NEED FOR A NEW SCHEDULE A
A correspondent of the Daily News presents to Lord J. Russell the following list of Nomination Boroughs of 1851:
| BOROUGHS | PATRONS |
| Arundel | Duke of Norfolk |
| Ashburton | Sir J. Matheson, M.P. |
| Bewdley | Sir T. Wilmington |
| Bridgnorth | Mr. Whitmore, M.P. |
| Buckingham | Duke of Buckingham |
| Bury St. Edmonds | Marquis of Bristol |
| Calne | Marquis of Lansdowne |
| Chichester | Duke of Richmond |
| Chippenham | Mr. Jos. Neeld, M.P. |
| Christchurch | Earl of Malmesbury |
| Cirencester | Earl Bathurst |
| Cricklade | Mr. Gordon |
| Dorchester | Earl of Shaftsbury Mr. Williams |
| Dudley | Lord Ward |
| Droitwich | Sir J. Parkington, M.P. |
| Lye | Sir E. Kerrison, M.P. |
| Great Grimsby | Mr. Edw. Heneage, M.P. |
| Harwich | Mr. J. Attwood |
| Hertford | Earl Cowper |
| Helstone | Duke of Leeds |
| Huntingdon | Earl of Sandwich |
| Launceston | Duke of Northumberland |
| Lichfield | Earl of Lichfield |
| Ludlow | Earl Powis |
| Lymington | Sir H. Burrard Neale |
| Lyme Regis | Mr. J. Attwood |
| Malmesbury | Earl of Suffolk |
| Malton | Earl Fitzwilliam |
| Marlborough | Marquis of Aylesbury |
| Marlow | Mr. Williams, M.P. |
| Midhurst | Earl of Egmont |
| Morpeth | Earl of Carlisle |
| Newark | Duke of Newcastle |
| Northallerton | Miss Pierce |
| Peterborough | Earl Fitzwilliam |
| Petersfield | Sir William Jolliffe, M.P. |
| Reigate | Earl Somers |
| Richmond | Earl of Zetland |
| Ripon | Earl de Grey |
| Rye | Mr. Curteis, M.P. |
| Shaftesbury | Marquis of Westminster |
| Stamford | Marquis of Exeter |
| Tamworth | Sir R. Peel, M.P. |
| Tavistock | Duke of Bedford |
| Thetford | Duke of Grafton Lord Ashburton |
| Thirsk | Lady Frankland Russell |
| Totness | Duke of Somerset |
| Wallingford | Mr. Blackstone, M.P. |
| Wareham | Mr. Drax, M.P. |
| Warwick | Earl of Warwick |
| Westbury | Sir Ralph Lopez, M.P. |
| Whitehaven | Earl of Lonsdale |
| Wilton | Mr. Sydney Herbert, M.P. |
| Woodstock | Duke of Marlborough |
| Wycombe | Lord Carrington |
He shows, too, by the following remarks, how little the boroughs of Schedule B are better now than they were in 1832 : —
SCHEDULE B.
| Arundel | Before the Reform Bill, was a pocket borough of the Duke of Norfolk; continues to be so at the present time |
| Ashburton | Was the property of Sir Lawrence Palk and Lord Clinton; has, since the Reform Bill, been bought up with Sir Lawrence Palk’s estate, by Sir James Matheson, M.P., who has returned himself or his brother since the year 1843, and upon whom you have just conferred a baronetcy for his meritorious services — to your party |
| Calne | Was a close borough of the Marquis of Lansdowne; continues to be so. |
| Christchurch | Was always rotten; at present is under the control of the Earl of Malmesbury |
| Clitheroe | Corrupt ; see the proceedings before the Election Committee of 1840 |
| Dartmouth | Corrupt: the scene of the grossest bribery and corruption in 1844, when it was contested by Mr. Somes and Mr. Moffat |
| Droitwich | Formerly belonged to Lord Foley; has recently become the nominee borough of the largest landed proprietor in the district, Sir John Packington, who received a baronetcy from Sir R. Peel — for his ‟meritorious services.” |
| Eye | A close borough of Sir Edward Kerrison, who has returned himself ever since the Reform Bill |
| Great Grimsby | Under the influence of the Heneage family |
| Helstone | Divided by the Duke of Leeds and the Vyvyan family |
| Horsham | Rotten to the core |
| Hythe | Formerly a cinque port, rescued from nomination influence by the accidental increase of the town of Folkestone. Is tainted with corruption |
| Launceston | A close borough of the Duke of Northumberland, both before and since the Reform Act |
| Liskeard | Formerly belonged to Lord St. Germans; is now pure, and the only pure borough of the thirty |
| Lyme Regis | Recently bought up by Mr. John Attwood, who, In consequence of the squabbles of the local attorneys, has up to the present time gained a loss |
| Malmesbury | Close; in the nomination of the Earl of Suffolk |
| Midhurst | Close; Lords Digby and Egmout possess the influence |
| Morpeth | Close; the Carlisle family have seated one of themselves for this borough ever since 1832 |
| Northallerton | Close; has fallen into the hands of Miss Pierse, of Bedale, at whose death it will probably go to her presumptive heirs, the children of Sir J. P. Beresford |
| Petersfield | Close; after a most disgraceful contest, which lasted several years, and by which the town has been almost ruined, Sir William Jolliffe, who nominated for the borough prior to the Reform Act, has recovered his ascendancy, and returns himself |
| Reigate | Close; Lord Somers returns a relative |
| Rye | Close; in the possession of the Curteis family |
| St. Ives | Corrupt |
| Shaftesbury | Mainly controlled by the Marquis of Westminster. Corrupt |
| Thirsk | Is now entirely influenced by Lady Frankland Russell, who returns her son-in-law |
| Wallingford | Corrupt, as it always was; but the corrupt electors are beaten by the local influence of the largest landowner |
| Wareham | Has fallen from the control of the Culcrafts, under the dominion of Mr. Drax, entirely in consequence of the manufacture of fictitious votes |
| Westbury | Corrupt, and under influence. The old proprietor. Sir Ralph Lopez, can return himself at any time |
| Wilton | In the hands of the Herberts |
| Woodstock | Quite close; not ten persons in the borough dare oppose the Duke of Marlborough |
(See also
24-Dec-1851
16-Dec-1851
13-Dec-1851
29-Nov-1851
14-Nov-1851)