The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-11 00:00:00

A YEAR'S CHANGES IN THE
LEGISLATURE.

During the year 1867 twenty members of the House
of Peers have been removed by death. Their names
and ages are as follows : --The Duke of Northumber-
land, 89 ; the Marquis if Exeter, 71 ; the Earl of Mayo
(Irish representative), 70; the Earl od Moray, 70 ; the
Earl of Kingston, 69; the Earl of Rome (Irish repre-
sentative), 67; the Earl of Camperdown' 54 • Earl
Pomfret, 42 ; Earl Brownlow, 24; the Bishop of
Litchfield, 79; the Bishop of Rochester, 69; Lord
Fitzhardinge, 79; Lord Kingsdown, 73; Lord Ave.
land, 72; Lord Colchester, 69; Lord Feversham, 69
' ;
Lord Wrottesley, 69 • Lord Gray of Gray (Scotch
representative), 674 ; Lord Polwarth (Scotch representa-
tive), 66; Lord Llanover, 64. Of these peerages the
earldom of Pomfret and the baronies of Kingsdown
and Pomfret have become extinct. .

....
On the other hand: two new peerages have been
created by the elevation of the Right Hon. Duncan
M'Neill and Sir II ugh Cairns, and Lord Rivers became
entitled to take his seat on the decease of his nephew,
a minor. .

The elections to the representative peerages
have been those of the Earl of Lauderdale and Lord
ElphinAone in Scotland, and the Earl of Alinesley
and Lord Dnnbnyne in Ireland.
During the year no peer has become entitled to take
his seat by right of majority, but in 1868 no fewer than
six noble lords will come of age, viz., the Duke of
Norfolk, December 27; the Marquis of Bute, Septem•
ber 12 ; the Marquis of Huntley, March 5; the Earl
of Ellesmere, April 6; Earl Ferrero, January 24 ; and
the Earl of Ilchester. September 13.
The changes in the Commons may thus be briefly
trammarised :—At Andover, early in the session, Sir
John Karslake, then recently appointed Solicitor-
General, was elected in the room of Mr. Humphrey,
resigned. At Birmingham Mr. Dixon was returned
in succession to Mr. Scholefield. who died at the age
of 58. At Boston Mr. Parry was elected, vice Mr.
Staniland, resigned. At Bradford Mr. M. W.
Thompson succeeded Mr. Wickham, who died at the
age of 67. At Colchester Mr. E. K. Kerslake, Q.O ,
has taken the place of Mr. Taverner Miller, who re-
signed through ill-health. In Cork county Mr. Smith
Barry was returned in the room f Mr. G. R. Barry,
who died at the age of 41. At Coventry Mr. Henry
Jackson was elected in succession to Mr. Treberne,
who died at the age I if 64. At Downpatrick Mr. Keown
has replaced Mr. Ker, resigned. Dublin University
has had two new members in the year, Mr. Chatterton,
now Vice-Chancellor of Ireland, and the Right lion.
R. It. Warren, the present Irish Attorney-General.
In the representation of Galway borough Mr. George
Morris succeeded his brother, the Right Hon. Michael
Morris, now a judge in the Irish Court of Common
Pleas. In Galway county Viscount Canning-Burke
has taken the seat previously held by his brother, Lord
Dunkellin, who died at the age of 40. In West
Gloucestershire Col. E. A. Somerset was returned rice
Sir John Bolt, now Lord Justice of Appeal in
Chancery. In South Leicestershire, Mr. T. T. Paget
has socceerled Mr. C. W. Packe, who died at the age
of 75. At Manchester, Mr. Jacob Bright is the
sitting member in succession to Mr. Edward James,
Q.C., who died at the age of 60. In Middlesex,
Mr. H. Labonchere was returned in the room
of Mr. Hanbrtry, who died at the age of 43.
In Rutland. Mr. G. Finch succeeded the Hon.
Gilbert Heathcote, now Lord Aveland. In
North Northamptonshire, Mr. Sackville Stopford
was elected, vice Lord Borgbley, now Marquis of
Exeter. In North Salop, Viscount Nee port has suc-
ceeded the Hon. A. W. Cust, now Es:l Brownlow.
At Stroud, on the resignation of Mr. Poulett Scrope,
the seat was taken by Mr. Winterbottom. In East
Suff. dk, Mr. Corrence was returned in succession to
Sir E. C. Kerrison, resigned. In Sutherlandshire,

Lord Roland Leveson-Gower succeeded Sir David
Dundm, resigned. At Weymouth, Mr. Henry Ed-
wards was elected in the place of Captain Gridley,
resigned. At Thetford the Lord Advocate of Scot.
land succeeded Mr. A. H. Baring, resigned. In the
North Riding of Yorkshire the Hon. Octavius Dun-
comhe tills the seat previously occupied by the lion.
W E. Duncomin., now Lord Fever.sliam.

There are two seats now vacant—N estmoreland, in
consequence of the death of Colonel the Hon. H. C.
Lowther, at the age of 77; and Bircudbright, through
the death of Mr. Mackie, at the age of 46.
The result of the year's parliamentary changes has
been that the Liberals have made a net gain of one seat.
They displaced Conservatives at Coventry and South
Leicester, while on the other hand, a Conservative
has succeeded the Hon. G. Heathcote, a moderate
Liberal, in the representation of the county of
Rutland. _

The average age of the peers who have died is 66;
of members in the House of Commons, 58.