The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-22 00:00:00

The session of Parliament, which was prorogued
yesterday, was opened in presence of the Queen on
Tuesday, Feb. 5, and had therefore lasted, Sundays
and Easter and Whitsuntide holidays included,
exactly six months and 16 days--a period some
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 average
about two hours and 20 minutes at each sitting.
Their Lordships divided 35 times. he s
Common
sat on 127 days, or for 928 hours, beingT on an ave-
rage upwards of seven hoursvisid anns i2O n
the minutCommons
es at each
sitting. There were 154 dio
during the session. The " counts out" were unus-
ually few in number, being limited to seven in all-
1, on March 21, when 40 were not present at two
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 adjournment; 4, on July 16, on the third read-
ing of Sir C. O'Loghlen's Libel Bill ; 5, on July 23,
when Captain Vivian was about to call attenti6 o
on
n to
the service of the troops in New Zealand ,
July 25, on the Lords' amendments
use
onthe the Offices
and Oaths Bill; and 7, on July 30,
when ho
re-assembled for the evening sitting.
ken Since
place Aug.
g.
15, 1865, numerous changes have ta
each branch of the Legislature. To take first the
found that 35 peers have died,
House of Lords, it is
as follows :—The Marquises Camden, 67 ;
Exeter,
71; Lansdowne, 50 ; Waterford,s2. Earls Bathu
wn,
rst,
76 ; Beauchamp, 37 ; Brownlow, 24.; Camperdo
Chest erfield, 61 ; Craven, 57 ; Donoughmore,
54 ;
43 ; Gainsborough 84 ; Harrington, 21; Kingston,
,
69 ; Kinnoul, 81 ; Lanesborough (Irish representa-
tive), 71 ; Limerick, 53 ; Mayo (Irish representa-
tive), 70 ; Pomfret, 42 ; Rosslyn, 64. Viscounts
Clifden, 41; Gort (Irish representative), 75. The
Baron
Bishop of Rochester, 69.
s Bayning, 69 ;
Feversham, 69 ; Gray
Clinton, of Gray (Scotch
e 74 ; on,
68 ; Glenelg, 83 ; Llanover, 64 ;
repr
Monteagle, 76 ; Northbrook, 70 ; Plunket (Bishop
of Tuam), 74 ; Ponsonby, 59 ;
Rivers, 56 ;Vernon,
62. Five peerages have become extinct ; namely,
the earldom of Pomfret and the baronies of Bay-
ning, Glenelg, Llanover, and Ponsouby. The suc-
cessors to the title of Donoughmore, Clifden, and
Montcagle are as yet minors, while, on the other
have attained
hand, the Duke of Hamilton, the Marquis of
Ormonde, and the Earl of EldonivPhaorlihaamveentN eeetaeldledtn.
The
eir
representative
been 1
death are Viscount
el:tee Peers,the
fill the vacancies caused by
Tem letown, in the
Powerscourt and Viscount p
the Earl of Lauderdale in
peerage
of Ireland, and
land• The successor to the late
the peerage of Scot , •
been chosen. The see of
Earl of Mayo has not yet
the a ointmentof Dr.
Rochester has been filled by ppbeen created. Sir
Claughton. Nine new peerages have
Charles Wood has become Viscount Halifax ; Sir
13. Lytton, Lord Lytton ; Sir Francis Baring,
B.
Lord Northbrook ; Sir W. Jolliffe, Lord Hylton ;
Colonel Douglas-Pennant, Lord Penrhyn; Sir Hugh
Cairns, Lord Cairns ; Lord President ISJ.'Neil, Lord
Colonsay ; Sir John Romily, Lord Romilly ; Sir
Hugh Rose, Lord Strathnairn. Six Irish peers have
been granted peerages of the United Kingdom; Lord
Athlumney has become Lord Meredyth ; Viscount
Boyne, Lord Brancepeth, the Earl of Dunraven ;
Lord henry ; Lord Henniker, Lord Hartismere ;
Viscount Monck, Lord Monck ; while Lord Clare-
mont 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 Lo—rd Dartrey is now the
Earl of Dartrey, and Lord Wodehouse is Earl of
Kimberley. Of the 18 new titles which have been
added to the roll of their Lordships' House, 10 are
due to Earl Russell, viz., the earldoms of Dartrey
and Kimberley, the viscountcy of Halifax,
and the
baronies of Barrogill, Claremont, henry, Meredith,
Monck, Northbrook, and Rornilly. Eight stand to
viz. Lords
the account of the Earl of viz. Lords
Brancepeth, Cairns, Colonsay, liartismere, Hylton,