the Clothing District, situate on the Stroud Water, or River Frome, and its tributary streams. Population 41,000 Qualifying tenements 1,600 9,300 Assessed taxes............ £7,000 Sunderland. The parish of Sunderland, the township of Bishop Wearmouth, the township of Bishop Wearmouth Panns, the township of Monkwearmouth, the township of Monkwearmouth Shore, the township of Southwick ;- containing the town of Sunderland and its neighbourhood. Population...... ..... ..... 43,000 | Qualifying tenements ...... 2,500 Houses 5,000 | Assessed taxes..... £4,500 Tower Hamlets.-Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, parish of Christ Church, Spitalfields, parish of All Saints, Poplar and Blackwall, parish of St. Anne, Limehouse, parish of St. George-in-theEast, parish of St John, Wapping, parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, the liberty of East Smithfield, the hamlet of Mile-end Old-town, the hamlet of Mile-end New-town, the hamlet of Ratcliff, the precinct of St. Catharine, the liberty of Nortonfalgate, the several divisions of the liberty of the Tower;containing the north-eastern suburbs of the metropolis. Population 293,000 | Qualifying tenements...... 23,000 65,000 Assessed taxes...... £93,000 Wolverhampton.-The township of Wolverhampton, the township of Bilston, the township of Wednesfield, the township of Willenhall, the parish of Sedgeley; containing the towns of Wolverhampton and Bilston, and their surrounding neighbourhood, including the villages of Sedgeley, Wednesfield, and Willen Ashton-Under-Line.-Part of the parish of Ashton;-containing the town of Ashton-under-Line, as limited by its Police Act. Population Houses ... .... 600 15,000 Qualifying tenements...... 2,900 Assessed taxes ............................ £1,400 Bury.-Township of Bury, part of the township of Elton;-containing the town of Bury and its immediate neighbourhood. Population... Houses 19,000 Qualifying tenements.. ....3,500 | Assessed taxes..... 750 .£2,200 Chatham.-Part of the parish of Chatham, part of the parish of Gillingham; -containing the towns of Chatham and Brompton. Cheltenham. The parish of Cheltenham; containing the town of Cheltenham and its neighbourhood. Dudley. The parish of Dudley;-containing the towns of Dudley and its immediate neighbourhood, which includes the village of Netherton. Population..... 23,000 Qualifying tenements...... 4,700 Assessed Taxes .......................... £2,500 Frome.-Part of the parish of Frome ;-containing the town of Frome. Houses Assessed taxes .... 800 400 £1,960 Gateshead. The parish of Gateshead, part of the chapelry of Heworth;containing the town of Gateshead and its neighbourhood south of the river Tyne. 15,000 Qualifying tenements..... 750 4,000 Assessed taxes .£2,000 Population Houses .... .......... Huddersfield. The township of Huddersfield ;-containing the town of Huddersfield. Kidderminster. The borough of Kidderminster, part of the foreign of Kidderminster ;-containing the town of Kidderminster. 16,000 | Qualifying tenements...... 500 Population... Houses. ..£1,000 Kendal. The township of Kirby Kendal, the township of Kirkland, the township of Nethergraveship;-containing the town of Kendal and its neigh bourhood. 680 Population 11,600 Qualifying tenements...... Houses. 2,200 Assessed taxes .... ..£3,000 Rochdale.-Part of the township of Castleton, part of the township of Wandleworth, part of the township of Spotland, part of the township of Wuerdale with Wardle;-containing the town of Rochdale. 20,000 Qualifying tenements...... 1,000 .......... Salford. The township of Broughton, the township of Salford, the township of Pendleton, part of the township of Pendlebury;-containing the town of Salford and its neighbourhood north-west of the river Irwell. Population 50,000 | Qualifying tenements...... 1,300 South Shields.-The township of South Shields, the township of Westoe;containing the town of South Shields and its neighbourhood, which includes the village of Westoe. Population ..... 18,600 Qualifying tenements...... 1,150 .......... Tynemouth. The township of North Shields, township of Chirton, township of Tynemouth, township of Preston, township of Cullercoats;-containing the towns of North Shields and Tynemouth, and their neighbourhood. Population ...... ... 25,000 | Qualifying tenements...... 1,150 Wakefield. The township of Wakefield, part of the township of Alverthorpe, part of the township of Stanley;-containing the town of Wakefield, and its immediate neighbourhood. 12,500 | Qualifying tenements...... 800 Walsall. The borough of Walsall;-containing the town of Walsall with its neighbourhood. Population 800 15,000 Qualifying tenements...... Houses... 3,000 Assessed taxes ..........£1,730 Warrington.-Township of Warrington, township of Latchford, part of township of Thelwall;-containing the town of Warrington and its immediate neighbourhood. Population Houses..... 18,000 Qualifying tenements...... 1,000 Whitehaven.-Township of Whitehaven, part of the township of Preston Quarter;-containing the township of Whitehaven. Population .... ............ ...... 15,700 Qualifying tenements...... 900 ..£2,000 Whitby.-Township of Whitby, the township of Ruswarp, the township of Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre;-including the town of Whitby and its neighbourhood, which includes the villages of Hawsker, Ruswarp, and Stainsacre. No. IX. Population, Electors, &c. of the Cities and Burghs of SCOTLAND.* 5817 ... 10338 Brechin .... 5906 The cities and burghs sharing together in the return of a member are placed between brackets. The number of persons in whom the elective franchise is vested is here stated. Number of Parliaments held in each Reign, from 27th Edward I. A.D. 1299, to the End of the Reign of George IV.; also the respective length of each Reign. From this table it appears that in the 461 years preceding the reign of George III. there were 202 parliaments, whose average duration was 2 years; and that in 210 years preceding the reign of Henry VIII. there were 143 parliaments, averaging rather less than 14 year each. In the 69 years of the reigns of George III. and IV. there were only thirteen parliaments, averaging five years and onethird each. Hence we learn how greatly the duration of the same parliament has been extended in these latter days, resulting, no doubt, from the better understanding subsisting between the ministers of the Crown and the representatives of the people, which rendered frequent dissolutions unnecessary. No. XI. A List of those Places which formerly sent Members to Parliament In all sixty-nine boroughs, which sent members to parliament in different reigns, and which are now deprived of that right. Besides these, Mr. Oldfield has given a list of ninety-seven other boroughs which have charters, and most probably sent members at some former period since the reign of Edward I. but which are now disfranchised. From the reign of Edward I. to that of Charles II. boroughs have been created and annihilated, at the caprice of each successive monarch. The following will show at one view, the gradual alterations in the representation of the people. |