The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-06 00:00:00

ELECTION OF PEERS.

(From the Edinburgh Evening Courant of Saturday.)
Yesterday the election of the sixteen Representatives cf
'lie Scottish Peerage took place in the Picture Gallery a'
tfolyrooci House; as it was anticipated the number of
Peers who would assemble would be more than usual, a
,rent anxiety was manifested to obtain admission, and the
Gallery was soon crowded in every part with ladies and
Gentlemen, there being probably not fewer than a thousand
persons present. The business commenced precisely at
ivelve o'clock, and did not terminate till five in the after-
'non. The Rev. Dr. Bryce, of Aberdour, and Dr. Li e, of
Edinburgh, were the Chaplains; James Feiguson and
Adam Rolland, Esqs. Principal Clerks of Session, offi-
,iated as Clerks Deputes of the Lord Clerk Register ; and
the Magistrates of Edinburgh appeared officially, with
heir mace and sword. The business of the day was
“pened with prayer by Dr. Bryce, after which Mr. Fergu-
son read the proclamation for the election, and took the
,ederunt, when there appeared present—
The Duke of Buccleuch Earl of Kintore
Marquis of Oueensberry Hopetoun
Tweeddale Viscount Falkland
Lothian' Arbuthnot
Earl of Errol Strathallan
Morton Lord Forbes .
Buchan Saltoun
Home Elphinston
Strathmore Torphichen
Haddington Colville of Culross
Lauderdale Napier
Stirling Belhaven and Stenton
Airlie Rollo
Leven and Melville I Ruthven
Selkirk Kinnaird.
The following Peers voted by proxy:—
The Duke of Lennox ... by the Viscount Falkland
Argyle Lord Belhaven
Montrose Duke of Buccleuch
Earl of Cassilis Earl of Errol
Breadalbane Lord Kinnaird
Aberdeen Earl of Morton
Dunmore Lord Belhaven
Rosebery Viscount Falkland,
Glasgow Lord Saltoun
Portmore Earl of Errol
Lord Gray Lord Saltoun
Cranstoun Lord Napier
Reay Lord Rollo
Nairne Viscount Strathallan.
Signed lists were produced from the
Duke of Hamilton Earl of Aboyne
Gordon Stair
Earl of Caithness Viscount Stormont
Moray • Kenmure
Kinnoul Dunblane
Dumfries Lord Somerville
Elgin Forrester
Wemyss and March Kirkcudbright.
Balcarres

On the Earl of Stirling voting, the Duke of Buccleuch
protested for himself and all who should adhere to him,
for reasons to be given ; and to which Lord Stirling in-
timated his intention to lodge answers. The list from the
Earl of Mar was rejected, on the ground that it was not
attested by witnesses. Lord Belhaven contended, that
that document being in the hand-writing of the Noble
Lord, and signed ancfsealed by his Lordship, witnesses were
not necessary. Lord Lauderdale requested the Clerk to
read the resolutions of the House of Lords of 1708 on this
point, from which it appeared, that any list or proxy not
attested by subscribing witnesses, was not to be received;
and Mr. Ferguson stated, that lists, in similar circum-
stances, were rejected at the election in 1760. Against
the rejection of this list, Lord Belhaven protested, and in-
timated his intention to bring the matter before the House
of Lords. On the votes of the Peers present being given,
and that of the proxies, as well as the signed lists, the
voting was as under:--
Marquis of Queensberry 53
Marquis of Tweeddale 47
Earl of Morton 45
Earl of Home 39
Earl of Elgin 43
•Earl of Leven and Mel-
ville 351
*Earl of Selkirk 4o'
*Viscount Falkland 34

Viscount Arbuthnot 37
Viscount Strathallan 44
Lord Forbes 41
Lord Saltoun 44
Lord Gray 47
Lord Colville of Cuiross 4l
Lord Napier .35
'Lord Belhaven 44

The above sixteen were declared elected. Those marked
thus. are elected for the first time. The undernoted
Peers had votes as below :

The Earls of Errol, 14 ; Caithness, 26; Buch3n, 17 ;
Airlie, 32 ; Dunmore, 11 ; Lords Elphinstone, 18 ; Reay,
15, Rollo, 24 ; Kinnairtl, 33.

Two votes were given for Lord Cranstonn, two for
Lord Torphichen, and one for Lords Stair and Kintore,
but neither of those Noblemen were, we believe, candi-
dates. A great number of the signed lista contained the
name of Lord Northesk, who died on Saturday last.
The Earl of Mar's list, but whose votes were not rec-
koned, contained the names of the Marquisses of Queens-
berry and Tweeddale, the Earls of Buchan and Dunmore,
Viscounts Falkland and Arbuthnot, Lords Gray, Colville,
Napier, Reay, Belhaven, Rollo, and Kinnaird.
The return having been made in the usual form, the
proceedings were closed with prayer by Dr. Lee.
The change since last election is Lord Errol, a British
Peer, Lord Northesk, deceased, and Lord Sinclair, who
was not a candidate on the present occasion.
In the afternoon their Lordships sat down to a sump-
tuous dinner in the Waterloo Tavern (Steventon's),—the
Marquis of Queeneberrry in the chair, having on his right
the Duc de Polignac, and on his left the Earl of Errol ;
and among those present (not Peers) were observed—the
Lord Justice Clerk and Lords Cringletie and Moncreiff,
the Ron. Colonel Ogilvy, the Hon. Major Sandilands,
Sir David Kinloch, Sir F. W. Drummond, Sir Patrick
Walker, Sir John Oswald, General Stewart, the Com-
mander of the Forces, Colonel Hervey, the Magistrates of
Edinburgh, Clanranald, Staff', Brodie of Brodie, Balfour
of Fernie, Patrick Robertson, E. D. Sandford, Esqrs.

REFORM DINNER AT MALMESBURY.---
On Illonday the cause of Reform was celebrated in Malmes-
bury by a public dinner, at which 140 gentlemen were
present. GEORGE POULErf SCROPE, Esq., in the chair.
an I many- of the neighbouring
AmonHon. gps t. the p . company r s,v ere M r . R. GORDON, M. P. , the
gentlemen of fortune. The constituency of Malinesbury
has hitherto consisted of an Alderman and twelve capital
Burgesses, the pensioners of Mr. JosErn PITT, attorney,
the " patron" of the borough. In the course of the day it
was remarked that only six out of the thirteen could read
or write. The dinner excited a great sensation in the
town, where the whole popul,tion is enthusiastic in favour
of Reform. The toasts and speeches were all of the most
patriotic and Reforming character. Among the former
were--" The downfall of the Boroughmongers, and the
Triumph of Reform,"—" Civil and Religious Liberty 'all
dmweiisitil,tgikendt hsiteiaoilingdh 1 y
over the World,"—" The Press," &c.
It is with very sincere pleasure we have to
announce the fact of another life having been preserved
through the means suggested by Captain LILLICRAP,
commanding the Ordinary, at this port, viz, the fixing
battens en the warping buoys. A seaman belonging to a
cutter in the harbour fell from her jib boom on Thursday,
and with the greatest facility got safe to and remained on
the buoy until taken off, although a strong tide was run-
ning
at the time. In a few short months, no less than
four lives have been thus rescued from an untimely end,
by the judicious and humane suggestion of Captain LH,
racit_sp, and we earnestly hope that ere long all buoys
will be similarly fitted with the battens.
Several projects are announced, not only in
the metropolis, but in different parts of the country, to
, erect a monument in testimony of the nation's gratitude
to their KING and Liberator. These proposals, springing
, up in different quarters, and proceeding front different
ranks of society, prove the universality of loyal feeling,
and the general concurrence of opinion among the eman-
cipated
that there should be a general
extended to all parts of the empire, to
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the
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bowetheirver,to
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object
sc;it testimonial in preference to frittering
on various minor subjects. A Provi-
sionaleauei;ncetie::::aotocnhi entertained,
niadmr(mla:gfi Itin:tilesseites.i s already formed
several Noblemen of the highest rank ; the
Members for Middlesex, London,pranoidmrWtioenstmofinrsetsepre;c:ll,ri.e
;onAdlar.doßeArtßEß BEAU3IONT, Mr.
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be assembled to nominate a Committee. The
BRIDGE,E Mr.11s
'MAI ills"
tradesmen. It is intended not to call a public meeting,
the execution of the works will then be sub-
nor to throw the subsoription open, until the Reform Bill
shall have received the Royal assent. The subscribers
respectable correspondent writes thus
elsewhere,tttthe
leea t
slightestHtthe
sae o f
hold Lords,
of does
the notg
apprehension which agitates the friends of Reform
public competition,
to us from the North :.--" Perhaps you may not be aware
eo
ehriatih hitherto
sseoeftnftteoeilmeertsaaknend
arising from the danger of its being rejected by
they sayll 3\inVghatthies withKtlmleNßGeform in the
country. PuPpon th.e assent of
they look Peers as a matter of course;
and if you
Coinmons to them,—it is no business of theirs; wh)
argue it,
should they object to it?' And when it is urged that the
number of Peers interested in different
. . „ tboroughs may pro-
duce a majority against tteforin in their House, they treat
it all as humbug, and are persuaded that the KING will
yileraantidonww'
allow such a thing to stand in
never the way of Reform ;
yeomen of this
and answer you, ' Let him make 50, 100, or 150, if ne-
cessary ; what does it signify ? They have only one voice
hoetrltiheratlift. comes
You
fitnomthseocoonocre6rnosooifs
nottlie caonuonntrs
will have, Sir, the most extraordinary petitions to the
KING and to the Peers themselves, if the opinion gains
any ground that the House of Lords may be an obstacle
to the ineisure,'"