The Glasgow Chronicle. — 1847-06-23 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

COMMITTEE FOB. PRIVILEOCS. THE PERTH PEERAOI. House of Lords. Juni 17. The consideration of this peerage, which has been several times before the committee, was resumed. The Lord Advocate was beard to sum up the ease as the legal adviser of the house. He admitted tbat the proof of the pedigree was cemplete. But he submitted that there was some dqubt as to the right of this claimant, on account of the attainders for rebellion which had taken place in this family by reason of two of the peers having been engaged in the Pretender's rebellion. It was said on the other side that these at tainders could not affect the claim of the peerage now made, first because the peerage was created in favour of James Drummond and his heirs male generally, and not specially the heirs male of his body, so that it would go to and through collaterals whose interests would not be affected by an attainder against a person through whom they did not claim. In the first place it was not clear that the peerage was thus created in favour of heirs male generally, for the patent of creation could not be found; but in the next place, assuming it to have been so created,still he contended that the attainder had worked a forfeiture to the crown as agairst one of the holders of the title thrc ugh whom this claimant proved the pedigree. Then it was said that the claim was not affected by the attainder, becanse the claimant did not claim the title through this attainted person, though be proved his pedigree through him. lilet this watroer* • • • "e law,,erhich de an alsiolute for' kind If such was, as he then the honour being . claim it even though The eldest son of the .715; his lather was then the honour, but his father tld then have succeeded to Ander against him. This per__. _ next heir of the family was John .41, who in 1748 was himself attainted. It was neither be nor the son of the fourth earl was s possession of the honour at the time e the Nut that did not affect the question, for the directed - and .cb, at in en.  honour son died in Drummond, true that nett in absolute po attainder, but attainder was  the I  honours,  joyment  —Leeds  Esq , retires from the the ensuing el ction, A requisition, end to John Chapman, Esq. him to come forward, and - of electors was held on ited Robert Stephenson, , to become a candidate. int to give an opinion, that accepts the invitation his return is  the engineer of tbe Great it k said, become a candidate . Globe. rcrisition to Lord Palmerston 'of county voters. There 'lordship wil be returned  . -astand ,irilson has his '  I the Manchest r inted to the deto go into Parlia.  '" 4444 *ll4 iiii4ll4 iffi‘  has come forterms that time his antagonism ',olio clergy in a reappeared in similar Shaw Lepub. no Unita A,94141191i  The unfortunate widow of the murderer Tawell has been exposed to a proceeding whinh, though perfectly legal, appears to us to be tainted with most unnecessary harshness. By the law of eoeheat, the property of her late husband becomes forfeited to the Crown, in conformity with the ancient doctrine of corruption of blood—a doctrine which has long been condemned for its injustice and cruelty towards an offender's family. It is not merely recent legislation that has discountenanced the practice of taking away the property of a felon from the heirs to whom it would otherwise have descended; but, ever since the reign of Henry