Boroughs. Gateshead. .... Halifax Kendal Temporary Contents and Boundary. Parish of Gateshead. Parishes of Saint Paul and Saint Nicholas, Deptford,and so Huddersfield. Township of Huddersfield. Kidderminster Lambeth Leeds ... ...... Townships of Kendal and Kirkland, and all such Parts Borough of Kidderminster. Parishes of St. Mary Newington; St. Giles, Camberwell, Macclesfield Borough of Macclesfield. Manchester .... .... Townships of Manchester, Chorlton Row, Ardwick, Mary-le-bone... Parishes of Saint Mary-le-bone and Paddington, and so Merthyr Tydvil. Parishes of Merthyr Tydvil and Aberdare. Town of Rochdale, as within the Provisions of an Act Townships of South Shields and Westoe. Stockport .... Borough of Stockport; Hamlets of Brinksway & Edgeley. Stoke-upon-Trent Townships of Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Shelton, Penkhull with Boothen, Lane End, Longton, Fenton Vivian, Fenton Culvert; Hamlet of Sneyd; and Vill of Rushton Grange. Parishes of Stroud, Bisley, Painswick, Pitchcomb, Randwick, Stonehouse, Eastington, Leonard Stanley except Lorridge's Farm; King's Stanley, Rodborough, Minchinhampton, Woodchester, Avening, Horsley. Sunderland Parish of Sunderland; Townships of Bishop Wearmouth, Bishop Wearmouth Panns, Monk Wearmouth, Monk Wearmouth Shore, and Southwick. Liberties of the Tower, and Tower Division of Ossulston Townships of Tynemouth, North Shields, Chirton, Pres- Township of Wakefield. Borough of Walsall, except the Parts detached from the Township of Warrington. Whitehaven Township of Whitehaven. .... Whitby........ Township of Whitby. Wolverhamp Townships of Wolverhampton, Bilston, Wednesfield, and Willenhall; and Parish of Sedgeley. i 61 WHILE the English Reform Bill was in progress through Parliament, it was apprehended that there would scarcely be sufficient time for the operation of some of its provisions, in consequence of a protracted discussion that was expected to follow on the introduction of the Boundary Bill, and a section (80) was accordingly introduced, in order to meet this contingency, enabling his Majesty in Council, in case the Boundary Bill should not pass before the 20th June, to appoint different days from those named in the Reform Bill, for the purpose of the first registration only of Voters under the Bill; and in pursuance of this power, an Order in Council was made and published in a Supplement to the Gazette, on the 11th July, postponing for the present year, (and for the present year only,) one month later all the dates fixed in the following clauses respectively, viz. the 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 54. The reader has, therefore, merely to consider these alterations made in these sections, and they will at once apply to the approaching Election. As alterations and changes in established institutions are, at the outset, apt to create difficulties and perplex the uninitiated, the following general remarks and miscellaneous observations may, perhaps, not be without their use in simplifying the Reform Act, to some Electors at the present day. The period of Elections for Counties and Boroughs is regulated by the receipt of the Writ transmitted by Government to the Sheriffs, to return a Member or Members to Parliament in a given time. For instance, In Counties, the Sheriff must, within two days after the receipt of the Writ, cause proclamation to be made at the place where the Election is to be holden, that a County Court will be held there for the purpose of an Election on a day, not later than the sixteenth, nor sooner than the tenth, from the issuing of such proclamation. In Boroughs, the returning Officer, upon receipt of the precept from the Sheriff, must immediately cause public notice to be given of the time and place of Election-which notice must be given four days at least before the day appointed for the Election, and the Election must be proceeded upon within eight days next after the receipt of the precept. According to the old Act, an Election, when contested, might be prolonged to fourteen days-by the new one it is restricted to two, and provision is made for this by the division of districts for polling, see Sections 62 and 67. The Statute for regulating the time of Election for Counties, is the 25th of Geo. III. c. 84, sect. 4-for Boroughs, is 7 and 8 William III. c. 25, sect. 1. But, Who are entitled to vote? The answer to this is In COUNTIES, the following classes are qualified to vote. 1. Forty Shilling Freeholders for a life or lives, who shall have been in possession of their Freeholds previous to the passing of the Bill, or shall come into possession in future otherwise than by purchase or gift. 2. Ten Pound Freeholders for a life or lives, who shall have come into possession subsequent to the passing of the Bill. 3. Forty Shilling Freeholders in fee, see the Notes, p. 5. 4. Holders, for a life or lives, of Lands or Tenements by any description of tenure except freehold, of the yearly value of £10. 5. Lessees, or Assignees of Leaseholds, originally of a period of 60 years or more, and of the yearly value of £10. 62 6. Lessees, or Assignees of Leaseholds, originally of a period of 20 years or more, and of the yearly value of £50. 7. Occupying Tenants of Lands, &c. of not less than £50 of rent. 8. Occupying Sub-lessees, and occupying Assignees of under Leases of the Leaseholds described in 5 and 6 above. N.B. In the cases specified in 5 and 6, the £10 and £50 respectively must be above all rents and charges; but public Taxes, and Church, County, and Parish Rates, are not accounted charges. In all cases, Trustees and Mortgagees, in actual possession, have the same right that the proprietors would otherwise have. For what regards Freeholds of certain Towns being Counties of themselves, consult the Notes, p. 11 and 12. For BOROUGHS, the qualifications are as follows. 1. All persons occupying any Building or Buildings, of what description soever, or of any Buildings and Land, of the yearly rent of £10. N.B. The Occupants may be Tenants, or wholly or partly Owners. If Tenants, the Buildings and Land must be held of the same Landlord. Land without Buildings is not sufficient. If two persons occupy a Building, &c. of £20 rent, each has a Vote. If three occupy a Building of £30, each has a Vote; and so on. In all cases, the property from which a Vote is claimed, must be rated to the poor, notwithstanding any local Act to the contrary. And all Poor'srates and Assessed Taxes accruing on it, must be paid up to the 6th of April, of the year in which a claim to vote is made. 2. In Towns, being Counties of themselves, Freeholders and Burgage Tenants, that have at present a right to vote, will continue to enjoy it. And those Freeholds and Burgage Tenements, that by the Boundaries Bill are included within such Towns, will, in like manner, confer a Vote. 3. Liverymen and Freemen of the City of London, and Freemen and Burgesses of Corporate Towns or Boroughs, who may have become such previous to the 1st March, 1831; and all persons whose claims to be Liverymen, Freemen, or Burgesses, originate previous to the 1st March, 1831, and who may in future make good such claims. 4. All persons who now possess, on any other ground, the Right of Voting in any Town or Borough, during their natural lives.--In Electors for Boroughs, residence is required: but such residence is not limited to the actual limits of the Borough, it extends to seven miles round it. N.B. Persons of Class 4, if omitted in any two successive Registries, forfeit the Right of Voting in all future time. Freeholds and Burgage Tenements in Boroughs, if acquired by purchase subsequent to the 1st March, 1831, will not confer a Vote. The receipt of parochial relief within twelve months past, also disqualifies. In Counties, it is necessary that Owners, where they have come into possession by purchase, shall have been in possession six months previous to the 31st July of the year when the claim to vote is made. In Boroughs, the same premises must have been occupied six months; and successive premises must have been occupied twelve months previous to the 31st July, in order to entitle the Occupant to a Vote. But there are two things which the County Elector must not neglect, if he wishes to vote: viz. 1. To pay, on or before the 20th July, all Poor'srates and Assessed Taxes, that were due by him on the previous 6th of April; and, 2. On or before the same day, to give in his name to the Officer appointed to form the Registry of the Parish, or other Division, where the Elector claims to vote.-Electors for Boroughs are not required to make any claim of Registry; it is sufficient that they have paid their required Taxes. If these rules and observations are properly attended to, there will rarely be found an occasion for consulting an Attorney. A CORRECT ABSTRACT OF An Act (2 and 3 William IV. cap. 64.) to settle and describe [July 11, 1832.] Cheshire. It is enacted, that the Two Divisions of the county of CHESTER Divisions of shall respectively be called the Northern Division and the Southern Division; and that such Northern Division shall include the whole of the respective hundreds of Macclesfield and Bucklow; and that such Southern Division shall include the whole of the several hundreds of Broxton, Eddisbury, Nantwich, Northwich, and Wirrall; and also the city and county of the city of Chester; and that the Court for the election of knights of Courts. the shire shall be held for such Northern Division at the town of Knutsford, and for such Southern Division at the city of Chester. Cornwall. 2. That the Two Divisions of the county of CORNWALL shall Divisions of respectively be called the Eastern Division and the Western Division; and that such Eastern Division shall include the whole of the several hundreds called East, West, Lesnewth, Stratton, and Trigg; and also the following parishes and places in the *The Reform Act left four points necessary for its completion, as matter for subsequent legislative enactment:-1st, the Division of Counties; 2d, the Partition of Counties into polling Districts; 3d, the Establishment of places for Polling in Counties; 4th, the fixing the Boundaries of Boroughs. These points form the subject of this Act, which is, indeed, by express enactment, declared to be part of the English Reform Act. By the 12, 13, and 14th, Section of the Reform Act, additional Members are given to various Counties. Yorkshire is to return six Members instead of four. Lincolnshire to return four Members instead of two; and twenty-five other Counties also, which are contained in Schedule (F.) But such Members are no longer to be returned for or by the County at large, but every such County is to be divided into Divisions, each of which is to return two Members. The County of York being already divided into three Ridings, that Division was adopted by the Act for the purpose of representation, two Members being allotted to each Riding. Special provision was also made by the same Act for the County of Lincoln, two Members being allotted to the Parts of Lindsey, and two to Kesteven and Holland: see Sections 12 and 13, of the English Reform Act. The Divisions of the remaining Counties, enumerated in Schedule (F,) were left to be settled by this Act, and will be found to be provided for in the first thirty-one Sections. Courts. Divisions of Courts. Derby. hundred of Powder; (that is to say,) St. Austell, St. Blazey, St. Denis, St. Ewe, Fowey, Gorran, Ladock, Lanlivery, Lostwithiel, Luxulion, Mevagissey, St. Mewan, St. Michael Carhaise, Roach, St. Sampson's, St. Stephen's in Brannel, and Tywardreth, together with all such part of the hundred of Pydar as will not be included in the Western Divisions of the county of Cornwall next hereinafter described; and that such Western Division shall include the whole of the respective Hundreds of Kerrier and Penwith; all such part of the Hundred of Powder as will not be included in the Eastern Division of the County of Cornwall, hereinbefore described; the following Parishes in the Hundred of Pydar, (that is to say,) St. Agnes, Crantock, Cubert, Newlyn, St. Enoder, and Perranzabuloe, and the Scilly Islands; and that the Court for the Election of Knights of the Shire shall be held for such Eastern Division at the Borough of Bodmin, and for such Western Division at the Borough of Truro. 3. That the Two Divisions of the County of CUMBERLAND shall respectively be called the Eastern Division and the Western Division; and that such Eastern Division shall include the whole of the several wards of Cumberland, Eskdale, and Leath; and that such Western Division shall include the whole of the respective wards of Allerdale above Derwent, and Allerdale below Derwent; and that the Court for the Election of Knights of the Shire shall be held for such Eastern Division at the City of Carlisle, and for such Western Division at the Borough of Cockermouth. Divisions of 4. That the Two Divisions of the County of DERBY shall respectively be called the Northern Division and the Southern Division; and that such Northern Division shall include the whole of the respective Hundreds of High Peak and Scarsdale; and also so much of the Wapentake of Wirksworth, as, by virtue of the Order made at the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Derby, held at the Borough of Derby on the twentyeighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, is comprised in the Bakewell Division, as established by such Order; and that such Southern Division shall include the whole of the several Hundreds of Appletree, Morleston, and Litchurch, and Repton, and Gresley; and all such parts of the Wapentake of Wirksworth as will not be included within the Northern Division of the County of Derby last hereinbefore described; and that the Court for the Election of Knights of the Shire shall be held for such Northern Division at the Town of Bakewell, and for such Southern Division at the County-hall in Derby. Divisions of 5. That the Two Divisions of the County of DEVON shall respectively be called the Northern Division, and the Southern Division; and that such Northern Division shall include the whole of the several Hundreds of Bampton, Black Torrington, Braunton, Crediton, Fremington, Halberton, Hartland, Hayridge, Hemyock, North Tawton and Winkleigh, Shebbear, Courts. Devon. |