[The late Parliament was dissolved on March 24, 1880; and the Writs were returnable on the 29th of April following, when the new Parliament met for the despatch of business for the First Session of the Twenty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.] PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS.-In "The Representation of the People Act, 1867," the qualifications for the various Franchises are enumer ated: Section 3 Occupation Franchise for Voters in Boroughs. THE MINISTRY, and Chief Officers of the Government. SESSION 1881. First Lord of the Treasury and Lord President of the Council Lord Privy Seal First Lord of the Admiralty Secretary of State for the Colonies Secretary of State for India Chief Secretary for Ireland Board Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. Right Hon. Earl Spencer. Right Hon. Earl Granville. Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley. The above constitute the Cabinet. Junior Lords of the Treasury. Secretaries to the Treasury Vice-President of the Education Committee Sir A. D. Hayter, bart. Mr. John Holms. Mr. C. C. Cotes. Right Hon. Lord R. Grosvenor. Sir R. W. Lingen. (Perm.) Under Secretaries for the Home Mr. Arthur Peel. Under Secretaries for the Foreign Right Hon. H. Fawcett. Sir J. Lambert. (Perm.) Mr. G.-O. Trevelyan. Rear-Admiral R. Hall. (Perm.) General Sir C. H. Ellice. Sir Henry James. Sir Farrer Herschell. Note.-A change of Administration causes the retirement of all the persons mentioned above, except the Commander of the Forces, the Adjutant-General, the Quartermaster-General, and the permanent Under-Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, and of the Admiralty. Those Members to whose Names an Asterisk is prefixed thus (*), were not in the late Parliament at the dissolution. Those with a (†) do not sit for the same places as in the late Parliament. (§) Double Returns. SPEAKER,-RIGHT HON. II.-BOUVERIE-WILLIAM BRAND. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE,-RIGHT HON. LYON PLAYFAIR. Acland, Sir Thomas-Dyke, bart... Devon, N. *Agnew, W. Ainsworth, D. Akers-Douglas, A. *Allen, H. G. .... Lancashire, S. E. Kent, E. Cumberland, W. Ayrshire, S. Pembroke. |