The county returns five members to the Imperial Parliament—two for the county, two for Waterford city, and one for the borough of Dangarvan. It le In the Leinster circuit. The assizes are held at Waterford, where is the county jail. Quarter Deadens are held at Carrickbeg, and in Dungarvan and Lismore, which two towns have bridewella. Petty sessions are held in 15 places. The lunatic asylum, which admits 73 patients from the county, is in Waterford city. There are fever hospital* in Dungarvan. Liamore, Tallow, and Waterford ; and dispensaries in 22 places. There are • savings bank and a loan-fund at Waterford, and loan-fund, in Cappoquin, Newtown, and Tallow. The Union workhouses are at Waterford, Dungarvan, Lismore, and Kilmactlsomas. The county is in the military district of Kilkenny, and the barrack station. are at Dungarvan and Waterford. The militia staff is stationed at Waterford. The police force, of 261 men and officers, is distributed over 7 districts, comprising 37 stations, of which Duugarvan is head-quarters. The districts are Dungarvan, Cappoquin, Portlaw, Ballinemult, Clashmore, Waterford, and Tratnore. In September, 1852, there were in the county 93 National schools, attended by 6186 male and 6890 female childreo.
history and daliguities.—According to Ptolemmns, the Menapii, a Belgic, colony, were the ancient inhabitants of Waterford and the adjoining county of Wexford. The Deaii, from the county of Moat], were a powerful clan at the period of the English invasion, when their Importance was nearly destroyed. In 1171 Henry II. granted the city of Waterford and the adjacent province to Richard lo Poer, and by marriage the estates and honours of his desesudanta came to the Bereaford family, who still retain large possessions in the county. The county suffered little during the rebellion in 1798. Waterford city has been the chief scene of most of the historical event& of importance.
Many remains of antiquity, both military end ecclesiastical, are found in the county ; most of them are noticed in the accounts of the towns and villages where they are situated. A large double trench, called by the Irish 'the trench of St. Patrick's cow,' may be traced for 17 or IS miles across the Blackwater towards Ardmore ; it corresponds with the work called ' Dane's Cast,' in the counties of Armagh and Down. A second trench runs westward from Cappoquin into Cork.