The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-07 00:00:00

PEERAGE STATISTICS.

In the course of the year 1844 the following peers
have died :—Oae Duke—Grafton, aged 85. Two
Marquises—Hastings, aged 36 ; and Donegal, 75.
Six Earls—Besborough, aged 86 ; Lonsdale, 86 ;
Athlone, 64; Kintore, 50; Mountmorres, 74 (ex-
tinct) ; and Limerick, 87. Two Viscounts—Sid-
mouth, aged 87 ; and Powersconrt, 30. And eight
Barons—Douglas, aged 71 ; Wallace (extinct) ;
Abinger, 77; De Blaquiere, 67; Huntingfield, 66 ;
Keane, 63; Western, 77 (extinct) ; and Say and
Sele, 7G. Total, 19.
In the year 1843 twenty peers died, viz.—Three
Dukes, one Marquis, eight earls, two Viscounts, and
six Barons.

During the last year twenty-nine Baronets have
also died, namely—Sirs G. H. Crewe, R. A. M.
Douglas, F. Burdett, W. Johnston, J. Power, of
Kilfane, J. W. Drummond, H. Halford, J. Gibbons,
C. J. Goring, C. M. Wentworth, J. Shelley, J. Low-
ther, T. Turton, J. Brenton, G. Pigott, J. Strachan,
J. Maxwell, N. Menzies, W. Heygate, C. W atson,
T. Tancred, P. Maxwell, R. Eden, J. P. Beresford,
J. M. Lloyd, T. Kirk:aatrick, G. Ouseley, J. Seale,
and J. Broun : only one of which baronetcies be-
came extinct—that of Wentworth ; and Sir Robert
Eden's baronetcy has been inherited by his cousin,
Sir William Eden, Bart.
In the year 1843 thirty-one Baronets died, three of
which became extinct.
I Four Baronets only have been created since the ac-
cssion of Sir Robert Peel's Ministry, viz., Sirs John
Pixie, Hugh Gough, William Magnay, and William
Parker.
The total number of Baronets now amounts to 897,
of whom 37 are in the church.

The total number of Peers is 564, to wit :—Two
Peers of the Blood Royal, 27 Dukes, 37 Marquises,
212 Earls, 60 Viscounts, and 226 Barons. No new
peerage has been created since Sir R. Peel's acces-
sion, and the only elevations have been those of Baron
llill to a Viscounty, and of Baron Ellenborough to
an Earldom. One eldest son of a Peer, Lord Stanley,
has been called to the Tipper House during his father's
lifetime, and placed in hi, father's Barony. There
are two other Peers in the House similarly situated :
Earl Bruce, the eldest son of the Marquis of Ailesbury,
and the Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquis
of Anglesea.
Of the whole number of Peers, 26 are minors,
viz., the Marquises of Bath, Drogheda, Hastings, and
Lothian ; the Earls of Annesley, Carrick, Coventry,
Darnly, Durham, Granard, Hopetoun, Kintore,
Munster, Pomfret, and Rothes ; Viscounts Bangor,
Clifden, and Powerscourt ; and Barons Dufferin and
Claneboyne, Garvah, Grey of Groby, Henley, Lang-
ford, Massy, Muncaster, and Ribblesdale.
By far the oldest Peer is the Baron Mountsanford,
who has nearly completed his 89th year. Several
others have, however, attained a ripe old age, among
whom may be enumerated the following :—Baron
Berners, who is 82 ; Earl Grey, who is nearly 81 ;
the Earl of Harrowby, 82 ; the Marquis of Huntley,
who is in his 84th year ; the Earl of Macclesfield,
nearly 82 ; the Earl of Mornington, in his 82d year :
and Baron Plunket, in his 81st. The Archbishop of
Canterbury is in his 80th year; the Archbishop of
York in his 88th; and the Bishop of Bath and Wells
is in his 84th year.
There are 48 Peers in the army, viz.:-5 Dukes, 5
Marquises, 18 Earls, 5 Viscounts, and 15 Barons,
while there are only 16 in the navy, viz., 1 Duke, 7
Earls, 1 Viscount, and 7 Barons; and the following
are in holy orders—the Earl of Abergavennv and
Guildford ; Viscounts Downe, Hereford, idount-
morres, and Sidmouth ; and Barons Aston, Bayning,
Berners, Berwick, Decies, De Saumarez, Fitzgerald
and Vesey, Hartland, and Rodney.
The House of Peers at the present moment con-
sists of 436 members.

Twelve Peerages are now held by ladies.

ENLARGEMENT OP SMITHFIELD MARKET. —A
meeting of the principal graziers and butchers frequent-
ing Smithfield, took place yesterday, at the Ram Inn,
for the purpose of procuring an extension of that part
of the market allotted for tke sale of sheep. The chair
was taken by Mr. J. Weal!, who pointed out the incon-
venience of the present arrangement, observing that, as
the Corporation of the City of London derived a very
large revenue from the tolls, it was only reasonable to
expect that they would endeavour to consult the con-
yenience of those resorting to the market. It was ulti-
mately agreed that a memorial should be presented to
the Court of Common Council, praying for the proposed
enlargements.

The following robbery upon Messrs. de Roths-
child is related by the Journal de r Oise :—" The house
of Rothschild, of London, has been in the habit of
sending considerable sums in specie to the house in
Paris. Lately the conducteur of one of these convoys,
on arriving at La Chapelle. missed seven cases of
Spanish piastres, each weighing above 130 kilogrammes,
making a total loss of 140,000 f. The condu cteur thinks
that the robbery was committed at Voisinlieu, while
he was taking some refreshment. The Administration of
the Messageries, having laid an information before the
Procureur du Roi at Beauvais, it has been ascertained
that when the diligence was weighed on the weigh-
bridge at Abbeville, the cases could not then have been
on the coach, and therefore the robbery must have been
committed between Boulogne and Abbeville. Every
search and inquiry is being made."
ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF
RUNJEET SINGH, BY MAJOR H. M. L. LAWRENCE.—
This curious work bids fair to become one of the most
popular of the class—of mingled fact and fiction—to
which it belongs. The Britannia, in reviewing it, ob-
serves :—" These volumes resemble Anastasius 'in
general design. The adventures of a soldier of fortune
are made the medium of conveying to the reader spirited
descriptions and faithful portraiture, while there is
sufficient connection and incident in the narrative to give
it the interest of a fiction. The country of the Punjaub,
the character of Runjeet and his Ministers, and the dis-
position and habits of the natives, are forcibly delineated.
The Adventures' themselves are boldly told, and have
a lively air of reality. In its mingling of fact with
romance, the book is one of the most successful of its
kind."
BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL AND
GLOUCESTER RAILVIATS.—It seems to be generally
admitted that the efficient working of the two gauges,
in so tar as merchandise is concerned, is not to be
looked for, and that the only alternative is to en-
deavour to bring about an amalgamation of the two
Companies, so as to secure the laying down of' the
narrow gauge to Bristol from Gloucester. Several in-
terviews have already taken place between the Directors
of the two Companies, and some advance towards the
basis upon which an amalgamation may be proposed to
the Proprietors has been
made. It is understood that one
of the eQnditions is the laying down of the earrow gauge
to Bristol in such a way as to render it available for the
conveyance of goods. A very influential meeting of men
chants and manufacturers was held on Thursday week, at
Birmingham, at which resulutions, depre'cating the bad-
uess of the 4rrangernents in the conveyance of goods
over both lines, were passed. We belieVe that the fault
has been entirely with the Gloucester Company and its
late Manager t but, as matters are now to be remedied,
we used not go into into details.—Railway Record.