, 1876-02-05

Ill f.aFlH.
H tlaeounts. 90
3ti nlfnnE,
IL ltetr. sentative Peers nf s"otiNnd,
~ Representative t'cerA OF Ireland
or 4o3 III all. There arc also Hevon ladies who arc
Peot eAsos In Their own right. Tho Eouss Of
Commons conalAts Vi G5s uaamhor8 viz. 493
returned BY English aud Welsh, % by scoloi,
and l0j by Irish constituencies. The memours
OF tho IIousn uf Cotnlnonn. though tlloy Tarcd
IN tll8 past, hhyo remained atationhry ~ tho
msattcal n.irbor Of G53 aimee the ndon nith 1Ee-
land at tho cioso OF lilo lass contnty and ths
statlonari,cns has survived notwithstanding tho
n,1lneeo,1s, and alsnast fundamental A.
terstioua which havo been mndo IN tho d!stri-
bn.ton Of Tho electoral franchise by tlso Several
1scforn aata which t,avo been passed during tho
century. Their. ia no reason why 858 should be
selected rather than any other fancy Number.
Thirty or forty more OF thirty or forty tewor
members OF Parliament woald not mako any per
nepsbto tlitretenco either In the quality or 1usn-
taty OF tho legislative or lcliboratiyo Acls rer-
fotnnei by this holy. Das tin who!c distribution
OF political rowor In sth country tn fnls Of curi-
osittca atd anonla'ies, KroSn out Of tradition OF
compromise, and fustered by the conservative
tnatincts Of stovly-no,ins population. Prob
ably GUS ii Al good m any other fancy number.
aud dies iss wors with sort Of cunssS method
Tint suits the gonius Of tho peopla. The num-
bcfs bf the House Of Lords arc not RESTRICTED
reernsos become lormant from time to ting, or
,iis out. bnt the Ghph nado by tleso natural pro-
cesscs arc moro than filled mp by now creations
aud l,ru,not,ons from lower ia higher raut.
During the sotgn OF Qneeh Victoria, no fosser
than lsa crenslonB Or pramot1ons ln tue nouhc
& stsF S' nsgs 'teo 70 es d' vopda Ei'h ps tue
tho 10 ,n:ala Of l.u'tor ii favor Of Lis
supporters At tia beginning. In tho mil
Gle, or At tho end of bis t'nl.o of ofliee. When
LORD Msloornewas Prime Minister. At Tho com.
| lnence1untlt Of tho Qumlta 'olyn, couple ot
dozou. Fcoragss we're authorized. Slr Robert
paot. bctwsrh Isl! aud 1876, nAb satisfied With
four. Lord l.uaaoll. b1tween l5t7 nnd 1851. And
a9a'n in 1866, croated twenty; Lo,d palsaar.toa,
frcliti; the weakhrss Of nfa party tn tho U:p.r
House, aissed tho craati IN u M egh tnAu fo1ty
peers III six years sud Mr. DItraell. not to he
si sosns IN 's' is;5 - .ud ly75. essats ssvsnteen,
| md WITHIN tho last for days he laa promoted
tllroe OF ILLS Aupp9ftars and eIovAtei four tnore--
Iiy,ug him ronud total Ut onr.and-tw6nty ID
tt,r0o yeays, or ayoEa.e Ct eight year. DItt
nnons his four nd-twenty tharo ara no Iess than
thre6 Du!:ca, and no Prime Munster except A1r.
| DsrAoii bas over nhnagod l1.a than tso, Few.
! inleed. havo yentured 70 asuiro apoYo n plurality
! OF FlacountR.
New cseasons aro iptoltigib'e enough to any
| D.ttitn-bJrn subject. tu canntty lu which
position in aoc!et: IA 70 highly TaIned ~ 1t Ii Ia
t1ls couutry. autra11:o into and tec?ntance bY
| tne oil horea!.av mobility ot 0'eas B. f:asn hro
obvious objbet, OF anbitl3n. What men deatrs,
utd nti 1no,e what wotnen dssto wns,i they
ilaya acquired tho necassstlnB and c1tnforta Of
Ito. u consideration from ana power oYoe otd
er+. 4 utle, oven lho hntnboat klud oI tItls Say
NniRhthood. Ia = stopping stooe towards tho ro-
n,lzasl,a Of thsir denirrB. But KnlEhthoo,l is
. ptor thing aftor al. It confs,s tho t1tle OF
not l,olsi yous ch!lren. As ao,n. therefore. As
! mnn IL made Kuf.ht, ho aapises, II he has =
f.miiy, to become Ba.onef; aud then the tile
descendA to h.s Oldest son, an 30 on through
thauSb hereditary .ltlo. docs not brlug hlln
within tho hereditary Pe"rago. Bnronotcy does
not give a man seat in Parliament. and It
dooA yery little Tor ha young children. II asvea
tsblo h'nong . iot 81 eommoners, ind tnis
slladovy precodsnca tho soon and daughters o!
Bsronsta are not aiow TO exact. Bit 1. docs mol
give them c,thor po"pr Or consideration. A
august being. fIe Ia an hereditary Peer OF tho
. Roalm wlloso blood IL aunobied, and Whose
dlantios eaa be lost, only by attainder OF taken
|, away by acs Of Parlisment. He cannot sls in
IlouRa Of Lords, which doHoeads to hts Oldest
Hon, Ho has prscodence over sll commoners,
AMI Darouoss, and Kniehta: and priyy:: y::OounoiloIa
. who are not ennob!od. llo is, In virtue OF bis
, hereditary mcmbos OF tho highest Judicial body
In thu country. tIta vito starcs hts titles ant
tonora With him.. md thotr sons at,t
daughtors arc distinguished from u,
, behind By courtoay-sitloa of. "Houorable
added to their namos. lhoir dcacontsnte, hor
ovo do not remain in tlia ranks Of tho nobility,
teoy do anrSa Iaoy fs Dsct Int :h
"Alr." and "Misa'' Of domestic life.
To bo thus raised above your follotya init
what most people ron.dsr q higher sphere O.
s 4 hst ss;
> lgib!o ia tho aosl1e for promotion 10 tAt
: higher sphoro. Promotion In the army, OF tn,
navy, OF the civil sorv1oo means higher pay
and morn interesting and important and respun
: meaus ANYTHING 1t all. fmeana th
j reyorso Of ths. Why. for instance. should th
!. present Lord rroslaont OF tho Council IT,
Y D,,tedom 10 hia name = fio Is Duke Of Rtch
I moud In tho pccrase Of England. Duke Of Len
: nox in tho Vosrngo Of srot!and, aud Du
i 4'Aubiguy III tho poetsgo o. France, Ilo
! more Iut hia tasta for titles is Unsuitable. III
I, Inst wcek ho waa gazeltcl Duke OF Qoydol. II
> may wear hss Weight Of Dukedoma !iko goNei
10 net would Look sppro1aoIy ridiculous. Maligp.n
70 1umor says he las persuaded The Prime S1iniste
:; u advise tha Grown to mako him Duke {
!. l!un.ly, who, ~ tho luaal descendant d Ii
!. old bukcs Of Gordon. naturally aspire
.o ses thu dignity revived for hin
y tho present l'osv Government, Lord IIuntly
!. Linefala!n,ost Raeal-,u politics, and Actlvel
~ ~ hoatlle to tho present Adtnn1Btl Atfon. This
~ ~ tho only explanation hitherto vouchbafod Of th
Duke Of ltchnionda proceedings, The hlotiv
IL contempt,ble, II il be tho true ono. But Lor
lluusIy MAY console himself. II no cares 10 d
80. by comparing his pedigree with that OF III
cuckoo Duke who haa eutesed into hu mes
For. xhi!o his aucoasry 10 lost in the clonds
antiquity which obscure the times anterior
Malcolm Oanmore. tho cuckoo Duke desceut
from ono OF Charles the 1econda baEtardA. VT
uas burn two trumpety centuries sso. Wh
again. should the Earl Of AheEgnysnny--ths d
ncendans OF the Scvilles ane Of England
olacBt f1nies-ask = jaw Primo Minister
snnble him 10 sink tho Earl1om which b,
heen for generations in his family, and tt