[57] "Quarterly Review," vol. xxix. p. 63.
[58] Raikes's "Journal," vol. i. p. 157.
[59] "Pall Mall Gazette," December 28, 1860.
[60] The Irish members were increased to 105 in 1832, but subsequently reduced to 103, fifty years later.
[61] Hansard, "Debates," 18 April, 1864.
[62] The General Election of 1880 cost £1,700,000. This expenditure was reduced to about a million pounds after the passing of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act and the Redistribution Bill of 1883 and 1885. By the former the expenses in boroughs are limited to £350, if the number of electors does not exceed 2000; and to £380 if it does exceed 2000, with an extra £30 for every further 1000 electors. In counties, where the electors do not exceed 2000, the expenses are limited to £650, and to £710 if they exceed 2000, with an extra £60 for every further 1000 electors. These sums do not include personal expenses up to £100 and the charges of the returning officer.
[63] Hansard, "Debates," vol. 288, p. 1563. (5 June, 1884.) (The phrase was first used in a novel entitled, "Friends of Bohemia, or Phases of London Life," published in 1857, by a Parliamentary writer named E. M. Whitty.)
[64] "Parliamentary History," vol. i. p. 766.
[65] Andrew Marvell continued to receive a salary from Hull until his death in 1678 (see his "Works," vol. ii., xxxv.), and the member for Harwich obtained a writ against that borough for his salary in 1681.
[66] "Diary," 30 March, 1668.