Mr. Disraeli contends that the town population of England is over-represented, and the county population under-represented. 8,144,678 persons, says Mr. Disraeli, live in towns, and there are 319 borough representatives; but 8,777,000 live in villages, hamlets, or single houses, and there are only 144 county members.
Thus there is one member to every 25,535 of the town population, while there is only one member to every 60,869 persons who live in villages, hamlets, or single houses.
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The next county is Hampshire, with a population of 405,370, of whom 181,049 live in towns, and 224,321 in villages and single houses. Hampshire is entitled to 11 members, 6 for rural and five for the town population, but it returns 19 members, viz. :—
| 5 | for the County | ||
| 2 | Portsmouth, with | 72,096 | souls |
| 2 | Southampton, with | 35,303 | souls |
| 2 | Winchester, with | 13,704 | souls |
| 2 | Andover, with | 5,395 | souls |
| 1 | Christchurch, with | 7,475 | souls |
| 2 | Lymington, with | 5,282 | souls |
| 2 | Newport, with | 8,047 | souls |
| 1 | Petersfield, with | 5,550 | souls |
Let 8 of these be retrenched, and let householders, freeholders, and tenants return the remaining 11.