[The late Parliament was dissolved on January 26, 1874; the Writs were returnable on the 5th of March following; and the new Parliament met, for the despatch of business, March 5th, 1874, for the First Session of the Twenty-first 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, SESSION 1874-75-76-77-78-79-80. MEMBERS FORMING THE CABINET. First Lord of the Treasury Right Hon. Earl of Beaconsfield. Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote. Most Noble Duke of Northumberland. Right Hon. Richard A. Cross. Most Hon. Marquis of Salisbury. Right Hon. Sir M. Hicks-Beach, bart. Right Hon. F. A. Stanley. Right Hon. Viscount Cranbrook. Right Hon. Lord John Manners. Right Hon. James Lowther. Right Hon. G. Sclater-Booth. Right Hon. Lord G. Hamilton. Right Hon. Thomas E. Taylor. Sir W. Hart Dyke, bart. Lord Tenterden. (Perm.) Under Secretaries for the Colonies (Earl of Cadogan. Department. Department. Under Secretaries for the War Robert G.-W. Herbert, esq. (Perm.) Under Secretaries of State for India Sir Louis Mallet, C.B. (Perm.) Hon. A. Egerton. T. H. Farrer, esq. (Perm). Sir Hardinge Giffard. Rt. Hon. G.-A.-Cavendish Bentinck Lord Henry Thynne. Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Scotland. Right Hon. W. Watson. Freland. Note. A change of Administration causes the retirement of all the persons mentioned above, except the Commander of the Forces, the permanent Under-Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, and of the Admiralty, the Clerk Marshal, and the Crown Equerry. Those Members to whose Names an Asterisk is prefixed thus the late Parliament at the dissolution. were not in Those with a (†) do not sit for the same places as in the late Parliament. (8) Double Returns. SPEAKER,-RIGHT HON. II.-BOUVERIE-WILLIAM BRAND. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE,-HENRY CECIL RAIKES, Esq. Acland, Sir Thomas-Dyke, bart... Devon, North. Allsopp, Samuel-Charles Staffordshire, East. Worcestershire, East. *Amory, Sir John-Heathcote, bart. Tiverton, Devonshire. Alsopp, Henry Anderson, George.. Anstruther, Sir Robert, bart. Arbhthnot, Colonel Archdale, William-Humphrys. *Anstruther, Sir Windham C.J.C bt. Lanarkshire, South. Hereford. *Arkwright, A.-P. *Arkwright, Francis *Ashbury, James-Lloyd Ashley, Hon. A.-Evelyn-M. Assheton, Ralph *Astley, Sir John-D. bart. Backhouse, E. Bagge, Sir William, bart.. Bailey, Sir Joseph-Russell, bart... *Balfour, A.-J... Balfour, General Sir George Lincolnshire, North. Darlington, Durham. Norfolk, West. Herefordshire. Hertford. Kincardineshire. Taunton, Somersetshire.. Forfarshire. Essex, South. *Baring, Thomas-Charles *Barne, F.-St.-John N. Suffolk, East. *Barran, John .... Leeds. Barrington, Viscount Eye, Suffolk. Barttelot, Sir Walter-Barttelot, bt. Sussex, West. Beach, Rt.Hn.Sir Michael-E.-H. bt. Gloucestershire, East. Beach, William-W. Bramston Beaumont, Wentworth-Blackett.. Montrose. Hampshire, North. Durham, South. Northumberland, South. Westmoreland. Hartlepool. Shaftesbury. Bentinck, Rt. Hon. G.-A.-Cavendish Whitehaven, Cumberland. Bentinck, G.-William-Pierrepoint Norfolk, West. *Beresford, Lord C.-W.-de la Poer Waterford County. Beresford, Colonel F. Marcus |