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, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Amersham, Marlow, Hertford, Wendover, 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. 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. 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) Paisley, the Leith burghs, and Greenock, to return 1 each Ireland.--Additional members to Dublin University, Belfast, Limerick, Gal-} 5 way, Waterford LR449| Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, 3 members instead of 2 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. 19 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 each A member for the "Border Burghs" 3 CHANGES BY REFORM ACT OF 1885. ENGLAND AND WALES. 13 boroughs returning 2 members merged in counties 66 36 1 member 2 members, deprived of 1 member 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 New provincial boroughs created Additional members allotted to counties 2 42 742 2 Manchester Sheffield and Leeds Bristol Bradford, Hull, Nottingham, Salford, and Wolverhampton, Bath, Blackburn, Bolton, Brighton, Devonport, Derby, Halifax, IRELAND-Dublin and Belfast Cork SCOTLAND-Glasgow Edinburgh Dundee and Aberdeen WALES-Merthyr Tydvil The rest return one member each. Abdurrahman Khan, 222, 224. Abercorn, James Hamilton, Marquis, after- wards Duke of, 208, 214. Abercromby, General Sir Ralph, 161. Akers Douglas, A., 254. Albemarle, Duke of, 109 (see Monk). 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. 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. Archibald, Marquess of (1.), 98, 100, 108. Arlington, Henry Bennett, Earl of, 109, 111. Armenia, 252, 254, 256, 257. Army (see Summary), 327, 328. Discipline and Regulations Act, 221. 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. Articles, Six, 74, 75. - Thirty-nine, 81, 147. of Perth, 86. 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. Confession of, 72. Augustus, Emperor, 3. West, 176. BABINGTON, ANTONY, 83. Bacon, Sir F., Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, 87. Badajoz, 165. Badbury, battle of, 3. Baden, Louis of, 126. |