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famous Parliamentary institution would prove of much interest. Probably the earliest such allusion is that in ' The Rolliad, ' where of Mr. Speaker Cornewall it is mourned that

Like sad Prometheus, fasten'd to his rock, In vain he looks for pity to the clock; In vain th' effects of strength'ning porter tries, And nods to Bellamy for fresh supplies;

while there is an indirect reference in the caution to the younger senators to slake their thirst with oranges, then purchasable in the Lobby, rather than with stronger things :

O! ake, wise youth, the Hesperian fruit, of use Thy lungs to cherish with balsamic juice, With this thyparch'd roof moisten; nor consume Thy hours and guineas in the eating-room, Till, full of claret, down, with wild uproar, You reel, and, stretch'd along the gallery, snore.

Moreover, some striking scenes must have marked the history of the famous estab- lishment, one of which has found this record in ' The Annual Register ' for 1807 (p. 367) :

"8 February. The following unpleasant occur- rence lately took place at Bellamy's Tavern, House of Commons. Mr. A. S. having accused Mr. B. of being influenced in his duty by a noble duke, the latter gave the lie direct, which was acknowledged by a severe blow with a cane. The parties have been since bound over in 500/. each, to keep the peace, by Mr. Graham, of Bow Street."

POLITICIAN.

'LoBNA DOONE' (10 S. vii. 488). Much information on the Doone question may be obtained from ' R. D. Blackmore and " Lorna Doone," ' by the Rev. J. R. Chanter, in the Transactions of the Devonshire Asso- ciation, vol. xxxv. p. 239; and the two works by Mr. E. J. Rawle, ' Annals oi Exmoor Forest' (1893) and 'The Doone: of Exmoor' (1903). THOS. WAINWBIGHT.

Barnstaple.

POLL-BOOKS (10 S. vii. 349, 415). The following are taken from Nos. 266-7 o Gray's International Bulletin, issued a East Acton :

Poll for Knights of the Shire for the County o Kent, taken on Pennenden Heath, June, 1790 Rochester, 1791.

Poll for Knights of Shire for the Westeri Division of the County of Kent, May 6, 1859. Bj T. N. Roberts. London, 1859.

Poll-Book for Southern Division of Lincolnshire July, 1841. Sleaford, 1841.

Poll for Knights of the Shire for the County o Norfolk, taken March 23, 1768. Norwich, 1768.

Alphabetical Draught of the Polls of Tho. Ver and M. Branthwayt for Norwich, Feb., 1734/5 Norwich, 1735.

Poll for M.P.s for Great Yarmouth, 18th of Apri 1754. Ditto for the City of Norwich, 27th Marcl 1761. In one vol.

>py '

uffolk, taken at Ipswich Aug. 30, 1727.

Clifford (Hy., of Lincoln's Inn). Report of the- 'wo Cases of Controverted Elections of the Borough f Southwark (1796), with Notes and Illustrations. Vith an Account of the Two Subsequent Cases of he City of Canterbury. 1802.

Poll for Two Members for Gt. Yarmouth in larch, 1820. With List of Members 1780-1820 at nd, and large MS. additions. 1820.

Elector's Guide. Nos. I. -VII., all published. Addresses to the Freeholders of the County of York, "ork, 1826.

Poll for Two Knights for the County of Dorset,.

ov., 1806. Ditto in May, 1807. In one vol. )orchester, 1807.

Poll for the Knights of the Shire to represent the Vestern Division of Kent in 1835. Maidstone 1835].

Poll for the Knight of the Shire for the Eastern Division of Kent, 8th Jan., 1863. Canterbury, 1863.

Poll for the Election of a Knight of the Shire for

incolnshire, Dec., 1823. 1824.

List of the Freemen who voted at the Election or M.P.s for Lincoln City, June, 1790. List for Vov., 1806. Ditto for Jan!, 1808. Ditto for June,. 818. In one vol.

Poll for the Borough of Maldon (Essex), 16th of April, 1754.

Poll for Knights of the Shire for Norfolk, July,.

802. Ditto for Nov., 1806. In one vol. Copy of the Poll for a Knight of the Shire for Northamptonshire, April 14-18, 1748. Coventry, 1749.

List of the Freeholders who voted at the Elec- tions for Northumberland in 1747-8, 1774, and Feb. and March, 1826. Ditto for June 20th to July 6th,.

826. In one vol. Alnwick, 1826-7. Copy of the Poll for the Knights of the Shire for Suffolk, Oct. 18, 1710. 1711.

The last is an earlier one than that quoted by MB. EDWABD PEACOCK. Did not the late Lord Brabourne collect poll- books of Kent and publish an account of them? R. J. FYNMOBE.

Sandgate.

I am informed that a catalogue issued by Mr. Henry Gray, not long since, contains this item :

Poll for Knights of the Shire to represent the. county of Kent, taken at Maidstone in May, 1734. (Names of the electors and candidates, and each person's freehold and place of abode.) With index. London, printed for Stephen Austen, 1734. It would be interesting to learn of the- existence of other copies of this book. Can any reader say if it is in the British Museum? It should contain some new- facts concerning the families of Halley and Pyke in Kent. EUGENE F. McPiKE.

1, Park Row, Chicago, U.S.

Several communications on this subject appear in the Sixth Series. At 6 S. iv. 433 it is stated that the Colchester Poll-Book of 1680 is probably the earliest printed; and in a lengthy list at 6 S. vi. 310 the latest are