The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-16 00:00:00

THE NEW PEERS.

The Earl of Gainsborough (late Lord Barham).—This
title is a revival of an earldom which existed in the Noel
family, his Lordship's ancestors, from 1682 to 1798,
when, upon the death of Henry, the sixth Earl, the title
and other honours became extinct, while the estate
passed to his Lordship's nephew, Gerard Noel Edwards,
Esq., who thereupon assumed the name of Noel. He
was subsequently created a Baronet, and well-known as
Sir Gerard Noel Noel, father of the present Earl. His
Lordship inherited the Baronetcy on the death of his
father, in 1838. His Lordship has been married four
times : his first lady was a daughter of the Hon. Sir George
Grey, Bart., and niece of Earl Grey ' • his present lady
is the fourth daughter of the Earl of Roden, and sister
to Viscount Jocelyn.
Lord Maltravers (Earl of Surrey).—This title is one
of great antiquity ; but it does not appear tb at any mem-
ber of the family was summoned to Parliament until
about 1330 (4 Edward III.) Lord John Maltravers,
with Sir Thomas Gourney, was concerned in the cruel
murder of the unfortunate Edward ; the former was
afterwards pardoned, and King Edward constituted the
murderer of his father soon after Governor of Guernsey,
Jersey, Alderney, a•nd Sark. The barony has been'
merged with the Earldom of Arundel, until 1580 the
marriage of Lady Mary Fitzalan, daughter and sole
heiress of Henry, eighteenth Earl of Arundel, with
Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, brought the earl-
dom and barony into the Howard family. In the thirty-
second year of Elizabeth the barony fell under attainder,
but was restored to Henry, twentieth Earl of Arundel ;
andhy Act of Parliament, 3 Charles 1., the barony of
Martravers, with other honours, were annexed to the
tune and dignity of Earl of Arundel. His Lordship is
the eldest son and heir to the Duke of Norfolk, is the
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present treasurer f the Queen's household, and is 'allied
marriageCl?yountessof to the present Duke of- Sutherland and
Grosvenor.owen
Lord nish
(Earl of Belfast —This'is a newly-
created title, and emanates from
one of the baronies
created for theT.l
thepurposes of civil jurisdiction in the county
Donegal. To
north of the city of 'Londonderry lies
the barony of
in
on the east andshowen, a large peninsula, bounded
west
y oo by the gulphs of Lough. Foyle and
Lough Swill.
cnsists of a central group of moun-
tains with a border f cultivation verging to the water's
wisaesldfoerst son and heir of the Mar-
quisedge. His Lord, saheidp
Chamber-
lain to the late King,
of Donegal
and holds some years Vice
majesty.same office under. her
%%Ley Vivian, Bart.)—This
Lora Vivian (late Sir
gallant and highly distinguished _
Grieceereriais Ainfasttheer-Garemnye-;
ral of the Ordnance, a Lieutenant.?
and Colonel of the 12th Dragoons. He was created a
Baronet in January, 1828.
Lord Congleton
(late Sir Henry Parnell, Bart.) —This
is a newly created title. The Parnell family were long
resident at Congleton, in Cheshire, and in
the reign of
Charles 11. purchased large estates and settled in Ire-
land. His Lordship's father, who died in 1801, was a
strenuous opponent of the Legislative Union between
Great Britain and Ireland.
Earl of Stair (John William Henry DalrYmple).--
His Lordship is called to the Upper House by the title
of Baron Oxenfoord. The surname of this family is de-
rived from the barony of Dalrpnple, in the county of Ayr.
The Earl of Kenmare is similarly promoted to the
Upper House by the title of Baron kenmare.
Earl Fitzhardinge (late Lord Seagrave) is promoted
from the Barony to an Earldom. The title is taken from
the family name, Fitzhardinge. Thomas de Berkeley,
Lord of BerkeleY Castle. county of Gloucester, fifth in
descent from Harding, a Dane of loyal blood, one of the
companions of William the Conqueror, was summoned
to Parliament among the Barons of the realm in the
reign of Edward I.

NOVEL CHASE.—On Friday morning, between
eleven and twelve o'clock, a man who had for some time
been an inmate of Charing-cross Hospital, and whose com-
plaint had at length affected his intellect, by some means
contrived to elude the vigilance of the sisters, nurses, and
porter at the door of the above institution, and to escape
therefrom with only his shirt and shoes to cover him, and
darted off. He was quickly followed by a host of per-
sons connected with the hospital up Agar-street, along
Chandos-street, through Bedford-court, and into Bed-
ford-street, and he had actually arrived near the en-
trance to Covent-garden Market before he was captured,
when a butcher's blue frock was thrown over him, and he
was quietly reeonveyed to his old quarters.