Key to the Lower House. Taylor, Sir Herbert, Windsor, married one of Desbrowes's daughters, Master of St. Catherine's Hospital Major-General in the Army-pay, &c. not stated. 936 797 VOTED against qualification of Catholic Peers. The electors of the royal rotten borough of Windsor, including the Corporation, are about 300-influenced by the Castle. Tennyson, Charles, Grimsby, Barrister-at-law; a brother with three livings in the Church. VOTED for Reform, for reduction of Lay Lords and Postmaster, ditto Influence of the Crown, for repeal of Salt and Window Tax, for Sir R. Wilson. DID NOT VOTE for popular motions of 1821 nor 1822, for Civil-List inquiry; against young Wynn; for reduction of Army; against Alien Bill. Thompson, William, Callington, an Alderman of London. VOTED, 1821, against Reform; 1822, for reduction of Lay Lords, for repeal of Salt Tax; against qualification of Catholic Peers. Thynne, Lord John, Bath, brother of the Marquis of Bath, nephew to Lord Carteret; Vice-Chamberlain to the late King. Against Catholic Peers. Tierney, George, Knaresborough. VOTED for both motions on Reform, for Manchester inquiry, for repeal of Sir Acts; 1822, for Reform, for reduction of Postmaster and Lay Lords, ditto Influence of the Crown, for Civil-List inquiry; against young Wynn; for Mr. Wyvill's motion, against Alien Bill, for repeal of Salt Tax. DID NOT VOTE for reduction of Army; against Irish Tithe System. Mr. Tierney is the last of the Old School of politicians, and has lived to see the establishment of an entire new religion in politics. As the old game of party warfare is deceased, one may look back and laugh at its manœuvres, and, like other delusions, when exposed, smile at the grossness of the imposture by which the multitude has been deceived. The Whigs have been fairly treated, and they have no just cause of complaint. While their professions were good, and the public had no better test of their sincerity, they were supported; being put on trial and found wanting, they were naturally abandoned. We should be sorry, however, to place them on the level with their opponents: had they not some favourable traits to distinguish them, they would not so long have been excluded from administration, and men every way their inferiors preferred to places of trust and emolument. They are, in fact, too good for the system, but not good enough for public confidence; they are too tolerant for the Church, too liberal for the Tories, and yet too corrupt for the People. wish they were either better or worse; as it is, they are neither flesh nor fish. Mr. Tierney must be quite surprised at the revolution, both within and without doors. We remember when Sir H. Parnell attempted the plan of operation, so successfully pursued by Mr. Hume, he had little encouragement from the member for Knaresborough: on one occasion Mr. Tierney remarked, that he had, when a young man," pursued a similar course, and tried to obtain retrenchment, and point out abuses in the collection of the revenue; but it was all vanity and vexation of spirit. What must Mr. T. think of the triumphant success of Mr. Hume's efforts? To be sure the member for Aberdeen has been partly assisted by the working of events; and it must be We Key to the Lower House. :-we shall confessed that little has yet been done compared with what remains to be achieved, while the Civil-List, the Tithe System, and, comparatively, the Military Establishments remain untouched. Mr. Tierney's votes are very creditable to him; but, like his colleague, he says nothing on Parliamentary Reform. Does the tenure of their seats in the Collective preclude the mention of the subject? Titchfield, Marquis, King's Lynn, son of the Duke of Portland. VOTED for Manchester inquiry, for reduction of Postmaster on second division, ditto Influence of the Crown, for Civil-List inquiry; against young Wynn, ditto Alien Bill; for repeal of Window Tax. We are told this is a very promising young nobleman;" but we have had so many promising youths aforetime, that we are rather dubious :see, as the French say. Pitt was a promising youth at the beginning; so was Castlereagh, so was Canning, so was Lord Milton, and so was John Cam Hobhouse; but, somehow, as they get old they all get either lazy or corrupt. Townshend, Horatio Powis, Whitchurch, brother of Viscount Sydney; Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and Captain of Foot Guards. Always with Ministers; against Catholic Peers' Bill. Townshend's mother has a pension; his brother is Ranger of St. James's and Hyde Parks; his sister is Housekeeper at Windsor Castle; he has four female cousins, named Selwyn, with pensions. Several relations are packers, weighers, and port searchers, in Ireland, with large incomes; others are in the Church. The total sum received by the Sydney (Townshend) family is upwards of £11,000 a year! Townshend, Lord James, Halleston, uncle of the Marquis of Townshend; Captain in the Navy. Always for Ministers; against Catholic Peers' Bill. In 1812, the return of two Members for the rotten Cornish borough of Halleston were petitioned against, on the ground that they were elected by the influence of the Duke of Leeds, who allowed the corporation a sum yearly, on condition they should return whom he pleased. This was fully proved, and a motion was made to order the Attorney-General to prosecute the Duke of Leeds, but the motion was properly negatived, as it would have been shameless hypocricy to consider the tenure by which most of the members hold their seats a crime. Many have been the proceedings caused by the practices of this borough, but it remains as corrupt as ever. At the last election the Duke of Leeds nominated his two brothers-in-law, the present subject and Mr. Hudson. Tremayne, John Hearle, Cornwall, son-in-law of Sir W. Lemon, the other member. VOTED, 1821, against Reform; 1822, for reduction of one Postmaster on second division; against qualification of Catholic Peers. Mr. Tremayne is said to be a sincere Alarmist, a supporter of Ministers from real dread of the people, and, like the nobles of Old Rome, more tenacious of property than freedom. Trench, Fred. William, Cambridge, a relation of Lord Ashtown, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and Quarter-Master General on permanent Staff. Always with the Treasury; against Catholic Peers' Bill. The number of voters in Cambridge is about 200, and some of the most filthy tricks in boroughmongery have been played in this rotten corporation. Trench was formerly, we believe, an Oppositionist, but he has latterly altered his cue, and is now on the scent after a new appointment. Key to the Lower House. Of course the Colonel felt a great aversion, last session, against the operations of Mr. Hume. Tudway, John P. Wells. There is no trace of this man's attendance during the three sessions. Tulk, Charles Aug. Tudbury, a London Merchant. For reduction of one Postmaster and Lay Lords, for repeal of Salt Tax; against Catholic Peers' Bill. Twiss, Horace, Wootton Bassett, a Barrister-at-law, and a Commissioner of Bankrupts. VOTES always with the Treasury. Horace Twiss is in full cry after the THING; his panegyrics on the Lord Chancellor and denunciation of Parliamentary Reform, in which he rivals the Liverpool man, are all very good in their way, but a little too late for the market. We would sooner be a dog and bay the moon than Horace Twiss. Tynte, Charles Kennys, Bridgewater. For Manchester inquiry; 1822, for reduction of one Postmaster, for Civil-List inquiry; against young Wynn. Tyrwhit, Drake Thomas, Agmondesham. Voted always for Ministers; against Catholic Peers' Bill. Tyrwhit, Drake William, Agmondesham, a Major in the Army, Captain in the Horse Guards. Votes with Ministers; against Catholic Peers' Bill. The pocket borough of Agmondesham is the property of Thomas Tyrwhit Drake, who nominated himself and W. T. Drake at the last election. The Drakes are relations of the Earl of Macclesfield, who get some £3000 among them. Upton, Arthur P. St. Edmundsbury, brother-in-law of the Earl of Bristol; Major-General in the Army. When he attends, votes for Ministers. The rotten borough of St. Edmundsbury contains upwards of 8000 inhabitants, yet the corporation consists of thirty-seven electors, who return Upton under the patronage of the Earl of Bristol; and, under the patronage of the Duke of Grafton, return his eldest son the Earl of Euston. The Grafton family connexions receive about £23,000 of the public money yearly-that of Bristol, upwards of £7000 a year. Ure, Masterton, Weymouth, a Scotch Attorney. VOTED, 1821, against Reform; 1822, against reduction of one Postmaster, against qualification of Catholic Peers. Uxbridge, Earl of, Anglesea, son of the Marquis of Anglesea; Captain in the 1st Life Guards; his uncle, Arthur, a retired Ambassador; another uncle, Berkeley, Lord of the Treasury; his aunt, Lady Louisa, two pensions; another aunt wife of Lord Graves, Lord of the Bedchamber: several other relatives in the King's Household, the Army, the Navy, and the Church. The sum received out of the taxes by the Anglesea (Paget) family connexions is £11,000 a year. Of course the Member votes with Ministers. Valletort, Viscount, Fowey, eldest son of Earl Mountedgecombe. For Ministers, when he attends. Vansittart, Nicholas, Harwich, brother-in-law of Lord Auckland; Barrister-at-law. Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer Commissioner for India Affairs-fees enor mous amount not known. £1220 0 0 2439 9 8 1646 17 5 Key to the Lower House. VOTED against qualification of Catholic Peers. Harwich is a Treasury borough, having thirty-two electors, who with their families have long been saddled on the public. The Auckland family is a charge upon the public for some £30,000 a year. Vansittart generally returns some twenty pounds a year out of his enormous gains, which is entered in the Finance Accounts, for "conscience sake." The Waterloo Pension Bill and the Pawnbroking Scheme will be lasting monuments of his talents as a financier. Vaughan, Sir Robert, Merionethshire, Colonel of a Militia. Always for Vernon, George G. V. Lichfield, eldest son of the Archbishop of York, £2083 Clerk or Prothonotary of Pleas, Lancaster, (ditto) 2795 Villiers is one of the Treasury phalanx of EIGHTY-NINE, and voted against Catholic Peers' Bill. In the rotten government borough of Queensborough, the members are nominated one by the Admiralty and one by the Ordnance. The Clarendon family get about £10,000 a year of the public money. Vivian, Sir Richard Harper, Truro, brother of the Vivians in the Excise; Equerry to the King, and Major-General in the Army. Another of the Treasury phalanx of EIGHTY-NINE: against Catholic Peers Bill. Truro is a rotten Cornish borough, having TWENTY-EIGHT electors at the command of Lord Falmouth. The Falmouth family have some small beginnings in Church and State, amounting to £3,500 a year. Walker, Joshua, Aldborough, Ironmaster at Rotherham, in Yorkshire. Votes with the Treasury; against Catholic Peers. The Member's seat cost a great deal, and being a man of business he cannot afford to vote for nothing. Mr. Crespigny, a short time before the last general election, sold his interest in the rotten borough of Aldborough, that of merely naming the Corporation, without a shilling of property in the place, to Mr. Walker, for thirty-nine thousand pounds. After a transaction like this, what cruel hypocricy to punish the poor old Jew, Lopes, and Mr. Swann ! Wall, Charles Baring, Guildford, his mother was a Baring. No trace of attendance. Wallace, Thomas, Weymouth and Melcombe-Regis, brother-in-law of the Earl of Hopetown, and father-in-law of Lord Melville; Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and Commissioner for the affairs of India. One of the Treasury phalanx; against Catholic Peers. Weymouth and Melcombe-Regis return FOUR members, and the most disgraceful practices are carried on, and have been more than once proved. Wallace's relatives get about £19,000 a year of the taxes. Ward, John William, Bossiney, son of Viscount Dudley and Ward. VOTED, 1821, against Reform; 1822, against Alien Bill. Put in, we believe, by Stuart Wortley. Ward, Robert, Haslemere, brother to Lord Mulgrave; Clerk of the Ordnance. One of the EIGHTY-NINE; against Catholic Peers' Bill. For the rotten borough of Haslemere, see Long. Ward's wife has a pension, when her husband shall cease to hold a paid office under Key to the Lower House. government. His relatives, the Mulgraves, get among them about £19,000 of the public money. Warren, John Ashley, Taunton. VOTED for Manchester inquiry, for repeal of Six Acts; 1822, for Reform; moved reduction of allowance to " young Wynn;" for reduction of Postmaster and Lay Lords, for Civil-List inquiry, for repeal of Salt and Window Tax; against Alien Bill; for reduction of Influence of the Crown. DID, not vote for Lambton's reform; 1822, for Sir R. Wilson, for reduction of Army; against Irish Tithe System; for Mr. Wyvill's motion. Warren, Charles, Dorchester, a King's Counsel, and Chief Justice of Chester. Nothing need be said about Warren's votes; he is a notorious RAT, and is put in by Lord SHAFTSBURY, whose family share among them about £6000 a year. Warrender, Sir George, Sandwich, brother-in-law of Lord Falmouth. One of the Lay Lords. Webb, Edward, Gloucester. VOTED for Manchester inquiry, for repeal of Six Acts; 1822, for Reform, for reduction of Postmaster and Lay Lords, ditto Army, ditto Civil-List, for repeal of Salt Tax, for Sir R. Wilson. DID NOT VOTE for Lambton's reform; against young Wynn, ditto Alien Bill; for reduction of Influence of the Crown. Wellesley, Richard, Ennis. For Ministers. Wells, John, Maidstone, a Ship-builder. VOTED, 1821, against Reform; 1822, for reduction of Postmaster, for repeal of Salt Tax; against Catholic Peers' Bill. Wemyss, James, Fifeshire, a Post-Captain. Always for Ministers; against Catholic Peers. Fifeshire contains upwards of 100,000 people; but the number of electors is 216, under the patronage of Wemyss, who nominates himself. Westenra, Henry Robert, Monaghan, son of Lord Rossmore, who is Custos-Rotulorum of the county. VOTED for reduction of Postmaster and Lay Lords; against Catholic Peers. Western, Charles Callis, Essex. VOTED for Manchester inquiry, for repeal of Six Acts; 1822, for Reform, for reduction of Postmaster on second division, ditto Civil-List, ditto Influence of the Crown, for repeal of Window Tax, for Mr. Wyvill's motion; against young Wynn, ditto Alien Bill. Did not votE, 1821, for either motion on Reform; 1822, for repeal of Salt Tax, for reduction of Lay Lords, ditto of Army. Wetherell, Charles, Oxford, brother-in-law of Wilberforce; a barrister-atlaw, a King's Counsel; a brother Registrar of the Vice-Admiralty Court, in Sierra Leone. The Member is son of a Dean, and has six relations in the Church with THIRTEEN livings. VOTED against reduction of one Postmaster, against Catholic Peers' Bill. Wharton, John, Beverley. VOTED for repeal of Six Acts, for Manchester inquiry, for Lord J. Russell's reform; 1822, for reduction of Postmaster, ditto of Army. Whitbread, William Henry, Bedford, nephew of Earl Grey. VOTED for Manchester inquiry, for Lord J. Russell's reform; 1822, for repeal of Salt and Window Tax, for Civil-List inquiry, for reduction of Army, ditto Influence of the Crown; against young Wynn. DID NOT VOTE for repeal of Six Acts, for Lambton's reform; 1822, for Reform, for reduction of Postmaster and Lay Lords, for Sir R. Wilson. |