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Lymington sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses. Right of Election, in the Mayor and Burgesses. Number of voters, 18. Returning officer, the Mayor.

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, and twelve Burgesses. Right of Election, in the Burgesses. Number of voters, 21. Returning officer, the Mayor.

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Newtown sends two. Corporation, none. Right of Election, in the Mayor and Burgesses. Number of voters, 39. Returning officer, the Mayor. Newport sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, elever Aldermen, and twelve Burgesses. Right of Election, in the Mayor, eleven Aldermen, and twelve Burgesses. Number of voters, 24. Returning officer, the Mayor. Patron, the Rev. Leonard Troughear Holmes.

Winchester sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, Recorder, six Aldermen, two Bailiffs, and twenty-four Common Councilmen. Right of Election, in the Corporation. Number of voters, 60. Returning officers, the Bailiffs. Patrons, Henry Penton, Esq. and Richard Gamon, Esq.

Andover sends two. Corporation, a Bailiff, Steward, Recorder, two Justices, nine capital Burgesses, and twelve Assistants. Right of Election, in the Bailiff and Burgesses. Number of voters, 24. Returning officer, the

Bailiff. Patrons, Earl of Portsmouth, and Joshua Tremongar, Esq.

Whitchurch sends two. Corporation, none. Right of Election, in the Freeholders. Number of voters, 70. Returning officer, the Mayor. Patrons, Lord Sidney, and Lord Viscount Middleton,

Petersfield sends two. Right of Election, in the Freeholders. Number of voters, 154. Returning officer, the Mayor. Patron, William Joliffe, Esq. Herefordshire sends eight Members to Parliament. Its Boroughs are Leominster and Weobley.

Hereford sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, twelve Aldermen, High Steward, Deputy Steward, Recorder, and Town Clerk, with thirty-one Common Councilmen. Right of Election, in the Freemen. Number of voters, above 1200. Returning Officer, the Mayor. Patre, the Duke of Norfolk.

Leominster sends two. Corporation, a High Steward, Bailiff, Recorder, and twelve Capital Burgesses. Right of Election, in the Bailiffs, Capital Burgesses, and inhabitants, paying Scot and Lot. Number of voters. 500. Returning officers, the Bailiffs. Patron, the Duke of Norfolk.

Weobley sends two. Right of Election, in the Inhabitants paying Scot and Lot. Number of voters, 45. Returning officers, the Constables. Patron, the Marquis of Bath.

Hertfordshire sends six Members to Parliament. Its Boroughs are Hertford and St. Albans.

Hertford sends two. Right of Election, in the Freemen and Householders not receiving Alms. Number of voters, 570. Returning officer, the Mayor. Patron, Baron Dimsdale.

St. Albans sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, High Steward, Recorder, and twelve Aldermen, Town Clerk, and twenty-four Assistants. Right of Election, in the Mayor, Aldermen, Freemen, and Householders, paying Scot and Lot. Number of voters, uncertain. Returning officer, the Mayor. Patrons, Earl Spencer and Lord Grimstone.

Huntingdonshire sends four Members to Parliament. Its Borough is Huntingdon.

Huntingdon sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, Recorder, and twelve Aldermen. Right of Election, in the Inhabitants and Freemen. Number of voters, 200. Returning officer, the Mayor. Patron, the earl of Sandwich.

Kent sends ten Members to Parliament. Two for the County; two for Rochester, and two for Canterbury. Its Boroughs are Maidstone and Queenborough.

Rochester sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, Recorder, eleven Aldermen and twelve Common Councilmen, Town Clerk, three Sergeants at Mace, and a Water Bailiff. Right of Election, in the Freemen. Number of voters, 630. Returning officer, the Mayor.

Canterbury sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, Recorder, twelve Aldermen, Sheriff, twenty-four Common Council, Sword Bearer, and four Sergents at Mace. Right of Election, in the Freemen. Number of voters, 1000. Returning officer, the Sheriff.

Maidstone sends two. Right of Election, in the Freemen not receiving Alms. Number of voters, 600. Returning officer, the Mayor.

Queenborough sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, four Jurats, and two Bailiffs, Constable, Town Sergeant, and Water Bailiff. Right of Election, in the Mayor, Jurats, Bailiffs, and Burgesses. Number of voters, 134.

Lancashire sends fourteen Members to Parliament. Its Boroughs are Lancaster, Preston, Liverpool, Clitherto, Wigan, and Newton.

Lancaster sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, Recorder, twelve Aldermen, two Bailiffs, twelve Capital Burgesses, twelve Common Burgesses, a Town Clerk, and two Sergeants at Mace. Right of Election, in the Freemen. Number of Voters, 1800. Returning Officer, the Mayor and two Bailiffs.

Preston sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, four Under Aldermen, seventeen Common Councilmen, and a Town Clerk. Right of Election, in the Inhabitants. Number of voters, 600. Returning officer, the Mayor and two Bailiffs. Patron, the earl of Derby.

Liverpool sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, Recorder, and forty-one Common Councilmen, including the Mayor, Recorder, and Town Clerk. Right of Election, in the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Freemen of the Borough not receiving Alms. Number of voters, 2300. Returning officers, the Mayor and two Bailiffs.

Clitheroe sends two. Right of Election, in the Freeholders. Number of voters, 42. Returning officers, two Bailiffs. Proprietors, Thomas Lister, Esq. and Ashton Curzon, Esq.

Wigan sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, Recorder, twelve Aldermen, two Bailiffs, and a Sword and Mace Bearer. Right of Election, in the Free Burgesses. Number of voters, 200. Returning officer, the Mayor. Patrons, Duke of Portland and Sir H. Bridgeman.

Newton sends two. Corporation, a Steward, Bailiffs, and Burgesses. Right of Election, in the Free Burgesses. Number of voters, 36 Returning officers, the Lord of the Manor and the Bailiff. Proprietor, T. P. Leigh, Esq. Leicestershire sends four Members to Parliament: two for the County, and two for Leicester.

Leicester sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, Recorder, Steward, Bailiff, twenty-four Aldermen, forty-eight Common Councilmen, lown Clerk, and other officers. Right of Election, in the Freemen and inhabitants paying Scot and Lot. Number of voters, uncertain. Returning officer, the Mayor.

Lincolnshire sends twelve Members to Parliament; two for the County, and two for the City. The Boroughs are Grantham, Stamford, Great Grimsby and Boston.

Lincoln sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, twelve Aldermen, two Sheriffs, Recorder, four Chamberlains, Sword Bearer, Coroner, and forty-eight Common Councilmen. Right of Election, in the Freemen. Number of voters, 1100. Returning officers, the Mayor and Sheriffs.

Grantham sends two. Corporation, an Alderman, Recorder, twelve Common Burgesses, a Coroner, an Escheator, and twelve Constables. Right of Election, in the Freemen not receiving Charity. Number of voters, 400. Returning officer, the Alderman. Patrons, duke of Rutland and lord Brownlow.

Stamford sends two. Corporation, a Mayor, Recorder, twelve Aldermen, Town Clerk, twenty-four Burgesses, and two Sergeants at Mace. Right of Election, in the Inhabitants paying Scot and Lot, and not receiving alms.

NOTICE OF THE LATE MR. DENNIE-FOR THE PORT FOLIO.

The following eloquent and affectionate tribute of respect to the memory of one of the most amiable and excellent of men has been but recently known to us, and we now anxiously transfer it to our pages, as equally honourable to the orator, and to his subject. The ardent imagination of the young enthusiast has not too lavishly praised the estimable qualities of our lamented friend, and no one indeed could be better qualified to describe them; for never in the history of literature-it is an honourable testimony to benevolence which it were fastidious to suppressnever did lettered worth and unfortunate genius find a kinder

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welcome and a warmer shelter than under the roof of this young orator. We hope to announce ere long some more permanent and substantial memorial to the literary reputation of Mr. Dennie, but in the interval this short extract will serve to revive the remembrance of a man, whom to name, is to recall many a soothing recollection of departed excellence.

Extract from a valedictory oration, pronounced by William Morris Meredith, on the 2d. July 1812, at a commencement held for conferring degrees in the arts by the University of Pennsylvania.

"I forbear to enumerate the long list of distinguished men, some of them slumbering in the tomb, many of them yet living, whose talents have given splendour to our country, and shed glory round her name. Yet there is one over whose recent grave kind Nature has yet scarcely thrown her verdant mantle, whom to omit could hardly be pardoned by this assembly.-Can I forget the inimitable Dennie? Forget him? no-never--never, "while memory holds a seat in this distracted globe!" can I forget thee, most amiable of men; the early object of my infant affections; the constant subject of my childish prattle and of my youthful admiration and respect, the mild monitor of my boyish days, who, descending from the superiority of thy years and the lofty elevation of thy talents, made thyself the friend, the playful companion of my heart, whose temples my fond, sanguine fancy was employed in binding with never fading laurels and bays, when death summoned us to scatter cypress on thy bier,-to part with thee-forever!-Fain would I speak, and tell you what a man he was,—how kind!-how gentle!-how tender!-how disinterested!-how affectionate!-how destitute of gall and envy!-how free from dogmatism!-how entirely exempted from all the misanthropical feelings incident to our nature! You all have witnessed the brilliancy of his genius, the extent of his capacity and knowledge,-the charms of his imagination, the lustre of his style; but you cannot have witnessed, as I have, incessantly from my first perception to the day. that tore him from us, the secret workings of that ever-living plenteous spring of benevolence, his heart!

"Quis desideris sit Pudor aut Modus
«Tam cari capitis!"

"Pardon this effusion of youthful sensibility!-Farewell, thou kind, indulgent, and affectionate patron of my boyish days,-in whom I fondly hoped to have a friend and guide, to conduct me through the groves of Science, and to instruct me to cull the fairest flowers, and to gather the richest and most delicious fruits in the garden of Literature! But alas, thou art gone." Thy spirit hath flown up to the stars whence it came."-Closed are those eyes in which genius and imagination were wont to sparkle,silent is that tongue once so distinguished in the sweet fluency of words, cold as the clod of the valley is that heart which unceasingly glowed with the most fervent charity!"

NOTICE OF FISHER AMES.-FOR THE PORT FOLIO.

MR. OLDSCHOOL,

YOUR life of Ames in a late number, induces me to send you an extract from the journal of a young traveller who made a tour through the Eastern States in the fall of 1805. I have not considered myself at liberty to amend the journal either in its language or sentiment. I know it is too diffuse and some may think too enthusiastic. It has, however, the merit of having been written on the spur of the occasion; and what emendation might add to its correctness, would, probably, be so much detracted from its spirit. Should this meet with approbation, I may send you some more sketches by the same hand.

DEAR M

Boston, October 1805.

G.

I WENT this day in company with governor Strong, &c. to view a prison which had just been completed in Charlestown. You would derive but little satisfaction from a description of bars and bolts. Let me then hasten to Mr. where a large party was assembled, consisting of some of the most distinguished characters of Boston. To my eye, the chief objects of attention were gov. Strong and Mr. Ames. Gov. Strong possessed no qualities, to elevate him, in the view of a casual spectator, above the common standard of men. He appeared to be a man of caution,-slow of speech-of an easy politeness of manners-and throughout, of that politic deportment, which well

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