The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-02 00:00:00

THE STR.VTIBIORE PEERAGE.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—The Petition of the Right
Honourable THOMAS BOWES to his • MAJESTY,
Claiming the titles of Earl of Strathmore and
Kinghorn, together with his MAJESTY'S reference
thereof to this House, was read as follows :

" To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, -
" The humble Petition of the Right Honourable Thomas Bowes,
the third son and heir male of the body and heir general
of John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn (who died
in the year one thousand sewn hundred and seventy six), and
who is as such entitled to the Earldom -of Strathmore and
Kinghorn, and the other tides to which his said father_ was

entitled at his death :
" SHEwE Tll,—That his late Majesty King James, of Eng-
land, France, and Ireland the first, and of Scotland the sixth,
by. his charter under his great seal, bearing date the 10th day
of July, which was in the year of our Lord 1606, gave unto
Patrick Lyon Lord Glammis, and the heirs male of his bodylaw-
fully beg e
begotten and to he begotten, the title and dignity of Earl
of Kinghorn, to hold the sat to the said Patrick Lyon Lord
Glammis, and the heirs male df his body lawfully begotten or
to be begotten.
" That the said title and ilignity of Earl of Kinghorn lineally
eccendeAl to Patrick, third Earl of Kinghorn, the grandson of
the said Patrick Lord Lyon the first Earl, and his late 'Majesty
King Charles the Second, by letters patent bearing date the
thirtieth day of Nay, which was in the year of our Lord one
thousand six hundred and seventy-twO, gave and granted to the
said Patrick, third Earl of Kinghorn, and the heirs male of his
body to be begotten, the title and dignity of Earl of Kinghorn,
Lord Lyon and Glammis, to hold the said title and dignity to
him and the heirs male of his hodylawfully to he begotten,
whom failing, to the several heirs therein mentioned.
" That his,late Majesty King Charles the Second, by his let-
ters patent bearing date the first day of July, Vhich was in the
year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and seventy-seven,-
did declare and ordain,that the said Patrick Earl of Kinghorn,
Lord Lyon and Glannnis' and his heirs male and other heirs
therein mentioned, should be called and designed' in all future
ages Earls a Strathinore and-Kinghorn.
" That the said Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorn de-
scended and came, by virtue of the limitations in the aforesaid
charters, to John Bowes Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn,
theiather of your petitioner ; and the said John Bowes Earl of
Strathmore and kinghorn departed this life in the year one
4:llousand seven hundred and seventy-six, leaving John Bowes
his eldest son and heir male of his-body, and George-Bowes his
second son, and your petitioner his third son, and no other issue
male of his body • and thereupon the said John Bowes the son
became Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, and assumed and
used the title, style, and dignity of Earl of Strathmore and
Kinghorn.
" That by letters patent under the grat seal of Great Britain,
bearing date the seventh day, of August one thousand eight hun-
dred and fifteen, the said John Bowes Earl of Strathmore and
Kinghorn was created a peer of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, by the name, style, and title of Baron
Bowes of Streatham Castle in the county' of Durham, and of
Lunedale in the county of York, to hold to him and the heirs
male of his body.

" That the said George Bowes died in the lifetime of his said
eldest brother without issue ; and the said John Bowes, Earl of
Strathmore and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes, died on the third day
of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, without issue
male of his body lawfully begotten, whereupon your petitioner'
became entitled, as he humbly submits to your Majesty, to the
said title and dignity of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn. But
your petitioner sheweth to your Majesty,
That certain persons acting on the behalf of John Bowes
Millner (who is an infant of the age of eleven years, or there-
abouts, and was in the year one thousand eight hundred and ten,
born of.the body of Mary Millner, single woman, and reputed to
be the natural son of the said John Bowes Earl of Strathmore
and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes,) have assumed for and given ,to
him the said John Bowes Milner, the title and dignity of Earl
of Strathmore ; apd they alledge that such title hatkdescended
to the said John Bowes Millner, because they say that the said
John Bowes Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes,
contractea a marriage with the said Mary Millner on the second
day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and she
hats in consequence thereof taken, and now uses, the title of
Countess Dowager of Strathmore, and that by. virtue of such
Millner the said John 'Bowes illner was legitimatized, and
is, as heir of the body of the said John Bowes Earl of Strath-.
more and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes, entitled to the said title and
dignity of Earl Strathmore and Kinghorn.
That the said John Bowes Earl of Strathmore and King-
horn, Baron Bowes, had been for a long time prior to the said
second July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, greatly
afflicted by, and was then labouring under the disorder of which
he died, and he was at that time at the point of death, and he
in fact died on the folloviing day, and from his bodily infirmi-
ties he was incapable on the said second day of July, of legal
matrirneay, and he was induced, from misrepresentations, to be
present at the ceremonial of marriage between him and the said
.Mary Millner, and he was incapable of standing without the
support of those who were present, and when in a kneeling pos-
ture, he supported himself by resting on the rail of the altar.,
" That if such marriage could be sustained, yet your peti-
tioner submits, that the said John Bowes Milner cannot, by
virtue thereof, claim any right to the title and dignity of Earl
of Strathmore and Kinghorn, and that your, petitioner is now
entitled thereto.

" Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays, that your' Majesty
will be pbased to declare, that your Petitioner is entitled to
the said title and dignity of Earl of Strathmore and King-
horn,',and the other titles and honours to which his late father
was entitled at his death.
" And your petitioner shall ever pray.
" BOWES STRATOIIORE.7

The Petition of John Bowes an infant, •by James Farrer of
the City of Bath, Esquire, his next friend, to his Majesty,
claiming the title and dignity of Earl of Strathmore and King.
horn, Viscount Lyon, Lord Glammis, Tannadice, Sidlaw, and
Strathdightie, was also read as follows :
" To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. •
" The humble Petition of John Bowes, only son and 'Jen. male
of the body of John Bowes, late Earl of Strathmore and
Kinghorn, of that part of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland called Scotland, an infant, by James
Farrer of the City of Bath, Esquire, his next friend :
" SuEwnTir,—That his Majesty:James VI. King of Scot-
land, by his Royal charter, under the great seal of that King-
dom, bearing date the 10th day of July, in the year of onr Lord
1606, granted to Patrick, then a Lord of Parliament in Scot-
land, by the title of Lord Glammis, and to the heirs male of
,his body lawfully begotten, or to be begotten, the honour, title,'
and dignity of Earl of Kinghorn, Lord Lyon and Glammis.
" That tho said honour, title, and dignity of Earl of -King-
horn, Lord Lyon and Glannnis, having henally descended to
Patrick, the third Earl of Kinghorn, the grandson of the said
Patrick the first Earl,his Majesty King Charles the second, by
his Royal charter under the great seal of Scotland, bearing date
the thirtieth day of May. in the year of our Lord 1672, gave and
granted to the said Patrick third Earl of Kinghorn, Lord Lyon
and Glammis, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten,
or to be begotten ; which failing, to any person or persons to be
named by him heirs of Tailzie of his title, dignity, and estates ;
which failing, to his heirs and assignees whomsoever, the said
honour, title, and dignity of Earl of Kinghorn, Lord Lyon and
Glammis, together with certain lands, baronies, and estates in
the said charter mentioned. •

" That his said Majesty King Charles the Second, by his let-
ters patentor diploma upder the gfeat seal of Scotland, bearing
date the Ist day of July in the_ year of our Lord 1677, willed
and granted, and decreed and ordained, that the said Patrick
Earl of Kinghorn and his heirs male and of Tailzie succeeding
to him in his lands and estates, should be designed in all time,
thereafter Earls of Strathmore, Viscounts Lyon, Lords Glarri-
mis, Tannadice, Sidlaw, and Strathdightie, and his Majesty
made, constituted, created, and inaugurated them for ever-Earls
of Strathmore and Kin shorn, Viscounts Lyon, Lords Glam-
mis, Tannadice, Sidlaw and Strathdightie, with all rights of
precedency, pre-eminences, prerogatives, liberties, and immu-
nities whatsoever thereunto belonging.
" That by virtue of the limitations in the aforesaid instru-
ments contained, the aforesaid titles, honours, and dignities
lineally descended to John Bowes, the last Earl of Strathmore.
and Kinghorn, the father of your petitioner.
" That the petitioner, the son of the said last-mentioned
John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and, Kinghdrn and of Mary
Millner (now Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorn)„ was born
on the 19th of June in the year of our Lord 1811 ; acid the
marriage between his said parents having been solemnized upon
the 2d day. uf July last, the petitioner thereupon, according to
the law of Scotland, became legitimated and entitled to all
the rimhts of a lawful son.
" That the said John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and King_
horn, the petitioner's father, having died. upon the 3d day of
July last, the petitioner thereupon has succeeded him in his
titles, honours, and dignities of Earl of Strathmore and King-
horn, Viscount Lyon, Lord Glammis, Tannadice; Sidlaw, and
Strathdightie, in that part of the United Kingdom called Scot-
land.

" And humbly prays that your Majesty will be graciously
pleased to declare, that your petitioner is accordingly entitled
to the said titles, honours, and dignities, which were enjoyed
by his said late father at the time of his death.
" And your petitioner shall ever pray, &c.
" JAS. FARBER."

From the LONDON GAZETTE, May 1.

Crown- (vice, Maq 1 .
Member returned to serve in this present Parliament.
Pnough of Orford—The Most Honourable • gobert, Mar-
quess of Londonderry, in the room of John Douglas, Esq. who
haS accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

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WM/Mull, April 30, 1821.
The King has pleased to grant unto the .Rev. Jaines'Stanier
Clarke, Doctor of Laws, and one of his Majesty's Domestic
Chaplains, .the place and dignity of a. Prebendary -of His Ala-
jesty's Free Chapel of St. George, in the Castle of Windsor,
void by the death of Dr. FredericljDodsworth.

BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED:
A. Benzies, Saint illartin's-lane, baker, from May 5 to
June 9.
T. Croft, Chatham, haiT,lresser, from May to May 3.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED:
L. Love, Norwich, manufacturer.

BANKRUPTS. •
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J. Welsh, High Holborn, master manner, May 8,-19, and
Juni 12, at eleven, at Guildhall. Solicitors, Messrs. J. TOM-
linson and Co. King's Arms Yard, Coleman-street.
D. Turner, Whitechapel-road, timber-merchant, May 5,12,
and June 12, at ten, at Guildhall.. Solicitors, Messrs. Jones
and Co. Mincing-lane.
W. H. Bayly, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, banker, May
11, 14, at the Fleece Inn' Cheltenham, and June 12, at 'eleven,
at the King's Head' Inn, Gloucester. Solicitors,. Messrs. Vilard.
and Co. Lincoln's Inn-fields ; and .111essrs. Fruen and -Co.
Cheltenham.
M. Waller, Furnace,., Stone, Staffordshire, victualler, May
21, 22, at eleven. at the Office of Mr. Astbury,. Solicitor, in
Stone, and June 12, at five, at the Crown Inn; Stone.•• Solici-
tors, Mr. R. Barbor, Fetter-lane; and Mr. E.'Asthury, Stone,
Staftbrdshire.
R. Franke, sen. Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, .
miller, May 8,9, and June 12, at eleven, at the Saracen's'. riead
Inn, Newark-upon-Trent. . Messrs:- Tallerts and
Co. Newark-upon-Trent ; and Messrs. Long and Co. -Holborn,.
court, Gray's Inn. •
G. Allison, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, rope-maker. May
10, 24, anti June 12, at eleven, at the-Bridge Inn, Bishop
Wearmouth. Solicitors,.Mr. Blakiston, and
Mr. E. Ilinde, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham.
J. Shepheard, jun. Pirton, and R. Houghton, Badsey; 'Wor-
cestershire, dealers, May 15, at- five, 16, and June 12, at
twelve, at the Rein Deer Inn, 'Worcester. Solicitors, 3ir: ‘l.;
Platt, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inn ; and Mr. Elkingtoni
Birnungham.
J. Westaway, Exeter, watch-maker, May 21, 22, and June
12, at eleven, at the Half Moon Inn, Exeter. Solicitors, .Mr.
Furlong, Exeter; and Mr. W. Wright, 10, King's. Bench •
Walks, Inner Temple: -
W. Demaine; Burley, Yorkshire, worsted -spinner, May l':,
at five, 11, and June, 12, at ten, at the New inn, 'Braitlotit,
Yorkshire. Solicitors, llessrs. Fisher and Co. Thavks' Inn ;
and Mr. Crosley, Bradford.
T. Greenwood, jun. Preston, Lancashire, upholsterer, Ma)''
28; at five, 29, at eleven and June 12, at twelve, at the White'
Hart Inn, Preston. Solicitors; Messrs. Hurd and- Co., King's
Bench Walk, Temple; and Messrs. Troughton Ana Co.,
Preston. - •

J. Jerry,. Kirton, Suffolk; maltster, May 16, at seven, 17,
and- June 12, at eleven, at the CoaCh and Horses, ipstvicii,
SuffolL Solicitors, Mr. Jackaman, IpS*ielt ; and AleSsts.
Bromley, 3, Grey's Inn-square.

DIVIDENDS.
lllay 22; J. Macnair, jun. and J. Atkinson, •Cornhill,
chants--11lay 22, J. Lay, South illoultou-street; hatter—Nlay .
2G, W. Vaughan, Pall-mall, 'tailor--.-May 26; Rothe.-
hithe, merchant—June 2 Haffner, Uannonstrett, carpen-
ter
kay 23, E. Cattell,'Alilverton, Warwickshire
.mealmiin,
--May 22, J. Davies, Shrewsbury, flax-spinner--june t, R..
and U. Panter, -11eyrod, Lancas,iire; dealers-May 2y, J. -
Thomas,- Llahbrynmair, Montgoludryshire, flannel-uumulac-1,
turer-111ay 90, 'l'. Powell, Leomiilstr, butcher—j•une.Zi;
Rjder and J. Nesmytb, Fenchurch-street; . lay
20, N. Bell, Borehaua-park, Ilertfordalire,
29, W.• Bewley, illanchester, tailor-L-)lay 1-1-7. .and,,
Copp, Exeter, linenLdrapers--.-May 2.2, W. Burn,
draper,-,lllaf 29, sj. DOhell, Sulplehurst,•
May. 22, • J. Cheapside, warehOuscmah,-.
Afq 22, W. Hodge, Great Ifermitage-streq,
May 24, 'Caisidy, Liverpool, fCatiler-nierchani--,s,lity, 21•!,
J. Bishopsgate-street linen-draper -_;flay
22, M. B. Schlesinger, Church-court, Lombard-Street; indigomerchant--11Iay - 26, C. Buck, Sun-Yard, East Smithfits ••
victualler—Alay 12, J.. Bourke, Albiauarld-street, vnne" .
merchant.

CERTIFICATES, MAY 22.
T. Jarrett, Shrewsbury, vietualler—J. Richards and Tr-i- •
Badham, Bromyard, I-lerefordsbire,'.corn-deakis__J..Canirh. '
Bishop Wearmouth, ship-owner--S. Levy, RosemurPiarle-'
slop-seller.
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PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J., B. P., and,W. T. Tennant, W. Scaley, wild E. lir°, ,61"
bridge, Tnnity-square, wine.-rocrchant&—N. anu
Mattison, Old Jewry, silk-roctrchants—,lt. ”SV-atson
doch, and J. Watson, Greenock—T. ilgtove and !".f. Culbert-
sOn, BristOl, timber-dealers--J. Large, W. W. Jenkins, and
T. Paine, 'Birmingham, wire-drawers—R. Everit,tir:
and J. Lowden, Compton-strect,. back-olake'...
T. Shipway and J. Dunn, jun., 'l'rowbiid!te, hatte,l-.l*.ri*
Moore and 11. Parkin, Barking,-EsseN., surgeons-LT. St3.ouV,
and J. 1V ' allace, Lancaster ;'stone-masons--J. CoOta, lirfsbc-Aw*.
St. Peter's, Ely; and AV: aote, ives, flunthigaonshir4
'chants—S. 'Birch; M. and J. De and: . Jong' Birch,-3,10-4:
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chester, twist-merchants. '