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for a member of parliament. A great proportion of 

 the yeomanry have freeholds. 



In Scotland no leasehold gives a vote for a mem- 

 ber of parliament. 



Single Combat. 



In the 13th year of Queen Elizabeth, " a combat 

 was appointed to be fought for a certain manor, and 

 the domain lands thereto, in Kent." In the end the 

 matter was compromised, but not until the usual 

 forms had been observed by the two parties, of which 

 we have a curious and circumstantial detail in Ho- 

 linshed's Chronicle. 



Original Electors of Germany. 



Mentz, Treves, Cologne, 7 



Bavaria, Saxony, Bohemia, Brandenburg, j 

 No Austria, no Palatine, no Hanover. 



No New Sovereign in May. 



It is remarkable that among the thirty-two sove- 

 reigns who have sat on the English throne since 

 William the Conqueror, although each of the eleven 

 months has witnessed the accession of one or more* 

 the month of May has not been so fortunate, none 

 having ascended the throne within its limits. 



Government. 



The whole system of polity and government is a 

 compromise betwixt what is perfect in theory and 

 what is practicable in execution. Human nature 

 cannot be changed ; we must therefore frame our 

 institutions according to what it is, not according to 

 what it ought to be. 



Judging from experience, no government is popu- 

 lar until it has ceased to exist: in fact, it would 



