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66 NEWPORT BOROUGH. 8 March, 1820 21 March, 1823 8 Feb., 1826 14 June, 1826 20 March, 1829 30 July, 1830 17 Dec, 1830 2 May, 1 83 1 12 July, 1 83 1 / The same. Jonathan Raine, esq., re-elected after appoint- ment as First Justice of the counties of Merioneth, Carnarvon, and Anglesey, in Wales. Charles Percy, esq., of Guy's Cliff, Warwick, vice William North ey, esq., deceased. ( Jonathan Raine, esq., of London. Charles Percy, esq., of Guy's Cliff, Warwick. William Fitzgerald Vesey Fitzgerald, esq., of Westminster, vice Charles Percy, esq., appointed Comptroller of the Household to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. f Jonathan Raine, esq., of London. John Doherty, esq., Solicitor- General for Ireland. Major-General Sir Henry Hardinge, k.c.b., vice John Doherty, esq., appointed Es- cheator of Munster. ( Jonathan Raine, esq., of London. Sir Henry Hardinge, k.c.b. James Walter, Viscount Grimston, eldest son and heir-apparent of Earl Verulam, vice Jonathan Raine, esq., deceased. The electors of Newport Borough were apparently those who paid scot and lot. The returning officers were two inhabitants of the Borough, known as vianders. The place of election was at Newport Cross. The broken shaft of the cross itself still stands there in its socket. In the year 1829 a little octagonal building, locally known as the Town Hall, was built over this broken shaft. Before we leave Launceston we will say a few words concerning its name. We transcribe from contemporaneous documents extending over eight hundred years. Lans-