Ordered,-"That the faid under-fheriff do at "tend this houfe to-morrow morning."

III.-The

III. The reft of the proceedings concerning this return, which are too long for our plan, are to be found at length in the printed votes of the next day. The cafe briefly was :-A writ had been duly iffued, and a precept had been made thereon, and duly executed, returned to the under fheriff the indenture by him compared with a counterpart, which he executed for the fheriff: the writ and return were, at the under-fheriff's request, fent by the town-clerk, by poft, to the under-fheriff's agent in London, to be conveyed to the clerk of the crown; but were taken by robbers, and by them deftroyed. It appeared, by the information of a member, and another pcrfon, who were prefent, that Charles Trewlawny, efq. was duly elected, and returned: the counterpart of the indenture was produced and read, and ftat. 7 Hen. IV. and part of 23 Hen. VI. were read; and thereupon it was

Ordered, nemine contradicente-" That the de"puty clerk of the crown do file, among the returns of members to ferve in this « prefent

prefent parliament, for the county of Cornwall, the counterpart of the inden"ture executed by the fheriff of Cornwall, "of the return of Charles Trelawny, efq. to "ferve in this prefent parliament as a burgefs for the borough of Lefkeard, in the "faid county, in the room of George Den

nis, efq. deceafed, as the return of the faid Charles Trelawny to parliament; it "appearing to this house, that the writ, and

the principal part of the aforefaid inden"ture, were taken away in coming up to "clerk of the crown, by highwaymen, who "destroyed the fame by burning them."

And he filed the fame accordingly,

NEWPORT,

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POLITICAL CHARACTER. This place was never incorporated, or fo much as anciently to be ftyled a borough. The whole place is the property of the Duke of Northumberland, who is lord of the manor, and appoints, at his court-leet, both returning officers and members,

ANCIENT

ANCIENT REPRESENTATION.-This town first returned members in Edw. VI. last parliament.`

CORPORATION-None: but there are chofen annually at the lord's leet two vianders, who are the returning officers.

RIGHT OF ELECTION.-The two vianders, and all the rest of the inhabitants paying fcot and lot, choose the members.

24.

NUMBER OF VOTERS-are reduced from 60 to

RETURNING OFFICERS-are the vianders.

PATRON-Duke of Northumberland.

BODMIN.

POLITICAL CHARACTER. - This borough is remarkable for being the only one in the county! that is not under the immediate controul of a patron. The corporation feem to have difcoyered the advantage of difpofing of their fuf

frages

frages without the affiftance of an aristocratical agent.

ANCIENT REPRESENTATION.-It was made a borough tempore Hen. II. and has fent members ab origine.

CORPORATION. This town was anciently governed by a mayor and 36 burgeffes; but at prefent by a mayor, 12 aldermen, 24 commoncouncil, and a town-clerk. Its privileges were confirmed by James, who incorporated it in the 15th of his reign.

RIGHT OF ELECTION-is in the majority of the corporation.

NUMBER OF VOTERS-36.

RETURNING OFFICER-the mayor.

CUMBERLAND

CUMBERLAND.

ANCIENT STATE.

NOTWITHSTANDING the dreadful ravages of the Picts and Scots, after the Roman power had declined, the original inhabitants, the Britons, continued longer here than in any other county, and fell the latest under the power of the Saxons. After the Saxons had established themselves, it became a part of the kingdom of Northumberland. When those people were extremely haraffed by the Danes, Cumberland appears to have chofen its own kings, who reigned until 946. At that period, Edmund, brother of king Athelftan, aided by Leoline, king of South Wales, conquered it, and granted it to Malcolm, king of Scotland, upon his engaging to defend the northern borders of England against all invaders. By this grant, the eldeft fons of the kings of Scotland were ftyled Governors of Cumberland. Some time afterwards, the Saxons fubdued it again; and, at the Norman conqueft, it was fo greatly impoverished, that the Conqueror exempted