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The following constituencies were enfranchised or restored in the reigns of―

HENRY VIII.

EDWARD VI.

MARY.

ELIZABETH.

JAMES I.

CHARLES I.

The twelve Welsh counties, and the boroughs of Beaumaris, Brecon, Carnarvon, Carmarthen, Cardigan, Denbigh, Flint, Cardiff, Montgomery, Pembroke, Haverford West, Radnor, and Monmouth, returning one member each. Monmouthshire, Cheshire, Chester, Buckingham, Lancaster, Preston, Orford, Newport in Cornwall, Thetford, Berwick, Calais, returning two members each."

Saltash, Camelford, West Looe, Penryn, Grampound, Bossiney, St. Michael, Maidstone, Boston, Westminster, Peterborough, Brackley, St. Albans, Liverpool, Wigan, Petersfield, Lichfield, Thirsk, Hedon, Ripon-two members each.

Abingdon, Higham Ferrers, Banbury-one member each.

Aylesbury, St. Ives, Castle Rising, Morpeth, Knaresborough, Boroughbridge, Aldborough (in Yorkshire), Woodstock, Droitwich-two members each In this reign Calais ceases to return members.

East Looe, Fowey, St. Germans, St. Mawes, Callington, Tregony, Beeralston,
Corfe Castle, Cirencester, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight), Newport (Isle of Wight),
Queenborough, Newton (Lancashire), Newtown (Isle of Wight), Clitheroe,
Andover, East Retford, Bishop's Castle, Minehead, Stockbridge, Lymington,
Christchurch, Whitchurch, Tainworth, Sudbury, Eye, Aldeburgh, Haslemere,
Richmond, Beverley-two members each.

Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Amersham, Marlow, Hertford, Wendover,
Tiverton, Harwich, Tewkesbury, Ilchester, Bury St. Edmunds, Evesham, and
Pontefract--two members each.
Bewdley-one member.

Cockermouth, Ashburton, Honiton, Okehampton, Weobley, Milborne Port, Seaford, Malton, Northallerton-two members each.

CHARLES II.

Durham, county and city, Newark-two members each.

CHANGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BY THE REFORM ACTS OF 1832.

ENGLAND.
Disfranchisement.

55 boroughs returning 2 members each, Higham } totally disfranchised

Ferrers returning 1 member

Weymouth and Melcombe Regis to return 2 members conjointly instead of 4 30 boroughs returning 2 members each deprived of one member

Enfranchisement.

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22 cities and boroughs to return 2 members each

19 boroughs to return 1 member each

26 counties divided, each division to return 2 members each

Yorkshire, instead of 4 members, to have three divisions, each returning 2

members

Isle of Wight made a county in itself, and to return 1 member

7 counties to return 3 each instead of 2

Leaving a net loss of 18 seats to England, which were assigned thus-

Wales. -3 counties, each an additional member}

2 new boroughs,

Scotland.-Additional members to Edinburgh and Glasgow

Perth, Aberdeen, and Dundee (previously grouped with other burghs)
to return a member each

Paisley, the Leith burghs, and Greenock, to return 1 each

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Ireland.--Additional members to Dublin University, Belfast, Limerick, Gal-} 5

way, Waterford

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Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, 3 members instead of 2
Chelsea and Hackney to return 2 each

9 other new boroughs to return 1 each

Yorkshire (West Riding) to be divided into three divisions instead of two, each returning 2 members

Lancashire to be divided into four divisions, each returning 2 members (instead of North 2 and South 3)

10 counties to be divided into three instead of two divisions, each returning members

Net loss, 8 seats.

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These 8 seats were apportioned thus:

An additional member to Merthyr-Tydvil

2 new Scotch University constituencies, each 1 member Additional members to Glasgow and Dundee

3 counties (Aberdeen, Ayr, Lanark) divided into two divisions, returning i Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire to return 1 member conjointly, instead of 1 each i

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A member for the "Border Burghs"

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CHANGES BY REFORM ACT OF 1885.

ENGLAND AND WALES.
Disfranchisement.

13 boroughs returning 2 members merged in counties

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Macclesfield and Sandwich each returning 2 members, disfranchised

New Seats.

This, with six new seats allotted to England and Wales, gave 138 seats to be disposed of

Enfranchisement.

London, including Croydon, to return 62 members instead of 22
Additional members given to provincial boroughs

New provincial boroughs created

Additional members allotted to counties

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Manchester

Sheffield and Leeds

Bristol

Bradford, Hull, Nottingham, Salford, and Wolverhampton,

Bath, Blackburn, Bolton, Brighton, Devonport, Derby, Halifax,
Ipswich, Leicester, Newcastle, Northampton, Norwich, Oldham,
Plymouth, Portsmouth, Preston, Southampton, Stockport,
Sunderland, and York

IRELAND-Dublin and Belfast

Cork

SCOTLAND-Glasgow

Edinburgh

Dundee and Aberdeen

WALES-Merthyr Tydvil

The rest return one member each.

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Abdurrahman Khan, 222, 224.

Abercorn, James Hamilton, Marquis, after-

wards Duke of, 208, 214.

Abercromby, General Sir Ralph, 161.
Aberdare, Lord, 215 (see Bruce, H. A.).

Akers Douglas, A., 254.
Akierman, treaty of, 174.
Alabama, 207, 215.
Albany, Duke of, 67.

Albemarle, Duke of, 109 (see Monk).
Alberoni, Cardinal, 130.

Albert, Prince, 187, 205.

Edward, Prince of Wales, 207, 213, 216.

Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of, Albuera, battle of, 165.

182, 188, 196, 197, 199.

Ministry, 196.

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Arabi, 224, 226, 227.

Aragon, 39.

Ferdinand of, 66, 70.

Katherine of, 71, 73, 75.

Archbishops of Canterbury, 351.

Arcola, battle of, 158.

Arcot, 136.

Argyll, John, Duke of (1.), 129, 131, 132.
George Douglas, Duke of, 196, 198, 202,
205, 210, 222.

Archibald, Marquess of (1.), 98, 100, 108.
Archibald, Marquess of (11.), 114.

Arlington, Henry Bennett, Earl of, 109, 111.
Armada, 83.

Armenia, 252, 254, 256, 257.

Army (see Summary), 327, 328.

Discipline and Regulations Act, 221.
Parliamentary, 99, 101.

Standing, 107, 119, 120, 327.

Arnold, Benedict, 149.

Arras, 59.

Arrears Act, 227.

Arrest, freedom from, 63, 84 (see Parliamen-

tary Summary).

Arrow, lorcha, 200.

Arthur, 3.

of Brittany, 22, 29.
Prince of Wales, 71.

Articles, Six, 74, 75.

- Thirty-nine, 81, 147.

of Perth, 86.

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Atherton Moor, battle of, 97.

Athlone, 120.

Attainder defined, 86, 87.

Atterbury, Bishop Francis, 133.

Auckland, William Eden, Lord, 160.

George Eden, Earl of, 176, 182, 185, 192.

Audit of Accounts, 55.

Audley, Lord, 63.
Aughrim, battle of, 120.
Augsburg, 124.

Confession of, 72.
Diet of, 72.
League of, 116.
Peace of, 73.
Augustine, 73.

Augustus, Emperor, 3.
Aumale, William of, 33.
Aurungzebe, 126.
Austerlitz, battle of, 160.
Australia, 124, 142, 152, 194.
- South, 184, 194.

West, 176.

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BABINGTON, ANTONY, 83.

Bacon, Sir F., Lord Verulam, Viscount St.

Albans, 87.

Badajoz, 165.

Badbury, battle of, 3.

Baden, Louis of, 126.

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