COUNTY OF LEICESTER. LEICESTERSHIRE is an inland county in the North Constable, 7 Superintendents, 5 Inspectors, 23 Ser­ Midland Division of England, bounded hy Notts. geants, and 109 Constables ; total, 146. and Derbyshire on the N., Warwickshire on the Chief Constable, Capt. R. Y. S. Griinstone, head S. W., Northamptonshire on the S. E., Rntland and quarters; Deputy Chief Constable, John Moore, Bel­ Lincolnshire on the N.E. Its length is 38 miles, grave; Detective Inspector, Thomas Wainwright, breadth 32 miles, border line 165 miles. It has 803 Leicester; Drill Instmctor, John Stewart, Horsefair square miles, or 514,164 acres, of which about st ; Chief Clerk, Supt. Edw. Holmes, head quarters; 480,000 are arable, meadow or pasture. It is inter­ Assistant Clerk, Sergt. George Leach ; Reserve, four sected by 1895 miles of road, by the Midland, London Constables. _ and North Western, and Great Northern railways, LEICESTER DIVISION. -Supt., J no. Moore, Belgrv; and watered by the Soar, Wreake and other rivers, Sergeants, Thos. Pike, Belgrave; Jas. Ormiston, New and by the Union and Ash by Canals. It constitutes Humberstone; Mttw. Hawksworth, Wigston; John an archdeaconry in the Diocese of Peterborough. Barrs, Glenfield; and George White, Aylestone park. Beneficies, 243; clergy, 302. PoPULATION in 1861, Stations, Abbey lane, Ansty, Aylestone park, Bel­ 237,412; in 1871, 268,762; in 1881, 321,018 (155,429 grave, Birstall, Blaby, Braunstone, Countesthorpe, males, 165,589 females); inhabited houses, 68,020; Enderby, Evington, Fosse road, Glen Magna, Groby, uninhabited, 4722. The annual amount assessed to Humberstone, Hungarton, Knighton, Markfield, Nar­ Property Tax in 1850-1 was £1,364,270, and to Poor boro', Oadby, Ratby, Rearsby, Syston, Thurmaston, Law Relief £970,375. In 1859 the gross rental to Whetstone, and Wigston Magna. Poor Rate was £973,155, and the net rateable value Loughborough Division.-Supt. Peberdy, Inspector £858,199. In 1865 the county was re-valued and Briggs, and 22 Sergeants and Constables ; £utter­ the net valuation was £1,062,686, in 1874£1,447,543. worth, Supt. Rowlett and 9 Sergeants and Constables; l'RINCIPAL OFFICERS: Meltm~, Supt. Goodman and 13 Sergeants and Con­ stables ; Jfarket Harbormtgh, Supt. Holloway and 10 Lord Lieutenant-Duke of Rutland, K. a, Belvoir Sergeants and Constables ; Ashby-de-la-Zcmch, In­ Castle, Grantham spector Holloway and 14 Sergeants and Constables; High Sheriff-Col. Richard Worsley Worswick, Nor­ Belvoir, Inspector Brewitt, Sergeant and 3 Constables; manton Hall, Hinckley East No1·ton, Inspector Smith, Sergeant and 3 Con­ Treasurer and Constable of the Castle-Sir F. T. stables ; Market Boswodh, Supt. Chapman (Hinek­ Fowke, Bart, Lowesby hall, Leicester. ley), and 18 Sergeants and Constables. Clerk of Peace and Lieutenancy and Under Treasurer The Divisional Superintendents and Inspectors act -Mr. W. N. Reeve, 10 New street, Leicester. also as Inspectors of Weights and Measures and as Under Sherijf-Mr. Charles Sansome Preston (Pilgrim Inspectors under the Explosives Act. and Preston), Hinckley. Acting Under Sherijf-Mr. R. B. Berridge (Berridge and 1\Iiles), 8, Friar lane, Leicester. THE ASSIZES (Midland Circuit) County Sur'Ve7J01'-Mr. Wm. B. Smith, 7 Friar lane, Are held in January and July. Under the Winter Leicester. Assizes Arts 1876, 1877, and 1879, counties may be Sheriffs O.fficer-Mr. S. P. Summerfield, 58 Southgate united for the purpose of an Assize in another month. street, Leicester. Two other Assizes are generally held for the counties Clerk to Magistrates-Leicester Division, Mr. R. B. of Leicester and Derby, taking place in those counties Berridge. alternately in the months of March and October. Coroners-Leicester Division, Mr. G. F. Harrison, Clerk of Assize, Mr. A. D. Coleridge, 2 Hare court, 11 Southgates, Leicester; Loughborough Division, Temple, E. C.; Associate, Mr. S. W. Cox, 38 Bedford Mr. H. Deane; Melton Division, Mr. F. J. Oldham. row (Posteas delivered 10 to 3); Clerk of Indictments, ~fEM:BERS. OF PARLIAMENT.-Northern Division, Mr. R. J. Lowe, Sessions house, Old Bailey, E.C. ; Rt. Hon. Lord John Manners, 6 Cumberland terrace, Clerk of Arraigns, Mr. G. A. Cockburn. Regent's park, N. W. ; Belvoir Castle, Grantham. GENERAL QuARTER SESSIONS.-Leicester, Monday Hon. Montagu Curzon, Beaumanor park, Lough­ after December 28, March 31, June 24, and Oct. 11. bo'rough. Smtthern Division, Albert Pell, Esq., PETTY SESSIONS DIVISIONS, JUSTICES' CLERKS, Hazel beech Hill, Northampton. Thomas Tertius AND DAYS OF MEETING -Ashby, Mr. W. E. Smith, Paget, Esq., Humberstone Hall, Leicester. alternate Saturday; Belvoir, Mr. W. Manners (Grnn­ tham), first Monday in month ; East Korton, Mr. PoLLING PLACEs.-Northern Division: Ashby-de­ W. Shield (Uppingham), first Friday; Leicester, Mr­ la-Zouch, Ansty, Belgrave, Bottesford, Castle Doning­ R. B. Berridge, Wednesday and Saturday ; Lough. ton, Croxton Kerrial, Gaddesby, Hungarton, Harby, borough, Mr. W. J. W oolley, Wednesday; Lutterworth, Loughborough (place of Election), Melton Mowbray, Mr. T. H. Watson, alternate Thursday; Jfarket Bar­ Mountsorrel, Nether Broughton, N etherseal, Sheep­ borough, Mr. J. H. Douglas, Tuesday; Hinekley, shed, Somerby, Syston, Tugby, Whitwick, Wymes­ alternate Thursday, and Jlarket Bosworth, alternate wold, Wymondham. Southern Division: Appleby, Wednesday, Mr. S. P. Pilgrim (Hinckley) ; Melton, Desford, Earl Shilton, Frowlesworth, Hallaton, Mr. J. F. Oldham, alternate Tuesday. Houghton-on-the-Hill, Hinckley, Hugglescote, Hus­ PETERBOROUGH DIOCESE.-Population in 1881, bands Bosworth, Kibworth Beauchamp, Kirby Mux­ 614,976. Leicestershire is in the Diocese of Peterbro', loe, Leicester (place of Election), Lutterworth, which comprises also the counties of Northampton Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, :Markfield, and Rutland. Bishop, Wm. Connor Magee, D.D. and N arborough, Peatling Parva, Sheepy Magna, Wigston D.C.L., the Palace, Peterboro', appointed 1868; Dean, Magna. J. J. Stewart Perowne, D. D., 1878; Archdeacons, Revs. CONSTABULARY FORCE. H. Fearon, B.D., Leicester, 1863; F. H. Thicknesse, Head Quarters, Market plalile south, Leicester. D.D., Northampton, 1S75 1 R, P. Lightfoot1 1\I.A., Force consists of Chief Constable, Deputy-Chief Oakham, 1880, ' .