The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-21 00:00:00

THE SESSION.

The session which closes to-day was opened in
presence of the Queen on Tuesday, Feb. 5, and will there-
fore have lasted, Sundays and Easter and Whitsuntide
holidays included, exactly six months and 16 days—a
period somewhat about a week longer than the sessions of '
late years have extended to. During that time the Lords
sat on 93 days, or for 219 hours, being on an aver-
age about two hours and 20 minutes at each sitting.
Their lordships divided 35 times The Co omens sat on
127 days, or for 928 hours, being on an avower upwards
of seven hours and 20 minutes at each sitting. There
were 154 divisions in the Commons during the session. The
" conntaaut" were unusally few in number, being limited
toseven in all-1, on March 21, when 40 were not present
at 2 o'clock in the morning : 2, on May 29, the first day of
the morning sittings held to facilitate the progress of the
Reform Bill ;3, on June 24 upon a motion for adjourn-
ment ;4, on July 16, on the third reading of Sir C.
G`Loghlen's Libel Bill ; 5, on July Zl,when Captain Vivian
was about to call attention to the service of the troops in
New Zealand ; 6, on July 25, on the Lords' amendments on
the Offices and Oaths Bills ; and, 7, on July 30, when the
house re-assembled for the evening sitting.
Since August 15, 1863, numerous changes have taken
place in each branch of the legislature. In the House of
Lords, 35. peers have died, viz: the Marquises Camden, 67;
Exeter, 41 ; Lansdowne, 50 ; Waterford, 52. Earls
Bathurst, 76 ; Beauchamp, 37 ; Brownlow, 24 ; Camper-
down, 54 ; Chesterfield, 61; Craven, 57; Dononghmore,43;
Gainaboroogh,B4; Harrington, 21; Kingdom ,69; Kinnotal,Bl ;
Lanesborough (Irish representative ),71; Limerick, 53; Mayo
(Irish representative), 70; Pomfret, 42; Rosalyn, 64.
Viscount. Clifden, 41 ; Gort (Irish representative), 75.
The Bishop of Rochester, 69. Barons Bayning, 69 ; Clin-
ton, 74 ; leversham, 69 ; Gray of Gray ((Scotch represen-
tative), 68 ; Glesigg, 83 ; Llanover, 64 ; Monteagle, 76 ;
Northbrook. 70; Plunket (Bishop of Timm), 74 ; Pon-
sonby, 59 ; Rivers, 56 ; Vernon, 62. Five peerages have
become extinct, namely, the earldom of Pomfret, and the
baroniee of Bayning, Glen*, Llanover, and Ponsonby.
The representative peers elected to fill the vacancies caused
by death are Viscount Powermourt and Viscount
Templetowu, in the peerage of Ireland, and the
Earl of Lauderdale in the peerage of Scotland. The
sti:cessor to the late Earl of Mayo will probably be Lord
Annesley. The see of Rochester has been filled by the ap-
pointment of Dr. Claughton. Niue new peerages have been
created. Sir Charles Wood has become Viscount Halifax ;
Sir E. B. Lytton, Lord Lytton ; Sir Francis Baring, Lord
Northbrook ; Sir W. Joliffe, Lord Hylton ; Colonel Don-
glas-Pennant, Lord Penryn ; Sir Hugh Cairns, Lord
Cairns ; Lord President M'Neill, Lord Colonsay ; Sir
John Hominy, Lord Hominy ; Sir Hugh Roes, Lord
Strathnairn. Six Irish peers have been granted peerages
of the United Kingdom :—Lord Athlumney has become
Lord Meredyth ; Viscount Boyne, Lord Braneepeth ;
the Earl of Dunraven, Lord Henry ; Lord Henniker,
Lord Hartismere ; Viscount Monck, Lord Monck ; while
Lord Clermont retains the same title. The Earl of
Caithness Is now a lord of parliament as Baron
Barrogill, and thus one of the peerages of Scotland has
been merged into that of Great Britain. Two barons have
received earldoms—Lord Dartrey is now the Earl of Dar-
trey, and Lord Wodehouse is Earl of Kimberley. Of the
18 new titles which have been added to the roll of their
lordships' house, ten are due to Earl Russell—viz., the
earldoms of Dartrey and Kimberle7_ , the viscounty of
Halifax, and the baronies of Barrogill, Clermont, Henry
Meredyth, Kopek, Northbrook, and Romilly. Eight
stand to the account of the Earl of Derby—namely,
Lords Brancepeth, Cairns, Colonsay, Hartismere, Hylton,
Lytton, Penrhyn, and Strathnairn. The average age of
the peers who have died is 61 years, as against 67 during
the parliament of 1859.65. In the six years of Lord Pal-
merston's rule during the last parliament ten peerages
were created, as against 18 in the two years' existence of
the present.
The House of Commons has lost only 12 members by
death—a number far below the average. The proportion
of deaths has been nine liberals to three conservatives.
Liberals :—Mr. G. R. Barry, 41 ; Mr. J. B. Dillon, 52 ;
Hon. J. C. Dundee, 57 ; Mr. R. 0. Hanbury, 43 ; Right
Hon. Colonel Herbert, 50 ; Mr. F. D. Goldamid. 53 ; Lord
Palmerston, 81 ; Mr. Scholefield, 58 ; Colonel Lloyd Wat-
kins, 63. Conservatives :—Sir Mint* Farquluw, 57 ; Mr.
Lunt Phillips, 55 ; Mr. Morgan Treheme, 64. Fourteen
have become peers—nine by succession and five by creation.
The M.P.'s who have gone to the Upper House by sue-
cession are the Hon. T. G. Baring, the Fall of Brecknook,
Lord Burghley, Hon. A. W. Cunt, Hon. W. K Dunoombe,
Hon. F. Lygon, Lord Stanhope, Hon. C. Trefusis, and the
Earl of Tyrone. The five who have been called to the
Upper House by patent are Colonel Donglas-Pennant,
Lord Henniker, Sir W. Jolliffe, Sir K B. Lytton, and Sir
Charles Wood. Eleven are conservatives and three are
liberals. Ten M.P.'s who wen) returned at the general
election have resigned their seats. Seven are conservatives
—Major Coat, Mr. Her, Sir E. Kerrison, Mr. Humphery,
Mr. Leslie, General Lindsay, and Mr. Taverner Miller.
Three are liberals—Sir David Dundee, Captain Gridley,
and Mr. Poulett Serape. Two conservative members, Mr.
Dowdeswell and Sir Stafford Northcote, have gone to
other conditnenciee. Eleven members have vacated
their seats on being appointed to office. Of these ten are
conservatives, and they have been raised to the judicial
bench. Thus—Sir W. Bovill is Chief Justice of the Com-
mon Pleas, Sir H. Cairns Lord Justice of Appeal in Chan.
eery, Mr George Pullout Judge of the Irkh Court of
Queen's Bench; Sir F. Kelly, Chief Baron of the Exche-
quer; Mr. Miller, Judge in the Irish Court of Bankruptcy;
'Mr. Morrie, Puisne Judge in the Irish Court of Common
Piero': Mr. G. Patten. Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland; Sir
J. Roll. Lord Justice of Appeal ; Mr. Walsh, Master of
the Rolls in Ireland ; Mr. Whiteside, Lord Chief Justice
of Ireland. Only one liberal appointment has been made,
and that was when Lord Clarence Paget obtained the com-
mand of the Mediterranean Fleet, in May, 1866. Seventeen
members were unseated in the first session of this parlia-
ment, in the proportion of 12 liberals to five conservatives.
The liberals were Sir J. Acton, Mr. R. Campbell, Sir R.
Clifton, Mr. E. M. Fenwiek, Sir H. Hoare, Mr. G.
W. Lamson-Gower, Mr. Labouaere (since returned for
Middlesex), Mr. Morley, Mr. Parry (since re-elected for
Boston), Mr. Pender, Mr. Schneider, and Mr. A. W.
Yoi Conservatives :—Mr. Ferrand, Mr. Fleming, Mr.
Forsyth, Mr. Mills, and Mr. Westropp. Of the 56 new
members of the House of Commons 32 are eonsematives,
and 24 are liberals. Besides theme 48 re-elections have
taken place on the acceptances of office-39 conservatives
and nine liberals. The conservative party has lost seven
sesta, viz.. Aberdeenshire, Devonport (two), Bridgewater,
Petersficld, Waterford, and Coventry. The liberals have
Inst four—Brecon, Bridgnorth, Helaton, and Sandwich.
Twenty-five contested elections have taken plat* in the
two years—nineteen in boroughs and six in counties.

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