YORKSHIRE M.Ps. in 1753. Ebor, 30 Members.

COUNTY. Rt. Hon. Sir Conyers D'Arcy, of Aske, Privy Coun. Served in six parliaments. [Not necessarily for same constituency.] Rt. Hon. Henry Pleydel Dawney, Visc. Downe, in Ireland; Cowick, Yorkshire; F.R.S.; chosen in April, 1750, in the room of Sir Miles Stapylton, who was made a Commissioner of the Customs.

YORK.-William Thornton, of Cattal, Esq. George Fox, of Bramham Park, Esq., and of East Horsley, in Surrey. Served in three parliaments.

KINGSTON-UPON-HULL.-Rt. Hon. Lord Robert Manners, halfbrother to the Duke of Rutland, Col. of a Regiment of Foot, Lieut. Gov. &c., of Walcot, Lincolnshire. Thomas Carter, of Redbourn, co. Lincoln, Esq.

KNARESBOROUGH.-Sir Henry Slingsby, of Red House, Bart. Served in six parliaments. Hon. Richard Arundel, of Allerton Mauleverer, Esq., F.R.S., Treasurer of His Majesty's Chamber, and Clerk of the Pipe in H. Maj. Exchequer for life. Served in six parliaments.

SCARBOROUGH.-Edwin Lascelles, Esq., (son to Henry Lascelles, Member for Northallerton), of Gawthorpe Hall. Served in two parliaments. Roger Handasyd, of Gaynes Hall, co. Hunt., Esq., Lt. Gen. and Col. of a Regiment of Foot. Served in four parliaments.

RIPON.-William Aislabie, of Studley Park, Esq., one of the Auditors of the Imprest for Life, and Principal Registrar of the the Archbp's. Consistory Court at York. Served in six parliaments. Sir Charles Vernon, of Farnham, Surrey, Kent. Served in three parliaments.

RICHMOND.-John Yorke, of Richmond, Esq. Rt. Hon. William Kerr, Earl of Ancram, son and heir to Marquis of Lothian, chosen in the room of Sir Conyers D'Arcy, who made his election for the County.

HEDDON.-Luke Robinson, Esq., Counsellor-at-Law. Two parliaments. Sir John Savile, of Methley, K.B., LL.D.

BOROUGHBRIDGE.-Hon. Will. Murray, Esq., Solicitor General. Uncle to Lord Visct. Stormont. Two parliaments. Hon. George Monson Watson, Esq., brother to Lord Monson, chosen in April, 1750, in the room of the Earl of Dalkeith, deceased.

MALTON.-Hon. Henry Finch, Esq., youngest brother to the Earl of Winchelsea, Surveyor General of His Majs. Board of Works, F.R.S. Served five parliaments. John Mostyn, Esq., Col. in Foot-Guards, Groom of the Bedchamber to His Majesty,

brother to Sir Thomas Mostyn, Member for Flintshire. Served two parliaments.

THIRSK. Thomas Frankland, co. Bucks, Esq., Capt. in Navy. Served two parliaments. Rt. Hon. Wm. Monkton, Lord Visct. Galway, Receiver-General of H. M's. Fee-farm Rents in the six Northern Counties, before in this parliament for Pontefract, and chosen for Thirsk in the room of Frederick Frankland, Esq., made a Commissioner of the Revenue in Ireland, in March, 1749.

ALDBOROUGH.-Andrew Wilkinson, of Boroughbridge, Esq., Storekeeper of the Ordnance. Three parliaments. Nathaniel Newnham, jun., Esq., co. Sussex, brother to the Member for Queenborough. Served two parliaments.

BEVERLEY.-Charles Pelham, Esq., co. Lincoln. Served in five parliaments. Sir Wm. Codrington, of Dodington, co. Gloucester, Bart.

NORTHALLERTON.-Henry Peirse, of Bedal, Esq. Five parl. Daniel Lascelles, Esq., chosen in March, 1752, in the room of his father, Henry Lascelles, Esq., who accepted a place.

PONTEFRACT.-George Morton Pitt, of Twickenham, Esq. Served in three parliaments. Robert Monckton, Esq., Col. of a Reg. of Foot, chosen in November, 1751, in the room of his father John Visc. Galway, who was chosen in Dec. 1748, in the room of his son William, now Visc. Galway, who accepted a place, and was re-chosen for Thirsk.

Thos. Lister, of Gisburne Park, Esq., was one of the Members for Clithero. Edward Wortley, of Wortley Hall, sen., Esq., sat for Peterborough. John Hill, of Thornton, near Malton, Esq., Governor of Scarborough Castle, F.R.S., represented Higham-Ferrers. Sir Lionel Pilkington, of Stainley, Bart., had sat for Horsham from December, 1748, in the room of Charles Ingram, senr., Esq., deceased. Charles Ingram, Esq., Nephew to Lord Visct. Irwin, was the other Member for Horsham. Sir John Ramsden, of Byram, near Ferrybridge, Bart., was a Member for Appleby. Thomas Duncombe, of Duncombe Park, Esq., became M.P. for Downton in April, 1751.

Some of the places then represented in Parliament are mere hamlets, and the choice of members was frequently vested in one family. The Nobility had a great number of seats at their disposal. GRAND OLD MAN.

BEVERLEY AND ITS SAINT.-" Upon the taking up of a thick marble stone, lying in the middle of the choire of Beverley, in Yorkshire, neare the entrance into the choire, was found under

it a vault of squared free-stone, five foot in length, two foot in breadth at the head, and one foot and a half at the foot. In this vault was discovered a sheet of lead, four foot in length, containing the dust of St. John of Beverley, as also six beades, three of which were cornelian, the other crumbled to dust. There were also in it 3 great brass pins, and 4 iron nayles. Upon this sheet of lead was fixed a plate of lead, whereon was this following inscription, a copie of which was sent to A. W.

Anno ab incarnatione Domini MCLXXXVIII (1188), combusta fuit hæc ecclesia, in mense Sept. in sequenti nocte post Festum Sancti Matthai Apostoli, et in anno MCXCVII. (1197), vi Id. Martii, facta fuit Inquisitii Reliquiarum Beati Johannis in hoc loco, et inventa sunt hæc ossa in orientali parte Sepulchri, et hic recondita, et pulvis cemento mixtus ibidem inventus & reconditus.

A box of lead, about 7 inches in length, six inches broad, and five in height, did lay athwart the plate of lead. In this box were divers pieces of bones mixt with dust, yielding a sweet smell. Sep. 14, 1664."-Life of Ant. a Wood. The sweet smell' reminds us of a Yorkshireman's story. An antiquary had carefully preserved the ashes of his grandfather in a small urn on the mantel-piece, but, to his consternation, a rude Yorkshireman, who took a fancy to this snuff, 'snooked' all the precious dust up.

EXTINCT YORKSHIRE MAGAZINES.-Just a century ago the first Yorkshire Magazine was started. It consisted of thirty-two pages, monthly, 8vo., in double columns. No. 1, "The Yorkshire Magazine for January, 1786," opens with a letter to the Editors from E. (of York), who writes-"I have sometimes thought it a matter of surprize, that a publication of the above kind has never yet been attempted here. The extensiveness of the County of York, its population, the celebrity of its capital, its distance from the Metropolis, are all considerations favouring the attempt, and leave little room to fear its being successful. A similar work published at Edinburgh, and continued for some time; and another lately begun at Newcastle, are the only attempts of the kind, that I know of, out of London. Magazines are, especially at this day, read with avidity, particularly by young people." Notwithstanding this favourable openingThe Yorkshire Magazine, or Universal Repository of Arts, Sciences, and various other branches of Polite Literature, for the Year 1786," as the engraved title reads, ran only one year. The last three lines of the Preface to this Sixpenny Magazine we venture to appropriate for our venture of 1886: "The aid of the curious and candid is earnestly solicited, as every article of instruction, information, and entertainment, which comes recommended by merit, will always demand a place."

A generation passes away, and then another attempt is made under the style" Northern Star, or, Yorkshire Magazine," No. 1, July, 1817. This was a venture of eighty pages monthly, and emanated from Sheffield. This was, in every sense, greatly superior to its predecessor, and is very highly valued for its intrinsic worth now, and must have commanded admiration then. It was 'embellished,' like its forerunner, but in a much superior style, and with more attractive subjects. From the first number we cull a short paragraph, and would ask our Readers' favours in like manner: There are very few towns which do not possess a something peculiar to themselves. They have either some interesting piece of antiquity; some modern edifice; some religious establishment; some foundation or charity school; or they possess some character, which either is, or has been, remarkable for its eccentricity, its literature, its patriotism, or some other quality, by which it stands distinguished from the general mass of inhabitants. For notices of such singularities either in places or in persons, as well as for the account of the vegetable or mineral productions,—the agriculture or manufactures of any parish or district; the Editors must solicit the communications of their Friends.” The title page runs: "The Northern Star, or, Yorkshire Magazine: a Monthly and permanent Register of the Statistics, Literature, Biography, Arts, Commerce and Manufactures of Yorkshire, and the adjoining Counties." This valuable work ran to a third, or part of a fourth volume, that is, lived nearly two years, and, alas! died of heart-disease.

Nearly two generations pass away, and to the family memorial tablet must be added the record of the birth and death of the third child,-" The Yorkshire Magazine," or as the full title reads "The Yorkshire Magazine, a Monthly Literary Journal;" born October, 1871, and ushered into the world by The Yorkshire Literary Union, Limited. Its favourite flower was the White Rose, which even blossomed at Christmas. Bradford was its home, and there it struggled on until June, 1875, when No. 39, or No. 8 of the fourth volume proved its death-stroke. The main feature of this child's character was story-telling, though many valuable archæological, bibliographical, biographical and poetical contributions were prominent: embellishments very scarce.

Eight years passed by, and a fourth Yorkshire Magazine was anounced, but this was almost strangled at its birth, for the title had been transferred to a Bradford printer, who enclosed about a dozen pages of London matter in a quarto cover, endorsed "Yorkshire Magazine." The true child was born in December, 1883, and bore the name "Yorkshire Illustrated Monthly." It lived until August, 1884, and then died of teething in the town of Bradford, where the unhappy-titled LondonYorkshire (penny) Magazine still lingers. The Editor hereof

issued The Local Magazine about 1871, which lived two full months, and cost a bonny penny.' There has been great mortality amongst Yorkshire Serials, especially of late. "The Yorkshire Wonderful Magazine, or Notes from my Scrap Book," (Bradford again!) opened its pages-like our own-to Archæology, Antiquities, Apparitions, and Amulets. Bibliography, Biography, and Ballads.

Curiosities, Country Customs, and Charms.

Dialects, Dark Deeds in History, and Deeds of Daring.

E pitaphs, Eccentric Characters, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes. Folk Lore, Fearful Crimes, Famous Men and Women. Garlands, Garters, Great Battles, Great Sieges, Inventions. Historical Facts, Heathen Mythology, and Humorous Sketches. Interesting Truths, Impostors, and Impositions.

Jokes of Great Men, Jests and Jesters.

Kings, King's Evil, Knaves, and Knavery.

Local Legends and Local History.

Mysteries, Mutinies, Murders, and Marriage Customs.

Nature and Art, Naval and Military Heroes.

Origins, Old Pedigrees, Old Coins, and Relics.

Popular Tumults, Proverbs, Plays, Players, and Pestilences. Queer, Quaint, and Quiet Men and Women, Quacks, and Quackery.

Rhymes, Records, Rings, Roman Relics, Riots, and Rebellions. Superstition, State Secrets, Sages, Saints, and Scamps.

Traditions, Topography, Topical, Trophies, Tempests, and Tumults.

Unabolished Laws, Uncaught Scamps, Undaunted Heroes, and Unmerciful Villains.

Visions, Verdicts, Veterans, Villainy Unpunished, Valour Unrewarded, and Valorous Deeds.

Weather Wisdom, Wise Sayings, Wills, Witches, and Witch

craft.

X cellent Traits in Character.

Yorkshire Customs, Yorkshire Relics, Nature, and Art.

Z oography, Zoology, and Zoophytes."

With such formidable brain-power and a small stomach there is no wonder that it died with the fifth issue, having the word "Monthly" substituted for "Wonderful."

To be continued.

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