MR. NEVILLE-GRENVILLEsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Why the towns of Weston-super-Mare, Shepton-Mallett, Wellington, and Chard, co. Somerset, which have more than 5,000 inhabitants, have been omitted from the "Return of the names of Municipal Boroughs, &c, of 5,000 inhabitants and upwards, and which are not now represented in Parliament?"
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, in reply, that the Returns were made out by the Registrar General, and he stated that the reason why these boroughs were not included were as follows:—That the borough of Weston-super-Mare had no defined boundaries, and that, according to the last information obtained, it had only 2,000 inhabitants; that Shepton Mallet had 4,868 inhabitants; Wellington, 3,689 inhabitants; and Chard, 2,276 inhabitants. Each of these boroughs, therefore, had a population of less than 5,000.
MR. NEVILLE-GRENVILLEsaid, that the Returns quoted by the right hon. Gentleman differed very much from those which he (Mr. Neville-Grenville) had received.
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, that the figures were not his, but those returned at the last Census.