text_original: Of the four seats vacated by the defranchisement of the boroughs of St. Albans and Sudbury, two were assigned in 1861 to the West Riding, and one each to South Lancashire and Birken  head, while the franchise question was kept to the fore by periodical motions made by Mr. Locke King and Mr. Baines. But nothing was done ; and it was tacitly assumed that so long as Palmerston lived nothing would be done.
text_transcription: OF THE FOUR SEATS VACATED BY THE DEFRANCHISEMENT OF THE BOROUGHS OF SAINT ALBANS AND SUDBURY TWO WERE ASSIGNED IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY ONE TO THE WEST RIDING AND ONE EACH TO SOUTH LANCASHIRE AND BERKENHEAD WHILE THE FRANCHISED QUESTION WAS KEPT TO THE FOUR BY PERIODICAL MOTIONS MADE BY MISTER LOCK KING AND MISTER BAINES BUT NOTHING WAS DONE AND IT WAS TACITLY ASSUMED THAT SO LONG AS PALMERSTON LIVED NOTHING WOULD BE DONE
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