New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-29

>. orresent il in tho Lords, and Ireland sends four
Bishops (who sit in rotatlon ana NE srs
representative peers, elee'eu io poraI fomjlv
hpee orchbishops 20 dukes. % marqueses ~ earns
29 barons and - bishops, or 402 IN all IN .no is u.s.,
of Lords few peers we're renresses in their own
right the title. in most cases, Gescennns, 20 Iate
eldest son The peers have mueh - Gares II vii
i"n, ri 100 Anne 209 George l.. 2l6 Seorge ~, w.
220. George H. $50 George ~, go " ~ l,''r
4j6 and in 1868, YctOna fegaahlG aHoS 80 no Tioht
number of Irish and Scotch peers VINO nav lm5nd
to sit in the House of Lords, are Iot inciuu no
in the above total; An iTsn peer or
may represent any Engllsni coamnns INIT
. scotrh peer is not permitted this privilege. ine
bishops are not allowed 10 y0te on any eaS ~
capital punishment In lCf2 me Restoraton in 1850
fLe upper Chamber was restored. ~ $3.50 lD,
the two Houses united in placing William on Oaanfo
md Mary Stewart, his wife, upon the tRlOe' h;ii
pptoLor 1871 thc Lords rejected the Reform Dill
Int passed il in June, 1872 In February, leyo 'nS
Lords successfully opposed the queen paTte
rrnd iudge TO the House OF Lords, the ttle 10 uoP
on his death was said to be illegal wherenpon lev o,
patent creating him baron III Tue nsll "J lre
ssued Immediately after Peers Oh IiuI'silc. i e.
members of Commons, are free from an arrests Iol
debit rs being the SOvereigns counsenOiS, put cAo
cntion may be taken, for debt upon hl5 ialus a =;
ooo1s peer may act as Justice OF Inc peace III
any mart ot the United Kingdom, may wore az ou'
mnst not interfere in, any parliamentary ele9tlon
nDn
fnw months ago when the Lords voluntarily aDan-
doned the privilege, a peer could vote Dy plo4y
in number of eases a noOieniah Eau liz Gs
tried on q criminal charge Olly ny nis
nerrs-aq. I'm 1871, the late Earl OF Cardigan was
tried by the House of Lords for shooting CApt ia,
yey Tuckctt in duel and acquitted rs luch Ss,I
identity was not proven. In January l'o), tne mitn
Lord Byron tried by the House Of Lords for killing
Mir William Chaworth in duel fonght ~ room
in the Star and Garter Tavern, ran MAIL l1Puuoh'
without any witness, was convicted OF inahsiausnl
ter but claiming the benefit of on old sialhe pasScu
i'm the reiQn of Edward iYth. whereby peers are III
all cases where benefit of clergy Is ao"o'i, byt
dismissed on conviction OF INST oicp9e nI,aU ,
burning IN the hand loss OF y on nav
llent OF his fees. This n0bleman' VINO tis 49,
li.hcd The aristOcTatic rigbt To commit IL
was great-uncc Of Lord BylOn, NE great PV.Lt IN
died in i708 when the poet was HUE more 'n'li ~
'''''1 Lord Of hlmself-t that heritage OF woe"
T, is oxuccted that. when tie Reformed Parliament
i, r9sy I'm harness and settles down seriously 10
yyork some change in the House of Lords must IN
eyitably be made. Dir. Hor5mai, meNOtI oI I,;o
Commons lately suggested, when adoIesslhg III"
constituents at stroud, that Two slulFe c'"nEtes
might be adyuntageously made. fIist, that ont o.
tne 400 10 500 present members OF the House OF l0I"s
al whom only from Sd 10 % attend win awning
like regularity 100 should be chosen by sell ,egctlo
from the whole body to form an improved PpeI
Chamber. Next that the ArChblshops aud BISHOPS
be- relieved from the duty OF attending the iiohSe
OF Lords Thus that reformed bianch OF We I'giis-
lature would become the repleSeIntalYg 9, I'M. tIie
whole peerage-iust rs Scotland and ireland are now
represented IN the Lords by similar stl-ceclioh AS
for the Bishops, who, as peers oi FaTi ehl nave 10
live six months OF every year ii LONDON, Iuo Pr
posed change would restore them, during thebe
months to personal performance, ~ residence on
their respective sees, OF their proper dOce an outes
There is no earthly, and apparently no heavenly
reason why Bishops should 6e secular iepsIiIol
Their proper place, all the year round. Is IA thelr
diorcscs They but waste time anu money, VITA
neglect III duty by residing half the year III London