802, April 21, 1815, July 8, 1824, Mar. 11, 1830, June 11, Gloucester and Bristol.-[£.5000.] Hereford.-[£.4200.] Folliott-Herbert-Walker Cornwall, D.D.(From Bristol.) John Luxmoore, D.D. (From Bristol.) 7, George-Isaac Huntingford, D.D. (From Gloucester.) Thomas Musgrave, D.D. Renn-Dickson Hampden, D.D. Manchester.-[£.4200.] [See created July 23, 1847.] 1847, Oct. 18, James-Prince Lee, D.D. 1808, June 14, 1813, Sept. 10, 1841, April 29, Folliott-Herbert-WalkerCornwall, D.D.(From Hereford.) (From Lichfield.) (From Chichester.) (From Sodor and Man.) Note.-The Bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester, rank next to the Archbishops; the rest according to priority of consecration. An order in council appeared in the London Gazette of October 1838, declaring that the Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor should be united on the next vacancy in either; and that, on that event occurring, the bishopric of Manchester should be immediately created within the archiepiscopal See of York, and that the county of Lancaster should form the See of the new bishop, being for that purpose detached from the diocese of Chester. The union of the Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, however, was negatived by a resolution of the House of Lords in the session of 1846. [By an order in council, Sept. 1, 1847, the See of Manchester has been created, and its limits defined.] N OF THE PRINCIPAL LAWS RELATING TO Elections, AND THE PRIVILEGES AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT; WITH THE LAW ON CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS; AND THE REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS; ALSO, THE POINTS RECENTLY DECIDED IN THE COMMON PLEAS, ON APPEALS, IN COUNTY CASES; TOGETHER WITH THE CORRECT FORMS OF LISTS AND NOTICES APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS, BOROUGHS, &c. Conformable to Act 6 & 7 Vict., cap. 18. Issuing Writs under a General Election. UPON Summoning a new Parliament, a warrant, signed by the Queen, is issued to the Lord Chancellor, commanding him to issue so many writs as have been usual for the purpose of calling a new Parliament. Such writs are accordingly made out by the Clerk of the Crown. These writs are in future to be framed according to the exigencies of the Reform Act Act 7th and 8th William III., cap. 25, s. 1. Upon calling of every new Parliament, there shall be forty days between the teste and retur of the writ. Issuing Writs on a Vacancy during a Recess. Act 24th George III., cap. 26, s. 2. The Speaker is to issue his warrant, during a recess, for making out writs for electing members to serve in the room of those who shall die, or become Peers of Great Britain, upon receiving notice, by certificate, under the hands of two members, of the death of such member, or that a writ of summons has been issued under the Great Seal. The Speaker, upon receiving such certificate, shall forthwith cause notice to be inserted in the Gazette, and shall not issue his warrant until fourteen days after such insertion. To guard against inconvenience occurring by the death or absence of the Speaker, it is provided, that every Speaker of the House of Commons |