The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-07 00:00:00

ELECTION OF SCOTTISH PEERS.

(From the Caledonian Mercury.)
On Thursday last the election of sixteen Peers to re-
present the Scottish Peerage in Parliament took place in
the Ficture Gallery of the Palace of Holyrood-house.
As usual the anxiety to be present was great, and the
number of ladies and gentlemen assembled numerous—the
gallery being thronged in every part.
The business of the day was opened with prayer by the
Rev. Dr. Chalmers, one of his Majesty's Chaplains, T.
Thomson, Eq., Deputy Clerk Register, and one of the
Principal Clerks of Session, read his Majesty's proclama-
tion, charging the Peers to meet in Holyrood-house, and
elect sixteen of their number to represent them in Parlia-
ment. Mr. Thomson then read a commission by the

Mg Adam Rolland, Esq. and
ip's deputies
over, when there appeared to

Lord Clerk Register, appoin,
himself, to act as his Lordsh
The Union. roll was read
he present the
Duke of Iluecleuch
Earls of Home
Strathmore
Lauderdale
Leven and Melville
Selkirk
Northesk
Kintore
itoseberry
I topetoun
Viscount Arbuthnot
On the name of the Marquis of Annandale being called,
a gentleman, whom we understand was Mr. Goodinge
Johnston, answered as present; but his vote was protested
against. On the Earl of Stirling being called,
Lord ROSEBERY rose, and stated that, as author of cer-
tain resolutions which had been unanimously approved of
by the House of Lords, he thought he would not he doing
his duty (lid he not record his protest against the gentle-
man claiming to be the Es ti of Stirling voting at this elec-
tion ; and his conduct, he was sure, would meet the ap-
probation not only of the Noble Lords present, but of the
whole Peerage of Scotland. As this gentleman had for-
merly voted, he would not object to his vote being now
counted ; but he thought it would have been more becom-
ing, before assuming a title, that a claimant should go
before the proper tribunal and have his claim established.
He was afraid that the gentleman claiming the title of Earl
of Stirling, would have very little chance of having ;
ratified by the House of Lords.
The following Peers voted by proxies :
Duke of Argyll . by Fall of Roseberry
Duke of Athoil by Lord Forbes
Marquis f Tweeddale ..hy Earl of Lauderdale

Viscount Strathallan
Lords Forbes
Saltoun
Gray
Sinclair
Elphinstone
Colville of Culross
Cranstoitn
Napier
Kinnaird.

Earl of Morton by Lord Gray
Earl of Breadtdbane by.........L0rd Kianaird
Lord Belhaven by Earl of Lauderdale
Lord Nairn by Lord Strathalbm.
Lord ROSEBERY asked in what relationship Lord Duffus
stood to the late Lord. •
Lord FORBES—His nephew.
Mr. THOMSON then stated the pedigree of Lord Duffue ;
upon which
Lord ROBBNICRY said, it was impossible that hie Lord-
ship could vote as a Scottish Peer, till he had made good
his claim at the bar of the House of Lords.
Lord Foanes still expressed a wish to discharge the
trust which had been reposed in him ; when the clerk said
he might tender the list and his protest along with it, and
both would he entered on the minutes.
Lord ARBUTHNOT stated that he was intimately ac-
quainted with Lord Duffel, and there could be no doubt
of his right. Besides, be did not see on what ground the
Noble Lord could object to the proxy of Lord Writs, and
admit the list for the Earl of Stirling.
Lord Roseexay begged to be understood, that be had
not the smallest doubt as to Lord Duffus's claim, and that
his Lordship would make it good. The situation of the
claimants were different, The Earldom of Stirling was
claimed as a dormant Peerage, but the el tits of Lord Duf-
fus was upon a collateral descent. The resolution of the
House of Lords only covered the cases of collateral
descent ; and did not embrace dormant Peerage'.
After a few remarks from Lords Arbuthnot and Forbes,
Mr. Thomson stated that the proxy of Lord Duffus could
not be received. Against this decision Lord Forbes pro-
tested. Protests were also given in by Mr. Goodinge
Johnston, because his vote had been refused ; and by Lor
Rosebery against the signed list of the Earl of Stirling.
Signed lists were read from the
Dukes of Hamilton Earls of Aboyne
Lennox Aberdeen
Croydon Dunmore
Montrose Stair
Marquises of Oueensberry Glasgow
Lothian Viscounts Falkland
Earls of Errol Stormont
Mar Kent-nitre
Cassillia Dunblatio
Caithness Lords Catlicart
Moray Sempill
Kintiout Sommerville
Dumfries and Bute Torphichen
Stirling Rho tyse
Elgin and Kineard no Reny
Wernyss and March Forrester
Airly Rollo
Balcarras Ruthven.
After the Peers present had voted for themselves, and
such as held proxies for other Noble Lords, and the signed
Hate were read,- Mr. Thomson announced that the follow-
ing were elected byethe under. noted votes :
Marquis of Queensbery 6O Viscount Strati-WWI
Marquis of Twooddale ....... 61 Lord lorbes ............ 01
Earl of Errol 6O Lord Saltoun • 03
Earl of Morton 5B Lord Gray 6O
Earl of Home
Earl of Elgin ,
Earl of Northesk 5B lord Napier 6O
Viscount Arbuthnot
The Earl of Caithness had 21 votes, and Lord Kinuaird
SI ; these Noble Lords were candidates. Among the
voting by signed lists seven voted for the Earl of Kintore;
four for the Earl of Mar ; three for Lord !key ; two for
the Lad of Buchan ; and one each for the Earle of Bread.
albane, Moray, Dunmore, and Selkirk, and Viscount Ken.
mute ; but none of these Noblemen were candidates.
The number of Peers present were 21 ; proxies i ; and
signed lists SS—making a total of 64 Peers who voted.
The clerk then returned the sixteen above noted as duly
elected. As we anticipated in our last, it will be seen that
there was no change from those formerly enjoying the
distinction, except the substitution of the Earl of Northesk
for the Earl of Roseberry, who is now a British Peer.
The election was closed by prayer by the Rev. Dr. Lee,
one of hie Majesty's Chaplains.
In the evening the veers, along with a number of guests,
dined in Cab's Royal Hotel ; but their meeting there was
strictly private.

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