. Sir J. Graham, Bt. W 472 C 117 1835. P. H. Howard W. Marshall …. W W • • W 372 1837. P. H. Howard .. W William Marshall W H. Fawcett 1816, vice Fawcett, deceased. J. C. Curwen Sir P. Musgrave, Bt. C 286 1818. J. C. Curwen W 250 Sir J. Graham, Bt. W 225 J. W. Parkins IV 49 O 1841. P. H. Howard .. W 419 William Marshall W 345 Serjeant Goulburn C 296 158 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. CHATHAM. Kent. 2 Wm. IV. Pop. 21,341. 1761. Thomas Cholmondeley Samuel Egerton 1832. Wm. L. Maberly W 317 1790. Sir R. S. Cotton • • Erskine Perry R 210 John Crewe 1834, June, vice Maberly, 1807. Thomas Cholmondeley resigned. Davies Davenport Capt. G. S. Byng.. W 262 W. Ching 192 1831. Lord Belgrave W George Wilbraham W 1835. Sir E. P. Beresford C 306 Capt. G. S. Byny.. W 288 1837. Hon. Capt.G.S.Byng W NORTI DIVISION. Pop. 218,010. 1832. E. J. Stanley W 2556 1841. Hon. G. S. Byng Lord Dufferin W 456 W. T. Egerton C 2428 C 234 J. R. D. Tollemache W 1516 1835. E. J. Stanley CHELTENHAM. Gloucestershire. Wm. IV. Pop. 31,411. W W. T. Egerton C • 1832. Hon. C. F. Berkeley W 1837. E. J. Stanley 1835. Hon. C. F. Berkeley W 411 I. Gaskell C 25 1837. Hon. C. F. Berkeley W 362 W. T. Egerton 1841. W. T. Egerton .. C 2762 C. Legh • C 2635 Hon. E. J. Stanley W 2196 . W C J. Peel C 298 1841. Hon. C. F. Berkeley W 750 J. A. Gardiner CHESHIRE. C 638 34 and 35 Henry VIII., and 2 Wm. IV. Pop. 395,660. 1660. Sir G. Booth Thomas Mainwaring SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 177,650. 1832. George Wilbraham W 2661 Earl Grosvenor .. W 2406 Sir P. G. Egerton C 2297 1837. Sir P. G. Egerton C 3135 George Wilbraham W 3015 E. Corbett .. C 2654 1 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 159 [ 1841. Sir P. G. Egerton C 3110 J. Tollemache C 3034 .. G. Wilbraham W 2365 CHESTER CITY. 34 Henry VIII. Pop. 23,115. 1660. John Ratcliff William Ince 1812. Gen. T. Grosvenor W 627 John Egerton C 602 Sir Rich.Brooke, Bt. W 575 E. I. Townshend C 537 This contest is computed to have cost Grosvenor £30,000, and Egerton £15,000. 1818. Lord Visct. Belgrave W 813 737 Thomas Grosvenor W Sir J. G. Egerton C 607 John Williams 1878. Wm. Williams W Thomas Grosvenor W 1688. Col. R. Whitley · C 1820. Lord Belgrave C 522 • • W 771 Aldm. Mainwaring C 1690. Sir T. Grosvenor,Bt. W 498 • Richard Leving W 491 Colonel Whitley C 484 Aldm. Mainwaring C 457 1734. Sir R. Grosvenor, Bt. W 521 Sir C. Bunbury, Bt. W 516 Richard Manley C 480 Hugh Williams C 468 .. 1747. Sir R.Grosvenor,Bt. W 1049 P. H. Warburton W 928 J. Mainwaring, jun. C 758 1760. Thomas Grosvenor W 713 Gen. T. Grosvenor W 698 Sir J.G.Egerton, Bt. C 680 E. V. Townshend C 603 1826. Lord Visct. Belgrave W 830 Hon. R. Grosvenor W 760 General Egerton.. C 712 E. I. Townshend C 661 1830. Hon. R. Grosvenor W Sir P. De M.G.Egerton C 1830, Dec., vice Grosvenor, ap- pointed Comptroller of the Household. Hon. R. Grosvenor W 216 Sir P. F. C. Offley W 154 R. W. Bootle John Crew Roger Barnston W 626 C 180 C 38 1831. Lord R. Grosvenor W .. F. C. Offley W This contest is said to have cost thirty thousand pounds. 1807. General Grosvenor W : 1 C John Egerton 1832. vice Offley, deceased. John. F. Maddock W 577 Ed. D. Davenport W 452 160 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1832. Lord R. Grosvenor W 1166 | John Jervis W 1053 1807. Rt. Hon. T. Steele James Dupre C C John F. Maddocks W 499 1835. Lord R. Grosvenor W 1826. Lord G. Lennox W. S. Poyntz W 555 C 411 John Jervis W Sir G.V.Webster,Bt. W 364 1837. Lord R. Grosvenor W 1282 John Jervis W 1109 Hon. F. D. Ryder C 352 1830. Lord J. G. Lennox W 643 J. Smith Sir S. Cullen W 527 • R 219 1841. Lord R. Grosvenor W John Jervis W 1831. Lord Arthur Lennox W 665 John Abel Smith W 388 .. Sir G.V.Webster, Bt. R 306 1846, vice Jervis, appointed Soli- citor-General. Rt. Hon. J. Jervis W 1832. Lord Arthur Lennox W 707 John Abel Smith.. W 456 W. P. Carter 263 CHICHESTER. West Sussex. 23 Edward I. Pop. 8512. 1660. Henry Pecham William Cawley 1705. Sir Thomas Lyttleton Thomas Onslow 1835. Lord Arthur Lennox W 486 John Abel Smith.. W 421 John M. Cobbett R 121 1837. John Abel Smith, W 490 Lord Arthur Lennox W 387 John M. Cobbett .. R 252 1761. Lord George Lennox John Page 1841. John Abel Smith.. W Lord Arthur Lennox C 1784. G. W. Thomas W 296 1844, vice Lennox, appointed Thomas Steel Wm. Smith C 295 C 174 Lord of the Treasury. Lord A. Lennox C 1802. Rt. Hon. T. Steele C 1846, vice Lennox. Geo, White Thomas C Lord H. G. Lennox C 1 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 161 CHIPPENHAM. Wiltshire. 23 Edward I. Pop. 5138. 1660. Edward Hungerford Edward Poole 1832. Joseph Neeld W. H. F. Talbot Thomas Mayne 1835. Joseph Neeld .. C 139 • • W 132 • . C 40 Capt. H. G. Boldero C 1695. Walter White Alexander Popham 1837. Joseph Neeld C Capt. H. G. Boldero C 1741. Sir Edward Thomas Edward Bayntun Rolt 1841. Joseph Neeld C 166 1802. James Dawkins 108 Capt. H. G. Boldero C 129 W. J. Lisley W 96 Charles Brooke 50 John Maitland 57 1806. John Maitland 60 Charles Brooke 58 CHRISTCHURCH. Hampshire. 13 Elizabeth. Pop. 6654. 1660. Hugh Weld James Dawkins 53 Henry Julse 1807. John Maitland 59 1701. Francis Gwynn James Dawkins 58 Wm. Blake 58 1812. Chas. Brooke William Etterick 1761. Sir Thos. Robinson James Harris Right Hon. R. Peel 1807. W. S. Bourne C 1818. William Miles Marq. of Blandford 83 82 Rt. Hon. George RoseC 58 J. R. Grossett 34 1831. Rt. Hon. George Rose C George Pitt Rose C 1830. J. Neeld Philip Pusey J. H. Pownall 76 58 1832. G. William Tapps W 18 • 1835. Sir G. W. T'apps, Bt. W 1831. Joseph Neeld F. G. Boldero C 96 C 60 G. H. F. Talbot W 39 • Colonel Cameron 1837. Rt. Hon. G. H. Rose C 116 W 105 162 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. * 1841. Rt Hon. G. H. Rose C 1812. Lord Apsley 464 M. H. Beach 324 J. Cripps 318 1844, March, vice Rose, resigned. Capt. Harris C 183 1818. Lord Apsley 412 W. Tice W 84 J. Cripps 412 R. E. Cresswell 40 CIRENCESTER. Gloucestershire. 13 Elizabeth. Pop. 6014. 1660. Richard Honour John George 1741. Thomas Master> Henry Bathurst 1831. Lord Apsley Joseph Cripps 1832. J. W. Cripps C Lord R. Somerset C 1835. Joseph Cripps . C 484 Lord R. Somerset C 405 . C . C Thomas D. Whatley W 91 1761. Viscount Downe. 511 • J. Whitshed 508 1837, Joseph Cripps . C J. Clutterbuck 234 T. W. C. Master.. C 1768. E. Cresswell 447 1841, J. W. Cripps . C J. Whitshed 437 T. W. C. Master C S. Blackwell 304 1790. Lord Aspley . C 293 Richard Master Robert Preston C 262 W 253 1844, Aug. vice Master, resigned. Lord Villiers C 1845, Aug., vice Cripps, appointed Lord of the Treasury 1796. M. H. Beach 394 J. W. Cripps Sir R. Preston 347 T. B. Howell 231 CLITHEROE. Lancashire. 1. Eliz. Pop. 11,324. 1802. M. H. Beach W 365 Sir Robert Preston W 274 1660. Sir Ralph Ashton J.Howell C 225 John Heath C ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 163 1701. Ambrose Pudsey Thomas Stringer 1754. Sir John Mordaunt P. O. Wyndham 1722. Nathaniel Curzon C 1807. James Graham W Thomas Lister C John Osborne . C 1780. Thomas Lister · C 33 1831. John H. Lowther C John Parker C 31 • Sir James Scarlett C Hon. A. Curzon 1802. Hon. R. Curzon .. Hon. John Cust C 17 C 1832. F. L. B. Dykes W 187 C H. A. Aglionby W 153 .. A. Green W 124 1831. Hon. R. Curzon .. C Hon. P. F. Cust C • 1832. John Fort W 157 John Irving C 124 1835. H. Aglionby F. L. B. Des Edward Horsy Horspalt 1837. H. A. Aglionby W 192 W 145 C 113 1835. John Fort W Edward Horsman W 1837. John Fort W 165 1840, June,vice Horsman resigned Whalley . C 156 Edward Horsman Colonel Wyndham W 117 CANTILE DI C 91 1841. Matthew Wilson W 175 E. Cardwell C 170 1841. H. A. Aglionby W 129 Edward Horsman W 127 1842, Mar., vice Wilson, unseated. General Wyndham C 100 E. Cardwell C COCKERMOUTH. Cumberland. Edw. I. and Chas. I. Pop. 6420. COLCHESTER. Essex. 23 Edward I. Pop. 17,790. 1660. Richard Tolson Wilfrid Lawson 1702. James Stanhope Thomas Lamplugh 1660. Sir H. Grimston John Shaw 1701. Sir Isaac Rebow Sir Thomas Cook 164 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1741. Charles Gray 832 1831, vice Spottiswood, unseated. S. Savill 807 W. Mayhew W 604 J. Olmius 806 Sir W. Cartis, Bt. C 490 M. Martin 790 1831. D. W. Harvey R 617 1784. Sir E. Affleck, Bt. 665 W. Mayhew W 595 Christopher Potter 425 R. Sanderson C 524 Sir R. Smith, Bt. 416 1832. Richard Sanderson C 648 1790. Robert Thornton W 818 Lord Muncaster C 796 D. W. Harvey William Mayhew.. W 272 R 411 .. George Tierney R 638 1806. R. Thornton 724 Wm. Tuffnell 722 J. Prinsep 1835. Richard Sanderson C 637 Sir G. H. Smyth C 568 H. Tuffnell W 505 488 1807. R. H. Davis C 682 1837. Richard Sanderson C 472 Robert Thornton.. C 632 Sir G. H. Smyth C 435 J. C. Tuffnell W 161 Mr. Todd W 306 1812. H. Davis 810 R. Thornton 737 1841. Richard Sanderson C Sir G. H. Smyth C D. W. Harvey 704 1818. J. B. Wildman C 613 CORNWALL. Henry III. Pop. 341,279. D. W. Harvey R 503 1660. John Trelawney P. Wright W 160 John Coriton 1820. D. Whittle Harvey R 702 1741. Sir John St. Aubin James B. Wildman W 663 Sir H. Russell, Bt. Sir William Carew 498 1774. Sir Wm. Lemon, Bt. 1099 1830. Daniel W. Harvey R 650 Sir J. Molesworth,Bt. 1050 A. Spottiswood C 571 John Buller 960 Wm. Mayhew W 393 H. M. Praed 890 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 165 1790. Sir Wm. Lemon, Bt. 2250 1837. Lord Eliot Francis Gregor 1270 • • Sir J. St. Aubyn, Bt. 1136 1826. Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bt. C E. W. W. Pendarves W 1831. E.W.W. Pendarves W 1819 Sir C. Lemon, Bt. W 1804 SirR.R.Vivian, Bt. C 901 Lord Valletort C 611 WEST DIVISION. Pop. 175,634. 1832. E.W.W.Pendarves W Sir C. Lemon, Bt W 1835. E.W.W. Pendarves W Sir C. Lemon, Bt. W 1837. E.W.W.Pendarves W Sir C. Lemon, Bt. W C 2430 Sir R. Hussy Vivian W 2294 Sir W. Trelawney W 2250 1841. Lord Eliot W. Rashleigh C 3006 a C 2801 J. S. Trelawney.. W 1647 1841, Sept., vice Eliot, appointed Lord Eliot Secretary for Ireland. .. C 1845, Feb., vice Eliot, succeeded to the Peerage as Earl St. Germains. W. H. Pole Carew C COVENTRY, Warwickshire. Edw. I. Pop. 30,743. 1660. John Beak Richard Hopkins 1841. E.W.W. Pendarves W Ld.Boscawen Rose C 1841, vice Boscawen, created Earl Falmouth. Sir C. Lemon, Bt. W 1701. Sir C. Hales 776 Edward Hopkins 770 John Neale 754 Thomas Gery 614 EAST DIVISION. Pop. 165,645. 1832. Sir W. Molesworth R W. L. S. Trelawney W 1835. Sir W. Molesworth R SirW.L.S.Trelawney W 1741. Earl of Euston · • 1299 Wm. Grove John Neale 992 919 1761. James Hewett 1079 Hon. A. Archer.. 994 Wm. Grove 608 166 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. ! 1768. Hon. H. S. Conway 972 1803, vice Jefferys, unseated. Hon. A. Archer.. 633 Peter Moore 1294 W. Waring 479 G. F. Stratton 1146 1780. Sir T. Halifax, Kt. 1319 1807. William Mills Thos. Rogers 1318 Peter Moore W 312 R 310 • · E. R. Yeo 1298 J. B. Holroyd H. C. Montgomery C 84 1295 • William Shaw C 82 1784. Sir S. Gideon, Bt. 588 John Wilmot 585 1818. Peter Moore 1180 Lord Sheffield 558 Ed. Ellis 1000 Hon. W. S. Conway 552 J. Butterworth 624 1790. Lord Eardley 1399 1820. Edward Ellice W 1474 John Wilmot 1399 • Peter Moore W 1422 W. W. Bard 1126 I'm. Cobbett R 517 1802. Capt.F.W.Barlow C 1197 N. Jefferys Peter Moore Wilberforce Bird W 1182 C 1190 1826 R. E. Heathcote T. B. Fyler C 1539 C 1523 Edward Ellis Peter Moore W 1242 W 1182 R 1152 *When the Writs for a new Parliament were issued, a meeting was convened, at which it was resolved to invite Mr. Jef ferys again to become a Candidate to repre- sent them, and to support his re-election. Mr. Jefferys accepted the invitation, and going down in pursuance thereof, his en- trance into the city was unhandsomely opposed, a riot ensued, and Capt. Barlow of the 1st Dragoon Guards happpening to be there, in consequence of his regi- ment being stationed in the neighbour- hood, he exerted himself with much spirit to quell the riot, and protect Mr. Jefferys and his friends from insult. Capt. Barlow was in consequence called on to join Mr. Jefferys as a candidate, which he readily accepted, the show of hands at the hustings was in their favour, and both were triumphantly returned. 1831. Edward Ellice W 1658 H. Lytton Bulwer W 1560 T. B. Fyler .. C 1150 1832. Edward Ellice H. L. Bulwer T. B. Fyler Morgan Thomas W 1613 • • W 1607 C 371 C 366 1833, April, vice Ellice, appointed Secretary at War. .. W 1509 Edward Ellice Morgan Thomas C 1206 John M. Cobbett R 89 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 167 1835. William Williams W 1865 Edward Ellice .. W 1601 Morgan Thomas.. C 1566 1802. Thomas Eastcourt W 289 Lord Porchester W 242 Colonel G. A. Pollen C 135 1806. T. Goddard 632 1837. Edward Ellice W 1778 .. Lord Porchester .. 574 William Williams W 1748 Lord Andover 508 • • Morgan Thomas C 1511 Hill C 1393 John Bell R 43 1818. Joseph Pitt 715 R. Gordon 602 Thos. Calley 505 1841. W. Williams Hon. E. Ellice Thomas Weir W 1870 W 1829 .. 1831. Robert Gordon W 669 C 1283 Thomas Calley W 639 CRICKLADE. Wiltshire. Edw. I. Pop. 13,165. 1660. Henry Dunch Edward Masklyn 1701. Sir Stephen Fox Edward Dunch Hon. P. I. Bouverie W 533 1832. Robert Gordon Thomas Calley W • • W 1835. Robert Gordon John Neeld W C • 1837. John Neeld C 736 Ambrose Goddard C 736 Hon. H. T. Howard W 719 1774. W. R. Earle 152 A. Nesbitt 138 1841. John Neeld C Hugh M'Culloch.. 69 Hon. H. T. Howard W 1784. C. W. Coxe 442 Robert Adamson.. 435 CUMBERLAND. Henry III. Pop. 178,038. J. W. Heneage 373 R. Nicholas 358 1660. Lord Howard Sir Wilfrid Lawson 1790. T. Eastcourt 246 J. W. Heueage 194 1741. Sir James Lowther S. Petrie 111 Sir James Pennington 168 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. F 1768. Henry Curwen W 2139 Sir James Lowther C 1977 1833, March, vice Lord Lowther. Samuel Irton C 1682 Henry Fletcher .. 1975 F. Aglionby W 1601 Major Senhouse.. 1891 This election is said to have cost £100,000. 1835. Edward Stanley.. C 1899 Samuel Irton C 1881 1774. Sir J. Lowther, Bt. Henry Fletcher .. Sir J. Pennington Bt. 976 Majur F. Aglionby W 1582 876 365 1837. Edward Stanley.. C Samuel Irton C 1796. Sir H. Fletcher, Bt. W John Lowther . C • • 1807. John Lowther .. C Hon. Visct. Morpeth W 1841. Edward Stanley.. C Samuel Irton C • EAST DIVISION. 1820. John Lowther 166 J. C. Curwen Lord Morpeth 138 91 Pop. 95,445. 1832. Sir J. R. G. Graham W W William Blamire 1831. Hon. Sir J. Graham W William Blamire Lord Lowther 942 W 917 . C 453 1835. Sir J. R. G. Graham W William Blamire W WEST DIVISION. Pop. 82,593. 1832. Lord Lowther H. Curwen Edward Stanley . C 1885 .. .. C 1693 W 1509 1836, Sept., vice Blamire. William James .. W 1837. Major F. Aglionby W 2294 William James . W 2124 * SirJ.R.G.Graham C 1605 * TO THE ELECTORS OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE - COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. GENTLEMEN, The approaching dissolution of Parliament will give to you an opportunity of exercising your judgment on my public conduct, and to me an occa- sion gladly embraced of vindicating my adherence to the principles which I have uniformly professed, and still steadily maintain. I first claimed your support as the friend of civil and religious liberty, as the enemy of abuses whether in Church or State, but as the firm supporter of the prero- gative of the Crown, the rights of the Church, and the independence of the House ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 169 1840, vice Aglionby, deceased. Hon. C. Howard W 1784. Arthur Holdsworth Richard Hopkins 32 31 J. H. Southcote 1 W 1987 1802. A.H. Holdsworth C Edward Bastard C 1830. John Bastard C 21 A. H. Holdsworth C 21 1841. Hon. C.W. Howard W 2080 William James Capt.W.Stephenson ℃ 1905 DARTMOUTH. Devonshire. Edw. 1. Pop. 4663. 1660. John Hale John Frederick 1668. Sir Joseph Herne Frederick Herne Sir H. Willoughby W 119 J. H. Seale W 119 The voters for Willoughby and Seale being householders only, were disallowed. 1831. A. H. Holdsworth C Captain J. Bastard C of Lords, which I have ever held to be no less sacred than the privileges of the Commons and the freedom of the people; for I have been always deeply persuaded that the mixed form of Government under which we live is the happiest and the best, because it ensures and promotes in the highest degree the peace, the concord, and the welfare of every class in the community. True to these principles while I have been your representative, I have had my share in carrying the repeal of the Test Act, the Emancipation of the Catholics, the Reform in the Representation of the People, the Abolition of Slavery, the Commu- tation of Tythe, the Amendment of the Poor Laws, Municipal Reform in England and Scotland, a large diminution of the public expenditure, and a corresponding remission of the public burdens. These are the measures, with one or two exceptions, which Her Majesty's pre- sent Ministers claim as their own, and which they prefer as their title to public confidence; yet the success of these measures in a large proportion is due to the administration of Lord Grey, under whom I had the honour of serving; and out of office I have been the supporter of the small portion of these measures which Lord Melbourne's Government has accomplished in three long weary sessions of an unproductive Parliament. But though friendly to every amendment of the law within the limits of the con- stitution, I have resisted changes which appear to me inconsistent with the balanced form and spirit of our Government, and I have had the satisfaction of supporting Her Majesty's Ministers during the session now about to close, in their resistance, always timid, and sometimes doubtful, to what is termed by themselves organic change; and specially in their opposition to the repeal of the Septennial Act, to the expulsion of the Bishops from the House of Lords, to a further extension of the suffrage, and to vote by ballot. Ր 170 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1832. Col. Sir J. H. Seale W 1835. Col. Sir J. H. Seale W 1837. Col. Sir J. H. Scale W 1741. Lord Hartington Sir N. Curzon 1751, vice Hartington, succeeded to the Peerage as Duke of Devonshire. Lord F. Cavendish W 1841. Col. Sir J. H. Seale W 1844, Dec., vice Seale, deceased. Joseph Somes G. Moffatt C 125 W 118 1768. Lord G. Cavendish Godfrey B. Clark Sir H. Harper, Bt. 2767 1786 1314 1845, vice Somes, deceased. 1796. Edward M. Mundy C Lord J. Cavendish W G. Moffatt W 135 H. T. Prinsep C 111 • 1807. Edward M. Mundy C DERBYSHIRE. Edw. III. Pop. 272,207. Ld. G. A. Cavendish W 1820. Ld.G. A. Cavendish W 195 1660. Lord Cavendish.. W Philip Frechmill C E. M. Mundy S. Shore C 190 W 26 My support of the Government has extended thus far; my opposition has been limited to certain dangerous measures, pressed on the Ministers by their Roman Catholic and Dissenting followers, which, in my opinion, tend directly to the over- throw of the Protestant church. I have ever been the friend, I am so now, of perfect religious liberty and of the largest toleration; but the connexion between the Church and State, and the strict maintenance of our reformed Protestant establishments, involves interests of para- mount importance, which I cannot overlook, and which I dare not betray. My conduct in defence of the national churches, and in opposition to republican innovations, is now submitted to your decision. If you approve it, I can only promise to serve you as I have hitherto done; if you condemn it, I shall be con- soled even for the loss of your favour by the conscious purity of my motives; but until a majority on the poll shall have decided against me, I will not believe that I have forfeited your confidence, when my heart assures me that I still am worthy to be one of your representatives. Grosvenor-place, June 28. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obliged servant, J. R. G. GRAHAM. : ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 171 1830. Ld. G. A. Cavendish W F. Mundy C William Evans 1841. Ho.G.H.Cavendish W W 1831. Lord Cavendish W Hon.G.J.V.Vernon W DERBY. Derbyshire. W 1910 SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 143,619. 1832. G. J. V. Vernon.. W 3036 Lord Waterpark.. W 2839 Sir R. Gresley C 1952 1835. Sir Geo. Crewe, Bt. C 2517 Sir R. Gresley, Bt. C 2495 Hn. G.J. IT'ernon W 1951 Lord Waterpark 1837. Sir Geo. Crewe, Bt. C Edw. I. Pop. 32,741. 1660. Roger Alestree John Dalton 1710. Edward Mundy Nathaniel Curzon 1734. Lord J. Cavendish 295 Hon. C. Stanhope 286 Wm. Curzon 223 R. Harpur 186 Francis Hurt . C 1741. John Stanhope W Lord J. Cavendish W 1841. C. R. Colvile C 3189 E. M. Mundy C 3183 M. Gisborne W 2357 1742, vice Cavendish, appointed • Lord Waterpark.. W 2991 NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 128,598. 1832. Lord Cavendish W 3388 Thomas Gisborne W 2385 Sir George Sitwell C 1183 1747. Lord Duncannon. Hon. J. Stanhope.. G. Pole • 400 400 251 1748, vice Stanhope, deceased. Auditor. Lord Duncannon.. G. Pole 346 300 1835. Hn.G.H.Cavendish W Thomas Gisborne W Thos. Rivett Thos. Stanhope 1837. Hn.G.H.Cavendish W 2816 William Evans G. Arkwright W 2422 C 1983 1768. Lord F. Cavendish W. F. Herbert 382 311 172 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1772, vice Herbert, deceased. W. Coke P. Gell 333 208 1775, vice Coke, elected for Norfolk. John Gisburn W 342 D. P. Coke C 329 • On petition, Coke vice Gisburn. 1840, Sept., vice Strutt, appointed President of the Railway Commission. Edward Strutt W 835 Sir Digby Mackworth C 559 DEVIZES. Wiltshire. Edw. I. Pop, 6156. 1796. Lord G. Cavendish W 239 Edward Coke · • W 238 6 P. Crompton 1807. Edward Coke W • William Cavendish W 1660. William Lewis Robert Aldworth 1790. Henry Addington Joshua Smith 1802. Rt.Hn.H.Addington C 1831. Hn.H.F.C.Cavendish W Joshua Smith C Edward Strutt .. W 1807. Joshua Smith C 1832. Edward Strutt W 884 T. G. Estcourt C H. F. Cavendish • Sir C. Colvile W 716 C 430 1831. John Pearse C G. W. Taylor . C 1835. Edward Strutt W 903 . Hon. J. G. Ponsonby W 724 Hon. F. Curzon .. C 525 1832. Wadham Locke W 216 Montague Gore W 160 1837. Edward Strutt W 836 Hou.J.G. Ponsonby W 791 Hon. F. Curzon C 525 C. R. Colvile C 456 1841. Edward Strutt W 891 Hon. J.G. Ponsonby W 789 E. S. Chandos Pole C 389 Sir Philip Durham C 94 1835. Wadham Locke W 240 • Sir Philip Durham C 154 Hon. D. P. Bouverie W 98 1835, Nov., vice Locke, deceased. T. H. Estcourt C 157 Captain J. Dundas W 145 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARX ELECTIONS. 173 1837. T.H. S. B. Estcourt C Capt. J. W. Dundas W 1838, March, vice Dundas. • • Capt. J. Dundas W 109 G. H. W. Heneage C 102 1841. G. W. H. Heneage C T. H. S. Sotheron C 1844, Feb., vice Sotheron, re- signed. W. H. L. Bruges .. C 202 C. Temple 1846, July, vice Tuffnell, ap- pointed Secretary to the Treasury. H. Tuffnell W 1846, July, vice Grey, appointed Home Secretary. Rt. Hn. Sir G. Grey W DEVONSHIRE. Edw. III. and Wm. IV. Pop. 533,460. 1660. Sir John Northcott George Monk DEVONPORT. R 67 1747. Sir W. Courtney Sir R. W. Bainfylde 1781. John Rolle John P. Bastard Devonshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 43,532. 1832. Sir George Grey.. W 1178 Edwd. Codrington W 891 C 575 Leach 1835. Edwd. Codrington W 1114 1790. Jolin Rolle C 500 John P. Bastard.. C 470 Sir C'. W. Bamfylde W 170 Sir George Grey.. W 956 1807. J. P. Bastard G. R. Dawson C 764 Sir L. Palk, Bt. 1837. Sir E. Codrington W Sir G. Grey, Bt... W 1816, vice Bastard, deceased. C 2338 .. 1840, Jan., vice Codrington, re- signed. W 1035 803 W 966 .. William Tuffuell Rt.Hn.G.R.Dawson C 1841. H. Tuffnell Rt. Hon.Sir G. Grey W 932 Rt.Hn.G.R.DawsonC 780 E. P. Bastard Lord Ebrington .. W 1702 1818. Lord Ebrington.. W 4190 E. P. Bastard C 3830 Sir T.D.Acland, Bt. C 3814 1820. Sir T.D.Acland, Bt. C 2546 Edward P. Bastard C 1959 Lord Ebrington .. W 1713 174 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1826. Sir T.D. Acland,Bt. C 77 Edward P. Bastard C 72 Lord Ebrington .. W 19 1835, May, vice Russel, appointed Home Secretary. M. E. N. Parker C 3755 Lord John Russell W 3128 1830. Lord Ebrington.. W 2914 Sir T.D.Acland,Bt. C 2754 Edward P.Bastard C2164 1837. Sir J. Y. Buller C 4975 M. E. N. Parker J. C. Bulteel C 4671 W 3741 1881. Visct. Ebrington W Rt.Hn. Ld.J. RussellW 1841. Sir J. Y. Buller, Bt C Lord Courtenay C NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 190,867. 1832. Visct. Ebrington W Hon. N. Fellowes W 1835. Viscount Ebrington W Hon. N. Fellowes W 1837. Viscount EbringtonW DORCHESTER, Dorsetshire. Edw. I. Pop. 5402. 1660. Daniel Hollis John Whiteway 1688. Gerard Napier John Trenchard Sir T. D. Acland C 1768. Hon. John Damer C 218 1839, March, vice Ebrington, Lord Lieut. of Ireland. William Ewer L. Cox C 143 W 85 L. W. Buck J. W. Buller C 3720 W 3240 1774. Wm. Ewer John Damer A. Chapman . C 232 C 214 W 145 1841. Sir T. D. Acland L. W. Buck C • .. C SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 342,593. 1832. Lord John Russell W 3782 Crocker Bulteel W 3684 Sir J. Y. Buller C 8217 1835. Lord John Russell W Sir J. B. Y. Buller C 1806. Hon. C. Ashley C 198 Francis Fane R. Williams .. C 129 . C 87 1831. Robert Williams.. C Hou. H. A. Cooper C 1832. Robert Williams .. C Hon. A. H. A. Cooper C ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 175 [ 1833. Hon. A. H. A. Cooper C Rt. Williams, jun. C 1832. Lord Ashley W. J. Bankes . C C W. F. S. Ponsonby W 1837. Hon. A. H. A. Cooper C Rt. Williams, jun. C 1835. Lord Ashley C 1841. Hon. A. H. A. Cooper C Sir J.R.G.GrahamBt. U 1841, Sept., vice Graham, ap- pointed Home Secretary. SirJ.R.G.Graham,Bt. C Hon. H. C. Sturt C W. F. S. Ponsonby W 1837. Lord Ashley Hon. H. C. Sturt • C C J. C. F. Strangways W 1841. Lord Ashley C Hon. H. C. Sturt C George Bankes C DORSETSHIRE. Edw. III. and Wm. IV. Pop. 175,043. 1660. J. F. James Robert Coker 1846, Feb., vice Ashley and Sturt, resigned. H. K. Seymour John Floyer C C · 1802. William M. Pitt F. J. Brown 1806. Wm. Morton Pitt C 1722 Edwd. B. Portman W 1049 Henry Bankes C 827 1807. Wm. Morton Pitt C 1454 Edwd. B. Portman W 1101 Henry Bankes C 1091 DOVER. Kent. 23 Henry L. Pop. 17,795. 1660. Edward Montague Arthur Braines 1701. Philip Papillon Matthew Aylmer 1713. P. Papillon 219 1831. Edwd. B. Portman W 1699 Sir W. Hardres 197 J. Calcraft Henry Bankes W 1452 M. Aylmer 181 C 1170 H. Watkins 128 1881, vice Calcraft, deceased. 1727. H. Furnese 382 Lord Ashley C 1847 Hon. G. Berkeley.. 306 W. F. S Ponsonby W 1811 P. Papillon 237 176 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1734. D. Papillon 427 1802. Hon. J. Trevanion W 666 T. Revell 419 H. Furnese 297 J. Spencer Smith.. C 532 William Huskisson C 466 1806. Charles Jenkinson C 789 1741. T. Revell 525 John Jackson W 784 Lord G. Sackville.. 404 Hon. J. Trevanion W 344 H. Furnese 242 1807. Charles Jenkinson C 861 1708. Hon. J. Yorke 449 John Jackson W 628 Lord Villiers 335 Mr. Pierrepoint W 622 H. Minet 181 1818. E. B. Wilbraham.. C 510 Sir John Jackson.. W 505 1770, vice Villiers, succeeded to the Peerage as Earl of Jersey. R. B. Robson C 256 Sir P. Hales, Bt. . 483 J. Trevanion 456 1773, vice Hales, deceased. 1826. E. B. Wilbraham C 1175 C. P. Thompson John Halcomb J. Butterworth W 746 C 628 • . W 198 T. Barrett J. Trevanion 524 385 1828, vice Wilbraham, created Lord Skelmersdale. W. H. Trant C 738 1784. R. Preston 571 J. Halcomb C 633 Hon. J. Luttrell 520 J. Trevanion 248 1830. C. P. Thompson .. W 975 J. Bazeley 180 Sir J. R. Reid, Bt. C 974 J. Halcomb C 748 1790. C. S. Pybus 683 J. Trevanion 532 1831. C. P. Thompson .. W J. Heniker, jun. 497 Capt. R. H.Stanhope W J. Bentinck 292 1832. *C. P. Thompson W 713 1797, vice Pybus, appointed Trea- surer of the Exchequer. C. S. Pybus R. H. Solly Sir J. R. Reid, Bt. C 644 John Halcomb .. C 523 Captain Stanhope.. W 498 291 110 *Made his election for Manchester. ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 177 1833, March, vice Thomson elected 1831. J. H. H. Foley W for Manchester. Sir F. E. Winnington W John Halcomb C 734 Captain Stanhope W 665 1832. J. H. H. Foley W 1835. J. M. Fector C 908 1835. John Barneby C 125 Sir J. R. Reid, Bt. C 782 E. R. Rice W 761 J. H. H. Foley W 124 1837. Capt.J. S. Pakington C 1837. Edward R. Rice.. W 845 Sir J. R. Reid, Bt. C 829 J. M. Fector C 742 1841. Capt.J. S. Pakington C 1841. Sir J. R. Reid, Bt. C 1000 E. R. Rice W 960 DUDLEY. Worcestershire. Wm. IV. Pop. 31,232. John Halcomb C 536 A. Galloway W 281 • 1832. Sir John Campbell W 318 Sir Horace St. Paul C 229 DROITWICH. Worcestershire. Edw. I. Pop. 6,588. 1660. Samuel Sandys Henry Coventry 1690. Lord Bellemont Philip Foley 1708. Edward Jefferys Richard Foley 1834, vice Campbell, appointed Attorney General. Thomas Hawkes.. C 322 Sir Thos. Campbell W 254 1835. Thomas Hawkes C 327 Captain Forbes, R.N. W 250 1837. Thomas Hawkes .. C 385 MerryweatherTurnerW 289 1727. Thomas Winnington W 1841. Thomas Hawkes.. C 436 J. A. Smith W 189 Richard Foley W 1844, Aug., vice Hawkes, resigned. 1802. Hon. A. Foley W John Benbow Sir E. Winnington W W. Rawson .. C 388 R 175 178 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. DURHAM COUNTY. 1820. J. G. Lambton W 1731 Henry III. Pop. 324,284. Hon. W.V. Poulett W 1137 Richard Wharton C 874 1660. Matthew Fetherston William Bowes 1831. William Russell W SirH.Williamson,Bt. W 1675. John Tempest 1634 • Thos. Vane 856 Sir J. Clavering, Bt. 747 SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 113,731. 1678. Sir R. Eden, Bt. 1338 1832. *Joseph Pease, jun. W 2273 John Tempest 1173 John Bowes W 2218 C. Vane 921 R. D. Shafto * A member of the society of friends. W 1841 1679. Wm. Bowes 1048 T. Fetherstonhalgh 979 1835. Joseph Pease, jun. W Chris, Vane 803 John Bowes .. W Sir M. Milbanke, Bt. 671 1837. Joseph Pease, jun. W 1698. Sir R. Eden, Bt. 1371 John Bowes W L. Vane 967 Wm. Lambton 804 1841. Lord H. Vane W 2578 John Bowes W 2512 1722, Sir J. Eden, Bt... 1342 James Farrer C 1739 J. Hedworth 1204 Visct. Vane 1060 NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 110,553. 1761. Robert Shafto 1589 1553 1832. Hedworth Lambton W 2558 Sir H. Williamson W 2182 E. R. G. Braddyll C 1670 Hon. F. Vane Sir T. Clavering, Bl. 1382 1790. Rowland Burdon C 2073 Ralph Milbanke W 1799 Sir John Eden, Bt. W 1696 1807. Sir Ralph Milbanke W 298 Sir H. V. Tempest C 269 Cuthbert Ellison W 234 1835. Hon. H..Lambton W SirH. Williamson, W 1837. H. Lambton W 2358 Hon. H. T. Liddell C 2323 Sir W. Chayter.. W 2062 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY 179 • ELECTION S. 1841. Hon. H. Lambton W Hon. T. H. Liddell C 1802. John Lambton W 530 Richard Wharton C 517 M. A. Taylor W 498 DURHAM CITY. Chas. II. Pop. 10,125. 1804, vice Wharton, unseated. 1675. Sir Ralph Cole, Bt. 408 R. C. D. Shafto 325 Wm. Tempest 391 Francis Tweedel 289 John Parkhurst 379 Charles Spearman 13 John Turner 187 Wm. Christian 171 1813, vice Lambton, resigned. George Allan . C 440 1679. R. Lloyd 506 George Baker W 360 William Blackiston 514 Wm. Tempest 504 1818. M. A. Taylor 1701. Sir H. Bellasyse Charles Montague 1747. Henry Lambton .. W 737 Richard Wharton George Allan Allan retired before the Poll. W 437 C 347 .. C 27 John Tempest C 581 Robert Wharton W 538 1823, Apl., Sir H. HardingeC 249 H. Lambton .. W 66 1761. John Tempest C 705 1828, vice Lambton, created Lord Henry Lambton W 546 Durham. R. Gowland .. C 526 Wm. Russell . W 1761, Dec., vice Lambton, deceased. 1830. M. A. Taylor W 546 Major Gowland John Lambton C 775 W 752 Sir RogerGresley,Bt C 486 W. R. C. Chaytor W 436 On petition, Lambton vice Gowland. 1774. John Tempest C 386 1831, March, vice Gresley, un- seated. Gen. Lambton W 325 Ralph Milbanke W 248 W. R. C. Chaytor W 495 Hon. Arthur Trevor C 470 1800. M. A. Taylor W 464 Matthew Russell.. C 360 George Baker W 7 1831. Sir W.R.Chaytor,Bt. W Hon. A. Trevor .C 180 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1832. W. C. Harland .. W 439 1774. J. Luther 2262 W. R. C. Chaytor.. W 403 J. Conyers 2155 Lord Waltham 1013 Hon. A. Trevor C 383 • 1835. Hon. Arthur Trevor C 473 1812. J. A. Houblon 1417 W. C. Harland W 433 T. C. Granger .. C. C. Western 1351 W 359 M. Burgoyne 339 1837. Hon. Arthur Trevor C 465 W. C. Harland T. C. Granger W 373 W 371 1841. Capt. R. Fitzroy . C T. C. Granger W 1843, vice Fitzroy. Lord Dungannon.. C 507 John Bright R 405 .. 1843, vice Dungannon, unseated. John Bright Thomas Purvis Mr. Bright is one of the Society of Friends. ESSEX. 1830. SirJ. T. Tyrell, Bt. C 2637 C. C. Western .. W 2556 W. L. Wellesley.. 2301 W 2367 1831. C. C. Western Hn.W.L.Wellesley W 2250 Sir J. T. Tyrell, Bt. C 1707 NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 168,090. R 488 • C 410 1832. SirJ. T. Tyrell, Bt. C 2448 Alexander Baring C 2280 Chas. C. Western W 2244 Thomas Brand W 1840 Henry II1. Pop. 344,979. 1660. John Bramston Edward Turner 1835, April, vice Baring, a peer. J. Payue Elwes Disney C 2406 W 1857 1701. Sir F. Masham Sir C. Barrington 1835. Sir J. T. Tyrell C 727. Lord Castlemaine Sir Robert Addy Alexander Baring C 1837. Sir J. T. Tyrell C 1768. John Luther 2897 Sir W. Maynard 2597 J. A. Houblon 2021 H'. Harvey 1778 C. G. Round C 1841. Sir J. T. Tyrell.. C . C C. G. Round ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 181 SOUTH DIVISION. 1780. Sir John Rushout, Bt. 435 Pop. 176,889. C. W. B. Rouse C. Rudge 379 4 357 1832. R. W. H. Dare C 2088 Sir T. B. Lennard W 1538 1796. Charles Thelluson 315 W. L. Wellesley . W 1432 • Thomas Thompson 267 Sir J. Rushout, Bt. 248 C 2212 C 2118 1802. Charles Thelluson 222 W 1010 Crawford Bruce 215 H. Howarth 180 1835. R. W. H. Dare T. W. Bramston C. E. Bramfill 1836, June, vice Dare, deceased. George Palmer C 2103 1807. William Manning 191 C. E. Bramfill W 1527 Sir M. M. Lopez 331 H. Howarth 320 1837. T. W. Bramston C 2511 George Palmer C. E. Bramfill C 2260 W 1550 1818. H. Howarth 110 W. E. R. Boughton 359 Sir C. Cockerell, Bt. 341 1841. T. W. Bramston C 2310 George Palmer C 2230 R. Gardner Alston W 583 EVESHAM. Worcestershire. Edw. VI. and Jas. I. Pop. 4249. 1660. Sir Thomas Rouse John Egioke On petition, Cockerell vice Boughton. 1826. Sir C. Cockerell, Bt. W 231 E. Protheroe, jun. W 137 P. Grant C 87 1830. Sir C. Cockerell, Bt. W 231 C 148 W 110 Lord Kennedy R. Raphael 1701. Sir James Rushout Henry Parker 1831. Sir C. Cockerell Cockerell .. W 208 Thomas Hudson W 157 Lord Kennedy C 136 1774. J. Rushout 490 H. Seymour 373 1832. Sir C. Cockerell W 234 lisct. Milsington 241 Thomas Hudson.. W 212 G. Durant 64 Peter Borthwick C 126 182 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1835. Sir C. Cockerell W 1784. John Baring Peter Borthwick C 1837, Feb., vice Cockerell, dec. G. R. Bowles Lord M. C. Hill .. W 140 W 682 Sir C. Bampfylde W 580 John Buller C 165 1790. James Buller John Baring 503 C 1106 • W 588 Sir C. W. Bampfylde W 550 1837. G. B. Rushout Peter Borthwick C 168 C 166 1802. James Buller C 786 • • Lord M. C. Hill W 156 .. Sir C. W. Bampfylde W 637 Edmund Granger C 414 1841. Lord M. C. Hill .. W 188 Peter Borthwick G. B. Rushout C 161 1818. Wm. Courtenay 750 • • C 137 R. W. Newman 635 T. Northmore 293 1846, vice Hill, accepted office. Lord M. C. Hill 1820. William Courtenay C 625 W R. W. Newman W 532 Sir W. T. Pole, Bt. C 278 EXETER. South Devonshire. Edw. VI. Pop. 37,231. 1660. John Maynard Thomas Bampfylde 1701. Sir Edward Seymour John Suell 1831. J. W. Buller . W 753 L. W. Buck Edward Divett C 548 W 379 1832. J. W. Buller W 1615 Edward Divett W 1121 W. W. Follett C 985 1727. F. Drew S. Molyneux 1741. Sir H. Northcote Humphry Sydenham 1835. Sir W. W. Follett C 1425 Edward Divett.. W 1176 J. IT. Buller W 1029 1837. Sir W. W. Follett C Edward Divett W 1761. J. Tuckfield 760 J. R. Walter 759 1841. Sir W. W. Follett C 1302 W. M. Praed 194 Edward Divett W 1192 T. Sewell 491 Lord Lovaine C 1119 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 183 1841, Sept, vice Follett, appointed Solicitor-General. Sir W. W. Follett C 1844, April, vice Follett, appointed Attorney-General. Sir W. W. Follett C 1293 Major-Gen. Briggs R 529 1845, vice Follett, deceased. Sir J. Duckworth C 1258 Gen. Briggs R 588 FINSBURY. Middlesex. Wm. IV. Pop. 265,613. 1832. Robert Grant R. Spankie C. Babbage W 4298 W 2842 C 2311 Thomas Wakley.. R 2151 C. Temple C 787 1834, June, vice Grant, resigned. T. S. Duncombe R 2514 Henry Pownall .. C 1915 Thomas Wakley.. R EYE. Suffolk. R 695 C. Babbage W 379 1835. T. S. Duncombe R 4197 C . C R. Spankie Thomas Wakley.. R 3359 H. W. Hobhouse W 1817 C 2332 Elizabeth. Pop. 7,347. 1660. Charles Cornwallis George Reeve 1701. Sir Joseph Jekyll Spencer Compton 1761. Lord Brome Courthorpe Clayton 1837. Thomas Wakley.. R 4957 T. S. Duncombe.. R 4895 D. M. Perceval .. C 2470 1841. Thomas Wakley R 1802. Hn.Adm.Cornwallis C 114 Thos. S. Duncombe R James Cornwallis.. C 114 Thomas Cobb George F. Stratton • W 15 W 15 1832. Sir E. Kerrison, Bt. C 1835. Sir E. Kerrison, Bt. C 1837. Sir E. Kerrison, Bt. C 1841. Sir E. Kerrison, Bt. C FROME. Somersetshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 9,699. 1832. Thomas Sheppard W 163 SirT. M. Champneys C 100 1835. Thomas Sheppard C 100 M. Bridge Sir C. Boyle W 88 W 62 184 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. Thomas Sheppard C 124 1776, vice Southwell, created Lord Sir C. Boyle W 120 W. B. Chester C 2919 1841. Thomas Sheppard C 154 Wm. J. Sturch GATESHEAD. Durham. Wm. IV. Pop. 19,505. W 138 1832. William C. Rippon W Clifford. Hon. G. C. Berkeley W 2873 1802. Hon.G.C.Berkeley W Marq. of Worcester C 1807. Hou.G. C.Berkeley W Lord R. Somerset C 1835. William C. Rippon W 1811. Sir B. W. Guise,Bt. W 3114 Hon. J. Dutton W 2633 1837. W. Cuthbert Rippon W 236 J. Williamson .. C 151 1831. Sir B. W. Guise, Bt. W Hon. H. G. Moreton W 1841. William Hutt W WEST DIVISION. Pop. 234,173. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Edw. I. and Wm. IV. Pop. 431,383. 1832. G. C. Berkeley W 3153 1660. Benj. Throgmorton A. H. Moreton Lord E. Somerset W 2996 • • C 2962 Johu Howe 1678. Sir John Guise Sir Ralph Dutton 1685. Lord Worcester Sir R. Atkins 1835. G. C. Berkeley W Marq. of Worcester C 1836, Jan., vice Marq. of Worces- ter, now Duke of Beaufort. R. B. Hale C 1701. Maynard Colchester Richard Cocks 1837. G.C.G. F. Berkeley W R. B. Hale C 1741. Thomas Chester Norbone Berkeley 1841. G.C.G.F. Berkeley W .. C R. B. Hale ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 185 EAST DIVISION. Pop. 197,210. 1832. Sir B. W. Guise W 3311 H. G. F. Moreton W 3184 C.W.B.Codrington C 2672 1834, August, vice Guise, deceased. C.W.B. Codrington C 2779 1788. Sir C. Barrow, Bt. John Webb W 1789, vice Barrow, deceased. John Pitt C 837 Hon. Col. Howard W 836 C. H. T. Leigh W 2709 1806. Henry Howard W Robert Morris W • • 1835. C.W.B.Codrington C Hon. A. H. Moreton W 1837. C.W.B. Codrington C Hon. A. H. Moreton W 1841. C.W.B.Codrington C Hon. F. Charteris C 1807. Robert Morris H. Howard W .. W 1816, vice Morris, deceased. E. Webb R. B. Cooper W 849 • . C 730 1846, vice Charteris, resigned. Marq. of Worcester C 1818. Edward Webb R. B. Cooper Capt. Berkeley W 894 • • C 868 W 811 GLOUCESTER. Edw. I. Pop. 14,497. 1660. Sir Edward Massey Evan Says 1688. Sir D. Colchester Sir W. Cook 1727. Charles Selwyn Benjamin Bathurst 1830. Col. E. Webb W 830 John Philpotts W 814. R. B. Cooper C 415 This Election cost Philpotts about £18,000. 1831. Capt. Berkeley W 730 Col. Edward Webb W 699 • John Philpotts W 270 1741. J. Selwyn 1071 B. Hoett 879 B. Bathurst 869 Bathurst, ou petition. 1882. M. F. Beekeley W 684 John Philpotts W 658 ► H. T. Hope . C 519 U 186 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1833, April, vice Berkeley, 1761. Lord Geo. Manners W resigned. Sir John Cust C Henry T. Hope .. C 566 M. F. Berkeley. W 467 1796. Simon Yorke C 487 G. Sutton C 466 1835. M. F. F. Berkeley W 708 Sir W. Manners, Bt. W 207 Henry T. Hope C 621 John Philpotts William Cother W 598 1802. Thomas Thornton C 444 C 402 Sir W. E. Welby .. C 434 John Manners W 406 Hon. A. B. Danvers W 339 1837. Henry T. Hope C 727 John Philpotts W 719 1807. Thomas Thornton C 420 M. F. F. Berkeley W 630 Sir W. E. Welby .. C 411 Sir W. Manners W 352 1838, May, vice Hope, resigned Henry Thos. Hope C 685 Sir G. Heathcote.. C 349 Colonel E. Webb.. W 579 1818. Sir W. E. Welby, Bt. C 545 Hon. E. Cust C 516 1841. John Philpotts WV 301 W 14 W 745 Hon. F. M. BerkeleyW 728 Henry Thomas Hope C 641 Viscount Loftus .. C 607 1846, July, vice Berkeley, appointed a Commissioner of the Admiralty. Hon. F. M. Berkeley W H. Manners J. Hughes 1820. Hon. E. Cust C 467 • W 410 F. Manners • · C 367 J. Hughes 1820, July, vice Hughes, unseated. Sir M. Cholmeley,Bt.W 411 C 342 L. Manners GRANTHAM. Lincolnshire. Edw. IV. Pop. 8691. 1660. John Newton William Ellis 1714. Sir John Thorold Sir John Brownlow 1826. Hu. F.J. Tollemache C 563 Sir M. Cholmeley, Bt. W 338 Hon. E. Cust 1830. G. E. Welby M. J. Cholmeley C 312 . C 547 • W 469 Hn. F.J. Tollemache C 385 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 187 1831. Glynne Earle Welby C 426 James Hughes W 408 A. G. Tollemache.. C 378 F. G. Tollemache.. C 283 1832. A. G. Tollemache C 388 Glynne E. Welby.. C 303 Sir M. Cholmeley.. W 241 1835. A. G. Tollemache C 351 Glynne E. Welby.. C 351 G. F. Holt 1811. Capt. D. Dundas.. W 1757 E. G. Barnard W 1583 Sir G. Cockburn.. C 1327 1846, vice Dundas, appointed a Commissioner of the Navy. Adiniral Dundas.. W GREAT GRIMSBY. Lincolnshire. Edw. I. Pop. 6698. 1660. William Wray W 149 Edward King 1741. Robert Knight 1837. G. E. Welby C 398 William Locke A. G. Tollemache C 308 M. Boucherett 8888 93 82 62 Turner W 291 C. Pelham 42 1841. Glynne E. Welby.. C 1784. Dudley Long W 119 A. G. Tollemache C John Harrison Peter Birt W 113 C 98 • GREENWICH. Kent. Wm. IV. Pop. 72 748. 1796. A. Boucherett W 131 W. Mellish J. H. Loft W 131 C 130 1832. J. W. D. Dundas W 1631 R. H. Gordon C 128 • E. G. Bernard W 1111 J. Angerstein W 1024 1802. Colorel Loft Hammond.. 51 1835. J. Angerstein E. G. Barnard W 1102 M. W. Attwood.. C 1063 A. Boucherett R. Sewell W 1820 William Mellish W 143 .. On petition, Mellish vice Loft. C 146 W 144 C 143 1807. W. Ellice 141 1837. M. W. Attwood C 1368 Hon. C. A. Pelham 138 • E. G. Barnard W 1194 Colonel Loft 137 Capt. Napier R 1158 Hon. G. A. Pelham 122 188 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1826. C. Wood W 279 G. F. Heneage .. W 265 1747. Sir J. Elwill Richard Onslow Sir T. Phillips, Bt. C 140 1761. Capt. G. Onslow . C 92 1830. C. Wood W 227 ་ Sir J. Elwill, Bt. C 86 G. Harris C 215 G. L. Lane W 69 G. F. Hencage W 186 N. Turner W 9 T. C. B. Chaloner C 156 1796. Hon. J. C. Norton W 141 1831. George Harris . C 200 Hon. T. Onslow C 90 J. V. Shelley C 192 P. T. Botham C 85 R. H. Gronow W 187 W. H. Hobhouse .. W 173 1831, Aug., Aug., vice Harris and 1802. Hon. C. Norton Lord Cranley W C Shelley, unseated. Hon. H. Fitzroy C 182 Lord Loughborough C 181 C. H. B. Ker W. Maxfield W 160 1806. Hon. T. Onslow .. C 155 G. H. Sumner Hon, J. C. Norton W 86 C 89 W 153 1807. Hou. T. C. Onslow C 145 1832. Capt. W. Maxfield W 298 Lord Loughborough C 158 Hon. J. C. Norton G. H. Sumner W 78 . C 75 1835. E. Heneage Sir A. Grant W 260 . C 227 1837. E. Heneage .. W 1830. C. B. Wall G. H. Sumner Hon. G. C. Norton . C 117 C 82 W 60 1841. E. Heneage . W 1831. C. F. Norton James Mangles W 123 W 100 • G. H. Sumner C 73 GUILDFORD. Surrey. C. B. Wall .. C C 56 Edw. I. Pop. 5925. 1832. James Mangles W 233 1660. Sir R. Onslow C C. B. Wall C 180 Arthur Onslow C • C. F. Norton W 138 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 189 1835. James Mangles W 299 • • C. B. Wall C 214 HAMPSHIRE. Edw. III. Pop. 355,004. H. A. C'. Austin W 131 1715. G. Pitt Lord N. Poulett 1837. C. B. Wall C 252 Maj. Yorke Scarlett C 188 1784. R. Thistlethwayte W James Mangles W 159 • • J. C. Jervoise W 1841. R. D. Mangles W 242 1790. Sir W. Heathcote C 2013 C. B. Wall Major Scarlett H. Currie W 221 William Chute C 1805 C 177 Lord J. Russell WV 1290 C 161 • J. C. Jervoise W 1232 1806. T. Thistlethwaite WV 2372 HALIFAX. Yorkshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 29,694. 1832. Rawden Briggs, jun. W(242 Hon. Wm. Herbert W 2348 William Chute C 1971 Charles Wood Michael Stocks W 235 R 186 James S. Wortley.. C 174 Sir H. Mildmay.. C 1880 It is supposed this election cost Messrs. Thistlethwaite and Herbert £25,000, and their opponents £3000. Poll five days. William Chute 1807. Sir H. Mildmay C 517 C 517 1835. Charles Wood WV 336 Hon. Wm. Herbert W 152 James S. Wortley C 308 E. Protheroe WV 307 Hon. Wm. Herbert declined at the close of the first day's poll. 1837. E. Protheroe W 496 1831. Sir J.Macdonald,Bt.W Charles Wood W 487 Chas. Shaw Lefevre W Hon. J. S. Wortley C 308 1832, July, vice Macdonald. 1841. E. Protheroe R 409 Charles Wood WV 383 Sir G. Sinclair C 320 Sir T. Baring, Bt. NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 151,478. 1846, July, vice Wood, appointed Chancellor of the Ex- chequer. Rt. Hon. C. Wood IV 1832. C. S. Lefevre W 1111 James W. Scott.. W 1082 Marquis of Douro C 723 Walter Long . C C 701 190 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. : 1835. C. S. Lefevre W James W. Scott .. W 1681. Sir Philip Parker Sir Thomas Middleton 1837. C. S. Lefevre SirW.Heathcote,Bt. C W 1747. Lord Coke John Philipson 1841. C. S. Lefevre W SirW.Heathcote, Bt. C 1790. T. Powlett John Robinson . C C SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 203,526. 1832. Lord Palmerston 1807. J. H. Addington William Huskisson C W 1627 Sir G. T. Staunton W 1542 John Fleming C 1266 1831. J. C. Herries C G. R. Dawson C 2 1835. John Fleming C 1746 H. C. Compton C 1689 Lord Palmerston W 1404 Sir G. T. Staunton W 1450 1832. John C. Herries C 97 Chris. T. Tower C 93 J. Disney W 90 W 89 1837. John Fleming C 2388 H. C. Compton .. C 2371 Sir G. T. Staunton W 2080 SirJ.A.Ommanney W 1962 N. Leader 1835. John C. Herries F. R. Bonham Captain Vernon . C 97 C 78 W 36 1841. J. W. Fleming C H. C. Compton C • • 1837. John C. Herries Capt. A. Ellice . C 75 W 75 * 1842, Aug., vice Fleming, resigned. Lord C. Wellesley.. C E. Tower F. R. Bonham .. W 73 .. C 66 HARWICH. Essex. Edw. I. Pop. 3829. 1660. Capel Lukin Henry Wright 1841. John Attwood Major Beresford J. Bagshaw D. Le Marchant . C 94 C 94 . W 83 W 74 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 191 HASTINGS. Sussex. Edw. III. Pop. 11,617. 1660. D. Ashburnham N. Delves 1835. F. North H. Elphinstone Joseph Planta Musgrave Briscoe W 374 W 291 . C 159 C 157 1837. Joseph Planta C 401 1698. John Pulteney Robert Holland W 382 39 Peter Gott 36 Musgrave Briscoe C 312 R. Austin 35 1841. Rt. Hon. J. Planta C Robert Holland W 1710. Sir W. Ashburnham Sir J. Martin 1784. J. Stanley 16 J. Dawes 16 Sir G. Webster, Bt. 3 T. Lushington 3 1841, March, vice Planta, resigned, Musgrave Briscoe C 513 R. R. R. Moore R 174 1796. Sir J. Sanderson, Bt. C N. Vansittart • C 1807. Sir A. Hume, Bt... C George Canning 1830. J. A. Warre R. Otway Cave W. Taddy Sir H. Fane J. Planta C W 174 W 157 W • 54 C 17 C 17 1831. F. North W J. A. Warre W HELSTON. Cornwall. Edw. I. Pop. 8169. The elective fran- chise was formerly invested in a corpora- tion, consisting of the mayor, who was the returning-officer, eleven aldermen, and twenty-four common councilmen, in all thirty-six. In 1790 there was only one elector alive under the old Charter of Elizabeth, and it fell to his lot, according to common report, to nominate two repre- sentatives. 1660. Sir P. Killigrew T. Robertson 1688. Sir J. St. Aubin C. Godolphin 1714. Sir G. Heathcote Sidney Godolphin 1832. F. North W 356 J. A. Wurre W 239 1790. Sir G. Elliot, Bt. H. Elphinstone W 212 Sir S. Lushington, Bt. 192 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1802. Visct. Fitzharris 1776, vice Foley, created Lord John Penn Foley. Thomas Harley .. 1685 1831. Lord Townshend.. C S. L. Fox J. Walwyn 1188 . C 1832. Sackville Lane Fox C 1835. Lord J.N.Townshend C 1796. Hon. T. Harley .. W 1562 R. Biddulph Sir G. Cornewall W 1296 • C 1012 1837. Lord Cantilupe J. W. Buller . C 160 W 125 1802. Sir G. Cornewall 1841. Sir R. R. Vyvyan.. C 159 W. R. Vigors W 133 HEREFORDSHIRE. C 2592 Sir J. G. Cotterell C 2049 W 1176 R. Biddulph 1818. SirJ.G.Cotterell, Bt. C 2173 Robert Price W 1947 • • Colonel Cornewall W 1773 Henry III. Pop. 113,878. 1660. Edward Harley 1832. E. T. Foley 0 William Powell Sir R. Price W · K. Hoskins W • 1710. Lord Scudamore Sir Thomas Morgan 1835. K. Hoskins E. T. Foley W 3012 C 2802 1722. V. Cornewall 2421 Sir R. Price W 2657 • Sir E. Goodere 2222 • • Poole C 1964 Sir H. Hoskin 1426 1837. K. Hoskins W 1754. V. Cornewall 2561 E. T. Foley .. C • Lord Harley 2531 Sir R. Price W R. Price 1143 1774. T. Foley. 2450 1841. K. Hoskins W Sir G. Cornewall, Bt. 1971 J. Bailey C T. Harley 1631 J. B. M. Baskerville C ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 193 HEREFORD CITY. 1832. E. B. Clive W 392 Erw. I. Pop. 10,921. R. Biddulph W 380 R. Blakemore C 245 1660. Robert Bosworth John Rushworth 1835. E. B. Clive W 457 R. Biddulph W 435 1701. James Bridges Thomas Foley R. Blakemore C 426 1741. E. C. Hopton 506 1837. E. B. Clive W 414 • T. G. Winford 501 D. H. Burr C 430 H.R. Westfaling 479 R. Biddulph W 420 H. Cornwall 420 W. Bridges 25 1841. E. B. Clive W 525 H. W. Hobhouse.. W 502 1747. H. Cornwall 712 D. D. H. Burr C 286 • D. Leighton 451 H. R. Westfaling. . 337 1841, Oct., vice Hobhouse. W 442 Robert Pulsford Edward Griffiths.. C 297 1761. C. F. Scudamore.. 707 J. Symonds 625 Wm. Hussey 197 Vice Clive, deceased. Sir R. Price W 1802. John Scudamore W T. P. Symmonds W HERTFORDSHIRE. Henry III. Pop. 157,207. 1818. Hon. J. S. Cocks C 452 T. R. Symmonds R. P. Scudamore W 355 1660. Henry Ceasar W 295 Rowland Litton 1826. Lord Eastnor E. B. Clive R. Blakemore . C 665 W 450 C 437 1714. Sir T. S. Sebright Ralph Freeman 1754. W. P. Hale 1925 1831. Viscount Eastnor E. B. Clive Ꭱ C W C. Gore 1727 E. Gardiner 1359 194 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1761. T. P. Byde 1648 1835. Lord Grimston . C 4 J. Houblon 1538 Abel Smith C T. Gore 1244 Rowland Alston.. W 1774. W. Plumer 2558 1837. Lord Grimston C T. Halsey 1540 Abel Smith . C Lord Grimston 1081 Rowland Alston .. W 1784. William Plumer W 1910 1841. Lord Grimston C 2585 Lord Grimston C 1294 Hon. G. D. Ryder C 2552 Thomas Halsey Abel Smith W 1073 C 2525 • Rowland Alston .. W 1732 1790. W. Plumer W 1831 W. Baker W 1302 • W. Hale C 1031 1796. William Plumer.. W 1016 W 887 William Baker S. F. Waddington W 406 1802. William Plumer.. W 1964 HERTFORD. Hertfordshire. Edw. I. Pop. 5450. 1660. James Cooper Arthur Spark 1690. Sir William Cooper Sir William Lemon Hon. P. Lambe W 1212 William Baker Mr. Baker had become a supporter of 1722. E. Harrison 291 C 902 Charles Ceasar 291 Mr. Pitt. Sir T. Clark, Kt. 254 1805, vice Lambe, deceased. 1780. T. B. Dimsdale 286 William Baker C 1516 W. Baker 256 Hon. T. Brand W 1076 J. Calvert 241 1831. Sir J. S. Sebright W 1784. John Calvert W 365 N. Calvert W Baron Dimsdale W 292 William Baker W 223 1832. Sir J. S. Sebright W 2154 N. Calvert W 2141 1790. John Calvert W 319 Lord Grimston C 2074 Baron Dimsdale W 290 R. Alston W 2007 William Baker W 223 .. ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 195 1802. Hon. E. S. Cooper W N. Calvert W • 1826. T. Byron T. S. Duncombe H. L. Bulwer R 393 R 301 C 393 HONITON. Devonshire. Edw. I. Pop. 3895. This is the cele brated borough where the cryer was sent round the town with his bell, to give the voters notice of assembling for the pur- pose of receiving £10 per man for their votes. 1660. Sir John Yonge Samuel Searl 1831. T. S. Duncombe R 492 John Currie W 431 Lord Ingestre . C 383 1708. Sir Walter Yonge Sir William Drake 1832. Lord Ingestre C 432 Lord Mahon C 381 T. S. Duncombe R 329 1768. Sir George Yonge B. Crosby C C J. E. Spalding W 186 1784. Sir George Yonge C 1835. Lord Mahon C 359 Sir George Collier C Hon. W. Cooper W 328 Lord Ingestre C 321 1802. George Shum W 73 } 41 1837. Hon. W. F. Cowper W 378 Lord Mahon C 306 John Curric W 297 1839, May, vice Cowper, apptd. a Com. of Greenwich Hos- pital. Sir J. Honywood.. C 48 Sir George Yonge.. C 1805, vice Shum, deceased. A. C. Bradshaw Lord Courtenay W 240 C 127 1806, June, vice Bradshaw, ac- Hou. W. F. Cowper W 297 Sir T. M. Farquhar C 278 cepted office. A. C. Bradshaw Lord Cochrane WV 259 . C 124 1841. Lord Mahon C Hon. W. F. Cowper W 1807. A. C. Bradshaw W Sir C. Hamilton C 1846, July, vice Cowper, accepted office. 1818. Hon. P. F. Cust C Hon. W. F. Cowper W Samuel Crawley C 196 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1826. J. J. Guest W H. B. Lott W 1790. T. Shelley W. Braddyll 25 24 Lord W. Gordon 20 • 1831. Sir G. Warrender.. C H. B. Lott W • • James Baillie 9 1832. Lord Villiers C 360 1796. Sir J. Macpherson, Bt. James Fox J. R. Todd W 302 J. P. Cockburn C 110 1806. F. J. Wilder W 14 L. P. Jones W 44 1835. Col. H. D. Baillie C 332 Tict. Fitzharris C 29 • A. Chichester C 226 Vict. Palmerston .. C 29 J. R. Todd W 221 1837. Col. H. D. Baillie C 294 1807. Sir Samuel Romilly W 44 James Stewart Sir Alex. C. Grant C 203 1841. Col. H. D. Baillie.. C L. P. J. Parry J. Marriott W 225 W 44 C 29 • H. Goulbourn C 29 • F. A. M'Geachy C • • HORSHAM. Sussex. 1831. Earl of Surrey N. W. R. Colborne IV W 1832. R. H. Hurst W 117 Edw. I. Pop. 5763. Edward Blount C 74 1660. Robert Springer Richard Blacker 1685. Anthony Eversfield John Mitchell 1835. R. H. Hurst H. Broadwood W 127 . C 124 1837. R. H. Hurst W 147 1715. C. Eversfield 36 H. Broadwood C 145 • Sir H. Goring, Bt. 33 Hon. A. Ingram 33 • + 1841. Hon. R. C. Scarlett C 28 A. Ingram The two latter on petition. 1757. Sir L. Pilkington Charles Ingram, jun. 1844, April,vice Scarlett, succeeded to the Peerage as Lord Abinger. R. H. Hurst W ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 197 HUDDERSFIELD. Yorkshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 24,951. 1832. Capt. L. Fenton W 263 Capt. Joseph Wood R 152 1690. John Dryden (the Poet) John Proby 1734. Lord R. Montague Robert Piggott 1834, Jan., vice Fenton, deceased. 1741. W. Mitchell 867 John Blackburne WV 231 C. Fellowes 769 C 147 C. Clarke 684 M. T. Sadler Capt. Joseph Wood R 108 1835. John Blackburne .. W 241 Gen. W. A. Johnson R 109 1837, May, vice Blackburne, dec. Edward Ellice, juu. W 340 Richard Oastler C 301 · • 1837. W. R. C. Stansfeld W 323 Richard Oastler C 301 1841. W. R. C. Stansfield W HUNTINGDONSHIRE: Henry III. Pop. 58,549. 1660. Lord Mandeville Henry Cromwell * * The Protector's brother. Lord Hinchinbrook C 855 BRAD Earl Ludlow C $34 Barnard, Bt. 666 1807. Lord Hinehanbrook C 750 1681. * Silas Titus Thomas Proby *The author of the celebrated work, so obnoxious to Oliver Cromwell, entitled Killing no Murder." 1685. Sir John Cotton Sir Lionel Walden W. H. Fellowes C 645 Lord Proby W 458 • 1818. Lord F. Montague C 978 W. H. Fellowes C 837 Capt. W. Wells, R.N. W 466 1826. Lord Mandeville C 968 W. H. Fellowes Lord J. Russell C 911 WV 858 1830. Lord Mandeville C 1068 Lord Strathaven C 990 J. B. Rooper 804 1831. J. B. Rooper W 841 Lord Mandeville C 812 Lord Strathaven W 573 1832. Lord Mandeville C J. B. Rooper W 198 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1835. Lord Mandeville C 1831. Col. Jonathan Peel C 68 J. B. Rooper W Frederick Pollock C 68 S. Wells W 6 1837. Edward Fellowes C 1392 George Thornhill C 1332 Capt. J. Duberley W 5 J. B. Rooper W 999 1832. Col. Jonathan Peel C 177 • Sir Fred. Pollock C 171 1841. Edward Fellowes C George Thornhill C Capt. Duberley W 128 E. H. Maltby W 94 1835. Col. Jonathan Peel C HUNTINGDON. Sir Fred. Pollock C Edw. I. Pop. 5500. 1660. John Bernard 1837. Col. Jonathan Peel C N. Pedley Sir Fred. Pollock C 1698. Francis Montague Edward Cartwright 1713. Lord Hinchinbrook Sidney Wortley 1841. Col. Jonathan Peel C Sir Fred. Pollock C 1841, Sept., vice Peel and Pollock, accepted office. Col. Jonathan Peel C Sir Fred. Pollock.. C 1741. E. Montague 90 W. Hill 89 R. Handasyde 70 1844, April, vice Pollock, ap- • A. Nesbit 58 pointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Thomas Baring . C 1796. Lord Hinchinbrook C Lord F. Montague C 1807. John Calvert C W. M. Farmer · c HYTHE. Kent. Edw. III. Pop. 8939. 1660. Lord Strangford Peter Andrews 1820. Lord Ancram . C 78 John Calvert C 75 S. Wells R 7 1761. Lord George Sackville : H. Sweeting W 7 William Glanville ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 199 1784. Sir C.F.Radcliffe,Bt W 61 William Evelyn W 56 IPSWICH. Suffolk. John Sawbridge 3 38 Edw. I. Pop. 25,384. 1660. Francis Bacon Nicholas Bacon 1802. Matthew White W 101 Thomas Godfrey.. C 02 1689. Sir J. Barker, Bt... 170 Lord Marsham Alexander Evelyn.. W C 90 Sir C. Blois, Bt. 110 71 C. Whittaker 103 1806. Lord Marsham .. C 149 1768. T. Staunton W 357 Thomas Godfrey .. C 90 • Matthew White W 69 W. Woollaston Hn. W. Tollemache C 289 E. H. Cruttenden.. C 287 W 357 • · 1807. Thomas Godfrey.. C 109 1796. Sir A. S. Hammond W 402 W. Deedes C 105 Matthew White W 93 R. A. Crickett W. Middleton C 382 W 311 J. W. Plummer W 66 I W 367 W 358 .. 1818. Sir John Perring.. C 109 J. B. Taylor .. C 167 Sir J. C. Honeywood W 45 Matthew White W 22 1831. Stewart Majoribanks W John Loch W 1832. Stewart Majoribanks W 223 William Fraser .. C 192 1806. Richard Wilson R. H. Stopford R. A. Crikett John Gibbons . C 181 C 176 C 226 C 224 W 155 W 154 .. 1807. Sir Home Popham R. A. Crickett Richard Wilson Captain Bennett 1818. R. A. Crickett C 428 W. Newton H. Baring .. C 422 W 389 1835. Stewart Majoribanks W Sir W. Bolton W 362 1837. Lord Melgund W 243 1820. T. B. Lennard W 482 Captain Beresford C 136 W. Haldimand R. A. Crickett W 481 · C 474 • 1841. Stewart Majoribanks W J. Round C 468 200 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1826. W. Haldimand • • R. Torrens R. A. Dundas C. Mackinnon W 496 W 495 C 488 . C 488 1839, July, vice Gibson, resigned. Sir T. J. Cochrane C 6] Thos. Milner Gibson W 615 1841. Rigby Wason W 659 George Rennie W 657 • • 1830. R. A. Dundas C 406 C. Mackinnon J. Disney Fitzroy Kelly C 611 C 406 W 150 Rt. Hn. J. C. Herries C 604 1842, June, vice Wason and Rennie, unseated. 1831. James Morrison W 408 Rigby Wason W 467 Lord Dysart C 680 C. Mackinnon C 323 Thomas Gladstone C 973 R. Fitzroy C 323 Thomas Gisborne W 543 .. George Moffatt W 541 1832. James Morrison Rigby Wason Edward Goulburn C 308 Fitzroy Kelly C. Mackinnon • W 594 W 593 John Nicholson R 3 1842, Aug., vice Dysart and Glad- C 265 C 94 J. N. Gladstone stone, unseated. Sackville Lane Fox C 611 C 651 1835. R. A. Dundas . C 545 David Thornbury.. W 548 Fitzroy Kelly C 542 Henry Vincent R 173 Rigby Wason John Nicholson W 521 R 2 James Morrison W 506 1835, June, vice Dundas and Kelly, unseated. James Morrison Rigby Wason ISLE OF WIGHT. Hants. Wm. IV. Pop. 42,550. 1832. Sir R. G. Simeon.. W 712 Alex. G. Campbell C 112 W 512 • • Colonel Brooke I'm. Holmes WV 533 . C 455 C 435 G. H. Ward 1835. Sir R. G. Simeon.. W 483 C 337 1837. Thos. Milner Gibson C 601 Henry Tuffnell W 595 1837. W. H. A. Holmes C 028 Capt. C. D. Pelham W 560 Fitzroy Kelly C 593 Rigby Wason W 593 1841. Hon. W. H. A. Holmes C . ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 201 KENDAL. Westmoreland. Wm. IV. Pop. 11,519. 1802. Filmer Honywood W 4763 Sir William Geary C 4085 1832. James Brougham.. W Cost the candidates £35,000. nine days. Sir E. Knatchbull C 3933 Poll open 1835. John Barham . W 1837. George W. Wood.. W 1841. G. W. Wood W 1843, vice Wood, deceased. Henry Warburton George Bentinck KENT. R 182 C 119 ·· Henry III. Pop. 549,337. 1660. Sir Thomas Peyton Sir John Tufton 1685. Sir John Kuatchbull Sir William Twisden 1806. William Honywood W 1854 Sir Ewd. Knatchbull C 1852 Sir William Geary C 826 1818. Sir E. Knatchbull C 3407 W. P. Honywood W 2917 Sir William Geary C 933 1830. Sir E. Knatchbull, C T. H. Hodges 1831. T. L. Hodges W W Thomas Ryder W EAST DIVISION. Pop. 302,773. 1832. J. P. Plumptre C 3175 .. Sir E. Knatchbull C 3311 Sir W. Conway .. W 2637 1835. Sir E. Knatchbull C J. P. Plumptre C 1734. Lord Vane 4252 Sir Edward Deering 4241 Earl of Middlesex 3569 Sir G. Oxenden Bt. 3450 1837. Sir E. Knatchbull C 3607 J. P. Plumptre C 3029 Thomas Ryder W 2205 .. 1790. Sir E. Knatchbull 1285 F. Honeywood .. 3101 Hon. C. Marsham 2724 1796. Sir E. Knatchbull C 5202 4418 Sir William Geary C Filmer Honywood W 4280 1841. Sir E. Knatchbull C John P. Plumptre C 1841, Sept., vice Knatchbull, ap- pointed Paymaster-General. Sir E. Knatchbull C 202 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1845, Feb., vice Knatchbull, re- signed. William Deedes.. C KIDDERMINSTER. Worcestershire. Wm. IV. Pop. 15,427. 1832. Richard Godson G. R. Phillips C 173 W 159 .. W 3365 1835. G. R. Philips W 197 • Richard Godson C 124 1837. Richard Godson J. Bayshaw C 198 W 157 • W 2092 W 2007 1841. Richard Godson .. C 212 S. Ricardo W 200 WEST DIVISION. Pop. 246,564. 1832. T. L. Hodges Thomas Ryder WV 3099 Sir William Geary C 2519 1835. Sir William Geary C 2558 T. L. Hodges Thomas Ryder 1837. Sir William Geary C 3581 T. L. Hodges W 3334 Sir E. Filmer C 3229 • 1811. Sir E. Filmer . C Lord Marsham C 1845, vice Marsham, a Peer. Col. Austin C KINGSTON-UPON-HULL. Yorkshire. Edw. I. Pop. 65,670. 1660. Andrew arvel Abraham Gilby 1701. Sir Wm. St. Quintin William Maisters ANDREW MARVELL. The borough of Hull, in the reign of Charles II., chose Andrew Marvell, a young gentleman of little or no fortune, and maintained him in London for the service of the public. His understanding, integrity, and spirit, were dreaded by the administration Persuaded that he would be theirs for properly asking, they sent his old school-fellow, the Lord Treasurer, Danby, to renew acquaintance with him in his garret. At purting the Lord Treasurer, out of pure affection,slipped into his hand an order upon the treasury for £1,000, and then went to his chariot. Marvell, looking at the paper, called after the Treasurer, "My Lord, I request another moment." They went up again to the garret, and Jack, the servant boy, was called. "Jack, child, what had I for dinner yesterday ?" "Dont you remember, sir, you had the little shoulder of mutton that you ordered me to bring from a woman in the market." "Very right, child.” What have I for dinner to-day ?" "Dont you know, sir, that you bade me lay by the blade-bone to broil?” "'Tis so, very right, child, go away." "My Lord, do you hear that? Andrew Marvell's dinner is pro- vided; there is your piece of paper. I want it not. I knew the sort of kindness you intended. I live here to serve my constituents: the ministry may seek men for their purpose; I am not one.”—Life of Marvell. น 1 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 203 1774. Lord R. Manners 1050 1830. G. Schonswar C 1561 D. Hartley 610 W. B. Wrightson W 1213 Hon. T. Shirley.. 576 T. G. Burke W 869 1761. Lord Robert Manners Sir G. M. Metham 1780. Wm. Wilberforce C 1176 1831. George Schonswar C W. B. Wrightson W 1832. M. D. Hill Lord Rt. Manners C 673 D. Hartley W 453 1781. Wm. Wilberforce C 801 William Hutt D. Carruthers James Acland Samuel Thornton C 751 D. Hartley W 327 1835. D. Carruthers William Hutt 1796. Sir Chas. Turner 833 Samuel Thornton C 771 W. S. Stanhope C 714 M. D. Hill W 1674 W 1610 + • C 1429 . R 133 • C 1836 W 1536 W 1371 1802. Samuel Thornton C 1266 John Staniforth.. C 1183 1835, June, vice Carruthers, dec. T. P. Thompson R 1428 H. Mildmay • C 1423 W. J. Denison W 707 William Bell IV 3 W 1162 1806. W. J. Denison John Staniforth.. C 1133 Samuel Thornton ℃ 733 1837. W. Wilberforce .. C 1514 Sir W. C. James William Hutt C 1505 W 1497 Benjamin Wood.. W 1430 On petition, Hutt vice Wilberforce. 1812. John Staniforth.. C 1446 Sir G. W. Denys.. C 905 Tict. Mahon 1841. Sir J. Hanmer .. C 1843 W 364 James Clay Sir W. C. James.. C 1830 • W 1861 Col. T.P.Thompson R 1645 1818. John Mitchell C 1323 J. R. G. Graham.. W 1074 J. Staniforth C 1036 1826. A. J. O'Neil € 1697 Daniel Sykes W 1138 C. P. Filliers C 1055 KNARESBOROUGH. Yorkshire. Mary. Pop. 3382. 1660. William Stockdale Hugh Bethel 204 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1690. Wm. Stockdale 22 1835. Andrew Lawson C 179 Thomas Fawkes W 22 Sir H. Slingsby C 20 John Richards Henry Rich W 134 .. W 111 Sir G. A. Lewin C 20 1722. Sir H. Slingsby 1837. Henry Rich W 172 Richard Arundel Hon. C. Langdale W 124 Andrew Lawson C 118 1784. Viscount Duncannon James Hare 1841. Andrew Lawson . C 150 W. Busfield Ferrand C 122 1802. Lord J. Townshend W James Hare C. Sturgeon WV 85 LAMBETH. 1807. Lord J. Townshend W Lord Ossulston Surrey. W Wm. IV. Pop. 197,412. 1832. Charles Tennyson W 2716 1836. Rt. Hu. G. Tierney W Sir J. Mackintosh Benjamin Hawes W W 2166 Daniel Wakefield R 819 John Moore R 155 1830. Sir J. Mackintosh W H. Brougham 1835. Benjamin Hawes W 2008 W 1830, Dcc., vice Brougham. Lord Waterpark John Entwistle Charles Tennyson W 1997 Ald. Farebrother C 931 W 20 1837. Benjamin Hawes C *25 W 2934 C. T. D'Eyncourt W 2811 * Refused by the returning officer, not being freehold burgesses. 1831. Sir J. Mackintosh W Lord Waterpark W C. Baldwin C 1694 • 1841. Benjamin Hawes W 2601 Hn. C. D'Eyncourt W 2558 J. Baldwin T. Cabbell C 1999 C 1763 1832. John Richards W 187 Benjamin Rotch W 171 • Henry Rich W 96 1846, July, vice Hawes, Foreign Under Secretary. Andrew Lawson ( 70 B. Hawes W ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 205 LANCASHIRE. 18 Edw. III. Pop. 1,667,054. 1660. Sir Roger Bradshaw Edward Stanley 1688. Lord Brandon Sir C. Houghton 1705. James Stanley 1802. Thos Stanley . W John Blackburne.. C 1807. Thomas Stanley.. W John Blackburne.. C 1812. John Blackburne.. C Lord Stanley W Richard Shuttleworth 1826. John Blackburne.. C Lord Stanley W 1734. R. Shuttleworth 1830. Lord Stanley Sir E. Stanley John W. Patten W • . C 1736, vice Stanley, succeeded to the Peerage as Earl of 1831. Lord Stanley TV • Benjamin Heywood W Derby. Peter Bold SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 855,648. 1747. Lord Strang 217 1832. G. W. Wood W 5694 Richd. Shuttleworth 170 Peter Bold Lord Molyneux.. W 5575 110 Sir T. Hesketh C 3082 1774. Sir Thos. Egerton, Bt. 1835. Lord F. Egerton C 5620 Lord Stanley R. B. Wilbraham C 4729 Lord Molyneux .. W 4629 1776, vice Stanley, succeeded to the Peerage as Earl of Derby. Capt. T. Stanley 1780. Sir T. Egerton, Bt. Thos. Stanley G. IF. Wood .. W 1391 1837. Lord F. Egerton C 7822 Hon.R.Wilbraham C 7645 Edward Stanley.. W 6576 Charles Townley W 6014 1790. Thomas Stanley IV 1841. Lord F. Egerton C John Blackburne.. C S Hon. R. Wilbraham C 206 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1844, May, vice Wilbraham, dec. NORTH DIVISION. William Entwistle C 7571 Pop. 811,406. William Brown.. W 6973 1832. Hon. E. G. Stanley W J. W. Patten C 1846, July, vice Egerton, created Lord Ellesmere. Wm. Brown W 1835. Lord Stanley J. W. Patten C C SOUTH LANCASHIRE.-LORD ELLESMERE'S ADDRESS, 1846. GENTLEMEN,-It has pleased her Majesty to confer upon me, in summoning me to the Upper House of the legislature, an honour which demands, as it receives, my unqualified gratitude, and which, but for two considerations, I should accept with unqualified satisfaction. On the first of these considerations I will not dwell. The cases must be few in which it would fail to operate, for the men are few who could accept one of the highest honours within the prerogative of the Crown to bestow, without drawing, with other feelings than those of complacency, some comparison between the greatness of the gift and the merits of the receiver. The other consi- deration is, that I am compelled to return into your hands the trust with which, for three successive parliaments, you have honoured me as your representative in the House of Commons. I have endeavoured to discharge it for the general benefit, and for the promotion of the great interests of the empire: on one great question, affecting those interests, I have found say self compelled to avow, to explain, and to act upon a change of my own opinions, which may well have shaken your reliance on my judgment, but which I have no reason to believe, has altered your opinion of my integrity. To the incidents of my late position, not excepting this, my memory and reflection recur, with a deep sense of the confidence I have enjoyed, and of the indulgence I have met with, under the interruptions I have, of late years, experi- enced, from causes beyond my control, in the attempt to discharge my duties. The continued existence of those causes would, under any circumstances, have made it impossible, with a due regard to your interests, to have come forward again as a candidate. In etiing, therefore, from your service now, I do but anticipate, by a few months, an otherwise certain result, come when, or how it might, when I re- member the circumstances under which we met, and those which have attended our connection-I could not have exchanged without sincere regret, the position I have occupied for any other whatever. It would be some consolation to me to hope, that in any other capacity I could find occasion to discharge some portion of my unre- deemed obligations of gratitude and service to the constituency and the inhabitants at large of the Southern Division of this county. As your Representative in tho House of Commons, I respectfully bid you farewell. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, : ELLESMERE. ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 207 1837. Lord Stanley .. c 1802. John Dent C 1076 • J. W. Patten . C Marq. of Douglas C 999 J. F. Cawthorne.. W 777 1811. Lord Stanley . C J. W. Patten C 1806. John Dent C J. F. Cawthorne W 1841, Sept., vice Lord Stanley, appointed Colonial Secretary, Lord Stanley . C 1844, vice Stanley, a Peer. T. Clifton LANCASTER. Lancashire. C 1807. John Dent .. C 1344 B. Patten C 1343 Colonel Cawthorne W 880 William Donnecan W 874 1818. John Gladstone.. C 1859 Gabriel Doveton W 1124 J. F. Cawthorne C 1058 1660. Sir John Harrison Edw. I. Pop. 24,149. 1824, vice Doveton, deceased. Thomas Green C 1826. J. F. Cawthorn C Thomas Green с Richard Kirkby 1722. Sir Thomas Lowther, Bt. William Heysham 1741. Sir Thomas Lowther, Bt. Robert Fenwick 1830. Thomas Greene.. C 363 J. F. Cawthorne.. C 239 R. H. Greg W 112 1831, vice Cawthorne, deceased, W 1784. A. Rawlinson 1169 P. M. Stewart F. Reynolds 1110 John Lowther 1011 1831. Thomas Greene.. C Patrick M. Stewart W 1785, vice Reynolds, a Peer. Sir G. Warren, K.B. C 1832. Thomas Greene.. C P. Maxwell Stuart W 1790. Sir G. Warren C 1015 • John Dent Richard Penn C 1002 W 453 1835. Thomas Greene.. C Patrick M. Stewart W 208 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. Thomas Greene.. C 614 George Marton W 527 • • 1832. Sir Henry Hardinge C 115 D. Howell W 105 P. M. Stewart W. Gregg 1841. Thomas Greene.. C 693 George Marton J. Armstrong W 453 W 347 1835. Sir Henry Hardinge C 163 D. Howell W 84 1837. Sir Henry Hardinge C C 593 .. W 577 • 1841. Sir Henry Hardiuge C LAUNCESTON. East Cornwall. Edw. I. Pop. 6070. 1660. Sir Charles Harbord Richard Edgcomb 1714. Edward Herle J. Austis 1841, Sept., vice Hardinge, Secre- tary at War. Hon. Sir H. Hardinge C 1844, May, vice Hardinge, Gover- nor General of India. Rear-Adml. W. Bowes C 1722. A. Pendarves 43 LEEDS. Yorkshire. 2 Wm. IV. Pop. 151,063. J. Friend, M.D. 43 1832. J. Marshall, jun. W 2012 T. Smith 25 T. B. Macaulay W 1984 J. Willes 25 1747. Sir John St. Aubin Michael T. Sadler C 1590 1834, Feb., vice Macaulay, accept. Sir William Morice office. Edward Baines W 1951 1774. Rt. Hon. H. Morice 17 Sir John Beckett C 1917 John Buller 12 Joshua Bower R 21 Richard Bull 8 1835. Sir John Beckett C 1941 1796. Hon. John Rawden 12 Edward Baines W 1803 James Brogden 12 Earl of Dalkeith 11 W. Gathshorne 11 1807. James Brogden W R. H. A. Bennet W William Brougham W 1665 Col. J. P. Tempest C 4 1837. Edward Baines .. W 2028 Sir W. Molesworth R 1880 Sir John Beckett C 1759 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 209 1841. William Beckett.. C 2076 William Aldam W 2013 LEICESTERSHIRE. Edward III. Pop. 215,867. Joseph Hume R 2033 1660. Thomas Merry Lord Jocelyn C 1926 Matthew Babington จ MR. MACAULAY'S ADDRESS TO THE ELECTORS OF LEEDS, ON BEING APPOINTED A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL IN INDIA. GENTLEMEN,-It is well known to you that the great Corporation to which Par- liament has entrusted the Government of our Indian Empire, has appointed me to one of the highest posts in its service; that his Majesty has been graciously pleased to confirm the appointment; that I have accepted it; and that in a very short time I shall proceed to the scene of my new labours. I have lately enjoyed the pleasure of conversing with several of my most respec- ted constituents, and I have been truly gratified to learn that my conduct on this occasion has obtained their approbation. They justly consider it as honourable to themselves that their rep, esentative should be freely selected, by a body which wants neither the spirit nor the power to resist unreasonable dictation on the part of the Crown, to fill one of the most important offices in the Empire. I trust that I shall carry with me the esteem of my constituents, and that, in my new situation, I shall not forfeit that esteem. In Asia as in Europe, the principles which recommended me to your favour shall be constantly present to my mind. While legislating for a conquered race, to whom the blessings of our constitution cannot as yet be safely extended, and to whom the benignant influence of our religion is unknown, I shall never forget that. I have been a legislator chosen by the unforced and uncorrupted views of a free, an enlightened, and a Christian people. I this day return into your hands the high trust with which you have honoured me. It was obtained by no unworthy arts. It has been used for no unworthy ends. I owed it to your free and unsolicited choice. I have endeavoured to employ it for what appeared to me to be your real good. My conscience tells me that I have been an honest servant; and I owe to you this attestation, that you have been most indulgent and reasonable masters. You will bear me witness that I have never shrunk from speaking the truth; and I can bear witness that you have always been willing to hear it. When we have differed. I have never evaded your questions, nor have you clamoured down my answers. We have endeavoured to convince each other by a fair interchange of reason, and if we still continne to differ, we have differed as friends. I can form no better wish for your Borough, and it is well entitled to the best wishes that I can form,-than that it may maintain the honourable character which it has won. If, now that I have ceased to be your servant, and am only your sin- cere and gratoful friend, I may presume to offer you advice, which must, at least, be allowed to be disinterested, I would say to you-Act towards your future repre- sentative as yon have acted towards me. Choose them, as you chose me, without canvassing or expense. Encourage them, as you encouraged me, always to speak 210 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1701. Lord Rhodes Lord Sherrard 1741. Ed. Smith 2722 Sin T. Cave, Bt.. W. Ashby 2536 1741 1715. Sir Thomas Cave, Bt. Sir J. Palmer, Bt. 1754. Sir Thomas Palmer Edward Smith 1719, vice Cave, deceased. C 2705 1774. Sir J. Palmer, Bt. Hou. T. Noel Ld. W. Manners.. W 2727 F. Mundy 1734. A. Phillips E. Smith 1738, vice Phillips, deceased. Lord Grey 1739, vice Grey, succeded to the peerage, as Earl of Stamford. 1775, vice Noel, succeeded to the peerage, as Lord Wentworth. J. P. Hungerford C 2717 I. Pochin W 2507 1802. Sir E. C. Hartopp C Lord Guernsey G. A. L. Keck C to you fearlessly and plainly. Never suffer your great and independent town to be turned into an East Retford or a Newark. Reject, as you have hitherto rejected, the wages of dishonour. Defy, as you have hitherto defied, the threats of petty tyrants. Never forget that the worst and most degrading species of corruption is the corruption which operates not by hopes, but by fears. Cherish those noble and virtuous principles for which we have struggled together, the principles of liberty and toleration, of justice and order. Support, as you have steadily supported, the cause of good government, and may all the blessings which are the natural fruits of good government descend upon you, and be multiplied to you an hundred fold. May your manufactures flourish; may your trade be extended; may your riches increase. May the works of your skill, and the signs of your prosperity, meet me in the farthest regions of the East, and give me fresh cause to be proud of the intelligence, the industry, and the spirit of my constituents. And now, Gentlemen, it remains for me only to bid you farewell—to wish to you all, to my supporters and to my opponents, health, prosperity, and happiness, and to assure you that to the latest day of my life I shall look back with pride and pleasure on the honourable connection which has subsisted between us. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, London, Feb. 4, 1834. Your faithful friend and servant, T. B. MACAULAY. ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 211 1818. Lord R. Manners C C 391 1836, Feb., vice Turner. C. M. Phillips W 307 C. W. Packe . C T. Babington C 257 1837. H. Halford C 1826. Lord R. Manners C C. W. Packe . C G. A. L. Keck C 1841. H. Halford C 2000 C. W. Packe C 2586 1830. G. A. L. Keck C 3515 Lord R. Manners C 2996 Thomas Paget W 2196 Col. C. Cheney .. W 1184 Thomas Gisborne W 1193 1831. C. M. Phillips IV Thomas Paget .. W NORTH DIVISION. LEICESTER. Leicestershire. Edw. 1. Pop. 50,365. 1660. John Grew Pop. 113,631. Thomas Armstrong 1832. Lord R. Manners C 2093 1690. Sir E. Abney C. M. Phillips W 1661 L. Carter W. A. Johnson R 720 1705. Sir G. Beaumont, Bt. 685 1835. Lord R. Manners C J. Winstanley 593 C L. Carter 592 C. M. Phillips On petition, Carter vice Winstanley 1835, Nov., vice Manners, deceased. Ld. C. H. Manners C 1722. Sir G. Beaumont Sir L. Carter SOUTH DIVISION. 1837. Ld. C. H. Manners C E. B. Farnham .. C 1841. Ld. C. H. Manners C E. B. Farnham 1768. Hon. B. Grey Col. E. Coote J. Darker 1754. J. Wigley 1295 G. Wright 1238 Major Midford .. 986 W 1366 W 1334 • .. C 1284 Pop. 102,236. 1832. H. Halford E. Dawson J. Palmer 1260 C • W 1835. H. Halford . C F. Turner W OB 1790. T. B. Parkyns N. B. Halhead W 986 S. Smith C 803 W 551 212 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1796. Samuel Smith Lord Rancliffe B. Greathead C 1029 W 993 C 556 1835. E. Goulburn C 1484 Thomas Gladstone C 1475 William Evans W 1352 W. Ruding W 537 Wynn Ellis W 1314 1800, vice Rancliffe, deceased. T. Babington C 1572 J. Manners W 1418 E. Goulburn 1837. Saml. Duckworth W 1816 John Easthope W 1916 Thomas Gladstone C 1453 C 1454 1802. T. Babingtou C 1169 Samuel Smith Felix M'Carthy 1839, March, vice Duckworth, ap- C 893 W 338 • pointed a Master in Chancery. Wynn Ellis 1807. T. Babington Samuel Smith Macnamara W 1020 . C 1794 C 1372 C. Frewen W 1667 C 1371 1841. John Easthope Wynn Ellis W W 1812. S. Smith . C 1116 T. Babington . C 967 Wm. Roscoe W 412 LEOMINSTER. Herefordshire. Edw. I. Pop. 4,916. 1826. Sir C. A. Hastings C 2773 1600. John Birch R. O. Cave W. Evans C 2678 • Edward Pitt W 2003 T. Denman W 1811 1698. Edward Harley Thomas Coningsby 1830. SirC.A.Hastings,Bt. C Wm. Evans W • 1780. Lord Bateman 357 1831. Wm Evans W Wynn Ellis . W R. P. Knight T. Mitton 344 ## 44 1832. William Evans W 1663 1790. John Hunter 308 Wynn Ellis W 1527 · John Sawyer 247 Boughton Leigh .. C 1200 Richard Beckford.. 235 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 213 1802. Sir John Lubbock W 498 Hou. C. Kinnaird W 335 W.Taylor (of the opera) 281 1710. Thomas Pelham John M. Trevor 1826. Lord Hotham C 557 1741. Thos. Pelham J. M. Trevor 156 151 Thomas Bish R. Stephenson 1831. W. B. Evans W 445 Thos. Sergison 117 C 251 • • 1774. Sir Thos. Miller, Bt. 120 T. Bryan, jun. W 563 .. W 433 Lieut. Col. T. Hay 102 Hon. J. Trevor 82 Lord Hotham 1831, December, vice Bryan. C 362 Thomas Kemp 19 Lord Hotham C 346 1790. Hon. Hen. Pelham W 154 William Fraser W 326 Thomas Kemp W 149 H. Shelley, jun. W 89 • 1832. Lord Hotham C Thomas Bish W • • 1796. Thos. Kemp 215 1835. Lord Hotham C J. C. Pelham I'm. Green 156 127 Thomas Bish W 1802. Lord F. G. Osborne C 208 1837. Lord Hotham C 395 C. Greenaway W 364 H. Shelley, juu. Thomas Kemp W 169 W 164 J. Wigram C 266 1841. C. Greenaway J. Wigram W 1812. T. R. Kemp W 313 . C G. Shiffner, jun. J. Scarlett C 164 • • W 153 1842, Feb., vice Wigram. George Arkwright LEWES. Sussex. Edw. I. Pop. 9199. 1060. John Staple Nicholas Rivers C 1818. Sir J. Shelley, Bt.. C 271 Sir G. Shiffner, Bt. C 258 Hon. T. Erskine W 112 1826. T. R. Kemp W 569 Sir J. Shelley, Bt. C 306 A. Donovan W 279 214 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1830. T. R. Kemp W 479 1689. Sir M. Biddulph Sir J. Shelley, Bt... A. Donovan C 372 Richard Dyott W 274 1701. R. Dyott 179 1831. Thomas R. Kemp W W. Walmesley 176 Sir C. R. Blunt, Bt. W H. Wirley 108 Sir M. Biddulph.. 150 1832. Thomas R. Kemp W Sir C. R. Blunt, Bt. W 1754. Lord Trentham Thos. Anson 830 308 1835. Sir C. R. Blunt, Bt. W 511 Thomas R. Kemp W 382 Hon. H. Fitzroy .. C 359 1837, April, vice Kemp, resigned. Hon. H. Fitzroy John Easthope C 397 W 371 C 1761. Thomas Anson J. Levett H. Meynell 1796. T. Anson, LL.D. .. W Lord G. S. Gower W Sir H. Every, Bt. 265 334 • 315 313 C. M. Westmacolt 1837. Sir C. R. Blunt, Bt. W 413 Hon. H. Fitzroy T. Brand Captain Lyon C 401 • • W 398 C 343 W 411 W 499 • 1841. S. Harford H. Elphinstone Hon. H. Fitzroy . C407 Tiscount Cuntilupe C 388 On petition, Fitzroy vice Harford. 1845, Feb., vice Fitzroy, a lord of the Treasury. Hon. H. Fitzroy.. C LICHFIELD. Staffordshire. Edw. I. and Edw. III. Pop 6761. 1600. Anthony Dice John Lane 1799, vice Gower, resigned. Sir J. Wrottesly W • • Sir N. B. Gresley.. C 239 1802. Sir J. Wrottesly, Bt. Thomas Anson 1807. George Anson G. G. V. Vernon 1820. Sir G. Anson . W · W W 474 G. G. V. Vernon Sir R. Gresley W 411 . C 350 1830. Sir G. Anson W 300 G. G. V. Vernon Sir E. D. Scott, Bt. W 238 W 280 • • 1831. Sir George Ansou W Sir E. D. Scott . W ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 215 1832. Sir George Anson W 497 1807. C. Chaplin C 1602 Sir E. D. Scott Francis Finch W 373 C. Pelham W 1168 R 167 R. Ellison W 955 • • • 1835. Sir George Anson Sir E. D. Scott Francis Finch W 490 1818. Hon. C. A. Pelham W 3693 W 414 • • R 232 Chas. Chaplin Sir Robert Heron • C 3069 W 2623 1837. Sir George Anson W 1823, vice Pelham, a peer. Lord Alfred Paget W Sir W. Ingilby, Bt. W 3816 Sir J. H. Thorold W 1575 1841. Sir George Anson W 381 Lord Alfred Paget Capt. Dyott W 289 C 281 1831. Sir W. A. Ingilby W IIon. C. A. Pelham W 1841, Sept., vice Anson, resigned. Lord Levesor W NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 195,950. 1846, vice Paget, appointed Clerk 1832. C. A. W. Pelham W 6561 Marshall. Sir W. A. Ingilby W 4751 Lord A. Paget W Sir R. Sheffield .. C 4056 1846, Jan., vice Leveson, a peer. Hon. E. L. Mostyn W LINCOLNSHIRE. 18 Edward III. and 2 William IV. Pop. 363,002. 1660. Sir G. Saunderson Sir G. Castleton 1710. Lord Willoughby Lewis Dymock 1802. Sir G. Heathcote Charles Chaplin C 1835. C. A. W. Pelham W 4189 C 4450 W 3984 T. G. Corbett Sir W. A. Ingilby 1837. Lord Worsley W R. A. Christopher C 1841. Lord Worsley W 5401 R. A. Christopher C 4522 Hon. C. H. Cust C 3819 1846, Dec., vice Worsley, a peer. Sir M. Cholmeley W 216 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. { SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 167,052. 1832. Henry Handley IV G. J. Heathcote W 1895. Henry Handley W G. J. Heathcote W 1790. J. F. Cawthorne .. 637 Hon. R. Hobart 604 Hon. Major Rawdon 481 1806. Hon. C. Monson .. W 788 Richard Ellison W 673 John Sullivan C 468 1837. Henry Handley W G. J. Heathcote Π 1808, vice Monson, deceased. Lord Mexborough C 639 Hon. Col. Harcourt W 348 1841. Christopher Turnor C 4581 Sir J. Trollope Henry Handley C 1562 W 2948 1818. C. W. Sibthorp 742 R. Bernal 733 R. Smith 596 LINCOLN. Henry III. Pop. 16,172. 1660. John Monson Thomas Meers 1784. Charles Monson Colonel Sibthorpe 1820. Col. C. W. Sibthorp W 748 R. Smith E. D. Davenport W 523 203 • • 1822, vice Sibthorp, deceased. John Williams W Afterwards Justice Williams, who died September, 1846. 1747. Hon. C. Monson 403 • • C. Sibthorp 418 1826. J. N. Fazakerley .. W 866 R. Cracroft 357 • C. W. D. Sibthorp 797 T. G. Corbett 612 1768. Thomas Scrope 534 Hor. C. J. Phipps R. Vyner 500 1831. Col. C. W. Sibthorp C 419 G. F. Heneage W 1780. Sir Thos. Clarges, Bt. 620 1832. G. F. Heneage W 543 R. Vyner, jun. 616 E. L. Bulwer W 490 • • Lord Lumley 339 C. D. W. Sibthorp C 402 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 217 1835. Col. C. W. Sibthorp C 565 E. Lytton Bulwer W 406 Hon. C. B. Phipps W 335 1837. Col.C.D.W.Sibthorp C 514 Edw. Lytton Bulwer W 436 Hon. H. Ellis .. C 392 Colonel Churchill.. R 330 1832. Charles Buller W 1835. Charles Buller S. T. Kekewich 1837. Charles Buller S. T. Kekowich W 114 • . C 61 W C 1841. Charles Buller . W 1841. Col.C.D.W.Sibthorp C 541 W. R. Collett C 489 Sir E. L. Bulwer.. W 443 1846, vice Buller, appointed Judge Advocate. Charles Seeley W 340 Rt. Hon. C. Buller W •• LISKEARD. Cornwall. Edw. I. Wm. IV. to return one member. Pop. 4287. 1660. John Harris B. Grenville 1714. Sir John Trelawny Philip Rashleigh 1790. Hon. Edw. J. Eliot Hon. J. Eliot LIVERPOOL. Lancashire. Edw. I. Pop. 286,487. 1660. William Stanley Sir G. Ireland 1688. Lord Colchester Thomas Norris 1708. Sir Thomas Johnson Richard Norris 1734. Thomas Brereton 1076 1802. Thomas Sheridan W 46 Richard Geldart.. 1030 W. Ogilvie Hon. J. Eliot Hon. W. Eliot W 45 T. Bootle 990 . C 31 F. Cunliffe 941 C 30 1830. Lord Eliot C Sir W. H. Pringle C 1761. Sir E. Cunliffe Sir W. Meredith.. W 1138 Charles Pole C 1019 W 1163 1831. Lord Eliot C 1761. Sir W. Meredith.. W Sir W. H. Pringle C Richard Pennant T 218 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1774. Sir W. Meredith.. W 1802. General Gascoyne C 884 Richard Pennant General Tarleton C C 600 Joseph Birch .. W W 477 1780. Bamber Gascoyne C C 608 F. Chalmer W 31 H. Rawlinson 572 Richard Pennant 462 1784. B. Gascoyne, jun. C 960 Lord Penrhyn W 869 Colonel Tarleton.. C 850 Sir W. Meredith.. W 36 1790. Colonel Tarleton C 1269 Bamber Gascoyne C 888 1806. William Roscoe .. W 1151 General Gascoyne C 1138 General Tarleton.. C 986 1807. General Tarleton C 1461 General Gascoyne C 1277 William Roscoe W 379 W 39 W. J. Dennison Lord Penrhyn W 716 T. T. Parker W 1 1796. Colonel Gascoyne C 672 General Tarleton C 506 John Tarleton C 317 1812. George Canning C 1631 General Gascoyne C 1532 Henry Brougham W 1131 Thomas Creevy W 1068 General Tarleton C 11 TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT FREEMEN OF LIVERPOOL. Liverpool, October 21, 1812. GENTLEMEN,-The poll being now happily closed, and your choice of me con- firmed by a majority (in itself, I am assured, great beyond example) of a larger number of freemen than ever before came forward to give their votes at an election for Liverpool, I have to offer you, with the most sincere and heartfelt delight, my acknowledgments and congratulations: my congratulations on the signal victory obtained by your ancient and unquestionable principles; my acknowledgments for your having selected me as the humble individual in whose name that victory should be won. The triumph, gentlemen, has been a triumph of principles, not of persons. There- fore as it is, on the one hand, the more glorious and the more important, so it is, (as I hope,) on the other hand, less likely to be accompanied or followed by any of those unpleasant feelings or recollections which too often embitter election contests, and which carry the division of public sentiment into the recesses of private life. Between my opponents and myself there has not been, during the whole of the conflict, one moment of anger, or one word of altercation. We were opposed to each other on public grounds; and we parted good friends when the contest was decided, ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 219 1816, vice Canning, accepted office. George Canning.. C 1280 Thomas Leyland.. W 738 1818. George Canning.. C 1854 General Gascoyne C 1441 Earl of Sefton W 1280 1820. George Canning.. C 1635 General Gascoyne (1532 Peter Crompton .. W 345 Thomas Leyland.. W 125 1823, vice Canning, resigned. William Huskisson C 236 Lord Molyneux.. W 31 1826. William Huskisson C 113 General Gascoyne C 103 J. Bolton Major Gascoyne.. C C 26 13 191 1830. General Gascoyne C William Huskisson C 188 Colonel Williams R 93 1830, Nov., vice Huskisson, dec. William Ewart J. E. Denison W 2215 W 2186 1831. William Ewart J. E. Denison General Gascoyne C C07 W 1919 W 1890 William Rathbone W It will be a satisfaction to me to see, before I quit this town,-it is a satisfaction to have seen already,—all the temporary heats of the struggle fast subsiding, and likely soon to be forgotten. Gentlemen, I hope I need not assure you, that the principles for which you have chosen me will remain the principles of my political life; and that they will be applied to the measures and circumstances upon which I may have to give an opinion, as your representative, in Parliament, according to the best of my judg ment; unfettered by connection with any subsisting party, or by attachment to any living leader. In the excrcise of that judgment I shall, indeed, be aided by the fond and faithful remembrance of Mr. Pitt; from whose side, when living, I never was separated; whether in or out of office; and the recollection of whose opinion has, since his death, been, next to my own conscience, the most constant guide of my public conduct. Gentlemen, in the worthy colleague whom you have been pleased to associate with me, I know I shall find that intimate acquaintance with your local interesrs and wishes which will supply the defects of my inexperience on those subjects. I feel assured of his cordial co-operation, ond he, and you, may rely upon my readi- ness to co-operate cordially with him in all your concerns. With every sentiment of respect and of gratitude for a reception so distinguished, and a trust so honourably conferred. I remain, Gentlemen, Your most obliged and devoted humble servant, GEORGE CANNING. 220 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1831, vice Denison, elected for 1661. John Toke Nottingham. Lord Sandon C 1519 Thomas Thorneley W 670 1832. William Ewart W 4931 Lord Sandon C 4260 Thomas Thorneley W 4096 Sir H. Douglas C 3249 1835. Lord Sandon William Ewart Sir H. Douglas James Morris ·· .. C 4407 .. W 4075 C 3869 • • W 3627 Christopher Love William Thompson John Jones 1678. Sir Robert Clayton Thomas Player Christopher Love Thomas Pilkington 1685. Sir William Pritchard Sir S. Dashwood Sir Thomas Vernon Sir John Fleet 1837. Lord Sandon C 4764 Cresswell Cresswell C 4652 1688. Sir P. Ward W 4381 W 4206 Sir R. Clayton William Love Thomas Pilkington William Ewart H. Elphinstone 1841. Lord Sandon C 5979 Cresswell Cresswell C 5792 Sir J. Walmsley.. W 4647 Lord Palmerston W 4431 1690. Sir William Pritchard Sir John Fleet Sir S. Dashwood Sir Thomas Vernon 1842, February, vice Cresswell, made a judge. Sir Howard Douglas C LONDON. Middlesex. Hen. III. Pop. 120,702. 1660. William Wilde George Brown John Robertson William Vincent 1695. Sir Robert Clayton Sir John Fleet Sir William Ashurst Philip Papillion 1698. Sir J. Houblyn Sir John Fleet Sir William Ashurst Philip Papillion ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 221 1701. Sir Robert Clayton Sir William Ashurst Sir Thomas Abney Gilbert Heathcote 1727. Sir John Eyles Humphrey Parsons John Barnard M. Perry 1702. Sir William Pritchard Sir John Fleet Sir Francis Child Gilbert Heathcote 1705. Sir Robert Clayton Sir William Ashurst Gilbert Heathcote Samuel Shepherd 1708. Sir William Withers Sir William Ashurst Sir G. Heathcote John Ward 1710. Sir William Withers Sir Richard Hoare Sir G. Newland Sir John Cass 1734. Sir John Barnard 3070 M. Perry 3033 Humphrey Parsons 2893 Robert Willimot.. 2214 Alderman Barber 1877 1741. Sir John Barnard 3769 Daniel Lambert 3222 George Heathcote 3217 Sir Robt. Godechal 3143 M. Perry 1713 "Sir, E. Bellamy 1311 1747. Sir John Bafnard, 3806 Sir William Calvert 3701 S. T. Jansen 3146 Slingsby Bethel.. 3008, Sir D. Lambert .. 2539 Sir R. Ladbroke 1986 1754. Sir John Barnard W 3553 1714. Sir John Ward Sir Thomas Scawen Peter Godfrey Robert Heysham 1722. Francis Child Peter Godfrey Slingsby Bethell 3547 Sir R. Ladbroke.. 3390 William Beckford W 2941 Sir Richard Glynn C 2655 Sir Wm. Calvert 2651 1761. Sir Robt. Ladbroke 4306 Sir Richard Glynn C 3285 William Beckford 3663 Richard Lockwood Hon. Thos. Harley 3983 Sir S. Fludyer, Bt. 3193 John Barnard 222 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1768. Hon. Thos. Harley 3729 1781, vice Hayley, deceased. Sir R. Ladbroke.. 3678 Sir W. Lewis 2685 • William Beckford W 3102 R. Clarke 2387 • Barlow Trecothwick 2957 Sir R Glynn, Bt. C 2823 John Patterson R 1769 1784, Jan., vice Bull, deceased. Brook Watson 2097 John Wilkes 1770, vice Beckford, deceased. Richard Oliver R 1247 Brass Crosby 1043 1784. Brook Watson 4789 1774. John Sawbridge.. 3456 Sir Watkin Lewes 4554 George Hayley 3390 Nathaniel Newnham 4479 Richard Oliver 3354 Richard Atkinson 2816 Frederick Bull 3096 Samuel Smith 287 Brass Crosby 1913 *Rt. Hon. Wm. Pitt 56 J. Roberts 1398 1780. George Hayley 4062 1790. William Curtis 1346 • • John Kirkman 3804 Brook Watson 4101 • Frederick Bull 3150 Sir W. Lewes 3747 Nathaniel Newnham 3036 J. Sawbridge 3686 John Sawbridge. 2957 N. Newnham 2670 Richard Clarke 1771 W. Pickett (L. Mayor) 1064 *TO THE LIVERY OF THE CITY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN,-I have just learnt that I have this day been proposed, in a manuer equally unexpected and flattering to me, as a Candidate to represent the City of London in Parliament; and that I had the honour of having my name returned on the shew of hands. It is impossible for me not to feel the warmest gratitude and satisfaction in receiving so distinguished a mark of confidence from so great and respectable a body. It is the more honourable to me, as I can attribute it only to their approbation of my public principles and conduct in the present important moment. Sensible as I am at the same time, that my engagements are not suffi- ciently compatible with the duties incumbent on one who has the honour of being placed in that situation, I should be wanting in respect and attention to the City of London, if I did not take the earliest opportunity of begging to decline the Poll. Permit me to add, that I trust I shall on no occasion be found less zealous to pro- mote the interests of the City, and with it, those of the kingdom in general, than if I had the bonour of being sent as their immediate representative. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient and faithful humble servant, Downing-street, March 30, 1784. W. PITT. ! ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 223 1796. Wm. Lushington William Curtis 4379 C 4313 1812. Harvey C. Combe W 5125 Sir W. Curtis, Bt. C 4577 H. C. Combe W 3865 Sir James Shaw.. C 4082 Sir J. W. Anderson 3170 John Atkins • • C 3645 Pickett 2795 Robert Waithman W 2622 Sir Watkin Lewes 2356 Matthew Wood .. W 2373 1818. Matthew Wood W 5700 .. W 3377 Thomas Wood C 4829 • • 1802. H. C. Combe Charles Price C 3236 William Curtis C 2989 .. Sir J. W. Anderson C 2387 Benjamin Travers W 1371 Sir Watkin Lewes William Lushington 652 113 Robert Waithman W 4603 John T. Thorpe.. W 4335 Sir W. Curtis, Bt. C 4224 John Atkins C 1688 1806. H. C. Combe W 2294 James Shaw C 2275 Sir C. Price, Bt... C 2254 1820. Matthew Wood W 5370 Thomas Wilson.. C 5358 Sir W. Curtis, Bt. C 4908 George Bridge C 4259 Robert Waithman W 4119 John T. Thorpe. W 3921 Sir W. Curtis, Bt. C 2213 John Atkins C 314 1820. Wm. Thompson.. C 6483 J. P. Hankey W 101 Robert Waithman W 5042 • • C 4991 W 4880 W.Venables(Mayor) W 4514 Alderman Garrett W 330 William Ward Matthew Wood 1807. Sir C. Price, Bt... C 3117 Sir W. Curtis, Bt. C 3059 James Shaw Harvey C. Combe W 2588 J. P. Hankey WV 226 C 2863 Mr. Hankey, descended from the cele- brated city patriot, Sir John Barnard, is said to have died of the fatigues occa- sioned by his canvass. He was greatly beloved, and but for his untimely end would probably have been returned. All the other candidates, as a token of respect, gave him their votes. 1830. Wm. Thompson.. C Robert Waithman W William Ward Matthew Wood .. C W 1831. Wm. Thompson.. C William Venables W Robert Waithman W Matthew Wood .. W 224 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1832. George Grote Matthew Wood Robert Waithman W 7452 R 8412 W 7488 1843, Oct., vice Wood, deceased. James Pattison R 6532 • T. Baring C 6367 .. Sir John Key W 6136 George Lyall C 5112 Michael Scales R 569 1833, March, vice Waithman, dec. George Lyall .. C 5569 William T'enables W 4527 1846, July, vice Russell, appointed Prime Minister. Lord John Russell W 1835, August, vice Key, vacated. William Crawford W 4011 Francis Kemble W 2004 LUDLOW. Shropshire. Edward IV. Pop. 5064. 1660. Thomas Littleton Francis Carleton 1835. Matthew Wood .. W 6418 James Pattison William Crawford W 5961 W 6050 1701. Sir Thomas Powis Francis Herbert George Grote R 5955 1802. Hon. Robert Clive C George Lyall .. C 4599 Richard P. Knight W William Ward Thomas Wilson C 4514 C 4559 1826. Viscount Clive C 14 1837. Matthew Wood .. W 6517 William Crawford W 6071 • • James Pattison W 0070 George Grote R 5879 .. John H. Palmer.. C 5973 Hon. R. H. Clive.. C E. L. Charlton 14 C 2 Poll one hour. 1831. Lord Clive C Hon. R. H. Clive C 1841. John Masterman C 6339 1832. Lord Clive 198 Edward Romilly.. W Hon. R. Clive Davies 185 · C 169 W 115 Sir Matt. Wood, Bt. W 6315 C 6290 George Lyall Lord John Russell W 0221 M. W. Attwood.. C 6312 James Pattison W 6070 William Crawford W 6065 John Pirie . C 6017 1835. Lord Clive E. L. Charlton E. Romilly C 234 C 159 W 154 • .. ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 225 1837. Lord Clive C 197 1835. W. Pinney W Lt. Col. H. Salwey W 192 Thomas Alcock W 166 1837. W. Pinney W 128 Hampden C 87 • • 1839, June, vice Clive, a peer. Thomas Alcock W 186 1841. W. Pinney W 123 Henry Clive . C C 182 Thomas Hussey . C 110 1840, May, vice Alcock, unseated. Beriah Botfield C 201 G. G. de H. Larpent W 160 1841. Beriah Botfield .. C 216 1842, vice Pinney, unseated. Thomas Hussey.. C James Ackers C 213 LYMINGTON. South Hants. Elizabeth. Pop. 4926. Col. H. Salwey.. W 153 1660. Sir W. Lewis LYME REGIS. Dorsetshire. Edw. I. Pop. 2756. 1660. Walter Young Thomas Moore 1701. John Price John Burridge 1747. John Scrope H. H. Henley H. Drax : 1807. Lord Burghersh.. C Henry Fane 64 58 6 John Bunkley 1741. Lord A. Poulett Henry Burrard 1780. T. Dummer Henry Burrard 1781, vice Dummer deceased. *Edward Gibbon * Author of “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." 1790. Lt. Col. H. Burrard C Lt. H. Burrard, R.N. 1831. Hon. H. S. Fane C 1802. Sir H. Burrard Col. Thomas Fane C W. Manning 1832. W. Pinney W 79 .. Lord Burghersh J. Melville C 60 .. 1807. John Kingston C W 44 George Ducket C 226 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1826. W. Boyd G. L. Prendergast 1830. G. Burrard W. T. Egerton 1831. George Burrard.. C W. A. Mackinnon C jesty's troops, quartered in North Britain, made by him when Secretary at War, pursuant to a power granted to him by the late Lord Lord High Treasurer, is guilty of a high breach of trust, and notorious corruption. Resolved, that he be for his said offence committed prisoner to the Tower of London during the plea- sure of this House. Resolved, that he be for his said offence expelled this House. 1832. Sir H. Neale C 157 John Stewart C 129 John Blackiston .. W 77 1747. Sir J. Turner, Bt... W 184 Horatio Walpole .. W 184 M. Folks . C 131 1835. John Stewart C W. A. Mackinnon C 1768. Hon T. Walpole 200 • 1837. John Stewart C 161 Sir J. Turner, Bt. C. Molyneux 174 159 W. A. Mackinnon.. C 138 S. Gregson W 97 1841. John Stewart 1780. Hon. H. Walpole.. W 158 Crispin Molyneux W 136 C 170 B. P. Fountaine C 72 W. A. Mackinnon.. C 149 Hon. Major Koppel W 106 1784. Hon. H. Walpole.. C. Molyneux 158 B. P. Fountaine 130 72 LYNN. Norfolk. Edw. I. Pop. 16,039. 1660. Sir Ralph Hare .. W Edward Walpole W 1702. Sir C. Turner W * Robert Walpole W * Jan. 17th, 1712, a Committee of the House of Commons resolved, that Robert Walpole, Esq., a Member of this House, in receiving the sum of 500 guineas, and in taking a note for 500 more on account of two contracts for forage of her Ma- 1802. Hon. H. Walpole Sir M. B. Folkes, Bt. 1809, vice Walpole, a peer. Lord Walpole 1826. Hon. J. Walpole .. Lord W. Bentinck Sir W. B. Folkes, Bt. 199 174 104 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 227 1830. Lord W. Bentinck 78 Col. J. Walpole 73 Sir W. B. Folkes, Bt. 8 1832. Lord G. Bentinck.. C Lord W. P. Lennox C 1835. Lord G. Bentinck.. C 531 Sir S. Canning Sir John S. Lillie R 238 C 416 1837. Lord G. Bentinck.. C 473 Sir S. Canning C 389 Hon. Major Keppel W 367 1841. Lord G. Bentinck C MAIDSTONE. Kent. Edw. IV. Pʊp. 18,086. 1660. Sir Edward Pierce Robert Barnham 1708. Sir Robert Marsham Sir Thomas Colepepper 1747. William H. Turner R. Fairfax 515 384 J. Finch 2814 483 452 : 110 1761. R. Fuller W. Northey Sir S. Canning C G. Hanger 1842, Feb., vice Canning, appoint- ed an Ambassador. 1774. Sir H. Mann 541 Lord Guernsey 150 Lord Jocelyn .. C R. Gregory 225 MACCLESFIELD. Cheshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 32,523. 1784. Clement Taylor 406 G. N. Edwards 393 1832. John Ryle C 443 W. Geary 324 J. Brocklehurst W 402 Thomas Grimsditch C 186 • • 1796. General Delaney . W 415 C 328 C 46-1 1835. John Ryle John Brocklehurst W 424 Thomas Grimsditch C 342 1837. John Brocklehurst W 516 Thomas Grimsditch C 174 R. H. Gregg W 292 1841. John Brocklehurst W 534 Thomas Grimsditch C 410 Samuel Stocks W 327 Sir M. Bloxham * Christopher Hull C 281 * Many severe contests have taken place here, but we believe that Christopher Hull, Esq., at this election polled the greatest number of single votes that had ever been tendered, he having expended £3000 in about seven hours; and wishing to make a merit of this circumstance on a future occasion, was told by his friends that "he must start on fresh grounds, as the present would be considered as nothing more than electioneering experience.” 228 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1802. J. H. Durand W 415 1837. Wyndham Lewis .. C 782 • • C 381 Sir M. Bloxham Hon. F. H. Major C 310 B. D'Israeli C 668 Lt. Col.T.P.Thompson R 559 Erskine Perry . R R 25 .. 1806. George Simson W 391 George Longman.. W 368 Sir M. Bloxham C 319 • 1838, March, vice Lewis, deceased. John M. Fector C 709 A. WV. Robarts W 581 1807. George Simson W 396 George Longman.. W 374 Sir William Geary G 332 1838, June, vice Fector, resigned. John M. Fector C 715 A. W. Robarts W 514 1812. Sir. S. E. Bridges, Bt. C George Simson 389 W 389 1841. Alex. J. B. Hope.. C 765 G. Longman 211 George Dodd D. Salomons C 725 W 421 1826. John Wells A. W. Robarts W. Lewis W 375 • W 357 C 105 MALDON. Essex. Edw. III. Pop. 4968. 1660. Edward Harris Henry Mildmay 1830. A. W. Robarts W 470 H. Winchester P. Rawlings C 387 C 195 1790. Sir Eliab Harvey • Charles Montague 1831. A. W. Robarts W 478 1802. J. H. Strutt C 92 C. J. Barnett W 411 C. C. Western W 71 • • H. Winchester C 185 W. Simson C 150 • J. W. Baker John Blair W 11 W 7 1832. A. W. Robarts C. J. Barnett Wyndham Lewis 1835. Wyndham Lewis.. A. W. Robarts C. J. Barnett .. W 501 .. W 470 1800. J. H. Strutt B. Gaskell :: C 63 C 31 C 422 .. C. C. Western W 29 C 529 1807. J. H. Strutt . C 58 W 398 C. C. Western W 29 • W 383 B. Gaskell C 27 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 229 1826. Hon. G. Winn T. B. Lennard Quintin Dick 1831. T. B. Lennard Quintin Dick C 1747 1784. Viscount Melbourne W 1451 Viscount Maitland .. C 1401 1802. Claud Scott 11 W C Samuel Scott 11 • Colonel Pollen 1 1832. T. B. Lennard W 443 1807. Sir G. Bowyer, Bt. C 10 Quintin Dick . C 416 Philip Gill C 10 Peter L. Wright 1835. Quintin Dick Hon. B. Bouverie W 3 TV 277 B. Smith W 3 .. C 140 1831. Sir C. Forbes, Bt. C T. B. Lennard W 408 John Forbes C Sir J. Mildmay 1837. Quintin Dick John Round T. B. Lennard C 356 • 1832. Viscount Andover W C 420 .. C 407 1835. Viscount Andover W W 395 .. 1837. Viscount Andover W 112 1841. Quintin Dick C 472 Isaac Salter C 95 John Round C 146 T. N. Abdy W 413 1841. Hon. J. Howard W 125 .. L. A. Burton C 105 • MALMESBURY. Wiltshire. Edw. I. Pop. 6674. 1660. Henry Hungerford Henry Dean 1710. Sir John Rushout *Joseph Addison * " Author of the “ Spectator.” 1754. Lord George Bentinck Price Fisher V MALTON. Yorkshire. Edw. I. Pop. 6,875. 1660. Philip Howard Thomas Noble 1722. Sir William Strickland Sir Thomas Wentworth 1799. Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke W. Weddell 230 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1807. Hon. L. Dundas Lord Headley B. Cooke W 253 C 241 • 1835. C. P. Thomson Mark Philips W 3355 W 3163 W 197 Isaac Leatham C 138 1808, vice Headley, unseated. Benjamin Braidley C 2535 Sir C. Wolseley .. R 583 1835, April, vice Thomson. B. Cooke . W 319 • R. Bower C 89 • 1831. C. C. Pepys W H. G. Knight W C. P. Thomson W 3183 Benjamin Braidley C 1837 1832. Hon. W. Fitzwilliam W 1837. C. P. Thomson W 4158 Mark Philips W 3750 W. E. Gladstone.. C 2281 C. C. Pepys W 1835. Sir C. C. Pepys W J. C. Ramsden W 1836, Jan., vice Pepys, created Baron Cottenham. W • J. W. Childers 1837, Jan.,vice Ramsden, deceased. Viscount Milton IV 1837. J. W. Childers W Viscount Milton W 1841. J. W. Childers W J. E. Denison W MANCHESTER. Lancashire. Wm. IV. Pop. 242,983. 1832. Mark Philips C. P. Thomson W 2923 • W 2068 S. Jones Loyd W 1832 J. T. Hope C 1560 William Cobbelt.. R 1305 1839, vice Thomson, appointed Governor-General of Canada. Poll before the Boroughreeve, Sept. 5th. Robert Hyde Greg W 3096 Sir George Murray C 2969 Col. T. P. ThompsonR 63 Poll before the Mayor, Sept. Oth. Robert Hyde Greg W 3421 Sir George Murray C 3156 This was a double election, arising out of a dispute whether the Boroughreeve or Mayor was the Returning Officer, the new corporate charter being disputed. 1841. Mark Philips .. W 3702 T. Milner Gibson W 3582 Sir George Murray C 3116 W. Entwistle C 2685 1816, July, vice Gibson, appointed Vice President or the Board of Trade. Rt.Hn.T.M.Gibson W ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 231 A. MARLBOROUGH. Wiltshire. Edw. I. Pop. 4391. Election influence possessed by the Marquis of Aylesbury, in whose family it has existed since the restoration of Charles II., 1649. MARLOW. Buckinghamshire. Edw. I. Pop. 6237. 1660. Peter Hobby William Borlage 1660. Lord Seymour C Jeffrey Daniel C 1795. Sir James Etheridge James Chace 1714. Sir W. Humphreys C Gabriel Roberts C 1796. Sir T. Williams, Bt. 158 Owen Williams W 154 1802. Lord Bruce C John Fiott C 71 J. H. Leigh C 1714. Lord Shelburn 1807. Lord Stopford . C George Bruere Lord Bruce C 1802. Sir T. Williams W 190 1831. T. H. S. B. Estcourt C Owen Williams W 185 W. J. Bankes C Anthony Bacon C 45 1832. Lord E. Bruce . C 121 1831. Owen Williams W H. B. Baring C 109 T. P. Williams . C Sir A. Malet W 1835. Lord E. Bruce い ​1832. Sir W. R. Clayton T. P. Williams W . C Major H. B. Baring C 1835. Sir W. R. Clayton W 201 1837. Major H. B Baring C T. P. Williams C 185 Lord E. Bruce C Carpenter C 34 1841. Lord E. Bruce C Major H. B. Baring C 1837. Sir W. R. Clayton W T. P. Williams C 1842, Sept., vice Bruce and 1841. T. P. Williams C 233 C Baring, accepted office. Lord E. Bruce • • Major H. B. Baring C On petition, Hampden vicc Clayton. Sir W. Clayton W 170 R. Hampden C 169 232 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. MARYLEBONE. Middlesex. Wm. IV. Pop. 287,465. 1832. E. B. Portman W 4317 .. Sir William Horne W 3320 Sir S. B. Whalley R 2185 Thomas Murphy MIDDLESEX. Henry III. Pop. 1,576,636. 1660. Sir W. Walter Lancelot Lake 1668. Sir R. Peyton R 913 Sir William Roberts Col. L. G. Jones R 316 1833, March, vice Portman, a peer. Sir S. B. Whalley R 2869 H. T. Hope C 2055 Chas. A. Murray W 791 Thomas Murphy R 172 1835. Sir S. B. Whalley R 2956 H. Lytton Bulwer W 2781 Sir Wm. Horne.. W 1862 G. A. Young W 378 1837. Benjamin Hall .. W 3512 Sir S. B. Whalley R 3350 Lord Teignmouth G. A. Young C 2952 W 701 Sir Wm. Horne W 662 ·· 1838, March, vice Whalley, dec. Lord Teignmouth C 4166 William Ewart W 3762 Ll.Col.T.Thompson R 186 1695. Sir John Wolstenholme Edward Russell 1727. Sir F. Child James Bertie 1747. Sir Hugh Smithson Sir W. B. Proctor 1768. John Wilkes .. R 1292 George Cooke C 827 Sir W. B. Proctor W 807 1768, Nov., vice Cooke, deceased. John Glynn • C 1542 Sir W. B. Proctor W 1278 1769, vice Wilkes' election void. John Wilkes R 1143 Colonel Luttrell .. C 296 1784. W. Mainwaring .. C 2117 John Wilkes R 1858 George Byng W 1787 .. 1841. Sir B. Hall W 4661 Sir C. Napier R 4587 B. B. Cabbell C 3410 1802. George Byng Sir J. Hamilton.. C 2383 Sir F. Burdett F. Sankey R 61 .. W 3842 R 3207 W. Mainwaring.. C 2936 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 233 1806. William Mellish.. C 3213 1807. William Mellish.. C 2706 George Byng Sir F. Burdett W 2304 George Byng W 2368 R 1197 Sir C. Baynes C 2252 JOHN WILKES, M.P. FOR MIDDLESEX, 1768. Dr. Franklin was in London during the violent ferment which was occasioned by Wilkes' election for this county in 1768, and he thus speaks of the political agita- tions of this remarkable period:-""Tis really an extraordinary event to see an outlaw and exile of bad personal character, not worth a faithing, come over from France, set himself up as a candidate for the capital of the kingdom, miss his elec- tion only by being too late in his application, and immediately carrying it for the principal county. The mob, spirited up by numbers of different ballads, sung or roared in the streets, requiring gentlemen and ladies of all ranks as they passed in their carriages, to shout for 'Wilkes and Liberty;' marking the same words on all their coaches with chalk, and No. 45,' on every door, (the famous No. of the 'North Britain,') which extend a vast way along the roads into the country. I went last week to Winchester, and observed that for fifteen miles out of town there was scarcely a door or window-shutter next the road unmarked, and this continued here and there quite to Winchester, which is sixty-four miles." The united efforts of the Court, Ministers, and Parliament were exerted to pre- vent Wilkes from sitting as a member of the House. This occasioned the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, and Livery of the City of London to frame their celebrated remonstrance to the King, declaring it to be "a violation of the constitution to deprive, at their will and pleasure, the County of Middlesex of one of its legal representatives, elected by a majority of the freeholders." The King refused to accede to their remonstrance, considering it disrespectful to his Royal person, injurious to Parliament, and irreconcilable to the principles of the Consti- tution. The censure passed by the King was fortified by approving addresses from both Houses of Parliament. The citizens, nothing daunted, resolved on presenting a second remonstrance, couched in still more energetic terms: to this his Majesty's sentiments remained the same. The Lord Mayor, (Beckford,) then made the fol- lowing unpremeditated, but noble reply :- "MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN.-Will your Majesty be pleased so far to con- descend as to permit the Mayor of your loyal City of London, to declare in your Royal presence on behalf of his fellow-citizens, how much the bare apprehension of your Majesty's displeasure would at all times affect their minds. The declaration of that displeasure has already filled them with inexpressible anxiety, and with the deepest affliction. Permit me, Sire, to assure your Majesty, that your Majesty has not in all your dominions, any subjects more faithful, more dutiful, or more affectionate to your Majesty's person and family, or more ready to sacrifice their lives and fortunes in the maintenance of the true honour and dignity of your Crown. We do, therefore, with the greatest humility and submission, most earnestly supplicate your Majesty, that you will not dismiss us from your presence without expressing a more favourable opinion of your faithful citizens, and without some comfort, without some prospect at least of redress. Permit me, Sire, further to observe, that whoever has already dared, or shall herealter endeavour by false insinuations and suggestions, to alienate your Majesty's 234 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1830. George Byng W 4001 S. C. Whitbread W 3585 William Mellish.. C 3073 1831. George Byng W MIDHURST. West Sussex. Edw. II. Pop. 6,578. 1660. Wm. Willoughby John Steward Joseph Hume R 1685. Sir W. Morley 1832. Joseph Hume George Byng R 3238 J. Luckner W 3033 Sir C. Forbes Sir J. S. Lillie C 1494 • R 1004 1701. J. Luckner • L. Alcock 1835. George Byng Joseph Hume Lieut. T. Wood W 3505 R 3096 1724. Lord Middleton C 2709 B. Peachey 1837. George Byng Capt. T. Wood Joseph Hume W 4796 1747. Sir T. Bootle • . C 4582 Sir J. Peachey, Bt. R 4380 • Henry Pownall .. C 4273 1768. *Hon. C. J. Fox Lord Stavordale 1841. George Byng Col. T. Wood W C * Mr. Fox was only nineteen at the time of his election. affections from your loyal subjects in general, and from the City of London in particular, and to withdraw your confidence in and regard for your people, is an enemy to your Majesty's person and family, a violator of the public peace, and a betrayer of our happy Constitution, as it was established at the glorious revolution of 1688." The Lord Mayor waited nearly a minute for a reply, for some "more favourable opinion," but none was given at that time; but eventually the citizens succeeded, in spite of the united efforts of the Court, the Ministers, and the Parliament; and their cause has since been solemnly and universally recognized as that of the Con stitution and of liberty. It is impossible to appreciate too highly the national im- portance of the conduct which they pursued. We may well say with Junius, that "the noble spirit of the metropolis is the life-blood of the state, collected at the heart, from that point it circulates with health and vigour through every artery of "the Constitution " The Lord Mayor received the thanks of his fellow-citizens for his able and digni fied speech is reply was ordered to be inserted in the City books, and afterwards at his death, on a monument erected in the Guildhall to his memory. ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 235 1722, Dec., vice Fox, appointed a Treasurer of the Exchequer. Hon. C. J. Fox 1790. Hon. C. W. Wyndham Hon. P. C. Wyndham 1806. Rt. Hon. W. Wickham John Smith MORPETH. Northumberland. Mary. 2 Wm. IV. 1 M. P. instead of 2. Pop. 4237. 1660. Lord Morpeth W Sir Geo. Downing W 1685. Sir W. Pickering W John Oglethorpe W 1701. Sir John Delaval W 1812. Geo. Smith W Emanuel How W Thos. Thompson.. W 1741. Sir H. Liddal . W 1818. John Smith W Robert Ord W Samuel Smith W 1326. John Smith Abel Smith 1831. G. R. Smith W B B W 1761. Thos. Duncombe W Lord Garlies 1774. Francis Eyre Peter Delme W W W M. T. Smith ..W 1832. Hon. F. Spencer.. W 1802. Viscount Morpeth W * William Ord Peter Delme W 115 .. . W 97 *The first that succeeded in opposing the noble patron of the borough. 1835. W. S. Poyntz 1837. W. S. Poyntz . W 1807. William Ord W Hon. W. Howard.. W 1837, Dec., vice Poyntz, resigned. Hon. F. Spencer .. W 1841. Sir H. B. Seymour C 1846, Jan. 30th, vice Seymour, resigned. 1831. William Ord W Hon Wm. Howard W 1832. Hon.Col.F.G.Howard W S. H. Walpole . C 1885. Hon. E.G. G. Howard W ! 236 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837, Jan., vice Howard, vacated. 1830. H. Willoughby . C 775 Lord Leveson W Michael T. Sadler Thomas Wilde C 746 .. W 625 1837. Lord Leveson . W 1840, vice Leveson, resigned. Hon. Capt. Howard W 1841. Hon Capt. Howard W 1838, Feb., vice Willoughby. W. F. Handley C 833 Thomas Wilde W 547 Charles Wilkins R 2 1831. Thomas Wilde NEWARK. Nottinghamshire. Charles II. Pop. 10,195. 1060. Sir R. Markham Richard Rothwall W. F. Handley W 849 . C 746 Sir R. Gresley C 678 1832. W. E. Gladstone.. C 887 W. F. Handley C 798 Thomas Wilde W 726 1701. Sir M. Jennison James Sanderson 1835. W. E. Gladstone .. C Serjeant T. Wilde.. W 1722. James Pelham Richard Sutton 1741. Lord Wm. Manners Job S. Charlton 1837. W. E. Gladstone .. C Serjeant T. Wilde.. W 1840, Jan., vice Wilde, appointed Solicitor General. Serjeant T. Wilde W 541 Frederick Thesiger C 532 1802. Sir T. M. Sutton Sir C. M. Pole, Bt. 1807. Stapylton Cotton C Henry Willoughby C 1829, March, vice Clinton resigned. Michael T. Sadler.. C 801) . W 5871! Thomas Wilde 1841. W. E. Gladstone .. C 633 Lord J. Manners .. C 030 T. B. Hobhouse W 380 1841, Sept, vice Gladstone, ap- pointed Master of the Mint. Wm. E. Gladstone.. C i ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 237 1845, vice Gladstone, appointed 1835. Edmund Peel .. C 689 Colonial Secretary. W. H. Miller C 494 John Stewart C Sir H.P.Willoughby C 397 1837. W. H. Miller NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE. Staffordshire. Edward III. Pop. 10,038. 1660. John Bowyer John Tyrrick 1690. Sir Thomas Bellot Sir John Gower C 669 S. De Horsey R. Badnall • C 635 .. W 292 1841. Edmund Buckley.. C 720 John Quincey HarrisW 565 W. H. Miller C 417 1842, June, vice Harris, for bri- 1761. Henry Vernon John Waldegrave 1802. E. W. Bootle. .. C 312 Sir R. Lawley, Bt. C 309 Oliver Beckett Joseph James W 246 • W 241 bery. John Q. Harris W 499 C 479 J. C. Colquhoun On petition, Colquhoun vice Harris. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. Northumberland. Edw. III. Pop. 69,430. 1660. Sir F. Anderson Sir John Morley 1807. E. W. Bootle C 333 J. Macdonald C 314 1681. Sir N. Johnson M. Fletcher W. Minet .. W 311 Sir Robert Carr W 308 1710. Sir W. Blackett, Bt. W 1177 1820. W. S. Kinnersley.. C William Wrightson C 886 Wm. Carr 609 R. W. Horton . C 1715. Sir W. Blackett, Bt. 639 1831. Edmund Peel .. C Wm. Wrightson 550 • W. H. Miller C .. James Clavering .. 263 1832. W. H. Miller Sir H.P. WilloughbyC 587 Edmund Peel C 607 1722. William Carr 1234 Sir W. Blackett, Bt. 1158 .. C 478 Wm. Wrightson .. 831 238 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. A 1727. Sir W. Blackett, Bt. 1202 Nicholas Feuwick 1189 William Carr 620 1820. Sir M. W. Ridley, Bt.W 616 Cuthbert Ellison W 477 Hon, W. J. Scott C 217 1734. Walter Blackett 1354 1826. Sir M.W.Ridley, Bt.W Nicholas Fenwick 10S3 Cuthbert Ellison W William Carr 716 1741. W. Blackett W 1453 1830. SirM.W.Ridley, Bt.W John Hodgson .. C Nicholas Fenwick C 1231 Matthew Ridley.. William Carr 1131 633 1831. Sir M.W. Ridley, Bt.W John Hodgson .. C 1774. SirWalter Blackett, Bt. 1432 Sir M. W. Ridley, Bt. 1411 Hon. C.J. Phipps 795 1832. Sir M. W. Ridley W 2112 John Hodgson C 1686 • Charles Attwood.. R 1092 Thomas Delaval .. 077 1780. Sir M.W. Ridley, Bt. W 1408 1885. William Ord W 1843 4. R. BowES C 1135 Sir M. W. Ridley W 1499 1035 John Hodgson C 1254 James Aytoun R 988 Thomas Delaral.. 1784 SirM.W.Ridley, Bt. W Charles Brandling C 1797, vice Brandling, resigned. C. J. Brandling C 1802. Sir M. W. Ridley W 1403 C. J. Brandling .. € 1135 Thomas Delaval…. 1055 1807. Sir M. W. Ridley W 1836, July, vice Ridley, deceased. John Hodgson C 1576 C. Blackett W 1528 Mr. Hodgson afterwards took the name of Hinde. 1837. William Ord W 1792 John H. Hinde.. C 1701 C. J. Bigg W 1187 J. B. Coulson C 1127 C. J. Brandling.. C A. H. Beaumont.. R 200 1512. SEM.W.Ridley, BLW 1841. William Ord W Cuthbert Ellison T John H. Hinde C ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 239 NEWPORT. Hants. (Isle of Wight.) Edw. I. Pop. 6330. 1660. Sir Robert Dillington William Glascock 1695. Lord Cutts 1831. William Mount C J. J. H. Vere C 1832. J. H. Hawkins William H. Ord J. W. Gordon W 216 W 216 .. C 161 1835. William H. Ord J. H. Hawkins W 233 .. W 230 .. Sir J. W. Gordon.. W. Hamilton C 229 C 205 Sir Robert Cotton 1741. Anthony Chute Monoux Cope 1761. T. L. Dunmer Charles Holmes 1780. Sir R. Worsley, Bt. Hon. J. St. John 1837. J. W. Hawkins W. J. Blake W. Hamilton Wykeham Martin.. C 244 W 261 W 263 • C 236 1790. Lord Palmerston Lord Melbourn 1841. Wykeham Martin W. Hamilton C 254 C 252 Thomas Gisborne W. J. Blake WV 229 • • W 226 1802. J. Blackburn R. G. Ker 1807. Viscount Palmerston C *Hn. Sir A. Wellesley C *Now Duke of Wellington. 1812. Sir L. F. W. Holmes, Bt. R. F. W. Holmes 1820. Sir L. Holmes, Bt. C Charles Duncombe C 1826. Rt. Hon. G. CanningC Hon. W. H. J. Scott C 1830. Spencer Perceval C Horace Twiss C NORFOLK, Henry III and William IV. Pop. 412,664. 1660. Lord Richardson Sir H. Townshend 1702. Sir John Holland Sir Jacob Astley 1768. Sir E. Astley, Bt. 2276 Thomas De Grey 2752 Sir A. Wodehouse 2678 Wenman Coke 2607 240 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1802. T. W. Coke W 4110 Sir J. Astley, Bt. C 3612 Colonel Wodehouse C 3501 • 1806. T. W. Coke W 4118 Rt. Hon.W.Windham C 3772 Hon. J. Wodehouse C 3365 WEST DIVISION. Pop. 208,587. 1832. Sir W. Folkes W Sir J. Astley W • • 1835. Sir W. Folkes Sir J. Astley William Bagge W 2299 W 2134 • • C 1880 1817, vice Astley, deceased. E. Wodehouse E. R. Pratt 1837. William Bagge C 3178 • • C 3861 W 3289 W. L. Chute C 2877 Sir W. Folkes W 2838 Sir Jacob Astley.. W 2713 1826. T. W. Coke E. Wodehouse C 1841. William Bagge C W. L. W. Chute.. C 1831. T. W. Coke, Bt... W Sir W. B. Folkes, Bt.W EAST DIVISION. Pop. 204,077. 1832. W. H. Windham.. W 3301 Hon. G. Keppel.. W 3261 N. Peach C 2960 H. Cholmondeley C 2852 1835. Hon. E. Wodehouse C 3482 Lord Walpole C 3196 W. H. Windham.. W 3076 R. H. Gurney W 2806 1837. Hon. E. Wodehouse C 3645 H. N. Burroughes C 3523 W. H. Windham.. W 3237 R. H. Gurney W 2978 1841. Hon. E. Wodehouse C 3499 H. N. Burroughes C 3440 Sir F. Folkes W 1374 NORTHALLERTON. Yorkshire. Chas. II. and Wm. IV. Pop. 4861. 1784. Hon. E. Lascelles C Thomas Pierse W •• 1807. Hon. E. Lascelles Henry Pierse C W 1831. Hon. W. S. Lascelles C 1832. J. G. Boss, R.N. Sir J.P.Beresford, Bt. C W 188 W. B. Wrightson .. W 177 1835. to 1841. W. B. Wrightson.. W 1841. W. B. Wrightson.. W 128 Hon. E. Lascelles C 114 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 241 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Edw. III. and Wm. IV. Pop. 198,288. 1660. Sir H. Yelverton John Carew 1695. Sir A. St. John Thomas Cartwright 1754. Sir Edward Isham William Cartwright 1796. Thomas Powys Francis Dickens 1835, Dec., vice Milton, deceased. Thos. P. Maunsell C 1841 William Hanbury W 1247 1837. Thos. P. Maunsell C 1842 Lord Maidstone.. C 1861 Lord Milton W 1404 1841. Thos. P. Maunsell C A. S. O'Brien C SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 97,675. 1832. Lord Althorp IV 1806. Lord Althorp W 2085 W. R. Cartwright C W. R. Cartwright C 1990 Sir W. Langham C 1381 1835. W. R. Cartwright C Sir C.Knightley,Bt. C 1807, Lord Althorp to 1831. W. R. Cartwright C 1831. Lord Althorp IV • • 1837. W. R. Cartwright C Sir C.Knightley,Bt. C W 2476 Lord Milton W 2135 • 1841. W. R. Cartwright C 2426 W. R. Cartwright C 2019 Sir C. Knightley C 1423 NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 101,613. 1832. Lord Milton W 1562 Lord Brudenell .. C 1543 William Hanbury W 1456 Thomas Tryon C 1269 1835. Lord Milton Sir C. Knightley.. C 2324 WV 925 Lord Euston 1846, vice Cartwright, resigned. Capt. R. II. Vyse C NORTHAMPTON. Edw. 1. Pop. 21,242. W 1660. Francis Harvey Richard Rayusford Lord Brudenell .. C W 242 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1688. Sir J. Isham Sir John Langham 1727. Edward Montague George Compton 1831. SirG.Robinson,Bt. W 1688 R. Vernon Smith W 1383 Sir R. H. Gunning C 1241 1832. R. Vernon Smith W 1321 C. Smith C 1275 1768. Sir G.B. Rodney,Bt. 611 G. Bainbridge W 1191 Sir G. Osborne, Bt. 611 Hon. H. Fitzroy.. C 958 Hon. T. Howe 538 1774. Hon. W. Tollemache 786 1835. R. Vernon Smith WV 1397 Sir G. Robinson, Bt. 692 Charles Ross C 1223 Sir J. Langham, Bt. 266 C. Hill W 1021 1784. Lord Compton 823 1837. R. Vernon Smith WV 1095 E. Trotman 500 Raikes Currie W 1033 Lord Lucan 133 Charles Ross C 925 1796. Hon. S. Perceval C 740 1841. R. Vernon Smith W 990 Hon. E. Bouverie W 512 Mr. Walcot C 474 Raikes Currie W 970 • • • Sir H. Willoughby C 890 P. M'Douall • . R 176 1818. Earl Compton Sir E. Kerrison C 666 . C 815 Sir G. Robinson.. W 639 NORTHUMBERLAND., Edw. III. and Wm. IV. Pop. 205,278. 1820. SirG.Robinson, Bt. W 900 W. L. Maberley.. W 782 Earl Compton 1860. Lord Mansfield John Fenwick C 622 1698. Sir Edward Blacket William Forster 1826. SirG. Robinson Bt. W 1348 W. L. Maberley W 1137 Sir R. H. Gunning C 1005 1734. Ralph Jenison 1189 Sir Wm. Middleton John Fenwick 1094 1052 • W 500 John Bacon 153 • 1830. SirG.Robinson.Bt. W 1366 Sir R. H. Gunning C 1216 C. Hill ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 243 1774. Lord A. Percy C 1235 Sir W. Middleton W 1090 Sir J. H. Delaval W 1073 William Fenwick C 752 1796. Hon. Charles Grey W T. R. Beaumont .. C 1807. T. R. Beaumont.. C Earl Percy C 1841, Lord Ossulston .. C 1216 B. Cresswell C 1163 Lord Howick W 1101 SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 125,426. 1832. T. W. Beaumont W 2537 Matthew Bell William Ord • · C 2441 W 2351 1826, March, 1835. T. W. Beaumont W Matthew Bell .. C 1186 Hon. H. T. Liddell C 1150 Matthew Bell . C 1837. Matthew Bell Christr. Blackett .. C W .. 1826. Hon. H. T. Liddell C 1562 Matthew Bell C 1382 T. W. Beaumont W 1335 Tiscount Howick W 977 1830. Matthew Bell . c T. W. Beaumont W 1831. T. W. Beaumont W Lord Howick W .. NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 79,852. 1841. Matthew Bell S. H. C. Ogle . C W NORWICH. Norfolk. Edw. I. Pop. 62,344. 1660. William Barnham Thomas Rant 1832. Viscount Howick W 1701. Robert Davy 1042 Lord Ossulston .. C Edward Clark Peter Thacker 1042 1041 1835. Viscount Howick W Lord Ossulston .. C 1710. R. Bene 1315 R. Berney 1298 1837. Viscount Howick W W. Bacon 1107 Lord Ossulston C S. Gardiner 1073 244 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1715. W. Bacon 1662 1818. William Smith W 2089 R. Britiffe 1652 R. H. Gurney W 2032 • • R. Bene 1326 Hon. E. Harbord C 1475 R. Berney 1319 1830. R. H. Gurney 1727. R. Britiffe 1626 R. Grant W 2363 • • W 2279 W. Bacon 1542 J. Peel C 1912 M. Branthwayt . 1265 Sir C. Ogle .. C 1762 R. Berney 1188 1831. R. Grant W 2163 1734. Haratio Walpole.. 1785 R. H. Gurney W 2158 W. Bacon 1749 Sir C. Wetherell C 977 Sir E. Ward 1621 M. T. Sadler • C 961 1768. Harbord Harbord 1812 1832. Lord Stormont C 1985 Edward Bacon 1596 Sir James Scarlett C 1936 T. Bevor 1636 R. H. Gurney I W 1746 Bellenden Kerr W 1716 1784. Sir H. Harbord, Bt. 2305 W. Windham 1297 1835. Lord Stormont C 1892 H. Hobart 1233 Hon. R. C. Scarlett C 1878 Hon. ET. Harbord W 1592 1796. Hon. H. Hobart.. 1622 F. O. Martin W 1582 .. William Windham 1159 B. Gurney 1076 1837. Hon. R. C. Scarlett C 1865 1802. Robert Fellowes.. W 1536 William Smith W 1439 Hon. W. Windham C 1356 John Frere C 1329 1806. John Patterson W 1733 Robert Fellowes.. W 1370 William Smith W 1333 1807. John Patterson .. W 1464 William Smith W 1150 Robert Fellowes W 546 Marquis of Douro C 1863 B. Smith W 1843 • • Montford Nurse .. W 1831 1841. Marquis of Douro C Benjamin Smith.. W NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Edw. III. and Wm. IV. Pop. 259,910. 1660. Lord Houghton William Pierpoint ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 245 1685. Sir William Clifton Richard Mellish 1722. Sir R. Sutton, Bt. 1349 Lord Howe 1339 W. Levinz 1265 Hon. F. Willoughby 1257 1790. Lord E. C. Bentinck C. M. Pierrepoint 1846, March vice Knight. dec. Lord H. Bentinck C 1742 *Earl of Lincoln C 217 *Lord Lincoln was nominated without his consent. SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 84,450. 1832. Earl of Lincoln.. J. E. Denison C W 1807. Viscount Newark IV A. H. Eyre 1835. Earl of Lincoln.. C W J. E. Denison W 1831. Hon J. S. Lumley W J. E. Denison W L. Rolleston 1837. Earl of Lincoln .. C .C NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 165,460. 1832. Lord Lumley W 1680 T. Holdsworth C 1372 J. G. C. Gardiner W 1171 1835. Viscount Lumley C T. Holdsworth C 1841. Earl of Lincoln.. C L. Rolleston C 1841, Sept., vice Lincoln, appoint- ed Com. of Woods and Forests. Earl of Lincoln .. C 1835, vice Lumley, now Earl of Scarbro' H. Gally Knight.. C 1837. Thos. Holdsworth C 1698 H. Gally Knight.. C 1572 J. Foljambe 1841. T. Holdsworth H. Gally Knight .. W 1478 C C 1846, Feb. vice Lincoln, appointed Secretary for Ireland. T. B. T. Hildyard Lord Lincoln C 1736 .. C 1049 NOTTINGHAM. Edw. I. Pop. 53,091. 1660. Arthur Stanhope John Hutchinson 246 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. G 1727. Borlace Warren John Stanhope 1818. Joseph Birch . W Lord Rancliffe W 1780. Robert Smith C 1820. Joseph Birch W D. Parker Coke .. W Thomas Denman W 1783. D. Parker Coke Dr. Compton W 1017 . C 560 1826. Joseph Birch W Lord Rancliffe W 1802. SirJ.B.Warren.. Joseph Birch W 972 W 912 1830. Sir Thos. Denman W Sir R. C. Ferguson W D. Parker Coke W 734 1802, vice Birch unseated. D. Parker Coke.. W 1355 Joseph Birch 1806. John Smith D. Parker Coke Joséph Birch 1807. John Smith W 1165 1832. Sir R. C. Ferguson W 2399 Lord Duncannon W 2349 Lieut. J. E. Gordon C 976 1834, July, vice Duncannon. . C 1537 W 1465 J. Cam Hobhouse W 1591 William Eagle R 506 W 1437 C 1017 1835. Sir R. C. Ferguson W Sir J. C. Hobhouse W D. Parker Coke.. W 787 Dr. Compton C 575 1837. Sir R. C. Ferguson W 2056 1812. John Smith W Lord Rancliffe W Sir J. C. Hobhouse W 2052 J. C. Plowden C 1397 Horace' Twiss C 1396 NOTTINGHAM ELECTIONS PETITIONS. Memorandum, London, May 4th, 1842. It is expedient to settle the petitions now pending, and it is agreed that— 1. All the petitions shall be abandoned. 2. Within four days from this date one seat shall be vacated. 3. The sum of £1000 to be paid to Messrs. Clarke, Fynmore, and Fladgate, within seven days from this date, in consideration of the expenses incurred in the petition. 4. It is understood that Mr. Walter is to be returned at the election resulting from the above mentioned; for security whereof, it is agreed, &c., &c. 5. That a promissory note for £4000, signed by Sir John Cam Hobhouse or Sir George G. De H. Larpent, at one month from this date, shall be this day deposited with Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, & Co., Bankers, London; and that James Bacon, ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 247 1841, vice Ferguson, deceased. 1835. John Fielden Ꭱ C 1983 William Cobbett R • John Walter G.G.De H.Larpent W. 1745 1841. G.G.De H.Larpent W 529 Sir J. C. Hobhouse W 527 John Walter C 14 T. B. Charlton C 142 Messrs. Walter and Charlton resigned the first half hour. 1842, Aug., vice Larpent, resigned. John Walter C 1799 . Joseph Sturge . R 1718 1843, April, vice Walter, unseated. Thomas Gisborne R 1839 John Walter, jun. C 1728 1846, July, vice Hobhouse, ap- pointed to the Board of Control. Sir J. C. Hobhouse W 1835, July, vice Cobbett, deceased. John F. Lees J. M. Cobbett Fergus O'Connor . C 394 R 381 • R 32 1837. Gen. W. A. Johnson R 548 John Fielden Jones R 514 ·· C 305 John F. Lees .. C 273 1841. Gen. W. A. Johnson R John Fielden R • OXFORDSHIRE. Edw. III. Pop. 161,643. 1660. Lord Wenman Sir Thomas Wenman 1688. Sir John Cope Sir R. Jenkinson W 2000 Sir Edward Turner W 2000 Ld. Viset. Wenman C 2000 1832. John Fielden H. Bright OLDHAM. Lancashire. Wm. IV. Pop. 60,109. William Cobbett William Burge 1754. Lord Parker R 677 R 645 • • W 150 • C 100 Rev. J. R. Stephens R 2 Sir Jas. Dashwood C 2000 All the four candidates were even on the Poll, but on a scrutiny Parker and Weumau obtained the seats. Esq., and Sutton Sharpe, Esq., shall decide whether the above conditions have been honourably fulfilled; and if such referees (or, in case of their disagreement, an um- pire appointed by them) shall decide that such conditions have not been honourably fulfilled, then the promissory note in question shall be handed to Mr. Walter; or returned to Sir John Cam Hobhouse or Sir George G. De H. Larpent, if such con- ditions have been honourably fulfilled. DISON, HALL, and PARKES, Agents to Sir J. C. Hobhouse and Sir George G. De H. Larpent, W. M. FLADGATE, For the petitioners and Mr. Walter. 248 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1790. Marquis of Blandford Viscount Wenman C 1806. Lord F. A. Spencer W John Fane . C 1815, vice Spencer. W. H. Ashurst . C 1826. W. H. Ashurst . C John Fane C 1830. John Fane C Lord Norreys . C 1831. G. G. V. Harcourt C 1782 Richard Weyland W 1688 Lord Norreys OXFORD UNIVERSITY. James I. Pop. 1629. The political principles of the Mem- bers of this University are, with a few exceptions, those of Conservatism. They have always assisted and given shelter to royalty, whenever it was distressed by the parliament or people. So little are they, however, to be influenced in the choice of their representatives, that they do not suffer any canvass to be made, nor either of the Candidates to be, at the time of election, within ten miles of the juris- diction of the University. Christchurch College nominates one of the Members of this University, having as much political influence as the remaining twenty-four Colleges and Halls. 1860. Thomas Clayton John Mills C 1316 1832. G. G. V. Harcourt W 1698. Sir C. Musgrave Sir William Glynn Major R. Weyland W Lord Norreys C 1714. Sir William Whitlock William Bromley 1835. G. G. V. Harcourt W Major R. Weyland W Lord Norreys C 1734. Lord Cornbury George Clark 1837. Lord Norreys . C 3002 1768. Sir R. Newdigate G. G. V. Harcourt C 2885 T. A. W. Parker.. C 2767 Thos. Stoner Francis Page W 1458 1784. Sir Wm. Dolben, Bt. Francis Page 1841. G. G. V. Harcourt C Lord Norreys C 1802. Sir Wm. Dolben, Bt. C J. W. Henley C Sir William Scott C ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 249 1806. Sir William Scott C 651 1841. Sir R. H. Inglis, Bt. C Charles Abbott C 104 T. G. B. Estcourt C Richard Heber C 275 1829, Feb., vice Peel, resigned, on his change of opinion on Catholic Emancipation. Sir Robt. H. Inglis C 755 Sir Robert Peel . C 609 • 1830. Sir R. H. Inglis . C T. G. B. Estcourt.. OXFORD. Edw. I. Pop. 23,834. 1660. James Harley Henry Carew 1690. Sir Edward Norris Henry Bertie C 1705. Sir John Walter Thomas Rowney 1831. Sir R. H. Inglis .. C T. G. B. Estcourt C 1722. Francis Knollys Thomas Rowney 1832. Sir R. H. Inglis, Bt. C T. G. B. Estcourt C 1835. Sir R. H. Inglis,Bt. C T. G. B. Estcourt C 1768. George Nares . C 592 Hon. W. Harcourt C 562 Hon. W. Craven WV 332 1796. Henry Peters C C56 1837. Sir R. H. Inglis, Bt. C T. G. B. Estcourt C Francis Burton C Arthur Annesley .. 562 · • 161 OXFORD CITY. This City is remarkable for an attempt at committing bribery by most of the members of the Corporation. In 1767, Philip Ward, Esq., then Mayor, in conjunc- tion with Thomas Robinson and John Brown, the Bailiffs, and several of the Alder- men, wrote a letter to Sir Thomas Stapleton, Bart. and the Hon. Robt. Lee, their Members, stating that they would elect them again at the next General Election for a certain sum of money, stipulated in that letter, and acquainting them that unless they complied with that condition, they should not meet with their support. This Letter was produced in the House of Commons by the Hon. Members who received it, when it was agreed that the persons concerned in writing it should be taken forthwith into the custody of the sergeant-at-arms. They were accordingly taken, and brought to the House of Commons, and were by them committed to Newgate. After remaining a considerable time, on their petition setting forth to the House their hearty sorrow and sincere contrition for their offence, they were discharged, after being reprimanded on their knees by the speaker, Sir John Cust. 250 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1802. John A. Wright C 838 Francis Burton C 818 J. I. Lockhart C 455 1835. W. H. Hughes Donald Maclean Thomas Stonor . C 1297 C 1223 W 1016 1806. Francis Burton C 836 1837. Donald Maclean C 1249 John A. Wright C 760 William Erle W 1203 J. I. Lockhart C 715 W. H. Hughes C 900 1812. Atkins Wright C J. I. Lockhart C 1841. J. II. Langston.. W 1344 Donald Maclean C 1238 1818. Atkins Wright . C с 580 N. Malcolm C 1031 General St. John W 389 J. I. Lockhart W 353 • • PENRYN AND FALMOUTH. 1820. Sir Chas. Wetherell C J. I. Lockhart • C 1826. J. H. Langston J. I. Lockhart .. W C Cornwall. Mary and Wm. IV. Pop. 12,160. 1660. William Pendarvis John Birch 1830. J. H. Langston.. W 1108 1802. Sir S. Lushington C 94 Sir J. Nicholl C 89 John Milford W 84 • • W. H. Hughes J. I. Lockhart W 1054 Henry Swan W 62 C 750 1831. J. H. Langston.. W 1806. Henry Swan W 166 W. H. Hughes Sir C. Hawkins .. W 137 W J. T. B. Trevanion C 128 1832. J. H. Langston W 1260 W. Wingfield ·· . C 128 Thomas Stonor.. W 953 W. H. Hughes W 919 Sir C. Wetherell C 524 .. 1833, March, vice Stonor. W. H. Hughes W 802 .. Charles Townley W Donald Maclean C 462 1818. Sir C. Hawkins, Bt. 235 Henry Swan 155 J. L. Anderton 145 1826. J. Barclay W 371 W 702 W. Manning W 257 Lord Percival 152 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 251 1831. J. W. Freshfield.. C 336 Charles Stewart .. C 242 Thomas Weeding 1668. Charles Fitzwilliam Gilbert Dolben W 225 1832. R. M. Rolfe W 490 1701. Gilbert Dolben Sidney Montagn Lord Tullamore J. W. Freshfield C 338 Charles Stewart C 83 C 428 1727. J. Earl Fitzwilliam Joseph Banks 1835. J. W. Freshfield .. C 464 R. M. Rolfe Lord Tullamore W 424 1754. Sir M. Lambe Edward Wortley C 397 1790. Hon. L. Damer 1835, vice Rolfe Richard Benyon R. M. Rolfe W 348 1802. F. Lawrence W Lord Tullamore C 326 W. Elliott W • • 1837. Sir R. M. Rolfe W 523 JamesW.Freshfield C 431 Captain Plumridge W 363 1841. Capt. J. C. Vivian W 465 Captain Plumridge W 432 H. Gwyn J. E. Sartoris C 382 C 241 PETERBOROUGH. Northamptonshire. Edw. IV. Pop. 6991. Peterborough has a peculiar jurisdic- diçtion, independent of the county of Northampton, which extends over thirty- two towns and hamlets. The civil Magis- trates are appointed by royal commission and are vested with the same powers as the judges of assize. 1660. Francis St. John Hugh Orme 1807. F. Lawrence W. Elliott 1831. Sir R. Heron, Bt. J. N. Fazakerley W ww W W • • 1832. Sir R. Heron, Bt... W J. N. Fazakerley 1835. J. N. Fazakerley W W 412 .. Sir Robert Heron.. W 358 Walker Ferrand C 281 .. 1837. J. N. Fazakerley W 311 Sir Robert Heron.. W 288 W. E. Surtees 1941. G. W. Fitzwilliam C 234 W 318 Sir Robert Heron.. W 255 T. Gladstone • • C 245 252 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. PETERSFIELD. Hampshire. Edw I. Pop. 521. 1660. Thomas Neal Arthur Bold 1701. Robert Marks Robert Mitchell 1734. Sir Wm. Jolliffe 1761. Johu Jolliffe C Richard Penant C PLYMOUTH, Devonshire. Edw. I. Pop. 36,527. This Borough has, for above a century, been considered as an admiralty borough, and has generally been represented by lords of the Admiralty, or Admirals of the Navy; but when his Royal Highness Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV., did the corporation the honour to become their recorder, they considered them- selves under his royal patronage, and two Gentlemen of his household repre- sented them until the Election for 1818. 1600. William Morrice John Maynard 1802. H. Jolliffe . C William Best . C 1698. John Rodgers Charles Trelawny 1818. Hylton Jolliffe . C Rt. Hon. G.Canning C 1714. Sir George Byng Sir John Rogers 1831. Sir W. G. H. Jolliffe C Hylton Jolliffe C 1761. Sir G. Pocock Lord Barrington 1780. Sir F. L. Rogers, Bt. 161 1832. J. G.S. Lefevre .. W 108 George Darby 113 • • Sir W. G.H. Jolliffe C 102 J. Culme 74 Sir G. B. Rodney, Bt. 21 1835. C. J. Hector . R 103 1784. R. Fanshaw 93 Sir W.G. H.Jolliffe C 87 John Macbride 90 J. P. Bastard 76 1837. Sir W. G. H. Jolliffe C 125 C. J. Hector R 124 1790. Sir A. Gardiner, Bt. 102 Sir F. L. Rogers, Bt. 82 1841. Sir W. G. H. Jolliffe C John Macbride.. 70 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 253 1806. Sir C. M. Pole W 140 T. Tyrwhitt W 130 Sir W. Elford W 54 Thomas B. Bewes W 7 124 1818. Sir W. Congreve, Bt. Sir T. B. Martin Sir C. M. Pole, Bt. 121 51 1828. vice Congreve, deceased. sir G. Cockburn C 1831. Sir T. B. Martin.. W 101 Sir Geo. Cockburn C 91 PONTEFRACT, Yorkshire. Edw. I. Pop. 10,688. This Borough is a solitary instance of the ancient right of voting for represen- tatives being recovered by the "resident inhabitant householders." By the deci- sion of the Committee of the House of Commons, all others have been limited to corporations, burgage-holders, free- holders, freemen obtaining the privilege by birth or apprenticeship or by paying to church and poor. 1660. Sir G. Saville William Lowther Captain Elliot, R.N. W 63 1690. Sir John Bland Henry Dawney 1832. John Collier W T. B. Bewes W 1714. Sir William Lowther Hugh Bethel 1835. John Collier W 720 T. B. Bewes W 687 • Sir G. Cockburn .. C 667 1784. John Smith 302 W. Sotheron, jun. 197 1837. John Collier W 780 T. B. Bewes W 772 Sir G. Cockburn .. C Sir R. W. Winn, Bt... 187 551 1790. John Smyth Hon. P. Blackwood C 464 Viscount Galway 1841. T. Gill W 821 1806. R. P. Milues Lord Ebrington W 787 Alderman Johnson C 552 1846, vice Ebrington, appointed a Lord of the Treasury. Lord Ebrington W 662 H. Vincent R 182 X C 484 Rt. Hon. J. Smyth W 871 Lord Pollington C 324 1807. Lord Pollington.. C 487 C 353 R. P. Milnes Rt. Hon J. Smith W 344 254 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1812. R. P. Milnes C 421 POOLE. Dorsetshire. Hon. H. Lascelles C Lord Pollington .. C 336 311 Edw. III. & Henry IV. Pop. 8,449. 1660. Sir W. Earl 1818. Lord Pollington.. C Thos. Houldsworth C 364 J. Balfour W 60 365 George Cooper 1820. T. Houldsworth.. C 629 Lord Pollington.. C 416 T. S. Duncombe.. W 376 1826. L. G. N. Starkie C 527 1701. Sir William Phippard William Jolliffe 1754. Sir Richard Littleton Joseph Gulston Thos. Houldsworth C 475 John Hardy W 415 1807. John Jeffrey W 55 George Garland C 53 • Sir R. Bickerton.. W 53 1830. Sir C.E. Smith, Bt. C 529 413 Hon.H.Jerningham W Col. R. Torrens.. W 337 1826. B. L. Lester W Hon. W. Ponsonby W 1831. Earl of Mexborough C H.V.S.Jerningham W 1832. B. L. Lester W 284 Sir John Byng W 186 C. A. Tulk W 168 1832. H.V.S.Jerningham W John Gully W 1835. Sir John Byng W 230 C. A. Tulk W 199 1835. John Gully W 509 John Irving C 119 Lord Pollington.. C 498 Alexander Raphael R 478 Bonar C 46 1835, May, vice Byng, a Peer. 1837. Richard M. Milnes C 507 Capt. G. S. Byug W 199 William M.Stanley W 403 Sir G. Grant C 174 Sir C. E. Smith W 123 .. 1837. Charles Ponsonby W 278 1841. Lord Pollington Richard M. Milnes C 464 * George R. Phillips W 259 C 433 Sir H. Willoughby C 242 John Gully W 258 Sir J. B. Walsh.. C 222 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.. 255 1841. Hon. C. Ponsonby W 224 1806, Sir Thos. Miller, Bt. W to G. R. Phillips Captain Rose W 201 .. C 189 1817. Admiral.J.Markham W 1817, Feb., vice Miller, deceased. John Carter W PORTSMOUTH. Hants. 1818. John Carter W Edw. I. & Henry IV. Pop. 53,032. Sir G. Cockburn C 1660. John Bunkley Richard Norton 1820. J. B. Carter W 53 Admiral Markham W 34 Sir Geo. Cockburn C 22 1826,) John B. Carter W to 1831. F. T. Baring W 1690. Edward Russell Nicholas Hedger 1698. Sir George Rooke Thomas Erle 1714. Sir Edward Ernley Sir Charles Wager 1754. Sir W. Rowley Sir Edward Hawke 1780. Hon. R. Monckton W 34 Sir W. Gordon W 20 SirH.Featherstonhaugh 10 1784. Sir.H.Featherstonhaugh W Hon. W. Cornwallis W 1790. SirH.Featherstonhaugh W Hon. Thos. Erskine W 1802. Hon. T. Erskine W Capt. J. Markham W 1832. John B. Carter F. T. Baring Captain Napier 1835. John B. Carter F. T. Baring Sir C. Rowley W 827 W 707 R 258 • • W 643 W 571 C 558 Captain C. Napier R 335 1837. Francis T. Baring W 631 John B. Carter .. W 631 Sir Geo. Cockburn C 519 Lord Fitzharris C 439 1838, vice Carter, deceased. Sir G. T. Staunton W 1839, Aug., vice Baring, Chancel- lor of the Exchequer. Rt. Hon.F.T.Baring W 256 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1841. Rt. Hon.F.T.Baring W 1784. J. Burgoyne W 536 Sir G. T. Staunton W Sir H. Hoghton C 531 R. Clayton 228 M. A. Taylor 225 W 772 PRESTON. Lancashire. Edw. I. & Edw. IV. Pop. 50,131. This Borough has been under the in- fluence and patronage of the Earls of Derby, till 1802, when, by the increase of manufacturers, occasioned by the intro- duction of Cotton Mills by the late me- morable John Horrocks, Es1., who suc- ceeded to a share of the political influence, he opposed the influence of the Larl of Derby, in 1796, &c., without success, but the numbers on the Poll being nearly equal and his interest increasing, the two influences formed a coalition, (or in the modern phrase amalgamated) in 1802, when each party agreed to return one member. 1660. Edward Rigby Jeffrey Rushton 1685. Sir John Chichley Richard Fleetwood 1695. Sir Thomas Stanley Thomas Molineux 1754. Edward Starkey N. Fazakerley 1796. Lord Stanley Sir H. P. Hoghton W 756 John Horrocks 1802, Lord Stanley to 1807. John Horrocks 1807. Lord Stanley John Horrocks Edward Hanson 1812. Samuel Horrocks Edmund Hornby E. Hanson 1818. S. Horrocks E. Hornby Dr. Crompton C 742 W C W 1619 C 1616 • • W 1002 C 1379 W 1368 W 727 C 1694 W 1598 • W 1245 1820. Samuel Horrocks C 1912 Edmund Hornby W 1649 John Williams .. R 1525 Henry Hunt R 1127 1826. Hon. E. G. Stanley W 2944 John Wood W 1973 Capt. Barrie, R.N. C 1654 R 995 William Cobbett.. R 1780. SirH.Hoghton, Bt. C 487 1830. Hon E. G. Stanley W 2996 John Burgoyne W 468 John Wood *.. W 2389 • • J. F. Cawthorne .. C 208 Henry Hunt R 1308 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 257 1830, vice Stanley, Chief Secretary for Ireland. Henry Hunt R 3770 Hon. E. G. Stanley W 3392 1768. H. Vansittart John Dodd 1734. Henry Grey Richard Pottinger C C · 1831. John Wood W Henry Hunt R 1832. P. H. Fleetwood.. C 3372 Hon. H. T. Stanley W 3273 Henry Hunt C 2054 Capt. J. Forbes C. Crompton R 1926 118 1802. F. Annesley . C 386 C. S. Lefevre J. Simeon .. W 344 C 234 1812. C. S. Lefevre W 439 John Simeon J. B. Monck . C 397 C 286 1835. P. H. Fleetwood.. C 2165 Hon. H. T. Stanley W 2092 Lt. Col.T.Thompson R 1385 Egerton Smith R 780 1837. P. H. Fleetwood.. W 2726 Robert T. Parker C 1821 1818. C. S. Lefevre W C. F. Palmer W 1820 J.B. Monck gor Palmyr . C 418 W 399 Joky Weyland 4. W 394 J. Crawford W 1562 Feargus O'Connor R 5 1841. Sir H. Fleetwood W 1655 Sir G. Strickland W 1628 Robt. T. Parker.. C 1270 C. Swainson 1826. John B. Monck 583 George Spence W 488 C. F. Palmer Edward Wakefield W 266 On a scrutiny Mr. Palmer obtained the seat of Mr. Spence. C 1255 1831. C. F. Palmer W READING. C. Russell . .. C Berkshire. Edw. I. Pop. 18,937. 1832. C. F. Palmer W 1663. John Blagrove Thomas Rich 1898. Sir Owen Buckingham Sir John Dalby Charles Russell .. C 、 na 1835. Serjeant Talfourd W 648 Charles Russell D. Oliveira C 441 .. W 384 258 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. Serjeant Talfourd W 468 Charles F. Palmer W 457 RETFORD EAST. Nottinghamshire. Edw. II. Pop. 4,434. Charles Russell C 448 .. 1841. Charles Russell Lord Chelsea T. Mills C 562 C 552 1160. Thomas Fitz Gerrard William Hickman • • W 403 W. Cooke W 390 1706. Sir H. Wastneys • Richard Molesworth REIGATE. Surrey. Edw. 1. Pop. 4,415. 1660. John Heal Edward Thurland 1796. William Petrie W 84 Sir W. Amcotts, Bt. W 68 John Blackburn C 60 1832. Robert Crawford C 85 1701. Sir John Parsons Stephen Harvey John Jaffray C 77 William Bowles W 65 Henry Bonham W 59 1747. Charles Yorke .. c Charles Cocks C 1790. Hon. J. S. Cocks.. C 1806. Robert Crawford C 98 • Thomas Hugham C C 80 Sir W. Ingilby, Bt. W 69 J. S. Yorke . C 1807. Hon. E. C. Cocks.. C Lord Royston C 1826. W. B. Wrightson.. W Sir R. L. Dundas.. W 1831. Joseph Yorke C 1831. G. H. Vernon W 1079 Capt. C. P. Yorke.. C Lord Newark . W 954 Hon. A. Duncombe C 610 1832. Lord Eastnor C 101 Lord Garvagh W • • 1882. G. H. Vernon 1835. Lord Eastnor . C 85 Moore W 14 Lord Newark Sir John Beckett W 1311 W 1159 • C 970 1837. Lord Eastnor . C 1835. G. H. Vernon . W 1286 1841. Lord Eastnor C 100 Hon. A. Duncombe C 1252 Dr. Bedford R 9 Lord C. P. Clinton C 1164 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 259 1837. G. H. Vernon C 1372 Hon. A. Duncombe C 1352 John Mason W 1234 1841. G. H. Vernon C Hon. A. Duncombe C 1839, March, vice Dundas, a Peer. Sir R. L. Dundas.. W 162 Miles T. Stapleton C 80 1841, Feb., vice Speirs, deceased. Hon. G. Fitzwilliam W RICHMOND. Yorkshire. Elizabeth. Pop. 4,300. 1660. Sir C. Wyvill James Darcy 1690. Sir M. Milbank Sir Thomas Bathurst 1841. Hon. J. C. Dundas W Hn.W.N.R.Colborne W 1846, vice Colborne, deceased. Henry Rich • .. W 1846, July, vice Rich, appointed & Lord of the Treasury. Henry Rich .. W 1701. John Hutton Thomas York 1754. Lord Ancram Thomas York 1768. Thomas Craddock W 245 Humphrey Wharton W 214 Col. Duke D'Arcy.. C 96 1790. Earl of Inchiquin.. W Hon. L. Dundas W 1807. Hon. C. L. Dundas W Arthur Shakespeare W RIPON. Yorkshire. Edw. VI. Pop. 5,927. This Borough has been under the in- fluence of the Aislabies, and the late Miss Lawrence, of Studley Royal, for 150 years, whose respective families and friends have represented it without oppo- sition until after the passing of the cele- brated Reform Bill, when two opposition candidates successfully contested the borough. 1660. Edmund Jennings C John Lambert C 1831, to 1835. Sir R. L. Dundas W Hon. J. C. Dundas W 1088. Sir John Jennings Sir E. Blackett C .. C 1835 to 1839. Hon. T. Dundas W Alexander Speirs W 1702. Sir W. Hustler .. C .. C John Sharp 260 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1761. William Laurence C William Aislaby .. C 1784. William Laurence.. C Hon, F. Robinson C 1790. William Laurence C Sir G. Allansou Winn C 1802. Sir J. Graham, Bt. C John Heathcote C C 1841. J. Pemberton Sir E. Sugden . C 1841, Sept., vice, Sugden, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Sir G. Cockburn .. C 1843, March, vice Pemberton, re- sigued. T. B. Smith C 1807. Hon. F. Robinson C George Gipps .. C 1826. Rt.Hn.F.J. Robinson C Launcelot Shadwell C 1846, July, vice Smith, appointed Master of the Rolls for Ireland. Edwin Lascelles .. C ROCHDALE. Lancashire. Wm. IV. Pop. 24,091. 1828, vice Shadwell, appointed Vice Chancellor. 1832. John Fenton W 277 Sir R. H. Inglis, Bt. C John Entwistle C 246 Taylor R 109 1831. L. A. Petit C George Spence . C 1835. John Entwistle .. C 369 John Fenton W 326 • • 1832. T. K. Staveley W 168 J. S. Crompton Sir J. C. Dalbiac.. C 162 W. Markham W 168 1837, April, vice Entwistle, dec. C 159 John Fenton Clement Royds W 283 • . C 239 1835. Sir J. C. Dalbiac .. C 246 J. Pemberton J. K. Staveley C 235 W 125 1837. John Fenton Captain Ramsay W 374 • C 349 1837. J. Pemberton C 1841. W. S. Crawford .. R 397 Sir E. Sugden .. C James Fenton .. C 335 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 261 { ROCHESTER. Kent. 1831. Ralph Bernal John Mills . W с Edw. I. Pop. 11,743. 1660. Sir Francis Clark Sir William Battin 1832. Ralph Bernal John Mills W 334 C 334 G. Collingwood W 293 1668. Sir John Banks Sir R. Twisden 1895. Sir Cloudesley Shovel Sir Joseph Williamson Sir Cloudesley was lost with the Fleet off the Iland of Scilly. 1702. E. Knatchbull William Cage 1714. Sir Thomas Palmer Sir John Jennings 1835. Ralph Bernal .. W 502 T. Twisden Hodges W 443 Lord C. Wellesley 1837. Ralph Bernal C 442 W 489 Thos. B. Hobhouse W 473 Jas. D. D. Douglas C 445 Hon. Capt. Best .. C 412 1841. J. S. Douglas . C 546 W. H. Bodkin . C 506 Lord Melgund W 498 J. Dashwood W 485 1768. John Calcraft William Gordon 1802. Sir Sidney Smith.. 421 RUTLANDSHIRE. Edw. III. Pop. 19,385. James Hulkes 418 1660. S. Brown George Smith 44 P. Sherrard J. R. Head 11 1806. John Calcraft W 575 1615. Sir T. Mackworth Baptist Noel W 393 1695. Lord Burleigh James Barnett Sir Sidney Smith.. C 382 1807. Sir J. B. Thomson W 382 John Calcraft Sir Thomas Trigge C 306 1826. Hon. H. Dundas .. W Ralph Bernal .. W B. Sherrard W 362 1715. Lord Finch John Noel 1722. Lord Finch Sir T. Mackworth, Bt. 262 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1747. Hon. J. Noel Lord Burghley 1840, vice Noel, resigned. Hon. C. G. Noel W 1754. Thomas Noel 277 Lord Burghley 269 1841. G. J. Heathcote W 767 Hon.W.H. Dawnay C 676 Hon. E. Finch 106 Hon. C. G. Noel W 664 1784. Thomas Noel G. B. Brudenell 1846, vice Dawnay, resigned. George Finch C 1796. G. N. Edwards Sir W. Lowther, Bt. 1807. G. Noel Lord Henniker .. C RYE. Sussex. Henry III. Pop. 7,667. 1660. Henry Morley William Hay 1818. Sir G. N. Noel, Bt. C Sir G. Heathcote, Bt. W 1698. Sir John Austin Joseph Offley 1826. Sir G. N. Noel, Bt. C Sir G. Heathcote, Bt. W 1831. Sir G. N. Noel, Bt. C Sir G. Heathcote, Bt. W 1832. Sir G. N. Noel, Bt. C Sir G. Heathcote, Bt. W 1835. Sir G. N. Noel, Bt. C SirG.Heathcote,Bt. W 1837. Sir G. N. Noel, Bt. C SirG.Heathcote,Bt W 1838, vice Noel, deceased. Hon. W. M. Noel W 1708. Sir John Norris Philip Gibbon 1754. Philip Gibbon George Onslow 1802. Lord Hawkesbury Thomas D. Lamb 1807. S. R. Lushington C Sir William Elford C 1831. Col. De Lacy Evans R Thos. Pemberton C 1832. Capt. E. B. Curteis W 162 Lt.Col.De L. Evans R 128 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 263 1835. Capt. E. B. Curteis W 211 Capt.T.Monypenny C 101 1837. Capt.T.Monypenny C 1811. Herbert B. Curteis W 252 Chas. H. Frewen C 108 W 1837. W. B. Brodie Wadham Wyndham C 1841. Wadham Wyndham C W. B. Brodie 366 WV 293 • • Hon. A. J. Astley C 234 1843, Nov.,vice Wyndham,deceased. J. H. Campbell C 317 Hon.D. P. Bouverie W 270 SALISBURY. Wiltshire. Edw. I. Pop. 11,676. 1660. Henry Eyre E. Tooker 1698. Charles Fox Robert Eyre 1741. Sir E. Seymour Sir Jacob Bouverie 1768. Hon. E. Bouverie W Stephen Fox C 1807. William Hussey.. W Viscount Folkstone W SALFORD. Lancashire. Wm. IV. Pop. 66,624. 712 1832. Joseph Brotherton W William Garnett C 518 1835. Joseph Brotherton W 795 John Dugdale C 572 • 1837. Joseph Brotherton W 890 William Garnett.. C SSS 1841. Joseph Brotherton W 990 William Garnett C 873 1831. Hon. D.P.Bouverie W Wadham Wyndham C 1832. W. B. Brodie W 302 Wadham WyndhamC 268 Hon.D.P.Bouverie W 265 SANDWICH. Kent. Edw. III. Pop. 11,194. 1660. Henry Oxenden James Thurbane 1701. Sir James Oxenden Sir H. Furnese 1835. W. B. Brodie W 1780. Phillip Stephens Sir Richard Sutton Wadham Wyndham C 264 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1802. Sir P. Stephens, Bt. Sir H. Mann, Bt. 1806. Sir H. Mann, Bt. 1841. Sir T. Troubridge W H. H. Lindsay C Capt. T. F. Fremantle,R.N. 1807. Admiral P. Rainier 171 Hon. C. C. Jenkinson 153 Sir H. Mann, Bt. 149 1812. Sir S. Yorke, Bt. J. Marryatt 1820. Sir G. Warrender, Bt. SCARBOROUGH. Yorkshire. Edw. I. Pop. 9,953. 1660. Luke Robinson John Legard 1701. Sir Charles Hotham William Thompson 1747. Edmund Lascelles R. Handasyde 1774. Earl of Tyrconnel Sir H. Palliser, Bt. - J. Marryatt 1831. Joseph Marryatt W 491 SirE.T.Troubridge W 397 S. G. Price • C 297 1784. Earl of Tyrconnel G. Osbaldeston 31 20 1832. Joseph Marryatt W 495 Hon. C. Phipps 13 SirE.T.Troubridge W 485 S. G. Price . C Sir E. Owen 361 с 265 1802. Hon. E. Phipps.. C 33 Lord R. Manners C 27 John Woodall W 7 1835. S. G. Price C 553 Sir E.T. TroubridgeW 405 Sir E. Owen 386 1806. Hon. E. Phipps C C. M. Sutton C C 1837. SirE.T.Troubridge W 406 Sir James Carnac W 401 S. G. Price C 370 Sir Brook Bridges C 330 1841, vice Donkin, deceased. 1818. C. M. Sutton Lord Normanby C W 1820, vice Normanby resigned. Hon. E. Phipps C 1826. H. H. Lindsay C 406 Rt. Hon.C.M.SuttonC to Colonel Fox W 360 1832. Hon. E. Phipps C ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 265 • 1832. Sir John Johnson W 285 Sir George Cayley W 255 Sir F. W. Trench.. C 145 1835. Sir F. W. Trench.. C 176 1807. Rt. Hon.T.Wallace C 361 E. L. Loveden C 361 Paul Methuen W 129 W. H. Beach W 129 Sir John Johnstone C 161 Sir George Cayley W 122 1831. Edward Penrhyn W. L. Maberly W W 1837. Sir F. W. Trench.. C 225 Sir Thos. C. Style W 211 SirJ.I.B.Johnstone C 192 1832. John S. Poulter Edward Penrhyn W 318 C 210 W. S. Best 1835. John S. Poulter W 237 C 148 1841. Sir J. Johnstone C 296 Sir F. Trench Hon. E. Phipps C 253 W 237 1837. John S. Poulter.. W 224 Capt. G. Mathew C 202 1841. Lord Howard W 219 SHAFTESBURY, Dorsetshire. Edw. I. and Wm. IV. 1 M.P. Pop. 9462. 1660. James Baker Thomas Grove 1095. Sir M. Andrews Sir E. Nicholas 1747. William Beckford Cuthbert Ellison Capt. G. Mathew C 202 1845, March, vice Howard, a Peer. R. Brinsley Sheridan W SHEFFIELD. Yorkshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 109,597. 1832. John Parker W 1515 J. S. Buckingham R 1498 T. A. Ward R 1210 • 1774. Francis Sykes W Samuel Bailey W 813 • · Thomas Rumbold W 1835. John Parker W 1607 1790. Charles Duncombe W William Graut TV J. S. Buckingham R 1554 Samuel Bailey W 1434 1802. E. L. Loveden C 211 1836, August, vice Parker. Robert Hurst 0 208 John Parker W 414 Sir Mark Wood W 109 John Bell R James Dashwood W 106 Bell retired before the poll. Y 266 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. John Parker Henry G. Ward W 2186 R 1976 1807. Sir C. M. Burrell C 478 John Thorneley R 655 SirTimothy Shelley W Cecil Bishop . C 449 300 1826. SirC.M.Burrell, Bt. C 865 1841. John Parker H. G. Ward D. Urquhart W 1853 Henry Howard W 545 R 1812 • • 1 E. B. Sugden C 483 C 509 W. Sheppard . C C 460 1831. Sir C. M. Burrell C W 1846, vice Parker and Ward, ac- cepted office. Henry Howard 1832. Sir C. M. Burrell.. C John Parker W H. G. Ward W SHOREHAM. Sussex. Edw. I. Pop. 27,980. 1660. Thomas Middleton Henry Ravenscourt 1085. Sir E. Hungerford Sir Richard Hadock 1714. Sir G. Page Sir N. Gould 1761. Lord Middleton Lord Pollington 785 H. Dent Goring.. W G. F. Jones 774 W 406 1835. Sir C. M. Burrell C H. Dent Goring.. W 1837. H. Dent Goring WV 850 Sir C. M. Burrell David Solomons C 773 R 619 1841. Sir C. M. Burrell C C 959 C. Young C 8561 Lord C. Howard W 576 1 SHREWSBURY. Shropshire. Edw. I. Pop. 21,517. 1660. Samuel Jones Thomas Jones 1784. John Peachey Sir Cecil Bishop C , W 1687. Sir F. Edwards Andrew Newport 1790. John Aldridge W 379 Sir H. Goring Bt. W 379 Sir C. Bishop, Bt. C 320 1710. Richard Mytton Edvard Cresset ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 267 1768. Noel Hill Lord Clive 1835. Sir John Hanmer C 760 J. C. Pelham C 627 Robert A. Slaney W 584 1796. Sir W. Pulteney 370 • Hon. W. Hill 212 1837. Richard Jenkins C 700 John Hill 153 Robert A. Slaney W W 697 This election is said to have cost the Candidates upwards of £100,000. J. C. Pelham C 655 G. H. Dashwood W 537 1800. Hon. W. Hill . C 589 Hon. H. G. Bennet C 370 Thomas Jones W 351 1841. Colonel Tomline C 793 B. D'Israeli C 785 1807. Hon. W. Hill . C 521 Sir L. P. J. Parry W C. Temple 605 W 578 Thomas Jones Hon. H.G. Bennet C 312 IV 334 SHROPSHIRE. Edward III. Pop. 239,048. 1812. Hon. H. G. Bennet W 721 1660. Sir William Whitmore Sir R. Hill C 512 B. Benyon W 336 Henry Vernon 1826. Panton Corbett C 627 1661. Sir Francis Rawleigh Sir Richard Okeley Robert A. Slaney W 387 T. Bycott C 283 1690. Richard Newport E. Kynaston 1830. Richard Jenkins C 754 R. A. Slaney Panton Corbett C 445 W 563 1714. Lord Newport .. Sir R. Corbett 1761. Sir John Ashley Richard Lyster 1831. Robert A. Slaney W 178 Richard Jenkins.. C 175 T. Bycott C 124 Richard Potter W 103 1832. Sir John Hanmer C SOS Robert A. Slaney W 797 J. C. Pelham C 1790. Sir R. Hill, Bt. John Kynaston 1802. Sir R. Hill, Bt. 634 John Coates 268 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1807. J. Kynaston Powell C 1768. Sir John Sydenham John Cotes C 1807, vice Coates, deceased. Rowland Hill C Sir Hugh Smith 1710. Sir W. Wyndham Sir Thomas Wroth 1823, vice Powell, deceased. J. C. Pelham . C 1784. Sir J. Trevelyan, Bt. E. Phillips 1831. Sir R. Hill, Bt. C 1787 1796. W. G. Egerton J. C. Pelham C 1319 .. W. Dickinson W. Lloyd W 827 J. Mytton W 376 1807. William Dickinson C 3651 NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 120,681. 1832. Sir Rowland Hill C 2981 John Cotes W 2117 Wm. Ormsby Gore C 2012 T. B. Lethbridge W. G. Langston .. W 2229 C 2896 1818. W. Dickinson C 2830 W. G. Langston.. W 2435 Sir T. B.Lethbridge C 2024 1835, to Sir Rowland Hill C 1841. Wm. Ormsby Gore C SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 118,367. 1832, Earl of Darlington C to 1841. Hon. R. H. Clive C 1842, vice Darlington, a Peer. Lord Newport • . C SOMERSETSHIRE. 1826. William Dickinson C 1812 Sir T.B.Lethbridge C 1712 Henry Hunt R 309 1831. W. G. Langston.. W E. A. Sanford . W EAST DIVISION. Pop. 253,717. 1832. W. G. Langston.. W 4349 W. B. Brigstock.. W 4003 William Miles C 3603 Edw. III. Pop. 435,982. 1835, 1660. George Horner Col. W.G.Langston W Hugh Smith to 1841. William Miles.. C 1 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 269 WEST DIVISION. 1780. John Fuller 264 Pop. 182,265. Hans Sloane 249 1832. E. A. Sanford W 4818 John Fleming 237 C. K. Tynte . W 4283 .. Bickham Escolt .. C 1453 1802. George Henry Rose C 411 James Amyatt William Scott 1835. E. A. Sanford W 3771 C. K. Tynte Bickham Escott W 3586 1806. Arthur Atherley 385 24 W 485 C 2766 .. George Henry Rose C 382 J. Jackson 1837. T. D. Acland, jun. E A. Sanford C 3852 W 3547 1812. Arthur Atherley · C 280 .. W 465 C. K. Tynte W 4150 F. H. Dickenson.. C 3420 George Henry Rose C 383 W. Chamberlayne.. W 301 1841. T. D. Acland . C 1820. W. Chamberlayne 577 F. H. Dickenson.. C Sir W. De Crespigny W 379 Lord Ashtown C 296 SOUTHAMPTON. Hants. Edw I. Pop. 27,744. 1660. William Stanley Robert Richbell 1831. Arthur Atherley W 727 J. S. Penleaze James B. Hoy W 629 C 385 1690. Sir C. Wyndham Sir B. Newland 1832. Arthur Atherley James B. Hoy W 645 .. C 604 J. S. Penleaze James Mackillop W 594 • C 249 • . 1835. J. B. Hoy C 508 1705. Lord Woodstock Abel Rous Dottin.. C 492 Adam Cardonnell John Easthope W 423 P. Bingham W 371 1741. Edward Gibbon Peter Delme 1761. Hans Stanley Henry Dawkins 1837. Capt. A. R. Dottin C 587 Lord Duncan WV 564 C. Martyn C 543 Lord C. Paget W 509 270 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1841. Lord Bruce C 619 1698. John Cholmondeley C. C. Martyn C 645 Charles Cox E. J. Hutchins W 556 Captain Mangles .. W 553 1710. Sir Charles Cox Sir G. Matthews 1842, Aug., vice Bruce, a peer, and Martyn unseated for bribery. 1734. George Heathcote Thomas Inwen H. St. J. Mildmay C 685 G. W. Hope C 682 1743. W. Hammond... 863 Lord Nugent R 535 A. Hume 792 G. Thompson R 532 1747. A. Hume 1150 SOUTH SHIELDS. Durham. Wm. IV. Pop. 9,082. W. Belchier 830 Sir J. Creed 778 • 1761. Alexander Hume 950 1832. Robert Ingham C 205 George Palmer C 108 Joshua Mawbey.. 949 W. Hammond 608 W. Gowan W 105 R. Bowlby W 2 1768. H. Thrale C 1248 1835. Robert Ingham C 273 Sir Joshua Mawbey W 1159 W. Belchier 994 R. Bowlby W 128 1837. Robert Ingham .. C 1780. Sir R. Hotham .. C 1300 Nathaniel Polhill W 1138 1841. J. T. Wawn .. R 240 H. Thrale C 855 Robert Ingham C 207 G. Fyler C 34 1796. Henry Thornton C 1540 SOUTHWARK. Surrey. Edw. I. Pop. 142,620. 1660. John Langham Thomas Bludworth Chas. Thellusson C 1373 George Tierney W 976 1802. Henry Thornton C 1807 George Tierney W 1341 Sir T. Turton, Bt. C 1183. ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 271 Geo. Tierney W 1573 Sir T. Turton, Bt. 1492 1806. Sir T. Turton C 1753 Henry Thornton.. C 1592 Rt. Hon. G. Tierney W. 1349 1803, vice Tierney, appointed Treasurer of the Navy. 1832. William Brougham W 2264 John Humphery.. W 1708 L. B. Allen W 1040 1835. John Humphery.. W D. W. Harvey R 1837. John Humphery 1807. Sir T. Turton C 2152 C 1824 Henry Thornton Charles Calvert .. W 1034 1812. Charles Calvert .. W 2180 Henry Thornton C 1801 W. J. Burdett R 542 1818. Charles Calvert W 1941 D. Whittle Harvey R 1927 John Richards . C 847 1841. John Humphery.. W Benjamin Wood.. W 1845, vice Wood, deceased. Sir W. Molesworth, R 1943 J. Pilcher C 1182 Edward Miall R 352 Sir R. Wilson C. Barclay W 1932 • R 1377 C 1090 1820. Charles Calvert W STAFFORDSHIRE. Pop. 510,504. Sir R. Wilson W 1660. Edward Bagot William Snead 1826. Charles Calvert .. W 1807 Sir R. Wilson E. Polhill W 1712 1698. Edward Bagot C 1342 Henry Paget 1830. J. R. Harris W 1661 1722. W. Leveson Gower C Sir R. Wilsou W 1131 Lord Paget . W C. Calvert . W 995 • 1747. Sir W. W. Bagot, Bt. 2654 1831, vice Harris, deceased. C. Calvert W 1066 Hon. W. E. Gower J. Crewe 2602 2433 T: Farncomb . C 643 • Sir R. Wrottesley, Bt. 2421 1831. Charles Calvert W William Brougham W 1784. Sir E. Lyttleton, Bt. W Sir J. Wrottesley, Bt W 272 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. x 1790. Sir E. Lyttleton, Bt. W Lord Gower W 1807. Sir F. Lyttleton, Bt. W Lord G. L. Gower C 1820. E. J. Lyttleton Sir J. Wrottesley, Bt. W • 1831. E. J. Lyttleton Sir J. Wrottesley W 1835. Hon.E.J. Lyttleton W Sir J. Wrottesley W 1835, May, vice Littleton, a Peer. Sir F. Goodricke C 1773 Colonel Anson W 1559 1837.. Col. George Anson W 3173 Lord Ingestre R. Dyott C 3126 C 3046 Sir J. Wrottesley W 2993 1841. Hon. George Anson W NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 265,746. Lord Ingestre . C 1832. Sir O. Mosley • W 4777 Edward Buller W 4595 Jesse Walts Russell C 3387 1840, July, vice Anson, appointed Clerk of Ordnance. Col. G. Anson .. W 1835. Sir O. Mosley W Edward Buller W STAFFORD. Edw. I. Pop. 9215. 1000. Sir C. Willoughby 1837. Hon. W. B. Baring C 4232 John Swinson Edward Buller W 3182 Sir Oswald Mosley W 2351 1688. Philip Foley Walter Chetwynd 1841. D. W. Russell .. C C. B. Adderley с 1734. Thomas Foley Lord Chetwynd SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 214,758. 1832. Hon.E.J.Lyttleton W Sir J. Wrottesley W 1780. Hon. E. Monckton C 258 R. B. Sheridan W 248 Richard Whitworth C 168 1833, June, vice Lyttleton. 1790. Hon. E. Monckton C Hon. E. J.Lyttleton W 439 Lord Ingestre R. B. Sheridan 264 W 264 C 6 G. Sloper W 182 Lord Ingestre retired before the Poll. B. B. Hopkins C 145 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 273 1806. R. M. Phillips C 412 Hon. E. Monckton C 408 Thomas Sheridan W .. 1820. George Chetwynd W 322 Benjamin Benyon C 300 165 R. Ironmonger C 245 1807. Hon. E. Monckton C 419 1826. R. Ironmonger.. C 609 R. M. Phillips C 319 Sir Oswald Mosley W 285 R. Benson C 487 • John Campbell W 406 1812. Ralph Benson R. B. Sheridan C 482 1831. John Campbell W 556 Thomas Wilson C 347 Thomas Gisborne R 522 W 255 Thomas Hawkes C 416 340 C 254 W 150 1818. Benjamin Benyon C Samuel Humfray G. Macauley William Blount W 476 R. B. SHERIDAN, ESQ., EXPENSES AT THE BOROUGH OF STAFFORD FOR ELECTION,-ANNO. 1781. 248 Burgesses paid £5. 5s, each .£1302 0 0 1832. W. F. Chetwynd W 739 R. H. Gronow W 520 .. Yearly Expenses since. £. s. d 23 6 6 • House Rent and Taxes Servant at 6s. per week, board wages Ditto, yearly wages Coals, &c. Ale Tickets Half the Member's Plate.. Swearing young Burgesses Subscription to the Infirmary Do. Clergymen's Widows Ringers : : : 15 12 0 8 8 0 10 0 0 .. 40 0 0 : 25 0 0 .. 10 0 0 5 5 0 : 57 6 6 2 2 0 4 4 0 86 11 0 One year Multiplied by years 143 17 6 6 863 5 0 Total expense of six years' parliament, exclusive of expense incurred during the time of election, and your own annual expenses £2165 5 0 (Moore's Life of Sheridan, vol. 1, page 405. 274 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. | 1835. F. H. Goodricke C 605 Captain Chetwynd W 456 Robert Farrand.. C C 312 Captain Gronow W 246 Sir C. Wolseley R 29 1835, vice Goodricke, resigned. Robert Farrand C 1796. Lord Bingham C .. 378 T. S. D. Bucknall C 308 Sir F.Waddington W 207 1807. Joseph Halsey . C 223 Hon.J.W.Grimston C 288 Lord Duncannon W 275 1837. Major Chetwynd W 565 Robert Ferrand C 504 1818. W. T. Roberts W 305 Lord C.S. Churchill C 289 Christopher Smith C 217 Hon. W. H. Baring C 464 William Blount W 348 1830. Lord Grimston .. C 495 1841. Hon.Capt.Carnegie C 681 Charles Tennant W 311 Henry Gally Knight W 281 Edward Buller W 587 W. Holmes . C C 339 1831. Sir F. Vincent W 421 ST. ALBANS. Richard Godson Lord Grimston W 406 C 297 Herts. Edw. I. & Edw. VI. Pop. 6497. 1660. Richard Jennings William Foxwist 1832. Sir F. Vincent W 392 Henry G. Ward J. H. Turner . C W 371 337 1688. Sir S. Grimston .. C George Churchhill W 1835. Hon. E. Grimston C 360 Henry G. Ward.. W 284 H. Beresford . C 237 1727. Lord Grimston .. C Caleb Lomax 1837. Hon.E.H.GrimstonC 361 G. A. Muskett W 348 1784. Hon. W. Grimston C 276 W. C. Sloper C 253 Lord Fairford W 231 B. B. Cabbell .. C 219 1790. Lord R. Bingham C John Calvert, jun, C 1841, Feb.,vice Grimston, resigned. Lord Listowel W 251 B. B. Cabbell с · 205 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 275 1841. G. W. Repton C 290 1831. James Halse C Lord Listowel W 257 E. G. E. L. Bulwer W H. T. Worley C 251 G. A. Muskett W 159 1846, Aug., vice Listowel. 1832. James Halse W. M. Praed Lewis Stephens C 302 C 168 C 139 • • B. B. Cabbell .. C 201 Lord Listowel W 149 .. 1837. James Halse W. T. Praed . C 272 .. C 223 ST. IVES. Cornwall. Philip and Mary. Pop. 5666. 1660. James Praed E. Noseworthy 1698. Sir C. Wyndham James Praed 1838, May, vice Halse, deceased. W. T. Praed C 256 Captain Stephens C 248 1841. W. T. Praed Edwin Ley C 272 W 268 1714. Lord H. Pawlet Sir John Hobart 1768. Thomas Dorrant .. C 108 C 107 A. Drummond Maj. Jas. Johnstone W 81 Dr. John Stevens W 71 1806. Samuel Stephens.. C 135 Francis Horner Symes Montgomery 1820. James Grahamı STAMFORD, Lincolnshire. Edw. I. Pop. 7384. 1660. John Hatchmer John Weaver 1701. Charles Cecil Charles Bertie C 128 W 95 1790. Sir G. Howard Earl Carysfort ·· W 86 W Lyndon Evelyn . C 1812. Evan Foulkes .. C 360 Lord Henneker C 354 Gerard Noel Noel W 272 .. 1830. T.P.T.L. Wellesley W James Morrison W 1818. Lord T. Cecil C Hou. W. H. Percy C 276 ENGLISH FARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1831. Lord T. Cecil . C 390 Charles Tennyson W 356 Thomas Choplin C 302 1845, vice Clerk, appointed Master of the Mint. Sir George Clerk.. C 1832. Thomas Chaplin C C 526 George Finch . C 463 STOCKPORT. Cheshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 50,154. Captain Gregory 1835. Lt. Col. T. Chaplin C W 296 1832. Thomas Marsland J. H. Lloyd H. Marsland C 551 R 444 • W 431 E. D. Davenport .. W 237 G. Finch C 1835. H. Marsland 1837. Lt. Col. T. Chaplin C Marquis of Granby C 1838, vice Chaplin, resigned. Sir George Clerk.. C 1841. Marquis of Granby C Sir George Clerk.. C T. Marsland E. D. Davenport 1837. Major T. Marsland H. Marsland Richard Cobden 1841. H. Marsland W 583 C 482 W 361 • C 480 W 171 • R 418 · W 569 R 543 *R. Cobden Major T. Marsland C 351 *R. COBDEN'S LETTER TO THE FARMING TENANTRY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. Gentlemen,-The question for you now to determine is, shall the repeal of the Corn Law be gradual or immediate? Deny it who may, this is the only question that deserves a moment's consideration at your hands. Public opinion has decreed that protection to both agriculture and manufactures shall be abolished; aud ministers and statesmen have at last reluctantly bowed to a power from which there is no appeal. Let no designing or obtuse politicians delude you with the cry that the House of Lords, or a dissolution of Parliament, can prevent the repeal of the Corn Law. All men of average sagacity are now agreed that free trade in corn and manufactures is inevitable. How, then, shall we apply this new principle?— timidly and gradually, like children, or boldly and at once, as becomes men and Englishmeu? Upon this point, I wish to submit to your consideration a few remarks, which I believe to be of the utmost importance to your interests; they are offered in good faith by one who has sprung from your own ranks, and who, al- though deemed by some to be your enemy, will, I hope, live to be regarded as a promoter of the independence and prosperity of the farming tenantry of the kingdom. ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 277 1 STOKE-UPON-TRENT. Staffordshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 67,798. 1832. J. Wedgewood W 822 Y 1835. J. Davenport C R. E. Heathcote W John Davenport C 625 R. E. Heathcote.. W 588 Mason 217 1836, vice Heathcote, resigned. Hon. Col. G. Anson W The government measure proposes to abolish the Corn Law in February, 1849, putting on for the three intervening years a new scale of duties, sliding from 10s. to 4s. The moment this law is passed, the duty will drop from 15s. to 4s. Here will be change the first, fright the first, and with many, I fear, panic the first. But there will be no settlement. You will not be able to foretell whether the duty during the years 1847 and 1848 will be 4s. or 10s. It is quite probable that in February, 1849, the duty will be 10s.; if so, on the 1st of that month it will drop again sud- denly, from 10s. to 1s. Here will be change the second, fright the second, and possibly, panic the second. The fall of duty in these two changes would have amounted to, first, from 15s, to 4s. ; next, from 10s. to 1s., making, together, 20s.; but mark, if the duty were immediately reduced, from 15s. to ls., the fall would be only 14s. So that by this clumsy contrivance you are not only to be kept for three years in a state of suspense and embarrassment, and exposed to double panics, but are liable to a drop of 20s. instead of 14s, duty; you are actually subjected to the shock of the withdrawal of 6s. more of protection! But this is only a small part of the danger to which you will be exposed by the delay. From the moment that the new Corn Law is passed, foreigners and corn importers will begin to make preparations for the day of its extinction; they dread a sliding scale in any shape, owing to former losses, and will keep their eyes stead- ily fixed upon the 1st of February, 1849. What a precious policy is this, which advertises for three years to all the land- owners and speculators of the entire world, offering them a premium to hold back their supplies, and then to pour upon our markets, in one day, a quantity of coin, which, but for this contrivance, might have been spread over 12 or 18 months. And what may your fate be under these probable circumstances? Supposing the crop of 1848 to be abundant in this country, you will be liable, in the spring of 1849, to the sudden and unnatural influx of the corn accumulated by foreigners for this market, which must be sold here, having no other market, thus beating down price's artificially, to the loss of all parties, but more especially of the British farmer. How different would be the operations of an immediate repeal of the corn law. There would then be no stock of foreign corn waiting for the opening of our ports. Nobody expected last year in Poland or America that the English corn law would be repealed-nobody prepared for it; not a bushel of grain was raised upon the chance of such an unlooked for contingency. Is there an intelligent farmer in the kingdom that will not at once exclaim, "If we are to have a repeal of the corn law, give us it this spring, when the foreigner is unprepared for it, and when not a Z PRAZNIŽKY, NA 音 ​278 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1887. W. T. Copeland.. C 681 STROUD. Gloucestershire. John Davenport C 670 Wm. IV. Pop. 37,668. M. Bridges R 472 1832. W. H. Hyett W 985 F. B. Sheridan WV 469 D. Ricardo W 585 • G. P. Scrope W 562 1841. L. Ricardo W 881 1835. G. P. Scrope W 866 611 Lt. Col. C. R. Fox J. C. Symons W 739 W 183 Alderman Copeland C Hon. J. D. Ryder C 495 single quarter of corn sown after the news reaches him, can be brought to this mar- ket in less than 18 months." But the present is, beyond all comparison, the most favourable moment ever known for abolishing the corn law. If ever it could be repealed without even tem- porary inconvenience to the farmer, this is the time. There is a scarcity at present over nearly all the continent One half of Europe is competing for the scanty surplus stock of grain in America. Millions of our countrymen are deprived of their ordinary subsistence by the disease of the potato, and they must be sustained at the public expense upon a superior food. Do what we will, we cannot, during the present year, secure low prices. Abolish the corn law to-morrow, and still wheat must rise during the spring and summer. If the farmers had the power of ordering time and circumstances, they could not contrive a juncture more favour- able to them than the present for the total and immediate repeal of the corn law. Nay, I believe that if the corn law could be abolished by a secret edict to morrow, the farmers would never make the discovery of open ports by any injurious effect produced upon their interests. I cannot believe that Sir R. Peel is favourable to the gradual repeal; he sup- ported it by no other argument in his speech than the fear of panic amongst the farmers; but he has told us, again and again, in proposing his former alterations in the tariff, that he believes all such changes are less injurious, if suddenly made, than when spread over a period of years. I have the strongest conviction, derived from his own past changes in the tariff, that he is right. Why then should you, in deference to unfounded fears, be deprived of the benefits of experience? If you speak ont in favour of an immediate settlement, who will oppose your wishes? Not the Government: they are anxious, so far as public opinion and the exigencies of the moment will allow, to conciliate your favour: not the great landed proprie- tors, whose interests and yours are in this respect identical, who desire also, on political grounds, to put a period to an agitauon, the prolonged duration of which they believe to be injurious, and who would willingly take any step which shall at once consult your interests and dissolve the League. Let me entreat you to take this subject into your instant and earnest considera- tion. Do me the justice to believe that I have no other object in view in writing this letter but to serve your interests. If you should be induced to concur in its ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 279 1837. G. Poulett Scrope W 698 Lord John Rsssell W Serjeant Adams .. C 297 681 1714. Sir H. Elwys Thomas Western 1754. Thomas Walpole Thomas Fonnereau 1841. W. H. Staunton G. Poulett Scrope W S. W. Wraxall .. W 591 528 . C 377 1784. John Langston W 359 • • W 280 SUDBURY. Suffolk. Elizabeth. Pop. 5085. 1660. Robert Cordel John Gurdon 1685. Sir John Cordel Sir John Wineve William Smith Francis Dickens C 186 1806. Sir J. C. Hippesley W 546 John Pytches W 493 Capt. E. J. Agar C 134 Charles Wetherell C 12 1807. Sir J. C. Hippesley W 460 Capt. E. F. Agar Witts C 458 C 245 John Pytches W 174 views, you will avoid the only danger to which, in my opinion, the farmers were ever exposed from the repeal of the corn law-that of the transition state. From the first, I have always entertained and expressed the conviction that free trade, far from permanently injuring the farmers, would ultimately tend to their prosperity and independence. I never disguised from myself, however, the temporary evils to which they might be exposed in the change. But let us unite in seizing the present opportunity, and the triumph of sound principles may be achieved without the bit- ter ingredient of one particle of injury to any class or individual. From the most exalted personage in the realm, down to the humblest peasant, all may witness, with unalloyed pleasure, one of the greatest victories ever achieved over past pre- judice and ignorance, whilst each class may derive peculiar gratification at the close of our long domestic struggle. The Sovereign may glory that her reign was reserved for the era of a cominercial reformation, more preguant in its beneficial consequences to the destinies of mankind than all the wars of her illustrious ances- tors; the landed aristocracy will see in the consummation of our labours an open- ing for the resumption of their social influence, based upon the only sure foundation, the respect and confidence of the people: whilst to the middle and industrious classes will be presented a constantly widening field for the employment of their peaceful energies, together with greater means and more leisure for that moral amelioration which, I trust, will accompany their improved physical condition. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, London, 30th Jan,, 1846. RICHARD COBDEN. 280 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1820. W. Heygate . C 1841. Fred. M. Villers W 284 C. A. Tulk W 1831. Sir J. B. Walsh .. C D. C. Wrangham C D. O. Dyce Sombre W David Jones Charles Taylor C 271 • • Villiers and Sombre were unseated on petition, for bribery; and the borough was afterwards disfranchised. 281 C 271 1832. M. A. Taylor W 263 Sir J. B. Walsh C 253 D. C. Wrangham C 234 John Bagshaw W 46 SUFFOLK. Henry III. Pop. 315,073. 1660. Sir J. Felton 1834, July, vice Taylor, deceased. Lt.Gen.SirE. BarnesC John Bagshaw W 263 Votes equal-The Mayor gave his cast- ing vote for Barnes. 1835. John Bagshaw Sir H. North Benjamin Smith Lt-Gen.Sir E.BarnesC K. Stephens 204 1690. Sir H. Elwys Sir S. Barnadiston 1708. Sir T. Hanmer W 285 Sir R. Davers W 279 249 C 241 1784. Sir John Rous, Bt. C 1652 Joshua Grigby W 1283 Sir T. C. Bunbury W 739 · 1887. Lt.Gen.SirE.Barnes C 372 Sir J. Hamilton .. C B. Smith • Turton 342 W 151 W 19 1790. Sir T. C. Bunbury W 3065 Sir John Rous . C 2755 Sir G. W. Tannock W 2017 1837, Dec.,viceHamilton,resigned. Joseph Bailey jun. C 303 James Morison W 255 1839, March,vice Barnes, deceased. .. Sir John Walsh C 293 John Bayshaw W 267 1840, June, vice Walsh, resigned. George Tomlinc.. C 1812, Sir W. Rowley, Bt. W to 1830. T. S. Gooch C 1830. Sir H. Bunbury, Bt. W 1097 Charles Tyrell .. W 1044 Sir T. S.Gooch, Bt. C 627 1831. Sir H. E. Bunbury W Charles Tyrell . W · ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 281 EAST DIVISION. Pop. 47,022. 1835. Lord Henniker C 2030 1845, July, vice Rushbrooke, de- ceased. Captain Bennet C N. R. Shawe W 1990 Sir C. B. Vere C 1784 SUNDERLAND. Durham. 1835. Lord Henniker .. C 2452 Wm. IV. Pop. 52,218. Sir C. B. Vere R. N. Shawe C 2321 1832. Sir W. Chaytor W 696 W 2029 Capt. G. BarringtonW 525 David Barclay W 402 1837. Lord Henniker C William Thompson C 376 Sir C. B. Vere C 1833, April, vice Barrington. 1841. Lord Henniker C 3099 William ThompsonC 571 • • Sir C. B. Vere S. Adair C 2999 David Barclay W 556 .. W 1611 1835. William Thompson C 844 1846, vice Henniker, resigned. David Barclay W 709 E. S. Gooch C Sir W. Chaytor W 389 1837. William Thompson C 688 Pop. 268,051. WEST DIVISION. 1832. Charles Tyrell Sir. H. Parker H. S. Waddington C 1270 Andrew White W 629 W 1833 David Barclay W 591 W 1666 ► · 1841. Aldmn. Thompson C David Barclay W 1835. H. Wilson W 1723 • 1841, Sept., vice Thompson. R. Hart Logan Hales C. R. Rushbrooke C 1055 C 1509 Lord Howick W 706 M. W. Attwood C 462 W 1350 1837. R. Hart Logan C 2220 Col. R. Rushbrooke C 2167 Sir H.Bunbury W 1565 • • 1845, Aug., vice Howick, a Peer. Col. T. P. Thompson R 498 George Hudson C 626 H. Wilson WV 1505 1841. Col. R. Rushbrooke C H. S. Waddington C SURREY. Henry 111. Pop. 582,678. 1660. Lord Langford Daniel Harvey 282 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1690. Sir R. Onslow Sir F. Vincent 1826. W. J. Denison W 2309 C. N. Palmer W 2056 G. H. Sumner C 1373 1722. Sir N. Carew John Walter 1830. W. J. Denison W 2159 J. I. Briscoe W 1487 1761. Sir F. Vincent George Onslow Col. H. Jolliffe C 1252 1780. Sir J. Mawbey W 2419 1881. W. I. Denison . W .. Hon. A. Keppel.. W 2179 Hon. T. Onslow.. C 1506 J. I. Briscoe W 1790. Lord W. Russell.. W 1842 Hon. W. C. Finch C 1373 Sir J. Mawbey, Bt. W 1034 1795, vice Finch, deceased. Sir J. Frederick, Bt. C 1799 to 1806. Lord W. Russell W Sir J. Frederick C EAST DIVISION. Pop. 147,742. 1882. John I. Briscoe .. W 1843 Maj.A.W.BeauclerkW 1155 J. T. Allen W 835 John Luinson W 214 1835. Capt. R Alsager.. C 1578 A. W. Beauclerk.. W 1324 J. I. Briscoe • • W 1200 1806. Lord Wm. Russell W 315 Samuel Thornton C 216 Sir J. Frederick.. C 164 Mr. Thornton resigned in favor of Sir John on the second day's Poll. 1837. Capt. R. Alsager.. C 2175 Henry Kemble C 2155 Hon. Locke King W 1885 W 1823 J. Angerstein 1807. S. Thornton . C 1471 1841, Feb., vice Alsager, deceased. G. H. Sumner C 904 . E. Antrobus, jun. Thomas Alcock C 2635 W 1436 Lord W. Russell.. W 838 1812. G. H. Sumner . C 1924 Sir Thos. Sutton Sir T. Thurton .. W 1791 C 1017 1841. Henry Kemble .. C E. Antrobus .. 0 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 283 WEST DIVISION. Pop. 134,936. 1832. W. J. Denison John Leach H. Sumner 1835. W. J. Denison 1774. Lord Geo. Lennox W 3587 Sir Thos. Wilson, Bt. 1969 W 1517 • W 1427 C 1198 • WV 1488 John Fuller C. Barclay C 1316 Sir James Peachey, Bt. 1856 Poll open 24 days. 1807. C. W. Wyndham C 4333 Warden Sergison W 2478 C 2530 W. Long W 1285 1818. SirG.V.Webster, Bt. W 267 1837. Hon. Geo. Percival C 1586 W. Burrell C 171 W. J. Denison W 1578 E. B. Sugden C 122 H. L. Long 1841. W. J. Denison J. Trotter W 1543 1820. Walter Burrell .. C 2420 IV • .. C E. J. Curteis C 2259 C. C. Cavendish.. W 1867 SUSSEX. Henry III. Pop. 299,753. 1660. Sir John Pelham Henry Goring 1698. William Thomas Robert Orme 1126. W. Burrell C 2116 C 2049 E. J. Curteis Sir G. T. Webster W 1148 1831. H. B. Curteis I Lord J. G. Lennox W 1705. J. M. Trevor C 1867 Sir G. Parker, Bt. C 1416 EAST DIVISION. Pop. 185,926. 1832, C. C. Cavendish.. W 238S Sir H. Peachey 1827 H. B. Curteis W 1941 • • Hon. H. Lumbley 1713. Henry Campion.. W 895 George Darby C 668 .. C 1835. C. C. Cavendish.. W H. B. Curteis W John Fuller 1734. Hou. H. Pelham.. W 2271 1837. George Darby .. C 3256 James Butler Sir C. Bishopp, Bt. C 1704 John Fuller W 2053 Hon. C. Cavendish W 1793 4. E. Fuller C 1719 C 1381 H. B. Curteis W 1619 1 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 284 1841. George Darby C 2398 1734. Lord J. P. Sackville A. E. Fuller C 2367 J. I'. Shelley W 995 1846, Feb., vice Darby, resigned. Charles Cotes 1761. Sir R. Burdett Lord Villiers C. H. Frewen WEST DIVISION. · C 1774. Thos. De Grey E. Thurlow J. H. Brown 191 186 • 118 Pop. 113,827. 1832 to 1837. Lord J. G.Lennox W Earl of Surrey.. W 1784. John Calvert, jun. John Courtenay 118 W 114 1837. Lord J. G. Lennox W 1291 Earl of Surrey W 1247 General Wyndham C 1049 F. Drake C. Curo 113 111 1841. Earl of March C 1790. John Courtenay . C Robert Peel .. C General Wyndham C 1802. Sir Robert Peel, Bt. C TAMWORTH. Staffordshire. Eliz. Pop. 7746. 1660. Lord Clifford John Swinson 1685. Sir H. Gooch Richard How 1702. Joseph Girdler Thomas Guy Thomas Guy, the munificent founder and endower of the Hospital which bears his name in the borough of Southwark, represented Tamworth in the years 1695, 1698, 1701, 1702, and 1705. 1722. Francis Willoughby George Compton Maj. Gen. W. Loftus W 1800. Sir Robert Peel, Bt. Maj. Gen. W. Loftus 1807. Sir Robert Peel, Bt. C Gen. W. Loftus W 1812. Sir Robert Peel, Bt. C Lord C. Townshend W 1818. Sir Robert Peel, Bt. C 252 W. Y. Peel C 190 Lord C. Townshend W 156 1820. W. Y. Peel C Ld. C. F. TownshendW ;" ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1830 Sir Robert Peel,Bt. C to 1832. Lord C.Townshend W 285 1841, Sept., vice Peel, appointed Prime Minister. Rt. Hon. Sir R. Peel C 1835. Sir Robert Peel, Bt. C William Yates Peel C 1837. Rt. Hon. Sir R. Peel C 389 Capt. E. H. A'Court C Capt. Townshend 249 TAUNTON, Somersetshire. Edw. I. Pop. 12,056. 1660. Thomas Gorger W 185 William Wyndham 1841. Sir Robert Peel, Bt. C 365 Capt. E. H. A'Court C 249 Capt. Townshend W 147 1685. Sir William Portman John Sandford EXTRACTS FROM SIR ROBERT PEEL'S SPEECH, DELIVERED AT TAMWORTH, JULY 24TH, 1837. After Sir R. Peel had spoken for some time on local matters, he said, "I will now proceed to state to you what I consider is implied in Conservative principles. I have mentioned the maintenance of the Established Church, and I contend for it not merely for the benefit of those who are members of it, but as a great bulwark against infidelity and irreligion, as affording to every poor man in every parish the means of spiritual instruction, and as enabling him in his dying moments to have the consolations of religion. (Cheers.) I oppose that to the voluntary principle, from a firm conviction that no arrrangement of that principle would effectually and permanently provide for the maintenance of divine worship. (Cheers.) By Con- servative principles I also understand the support of each branch of the constitu- tion. I mean to support the monarchy. (CAPT. TOWNSHEND: So do we.) There is a French saying, that He who is very ready to excuse himself must find an accusation within.' I have merely declared my attachment to the monarchy; I have not imputed any want of attachment to it to the honourable candidate, but as if upbraided by some secret monitor he seems to cry out Don't impute that to me.' (Laughter and cheers.) I also mean to maintain the privileges of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and to resist every specious pretext of professing Liberals, who want to alter the ancient constitution, and by gradual changes to substitute for it a democratic republic. (Cheers.) I also consider that Conserva- tive principles are consistent with the maintenance of the Reform Bill, not only in letter but in spirit. I have been willing to receive that measure as the final settle- ment of the representation system of this country, and its supporters positively declared it to be its final adjustment. To prove this, I will quote the opinion of Lord Althorp, the proposer of the Reform Bill, which was passed in 1892. In -1833 the question of the Ballot was brought forward, and Lord Althorp, who had always been friendly to the ballot before that time, opposed it, and in doing so made ' 1 286 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1708. Sir F. Warre 1790. Sir B. Hammet E. Clark C 291 Alexander Popham C 257 John Halliday 239 1741. Sir John Chapman W. Morland 183 John Buck 1806. J. Hammet . C 370 1774. N. Webb Hon. E. Strafford Alexander Baring.. W 361 William Morland.. C 296 use of these words: 'I appeal to every gentleman who was in the last Parliament and who knew all the proceedings while the question of reform was pending, whether the promoters of that measure did not contend that as far as the represent- ation of the people was concerned it should be considered and adopted as a final measure.' I considered and adopted it as a final measure, not final and exclusive against all improvements of the institutions of the country, but so far as the repre- sentative system is concerned. Conservative principles do not imply any hostility to cautious and temperate reform; but those who profess them ought to have the acuteness to distinguish between considerate and progressive reform, called for by some practical necessity and administered in a friendly spirit, and those absurd projects which night after night loaded the table of the House of Commons. What do you think of having 90 measures to discuss in one night? What do you think of 170 propositions for altering the constitution? (Laughter.) Why the people would not know themselves, nor old England, if these men were to have their way. It was most fortunate there were so many of them: they were like men fighting in a crowd, so many had their sticks elevated that fortunately all of them could not strike home. It was the number of these absurd measures, some prompted by a ridiculous vanity, and others by a mischievous desire to subvert the institutions of the country on the part of their authors, which prevented much of the intended harm; they were all in such a hurry and struck so quickly, that the unfortunate victim, the constitution of the country, at the end of the session was alive, and able to get on his legs again. (Great Laughter and Cheering.) If ever there was a time when the constituent body of this great country had im- portant duties to perform, it is at the present period. This is a vital crisis at all ; times a general Election must be a most important event, as determining the char- acter of the following parliament, but the future parliament is called under peculiar circumstances. We have on the throne a young sovereign of an age the lowest in the scale of years which permits her to assume the functions of royalty. We are all agreed in professing devoted loyalty to the Queen. I do not believe a young sove- reign ever ascended the throne who had received a more prudent and virtuous education, possessed of greater natural acuteness, influenced by better dispositions, or actuated by a stronger desire for the welfare and happiness of her subjects. (Cheers.) She asks the constituency to give their assistance to those who will sup- port the monarchy and the church, and enable her to maintain the fundamental ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 287 W 441 1831. Henry Labouchere W E. T. Bainbridge.. W 1818. A. Baring Sir W. Burroughs, Bt W 315 H. P. Collins • • C 312 • W 324 C 315 1820. Alexander Baring.. W 401 J. A. Warre H. Seymour 1832. Henry Labouchere W E. T. Bainbridge.. W 1835. Henry Labouchere W E. T. Bainbridge.. W 1826. A. Seymour C 515 Gen. W. Peachey.. C 458 R. E. Cresswell W 201 A. Baring 1830. H. Labouchere W 122 1835, May, vice Labouchere. H. Labouchere Benjamin D'Israel C 282 W 452 W 430 1837. H. Labouchere W 469 E. T. Bainbridge WV 280 Edw. T. Bainbridge W 414 N. Lee C 409 Gen. W. Peachey.. C 223 principles of the constitution; listen to the words of her Majesty, as delivered by her own lips. She declared that it was her wish to maintain the established reli- gion of this country; she therefore excludes the voluntary principle. She states that she has been educated in the principles of the national faith, which she will maintain in all its integrity, at the same time that she will consent to such improve- ments as are required in the civil and ecclesiastical institutions of the empire. I ask you who are the most likely to support the institutions of the country-a pow- erful conservative minority, (or majority, if the constituents do their duty) or men who either themselves advocate, or allow an unjust predominance to those who advocate the voluntary system, and who avow their wish to destroy the House of Lords? (Cheers.) Her Majesty therefore makes a direct appeal to the constitu- ency to return good Conservative members. Her Majesty has stated her intention to be to maintain the established Church, and the ancient British constitution ; and the Conservatives have invariably acted in conformation with that intention. (Cheers.) It was they who maintained the ancient institutions of the country against assaults by the supporters of the ministry. Return me to Parliament and I will maintain to the utmost of my power, the principles which I have avowed, I will resist every insidious scheme for changing the character of the institutions of the country; and I will never consent to the gradual infusion of so much of the democratic principle into the government, as will ultimately convert the ancient monarchy into a republic. (Cheers) I will maintain the privileges of the House of Lords, and I will strive to the utmost of my power to enable her Majesty, after a long and glorious reign, to transmit to her successor, and God grant it may be the direct heir in her own family, the prerogative of the monarchy unimpaired, and the liberties of the people increased and confirmed." (Great Cheering.) t 288 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1841. H. Labouchere W 430 • • Edw. T. Bainbridge W 410 1807. Lord Wra. Russell W Viscount Howick W W. Wilberforee J. Hall C 382 C 218 1831. Lt.-Col. F. Russell W H. Hawkins W 1842, Feb., vice Bainbridge, re- 1832. Lord W. Russell W 159 signed. Colonel Fox W 129 Sir F. Knowles.. W W 64 C 334 Sir T. E. Colebrook W 383 J. Hall 1846, July, vice Labouchere, ap- pointed Secretary for Ireland. Rt.Hn.H.Labouchere W 1835. Lord W. Russell W 167 John Rundle Sir F. Knowles.. W WV 145 5 1837. Lord W. Russell W TAVISTOCK. Devonshire. Edw. 1. Pop, 6272. 1660. William Russell George Howard 1685. Sir James Butler John Bere John Rundle W 1840, vice Russell, deceased. Marquis of Tavistock W 1841. John Rundle W Lord E. Russell W 1698. Sir Francis Drake R. Russell 1710. Sir John Cope James Bulteel 1843, vice Rundle, resigned. John S. Trelawny W 113 Henry Vincent TEWKESBURY. Gloucestershire. James I. Pop. 5862. R 69 1734. Charles Fane Sidney Meadows Sir F. H. Drake Sir John Cope James Bulteel 98 1660. Sir H. Capel 90 Richard Dowdeswell 65 28 • 1690. Richard Dowdeswell 27 1796. H. R. Fitzpatrick W Lord John Russell W Sir F. Winnington 1713. Anthony Lechmere William Dowdeswell ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 289 1741. Lord Gage James Martin 1784. James Martin Sir W. Codrington 1668. Sir F. Guybon William Harbord 1710. Sir E. Bacon Dudley North 1790. Lord Apsley C Richard Master .. C 1747. Lord H. Beauclerk Charles Fitz Scudamore 1796. James Martin J. E. Dowdeswell W · C 1790. Robert J. Buxton J. R. Burch 1831. John Martin J. E. Dowdeswell W C 1806. Lord W. Fitzroy James Mingay Thomas Creevey .. C W 18 W 17 14 1832. C. H. Tracy John Martin IV 195 W. Dowdeswell .. C 184 W 210 • 1831. Lord J. Fitzroy .. W Alexander Baring W 1835. W. Dowdeswell .. C 195 C. H. Tracy John Martin W 195 1832. Lord J. H. Fitzroy W F. Baring .C W 192 • 1835. Hor. F. Baring .. C Earl of Euston W 1837. W. Dowdeswell • • C 219 John Martin J. Peel W 192 • C 169 1837. Hon. F. Baring .. C Earl of Euston .. W 1841. W. Dowdeswell .. C 197 John Martin W 192 1841. Hon. W. B. Baring C 86 J. Easthope, jun. W 182 Earl of Euston W 71 C 71 THETFORD. Norfolk. Edw. VI. Pop. 3,934. 1660. Sir P. Woodhouse Sir R. Paston A a Sir J. Flower On petition, Flower vice Euston. 1845, vice Baring, Paymaster General. Hon. W. B. Baring C 290 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. THIRSK. Yorkshire. Pop. 4599. 1660. Henry Boucher William Stanley 1685. Thomas Frankland Hugh Cholmondeley 1710. Ralph Bell 1695. Thomas Bere Charles Spencer 1710. Sir E. Northey John Wroth 1734 Sir Dudley Ryder Arthur Ascot 1784. Hon. Dudley Ryder C Sir J. Duntze, Bt. C Thomas Worsley 1761. Thomas Frankland W Henry Grenville 1796. Sir T. Frankland, Bt. Sir G. P. Turner 1807. Rt.Hon.R.Ryder,Bt.C William Fitzhugh C W 1831. Hon. G. D. Ryder Spencer Perceval C C 1807. William Frankland W R. Grenville W 1832. J. Heathcote J. Kennedy W 376 W 205 1831. SirR.Frankland,Bt. W Sir R. G.Russell, Bt. W 1832. SirR.Frankland, Bt. W 1835. Samuel Crompton W 1837. Samuel Crompton W Benjamin Wood.. C 55 Col. Chichester . C 40 W 215 1835, May, vice Kennedy. J. Kennedy Benjamin Wood.. C 95 1835. John Heathcoat.. W 3€6 James Kennedy W 184 Col. Chichester . C 134 ·Langmead.. 62 1841. John Bell W 1837. John Heathcoat.. W 323 Lord Palmerston W 216 TIVERTON. Devonshire. James I. Pop. 10,040. 1660. Sir R. Strapcot Thomas Bampfield B. B. Dickinson C 180 1841. John Heathcoat W Lord Palmerston W ( ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 291 1846, July, vice Palmerston, ap. pointed Foreign Secretary. Viscount Palmerston W TOTNESS. Devonshire. 1832. J. Cornish W 127 Jasper Parrott W 127 Lord Barrington C 85 1834, Feb., vice Cornish. Lord Seymour Mayne W 153 C 73 Edw. I. Pop. 4240. 1835. Jasper Parrott Lord Seymour W W W 192 1660. Thomas Chase Thomas Clifford 1678. Sir E. Seymour John Kelland 1705. Sir H. Mackworth Thomas Coulston 1837. Lord Seymour Jasper Parrott W 159 • • Sir George Adams C 121 1839, July, vice Parrott, re signed. Chas.BarryBaldwin C 142 1754. Sir John Strauge 48 Browse Triste 46 A. Champernoune 43 Chas. Taylor 36 • William Blount W 142 Double return. 1840, vice Baldwin and Blount, unseated, Chas.Barry Baldwin C 158 Gisborne R 151 1796. Lord Arden W 50 Lord G. Seymour W 42 1841. Lord Seymour W Col. Harcourt C 15 .. Chas.Barry Baldwin C 1807. William Adams .. C Benjamin Hall .. C 1812. T. P. Courtenay.. C 36 Ashford Wyse Anderdon Lord Seymour R 32 C 29 • • W 23 1831. T. Courtenay C 56 C. B. Baldwin . C 43 Lord Darlington C 39 t TOWER HAMLETS. Middlesex. Wm. IV. Pop. 434,770. 1832. Dr. S. Lushington W 3978 William Clay W 3751 Leicester Stanhope W 2952 Capt. F. Marryatt C 1934 1835. William Clay W 2779 Dr. S. Lushington W 2580 Capt. J. R. Burton C 465 292 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. William Clay W 1832. Sir Hussey Vivian W 291 Dr. S. Lushington W W. C. Tooke W 203 J. E. Vivian . C 196 1841. William Clay W 4706 W 4096 · • C 2183 Colonel Fox G. R. Robinson A. K. Hutchinson R 1775 T. P. E. Thompson R 831 1846, July, vice Fox, appointed Ordnance Surveyor. Sir Hussey Vivian W 1837. Edmund Turner W 393 John Ennis Vivian C 254 W. C. Tooke .. WV 226 1835. J. E. Vivian W. C. Tooke .. C 316 W 274 176 Colonel Fox W • • 1841. Edmund Turner W John Ennis Vivian C TRURO. Cornwall. Edw. I. Pop. 9500. 1660. Thomas Boscawen John Arundel 1702. Sir Thomas Powis Henry Vincent TYNEMOUTH & NORTH SHIELDS. Northumberland. Wm. IV. Pop. 25,165. 1832. George F. Young W 320 Sanderson Ilderton C 261 1784. W. A. S. Boscawen C 12 1835. G. F. Young W W. M'Cormack .. C 12 Hon. T. Erskine Roger Wilbraham W W 11 1837. G. F. Young W 269 11 Sir C. E. Grey W 253 1841. vice Young. 1818. Lord F. Somerset W W. E. Tomline .. C Sir C. E. Grey W 1841. H. Metcalf W 295 1820. Sir R. H. Vivian W 12 W. Chapman C 213 Lord F. Somerset C 11 Col. Wm. Gossett W 10 W. Edwd. Tomline W 10 WAKEFIELD. Yorkshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 18,486. 1831. Viscount Encombe C N. W. Peache ( 1832. Daniel Gaskell R ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 293 1835. Daniel Gaskell R 278 1835. W. S. Blackstone C Hon.W.S. Lascelles C 221 1837. Hon. W.S.Lascelles C 307 1837. W. S. Blackstone C 159 Teed W 118 Daniel Gaskell .. R 281 1841. W. S. Blackstone C 1841. J. Holdsworth W 328 Hon.W.S.Lascelles C 300 On petition, Lascelles, vice Holdsworth, WALSALL. Staffordshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 19,654. WALLINGFORD. Berkshire. 1832. Chas. Smith ForsterC G. De Bosco AttwoodR 304 231 Edw. III., and Wm. IV. one M.P. in- stead of two. Pop. 2780. 1835. Chas. Smith Forster C 1660. H. Dunch R. Packer 1701. William Jennings Thomas Renda 1747. *Richard Tonson Joseph Townshend * The celebrated bibliopole. 1761. Sir John Gibbons John Harvey 1802. Sir F. Sykes W. L. Hughes .. W 1837. Francis Finch . R 316 Chas. Smith Forster C 298 1811. Feb, vice Finch, resigned. J. N. Gladstone C 362 John Benj. Smith W 335 1841. R. Scott W 334 J. N. Gladstone .. C 311 WAREHAM. Dorsetshire. Edw. I. Pop. 6646. 1660. George Pitt R. Culliford 1807. W. L. Hughes W • • W Richard Benyon 1831. Thomas C. Leigh Robert Knight 1832. W. S. Blackstone Charles Eyston .. W 1701. George Pitt Thomas Erle C 202 1722. Sir E. Ernley W 165 J. Gascoigne 294 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1790. Lord R. Spencer R. Smith 1698. Sir J. Mordaunt Sir C. Shuckborough 1807. Sir G. T. Calcraft.. W Hon. J. W. Ward.. W 1774. T. G. Shipwith 2954 • 1831. Charles Wood W Sir C. Holte J. Mordaunt 1845 1788 G. H. Calcraft . C 1727. E. Digby 1832. John Hales Calcraft C 175 William Peytoe E. Drax W 140 1835. John Hales Calcraft C 1837. John Hales Calcraft C 170 1784. Sir R. Lawley, Bt. Sir G. S. Evelyn, Bt. E. Drax W 158 • 1802. Sir G. A. W. S. Evelyn, Bt. D. S. Dugdale 1811. J. S. W. E. Drax W 211 John Hales Calcraft C 187 1806 D.Stratford Dugdale C to WARRINGTON. Lancashire. Wm IV. Pop. 21,116. 1832. Edmund G. Hornby W 203 J.IrelandBlackburne C 176 1820. Charles Mordaunt C 1820, vice Mordaunt, resigned. W 2153 969 F. Lawley R. Spooner 1835. J. I. Blackburne .. C 148 C. Hindley 1826 D. S. Dugdale .. C W 130 to 1831. F. Lawley . W 1837. J. I. Blackburne C 278 .. W 254 1831. Francis Lawley .. W E. D. Davenport 1841. J. I. Blackburne .. C WARWICKSHIRE. Edw. III. Pop. 401,715. 1060. Sir R. Holt Sir H. Pickering Sir G. Skipwith, Bt. W NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 206,666. 1832. Sir J. E. Wilmot.. C 2237 W. S. Dugdale C 1660 W 1573 D. Heming | ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 295 1835. Sir J. E. Wilmot C 2600 .. W. S. Dugdale C 2513 Captain Gregory.. W 1854 WARWICK. Edw. I. Pop. 9124. 1660. Sir C. Throgmorton Henry Puckering 1837. W. S. Dugdale C 3326 .. 1685. Lord Digby Sir J. E. Wilmot Sir G. Skipwith.. W 2292 Bracebridge W 1787 C 2678 Thomas Coventry 1722. Sir William Keyte D. Greville 1841. Sir J. E. Wilmot C W. S. Dugdale 1780. Robert Ladbroke Hon. C. F. Greville SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 195,049. 1786. Robert Ladbroke .. W 242 Hon. C. F. Greville C 235 1832. Sir G. Skipwith.. W 1396 A. Holbeche C 200 Sir G. Philips W 1121 E. J. Shirley C 1108 1802 Lord Brooke . C to 1816 Charles Mills .. C 1835. Sir J. Mordaunt,Bt. C E. R. C. Sheldon C 1816, vice Brooke, a Peer. Sir C. J. Greville.. C 1836, June, vice Sheldon, deceased. E. J. Shirley C 1872 Sir G. Skipwith.. W 1359 1820. Charles Mills • C Sir C. J. Greville.. C 1837. Sir J. Mordaunt.. C 1826. Sir C. J. Greville .. C J. Tomes W E. J. Shirley C 1831. John Tomes W 698 • • E. B. King W 513 1841. Sir J. Mordaunt.. C E. J. Shirley . C 1845, Nov., vice Mordaunt, dec. Lord Brook .. C Sir C. J. Greville.. C 505 1832. Sir C. J. Greville.. C 701 E. B. King John Tomes W 553 W 463 296 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1835. Sir C. J. Greville.. C 504 E. B. King John Halcomb W 478 .. C 416 1836, Aug., vice Greville. Hon. C. J. Canning C 463 H. W. Hobhouse.. W 434 1780. G. Clement Tudway C Robert Child C 1802. Clement Tudway.. C 71 C. W. Taylor W 70 Captain Bingfield.. R 11 1807. Clement Tudway.. C C. W. Taylor 1837, March, vice Canning. William Collins W 457 C 422 Serjeant Adams • 1837. William Collins W 498 • • Sir Charles Douglas C 468 E. B. King W 439 1826. J. P. Tudway C. W. Taylor 1831. J. E. Vaughan J. L. Lee W . C W :: : : C W 1841. William Collins . W 1832. N. Lamont J. L. Lee Ridley Colborne W 169 W 107 • • W 164 Sir Charles Douglas C 1845, vice Douglas, appointed Commissioner of Geeen- wich Hospital. Sir C. Douglas J. E. Taughan . C 59 1835. J. L. Lee W N. W. R. Colborne W C • 1837. W. G. Hayter R. Blakemore W C WELLS. Somersetshire. Edw. I. Pop. 7050. 1660. Thomas White Henry Bull 1705. M. Berkeley Henry Portman 1754. Lord Digby Charles Tudway 1841. W. G. Hayter W R. Blakemore C WENLOOK. Shropshire. Edw. IV. Pop. 3481. This is said to be the first borough that sent burgesses to Parliament, by virtue of a Royal Charter, Nov. 29th, 1478. 1660. Sir F. Lawley Thomas Whitmore ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 297 1661. Sir Thos. Littleton George Weld 1678. Sir J. Weld Wm. Forester 1727. S. Edwards J. Sambrook 1734. S. Edwards W. Forester 1679. Wm. Forester J. Wolrych 1739, vice Edwards, deceased. Brook Forester 1741. Brook Forester Sir B. B. Delves 1685. G. Weld T. Lawley 1688. Sir William Forester George Weld 1744, vice Delves, deceased. Isaac H. Brown 1701. Sir Wm. Forester George Weld, jun. 1708. Sir W. Forester T. Weld 1710. Sir Wm. Forester G. Weld 1718. Sir Wm. Forester W. Whitmore 1747. Brook Forester I. H. Brown 1754. William Forester Brook Forester 1758, vice W. Forester, deceased. George Forester 1762. Cecil Forester Brook Forester 1714. Hon. T. Newport W. Forester 1768. George Forester Sir H. Bridgman 1780. Sir H. Bridgman 1715, vice Newport, appointed a Lord of the Treasury. Hon. T. Newport 1722. Sir H. Briggs Samuel Edwards Thomas Whitmore 1780, vice Whitmore, elected for Bridgnorth. George Forester } 298 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1 1784. Sir H. Bridgman, Bt. *J. Bridgman *Took the name of Simpson and re- signed his seat. 1835. Hon. G. C. Forester C 519 Jas. Milnes Gaskell C 423 Sir W. Somerville W 324 1837, Hon.G.C.W.Forster C to J 1790. Cecil Forester Sir H. Bridgman 1794, vice Sir H. Bridgman, created Baron Bradford. J. Simpson 1801. Cecil Forester Hon. J. Simpson 1841. James M. Gaskell C 1841, Sept., vice Gaskell, appoint- a Lord of the Treasury. James M. Gaskell C WESTBURY. Wilts. Edw. III., and Wm. IV. Pop. 7588. 1802. Cecil Forester C 1660. R. Lewis Hon. John Simpson C William Brunker 1812. C. W. Forester C 1895. R. Lewis Hon. J. Simpson'.. C R. Bertie 1820. Francis Forester .. C W. L. Childe C 1722. Lord Carberry Francis Annesley • 1826. Hn. J. G. W. Forester C P. B. Thompson W .. 1830, Hn. G. C. W. Forester C P. B. Thompson .. W 1831. Hn.G. C.W.Forester C Paul B. Thompson W 1747. C. Townshend M. Mitchell 1790. Samuel Westwick Evan Law 1807. Hon. H. Lascelles Glynne Wynne C 1835, R 308 • • to 1837. Sir R. F. Lopez,Bt. C 1832. Hn. G. C. W. Forester C 440 Jas. Milnes Gaskell C 328 M, Bridges ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 299 1837. John Ivatt Briscoe W 98 1 Sir R. F. Lopez C 96 1690. Sir Stephen Fox Sir Walter Clergis 1841. Sir R. F. Lopez C 1695. Sir Stephen Fox Charles Montagn 1701. Sir H. D. Colt James Vernon WESTMINSTER. Middlesex. Edw. VI. Pop. 222,053. 1660. Sir P. Warwick Sir R. Everick 1678. Sir Stephen Fox Lewis Putt 1681. William Walter William Pulteney 1702. Sir W. Clergis Thomas Crosse 1 1705. Sir H. D. Colt Henry Boyle 1708. Henry Boyle Thomas Meddlycott 1685. Charles Bouinthon M. Arnold 1714. Sir Thomas Crosse E. Wortley 1688. Sir William Pulteney Philip Howard 1722. Lord Carpenter Charles Montagu WESTMINSTER. This City has been the scene of many great political struggles, particularly at several of the elections of the Right Hon. Chas. James Fox, Lord John Townshend, and the celebrated philologist, John Horne Tooke, Esq. On the death of Mr. Fox, Mr. Dennis O Brien offered his services, and Mr. Sheridan also presented himself, but on hearing that all the late Members of the Whig Club had declared in favour of Lord Percy, the eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland, he withdrew. That young Nobleman was accordingly elected, without opposition: yet, at the general election, in 1806, which followed soon after, the sole Candidates were the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, Treasurer of the Navy, Commodore Sir Samuel Hood, and James Paull, Esq. This long, close, and expensive contest, was memorable in many respects; but that which followed it, in 1807, during the absence of one of the po- pular Candidates, has generally been considered as the most singular, in every point of view. The contest in May, 1837, when Sir Francis Burdett resigned, at the request of some of the Electors, and on his re-electon was opposed by John Temple Leader, Esq, the present member, created a strong party feeling throughout the United Kingdom, when Sir Francis was returned by a large majority. 300 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. " 1727. Lord C. Cavendish William Clayton 1734. Sir C. Wager Lord Sundon 1780. Sir G. B. Rodney W 5228 Hon.Chas.Jas.Fox W 4878 Lord Lincoln C 4157 Poll 21 days. Cost £60,000. 1784. Lord Hood C 6694 1741. Sir Charles Wager 3686 Lord Sundon 3533 Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox W 6234 Sir Cecil Wray W 5999 Adml. Edwd. Vernon 3291 Charles Edwin 3162 1747. Sir Peter Warren Lord Trentham 1754. E. Cornwallis Sir John Crosse 1788, August, vice Lord Hood. Lord J. TownshendW 6392 Lord Hood C 5569 This election is supposed to have cost £80,000. 1790. Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox W 3516 Lord Hood C 3217 John Horne Tooke W 1679 1761. E. Cornwallis Lord Pulteney 1774. Earl Percy C 4994 Lord T. P. Clinton C 1734 Lord Mountmorris 2530 1796. Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox W 5160 Lord Mahon 2343 Sir A. Garduer C 4814 John Horne Tooke W 2819 WESTMINSTER ELECTION, 1784. The Duchess of Devonshire, the gay and graceful leader of fashion, and the queen of the Foxites, came first into celebrity in the memorable Westminster Election of 1784. A strong effort had been made to turn out Fox. The election had, according to the habit of those times, continued nearly a month, and though the ministerial candidate, Sir Cecil Wray, had only a small majority, Fox was at his last gasp. The party were instantly driven to new resources, and the Duchess of Devonshire rostored the fates of the Whig champion. The progress of the canvass thencefor- ward is amusing. The entire of the votes for Westminster having been exhausted, the only hope was in exciting the suburbs. The Duchess instantly ordered out her equipage, and with her sister, the Countess of Duucannon, drove, polling list in hand, to the houses of the voters. Entreaties, ridicule, civilities, influence of all kinds, wero lavished on these rough legislators; and the novelty of being solicited by two women of rank and remarkable fashion, took the popular taste universally. The immediate result was, that they gallantly came to the poll, and Fox,whọ had ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 301 1802. Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox W 2672 Lord Gardner C 2434 John Graham R 1699 Poll 9 days. 1806. Sir Samuel Hood R. B. Sheridan • · C 5478 W 4758 R 1481 • James Paull Poll 15 days. Sir F. Burdett subscribed £1000 to- wards Mr. Paull's election; a difference took place betwixt them, and a duel was the issue. 1807. Sir Francis Burdett R 5134 Lord Cochrane C 3708 R. B. Sheridan W 2615 • John Elliott R 2137 · R 269 James Paull Poll 15 days. 1818. Sir S. Romilly Sir F. Burdett · D W 5339 ·· R 5238 C 4808 R 84 65 Sir M. Maxwell Heury Hunt Hon. D. Kinnaird W Major Cartwright R 23 been a hundred behind Sir Cecil, speedily left him an hundred behind in turn. Án imperfect attempt was made on the hostile side to oppose this new species of war- fare by similar captivation, and Lady Salisbury was moved to awake the dying fortunes of the government candidate. But the effort failed; it was imitation, it was too late; and the Duchess was six-and-twenty, and Lady Salisbury thirty-four! These are reasons enough, and more than enough, for the rejection of any man from the hustings. On the 16th May, Fox was 235 a-head, and the election was over; but the high bailiff, Corbett, refused to return him, on the plea that a scrutiny had been demauded. Still the whigs were not to be disappointed of their ovation. The exultation of those gay times forms a strange contrast to the grim monotony of our own. Fox, after being chaired in great pomp through the streets, was finally carried into the court-yard of Carlton House. The Prince's plume was on his ban- ners, in acknowledgement of piincely patisanship. A banner inscribed “Sacred to Female Patriotism," recorded the services of the Duofess. The carriages of the Dukes of Devonshire and Portland, cach drawn by six horses moved in the pro cession, and Fox's own carnage was a pile of rejoicing whiggism. On its boxe and traces, and where they could, sat Colonel North, afterwards Lord Guildford, Adam, who but a few years before wounded the patriot in a duel, and a whole cluster of political friends, followers, and expectants. The Prince came to the balustrade before the house to cheer him, with a crowd of fashionable people. Fox finished the triumph by au harangue to the mob, and they in return finished by a riot, an illumination, and breaking Lord Temple's windows. But the festivities were scarcely begun. The Prince threw open his showy apart- ments to the nobility, and gave them a brilliant fete in the gardens, which happened to be at its height just when the King was passing through St. James' Park in state, to open the new Parliament. The rival interests were within a brick wall of each other, and their spirit could not have been more strangely contrasted than in their occupations. But nights and days to those graci ful pursuers of pleasure and politics alike knew no intermission. On that very evening, the celebrated, beautiful, and witty Mrs. Crewe gave a brilliant rout, in which "blue and buff" was the universal costume of both sexes. The Prince himself appeared in the party colours. At supper he toasted the fair giver of the feast in the words "True blue and Mrs. Crewe." The lady, not auskilfully, ani with measureless applause, returned it by another,—"True blue and all of you." The "buff and blue" were the uniform of Washington and his troops, and imprudently adopted by Fox to declare his hos- tility to the Goverment.- Brarall's Post. Mem -- Plackwoods Mag. BA L 11.40 302 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1819, vice Romilly, deceased. Hon. George Lamb C 4465 John Cam Hobhouse W 3861 Major Cartwright R 38 1820. Sir Francis Burdett R 5327 1846, Feb., vice Rous, appointed Lord of the Admiralty. Sir De Lacy Evans R 3843 Hon. Capt Rous. C 2206 John C. Hobhouse W 4882 Hon. George Lamb C 4436 WESTMORELAND. Henry III. Pop. 56,454. 1660. Sir John Lowther Sir Thomas Wharton 1820, to Sir F. Burdett, Bt. R 1882. SirJ.C.Hobhouse,Bt.W 1832. Sir F. Burdett . R 3680 J. C. Hobhouse.. W 3517 De Lacy Evans .. R 1170 1833, May, vice Hobhouse. Col. De LacyEvans R 2027 Sir J. C. Hobhouse W 1835 Bickham Escott.. C 738 1690. Sir C. Musgrave Sir John Lowther 1701. Sir R. Sandford Henry Graham 1747. John Dalston E. Wilson 1768. John Robinson Thomas Fenwick 1835. Sir F. Burdett • • . R 2747 De Lacy Evans R 2588 Sir T. Cochrane C 1528 1837, May, vice Burdett, resigned. Sir F. Burdett C 3567 John Temple LeaderR 3052 1837. John Temple LeaderR 3723 Col. De Lacy Evans R 3715 Sir George Murray C 2620 1841. Hon. Capt. Rous C 3338 JohnTempleLeader R 3281 Sir De Lacy Evans R 3258 1784. Sir J. Lowther, Bt. C 1104 Sir M. L. Fleming C 1065 Thomas Fenwick.. W 852 1802. Sir J. Lowther, Bt. C SirM.L.Fleming, Bt. C 1807. Sir J. Lowther, Bt. C Lord Muncaster. C 1820. Lord Lowther . C 1530 Hn. H. C. Lowther C 1412 Henry Brougham W 1349 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 303 1826. Lord Lowther C 2097 Hu. H. C. Lowther C 2024 Henry Brougham W 1367 1831. Hn. H. C. Lowther C 1727. Sir James Thornhill George Dodington Sir James painted the dome of St. Paul's, London, and the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Alexander Nowell C 1832. Lord Lowther C 2058 Hn. H. C. Lowther C 1959 Barham W 1606 1761. Sir F. Dashwood John Tucker 1835. Viscount Lowther C Hn. H. C. Lowther C 1837. Viscount Lowther C Hn. H. C. Lowther C 1841. Viscount Lowther C Hn. H. C. Lowther C 1790. Sir J. Pulteney, Bt. Sir R. J. Bempde, Bt. Andrew Stuart T. Jones 1802. G. T. Steward Sir J. Pulteney . W 126 W 107 William Garthshore C 100 Charles Adams Arbuthnot .. W 99 . C 74 1841, Sept., vice Viscount Lowther, a Peer. Aldmn. Thompson C WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS, Dorsetshire. Mary, and Wm. IV. to return two members instead of four. Pop. 8784. 1660. Sir William Penn E. Montagu 1690. Sir John Moreton M. Harvey 1701. Anthony Henley Sir C, Wren 1806. Sir J. M. Pulteney W 184 R. T. Steward G. T. Steward Charles Adams W. Williams J. Arbuthnot W 126 W 125 • • W 118 C 94 C 91 Sir T. M.Hardy,Bt. C 89 Charles Buxton • C 88 1807. Sir J. M. Pulteney W 214 G. T. Steward W 178 R. T. Steward W 180 Charles Adams W 177 W. Williams C 156 .. C 154 J. Arbuthnot Sir T. M. Hardy, Bt. C 153 304 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. C 1818. William Williams.. C T. Fowell Buxton W Rt. Hon. T. Wallace W Masterton Ure C 1826. T. Fowell Buxton.. W Col. Gordon WHITBY. Yorkshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 9862. 1832. Aaron Chapman R. Moorsom C 217 W 139 • 1835. Aaron Chapman .. C Rt. Hon. T. Wallace W Masterton Ure C 1837. Aaron Chapman C • • 1841. Aaron Chapman C • 1831. C. B. Wall C Masterton Ure C Thomas F. Buxton W John Buxton C 1832. T. Fowell Buxton.. W 238 WHITEHAVEN. Cumberland. Wm. IV. Pop. 15,841. 1832. Matthias Attwood C 209 W 175 Isaac Littledale Sir F. G. Johnstone C 215 W. W. Burdon George Banks • W 214 C 175 1835. Matthias Attwood C 1837. Matthias Attwood C 1835. T. Fowell Buxton.. W 278 W. W. Burdon Lord Villiers W 239 C 150 1841. Matthias Attwood C • 1837. Lord Villiers .. C 291 George W. Hope.. C 268 T. Fowell Buxton.. W 211 George Stephen WIGAN. Lancashire. Edw. I. Pop. 25,167. 1660. Lord Antrim W 158 J. Shackerly 1841. Lord Villiers C 209 1681. Lord Antrim George W. Hope C 257 Lord Colchester R. Bernal W 253 W. D. Christie W 251 1714. Sir Roger Bradshaw On petition. Bernal and Christie vice. Villiers and Hope. Lord Barrymore ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 305 33 C 50 1761. Sir F. Norton Simon Luttrell 1780. H. S. Bridgeman.. W 58 Hon. Horace Walpole W 36 Sir Richard Clayton 1820. J. A. Hodson 1845, vice Greenall, deceased. Capt. Lindsay .. C R. A. Thicknesse .. W 211 John Ernley WILTSHIRE, Edw. III. and Wm. IV. Pop. 258,733. 1660. Sir A. Cope Lord Lindsay C 45 • • Lord Newport 1831. Ralph Thicknesse J. H. Kearsley Wilbraham Richard Potter 1832. Ralph Thicknesse . C 31 1690. Sir W. St. John Lord Cornbury W 30 . C 24 1702. Sir R. Howe C 15 • • Robert Hyde W 4 • • 1741, W 302 Sir R. Long to Richard Potter WV 290 1767. E. Popham Whittle J. H. Kearsley 1835. J. H. Kearsley W 212 1767, vice Long, deceased. C 174 ► • Thomas Goddard C 296 Richard Potter W 191 1772, vice Popham, deceased. W 245 C 229 • C 221 * R 261 C 259 • • С 273 • C 268 Charles S. Standish W 166 1837. Charles S. Standish W 249 Richard Potter J. H. Kearsley P. Greenall 1889, March, vice Potter, resigned. William Ewart J. H. Kearsley 1841. P. Greenall T. B. Crosse Charles S. Standish W 264 C. P. Greenfell WV 263 On petition, Standish vice Crosse. 1819, July, vice Methuen, resigned. John Benett J. D. Astley W 2436 .. C 2270 A. Goddard Henry Herbert 1870 1055 1796. A. Goddard W H. P. Wyndham.. C 1807. H. P. Wyndham.. C Richard Long C • 1818. Paul Methuen . C 2822 W.P.T.L.Wellesley W 2009 John Benett W 1572 306 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1820, John Benett W to 1832. Sir J. D. Astley, Bt. W 1701. Lord W. Powlett G. R. Bridges NORTH DIVISION. Pop. 132,442. 1734. George Bridges Powlett St. John 1832. Paul Methuen W 1819 Sir J. D. Astley, Bt. W 1655 1747. George Bridges Henry Penton 50 37 Edridge C 405 William Poulett 27 1835. Paul Methuen W Walter Long W • • 1754. Marquis of Carnarvon Henry Penton 1837. Sir Francis Burdett C 2365 Walter Long W 2197 1780. Henry Penton Lord Stanhope Paul Methuen W 1870 1841. Sir Francis Burdett C Walter Long . C 1844, Feb., vice Burdett, deceased. T. H. S. Sotheron C SOUTH DIVISION. Pop. 126,291. 1832,) Hon. S. Herbert to 1845. John Benett 1796. Sir R. Gammon, Bt. Lord Palmerston 1802. Sir H. St. J. Mildmay, Bt. Sir R. Gammon, Bt. C 1807. Sir R. Gammon, Bt. C H. C. St. J.Mildmay C C W 1812. Sir H. C. St. J. Mildmay, Bt. R. Meyler 1845, vice Herbert, appointed Se- cretary-at-War. Hon.Sidney HerbertC 1818, vice Meyler, deceased. James H. Leigh C WINCHESTER. Hants. Edw. I. Pop. 10,732. 1860. Richard Goddard Laurence Hyde 1823, vice Leigh, resigned. Sir E. H. East, Bt. C 1831. P.St.JohnMildmay W 69 James Buller East C 39 I'. B. Baring W 34 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 307 1780. Hon. J. Montagu C 214 1832. P.St.John Mildmay W 351 W. B. Baring James B. East W 203 P. P. Powney C 174 C 151 • Hon. A. Keppel W 158 1835. James B. East • • . C 253 1790. P. P. Powney W. B. Baring C 171 • Earl of Mornington P.St.John Mildmay,W_121 1802. J. Williams C 211 1837. James B. East C 260 Hon. F. Greville C 203 P.St.John Mildmay W 244 Bickham Escott C 215 R. Ramsbottom W 187 • 1841. James B. East C 316 Bickham Escott C 291 R. Ramsbottom R. B. Crowder W 189 1806. Edward Disbrowe C 195 Arthur Tansittart C 149 W 151 F. Pigott W 159 • • 1831. Rt. Hon.E.G.S.StanleyW John Ramsbottom W WINDSOR. Berkshire. Edw. I. Pop. 7528. 1660. Roger Palmer Alexander Baker 1832. John Ramsbottom W 410 Sir J. S. B. PechellW J. E. De Bouvoir W 203 232 1835. John Ramsbottom W 353 Sir J. De Bouvoir W 239 Sir John Elley C 231 1688. *Sir C. Wren Henry Powell *The celebrated architect of St. Paul's Cathedral. 1701. Richard Topham Lord Fitzhardinge 1837. John Ramsbottom W 326 Robert Gordon W 326 Sir J. De Bouvoir W 182 Captain Bulkeley W 140 1727. Lord V. Beauclerk Lord Malpas 1761. Hon. A. Keppel 1841. John Ramsbottom W 316 R. Neville C 311 W. F. Fergusson W 265 Hon. John Fitzwilliam Sir J. De Bouvoir C 831 308 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. -1845, Oct., vice Ramsbottom, de- ceased. Colonel Reid 1747. Cord Bateman John Trevor C 1846, vice Neville, appointed a lord of the Treasury. R. Neville 1802. Sir H.W.Dashwood C Rt. Hon.Chas.Abbot C 80 91 William Camac .. W 27 WOLVERHAMPTON. Staffordshire. Wm. IV. Pop. 92,943. 1806. Sir H.W. Dashwood C 106 1832. W. W. Whitmore Richard Fryer W 850 Hon.W.F.E. Eden W Arthur Annesley 74 C 44 R 819 Francis Holyoake C 015 1831. LordC.S.Churchill W John Nicholson R 354 Lord Stormont 770 1835. Charles P. Villiers W Thomas Thorneley W 776 Fereday C 456 John Nicholson R 374 1837. Charles P. Villiers W 1067 Thomas Thorneley W 1067 Capt.Ryder Burton C 613 C 005 John Benbow 1841. Hon. C. P. Villiers W Thomas Thorneley W 1832. Marquis of Blandford C 1835. Lord C.S.Churchill W 1837. Henry Peyton .. C 120 Lord C. Churchill W 117 1838, May, vice Peyton, resigned. 160 Marquis of Blandford C Lord John Churchill W 155 The candidates were brothers. WOODSTOCK. Oxfordshire. Edw. I. Pop. 7,414. 1060. Sir T. Spencer E. Atkins 1690. Sir T. Littleton Sir P. Wheat 1840,) vice Blandford, a Peer. Frederick Thesiger C to 1844. 1844, April, vice Thesiger, ap- pointed Solicitor General Marquis of BlandfordC 1702. Sir William Glynn James Bertie 1845, vice Blandford, resigned. Lord Loftus . C ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 309 WORCESTERSHIRE. Edw. 111. Pop. 233,336. The political history of this county has been remarkable for the unconstitutional interference of the Bishop of the diocese in the General Election in 1702, in the first year of the reign of Queen Anne, and the merited punishment he expe- rienced upon that occasion. 1660. Henry Bromley John Talbot 1661. *Sir John Packington Samuel Sandys * Sir John Packington represented this county with very little intermission for above half a century. 1681. Thomas Foley Bridges Nanson 1790. Hon. E. Foley William Lygon W C 1806, vice Lygon, created Baron Beauchamp. Hon. W. B. Lygon C 1502 Hon.W.H.Littleton W 1145 1807. Hon. W. Lygon C Hon. W.H.Lyttleton W 1820. Hon. H. B. Lygon C SirT.F. Winnington W 1830. Hon. H. B. Lygon C Hon. T. H. Foley W 1831. Hon. T. H. Foley W 2034 Hon. F. Spencer W 1765 Hon. H. B. Lygon C 1335 1688. Sir James Rushout Thomas Foley 1702. Sir John Packington William Walsh 1722. Sir John Packington Sir Thomas Littleton 1741. E. Lechmere 2309 E. Pytts Lord Deerhurst 2120 1930 • G. Littleton 1412 1761. William Dowdeswell Hon. John Ward WEST DIVISION. Pop. 102,476. 1832. Hon. T. H. Foley W Hon. H. B. Lygon C 1833, May, vice Foley, a Peer. H. J. Winnington W 1369 J. S. Packington C 1278 1835. Hon. H. B. Lygon C 1945 H. J. Winnington W 1938 J. S. Packington C 1779 1837. Hon H. B. Lygon C H. J. Winnington W 310 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1841. Hon. H. B. Lygon C F. W. Knight.. C 1741. T. Winnington S. Sandys J. Ravenhill C 1462 1217 1009 EAST DIVISION. Pop. 130,860. 1747. T. Vernon 1557 1832. W. C. Russell W 2576 T. G. Winford 1074 T. H. Cookes, W 2517 R. Tracy 1027 J. S. Packington C 1916 1761. H. C. Boulton 1296 John Walsh 1147 1835. Edward Holland T. H. Cookes Horace St. Paul 1887. Horace St. Paul John Barneby W 2254 W 2192 R. Tracy 790 .. C 2145 1774. T. B. Rous 981 John Walsh 893 C 2595 Sir Watkin Lewes 736 . C 2528 Edward Bearcroft 312 E. Holland W 2175 J. H. Foley W 2168 1780. T. B. Rous 1086 Hon. W. Ward 832 1841. John Barneby .. C Sir W. Lewes 701 J. A. Taylor C 1846, vice Barneby, deceased. G. B. Rushout .. C 1789, vice Ward, a Peer. Emanuel Wigley WORCESTER. Edw. I. Pop. 26,306. 1660. Thomas Hall Thomas Street 1681. Sir F. Winnington Henry Herbert 1701. Thomas Wylde Samuel Swift 1727. Sir R. Lane Samuel Sandys 1790. Emanuel Wigley 959 Edmund Lechmere 892 S. Smith, jun. 692 1802. Abraham Roberts W 854 Joseph Scott Edward Wigley.. 486 463 1806. Abraham Roberts W 850 H. Bromley W 563 W. Gordon .. C 348 1807, Feb., vice Bromley. W. Gordon . C 704 Attersol W 413 . ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 311 1807. Abraham Roberts W. D. Gordon 1685. Sir D. Hampson Edward Baldwin 1812. A. Roberts W. D. Gordon Lord Deerhurst W 1248 C 839 • 1710. Sir Thomas Lee Charles Godfrey C 855 • • 1722. Lord Shelburne Charles Egerton 1818. Lord Deerhurst .. C 1422 T. H. H. Davies.. W 1024 Sir W. D. Gordon C 874 1826. G. Robinson 1831, to 1784. Robert Waller Viscount Mahon W 1542 T. H. H. Davies.. W 1236 Richard Griffith.. C 1036 G. R. Robinson.. W 1835. T. H. H. Davies W 1835. G. R. Robinson .. W 1611 Joseph Bailey C 1154 • Col. T.H.H.Davies W 1137 1837. Joseph Bailey . C Col. T.H.H.Davies W 1790. Earl Wycombe 31 Sir John Jervis Sir J. Dashwood, Bt. 26 22 1796. Sir J. D. King, Bt. W Lord Wycombe W 1802. Sir J. D. King, Bt. W Sir Francis Baring W 1807. Sir J. D. King, Bt. W Thomas Baring W 1841. Sir T. Wilde W 1187 Joseph Bailey C 1173 R. Hardy 1831. Sir T. Baring, Bt. W R 875 1846, vice Wilde, appointed Lord Chief Justice. Sir D. Le Marchant W Hon. R. J. Smith.. W 1832, vice Baring. Hon. Col. C. Grey W 26 B. D'Israeli C 11 WYCOMBE. Bucks. Edw. I. Pop. 6480. 1860. Edmund Petty Thomas Scott 1882. Hon. Robert Smith W 179 Hon. C. Grey B. D'Israeli W 140 .. C 119 312 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1835. Hon, Robert Smith W 289 Hon. C. Grey 1807. Hon. E. Harbord.. C 627 W 117 S. Lushington W 601 .. B. D'Israeli C 128 IV. Jacobs C 341 Upcher 21 1837. Hon. R. Smith .. W 1812. E. K. Lacon . C 807 G. H. Dashwood W W. Loftus C 387 G. Wilson W 329 1841. G. II. Dashwood W 189 R. Bernal, jun. W 160 • 1818. Hon. T. W. Anson W 780 J. W. Freshfield R. Alexander C 130 C. E. Rumbold W 760 C 80 · II'. Loftus C 651 • YARMOUTH. Norfolk. Edw. I. Pop. 27,550. 1660. Sir John Potts Sir William Doyley 1685. Sir William Cook John Friend 1698. George England John Nicholson 1722. Horatio Walpole .. W 1820. Hon. G. Anson C. E. Rumbold J. Mitchel J. H. Stracy W 751 • W 752 . C 612 C 612 . W 049 W 645 1826. C. E. Rumbold Hon. G. Anson Sir E. H. Lacon, Bt. C 250 1830. Hon. G. Anson W 944 C. E. Rumbold W 944 T. E. Campbell C 754 Henry Preston C 754 William Townshend W 1784. Sir John Jervis Henry Beaufoy 1831. Hon. G. Anson C. E. Rumbold A. Colville 1796. S. Howe Lord Charles Townshend H. Bliss • W 904 • W 903 C 549 C 543 1832. C. E. Rumbold W 835 1802. Sir T. Troubridge, Bt. Hon. George Auson W 829 Thomas Jervis A. Colville C 757 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 313 1835. J. Baring W. M. Praed C 777 C 768 Hon. Geo. Anson.. W 680 1734. Sir M. Stapylton, Bt. 7896 C. Turner 7879 Sir R. Winn, Bt. 7699 C. E. Rumbold W 675 E. Wortley Montagu 5898 1837. Charles E. Rumbold W 790 1741. Lord Morpeth William Wilshire W 779 Sir M. Stapylton Thomas Baring Gambier 1838, Aug., vice Wilshire, resigd. C 699 C 685 • 1741, Dec., vice Morpeth, deceased. Cholmelty Turner W 8003 William Wilshire W 735 George Fox C 7019 Thomas Baring C 702 1841. William Wilshire W 945 Charles E. Rumbold W 943 Thomas Baring J. Somes 1761, Sir G. Savile, Bt. to 1784. Edward Lascelles C 501 C 491 • 1784. William Wilberforce Henry Duncombe YORKSHIRE. Edw. III. Pop. 1,591,480. 1796. William Wilberforce 1660. Lord Fairfax John Dawney 1661. Sir J. Guthrie Conyers D'Arcy 1685. Lord Clifford Sir John Kay Hon. H. Lascelles 1806. Wm. Wilberforce C Walter Fawkes W 1807. Wm. Wilberforce C 11806 Lord Milton W 11177 Hon. H. Lascelles C 10989 1701. Lord Fairfax Lord Irwin 1708. Lord Down Sir William Strickland 1727. Sir Thomas Wentworth Cholmeley Turner o a 1812. Lord Milton W • Hon. H. Lascelles C 1818,) Lord Milton W to 1826 J. A. S. Wortley C 314 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1826. Lord Milton W Hon. W. Duncombe C R. F. Wilson . C W John Marshall At this Election the county of York first returned four members. The borough of Grampound having been disfranchised for bribery, the two members were trans- ferred to this county. 1837. Richard Bethell.. C 3587 Henry Broadley.. C 3256 P. B. Thompson.. W 2984 1831. Henry Broadley.. C Lord Hotham с 1830. Lord Morpeth .. W 1464 Henry Brougham W 1295 Hon. W.Duncombe C 1123 Richard Bethell.. C 1064 Martin Stapylton W 94 1830, Dec., vice Brougham, created Lord Chancellor. SirJ.V.B.JohnstoneW 361 George Strickland R 101 1831. Lord Morpeth W SirJ.V.B.Johnstone W John C. Ramsden W Sir Geo. Strickland R NORTH RIDING. Pop. 201,122. 1832. William Duncombe C 4885 E. S. Cayley W 3287 John C. Ramsden W 2895 Martin Stapylton W 002 1835. William Duncombe C 4656 E. S. Cayley W 4490 James Walker C 3841 1837. Hn. W. Duncombe C E. S. Cayley . W 1841. Hn. W, Duncombe C E. S. Cayley . W 1832, to EAST RIDING. Pop. 235,257. Richard Bethell.. C 1837. JP. B. Thompson W 1841. Sept., vice Duncombe, a Peer. Hn. O. Duncombe C 1807.—GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE POLL. West Riding Eust Riding North Riding • No. Voted. Wilberforce. Lascelles. Milton. 18,830 5,807 6,100 7,625 8,556 2,704 1.771 1,313 5,621 3.25 3.118 2,239 Total 23,007 11,506 10,989 11,177 This contest is said to have cost the three parties nearly half a million of money, being the most expensive that ever distinguished the annals of electioneering. ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 315 WEST RIDING. Pop. 1,154,101. 1832. Lord Morpeth .. W Sir G. Strickland,Bt.R 1835. Lord Morpeth W Sir G. Strickland Bt. R 1835, May, vice Lord Morpeth. Lord Morpeth W 9066 Hon. J. S. Wortley C 6259 1837. Lord Morpeth W 12576 Sir G. Strickland W 11892 J. S. Wortley C 11489 ADDRESS TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD VISCOUNT MORPETH, Passed at a Public Meeting of the Electors and Inhabitants of the West Riding of the County of Fork, held in the Court House at Wakefield, on the 27th of October, 1841. THE RIGHT HONORABLE EARL FITZWILLIAM IN THE CHAIR. MY LORD,—If we had given utterance to our feelings at the moment when the tie which had so long bound you to us was severed, our professions of attachment and concern might have been confounded with the mass of panegyric and invective which a General Election never fails to produce; but the struggle is now over,— the excitement has died away,-party animosities are forgotten in friendly inter- course,—and the time, as we conceive, has arrived when we may, with offence to no one, record in this solemn and deliberate manner, our esteem, our admiration, and our regret. It would ill become us to condole with your Lordship on the late change in the Representation of this Riding, or on the still more important change which has taken place in the Government of the Country. It is impossible, we are well assured, that any such reverse should have found you unprepared. When you engaged in the tumult of party and the cares of government, you were not ignorant of the fate which has, in every age, attended those who have laboured for the happiness of nations. Yon well knew how frequently the prejudices and partial interests which exist in every large community, are opposed to those who would serve it, and to what exertions and sacrifices mankind have been indebted for the victories of liberty and of truth. You have, moreover, in this great turn of fortune, whatever support can be derived from the resources of a fruitful and highly cultivated mind; from the voice of an approving conscience; from the blessings of great masses of the people, both in Great Britain and in Ireland; from the regard of friends whose esteem and affection are fixed, not only on the Minister, but also on the Man; from the testi- mony borne, even by opponents, to your ability, your humanity, and your honor; and, above all, from the deep though unaffected tone of your religious feelings. To you, therefore, we do not presume to offer personal condolence; but we must be permitted to express our deep concern at the manner in which the connexion be tween you and your late Constituents has terminated. The West Riding has ill performed its part. The place of the West Riding was 316 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1841. Hn. J. S. Wortley C 13165 1846, July, vice Morpeth, Com- E. B. Denison C 12780 Lord Milton W 12080 Lord Morpeth W 12031 sioner of Woods and Forests. Viscount Morpeth W 1846, Feb., vice Wortley, suc- ceeded to the Peerage as Lord Wharncliffe. Viscount Morpeth W YORK. Henry III. Pop. 30,152. 1660. Sir M. Robinson Thomas Osborne not in the ranks of Monopoly. Here, if no where else, should have been found, combined with the power to promote, the intelligence to comprehend, and the spirit to maintain, the great principles of Commercial Freedom. Here, if no where else, it should have been known, how much the activity of Manufactures and the enter- prise of Trade contribute to the welfare of the Proprietors and Cultivators of the Soil; and here we might have expected a practical manifestation of that knowledge. But delusion has triumphed; and we have only, by this public act, to disclaim our participation in that delusion, and to avow our regret that others have given their support, a support which, we cannot doubt, they will ere long see reason to deplore,—to a system alike hostile to the extension of our Foreign Commerce, and to the other great interests of the British Empire; and which, by counteracting the beneficent dispensations of Providence, is especially incompatible with the pros- perity of this District. There is one point in which your Lordship will perhaps permit us to offer our counsel. On the day when, with grace, gentleness, and dignity, such as extorted admiration even from political opponents, you took your leave of us, we heard from you words which we trust are to be considered only as the expression of a transient feeling; which though natural at such a time to such a mind, will yield, on reflec- tion, to the sense of public duty. You declared that, having so long sate in Parlia ment as the Representative of this great Riding, you were then unwilling to accept a mission from any other constituent body. The day, we trust, will arrive, when our dearest interests will again be confided to your immediate care; but your coun- try cannot spare you even till that day. The United Empire, suffering under a legislation which turns her most profitable customers, against their will, into her most formidable competitors, has a claim to your services. It will, be assured, highly gratify us to learn, that those talents and virtues which the greatest constituent body in the Empire has rejected, have been justly appreciated and honoured olsewhere. And now, my Lord, with all gratitude for your long, your faithful, your ill-requited services, with all respect for your principles and talents, and with all good wishes for your happiness, and for the happiness of your noble House, we, for the present, bid you farewell. 1 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 317 1685. Sir M. Robinson Sir J. Reresby 1678. Sir H. Hewley Henry Thompson 1761. Sir G. Armitage Robert Lane 1774. Charles Turner W 828 • Lord J. Cavendish W 807 M.B. Hawke . C 647 1688. Lord Dumblain Edward Thompson 1784. Lord Galway C 1083 R. S. Milnes C 1024 1698. Sir W. Robinson Toby Jenkins Lord J. Cavendish W 918 Sir W. M. Milner W 812 1713. Sir W. Robinson,Bt. 1368 1790. R. S. Milnes . C Robert Fairfax 835 Sir W. M. Milner W Tobias Jenkins 802 1802, Sir W. M. Milner W to 1714. Sir W. Robinson, Bt. 1388 1807. Hon. L. Dundas W Tobias Jenkins 1225 Robert Fairfax 844 1722. Sir W. Milner W 1421 Edward Thompson 1399 Sir T. Robinson, Bt. 1076 1741. Hon. E. Thompson 1807. Sir W. M. Milner W 1454 Sir M. M. Sykes C 1316 Hon. L. Dundas.. W 967 Poll open six days. 1812. Sir M. M. Sykes,Bt C Hon. L. Dundas W 1417 Godfrey Wentworth 1325 Sir J. L. Kaye 1818. Hon. L. Dundas.. W 1446 1315 Sir W. Milner 1115 Sir M. M. Sykes C 1276 W. B. Cooke W 1055 1747. *G. F. Lane 1820. Hon. L. Dundas W 1647 William Thornton Took the name of Love during this M. Wyvill W 1527 Parliament. Lord Howden C 1201 1758, Dec., W. Thornton 1239 1820, June, vice Dundas, a Peer. Robert Lane 994 Robert Chaloner.. W 318 ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1826. M. Wyvill Col. J. Wilson W .. C 1830. S. A. Bayntun Hon. Dundas C 1928 .. W 1907 Hon. E. R. Petre W 1792 1833, Nov., vice Bayntun, dec. Hon. T. Dundas.. W 1337 J. H. Lowther C 84€ 1835. J. H. Lowther J. C. Dundas C. F. Barkley C 1409 • W 1301 W 919 1881. S. A. Bayntun . C Hon. T. Dundas W 1837. J. H. Lowther Hon. J. C. Dundas W 1276 D. F. Atcherley .. C 1180 W 1461 1832. Hon. E. R. Petre W 1505 S. A. Bayntun C 1140 J. H. Lowther C 884 872 Hon. T. Dundas.. W .. 1841. J. H. Lowther H. R. Yorke . C 1625 W 1552 D. F. Atcherley C 1456 WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. ANGLESEA COUNTY. 27 Henry VIII. Pop. 50,890. 1660. *Lord Viscount Bulkeley *Represented it in succession for 53 years 1714. O. Meyrick 1837, to 1847. W. O. Stanley W BEAUMARIS. 27 Henry VIII & 2 Wm. IV. Pop. 2701. 1660. Griffith Bodurda 1678. R. Bulkeley 1727. Hugh Williams 1747. Sir N. Bailey, Bt. 1704. Sir N. Bayley, Bt. O. Meyrick 231 1688. Si. W. Williams 126 1705. H. Bertie 1790. Hon. W. Paget W 1727. W. W. Wynn 1794, vice Paget, deceased. Hon. A. Paget 1807. Hon. B. Paget W W 1728, vice Wynn. Visct. Bulkeley 1820. Earl of Uxbridge.. W 1832 to 1837. SirR.B.Bulkeley,Bt. W 1837, Feb., vice Bulkeley, resigd. 1753, vice Bulkeley, deceased. John Owen 1784. Hon. H. Fortescue 1796. Lord Newborough W. O. Stanley F. Meyrick W 693 .. C 586 1808, vice Newborough, deceased. Sir E. P. Loyd, Bt. 1 320 1 * WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1812, to 1826. T. F. Lewis 1826. Sir R. Williams, Bt. BRECON. Henry VIII. Pop. 5,701. 1832. J. L. V. Watkins C. M. R. Morgan W 110 C 104 1831, vice Williams, deceased. Sir R. B. W. Bulkeley 1835. C. M. R. Morgan C 1832, to Capt. F. Paget . W 1837. C. M. R. Morgan J. L. Lloyd C 156 • W 102 1847. BRECKNOCKSHIRE. 27 Henry VIII. Pop. 55,603. 1841. C. M. R. Morgan.. C 1600. Sir W. Lewis CARDIFF. Glamorganshire. Henry VIII. Pop. 10,077. 1690. Sir R. Gwynn 1660. B. Mansell 1755. Thomas Morgan Sir R. Gwynn 682 433 1685. F. Gwynn 1802. Sir Charles Morgan, Bt. 1818. Thomas Wood .. C 839 Sir C. Morgan, Bt. W 802 1831. Thomas Wood .. C 282 J. L. V'. Watkins.. W 138 1710. Sir E. Shadling 1761. H. Mackworth 1806. Lord Wm. Stuart 1820. Wyndham Lewis E. Ludlow C 457 W 245 1832, to Col. T. Wood . C 1837. 1832. John Nicholl .. C 342 Lord James Stuart W 191 1837. Col. T. Wood .. C 1222 Major G. Holford W 570 1841. Col. T. Wood .. C 1835, to 1847. John Nicholl ..c WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 321 CARDIGANSHIRE. 1796, Henry VIII. Pop. 68,766. to 1812. Hon. J. Vaughan 1660. John Vaughan 1812. Hon. J. Vaughan 528 1702. Sir H. Mackworth Major Evans 508 1818, to Pryse Pryse W 1841.) 1722. F. Cornwallis 1755. John Loyd 1768, J. S. Harford to Visct. Lisborne C 1796. 1841. Pryse Pryse W 305 C 285 A double return on account of the loss of a Poll Book. Pryse seated on petition. 1790, to Thomas Johnes W 1816. CARMARTHENSHIRE. Henry VIII. & Wm. IV., 2 2 M.P. Pop. 100,325 1816, to Col. W. E. Powell C 1847. 1660. John Lloyd 1678. Lord Vaughan CARDIGAN. Pop. 2,925. 1688. Sir R. Rudd 1660. Wm. Griffith 1701. Griffith Rice 1685. John Vaughan 1710. Sir Thomas Powell 1741. Thos. Pryse 1727. Sir N. Williams 1761. H. Lloyd 1754. George Rice 785 Richard Vaughan 390 1774. Sir R. Smyth 1488 Thomas Johnes, jun. 980 1780. John Vaughan 1780, to John Campbell 1796. 1802. Hamlyn Williams W 1253 Sir W. Paxton W 1207 .. 322 WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1806. Sir W. Paxton W 1768. Griffith Phillips Joseph Bullock 52 42 223 1807. Lord R. Seymour .. C 1820. Hon. G. R. Rice .. C 1826. Hon. G. R. R. Trevor C 1831. Sir J. H. Williams, Bt.W 1832. Hon. G. R. Trevor C 1853 E. H. Adams W 1038 Sir J. H. Williams W 1504 1802. J. G. Phillips 1812. George Campbell W 156 John Jones C 143 1818. Hon. J.F.Campbell W John Jones 306 C 261 1821, vice Campbell, a Peer. John Jones Sir W. Paxton .. C 321 W 312 1835. Hon. G. R. Trevor C 2198 Sir J. H. Williams W 1938 J. Jones C 1840 1826, to 1832. John Jones .. C 1837. Hon. G. R. Trevor C 2409 J. Jones C 2155 Sir J. H. Williams W 2076 J. Jones 1832. Hn.W.H.Yelverton W 302 C 295 1835. D. Lewis 1841. Hon. G. R. Trevor C Hn.W.H.YelvertonW C 273 224 J. Jones C 1845, vice Jones, deceased. D. A. S. Davies .. C 1837. David Morris W 333 • D. Lewis C 287 1841. David Morris W CARMARTHEN. Henry VIII. Pop. 9526. 1660. Lord Vaughan 1685. R. Vaughan 1727. A. Bevan 1754. Griffith Phillips CARNARVONSHIRE. Henry VIII. Pop. 81,093. 1660. John Glynn 1688. Sir W. Williams 1698. T. Bulkeley WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 323 Lord Penrhyn 1826. Lord Newborough 1714. John Griffith 1835. Col. Love Parry Major Nanney W 378 C 350 • • 1855. Sir John Wynn, Bt. 1796. Sir RobertWilliams, Bt. 690 1837. W. B. Hughes Capt. A. Paget C 405 • W 385 370 1841. W. B. Hughes . C 416 Lord George Paget W 387 1830. C. W. G. Wynn C DENBIGHSHIRE. 1832, to T. A. Smith 1837. C Henry VIII., & Wm. IV. 2 M.P. Pop. 88,866. 1660. Sir Thos. Myddleton 1837. J. R. O. Gore C 1685. Sir R. Myddleton 1841. Hn.E. G. D. Penant C CARNARVON. Henry VIII. Pop. 8001. 1722. William Wynn 1660. William Glyun 1755. Sir L. S. Colton, Bt. 1774. Sir W. W. Wynn 1688. Sir R. Owen 1761. Sir J. Wynn, Bt. 1832. Sir W. W. Wynn R. M. Biddulph Hon. L. Kenyon C 2528 WV 1479 C 1291 1784. Glynn Wynn 490 Lord Newborough 410 1835. Sir W. W. Wynn C 2377 Hon. W. Bagot C 1512 1790. Lord Paget R. M. Biddulph W 1256 1830. Wm. O. Gore C 1837, Sir W. W. Wynn C to 1841. Hon. W. Bagot C 1831. Sir Charles Paget W 274 Wm. Ormsby Gore C 264 1832. Sir Charles Paget W 410 DENBIGH. Henry VIII. Pop. 5298. Major Nanney C 363 1660. Sir J. Carter 324 WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1661. Sir J. Salisbury 1685. Sir J. Conway 1688. Edward Brereton 1701. Sir R. Mostyn 1708. Sir W. Williams 1741. Sir J. Glynn 1755. Richard Myddleton 1796, vice Myddleton, deceased. T. T. Joues 1747. Sir T. Mostyn 1758, vice Mostyn, deceased. Sir R. Mostyn 1802. Hon. F. West 1796. Sir T. Mostyn John Lloyd W C 30 8 8 50 1812. Lord Kirkwall .. C 105 R. M. Biddulph W 100 1802. Sir Thomas Mostyn W 1826. Hon. F. R. West C 271 Joseph Ablett W 270 1831. Hn.E.M.L.Mostyn W 1831. R. M. Biddulph.. W 1832. Hon.E.M.L.Mostyn W 1832. J. Maddocks W 1835. Hon.E.M.L.MostynW 1835. Wilson Jones J. Maddocks . C 490 W 242 1837. Sir S. R. Glynne C 945 Hn.E.M.L.MostynW 909 1837. Wilson Joues R. M. Biddulph . C 411 W 338 1841. Hon.E.M.L.MostynW 1235 Sir S. R. Glynne C 1194 1841. T. Mainwaring . C 383 T. Biddulph W 309 On petition, Glynne vice Mostyn. FLINT. Henry VIII. and Wm. IV. Pop. 2860. 1660. Roger Whitley FLINTSHIRE. Henry VIII. Pop. 66,919. 1660. Sir T. Hanmer 1685. Sir J. Hanmer WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 325 1702. Sir R. Mostyn 1790. T. Wyndham .. c 1755. Sir John Glynne, Bt. 1814, vice Wyndham, deceased. B. Hall W 1777, vice Glynne, deceased. Watkin Williams 1820. Sir C. Cole J. Edwards 791 • 656 1806. Sir F. P. Lloyd, Bt. 107 Sir S. R. Glynn, Bt. W. Shipley 93 1826. Sir C. Cole 55 1807. W. Shipley 1831. C. R. M. Talbot W 129 Sir S. R. Glynn, Bt. 128 Sir E. P. Lloyd, Bt. 120 1832, C. R. M. Talbot .. W to 1837. L. W. Dillwynn W 1812. Sir E. P. Lloyd, Bt. W 1831, vice Lloyd, created Baron Mostyn. 1837. Viscount Adair C 2009 C. R. M. Talbot.. W 1794 J. J. Guest W 1590 Henry Glynn . C 1832, to Sir R. S. Glynne C 1837. 1841. Viscount Adair .. C C. R. M. Talbot.. W 1837. C. W. D. Dundas W 591 R. J. Mostyn HAVERFORDWEST. Pembrokeshire. W 393 Henry VIII. Pop. 5941. 1841. Sir R. B.W.Bulkeley W 1660. Sir F. Hyde 1685. Wm. Wogan GLAMORGANSHIRE. Henry VIII. Pop. 171,188. 1702. J. Laugharn 1660. Sir E. Mansel 1722. F. Edwards 1701. Sir T. Mansel 1755. Charles Edwin 1755. William Edwards D a 326 WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1802. Lord Kensington 1796, to 1836. Sir R. W. Vaughan, Bt. C · 1812. Lord Kensington .. 220 N. Phillips 98 1818. W. H. Scourfield .. C 1836, June, vice Vaughan, resigned. Richard Richards C 501 Sir W. Wynne W 150 1826, 1841. Richard Richards. C to R. B. P. Phillips.. W 1832. 1832. Sir R. B. P. Phillips W MERTHYR tydVIL. Glamorganshire. Wm IV. Pop. 31,977. 1835. W. H. Scourfield .. C 247 Captain Peel C 125 1832, to Josiah John Guest W 1837.) 1837. Sir R. B. P. Phillips W 247 W. H. Scourfield.. C 165 1841. Sir R. B. P. Phillips W 1837. Josiah John Guest W 309 C 135 Mr. Bruce 1841. Josiah John Guest W MERIONETHSHIRE. Henry VIII. Pop. 39,332. 1660. H. Meyrick 1681. Sir R. Owen 1701. R. Vaughan 1734. Wm. Vaughan MONMOUTHSHIRE. Henry VIII. Pop. 134,355. 1660. Lord Herbert Wm. Morgan 1690. Lord Worcester Thos. Morgan 1702. Sir J. Williams John Morgan 1768. J. P. Pryce 1774. E. S. Vaughan 1761. Wm. Morgan C. Hanbury 1792, vice E. S. Vaughan, deceased 1807. Sir C. Morgan R. W. Vaughan Lord A. J. H. Somerset WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 327 1841, Feb., vice Williams, resigned. Octavius Morgan.. C 1831,) Ld. G. C.H.Somerset C to 1841. W. A. Williams •. T W 1820. Marq. of Worcester C 90 J. Moggridge W 40 1831. Benjamin Hall .. W 168 Marq. of Worcester C 149 1832. Benjamin Hall W 393 Marq. of Worcester C 355 1835. Benjamin Hall W 428 Joseph Bailey, jun. C 424 Hon. W. H. Tracey W Tracey retired before the Poll. 1841. Lord G. Somerset C Octavius Morgan.. C 1841, Sept., vice Somerset, ac- cepted office. Lord G. Somerset C MONMOUTH. Henry VIII. Pop. 5446. 1660. Sir T. Wiliams 1837. Reginald J. Blewitt W 440 Joseph Bailey, jun. C 386 1841. Reginald J. Blewitt W 1701. John Morgan 1734. Lord C. N. Somerset MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Henry VIII. Pop. 69,220. 1660. John Pursell 1685. Edward Vaughan 1722. P. Devereux 1754. B. Bathurst 1707. J. Stepney 1788, vice Stepney, resigned. Marquis of Worcester 1790. C. Bragg 1799. Lord C. H. Somerset 1813. Marquis of Worcester 1755. Edward Kynaston 1774. W. M. Owen 700 Watkin Williams .. 624 1799, to C. W. W. Wynn .. C 1831.) 1831. Chas. W. W. Wynn C 703 W 621 J. H. Lyons 328 WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1832, to C. W. W. Wynn C PEMBROKESHIRE. Henry VIII. Pop. 88,044. 1841. 1660. A. Owen 1841. C. W. W. Wynn с 1685. William Barlow MONTGOMERY. Henry VIII. Pop. 1,208. 1660. Thomas Middleton 1661. Edw. Vaughan 1690. P. Devereux 1701. Sir A. Owen 1727. John Campbell 1761. Sir J. Phillips 1770. Hugh Owen 1786, vice Owen, deceased. Lord Milford W 1761. R. Clive 1708. J. Pugh 1774. W. Keene 1818, to H. Clive 1807. Lord Milford 1195 Sir H. Owen 1102 1812. Sir John Owen, Bt. C 1529 George Campbell W 1344 1832. 1882. David Pugh C 336 Col. John Edwards W 322 1831, Sir John Owen, Bt. C 1529 Hon. Greville W 1850 1833, vice Pugh, unseated. 1832, Col. John Edwards W 331 Panton Corbett to 1841. Sir John Owen, Bt.C C 321 1841. Viscount Emlyn C 1835. Col. John Edwards W 1837. Col. John Edwards W 472 Panton Corbett PEMBROKE. . C 443 Henry VIII. Pop. 7,412. 1660. Sir H. Owen 1841. H. Cholmondeley C 463 Col. John Edwards W 437 1698. Sir J. Phillips WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 329 1755. Hugh Barlow 1761. Lord Carnarvon 1761. Sir W. Owen, Bt. 1780. Thomas Johnes W. Wilkins 521 365 1780. Sir Hugh Owen Lord Milford 1989 912 • 1802. W. Wilkins W 578 J. Macnamara . C 57 1809, to Sir H. Owen, Bt. C 1813. 1828, to Rt. Hn. T. F. Lewis C 1835. 1813. Sir T. Picton W 1815, June, vice Picton, killed at Waterloo. 1835. Walter Wilkins Sir J. B. Walsh W 183 C 456 John Jones .. C 1837. Walter Wilkins W 1818, to J. H. Allen W 1826. 1840, vice Wilkins, deceased. Sir J. B. Walsh C 1826, to H. O. Owen 1838. . C 1841. Sir J. B. Walsh C 1838, vice Owen, resigned. RADNOR. Sir J. R. G. Graham C Henry VIII. Pop. 2,482. 1660. Sir E. Harley 1841. Sir John Owen C 246 Colonel Owen C 172 Captain Child 1690. R. Harley W 81 1714. Thos. Lewis RADNORSHIRE. Henry VIII. Pop. 25,356. 1660. Sir R. Lloyd 1698. Thos. Harley 1790. David Murray 609 Edward Lewis 313 1722. Sir H. Howorth 1812. Richard Price P. Lewis 154 • 39 330 WELSH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1820. Richard Price P. Lewis 207 59 SWANSEA. Glamorganshire. 2 Wm. IV. Pop. 16,787. 1882, 1832, to Richard Price 1841. to 1841. J. H. Vivian W SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. ABERDEENSHIRE. Anne. Pop. 192,387. 1831. Hon.W. Gordon Sir M. Bruce C 75 W 32 1707. William Nisbet 1708. Lord Haddo 1832. Hon. W. Gordon Sir M. Bruce C 1183 W 1002 1710. Sir A. Cumming 1722. A. Grant 1734. Sir A. Forbes 1747. A. Mitchel 1835. Hn.Capt.W. GordonC 1837. Hn.Capt.W.GordonC 1220 Sir Thomas Burnett W 807 1841. HnCapt. W. Gordon C 1754. Lord A. Gordon ABERDEEN. Anne. Pop. 63,288. 1707. John Cockburn 1786. George Skene 62 James Ferguson 22 23 52 1713. John Middleton 1802. James Ferguson C 61 Major General HayW 41 1741. John Maule 1806. James Ferguson C 48 1761. D. Scott Major General Hay W 46 1796. A. Allardyce. 1807. James Ferguson C 54 Major GeneralHay W 39 1806. J. Farquhar 332 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1807. Hon. J. Ramsay J. Farquhar 3 • 1806. Sir H. D. Hamilton 2 1807. D. Boyle 1820. Joseph Hume . R 1832. A. Bannerman W • • 1812. Sir H. D. Hamilton F. T. Kennedy General Montgomery 56 55 54 1835. A. Bannerman Col. A. Farquhar W 938 C 372 1820. James Montgomery 1837. A. Bannerman W 1831. William Blair C 1841. A. Bannerman W 780 1832. R. A. Oswald W 2152 Innes Laurie . C 513 Col W. Blair C 324 R 50 1835. R. A. Oswald W ARGYLESHIRE. Anne. Pop. 97,371. 1835, June, vice Oswald. 1707. Sir J. Swinton 1710. Sir J. Campbell 1832. J. H. Callender.. W 1835. W. F. Campbell IV 1837. W. F. Campbell W 057 Campbell of Menzies C 424 Capt. John Dunlop W 1355 Sir John Cathcart C 829 1837. Capt. John Dunlop W 1559 Lord Kelburne C 1370 1839, May, vice Dunlop, deceased. Lord Kelburne C 1758 James Campbell H. Craig • • W 1296 R 40 1841. A. Campbell . C 1841. Lord Kelburne • C AYRSHIRE. AYR BURGH. Anne. Pop. 164,356. Pop. 8264. 1775. J. M. Campbell 1832. J. F. Kennedy W 375 1802. Col. Fullarton John Taylor James Cruikshank C 33 R 104 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 333 1834, Feb., vice Kennedy resigned. Lord J.H.C. Stuart W 305 BERWICKSHIRE. Pop. 34,438. John Taylor R 213 .. 1707. George Baillie 1835. Lord J. H. C. Stuart W 339 1734. A. H. Campbell A. Johnstone . R 323 1761. James Pringle 1837. Lord J. H. C. Stuart W 368 A. Johnstone R 351 1780. Hugh Scott 50 Sir John Patterson 35 1841. Lord J. H. C. StuartW 1796. George Baillie 47 BANFFSHIRE. Pop. 49,679. Sir Alexander Don 17 1707. John Murray 1820. Sir J. Majoribanks 1708. A. Abercromby 1831. Hon. Capt. Maitland 1754. James Duff 1832. C. Majoribanks W 478 1796. William Grant 1802. Rt. Hon. Wm. Grant Hon.Capt. Maitland C 410 1835. Sir H. P. Campbell C 507 Sir F. Blake W 324 1820. Rt. Hon. James Duff 1837, 1831. James Morrison W to 1847. Sir H. P. Campbell C 1832. G. Ferguson W 295 BUTESHIRE. Col. Gordon C 128 1832. Capt. C. Stuart Wm. IV. Pop. 15,740. . C 1834. Capt. G. Ferguson C 1835, 1837. James Duff W 292 Capt. G. Ferguson C 214 to 1841. Sir William Rae.. C 1841. James Duff Mr. Reidhaven W 316 C 273 1841. Sir William Rae, Bt. C 138 Dunlop 82 334 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. CAITHNESS-SHIRE. Wm. IV. Pop. 36,343. 1832, to G. Sinclair 1837. W 1837. Sir George Sinclair C 197 1837. Adml. Sir C. Adam W 1841. Hn.G.R.Abercromby W DUMBARTONSHIRE. Pop. 44,295. George Traill .. W 165 1707. Sir J. Johnstone 1841. George Traill . W 1708. John Campbell CLACKMANNAN AND KIN- ROSS-SHIRE. Pop. 27,918. 1790. Sir Robert Laurie John Johnstone 22 13 1796. A. Smollett 1707. Joseph Austin 1802. Sir James Colquhoun 17 1708. Wm. Dalrymple Lord John Campbell 15 1713. Sir J. Erskine 1806. H. Glassford 1761. J. Abercromby 1796. Sir R. Abercromby 1802. W. D. M'Leau Clephane 1812. Hon. Geo. Abercromby 1820. Robert Bruce 1831. Hon. G. R. Abercromby 1832. Adml. Sir C. Adam W 527 Mr. Bruce C 196 1812. Rt. Hon. A. Colquhoun 1820. J. Buchanan 1880. Lord M. W. Graham W 30 J. C. Colquhoun C 30 The casting vote was given to Lord Graham. 1831. Lord M. W. Graham W 28 J. C. Colquhoun C 23 1832. J. C. Colquhoun . C 422 .. Sir J. Colquhoun .. W 375 1835. Adml. Sir C. Adam W 447 M. Bruce C 285 1835. A. Dennistoun W 430 A. Smollett .. C 399 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 335 1837. Sir Jas. Colquhoun W 453 A. Smollett • C 411 1841. A. Smollett . C DUNDEE. Forfarshire. Pop. 62,794. 1832. G. Kinloch W 853 Guthrie C 592 DUMFRIES-SHIRE. Pop. 72,830. 1707. Sir J. Stuart 1833, vice Kinloch, deceased. to 1837. Sir Henry Parnell W 1713. Sir W. Johnstone 1837. Sir Henry Parnell J. Gladstone W 663 C 381 1747. Lord C. Douglas 1841. G. Duncan W 577 J. B. Smith R 445 1796. Sir R. Laurie 1807. W. J. Hope EDINBURGHSHIRE. Pop. 225,454. 1707. George Lockhart 1826, to J. J. H. Johnstone C 1847. 1714. John Baird 1722. Robert Dundas DUMFRIES. Pop. 11,409. 1741. Sir C. Gilmour 1832. Lt. Gen. M. Sharpe W 488 Hannay C 370 1755. Robert Dundas 1761. Sir A. Gilmour 1835. Lt. Gen. M. Sharpe W 422 Hannay .. C 370 1796. Robert Dundas 1837. Lt. Gen. M. Sharpe W 1812. Sir Ceorge Clerk, Bt. 1841. W. Ewart W 412 Sir A. Johnstone .. C 351 Sir George Clerk C 79 1881. Sir John Dalrymple W 49 1818 to 336 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1832. Sir J. H. Dalrymple W 601 Sir George Clerk, Bt.C 536 1831. Rt. Hon. W. Dundas 17 F. Jeffrey 14 Lord Provost 2 1835. SirGeorge Clerk,Bt. C 565 Gibson Craig W 534 1832. Francis Jeffrey W 4036 James Abercromby W 3843 Blair C 1512 1837. Gibson Craig W 703 Sir George Clerk, Bt. C 661 1834, June, vice Jeffrey. 1841. W. R. Ramsay . C Sir John CampbellW 1932 John Learmouth C 1401 James Aytoun R 480 • • EDINBURGH. Pop. 138,182. 1707. Sir P. Johnstoun 1713. Sir J. Stuart 1714. John Campbell 1835. James Abercromby W 2963 Sir John Campbell W 3838 John Ramsay C 1716 John Learmouth.. C 1608 1734. P. Lindsay 1741. A. Stuart 1747. James Ker 1754. W. Alexander 1761. George Lind 1796. Rt. Hon. H. Dundas 1812. Rt. Hon. W. Dundas 1820, to Rt. Hon. W. Dundas 1831. James Mansfield 25 1837. Hon. J. Abercromby W Sir John Campbell W 1839, vice Abercromby, a Peer. Hon. T. B. Macaulay W 1841. Hon. T. B. Macaulay W W. G. Craig W 1846, July, vice Craig, appointed lord Commissioner. W. G. Craig .. W 1846, July, vice Macaulay, ap- pointed Paymaster of the Forces. Hon.T.B.Macaulay W 1735 Sir C. E. Smith, Bt. W 832 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 337 ELGIN, BANFF, &C. Pop. 20,052. 1832. Lt.-Col. Leith Hay W 350 Hon. H. Mackenzie C 225 Morison .. W 123 1846, May, vice Baird, resigned. Lord Lincoln Wilson . C 506 W 495 1835. Lt.-Col. Leith Hay W 381 Brodie C 261 1837. Lt.-Col. Leith Hay W 1838, Feb., vice Hay, resigned. FIFESHIRE. Pop. 140,140. 1707. Hugh Ross 1710. Sir A. Erskine 1714. Sir J. Anstruther Hon. Fox Maule W 1741. D. Scott 1841. Sir A. L. Hay T. Duff W 311 1747. Joseph Oswald .. C 297 1761. James St. Clair ELGIN AND NAIRNSHIRE. Pop. 44,229. 1802. Sir Wm. Erskine, Bt. W 1832, to 1841. Hn.Col.F.W.Grant C 1806. Robert Ferguson .. William Wemyss .. 82 72 22 1841. C. L. C. Bruce . C 354 General Duff 1807. William Wemyss W 172 FALKIRK, LANARK, &C. 1820,) James Wemyss R. Ferguson W 107 Wm. IV. Pop. 40,212. to 1835. Sir John Oswald.. 44 14 1832. W. D. Gillon W 505 Hon. C. A. Murray C 361 1835. Capt. J. Wemyss W 1051 Col. Lindsay 0 581 1835, to W. D. Gillon W 1841. 1837. Capt. J. Wemyss W 1086 Hon. J. C. Bruce C 507 1841. W. Baird . C 462 W. D. Gillon WV 133 1841. Capt. J. Wemyss II Εα 338 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. FORFARSHIRE. Pop. 170,520. 1820. A. Campbell 1832. Hn.D.G.Hallyburton W 1830. A. Campbell Mr. Frisby 15 15 1835. Hn.D.G.Hallyburton W 625 Hon. J. S. Wortley C 446 The returning officer gave the casting fiote to Campbell. Mr. Wortley resigned at the close of the flrst day's poll. 1832. James Ewing C 3214 James Oswald W 2838 1837, to Hn.D.G.Hallyburton W 1847. Sir D. K. Sandford W 2168 John Crawford John Douglas Joseph Dixon W 1850 W 1340 • • WV 995 GLASGOW. Lanarkshire. Anne and Wm. IV. Pop. 274,533. 1835. James Oswald W 3832 Colin Dunlop W 3267 1707. Sir J. Johnstoun James Ewing .. C 2297 1708. R. Rodger 1710. Thomas Smith 1714. Daniel Campbell 1737. J. Blackwood 1741. N. Buchanan 1761 Lord F. Campbell 1836, Feb., vice Dunlop, resigned. Lord W. Bentinck W 1995 George Mills, jun. R 903 The father of Mills proposed Lord Wm. Bentinck. 1837, May, vice Oswald, resigned. James Dennistoun W 3040 C 2298 R. Monteith 1837. Lord W. Bentinck W 2767 John Dennistoun W 2743 James Campbell .. C 2121 R. Monteith C 2090 1796. William Macdowall 1802. A. Houston 1812. K. Kiulay 1841. James Oswald W 2773 John Dennistoun W 2728 James Campbell.. C 2418 George Mills R 411 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 339 GREENOCK. 1832. J. Balfour .. C 271 Renfrewshire. Sir D. Baird W 232 Pop. 36,936. 1832. Robert Wallace W 493 1835. R. Ferguson W 268 J. Fairie C 262 Mr. Hope . C 231 1825. Robert Wallace W 1837. Lord Ramsay C 299 1837. Robert Wallace W 401 R. Ferguson W 205 Mr. Smith C 202 1841. Sir T. Hepburn, Bt. C 1811. Robert Wallace W 406 C 307 • Sir T. Cochrane 184, vicc Wallace, resigned. HADDINGTON, DUNBAR, &C. Pop. 17,785. Walter Bain W 350 1832, Alexander Dunlop С 3-14 to 1837. Robert Stewart W HADDINGTONSHIRE. Pop. 35,886. 1707. John Cockburn 1741. Lord C. Hay 1747. Sir H. Dalrymple 1761. A. Fletcher 1796. H. H. Dalrymple, jun. 1802 to Hon. Charles Hope 1837. Robert Stewart W 268 Sir T. B. Hepburn C 237 1841. J. M. Balfour . C 273 Robert Stewart .. W 264 INVERNESS-SHIRE. Pop. 97,799. 1707. A. Mackenzie 1708. A. Grant 1820.) 1714. John Forbes 1820. Sir J. G. Suttie, Bt. 1734. Sir J. Grant 1829. Sir J. G. Suttie 39 Lord John Hay 38 1755. Hon. Pryse Campbell 1831. Lord J. Hay 1796. S. Frazer, jun. 340 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1802. Charles Grant 15 Simon Frazer 11 1835. MajorC.L.C.Bruce C 344 E. Ellice, jun. W 340 Mr. Forbes 6 1837. Roderick Macleod W 336 1832. Rt. Hon. C. Grant W 257 G. Mackenzie . C 317 N. Mc Leod . C 210 1840, vice Macleod. 1835. R. C. Grant WV 260 N. Mc Leod C 253 James Morrison John Frazer W 353 C 307 1835, May, vice Grant, a Peer. 1841. James Morrison W The Chisholm C 268 J. M. Grant W 240 1837. The Chisholm . C 322 KILMARNOCK. Ayrshire. J. M. Grant W 217 Wm. IV. Pop. 40,443. 1832. J. Dunlop C 1838, March, vice Chisholm re- signed. TheMaster of GrantC 1840, March, vice the Master of Grant, deceased. 1835. Dr. Bowring Capt. J. Dunlop Downie . R 520 C 276 153 H. J. Baillie .. C 1841. H. J. Baillie C 1837. John C. Colquhoun C 509 Dr. Bowring R 438 W 490 INVERNESS, FORTROSE, AND 1841. A. Johnstone John C. Colquhoun C 479 FORRES. Pop. 24,832. 1841, May, vice Johnstone, de- 1832. Lt. Col. J. Baillie W 250 ceased. Hon.T.P.Bouverie W 389 W 213 H. T. Prinsep C 379 Henry Vincent R 98 • 3 John Stuart MajorC.L.C.Bruce C 193 Frazer 1833, vice Baillie, deceased. MajorC.L.C.Bruce C 357 John Stuart . W 290 KIRKALDY, BURGHS. Pop. 18,011. 1832. Robert Ferguson W SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 841 1835. J. Fergus W 1837. Robert Ferguson W 1841, Jan.,viceFerguson, deceased. Colonel Ferguson W 216 Dr. Bowring 1841. Colonel Ferguson W 1846, vice Maitland, Solicitor Ge- neral for Scotland. Thomas Maitland W KINCARDINESHIRE. Pop. 33,075. R 131 1707. Sir A. Hume 1710. Sir A. Ramsay KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. Pop. 41,119. 1707. A. Douglas 1713. J. Scott 1734. J. Falconer 1713. Sir J. Stuart 1741. Sir J. Carnegie 1747. J. Mackye 1796. P. Heron 1796. Sir J. W. B. Stuart 1807. William Adam Col. Duff 1803. Hon. M. G. J. Stewart 1812, to Joseph Dunlop 1826.) 1826, 1812. G. H. Drummond 1820. Sir A. Ramsay, Bt. 20 17 to R. C. Ferguson 1838. 1838, Dec.,vice Ferguson,deceased. W 1831. Hon. H. Arbuthnot C 1832, to A. Murray IV 1847. Burnet Hon.H. Arbuthnot C 388 W 269 • 1841. A. Murray Maxwell W 672 • C 249 1845, vice Murray, deceased. Thomas Maitland W 486 Col. M. Dowall .. C 344 LANARKSHIRE. Pop. 426,972. 1707. A. Maitland 1708. Sir J. Hamilton 342 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1714. Lord A. Hamilton 1835. John Maxwell W 725 .. A. M. Lockhart .. C 255 1755. James Vere 1761. D. Campbell 1837. A. M. Lockhart .. C 1486 Hon. C. A. Murray W 1485 1768. Capt. J. L. Ross, R.N. 41 1841. William Lockhart C Andrew Stewart 26 1774. Andrew Stewart 65 Daniel Campbell 37 1796. Sir J. S. Denham 1802. Lord A. Hamilton 1806. Lord A. Hamilton W 10 Hon. C. Douglas.. C 14 1807. Lord A. Hamilton W 38 Hon. C. Douglas .. C 27 LEITH. Pop. 35,679. 1832. Rt. Hn. J. A. Murray W 1834, June, vice Murray, appointed Lord Advocate. Rt. Hn. J. A. Murray W 686 Aitchison C 449 • 1835. Rt. Hn. J. A Murray W 727 Adml. Sir D. Milne W 423 1818. Lord A. Hamilton W 56 Sir A. J. Cochrane C 45 1837. Rt. Hn. J. A. Murray W 1841. A. Rutherford . W 1827, vice Hamilton, deceased. Sir M. S. Stewart.. W 70 Hon. C. Douglas .. C 58 1830. Hon. C. Douglas.. C 99 Sir J. Maxwell W 80 1831. Hon. C. Douglas.. C 93 John Maxwell 1846, July, vice Rutherford, ap- pointed Lord Advocate. A. Rutherford .. W LINLITHGOWSHIRE. Pop. 26,872. W 81 1707. John Bruce 1832. John Maxwell .. W 1555 R. C. Buchanan.. C 615 A. J. Hamiltan R 30 .. 1714. Sir J. Cunningham 1741. Geo. Dundas SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 343 1755. Hon. Chas. Hope Weir ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. Pop. 58,239. 1790. Hon. Col. A. Hope Sir W. A. Cunningham 31 1832. George Traill .. W 20 1835. Thomas Balfour C 114 • 1802, to 1832. Hon. Col. A. Hope C George Traill W 81 1837 to F. Dundas TV 1832. Hon. Sir A. Hope C 267 1847.) H. l'ere WV 253 1835. Hon. Capt. J. Hope C 1837. Hon. Capt. J. Hope C 262 Hon. H. R. Greville W 130 1838, June, vice Hope, resigned. .. Hon. C. Hope C 330 Johnstone .. W 210 PAISLEY, Pop. 60,487. Mc Kenzie W 758 C 179 1832. Sir S. Maxwell 1834, March, vice Maxwell. Sir D. K. Sandford W 512 Crawford R 509 Captain Gordon C 22 Capt. Gordon retired in favor of Sandford. 1841. Hon. C. Hope .. C 1845, vice Hope, resigned. T. Baillie MONTROSE. Pop. 36,276. C 1835. Capt. A. C. Spiers W 657 .. C 477 Mr. Ross 1836, March, vice Spiers, resigned. Archibald Hastie.. W 680 James Aytoun R 529 1832. H. Ross W 820 P. Chalmers R 483 1837 to Archibald Hastie W 1847. 1835 to Patrick Chalmers R 1842. 1842, April, vice Chalmers, re- signed. Joseph Hume R PEEBLESHIRE. Pop. 10,499. 1832 to 1835. Sir J. Hay, Bt: . C 344 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. W. F. Mackenzie.. C 251 Carmichael .. W 245 1835. Hon. Fox Maule W 1453 Sir George Murray C 1371 1841. W. F. Mackenzie C 1837. Lord Stormont C 1495 Hon. Fox Maule W 1379 PERTSHIRE. Pop. 137,390. 1707. William Dalrymple G. D. Steward 1840, March, vice Lord Stormont. Home Drummond C 1586 W 1127 1708. J. L. Murray 1841. H. H. Drummond C 1727. J. Drummond 1755. Rt. Hon. Lord J. Murray 1790. Major Gen. J. Murray 67 John Drummond 39 • 1802, to Thomas Graham 1807. 1807. Lord James Murray PERTH. Pop. 19,293. 1832. Lawrence Oliphant W 458 Lord J. Stewart C 205 1835. Lawrence Oliphant W 1837. Hon. A. F. Kinnaird W 355 SirJ.O.M.ThrieplandC 188 1811. James Drummond 69 Sir Thomas Graham 51 1839, Aug., vice Kinnaird, resigd. David Greig W 9 1812. James Drummond 7 to 1881. Sir Thomas Graham 08 Laurence Oliphant W Mr. Greig was proposed during his ab- sence, and without his consent. Mr. Oliphant retired before the poll. 1831. Rt. Hon. Sir G. Murray 1832. Earl of Ormelie .. W 1668 Sir G. Murray 1841. Hon. Fox Maule W 350 W. F. Black C 227 C 1003 1834, May, Vice Lord Ormelie. Sir George Murray C 1403 Robert Graham W 1207 1846, July, vice Maule, appointed Secretary at War. Hon. Fox Maule W SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 345 t * 1 RENFREWSHIRE. Pop. 105,072. 1707. Sir R. Pollock 1727. Sir J. Schaw 1734. A. Cunningham 1761. P. Crawford 1796. B. Alexander 1802. William M'Dowall 1812. A. Speirs 1820. John Maxwell 1831. Sir M. S. Stewart 1832. Sir M. S. Stewart ROSS & CROMARTY-SHIRE. Pop. 78,685. 1707. Charles Ross 1747. K. Mackenzie 1796. Sir C. Ross, Bt. 1812, to W. F. Mackenzie 1832. 1832. J. A. S. Mackenzie W 272 J. Munro C 148 1835. J. A. S. Mackenzie W 241 T. Mackenzie C 200 Bontine W 700 C 412 • 1835. Sir M. S. Stewart W 528 George Houston Dixon 1837, Jan., vice Stewart, deceased. George Houston .. C 809 Sir J. Maxwell W 636 ·· 1837, vice Mackenzie, Governor of Ceylon. Mackenzie of ApplecrossC 307 Mackenzie of Muirton W 196 C 460 .. R 230 1837, to Thomas Mackenzie C 1847. 1837. George Houston C 821 ROXBURGHSHIRE. Pop. 46,025 Captain Stewart W 701 1882. Hn. Capt. G. Elliot W 624 + 1841. P. M. Stewart W 959 Lord John Scott Sir W. F. Elliot C 532 W 13' Colonel Muir .. C 945 1846, Dec., vice Stewart, deceased. 1835. Lord John Scott C 757 Colonel Muir C Capt. G. Elliot W 681 346 SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. Hon. John E. Elliot W 803 1708. Sir H. Patterson Hon. F. Scott C 759 1841. Hon. Francis Scott C 830 Ho. J. E. Elliot W 748 ST. ANDREWS AND CUPAR. Pop. 16,161. 1835. Andrew Johnstou W 331 Sir R. Anstruther C 200 1727. H. Cunningham 1747. Capt. J. Campbell 1755. Capt. J. Campbell 1790. Sir Thomas Dundas Sir A. Campbell 28 22 1796. Rt. Hon. G. Keith 1835. Andrew Johnston W 1837. Edward Ellice, jun. W 220 1802. Hon. C. E. Fleming Sir R. Abercromby 38 26 T. Mackyill C 261 1841. Edward Ellice, jun. W 366 1818. Sir C. Edmonstone M. S. Nicholson 54 24 T. Mackgill C 251 1820, to 1822. H. H. Drummond SELKIRKSHIRE. Pop. 7982. 1822. II. H. Drummond 47 1832. R. Pringle W 133 Alexander Pringle C Sir A. Edmondstone 42 124 1835. Alexander Pringle C 209 1831. W. R. Ramsay 45 R. Pringle W 175 Hon. C. Fleming 37 1837. Alexander Pringle C 230 1832. Hon. C. Fleming W 995 R. Pringle W 175 1841. Alexander Pringle C William Forbes C 465 1835. William Forbes W 779 Hon. C. Fleming C 759 1846, vice Pringle, resigned. E. Lockhart .. C STIRLINGSHIRE. Pop. 82,057. 1707. Sir J. Erskine 1837. William Forbes.. C 859 Col. Abercrombie W 858 1841. William Forbes C 1019 Sir M. Bruce W 895 $ SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 347 STIRLING. WICK, KIRKWALL, &C. Pop. 35,550. Pop. 23,233. 1832. Lord Dalmeny W 495 1832, Johnstone C 368 to 1841. James Loch . W 1835. Lord Dalmeny .. W 203 Crawford C 64 1841. James Loch W 270 Dempster C 189 ·· 1837. Lord Dalmeny .. W 1841. Lord Dalmeny .. W 438 WIGTONSHIRE. R. Aytoun C 419 Pop. 39,195. 1832. Sir Andrew Agnew C SUTHERLANDSHIRE. Pop. 24,782. 1707. H. Montgomery 1708. Sir W. Gordon 1835. Sir Andrew Agnew C 3-10 J. Blair J. Douglas C 228 • • C 82 1761. A. Mackay 1734. Sir J. Ferguson 1837. James Blair A. Murray C 362 C 314 W 403 .. C 397 1796. James Grant 1802. Rt. Hon. Wm. Dundas 1812. J. Macdonald 1820. G. M. P. Grant 1826, to 1832. Rt. Hu. Lord F. L. Gower 1832. Roderick Macleod W 1841. Capt. Dalrymple J. Blair WIGTON DISTRICT. Pop. 9259. 1832. E. Stewart .. C 159 John Mac Taggart W 137 1835. John Mac Taggart W 224 J. Douglas C 82 : 1835. R. Macleod, jun. W 1837. John Mac Taggart W 157 Sir Andrew Agnew C 123 1837. Hon. W. Howard W 1841. Hou. D. Dundas IV 1841. Sir J. Mac Taggart W 157 Colonel Agnew …. Ò 129 : 4 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. ANTRIM COUNTY. 40 Geo. III., Act of Union, 1800. Pop. 360,875. 1802 Hon. John O'Neill to 1820. E. A. M'Naghten 1841. John Irving .. C N. Alexander . C ARMAGH COUNTY. Mary. Pop. 232,393. 1820. Hon. J. B. R. O'Neill Rt. Hon. R. S. Conway Hon. A. Acheson.. W 1802 to 1807. Hon. H. Caulfield W 1830. Gen. J. B. R. O'Neill C 839 1807. Wm. Brownlow Wm. Richardson Lord Belfast W 719 • 1818. C. Brownlow E. M. Donnell Lord W. Kerr C 523 R 10 1832. Hn. J.B. R. O'Neill C 1715 .. Earl of Belfast W 1615 M. Donnell C 1466 John Cromie C 1167 1835. Hn. J. B. R. O'Neill C Earl of Belfast W .. W 1807 C 1684 W. Richardson Hon. H. Caulfield W 1281 1826. Hon. H. Caulfield W 1642 C. Brownlow Colonel Ferner J. Y. Burgess W 1476 C 1067 . C 448 1832,) Viscount Acheson W to 1842. Colonel W. Verner C 1837. Hn. J. B. R. O'Neill C John Irving C Fa 1842, Feb., vice Acheson. Lord Acheson W 350 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. ARMAGH CITY. Pop. 10,245. J802, to P. Duigenan 1820. 1820. William Stuart 1831. Rt. Hon.H.Goulbourn 1842, June, vice Beresford. D. H. Farrell BANDON. Pop. 9049. . R 1832. Hon. W. S. Bernard C 133 J. Biggs W 100 1835. J. D. Jackson C 111 J. R. Barry W 79 · • 1832. L. Dobbin W 218 F. Kelly C 193 1837. J. D. Jackson C 133 1835. L. Dobbin • R. Jackson W 197 .. C 163 Hon.Capt.Cavendish W 81 1841. J. D. Jackson .c 1837. William Curry J. Kidd W 235 C 203 1842, Feb., vice Jackson. Viscount Bernard C 1840, vice Curry. Col. J. D. Rawdon W BELFAST. Pop. 75,308. 1841. Col. J. D. Rawdon W 1802 to Edward May 1812.) ATHLONE. Pop. 6,393. 1812 1832. J. Talbot W 125 to 1820. Sir Edward May Handcock C 104 1835. Captain Mathew .. C 96 1820. Rt. Hon. G. H. Chichester J. Talbot W 83 1831. Sir A. Chichester 1837. John O'Connell . R 1832. Lord A. Chichester W 848 J. Emerson Tennent C 737 1841. Captain Beresford D. H. Farrell C 30 R. J. Tennent W 613 R 17 Crawford .: C 597 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 351 1835. J. Emerson Tennent C 773 Lord M'Cance W 719 Lord A. Chichester W 713 1812. D. Latouche Henry Bruen 1820. H. Bruen Sir U. Burgh 1835, Aug., vice M'Cance, dec. George Dunbar C 80 R. J. Tennent W 75 1831. H. Bruen C T. Kavanagh C 1837. James Gibson W 941 Earl of Belfast W 922 1832. W. Blackeney W 657 • • James E. Tennent.. C 901 T. Wallace W 657 George Dunbar C 869 Colonel Bruen C 483 • • Gibson and Belfast unseated on petition. T. Kavanagh . C 470 1841. J. Emerson Tennent C 927 1835. Colonel Bruen . C 588 W. G. Johnson C 913 T. Kavanagh . C 587 Earl of Belfast W 823 .. M. O'Connell W 554 D. R. Ross W 799 Cahill W 553 1842, August, vice Tennent and Johnson, unseated. 1835, June, vice Bruen and Kava- nagh, unseated. D. S. Ross W 886 N. A. Vigors J.Emerson TennentC 859 T. Kavanagh W 657 Alexander Raphael W 626 C 572 Colonel Bruen . C 571 Lord H. Chichester C 500 1845, vice Tennent, resigned. Lord J. Chichester C 1837, Feb., vice Kavanagh, de- deased. CARLOW COUNTY. Pop. 86,228. 1802. D. Latouche W. Bagenal 1808. D. Latouche, jun. W. Bagenal N. A. Vigors H. Bunbury W 740 C 712 1837. N. A. Vigors W 780 John Ashton Yates W 780 Colonel Bruen . C 643 H. Bunbury .. C 649 352 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1849, Dec., vice Vigors, deceased. 1812. James Craig Colonel Bruen C 720 .. W. Ponsonby W 555 1820. Sir A. Chichester 1841. Colonel Bruen T. Bunbury C C 704 705 1831. Lord G. A. Hill John Ashton Yates W D. O'Connell, jun. R 696 697 1832. C. R. Dobbs .. C 495 Sir A. Chichester W 447 1846, July, vice Bunbury,deceased. Capt. B. McClintockC 1835. Peter Kirk . C CARLOW. 1837. Peter Kirk G. Rennie с 446 • W 418 Pop. 8734. 1832. N. A. Vigors . R 145 1841. Peter Kirk .. C F. Bruen . C 120 1835. F. Bruent C 150 CASHEL. N. A. Vigors Ꭱ • • 134 Pop. 7036. 1832. James Roe W 1887. William H. Maule W 180 Francis Bruen . C W. Bagenal 1839, Feb., vice Maule. F. Bruen C • • 158 20 1835. A. L. Perrin J. Pennefather W 166 . C 65 167 1837. Rt. Hon. S. Woulfe W Thomas Gisborne W 164 Gisborne seated on petition 1838, vice Woulfe. 1841. Captain Layard W Dr. Joseph Stock W CARRICKFERGUS. Pop. 9379. 1841. Dr. Joseph Stock W 1802. Lord S. Chichester C 381 1846, vice Stock, resigned. Edward Wilson W 270 T. O'Brien R } IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 353 CAVAN COUNTY. Pop. 243,158. 1802. Francis Sanderson N. Sneyd 1807. N. Sneyd J. M. Barry 1831. Henry Maxwell.. C 669 John Young R. H. Southwell 1832, Henry Maxwell to C 599 W 330 C 1841. John Young .. C 1841. John Young . C Colonel Clements C CLARE COUNTY, Pop. 286,394. 1802. Hon. F. N. Burton Sir Edward O'Brien 1832. Major Macnamara W 920 Cornelius O'Brien W 897 Butler C 317 Macdonnell C 170 1835. Major Macnamara W 686 Cornelius O'Brien W 686 L. O'Brien C C. M. Vandeleur C 1837. Major Macnamara W Cornelius O'Brien W 1 1841. W. N. Macnamara W 1111 Cornelius O'Brien W 1107 C. M. Vedeleur C 226 J. Maloney CLONMEL Pop. 13,505. C 48 1832. Dominick Ronayne W 262 W. Bagwell દા 812 32 1812. Sir E. O'Brien A. Fitzgerald 1828. D. O'Connell .. R 2057 ማ. 1835. Dominick Ronayne W W. Bagwell C LE V. Fitzgerald .. C 982 1837. Nicholas Ball W 284 R. H. Hutchinson C 141 1880. M. D. O'Connell R 325 Sir Edward O'Brien W 177 1839, vice Pigot. D. R. Pigot . W 1831. W. N. Macnamara W $83 M. D. O'Connell R 597 J. O. G. Mahon C 493 1841. Rt. Hon. D. R. Pigot W 354 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. COLERAINE, Pop. 6255. 1841. D. O'Connell .. R 1274 Edmd.Burke Roche R 1274 N. P. Leader 1832. Sir J. P. Beresford C 97 Alderman Copeland W 97 M. Longfield 1835. Alderman Copeland W 95 H. Richardson .. C 90 CORK CITY, Pop. 80,720. 1837. Edward Litton A. Alexander C 129 W 77 1802. M. Longfield C. H. Hutchinson 1841. Edward Litton . C C 406 C 357 1812. M. Longfield . C 918 Sir N. C. Colthurst C 669 Hon. C. Hutchinson W 639 CORK COUNTY. Pop. 854,118. 1802. Viscount Boyle R. U. Fitzgerald 1882. Feargus O'Connor R 1837 G. Standish Barry R 1778 Lord Bernard 1818. Hon.C.Hutchinson W 1209 Sir N. C. Colthurst C 851 M. Longfield C 716 .. 1820. Hn. C. Hutchinson W 1262 Morris Hon. R. King . C 995 C 737 Sir N. C. Colthurst C 1051 G. Callaghan C 758 W 401 1826, vice Hutchinson. 1835. Feargus O'Connor R 1630 G. Standish Barry R 1613 Richard Longfield C 1027 Lord Bernard . C 981 On petition, Mr. Longfield obtained the seat of Mr. O'Connor, he not having a qualification. 1837. G. Standish Barry R 1919 Edmd.Burke Roche R 1917 Richard Longfield C 1164 Hon. R. F. King C 1130 J. H. Hutchinson W 1020 G. Callaghan C 969 1830. G. Callaghan .. C 1171 W. H. Newenham C 1155 1832. G. Callaghan W 2346 Dr. H. Baldwin W 2307 W.H.W.Newenham C 1499 Hon. J. Boyle .. C 889 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 355 1835. J. Leycester C 1658 Col. J. C. Chatterton C 1643 D. Callaghan W 1603 Dr. H. Baldwin.. W 1580 1835 to Sir Edmd. S. Hayes C 1847. Col. E. M. Conolly C DOWNSHIRE, Pop. 361,446. 1837. Francis B.Beamish W 1951 D. Callaghan J. Leycester W 1935 1832 Lord Castlereagh C to C 1407 1837. Lord A. Hill C Col. J.C.Chatterton C 1391 1837 Lord Castlereagh C to 1841. F. S. Murphy W 1486 D. Callaghan R 1464 Col.J.C.Chatterton C 1017 J. Morris 18416. Earl of HillsboroughC vice Hillsborough, a Peer. Lord E. Hill .. C . C 131 DOWNPATRICK. 1846, vice Murphy, resigned. Pop. 4651. A. M'Carthy . R 1832. J. W. Maxwell . C DONEGAL COUNTY. 1835. David Kerr C Pop. 295,448. 1802. Viscount Sudley 1837. David Kerr Sir J. Stewart, Bt. John Keown C 145 .. C 139 1807. Sir J. Stewart, Bt. H. V. Brooke R. Thompson J. C. White 5 : 3 } 1841. David Kerr .. C C 324 .. · 1831. Sir E. S. Hayes E. M. Conolly .. C 283 Sir Charles Style.. W 224 Lord A. Chichester W 161 1832. Sir Edmd. S. Hayes C 795 Col. E. M. Conolly C 734 Lord H. Chichester W 552 DROGHEDA. Pop. 17,300. W 232 .. R 12 1832. A. C. O'Dwyer F. Ball 1885. A. C. O'Dwyer W 356 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1 1835, April, vice O'Dwyer, un- seated. 1830. Lord Brabazon Col. White W 485 W 397 A. C. O'Dwyer W 313 G. A. Hamilton .. C 351 Hon. R. Plunkett.. C 130 1832. C. Fitzsimon W 957 1837 G. H. Evans W 845 Sir W. Somerville W to 1840. 1846, July, vice Somerville, ap- pointed Under Secretary. Sir W. Somerville W 1835. C. Fitzsimon G. A. Hamilton .. C C 767 Lord Brabazon W 442 G. H. Evans W 877 W 825 • DUBLIN COUNTY, J. H. Hamilton .. C 764 Pop. 372,773. 1837. G. H. Evans W 1802. H. Hamilton J. F. Falkener R. W. Talbot 1806. H. Hamilton C 708 Lord Brabazon W C 469 • • W 263 1841. J. H. Hamilton .. C 1051 C 545 E. Taylor C 1042 Lord Brabazon W 1007 J. F. Falkener Luke White C 455 • • W 357 G. H. Evans W 1006 1807. H. Hamilton R. W. Talbot J. F. Falkener C 572 W 518 • • C 374 DUBLIN CITY. Pop. 287,729. 1802. J. C. Beresford C 1893 John Latouche W 1595 • · 1818. H. Hamilton C 783 Rt. Hon. G. Ogle C 1272 R. W. Talbot Thomas White W 724 J. Barrington R 686 . R 380 1820. H. Hamilton R. W. Talbot Thomas White C 1272 W 914 1806. Henry Grattan R 1675 Robert Shaw John Latouche C 1639 W 1523 R 742 1826. H. White • • R. W. Talbot G. A. Hamilton.. C 1197 W 1316 W 1280 1820, vice Grattan, deceased. Thomas Ellis C 1083 H. Grattan R 735 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 357 1830. George Moore C 1852 Frederick Shaw C 1579 Henry Grattan R 1014 1842, Jan., vice West, deceased. W. H. Gregory C 3825 Lord Morpeth W 3435 Lord Morpeth was in America during this contest. 1831. Robert Harty R 1943 Louis Perrin R 1935 DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. George Moore C 1568 1802. Hon. G. Knox C 39 Frederick Shaw C 1562 .. W. C. Plunkett W 29 • 1831, vice Harty and Perrin, unseated. 1818. W. C. Plunkett W John W. Croker .. . C 34 30 Frederick Shaw.. C 1292 Lord Ingestre D. C. Latouche .. M. O'Loghlen C 1250 W 1053 R 937 1830. Thomas Lefroy.. C 33 J. W. Croker C 30 J. H. North C 16 1832. Daniel O'Connell R 3198 1831. Thomas Lefroy.. C 44 P. C. Crompton.. R R 36 C 1804 Edward S. Ruthven R 3145 J. B. West Sir George Rich.. C 1785 1835. Daniel O'Connell R 2678 Edward S. Ruthven R 2630 G. A. Hamilton .. C 2461 J. B. West C 2455 · 1832. Thomas Lefroy.. C 1304 Frederick Shaw.. C 1290 P. C. Crompton W 423 Hon. G. Ponsonby W 390 1835. Thomas Lefroy .. C Frederick Shaw.. C 1887. Daniel O'Connell R 3556 Robert Hutton R 3542 G. A. Hamilton C 3467 • 1837. Frederick Shaw .. C Thomas Lefroy .. C Dr. Stock 852 839 W 186 J. B. West C 3461 1841, J. B. West .. C 3860 E. Grogan Daniel O'Connell C 3839 R 3692 Robert Hutton . R 3666 1841. Frederick Shaw . C Thomas Lefroy .. C 1842, Feb., vice Lefroy, & Judge. .. C J. A. Jackson 358 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1842, vice Jackson, a Judge. G. A. Hamilton C 1834, May. E. Jacob W 293 P. G. Baron . C C 269 1835. Rt.Hn.M.O'LoughlinW 360 DUNDALK. J. M. Galwey C 88 • Pop. 10,782. 1832. W. O'Reilly W 167 1835, Sept., vice O'Loughlin. Hon. J. Jocelyn C 128 Rt.Hn.M.O'Loughlin W 316 J. M. Galwey . C 163 1835. W. S. Crawford .. R 1837, to T. N. Reddington W 1847. 1837, Feb. J. Power J. M. Galwey W 283 R 164 DUNGANNON, 1837. Hon. C. Callaghan W 261 J. M. Galwey R 148 Pop. 3801. 1832, to 1837. Hon. J. J. Knox C 1841. Rt. Hon. R.L. Sheil R 1837. ViscountNorthland C 1838, vice Northland, resigned. Hon. T. Knox C 1841. Viscount Northland C 72 John Falls DUNGARVAN. Pop. 8625. W 52 1840, July, vice Sheil, appointed Master of the Mint. Rt. Hon. R. L. Sheil R ENNIS. Pop. 9318. 1822. Capt.F.Macnamara R 111 Hewitt Bridgman W W 84 M. Finucane C 10 1835. H. Bridgman W 100 1832. Hon. G. Lamb W 307 • • M. Finucane 94 J. M. Galwey R 270 1834, Feb. E. Jacob 1837, W 307 P. G. Baron C 260 to 1847. H. Bridgman W IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 359 ENNISKILLEN, Pop. 5,686. 1832. T. B. Martin James Daly W 1451 C 1370 Sir John Burke W 1357 1832, to 1844. Hon. A. H. Cole C Colonel J. Blake W 480 1835. John JamesBodkin W 429 1844, vice Cole. Hn. Capt. A.H.Cole C Thomas B. Martin W J. Darcy 383 C 12 FERMANAGH. Pop. 156,481. 1806. Sir G. J. Cole C 1416 1837, John Jas. Bodkin W to 1847. Thos. B. Martin W M. Archdall, jun. C 1260 Henry Brook W 613 Richard Broak W 418 1832, Viscount Cole .. . C 1841. Capt. M. Archdall C to 1841. Capt. M. Archdall C Sir A. B. Brook, BtC GALWAY TOWN. Pop. 17,275. 1802. J. B. Ponsonby 1812. Hon. F. Ponsonby W 311 T. Blake 1832. A. H. Lynch L. Maclaghlan M. J. Blake C 1.59 W 1265 W 951 R 807 GALWAY COUNTY. Pop. 440,198. 1802. Hon. Richard Trench Richard Martin 1835. A. H. Lynch Martin J. Blake W R 1837. A. H. Lynch W 448 M. J. Blake Wallis R 376 C 202 1806. James Daly C 3317 D. B. Daly R 262 • • Richard Martin .. C 2310 R. Burne C 3 G. Eyre W 1831 1826. James Daly C 6206 Richard Martin C 3749 • · J. S. Lambert W 3035 1838, Feb., vice Lynch, appointed a Master in Chancery. A. H. Lynch Sir Valentine Blake W 122 W 358 360 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1 1841. Martin J. Blake W Sir Valentine Blake W 1841. Rd. More O'Ferrall W Robert Archbold W KERRY COUNTY. Pop. 293,880. 1832. F. W. B. Mullins W Charles O'Connell R 1835. Morgan J. O'Connell R 818 F. W. B. Mullins W 596 The Knight of Kerry C 381 F. Ponsonby KILKENNY COUNTY. Pop. 202,420. 1832. Hon. Pierce Butler R W. J. Finn R 1835. Hon. Pierce Butler R William J. Finn .. R W 03 1837, to Hon. Pierce Butler R 1837. Morgan J. O'Connell R 697 A. Blennerhasset.. C 546 F. W. B. Mullins.. W 498 J. Hickson C 112 1841. Hon. W. Browne .. W 751 1847. Capt. Geo. Bryan W KILKENNY CITY. Pop. 19,071. R 744 1832, to Richard Sullivan W 1836. C 81 J. M. O'Connell A. Blennerhasset.. C 445 J. Hickson KILDARE COUNTY. Pop. 114,488. 1830, vice Sullivan, resigned. Daniel O'Connell R 1832. Edward Ruthven.. R 262 1837. Joseph Hume . R 57 Rd. More O'Ferrall W 216 Sir J. W. Hart W 64 Daniel O'Connell R William Ewart R 50 3 1835. Rd. More O'Ferrall W 446 Edward Ruthven R 389 Hon. F. Ponsonby W 333 1837. Rd. More O'Ferrall W 762 Robert Archbold Robert Burke E. Ruthven 1841. John O'Connell R KING'S COUNTY. Pop. 146,857. W 728 . C 228 1832. Nicholas Fitzsimon R 755 Lord Oxmantown R R 471 R 2 Colonel Bernard C 149 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 361 1835. NicholasFitzsimon R 1830. H. J. Clements .. C 530 Hon. J. C.Westenra W Samuel White R 419 J C 415 • 1841, Feb., vice Fitzsimon, re- signed. Andrew Armstrong W 230 Cabbell Lord Clements 1832. Samuel White W 730 • C 194 • Lord Clements Colonel Clements C 513 W 625 1841. Hon. J.C.Westenra W Andrew Armstrong W KINSALE. Pop. 6918. 1835, Samuel White .. W to 1847.) Lord Clements W LIMERICK COUNTY. 1832. Lt. Col. S. Stawell W 96 Cuthbert C 90 Pop. 330,020. 1802. C. S. Oliver 1835. Lt. Col. H. Thomas C 78 William Oddell T. Dixon TV 77 1837. Pierce Mahony W 103 1806. W. Oddell 821 Lt. Col. II. Thomas C Captain Westenra W 98 Hon. W. Quin 628 1 J. Monsell 222 1841. Wm. H. Watson W 08 M. W. Allwood C 78 1820. Hn. R. H. Fitzgibbon 4061 LEITRIM COUNTY, Pop. 155,297. Captain O'Grady 3251 Sir A. D. Hunt 2842 W. O'Grady 1878 1802. Lord Clements .. W Peter Latouche, jun. W 668 Rt. Hon. T. Jones C 389 779 1832. II. R.H.FitgibbonW 1054 Lt. Col. S. O'Grady W 1037 G. Massy R 713 1. McCarthy R 701 1812. John Latouche W 2162 II. J. Clements C 1298 4 183. IIu.R.H.Fitzgibbon W Luke White R 1213 W. S. O'Brien R 6 A 362 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. W. Smith O'Brien R 859 Hn. R. H.Fitzgibbon W 855 A. S. O'Brien 1832 C 14 1841. W. S. O'Brien .. R C. Powell R R R LIMERICK CITY. Pop. 48,391. 1802. Charles Vereker.. C 1820. Hon. J. P. Vereker C 796 T. S. Rice W 559 • 1830. T. S. Rice S. Dixon W 796 • W 485 LISBURNE. Pop. 6284. to Capt. H. Meynell.. C 1847. LONDONDERRY COUNTY. Pop. 222,174. 1831. Sir R. Bateson, Bt. C 559 Captain Jones Sir J. Byng C 513 • W 318 1832 to Sir R. Bateson, Bt. C 1847. Capt. T. Jones, R.N. C' LONDONDERRY CITY. Pop. 15,196. 1832. Sir R. A. Ferguson W 308 Rt. Hn. G.R.Dawson C 226 1835. Sir R. A. Ferguson W 1832. William Roche David Roche R 1649 R 1290 • 1837. Sir R. A. Ferguson W 211 Rt. Hn. G.R.Dawson C 137 J. Vereker C 1097 . Dickson W 177 R. Westrop 1841. Sir R. A. Ferguson W C 92 1835. William Roche .. R David Roche R 1837. William Roche ·· . R 973 David Roche R 960 LONGFORD COUNTY. Pop. 115,491. 1802. Sir Thos. Featherstone, Bt. Hon. T. Newcomen 1819, vice Featherstone, deceasd. SirG.R.Featherstone C 618 .. W. Maunsell C 387 Luke White R 371 T. Wilson C 101 1831. Viscount Forbes C 211 • A. Lefroy C 202 1841. Sir D. Roche, Bt. R Luke White R 130 John O'Brien · R J. D. Mullen R 18 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 363 1832. Luke White J. H. Rourke Tiscount Forbes W 649 1835. Sir P. Bellew W 497 W 645 R. M. Bellew W 156 • C 587 Skeffington Foster.. C 265 Anthony Lefroy C 582 1837. R. M. Bellew 1835. Viscount Forbes C 797 H. Chester IV • W .. IL Anthony Lefroy C 549 Luke White W 424 1841. R. M. Bellew WV 447 H. White W 61 Hon. T. V. Dawson W 130 1836, Dec., vice Lord Forbes. M. Fortescue C 358 Luke White W 619 MALLOW. Charles Fox .. C 526 Pop. 6851. 1832. W. 0. Daunt R 225 1837. Luke White W 671 C. D. O. Jephson .. W 215 Col. H. White W 667 Anthony Lefroy C 561 1835 Charles For C 556 to 1841. C. D. O. Jephson W 1841. Luke White .. R 621 Col. H. White Anthony Lefroy R 621 1841. Sir C. D.O.J.Norreys W 108 M. Longfield C 52 C 482 1842, April, vice Luke White, MAYO COUNTY. Pop. 388,887. unseated. Anthony Lefroy C 1832. John Browne W 666 LOUTH COUNTY, Pop. 128,240. 1830. A. Dawson .. C 296 Dominick Browne W 628 Sir W. Brabazon R 611 1835. Sir W. Brabazon R 828 Dominick Browne W 623 J. M'Clintock C 257 John Browne R. L. Sheil R 513 J. D. Ellard W 430 62 R. M. Bellew R 124 1832. T. Fitzgerald W 1836, May, vice Browne, a Peer. Robert D. Browne R 599 R. M. Bellew W John Browne .. C 305 364 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. Robert D. Browne R SirW.Brabazon,Bt. R 1834, May, vice Blaynay, a Peer. Hon.H.R.Westenra W 1078 E. Lucas • C 981 1841. Robert D. Browne R M. Blake .. R 1835. Edward Lucas . C 914 Hon.H.R.Westenra W 733 Hudson 1846, vice Blake. Leslic M. Donnell H. Moore R 477 W 417 1837. Edward Lucas C MEATH COUNTY. Pop. 183,828. 1831. Lord Killeen W 438 Sir M. Somerville W 259 Henry Grattan R 207 Hon.H.R.Westenra W 1841. Hon.H.R.Westenra W E. P. Shirley C NEWRY. Pop. 11,971. 66 2 1832. Lord A. M. C. Hill C 494 1832. Henry Grattan M. O'Connell R R .. Maguire W 475 1835. D. C. Brady W 402 1835. M. O'Connell . R 828 Sir Thos. Staples C 374 Henry Grattan R 826 • Hon. R. Plunkett C 346 1837. John Ellis .. C 338 G. Lambert C 337 • • D. C. Brady W 305 1837, M. O'Connell to 1841. Viscount Newry C 313 .. R 1847. Henry Grattan SirJ.M.Doyle,K.C.B.R 233 R MONAGHAN COUNTY. Pop. 200,442. 1832. Serjeant Perrin.. W 1452 Hou. C. D. Blayney C 1039 Hon. H.R.Westenra W 1005 PORTARLINGTON. Pop. 3106. 1832. Thomas Gladstone C Hon.Col.G.L.Damer C 66 65 1835. IIn.Col.G.L.Damer C IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 365 1837. Hn.Col.G.L.Damer C 80 Dunne W 64 1841. Rt. Hn.G.L.Damer C 1841. Sir C. H. Coote, Bt. C Hon. Thos. Vesey C ROSCOMMON COUNTY, Pop. 253,591. 1832. F. French W QUEEN'S COUNTY. Pop. 153,930. The O'Connor Don W 1802. Hon. W. W. Pole C 1835. FitzstephenFrench W 985 Sir E. Coote, Bt. C The O'Connor Don W 955 Barton C 523 1818. Rt.Hn.W.W.Pole,BtC 2453 Browne 13 Sir H. Parnell W 2400 Sir C. H. Coote, Bt. C 1577 General Dunne W 1014 1837, F. French to W 1820. Rt.Hn.W.W.Pole,BtC 3259 Sir H. Parnell W 2889 Sir C. H. Coote,Bt. С 2389 1846. The O'Connor DonW 1846, July, vice O'Conor Dou, ap- pointed a Lord Commissioner. The O'Connor Don W General Dunne .. W 1683 NEW ROSS. 1832. P. Lalor W 772 Sir C. H. Coote C 691 Peter Gale Pop. 6284. 1832. J. H. Talbot W W 683 Edward Dunne W 23 1835. J. H. Talbot Tottenham W 51 C 45 1835. Sir C. H. Coote C 787 Hon. T. Vesey P. Lalor R. Cassidy C 695 W 673 W 631 1837. J. H. Talbot. W 1841. Hon Robert Gore.. W 1837. Sir C. H. Coote C 1224 JohnW.Fitzpatrick W 943 Hon. Thomas lesey C Mr. C. H. Coote C 40 Baron Roebuck W 2 .. SLIGO COUNTY. Pop. 180,886. 894 1832 to Edward J. Cooper C 1837. Colonel Perceval C 366 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. Edward J. Cooper C 511 Col. Alex. Perceval C 443 D. J. Jones W 368 C. J. M. Dermott . W 10 • 1835. Richard Lalor Sheil W Robert Otway Cave W 1837. Richard Lalor Sheil W 1516 Robert Otway Cave W 1503 1841. Col. Alex. Perceval C W. R. Ormsby Gore C SLIGO TOWN. Pop. 12,272. 1832. John Martin W. P. Barker C 480 • C 473 S. Moore 1838, vice Sheil, a Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. Richard Lalor Sheil W 101 W 213 S. W Barton C 155 • W. Wynne C 159 G. C. Martin W 20 1841. Valentine Maler W 1053 Robert Jones C 5 Robert Otway Cave W 1042 W. P. Barker C 407 Cornwallis Maude C 380 1835. John Martin .. W 1837. John P. Somers John Martin W 178 1844, Feb., vice Maher, deceased. Nicholas Maher.. R C 170 • 1841. John P. Somers W 1815, vice Cave, deceased. R. A. Fitzgerald.. R TIPPERARY COUNTY. TRALEE. Pop. 435,563. Pop. 11,363. 1832. Maurice O'Connell R 91 1802. Viscount Mathew John Bagwell Sir E. Denny R 71 1835. Maurice O'Connell R 85 1807. Colonel Mathew.. W 893 Hou. F. A. Prettie W 795 Sir E. Denny C 81 John Bagwell C 708 Mr. Pennefather.. 553 1837. John Bateman Maurice O'Connell,.. R 64 On petition, O'Connell obtained the seat. C 75 1832. Hn.C.O'Callaghan W Richard Lalor Sheil W 1841. Maurice O'Connell W IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 367 TYRONE COUNTY. Pop. 312,956. 1832. Hn. H. T. L. Corry C Sir H. Stuart, Bt. C 1835. Hn. H. T. L. Corry C 1030 Lord C. Hamilton C 619 Lord Alexander C 470 .. 1837. Hn. H.T. L. Corry C Lord Alexander .. C 1839, May, vice Alexander, a Peer. Lord C. Hamilton C 218 Major Humphreys C 81 1841. Hn. H. T. L. Corry C Lord C. Hamilton C 1832. J. M. Galwey Sir R. Keane . R 443 W 322 W 303 R. Power 1835. Sir Rd. Musgrave W Patrick Power W 1835, vice Power, deceased. Capt. W. Stuart .. W 1837. Capt. W. V. Stuart W John Power W 1840, vice Power, resigned. Hon. R. S. Carew W 1841. Capt. W. V. Stuart W Hon. R. S. Carew W WATERFORD COUNTY. WATERFORD CITY. Pop. 23,216. Pop. 196,187. 1802. Rt. Hu. J. Beresford C 1802. W. C. Alcock . C 471 Sir J. Newport W 440 Edward Lee W 1807. Sir J. Newport .. W :.. W 171 1806. J. C. Beresford .. C R. Power Edward Lee 454 W £27 Colonel Bolton . C 169 .. • • W 285 1832. W. Christmas C • 570 Henry W. Barron W 570 W 1172 W 1112 • 1826. Richard Power H. V. Stuart Lord G. Beresford C 501 1830, vice Stuart, resigned. Lord G. Beresford C 461 Lieutenant Barron W 318 1835. Thomas Wyse Henry W. Barron W. Christmas M. Reade W 587 W 561 C 440 じ ​120 R. Hayes W 453 Thomas Wyse W 379 368 IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 1837. Thomas Wyse W 632 1841. H. Morgan Tuite W Benjamin Chapman W Henry W. Barron W 602 Major Beresford O'Reilly 1841. W. Christmas C 427 C 347 W. M. Reade WEXFORD COUNTY. Top. 202,033. C 269 1802. Viscount Loftus C 243 Abel Ram Henry W. Barron W 150 Thomas Wyse W 147 On petition, the two latter were seated. 1807. Colonel A. Ram C 891 W. C. Alcock W 875 J. Colclough W 773 1846, July, vice Wyse, Secretary to the Board of Control. Thomas Wyse .. W WESTMeath COUNTY. Pop. 141,300. 1802. William Smyth G. H. Rochfort R. B. Sheridan.. W 729 1818. R. C. Carew C. Colclough W 3335 W 3180 Wm. Stopford Lord Talentia C 3133 • • C 2968 1831. Col. A. Chichester W 546 Henry Lambert W 515 1820. G. H. Rochfort C 1415 Lord l'alentia C 410 H. M. Tuite C 1227 R. Smyth W 1215 1832. Robert S. Carew W 1550 H. Lambert W 1423 1832. M. L. Chapman W 385 Sir Richard Nagle W 381 G. Rochfort • John Rowe C 756 John Wilson Croker C 13 C 238 G. Lambert C 159 M. Doyle C 1835. M. L. Chapman W Sir Richard Nagle W 1837. Sir M. L. ChapmanW 801 Sir Richard Nagle W 789 Handcock C 393 Sir Richard Levinge C 388 1837. John Maher James Power 1835. John Maher . R 1358 James Power Cliffe Redmond R 13-19 C 759 C 735 . R R IRISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. 369 1 } 1841. V. F. Hatton James Power H. G. Morgan W 890 1835. Col. R. Howard W R 879 James Grattan • • W · C 450 1837. James Grattan W 698 WEXFORD TOWN. Pop. 11,252. 1832, to 1841. Charles A. Walker W Col. Sir R. Howard W 697 Major Acton C 623 Major Humphrey.. C 6 1841. Col. William Acton C 660 Sir R. Howard W 599 • R 561 1841. Sir Thos. Esmond W 145 James Grallan John Bourne C 102 YOUGHAL. Pop. 9939. WICKLOW COUNTY. 1832. John O'Connell R. G. Davis .. W W 22 C 5 Pop. 126,143. 1802. W. H. Hume George Ponsonby 1835. John O'Connell W 137 J. B. C. Smith C 130 · 1832. Col. R. Howard W 714 1837. Fredk. J. Howard W 158 James Grattan W 703 William Nichol C 150 Major Acton C 660 Major Humphrey.. C 131 1841. Hon, C. Cavendish W 370 THE THREE LAST GENERAL ELECTIONS-1825, 1837, and 1841. Comparison. of the number of Votes Recorded for the Conservative and Liberal Candidates respectively highest on the Poll at the Three Last General Elections. in 80 of the chief Constituencies of the United Kingdom. NUMBER OF VOTES RECORDED FOR THE CANDIDATES HIGHEST IN THE POLL OF EACHI PARTY. ENGLAND. 1835. 1837. 1841. Conser. Liberals. Conser. Liberals. Conser. Liberals. COUNTIES. Chester, South 3135 3015 3023 2314 Chester, North 2736 2185 Cornwall, East 2430 2294 3008 1647 Cumberland, East 1605 2294 190.5 2085 Derby, South 3189 23.57 Durham, South 1737 2579 Essex, South Flintshire Hertfordshire 2212 1010 2511 1550 2310 583 945 902 1192 1234 2583 1732 Leicester, South · 2638 1200 Lincoln, North 4450 1489 4522 5401 Lincoln, South 4581 2948 Norfolk, East 3-182 3076 3645 3237 3499 1374 Northumberland, North 1216 1101 Rutland 675 761 Suffolk, East 2452 2029 3279 1787 Sussex, East 2256 1793 2398 995 Yorkshire, West Riding 6259 9060 11489 12576 13165 12080 CITIES & Boroughs. Bath 706 1097 1087 962 926 1232 Bedford 490 403 497 412 433 410 Bristol Birmingham Bradford Brighton Cambridge Canterbury Cheltenham Coventry Devonport 915 1780 1046 2145 1833 2179 611 589 143 635 612 540 483 961 819 1083 868 1454 3709 2520 3838 3212 4193 3739 ... 688 736 614 690 758 695 658 755 761 755 $23 720 25 411 298 632 655 735 1566 1865 1511 1778 1285 1874 764 1114 750 974 780 965 Exeter 1425 1176 1302 1192 Greenwich Hull 1063 1826 1368 1194 1274 1747 1836 1536 1505 1497 1574 1486 Lambeth Leeds Liverpool • 931 2008 1694 2934 1999 2601 • 1941 1803 1759 2028 2082 2046 4407 4075 4786 4381 5824 4512 Stroud London Manchester Marylebone Preston Salford Sheffield Shrewsbury Stockport Tower Hamlets Wakefield Walsall Worcester York 4599 6418 5873 6517 6339 6315 2535 3355 2281 4158 3116 3702 2952 3512 34110 4587 2165 2092 1821 2726 1283 1718 .... 572 795 889 890 875 990 655 2186 504 1847 760 584 700 697 790 595 482 582 480 471 346 547 866 297 699 377 594 .... 465 2779 2183 4706 221 278 307 281 300 328 296 316 312 334 1154 1611 1173 1187 1499 1301 1461 1276 1625 1552 .... ... • 371 • SCOTLAND. Aberdeen Town Bute County Elgin County 1835. 1837. 1841. Conser. Liberals. Conser. Liberals. Conser. Liberals. 372 938 513 780 137 72 372 173 Falkirk 482 430 Glasgow. 2297 3832 2298 3042 2435 2789 Greenock 202 401 309 406 ► Kircudbright Coun y 249 672 Kilmarnock Burghs 276 520 509 438 374 421 Perth City 188 355 227 3-56 Renfrew County 460 528 809 636 945 959 Roxburgh County.. 757 681 759 803 830 א74 Stirling Burghs 64 203 i 420 439 Stirling County 779 759 859 858 1019 895 Wick Burghs 189 270 Wigton County 340 362 103 398 Wigton Burghs 82 221 123 157 129 157 { IRELAND. Athlone .. 96 93 30 17 Belfast 773 719 901 941 927 823 Clare County 686 207 350 • Cork County Cork City Dublin County Dublin City Kinsale.... 1027 1630 1164 1919 387 399 1658 1603 1407 1951 1017 1486 764 878 1051 1009 2461 2678 3467 3556 3860 3692 78 77 98 103 79 98 Mallow 52 108 • • Newry Waterford City Wexford County Wexford Town Wicklow County 374 102 338 33.5 319 237 Tipperary County 470 1516 474 1039 • 440 587 427 632 269 150 759 1358 643 689 101 143 ... 623 688 660 561 372 REPRESENTATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. No. 1.—THE FIRST PARLIAMENT OF QUEEN VICTORIA, 1837. CONSTITUTION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE FIRST PARLIAMENT, 1837. DIVISIONS. Mem. Electors. CONSERVATIVES. LIBERALS. Population. Mem. Electors. Population. Meni. Electors. Population. ENGLAND. COUNTIES CITIES ANd BorougUS WALES. COUNTIES 144 | 452,651 328319,180 15 CITIES AND BOROUGHS 8,268,531 4,838,600 36,833 622,288 14 34,385 B 10,989 175,158 1,757 102 301,322 119 | 113,748 5,947,817 1,410,968 | 42 | 151,329 | 2,321,214 179 295,416 | 3,427,682 592,782 I 2,118 29,500 G 50,798 6,182 121,360 500 (819,612 18,904,572 | 271 451,207 8,001,860 229865,405 5,902,712 SCOTLAND. COUNTIES 30 18,061 1,497,538 29,185 958,885 12 18,876 539,153 CITIES AND BOROUGHS 28 86,721 877.876 I 1,262 31,882 22 35,458 812,991 5B 84,781 2,374,914 19 30,147 1 992,767 3.1 51,881 1,382,147 IRELAND. COUNTIES 64 ་ CITIES AND BOROUGHS 41 55,029 7,022,558 21 41,023 743,868 14 105 96,052 7,766,421 35 20,221 2,852,029 11,707 122,609 43 31,805 4,670,524 27 29,316 621,259 UNITED KINGDOM 70 | 64,121 | 5,291,783 658|1,000,14524,0 4,045,907 825 | 516,585 |11,169,265 333 483,860 12,576,642 31,931 | 2,471,638 373 CONSERVATIVE INCREASE. LIBERAL INCREASE. No. 2. THE SECOND PARLIAMENT THE SECOND PARLIAMENT.--1811. CONSERVATIVE, LIBERAL. Mem. Electors. Population. Mem. Elector. Population. Mem. Electors. Population. Mem. Electors. Pop. 28 ENGLAND). Counties 125 891,521 7,368,419 19 61,127 905,112 00,202 1,116,102 Cities and Bor 159 121,985 1,422,541 169 197,254 3,416,056 10 8,192 11,576 WALES. Counties Cities and Bor.) 13 31,521 7 5,778 B01 550,761 568,997 5,300 39,473 5,161 9,419,433 ||196 196|268,85 58,291 1 105,680 1,021 4,485,139 34 99,015 J 2,861 28,875 18,680 | ,446,358 2,961 28,785 SCOTLAND. 20 34,081 Comics Cities and Bor. 2,011 1,069,788 10 13,080 427,750 50,807 21 34,709 820,509 5,796 111,403 719 22,186 } 36,002 HP2 |_1,126,655 31 47,789 1,248,259 6,545 133,888 IRELAND. Counties 25 Citiesand Bor. אן 21,367 2,587,073 39 30,682 26,602 350,079 23 14,421 4,485,480 384,189 4.143. 185,044 11,895 237,070 42 50,969 2,896,752 63 45,083 1,869,669 8 19,038 [22,111 UNI, KINGDM.||369 2,861 28,785 638,722 13,442,840 289 861,723 10,608,067 15 | 132,998 | 2,302,360 The above Tables show the Constitution of the first Parliament, as compared with the second, stating the Members returned for euch Division of the United Kingdom, with the Numbers of Electors, and the amount of Population they represent. 374 11 COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF THE POPULATION IN 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, AND 1841, OF ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, AND THE ISLANDS IN THE BRITISH SEAS, WITH THE TOTALS AND RATE OF INCREASE PER CENT. 1801. Increase per Cent Increase 1811. 1821. per Cent. Increase per Cent. Increase 1831. 1841. per Cent. England 8,331,434 14/ 0,538,827 Wales 541,516 13 611,788 17 17/ 11,262,437 717,438 16 13,091,005 12 806,182 14.5 14,995,508 13. 911,321 Persons travelling at Night, June 6, 1,896 England and Wales 8,872,980 ¡Scotland 1,599,068 14 10,150,615 17 14 1,805,688 16 Islands in the British Seas 11,978,875 16 13,897,187 2,093,456 13 2,365,144 89,508 15.8 Total 14,161,839 2,628,957 103,710 19.6 124,079 16,366,011 14. 18,664,761 15 15,911,725 11.1 AGRICULTURAL CONDITION OF ENGLAND AND WALES. In the Third Report of the Emigration Committee of the House of Cominons, the following Statement is given of the probable Number of Acres in England and Wales, and their Agricultural Condition:- England Wales Cultivated Acres. 25,632,000 3,117,000 Uncultivated but capable of cultivation. 3,454,000 530,000 Unprofitable. 3,256,400 1,105,000 Total. 32,342,100 4,752,000 37,094,400 375 DECLARED VALUE OF BRITISH AND IRISH PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURES, UNDER SIR ROBERT PEEL'S NEW TARIFF. Sir Robert Peel's Tariff meliorations are daily proving most successful, as we find by official returns just issued from the Statistical Department of the Board of Trade, which are equally valuable to the merchant and the politician. It appears, for example, that the declared value of the principal articles of British and Irish produce and manufactures ex- ported from the United Kingdom in the first eight mouths of 1843 was less than £30,000,000, while the value exported in the first eight months of 1844 and 1845 respectively was upwards of £35,000,000. As illustrative of what is stated above, we annex the return alluded to of the exports for the eight months ending September 5th of the three years. beginning 1843 :— ARTICLES. 1843. 1814. 1845. £. £. £. Coals and Culm Cotton Manufactures Yarn.. Earthenware 476,260 417,095 657,440 10,702,438 12,792,034 12,920,189 4,760,143 4,733,704 4,542,190 • 405,134 529,436 580,045 Glass 230,273 275,947 283,021 Hardwares and Cutlery • 1,099,766 1,438,298 1,455,884 Linen Manufactures 1,852,709 2,111,821 2,493,004 Yarn.... 571,249 664,730 708,500 Metals, viz.-Iron and Steel 1,700,703 2,326,828 2,493,063 Copper and Brass 1,158,720 1,214,198 1,280,407 Lead. • • • Tin, in bars, &e... Tin Plates Sult Silk Manufactures Sugar, refined. • • Wool-Sheep or Lambs' - Woollen Yaru } Woollen Manufactures 200,225 194,271 161,993 77,084 47,120 37,651 273,827 344,564 410.559 142,828 163,063 146,049 • 448,088 547,104 557,075 272,779 230,892 332.729 • 283,199 877,048 385,762 • -401,991 612.393 682,208 • 4,574,212 6,152,880 5,567,849 Total • 29,626,937 85,172,546 85,232,487 376 STATISTICS OF GREAT BRITAIN, FROM 1796 TO 1845. Imports Population Years. of Interest on Amount Amount of of Poor's Exports from Great Britain into Great Wheat and For. and Wt. Flour Col.Wt.and Fluctuation per Britain from Great Britain. National Debt. County Rates. Rates in England. to all parts all parts, imported into Great Britain Wt. Flour Averago retained for home Cent. Price under per the except Ireland. except from all consump. Quarter.| different Duty on the Average Price Ireland. partsexcept Ireland. in Great Laws. Britain. No. £. 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 £. 11,841,204 229,390 14,270,616247,009 17,585,518 268,666 £. £. £. 17,220,083 289,231 17,381,561 292,280 10,942,646 19,945,624 326,130 1802 11,109,367 19,855,588 317,077 1803 11,276,088 20,699,864 280,055 5,348,205 1804 11,442,809 20,726,772 298,653 1805 11,609,530 22,141,426 325,098 1806 11,776,251 23,000,000 338,685 1807 11,942,972 23,362,685 366,564 1808 12,109,693 23,158,982 350,128 1809 12,276,414 24,213,867 393,322 1810 12,443,135 24,246,946 436,447 1811 12,609,864 24,977,915 497,027 1812 12,788,060 25,546,508 502,223 1813 12,966,216 28,030,239 548,174 8,646,811 1814 13,144,392) 30,051,365| 573,504 8,388,971 25,130,621 20,422,440 23,881,157 17,900,372 421,205 27,317,087 25,122,203 379,235 29,556,630 24,066,700 34,381,617, 28,257,781 1,268,771 417,870 31,838,574 30,435,208 1,424,615 538,912 37,873,324 28,308,373 28,075,239, 25,104,541 312,458 31,071,108 26,454,281 391,069 30,550,491 27,334,020 836,747 42,650,843 37,613,291 1,440,738 27,841,252 25,240,904 188,886 37,980,977 24,923,022 Records des. by fire. 52,358,398 32,620,771 Qrs. 879,197 Qrs. S. d. S. d. 76 3 0 02/2 • 52 2 2 10 50 1 2 10 D 66 11 6* 130.30 110 5 0 6* 32,984,101 25,554,478 208,066 30,588,084 25,326,845 300,016 29,956,629, 25,660,953| 41,392 45,667,216 30,170,292 389,013 Records destroyed by fire. 115 11 0 6* 67 9 0 6* 57 I 0 7 60 5 87 1 0.73 0 7/7/2 76 9 73 7.98 78 11 91 5 81 8 8/19 8/1 103 3 32.73 8 / 1 92 5 0 81 182,358) 122 8 0 81 341.816 106 6 0 94 دان دان مراحل مرات مراد مراح مواجه با مواد مراد 47.74 627,089 623,086 72 1 0 93 377 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 47,598 85,207 א • prohib. ditto. () free. 72.59 ditto. prohib. 34,275 65 10 ditto. 9 54 5 ditto. 2 48 3. ditto. 23,951 12,137 51 9 43.35 ditto. 15,778 62 ditto. 525,281 66 6 10 33 12 26 20 にん ​1 20 28 34 64,552 46 2 10 79.66 89,032 27,525 39 1 17 30,096 18 6 38 31 7 13,332,568 31,576,074 541,890 (7,457,676| 57,420, 1871 31,822,058) 194,981 116,382 63 13,500,744, 32,938,751| 557,988 6,987,000 48,216,196 26,371,921 210,860 225,077 76 18,678,920, 31,136,245| 566,529 8,128,000 49,502,738 29,910,502|1,034,8741,024,143 94 13,857,096 30,880,211| 616,466 9,320,000| 52,796,355| 35,845,340 1,589,082|1,596,511 83 14,055,272| 30,807,249| 658,456 8,932,000 42,862,925| 29,681,640 471,788 122,000 72 14,213,448 31,157,8-16 698,868 8,719,655 48,345,310 31,515,222 593,072 14,391,631 31,955,304 672,054 8,411,893| 50,796,771 29,769,122 137,684 1822 14,589,069 29,921,493 615,298 |7,761,441 52,775,443| 29,132,376| 1823 14,786,507 29,215,995 577,446 6,898,153| 51,755,035| 34,591,264| 1824 14,983,945| 29,066,350| 568,536 |6,836,505 58,213,548 36,056,551 1825 15,181,383 28,060,287 673,393 6,972,323| 55,608,327 42,660,954 391,588 1826 15,378,821| 28,076,957 736,099 6,965,051| 50,399,357| 36,166,728 582,676 315,892 56 11 1827 15,576,259 28,239,847 731,772 7,784,352 01,085,445 43,489,346 306,613 572,705 56 9 1828 15,773,697 28,095,506| 723,197 7,715,055 61,948,383 43,535,142 757,716 841,828 60 1829 15,971,135 29,155,612| 691,266 7,642,171 66,074,650 42,325,617 1,671,078 1,363,487 66 31 1830 16,168,573 29,118,858 708,007 |8,111,422 69,038,049 14,870,699 1,676,034 1,700,548 64 1831 16,366,011 28,341,416| 751,996 8,270,217 70,822,241 48,178,798 2,310,362 1,187,807 66 1832 16,595,051 28,323,751| 701,901 8,622,920 75,617,136 43,253,113 464,058 375,788 58 1833 16,824,091 28,522,507 759,354 8,600,501 79,451,983| 44,521,557 322,246| 83,691 52 11 1834 17,053,131 27,783,454 723,741 8,338,078 85,047,794 47,910,762 201,981 1835 17,282,171 28,403,305| 671,082 7,373,807| 90,699,757 47,580,281 1836 17,511,211 28,533,192| 705,248 |6,354,588| 97,258,150| 55,798,597 262,399| 1837 17,740,251 28,521,730 638,047 6,294,566 85,588,412 53,249,708 575,027 242,593 55 10 1838 17,969,291 28,585,503 683,865 5,186,389 104,805,688 59,911,9221,380,817 1,821,151| 64 18,198,331 28,748,794 741,407 5,866,000 109,718,119 60,388,106|2,852,898 2,652,553|| 70 8 1840 18,427,371 28,556,321| 679,291 6,014,605 116,030,445| 65,933,398 2,852,206|2,284,522|||66 18,656,414 28,701,458 679,324 6,351,828|116,494,616 62,751,051 2,691,555 2,515,597 64 18,885,454|28,609,709 703,526 6,552,890|113,485,552|| 68,638,435 2,916,835|2,826,156| 57 3 7,085,595|131,521,731 68,555,182 1,069,522 965,289 50 6,848,717 145,724,358 78,547,788 1,320,878 951,882 51 |150,645,018| *83,330,609|1,183,561 308,493 50 10 1839 1841 1842 1843 19,114,494 28,516,882| 1844 19,343,534 27,839,245 1845 19,572,574| 27,827,265) * And thirteen-sixteenthis 8 J 22 10 20 22 8 15 20 0 14.31 20 O 20 ( (PARL. PAR. 360, 1846.) 378 A TABLE OF THE NUMBER AND DURATION OF PARLIA- MENTS HELD IN EACH REIGN, From EDWARD I, in the Year of our Lord 1299, to the present Period, Including Twenty-six Reigns in 538 Years. Begon to No. of Years Began to Edward I. Edward II. Edward III. Richard II. Henry IV. Henry V. Henry VI. reign. 1299 Parl. reign. reign. 8 8 Elizabeth 1558 .. 1307 15 20 James I. 1603 .. • • · 1327 37 50 Charles I.* 1625 • • • • • • 1377 26 22 Charles II. 1660 • • 1413 · 1422 • • Edward 1V. 1461 Richard III. 1483 • Henry VII. 1485 Henry VIII. 1509 • Edward VI. Mary • 1547 1553 • 07 10 10 C-3 • · 1399 • • • • • 10 11 22 5 • • 9 William III. 22 George I. 14 James II. 1685 • 1689 39 Anne 1702 • • 1714 • 2 George II. 1727 • • • 8 24 George III. 1760 • 38 George IV. 2 6 William IV. 1820 1830 • 5.: 5 Victoria I. No. of Years Parl. reign. 45 22 10 4 4 8 3 a w 6 6 · • • • 21 36 4 13 .. 12 2 6 11 2 4 • · • • • 13 33 63 10 7 1837 Vivat Regina. * Commonwealth, from the execution of Charles I., Jan. 30, 1649, to the restoration of Charles II., 1660. From an attentive consideration of the above statement, taken from the Rolls and Journals of both Houses of Parliament, the following facts may be deduced. In the first place it appears, that since the that since the year 1509 (when it is generally supposed that the duration of parliaments was extended beyond one year,) only four parliaments have existed beyond seven years, and that only ten more have had a sexennial duration. In the second place, it is sufficiently evident that of the rest, only seven parlia- ments have lasted above five years, only four parliaments above four, and but three above three years. Thirdly, of the remaining number, only ten existed two years, and no less than thirty-seven for a shorter period. Lastly, it is certain that one parliament with another, the average duration of each since the reign of Henry VIII., does not ex- ceed the space of two years and about nine months, even including the long parliament in the reign of King Charles I., and the still longer one which his son retained for the enormous period of about seventeen years. J 1 379 First Returns for Cities and Boroughs, 23 Edward I. The first sum- mons for Representatives for Counties was in the 49th year of the reign of Henry III. The first Returns for Shires on record, 18 Edw. III. 147 Couuties, Cities, and Boroughs, sent Representatives to Parliament at the accession of Henry VIII., 1509. 31 were added by Henry VIII. 21 14 31 14 S 4 45 100 8 5 • • . Edward VI. Mary. Elizabeth. James I. Charles I. Charles II. Anne, for Scotland. George III., for Ireland. • William IV., for Scotland. • • • • • William IV. for Ireland. IMPORTANT TO ELECTORS. To avoid the disfranchisement of Electors in Cities and Boroughs, all the Poor Rates and Window Tax (if any) payable from them, in respect of their premises, previously to the 6th of April, must be paid on or before the 20th July. The Window Tax is payable, by Act of Parliament, whether demanded or not. As many Electors remove in the month of May from one part of a Parliamentary Borough to another, those persons should take care to inform the Overseers or Collectors of the Poor Rates of their removal, and require to be rated for the premises to which they remove, to avoid being left out of the List of Voters when next made, and to prevent any ɔbjection made against them from being substantiated, if taken to their vote in the Registration Court. 380 7 OCCUPATIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND AND WALES. An Abstract of the official return, giving the totals under each branch of occupation as regards the aggregate population of "England and Wales, and the Islands of the British Seas," according to the Census of 1841. The results are as follows:- Farmers, Graziers, and Yeomen Agricultural Labourers Total in Agricultural Occupation Trades and Occupations (not Agricultural) Persons of Independent Means Almspeople, Pensiouers, Paupers, and Beggars Other persons not described Residue of Population-Women and Children Total Population 252,413 960,135 1,212,548 4,689,998 453,149 147,087 68,028 9,159,979 - 16,030,781 The centesimal proportions of each of the two great classes of the em- ployed population in these several parts of the Kingdom, stand thus:- England Wales Islands Totals Agriculturists. Per Cent. Trades and Manufactures. Per Cent. 74 29:56 18-18 2432 6-6 26.9 755 20-25 The decimal proportions of the different classes may therefore be tuns stated.- Farmers and Agricultural Labourers per cent. Persons employed in trade and other occupations 28.50 Persons of Independent means }} 3·14 >> Residue of Population-Women, Children, &c. 60-36 >> 100. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS IN GREAT BRITAIN. ENGLAND AND WALES--Counties. Freehold; including freeholders of inheritance, freeholders for life or lives, pew-renters, rent-charges, rectorial and vicarial tithes, or other freehold qualifications - Copyhold and customary; including tenants by copy of court roll, teuants by custom of the manor, tenauts in ancient demesne - 334,458 26,459 381 Leasehold for period of years or for lives. Occupying tenants at a rent of £50 per annum 29,872 115,991 Trustees and mortgagees in actual receipt of the rents and profits 1,889 Joint qualifications, including all who are registered for more than one qualification Offices; including all ecclesiastical or parochial appointments, as Lolders of benefices, &c., organists, parish-clerks, sextons, &c. 2,107 - 7,727 Total number on the register Increase since 1839-10 518,187 22,461 Boroughs, Ten-pound freeholders 250,074 Freemen including burgesses, freemen, liverymen, and any other similar qualification, whether obtained by servitude or otherwise Freeholders or burgage tenants in the case of county cities and towns Scot and lot voters - 54,742 6,318 8,792 Potwallers Offices; including any corporate or other appointments, as portreeves, holders of benefices, &c., organists, parish-clerks, sextons, &c Joint qualifications, including all who are registered for more than one qualification 3,630 54 16,441 Total number on the register Increase since 1839 338,351 8,925 SCOTLAND-Counties. Proprietors, sole or joint 18,128 Life renters, sole or joint 2,679 Leaseholders, including sole or joint occupants, tenants paying a gross sum of £300, or any other similar qualification 23,853 Husband in right of wife 650 Offices; including parochial ministers, schoolmasters, &c. 1,175 Joint qualifications, including all who are registered for more than one qualification 507 Numbers who have been transferred from the old roll of freeholders to the new Total number on the register 2,087 43,820 Increase since 1839 1,314 Burghs, &c. Proprietors, sole or joint 12,012 Occupiers, sole or joint, including tenants at an annual rent of £10. 22,663 Life renters, sole or joint 259 Husband in right of wife 497 Joiut qualifications, including all who are registered for more than one qualification 1,988 • Total number of electors on the register 36,424 Increase since 1839 624 TOTAL NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN 1842-3. Counties. Boroughs. Total. England and Wales 518,187 338,351 856,538 Scotland.. 48,820 36,424 85,224 Total for Great Britain 567,007 374,775 941,782 Ireland 67,136 50,312 117,448 Total for the United Kingdom.. 634,143 425,087 1,359,230 382 NATIONAL DEBTS. Exhibiting the variations of the following Countries in 1843, with the Amount of Tax on each Person, calculated from the Population of each Country, in comparison to their Debts. COUNTRY. America (various States) Austria Bavaria Belginm Brazil Buenos Ayres Chili Columbia Denmark Equador France Great Britain Greece Holland Mexico Naples New Granada Peru and Bolivia Portugal (Home) Do. (Foreign) Popedom Prussia Russia Spain AMOUNT. TAX ON EACH PERson. £. £. s. d. 54,255,000 08 0 87,534,000 0 11 6 13,140,000 0 12 S 51,313,000 0 19 1 3,100,000 1,000,000 0 4 0 0 5 1 • 1,325,000 O 6 10 6,750,000 0 13 4 4,150,314 0 12 2 3,415,000 09 1 • 219,700,000 770,516,681 1 3 3 • · 2 3 2 • • • 3,450,000 82,000,000 3,000,000 0 9 5 1 11 2 04 7 20,250,000 0 12 2 7,315,000 0 6 10 4,758,000 0 9 11 3,000,000 0 6 7 10,000,090 0 0 0 13,825,000 0 11 7 26,950,114 0 11 1 61,300,030 0 5 11 .. 76,000,000 0 12 3 3,930,000 07 3 • Venezuela The Turks pay about 11s. each person; the Poles 10s.; the Irish, 10s. 3d.; Hungarians, 9s. 10d.; Italians, 9s. 10d.: Persians, 6s. 10d.; Swedes, 5s. 9d.; Bengalese, 5s. 1d.; Chinese, 4s. 7d.; Burmese, Rs. 9d.; Egyptians, 3s. 3d.; Swiss, 4s. 4d.; and Norwegians, 3s. 9d. t DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1847. The session of 1847 was closed this day by Her Majesty in person, and with the last words of the speech from the Throne virtually ended the existence of the Parliament elected in 1841. The double interest thus imparted to the form of prorogation was greatly increased by the fact that the ceremonial assembled together the three estates of the realm for the first time in that magnificent hall of the "New Palace at Westminster," destined, it may be hoped, to be the theatre of their combined and harmonious action for centuries to come. His appear- The Duke of Wellington arrived at half-past one. ance excited some attention, for he wore a light summer Paletot over his uniform; he entered into an animated conversation with Lord Campbell. A few minutes after the Noble Duke arrived, the Lord Chan- cellor took his scat on the woolsack, and, there being a judgment left on the paper to be disposed of, he proceeded immediately to business. Silence was obtained, and the partics in "Irving v. Manning" called in. The ladies, who had not come prepared for a Bishop and Divine service, were yet more surprised at tinding themselves in a Court of Law, and sat quite attentive, as if curious to see what would happen next. I a 384 DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR briefly confirmed the judgment of the Courts below. LORD CAMPBELL, at greater length, concurred with his Noble and Learned Friend; the only fact stated was, that the case had been balancing in the scales of justice for some thirty years. When the spectators settled down at the conclusion of the judicial business, it was evident all were present to whom tickets had been issued. The nobly proportioned apartment was com- pletely filled; the eye could find no vacant space, except in front of and beside the throne; in every other direction it rested on beauty of form or face, rich costumes, state robes, or military and diplo- matic uniforms. The body of the house on either hand presented a mass of light and elegant colour, above which rose snowy feathers, wreaths, head dresses of a single flower, disposed with exquisite taste, or, more rarely, diamonds and gems. The peers were forced to sit together in a close line on the front benches, and on the seats near the woolsack, forming, with their scarlet and crmined robes, a rich centre to the tableau. The splendid uniforms of the corps diplomatique, and the helmets and breastplates of two or three offi- cers of the Guards, varied and relieved the view, the effect of which, combined with the gold and massive carved work of the walls and roof, was that of a magnificent picture enclosed in a gigantic and gorgeous frame. At ten minutes past two o'clock the first gun was heard an- nouncing the approach of Her Majesty; at a quarter past two o'clock the heralds entered the door to the right of the throne; they were followed by the officers of the Royal household, the Lord Chancellor, preceded by the mace; the Duke of Wellington, carry- ing the sword of state; the Marquis of Winchester, with the cap of maintenance, and the Lord President of the Council, with the crown, They were immediately followed by Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Majesty having taken her place on the throne, requested the Peers and all present to be seated. His Royal Highness occupied the chair on Her Majesty's left hand: he wore a Field Marshal's Uniform. The Queen (who looked exceed- ingly well) wore the royal robe over a dress of white satin, with a stomacher, necklace, and tiara of diamonds. Her Majesty was attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, as Mistress of the Robes. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. 385 The Usher of the Black Rod was directed to summon the Commons. After a lapse of a few minutes, the Speaker of the House of Commons, attended by a great number of members, appeared at the bar, and the three powers of the constitution met for the first time in the New House of Parliament. The SPEAKER immediately addressed Her Majesty in the follow- ing words:- Most Gracious Sovereign,-We, your Majesty's faithful Com- mons, attend your Majesty with the bill by which the supplies are completed for the present year. They have been granted with a strict regard to economy, but with every disposition to make ample provision for all branches of the public service. During the progress of the session which is now about to terminate, we have maturely considered various measures for the practical improvement of the law, and for the amelioration of the moral and social condition of the people; and, where it has not been possible to bring these measures to a satisfactory conclusion, we hope to have prepared the way for sound and useful legislation in future sessions of parliament. We have passed acts to regulate the disposition and transfer of land in Scotland, while, by carefully adhering to the established principles of law, we have given increased facilities for dealing with real property in that country, which must tend greatly to increase its security and value. We have found it necessary to place a further limitation on the hours of labour of young persons employed in factories; and, by giving more time and opportunity for their moral and religious instruction, and for the exercise of their domestic duties, we have elevated the character and condition of a large and industrious class engaged in manufacturing operations. There is, however, one subject of paramount importance, to which your Majesty was graciously pleased to direct our attention at the commencement of the session, and which called for long and anxious deliberation. For many months past your Majesty's sub- jects in Ireland have been suffering from the effects of famine and its too frequent consequence- disease, requiring large pecuniary aid, and prompt and energetic measures, to arrest their fatal effects, and 386 DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. to prevent an almost total disorganization of society in many parts of that kingdom. No exertion has been wanting on our part to meet this terrible emergency. Every restriction upon the importa- tion of food has been suspended; every source of legislation has been employed to mitigate, what no human wisdom could avert, this awful visitation of Divine Providence. Nor have we, in providing for this exigency, been unmindful of the permanent welfare of that important part of the United Kingdom. We have encouraged the development of its vast capabilities, and the industry of its inhabit- ants, by giving every possible stimulus to public and private enter- prise, whether directed to the improvement of land, or to the establishment and construction of fisheries and harbours, and, profiting by past experience, we have extended and rendered more effective the provisions of the law for the relief of the destitute poor, thereby bringing into new and closer relations, and connecting by the ties of mutual interest, the proprietor and cultivator of the soil. To these measures for the temporary relief and permanent improvement of Ireland, our labours have been unremittingly de- voted, and nobly and generously have these efforts been responded to by all classes of your Majesty's subjects, who, following your Majesty's gracious and benevolent example, from the highest in the realm to the humblest, have made every sacrifice which the urgency of the case demanded to alleviate the sufferings, unexampled in intensity, and borne with a fortitude and resignation equally unex- ampled by that brave and loyal people. The Speaker concluded his address by presenting the Consoli- dated Fund Appropriation Bill, to which he asked the assent of Her Majesty. The following Bills then received the Royal assent in the usual form:- The Consolidated Fund Appropriation, Bishopric of Manchester, Poor Law Administration, Poor Removal Commons Enclosure Amendment, New Zealand, Drainage of Lands (Scotland), Leith Harbour and Docks, Sutton Harbour Improvement, and London Bridge Approaches Bills. The LORD CHANCELLOR then, in the usual form, presented the speech, which Her Majesty read as follows:- DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. 387 MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I have much satisfaction in being able to release you from the duties of a laborious and anxious session. I cannot take leave of you without expressing my grateful sense of the assiduity and zeal with which you have applied yourselves to the consideration of the public interests. Our attention has been principally directed to the measures of immediate relief, which a great and unprecedented calamity rendered necessary. I have given my cheerful assent to those laws which, by allowing the free admission of grain, and by affording facilities for the use of sugar in breweries and distilleries, tend to increase the quantity of human food, and to promote commercial intercourse. I rejoice to find that you have in no instance proposed new restrictions, or interfered with the liberty of foreign or internal trade. as a mode of relieving distress. I feel assured that such measures are generally ineffectual, and in some cases aggravate the evils, for the alleviation of which they are adopted. I cordially approve of the Acts of large and liberal bounty, by which you have assuaged the sufferings of my Irish subjects. I have also readily given my sanction to a law to make better provision for the permament relief of the destitute in Ireland. I have likewise given my assent to various Bills calculated to promote the agricul- ture, and develope the industry of that portion of the United Kingdom. My attention shall be directed to such further measures as may be conducive to those salutary purposes. My relations with Foreign Powers continue to inspire me with confidence in the maintenance of peace. It has afforded me great satisfaction to find that the measures which, in concert with the King of the French, the Queen of Spain, and the Queen of Portugal, I have taken for the pacifica- tion of Portugal have been attended with success, and the civil war which for many months had afflicted that country has at last been brought to a bloodless termination. I indulge the hope that future differences between political parties in that country may be settled without an appeal to arms. 388 DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I thank you for your willingness in granting me the necessary supplies; they shall be applied with due care and economy to the public service. I am happy to inform you that, notwithstanding the high price of food, the revenue has, up to the present time, been more produc- tive than I had reason to anticipate. The increased use of articles of general consumption has chiefly contributed to this result. The revenue derived from sugar especially has been greatly augmented by the removal of the prohibitory duties on foreign sugar. The various grants which you have made for education in the United Kingdom will, I trust, be conducive to the religious and moral improvement of my people. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I think proper to inform you that it is my intention immediately to dissolve the present Parliament. I rely with confidence on the loyalty to the Throne, and attach- ment to the free institutions of this country, which animate the great body of my people. I join with them in supplications to Almighty God that the dearth by which we have been afflicted,. may, by the divine blessing, be converted into cheapness and plenty. The LORD CHANCELLOR then made proclamation by the Queen's command, that the Parliament do stand prorogued until Tuesday, tlie 21st day of September next, then to meet for the dispatch of business. Her Majesty and the Prince, attended by the state officers and suite, then retired in the same order as that in which they entered. THE FIFTEENTH IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, AND THE THIRD OF HER PRESENT MAJESTY, ELECTED JULY 28th TO AUGUST 26th, 1847.* ABINGDON. ENGLAND. BARNSTAPLE. Sir F. Thesiger ... C 153 Maj. Gen. Caulfield W R. Bremridge C 468 151 J. W. Fortescue... W 390 F. Hodgson ... ... C 352 ANDOVER. BATH. J. H. Coles ... C 134 Lord Ashley C 1287 W. Cubitt C 121 Lord Duncan W 1268 W 107 J. A. Roebuck R 1120 R 61 નર્મ ... N. Fellowes C. Smith ARUNDEL. Lord Arundel ASHBURTON. ... W Col. J. Mathewson W ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Charles Hindley W BEDFORDSHIRE. Lord Alford... C F. CH. Bussell... W BEDFORD. H. Stuart 453 NTIGE Sir H. VerneIA DA Captain F. Polhill' BERKSHIRE. Lord Barrington... C AYLESBURY. J. P. Deering C 687 Lord Nugent TV 620 R. R. Clayton C 546 ... Philip Pusey BERWICK-ON-TWEED. Robert Palmer ... Ꮯ C BANBURY. M. Forster ... W 484 ... H..W. Tancred WV 226 J. C. Renton ... C 463 J. Mc. Gregor C 154 W. H. Miller C 151 *For convenience of reference, the Elections for the present Parliament are here given in a separate form. 390 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. BEVERLEY. BRIDGENORTH. John Townley W 543 ... S. L. Fox C 542 T. C. Whitmore... C 612 Sir R. Pigott C 388 Sir I. L. Goldsmid W 255 BEWDLEY. Sir T. J. Ireland, Bt. C Sir T. E. Winnington W 158 BIRMINGHAM. G. F. Muntz Sir J. Easthope ... W 363 BRIDGEWATER. 160 E. K. Tynte W 388 ... H. Broadwood C 247 C 189 ... R 2830 Wm. Scholefield... R 2824 R. Spooner Sergeant Allen BLACKBURN. J. Hornby J. Pilkington W. Hargreaves W. P. Roberts BODMIN. James Wyld C. H. Lacy. C 2302 W 90 ... Stephen Gaselee BRIDPORT. W. B. Cochrane T. A. Mitchell Hon. E. Petre M. Martin C 638 W 547 BRIGHTON. W 373 ... R 67 ... ... C 276 W 267 ... W 222 C 11 ... Capt. G. R. Pechell W 1571 Lord A. Harvey... C 1239 W. Coningham BRISTOL. ... R 886 W 297 F. H. F. Berkeley W 4381 C 259 ... P. W. S. Miles C 2595 C 117 Wm. Fripp ... C 2476 R 171 Sir S. T. Spry BOLTON. Wm. Bowling Dr. J. Bowring John Brooks BOSTON. Sir J. Duke... B. B. Cabbell ... : C 715 W 650 A. Pellatt BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. C. G. Dupre R 644 W 580 ... C 466 R 339 Benj. D'Israeli • C C Hon.C.C.Cavendish W BUCKINGHAM. Marquis of Chandos C Col. J. Hall... D. IV. Wire BRADFORD. Wm. Busfield C W 937 BURY ST. EDMUNDS. ... Col. T. P. Thompson R 926 Earl Jermyn C 390 H. W. Wickham... G. H. Hardy C 860 E. H. Bunbury W 327 ... C 812 H. Twiss C 264 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 391 BURY. R. Walker CALNE. W ... ... Lord Shelburne W CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Hon. E. T, Yorke R. G. Townley C W ... Lord G. J. Manners C CAMBRIDGE. ... W 819 A. S. Adair... Hon.W.T.Campbell W 734 Hon.J.H.TM.Sutton C 465 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. Hon. C. E. Law... C 1486 Rt. Hon.H.Goulburn C 1189 Lord Fielding C 1147 J. G. S. Lefevre... W 850 CANTERBURY. Ld.A.D.Conyngham W 786 G. A.F. P. S. Smythe C 761 Lord Clinton CHESHIRE-NORTH W. T. Egerton C Hon. J. S. Stanley W CHESHIRE-SOUTH. Sir P. de M. G. Eger- ton, Bt. J. Tollemache CHESTER. C C Rt. Hon.SirJ. Jervis W Earl Grosvenor ... W CHICHESTER J. A. Smith... ... W Lord H. G. Lennox C CHIPPENHAM. C James Neeld Capt. H. G. Boldero C CHRISTCHURCH. Capt. E. A. J. Harris C CIRENCESTER. J. Vance C 626 ... ... C 618 J. W. Cripps C ... Lord Villiers C CARLISLE. John Dixon... W. N. Hodgson C 471 ... W 479 CLITHEROE. ... M. Wilson W ... P. H. Howard ... W 440 CHATHAM. Hon. G. S. Byng W COCKERMOUTH. H. A. Aglionby ... W E. Horsman COLCHESTER. Sir G. H. Smyth W ... CHELTENHAM. Sir W. Jones C 1023 Hon. C. F. Berkeley W 910 J. A. Hardcastle Captain C. Smith... C 14 R. Sanderson C 677 TV 595 C 532 392 GENERAL ELECTIOŃ, 1847. CORNWALL-WEST. E. W. W. Pendarves W Sir C. Lemon, Bt. W CORNWALL-EAST. W. H. P. Carew... C T. A. J. Robartes W COVENTRY. DEVIZES. G. H. W. Heneage C W. H. L. Bruges... C DEVONPORT. H. Tuffnell W 1138 ... J. Romilly W 1018 ... J. Sanders C 852 Right Hon. E. Ellis W 2563 G. J. Turner W. Williams CRICKLADE. John Neeld ... A. Goddard... C 1532 R 1436 ... DEVONSHIRE-SOUTH. Sir J. B. Y. Buller C Lord Courtenay... C DEVONSHIRE-NORTH. C Sir T. D. Acland C C ... L. W. Buck... C DORCHESTER. Col. D. Damer C C Hon. H. C. Sturt C CUMBERLAND-WEST. Edward Stanley... C H. Lowther... CUMBERLAND-EAST. Hon.C.W.G.HowardW W. Marshall DARTMOUTH. G. Moffatt W ... W ... DERBYSHIRE-SOUTH. C. R. Colvile E. M. Mundy C ... C DERBYSHIRE-NORTH. Hon. G.H.Cavendish W DORSETSHIRE. George Bankes H. K. Seymer John Floyer DOVER. E. R. Rice Sir George Clerk H. T. Princep DROITWICH. C ... C C ... W 1107 C 937 C 897 ... Sir J. S. Packington C Wm. Evans... DERBY. ... W Rt. Hon. E. Strutt W 880 Hon. F. L. Gower W 852 DUDLEY. John Benbow DURHAM-SOUTH. ... C H. Raikes ... *C 800 Lord H. Vane W ... Mc Garth R 216 James Farrer C ... t - ༤༧ GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 393 DURHAM-NORTH. GLOUCESTERSHIRE-WEST. R. D. Shafto Lord Seaham W R. B. Hale ... C DURHAM CITY. T: C. Grainger ... W 596 R. J. Spearman W 519 Captain D. E. Wood C 451 ESSEX-NORTH. ... Sir J. T. Tyrell C 2472 Major Beresford... C 2292 J. G. Rebow... ESSEX-SOUTH. C 4240 Grantley Berkeley W 2744 Grenville Berkeley W 2123 GLOUCESTERSHIRE-EAST. C. W. B. Codrington C Marq. of Worcester C GLOUCESTER-CITY. Hon. F. M. Berkeley W H. T. Hope ... W 1555 ... GRANTHAM. G. E. Welby T. W. Bramston... C 2152 C ... C Hon. F.J.Tollemache C Sir E. N. Buxton W. B. Smith EVESHAM. W 1727 ... C 1694 GREENWICH. Adl. J.W.D. Dundas W 2409 E. G. Barnard W 1511 D. Salomons R 1236 Lord M. C. Hill W 193 173 Sir H. Willoughby C Sir R. Howard W 129 EXETER. ... E. Divett W ... ... GREAT GRIMSBY. E. Heneage GUILDFORD. W ... Sir J.T. Duckworth C H. Currie R. D. Mangles C 336 W 242 EYE. T. L. Thurlow C 184 Sir E. Kerrison, Bt. C HALIFAX. R ... FINSBURY. Thos. Wakley Thos. S. Duncombe R FROME. Major R. E. Boyle W GATESHEAD. Wm. Hutt W ... H. Edwards... HAMPSHIRE-NORTH. C. S. Lefevre ... Sir W. Heathcote Sir Charles Wood W W 511 C 507 Edward Miall Ernest Jones ... R 349 R 280 ... W C 394 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. HAMPSHIRE-SOUTH. Lord C. Wellesley H. C. Compton ... C HUDDERSFIELD. C W. R. C. Stansfield W J. Cheetham... 525 R 488 ... HARWICH HULL. J. Bagshaw... W 213 M. T. Baines J. Attwood C 184 J. Clay... W. Knight C 65 ... ... C 2 Jumes Brown ... HUNTINGDONSHIRE. W 2168 W 2135 W 1705 ... : Sir D. Hill HASTINGS. R. Hollond ... M. Briscoe W 424 ... C 407 E. Fellowes... Geo. Thornhill C じ ​... ... J. A. Warre ... ... W 370 J. P. Robertson HELSTON. Sir R. R. Vyvyan HEREFORDSHIRE. J. Bailey, Jun. F. R. Haggitt G. C. Lewis... HEREFORD. Sir R. Price... C 350 HUNTINGDON. C Col. J. Peel... Thos. Baring C C ... HYTHE. C E. D. Brockman C Bar. M. de Rothschild R WV 211 189 ... W IPSWICH. J. C. Cobbold C 833 W H. E. Adair... W 712 H. M. Clifford W ... J. N. Gladstone ... C 667 II. Vincent R 542 ... HERTFORDSHIRE. Sir H. Meux C ISLE OF WIGHT. T. P. Halsey C J. Simeon W 476 T. Brand W ... ... HERTFORD. Hon. W. F. Cowper W Lord Mahon HONITON. J. Locke C ... W Sir W. J. Hogg ... C T. Miles Fleming... C 373 KENDAL. G. C. Glyn .. KENT-EAST. J. Plumptre... W C W. Decdes C ... GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 395 KENT-WEST. Sir E. Filmer C 3222 ... T. L. Hodges Col. T. Austin KIDDERMINSTER. W 3133 C. W. Packe LEICESTERSHIRE-SOUTH. H. Halford ... C C ... ... C 3087 ... LEICESTER. Sir J. Walmsley W 1671 Rd. Godson... C R. Gardner... W 1621 James Parker C 1421 KNARESBOROUGH. Hon. W. S. Lascelles C 157 J. P. Westhead ... W 128 A. Lawson LAMBETH. ... Chas. Pearson C. T. D'Eyncourt B. Hawes ... LEOMINSTER. Geo. Arkwright... C II. Barkly W ... C 114 LEWES. Hon. H. Fitzroy... C. 459 R 4614 ... R. Perfect W 403 W 3708 Godfrey Hudson ... C 206 W 3344 C 140 ... LANCASHIRE-SOUTH. Wm. Brown W ... Hon. C. P. Villiers W LANCASHIRE-NORTH. J. W. Patten C James Heywood... W LANCASTER. S. Gregson Thos. Green ... E. D. Salisbury LEEDS. Wm. Beckett J. G. Marshall Joseph Sturge W 724 ... C 721 C 621 ... Lord H. Loftus LICHFIELD. Lord Alfred Paget W Lord Anson ... ... W LINCOLNSHIRE-NORTH. R. A. Christopher C Sir M. J. Cholmeley W LINCOLNSHIRE-SOUTH. Sir J. Trollope C Lord Burghley C LINCOLN. ... Col.C.D. W.Sibthorp C 642 C 2529 C. Seeley W 511 W 2172 ... Sir E. L. Bulwer W 434 R 1978 R. Collett C 272 • LEICESTERSHIRE-NORTH. Lord C. H. Manners C E. B. Farnham C K a LISKEARD. Rt. Hon. C. Buller W 176 W. C. Curteis C 117 396 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. t LIVERPOOL. E. Cardwell... MAIDSTONE. C 5581 A. J. B. Hope C Sir T. Birch... W 4882 Geo. Dodd C ... Sir D. Mackworth C 3089 MALDON. Lord J. Manners C 2413 D. Waddington C 461 LONDON. Lord John Russell W 7137 T. B. Lennard Quintin Dick W 443 C 427 ... James Pattison ... R 7030 Baron Rothschild W 6792 John Masterman... C 6722 MALMESBURY Sir G. Larpent W 6719 B. C. L. Bevan Ald. Johnson ... Hon. J. K. Howard W MALTON. J. W. Childers ... W ... C 5268 C 5069 J. E. Denison W ... J. W. Freshfield... C 4704 W. Payn R 513 ... LUDLOW. H. B. Clive ... Col. Salwey... B. Botfield LYME REGIS. ... T. N. Abdy... MANCHESTER. Rt. Hon.T.N. Gibson W John Bright MARLBOROUGH. R ... ... C 207 ... W 206 C C 183 H. B. Baring C ... Lord E. Bruce MARLOW. W 148 ... T. P. Williams ... C 239 Sir F. Kelly. C 145 ... ... LYMINGTON. Hon. Major Keppel W 162 W. A. Mackinnon C 146 John Stewart R. Hampden Sir W. Clayton MARYLEBONE. C 179 W 161 ... C 120 ... Lord D. Stuart Sir B. Hall... R 5343 ... ... W 5367 Sir J. Hamilton C 3677 LYNN. Lord G. Bentinck C Lord Jocelyn MACCLESFIELD. Sergeant Shee ... R 662 C R. Owen ... MIDDLESEX. John Brocklehurst W 598 Lord R. Grosvenor W 4944 John Williams R 500 R. B. Osborne R 4175 ... T. Grimsditch C 428 Col. Thomas Wood C 3458 ... R 1 ! MIDHURST. GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 397 S. H. Walpole C MORPETH. Hon. Capt. Howard W NEWARK. M. Sutton C 584 John Stuart... C 479 G. H. Packe... C 431 NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE. Wm. Jackson S. Christie ... Lord Brackley S. W. Greig W 566 C 565 C 520 ... ... W 101 NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. William Ord ... W 2196 T. E. Headlam... W 2068 NORTHALLERTON. W. B. Wrightson... W NORTHAMPTONSHIRE-NORTH. T. P. Maunsell A. S. O'Brien ... C ... C NORTHAMPTONSHIRE-SOUTH. Sir C. Knightley... C 2263 R. H. R. H. Vyse C 2058 Lord Henley NORTHAMPTON. W 1464 Rt. Hon. R.V. Smith W Raikes Currie W 898 ... 840 ... 652 C 606 R 140 ... L. C. Humfrey C Dr. Bayford... Dr. Epps NORTHUMBERLAND-SOUTH. R. Hodgson ...C 1680 M. Bell... NEWPORT. W. H. Plowden C 262 W. Martin C 252 W. J. Blake... W 250 C. Crompton... W 238 NORFOLK-EAST. S. H. C. Ogle C W NORTHUMBERLAND-NORTH. Sir Geo. Grey, Bt. W 1366 Lord Ossulston C 1247 ... Lord Lovaine C 1237 ... Hon. E. Wodehouse C H. N. Burroughes C NORFOLK-WEST. NORWICH. Samuel M. Peto... W 2414 Marquis of Douro John H. Parry. C 1723 R 1648 William Bagge C 3113 Hon. E. K. Coke W 3052 NOTTINGHAM-NORTH. A. Hammond W 2935 T. Houldsworth ... C H. L. S. L'Estrange C 2676 Lord H. Bentinck ୯ 398 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. NOTTINGHAM-SOUTH. L. Rolleston... ... T. B. T. Hildyard NOTTINGHAM. John Walter Feargus O'Connor C C PETERSFIELD. Sir W. G. H. Jolliffe C PLYMOUTH. Lord Ebrington ... W 931 C 1830 R. Palmer R 1340 Thomus Gisborne... R 1089 Sir J. C. Hobhouse W 974 OLDHAM. W. J. Fox J. Duncuft F. M. Cobbett John Fielding : C. B. Calmady PONTEFRACT. C 837 ... W 769 Samuel Martin W 414 ... R 723 ... C 694 R. M. Milnes T. H. Preston C 364 ... C 356 R 624 ... POOLE. ... R 612 G. R. Robinson .. C 220 OXFORDSHIRE. S. R. Phillips W 199 G. G. V. Harcourt C E. J. Hutchins W 187 ... Lord Norreys C R 49 ... J. W. Henley C OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Sir R. H. Inglis ... C 1700 Rt. Hon. W. E. Glad- stone... C. J. Round ... M. M. Turner PORTSMOUTH. Rt. Hon. F. T. BaringW Sir G. T. Staunton W C 997 PRESTON. ... ... C 824 Sir G. Strickland R 1402 ... C. P. Grenfell W 1389 ... R. T. Parker ... C 1351 J. H. Langston W. P. Wood W ... W READING. OXFORD. PENRYN & FALMOUTH. F. Pigott W 614 Sergant Talfurd... W 596 H. Gwynn ... F. Mowatt P. Borthwick ... PETERBOROUGH. C 548 W 377 ... Charles Russell Lord Chelsea C 521 ... C 376 C 87 G. W. Fitzwilliam W W. C. Cavendish W RETFORD-EAST. Hon. A. Duncombe C Viscount Galway C i 1 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 399 REIGATE. T. S. Cocks ... ... C RICHMOND. Henry Rich... M. Wyvill W ... W SANDWICH. Lord C. Paget W 459 J W 437 392 C. W. Grenfell Lord C. Clinton ... C RIPON. Hon. E. Lascelles C SCARBOROUGH. C W ... Sir J. Johnstone... Earl Mulgrave Sir James Graham C ROCHDALE. W. S. Crawford... R SHAFTESBURY. R. B. Sheridan Richard Bethell W 213 C 176 ROCHESTER. R. Bernal W 637 ... • ... ... W 617 ... C 464 T. Hodges W. H. Bodkin J. D. S. Douglas... C 462 SHEFFIELD. John Parker H. G. Ward... T. Clark SHREWSBURY. : W 1125 R 1110 R 326 RUTLANDSHIRE. E. H. Baldock R. A. Slaney ... C 767 W 743 G. J. Heathcote... W Hon. G. Noel G. Tomline C 740 ... C SHOREHAM. RYE. H. B. Curteis R. B. Phillipps W 235 Sir C. M. Burrell C. Goring C C C 113 SALISBURY. W. J. Chaplin C. B. Wall J. Smith SHROPSHIRE-NORTH. W. O. Gore... C W 191 Lord Clive ... C W 374 ... ... C 170 SHROPSHIRE-SOUTH. Hon. R. H. Clive C R ... Lord Newport C SALFORD. J. Brotherton 400 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. i SOMERSETSHIRE-EAST. Col. W. G. Langston W Wm. Miles ... ST. ALBANS. A. Raphael ... WV 257 C G. W. J. Repton... C 252 J. Wilks ... ... W 189 SOMERSETSHIRE-WEST. C. A. Moody Sir A. Hood Hon. P. P. Bouverie W 2783 Hon. F. Craven W 105 ... C 3603 ... ST. IVES. C 3311 Lord W. Paulet ... C 362 Peter Borthwick B. Escott W 2624 C 145 ... ... SOUTHAMPTON. A. J. E. Cockburn W B. M'Ghie Willcox W STAMFORD. Marquis of Granby C 325 Rt. Hon. J. Herries C 290 J. Rolt ... W 235 ... SOUTH SHIELDS. J. T. Wawn….. W. Whateley SOUTHWARK. STOCKPORT. ... W 339 Richard Cobden... R 619 C 177 James Heald C 583 James Kershaw R 526 R 14 ... Ald. J. Humphery R Sir W. Molesworth R W C STAFFORDSHIRE-SOUTH. Col. G. Anson Lord Ingestre ... STAFFORDSHIRE-NORTH. C. B. Adderley Lord Brackley E. Buller ... J. West... STOKE-ON-TRENT. J. L. Ricardo W 956 W. T. Copeland ... C 819 J. P. Healey... STROUD. R 381 ... W. H. Stanton W 541 ... C 4083 G. P. Scrope W 541 ... C 4071 M. M. Turner ... C 176 ... W 3350 SUDBURY. C 754 STAFFORD. D. Urquhart Ald. Sidney... Hon. Capt. Carnegie J. Lea ... ... W 516 Disfranchised. SUEFOLK-WEST. H. S. Waddington C 271 R 6 P. Bennett ... ... C C GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 401 SUFFOLK-EAST. E. S. Gooch... C Lord Rendlesham C TAVISTOCK. Lord E. Russell... W 125 ... J. S. Trelawny W 113 Dr. Phillimore S. Carter C 73 R 35 ... ... SUNDERLAND. George Hudson ... C 878 D. Barclay W. A. Wilkinson W 646 TEWKESBURY. ... R 569 John Martin W H. Brown W SURREY-EAST. P. J. L. King Thomas Alcock ... W THETFORD. W Hon. W. B. Baring C Earl of Euston W ... SURREY-WEST. THIRSK. W. J. Denison W H. Drummond C John Bell W SUSSEX-EAST. C. H. Frewen A. E. Fuller... ... C C SUSSEX-WEST. Earl of March R. Prime TAMWORTH. Sir R. Peel W. Y. Peel ... ... ... ... C C ... C TIVERTON. Lord Palmerston W 148 John Heathcoat... W 127 G. J. Harney TOTNESS. Lord Seymour C. B. Baldwin S. Ricardo R 0 ... W 289 ... C 154 ཟླ W 153 TOWER HAMLETS. Geo. Thompson ... R 6268 Sir W. Clay Maj. Gen. Fox ... W 3839 W 2622 TAUNTON. Rt. Hon. H. Labog- chere W 543 TRURO. ... Sir T.E. Colebrooke W 388 A. Mills ... C 376 E. Turner J. E. Vivian ... ... W C 402 GENERAL ELECTION, 1817. 1 TYNEMOUTH. R. W. Grey... WAKEFIELD. W ... WELLS. W. G. Hayter R. Blakemore W ... C ... Geo. Sandars C 392 WENLOCK. S. W. Alexander... R 258 Hon. G. C. W. For- rester C WALLINGFORD. J. M. Gaskell C W. S. Blackstone... C 166 A. Morrison... WALSALL. W 154 ... WESTBURY. James Wilson Hon. E. R. Littleton W 289 W 170 M. Higgins ... C 149 ... Chas. Forster, jun. R 282 C 124 ... WV. H. Cook….. WAREHAM. J. S. W. S. E. Drax W WESTMINSTER. Sir D. L. Evans... R 3139 Charles Lushington R 2831 Charles Cochrane... W 2819 Lord Mandeville C 1985 ... WARRINGTON. G. Greenall ... C 327 W 298 Wm. Allcard WARWICK-NORTH. C. N. Newdegate R. Spooner W. H. Leigh WARWICK-SOUTH. E. J. Shirley Lord Brooke WARWICK. ... WESTMORELAND. Hon. H. C. Lowther Ald. Thompson ... C C C 2915 WEYMOUTH. C 2451 W 2272 W. D. Christie W 274 ... Col. Freeston W 274 Lord Villiers C 272 ... G. M. Butt ... C 271 ... W. Collins ... W 443 Sir C. E. Douglas C 407 WHITBY. Robt. Stephenson C WHITEHAVEN. H. Roberts ... R 30 R. C. Hildyard ... C ¿ GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 403 WIGAN. Col. L. Lindsay ... C R. A. Thicknesse WILTSHIRE-NORTH. W WORCESTERSHIRE-EAST. G. B. Rushout J. H. Foley ... WORCESTER. F. Rufford ... C W ... C 1163 ... ... W 1141 W. Long C ... T. H. S. Sotheron C O. Ricardo R. Hardy ... ... R 927 WILTSHIRE-SOUTH. WYCOMBE. Hon. S. Herbert... C John Bennett C G. H. Dashwood M. T. Smith WILTON. Lord Somerton ... C WINCHESTER. B. Carter IV W ... YARMOUTH. Lord A. Lennox... C 834 O. E. Coope... C 813 C. E. Rumbold W 729 W 363 ... ... F. H. Goldsmid W 693 C 315 W 243 ... Sir J. D. East J. B. Escott... • WINDSOR. Col. Reid Lord J. Hay WOLVERHAMPTON. ... C W Hon. C. P. Villiers W Thos. Thorneley... W WOODSTOCK. Marq. of Blandford C WORCESTERSHIRE—WEST. Hon. H. B. Lygon C YORKSHIRE-EAST. Henry Broadley... C Lord Hotham C YORKSHIRE NORTH. E. S. Caley W ... Hon. O. Duncombe C YORKSHIRE-WEST. Lord Morpeth ... Richard Cobden... YORK. H. R. Yorke... E. W. Knight C ... J. G. Smyth ... IV R IV C 404 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. WALES. ANGLESEA, CO. Sir R. B. W.Bulkeley W CARNARVON. W. B. Hughes . C ... BEAUMARIS. DENBIGHSHIRE. Lord G. A. F. Paget W Sir W. W. Wynn C 2055 BRECKNOCKSHIRE. Hon. W. Bagot ... C 1530 Col. M. Biddulph... W 1394 J. Bailey, sen. C DENBIGH. BRECON. F. R. West ... C ... L. V. Watkins W CARDIFF. Dr. J. Nicholl C FLINTSHIRE. Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn W ... CARDIGANSHIRE. Col. W. E. Powell C FLINT. Sir John Hanmer Bt. C CARDIGAN. Pryse Pryse... W CARMARTHENSHIRE. Hon. Col. Trevor C D. A. S. Davies... C GLAMORGANSHIRE. Viscount Adair... C C. R. M. Talbot... W HAVERFORDWEST. John Evans... W ... + CARMARTHEN. David Morris MERIONETHSHIRE. W ... R. Richards... C CARNARVONSHIRE. Hon. E. G. D. Pen- nant MERTHYR TYDVIL. C Sir J. J. Guest ... W GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 405 MONMOUTHSHIRE. Lord G. Somerset C O. Morgan ... C MONMOUTH. R. J. Blewitt W ... PEMBROKESHIRE. Viscount Emlyn.. C PEMBROKE. Sir J. Owen, Bt. RADNORSHIRE. C Sir J. B. Walsh... C MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Rt. Hon. C. W. Wynn C MONTGOMERY. H. Cholmondeley C 389 D. Pugh RADNOR. Sir T. F. Lewis ... W W 389 SWANSEA. A double return. J. H. Vivian W ... 406 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 1 SCOTLAND. CLACKMANNAN, &c. ABERDEENSHIRE. General Morrison W Hon. Capt. W. Gor- don... C ... C ABERDEEN. ... ... DUMBARTONSHIRE. A. Smollett DUMFRIESSHIRE. Lord Drumlanrigg C DUMFRIES. Wm. Ewart... W ... Capt A.D. Fordyce W 918 Col. Sykes IV 422 ... ... ARGYLESHIRE. Hon. D. M'Neill... C DUNDEE. AYRSHIRE. Geo. Duncan W A. Oswald C ... EDINBURGHSHIRE. Sir J. Hope ... ... C EDINBURGH. C. Cowan AYR BURGH. Lord J.H.C. Stuart W W 2063 BANFFSHIRE. W 1854 James Duff ... ... W 1477 C 980 ... W. G. Craig T. B. Macaulay Blackburn ELGIN & BANFF, &c. G. S. Duff A. Bannerman Sir A. L. Lay ELGIN & NAIRNSHIRE. BERWICKSHIRE. Hon. F. Scott آپکے C W 242 ... ... BUTESHIRE. ... W 192 W 147 Hon. J. S. Wortley C CAITHNESSHIRE. C. L. C. Bruce ... C Geo. Traill... W ... GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 407 FALKIRK, LANARK, &c. Lord Lincoln KIRKALDY, &c. C 522 Col. R. Ferguson W ... W. S. Boyd... W 491 ... FIFESHIRE. J. Fergus J. Balfour W 834 C 768 FORFARSHIRE. D. G. Hallyburton W GLASGOW. KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. T. Maitland KINCARDINESHIRE. W ... Hon. H. Arbuthnot C LANARKSHIRE. W. Lockhart C LEITH. J. Macgregor R 2193 Prov. Alex. Hastic W 2081 A. Rutherford W Wm. Dixon ... R 1814 ... W 1745 LINLITHGOWSHIRE. G. Dundas .. J. Dennistoun GREENOCK. Lord Melgund Alex. Dunlop ... C W 456 MONTROSE. C 315 ... Joseph Hume . R R 530 W 231 HADDINGTONSHIRE. Hon. F. Charteris C HADDINGTON, &c. D. Greenhill……. ORKNEY & SHETLAND. Anderson TV 209 IT 183 ... Sir H. R. F. Davie W F. Dundas PAISLEY. INVERNESS-SHIRE. H. J. Baillie... C Archibald Haistie INVERNESS, &c. Alex. Matheson ... W 280 R. H. Kennedy W 190 KILMARNOCK. ... Hon. T. P. Bouverie W PEEBLESSHIRE. W. F. Mackenzie A. G. Carmichael PERTHSHIRE. H. H. Drummond La C 240 IT 163 408 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 1 PERTH. Hon. F. Maule ... W STIRLINGSHIRE. W. Forbes ... C STIRLING. RENFREWSHIRE. J. B. Smith... Col. Muir C A. B. Maitland Alex. Alison R 347 W 312 ... C 156 ... ROSS AND CROMARTY. James Matheson C SUTHERLANDSHIRE. Sir D. Dundas W ROXBURGHSHIRE. Hon. J. E. Elliot W WICK, &c. J. Loch... W ... ST. ANDREWS, &c. WIGTONSHIRE. E. Ellice, jun. W J. Dalrymple W SELKIRKSHIRE. A. E. Lockhart ... C WIGTON DISTRICT. Sir J. Mac Taggart W GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 409 ANTRIM CO. N. Alexander C E. W. Macnaghton C ARMAGH CO. Sir. W. Verner Hon. H. Caulfield IRELAND. CARRICKFERGUS. Hon. W. H. S. Cotton C CASHEL. T. O'Brien R ... C ... W CAVAN CO. John Young C ARMAGH. Col. J. D. Rawdon W. Hon. J. P. Maxwell C CLARE CO. ATHLONE. W. Keogh ... J. L. M. O. Beirne Sir L. O'Brien C 774 C 101 W. N. Macnamara W 712 R R 95 C. O'Brien R 578 ... ... BANDON. Viscount Bernard C CLONMEL. Hon. C. Lawless COLERAINE. C 920 Dr. John Boyd 767 Sir H. Bruce R 689 ... BELFAST. R. Jas. Tennent... Lord J. L. Chichester C Geo. Suffern CARLOW CO. Col. H. Bruen T. Bunbury ... ... C CORK CO. E. B. Roche Dr. Power CORK CITY. C 116 ... C 60 :: R R CARLOW. W. Fagan R 929 John Sadlier R 164 D. Callaghan R 916 Capt. B. V. Layard W 101 A. M. Carthy R 799 410 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. DONEGAL CO. Sir E. S. Hayes ... C DUNGANNON. Lord Northland ... C Col. E. M. Conolly C DUNGARVAN. DOWNSHIRE. Lord Castlereagh Lord E. Hill C Rt. Hon. R. L. Shiel W J. Maguire 151 R 135 ... DOWNPATRICK. R. Kerr C ENNIS. O. G. Mahon R ENNISKILLEN. Hon. Capt. A. H. Cole C DROGHEDA. Sir W. M. Somerville W 151 T. L. Murray FERMANAGH. R 147 DUBLIN CO. Capt. A. Archdall C Sir A. B. Brook Bt. C J. H. Hamilton C ... C GALWAY CO. ... E. Taylor DUBLIN CITY. E. Grogan ... J. Reynolds... W. H. Gregory ... ... C 3353 Capt. T. J. Burke W C. St. George C GALWAY. R 3229 C 3125 M. J. Blake... W Anthony O'Flaherty R DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. G. A. Hamilton ... C 738 Frederick Shaw... C 572 J. Napier KERRY CO. W 540 M. J. O'Connell ... H. A. Herbert RO Ꭱ C ... Professor M'Cullagh W 374 DUNDALK. KILDARE CO. Marquis of Kildare W 544 C. C. M'Tavish ... R W. T. M'Cullagh 124 R. S. Burke... W 121 J. A. O'Neill C 413 ... R 301 3 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 411 KILKENNY CO. LONDONDERRY CO. J. Green P. S. Butler C. Hely P. R. Welsh KILKENNY CITY. John O'Connell R 276 Sir R. Bateson R 261 R 243 :: R 139 ... ... R Returned also for Limerick. KINGS CO. Hon. J. C. Westenra W Sir A. Armstrong W KINSALE. Capt. T. Jones C C ... LONDONDERRY CITY. Sir R. A. Ferguson W LONGFORD CO. R. M. Fox ... Major Blackall A. Lefroy R 418 R 421 ... C 322 C 303 L. H. K. Harman LOUTH CO. W. S. Guinness W. H. Watson C 104 R. M. Bellew R W 87 C. Fortescue C LEITRIM CO. MALLOW. E. K. Tennison ... W 389 Sir D. J. Norreys Hon. C. Clements W 376 D. Ross W 75 R 68 ... ... John R. Godley 329 MAYO CO. LIMERICK CO. Wm. Monsell C 582 ... W. S. O'Brien R 476 ... Caleb Powell G. J. O'Connell R 44 G. H. Moore R. D. Brown M. Mc'Donnell J. D. Brown ... W 475 R 247 R 69 R 11 ... R 423 MEATH CO. LIMERICK CITY. John O'Connell ... R 583 M. E. Corbally R 575 John O'Brien R. O'Gorman LISBURN R 537 H. Grattan ... H. C. Singleton ... R 482 319 37 MONAGHAN CO. C. P. Leslie... C Sir H. Seymour ... C Hon. T. V. Dawson W 412 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. NEWRY. Viscount Newry... C TYRONE CO. C Lord C. Hamilton Rt. Hon. T. L. Corry C NEW ROSS. J. H. Talbot Richard Keily :: BR W 76 WATERFORD CO. 48 N. M. Power ... R. Keating.. Ꭱ Ꭱ R R PORTARLINGTON. Colonel Dunn QUEENS CO. Hon. T. Vesey ... W WATERFORD CITY. Ald. T. Meagher D O'Connell R 523 R 493 ... Sir H. W. Barron W 284 C ... T. Wyse J. W. Fitzpatrick W W 266 ... ROSCOMMON CO. F. S. French O. D. Grace... V. O. C. Blake SLIGO CO. WESTMEATH CO. ... W 205 R 170 Sir P. Nugent ... W. H. Magan ... R 115 ... J. Ffolliott... C ... C W. R. O. Gore ... SLIGO. J. P. Somers W TIPPERARY CO. N. Maher F. Scully ... ... Ꭱ R R TRALEE. M. O'Connell Ꭱ RR C ... Ꭱ WEXFORD CO. G. Morgan James Fagan WEXFORD. J. T. Devereux R ... WICKLOW CO. Col. W. Acton Lord Milton... ... C W ... YOUGHAL. T. C. Anstey Hon. C. Ponsonby R 110 W 68 GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. 413 Liberal Gain Liberal Gain Liberal Gain ... GAINS AND LOSSES. ENGLAND. 65 Liberal Loss : ... WALES. 3 Liberal Loss SCOTLAND. 2 | Liberal Loss IRELAND. 4 Liberal Loss... Liberal Gain ... Deduct Loss... 74 33 Total Liberal Gain 41 ... ... ... : 23 : : 1 0 9 33 STATE OF PARTIES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BEFORE THE DISSOLUTION. Conservatives Liberals ... 394 ... ... 262 2 Sudbury (disfranchised) 658 STATE OF PARTIES AFTER THE GENERAL ELECTION, 1847. Liberals ... 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