, 1879-02-27
SCOTCH AND 1,,1s11 rEr,,s.

sCOTCI AND IRISH PEERS.
The Marquis OF Twecddalc, who LATELY s,ic-
cccdcd his brother in that dignity, retains his
seat iu the llousc Of Commons, tnaslnucl, rs his
title Is In tho Peorage Of Scotland, md ia En-
gland he IA only commoncr. Irish Peers. Lord
Palmerston, for example, vory frequently sit In
tile Commons; but Scotch Peers very rarely rep
resent English or Irish constituencies, while for
Scotch they nrc, OF course, Ineligible. Tho
number of Scotch Peers WHO are mt Peers Of
the United Kingdom Is small, mud they are prct-
ty we'll provided witt, seats Ms representative
Peers. sixtcen Of their number being
elected to Eervo In ovcry rarlamcnh 50
far, therefore, as the Scotch Peer
satistacton but with the Irish Il is quito other
wise. The Irish representative Peers beramu
long since, III Tho extreme Grange Protestant
days, entirely Of that complexion in politics,
mil consequently shut the door on any Peer of
liberal procIivltes who cssays to cnscr ihc ranks
Of the twenty-eight Irish representative Peers
whose tncsnbers, be it observed, are elected by
their brother Peers to sit IN the House Of Lortla
the caso ot the Scotet, Peers. An Irish Peer Of
!tboral politics hnH thus no chnnre Of sitting In
fnrliaMeut, tintcss he can persuade MI English
Or scoseta constituency to lake compassion On
lliul, and few can 10 this. Bit hitherto no relief
l.1s bcc, aiforded thtm, and committee OF tbs
House Of Lords, which Rat three years agu TO
consider what could bn dono with the l1isll
fegraEo, arslvcd ut no definite solution Of the
tcru wore To- hs oSnrs h bunIrcn ~ fr;s II pon paea
exclusive ot tloso hnl.iinr nisn M cm,,ash ps
hgc bit OF |atc this number has not llgeN kept
TIP vt nobohy goTpluns Of this, the fuc. bclls.,
tn accent IL dignity whlci carries with l, no scat
Il, tho Legislature. The probabilities seem fhut
tho Irish Pceraqc which lias derrcnsed, by Peer
ares Geeoming extinct, with extraordinary rap!,l.
mara tni;. VII! c cra,,1tv oIsnr,,c, i',t n,..
tltc ilouse ii Lords, a, tiat no ,,.,r ,rra~cs ,nc
casr Of nubicnen hnm- tncptor % Emrja9 nI,n' ~ Ie
trs " Th. H.. n.a ~ a,,s, Ensasn I o1es! 1,.
uukcii,u1 cnTrnflrH ~ cr, Tnais,, nrn a.s m tssA
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ApoyA1, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS r,,,,>,,,
nv ~ ~. az sisIILEalt tsN'r.
,,l.' ~ cope''"Asch correspondent of the 1da
.haa oa:s|s sends tint Journal the following
Thyra, now Duchess OF CumbcrIuua:
nuchcsa ~ nr,,o1 ~ -o,," =, o.'seo :" on upon to
or'sS or a,,s IN anata1 os, revsnse oI M reies
use, which Is to bu ,ulu IN ntyaucc by month";
,ustal1ncntu IA 1un, M thu mn,rfaco ,nsts i r.
tl,r I)nku ,,,c, I,oIt,ro 1,nr H.. .n, u,1s,,..
-. ,sn ooo "sa ~. to,a' nenuess sum
OK liu,VO0 rolcltat1ark (about 4I,p00) Is TO bo
paid to tho Duchess as iirst charge on tic prop
cr.y belonging to the Duke ot ibc tina ~ 1ia
,t,n,h ,,,,,,.I1r ,.t1 H., ....s,.s ~ ts ~ ''s
"na', '''u H'on',S 1nsthillhents.
1eslaes , ta!s amount II casl, u!o Duchess has
lic riSht 70 select sucll articles III CHM. cnppcr,
carpets, bfonze' beds, aud osher furniture
as,,,1h', IN IT. sale!cis e. furnish M cs-
taolishne''t CORRESPONDING to her rank,
III well aa ons comu!c'o dlnncs-serviro
oi si!PeF 70 dl'lG illty PERSONS, anu a suitable
tltnper ol Safri1sea, 1lnrness, n'lsl six horses
rom tno Dacli Stables. Tie Duchess retains
as personal property ,hcr own hiivcr dinner.
service, heF jewels, ureases. ornaments, nnri