, 1870-08-26

F'fvn. TIE Philadelphia Ledger.
II il vety commonly believed that the Brit
iEh House OF Lords, whuss session has inst
closed, is mainly composed Of descendants OF
TIC ancient Norm IN families Of wsTriors who
+" came in with William, tbs Cooquerot, and
that in tho long list OF their ancestors viii be
found the names OF those who e1rursed Mag
na Charta from hng john who fought Ut
Cfecy- poictiers, and Aginco1ft: whu shed
their blood ike waser iu tho Wars Of the
VIII. and Queen Elizabeth; Whu were c.va-
liets under Charles I, and the EUlets Of Eng
lanl Under Aune and George. i rtestcr nuts-
take was never make; for Of tho Peers who sat
in the Parliament at Merton, six hundred
y.css ago; aud Of those appointed By the
nsmcde, and OF th:se who fought under Iun-
r. the Fifth at AEincourt, there remain
scarcely ans l!ncat m lie descendants. Among
sonic OF thh Sca1ch and tho Irish nobility may
Trill he found lis.eal descendants Of the foun-
.ter- of their families, hut not among tue
Atlol. Angus. Abetcosn. uuuiey, Monstosa
Crawforl. Caithness, Fe1t;,. StsaiLmnse, Lau-
derdale, Forbes, SouheHI, Dundonall, FAlk-
lauI. aud ssaltoun. II Ireland there arc
kildare, or1nena, Gran.rl. Cork, a1oatl,
GsRts'Fde aantb wss's, Kss lnshaaiGa; Gsf153s, rns
;Set,.eville, % Taale, k'nsa1'e, Trim
bovpe. But In ED:;lnna the sruat i,isturic
1ares Of Nci i:lINEbes:4nl, Marlborough New
castle, D.th, buckingham, Exei.r, Suffolk,
dudley, Solixbu =, Leicester, Esse1, ueau~
CLAMP, Lie nespenses, De Aos' ne;nefs+ G:ey
Ge Eethft. lsGahn'9N;, nie! tic "Atoh, uast~
tvrne by T-r-olaSe5 nlIu. at best, afa LGirs
through females, and for tile suust pa:t a.o
Fcunecteti 1eilher by blood nor alliance. With
the st,cient Aoa=es Whose Titles thex have a.-
s"u3fc. INC fonEu;fs OF tao fami:les Or the
Earl6 OF LaseS st.a Z. CsaFen TeFE iii!sm Capcs,
drsper, ana William craven. taisuf. Tue
present Duke of SoFthnmber.and detlsea his
male ccssent from l!nsh smi.ha3n, m 7poth-
sx sx:s5y- Tho Eafl ol NaF~lck tter1Tes his from
William sircEis!e, Woolsfal,!s:. I!ia famous
LAti OF u har~sck4 INC kine1aalar, "at'so retalu-
ess nnneeted 3o,Wo, sn1 whose "eoSni-
za''ca VI ths bear a1t. 1sasKeu Stan Has
the terror OF iorstsss aui Lanca3tI1ans alter
iafe ion6 slsscs become e1tlhct. collasera!
Itauch "nlS ts!nS ioah4 II tic F.aris OF
AttrEaFenny-' Hut the hlostllotla nau1ea or
S"sH1eE, an"afu 4sno'' a11 'aFte1ay ats
1;la eAssst ~ ~ sasss9.hs " oSen A5Nnae:
~ Ia'"tes VI ->".'o'8 Su.g"egntt, auo UaFoa'
n;se "efe cleHs'a ~ tio flansagenets I'VE
hhiMfsa sea1s aso; a!d tnete ware tcw othrEs.
~ tatore ot Ciifi"rd' ~. Manr, MoEbraE. De
we're, and Caandns whose 1It'e5 lava nsree!
m hiAef or NeHef At4esi Ea"afd tue lhlrd
ilru,tsta tns Vsdcr =. the tfa!fe1, nat o. tho
k1ns1Ns efe11eu Y MN mere - on!s QUO Who
~" "a !!'.sal 'l"iec''''snt, Stx ing present
LOO ntstes,ss =, tsu "ioss 'asn's way Hot emo
&St' n4ta ls5s:
II II asa si1iasiicr hu'7 Anctuatlng ooAT tho
teetssc II. ~ s'o ueatu oi Eaz4oetn. Inc
l'uAvsE u EnsHsn i'eefAS=s -ot every fank
va aeG1t s!1'y; shu az tuese 1oftE asc cx-
.sllea. Ih.aoeta e.sased 9'1is seyen tsera
aai9ne ~ n she .aEonsca iac iam;l'es 0,
sacEsaile. C5m 5toii, aha Cee'i' 1an 4 - !: aud
Italts ,3 =. ealotea 'nc epe,'es1ss tiet991nea,
f"eTlt"''ef Ias"!,oisnSa, a1unaeis, Sionta-
sues, Capese. t!nc4aea. fstres, aad stanhopo..
At the Hest'sat1on' IN io'o' tesfe were !35
feerr: thss4es IL, ant James ~. ennoo:ea
me tnniilfe- vi Corn"alb17, Ashley, Lang
Gale. tn"!c'iis aud liar:3ars anonc osheru
AZ sne ae'eo.;S". III 1"@s' these were 9Ae
! leefaoes. William lit. raisGd t:Eea'y-3nc
! ref-t'a to the l'eer"ssse. live u them were
t"tetsnst. W.: AE.rrlaeFti'e, !.a';s!aek, hSi'.
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