142 A N N U A L R E G I S T E R, 1812. 



to represent the peerage of Scot- 

 land, took place atHolyroodhouse. 

 The clerk read over the roll of 

 peers commonly called the Union 

 Roll ; and, after reading the names 

 of the dukes, the name of Charles 

 Marquis of Queensberry was in- 

 serted as senior marquis of Scot- 

 land, pursuant to an order of the 

 House of Lords last session, his 

 lordship having proved his right to 

 that title. 



When the clerk called the Earl 

 of Abercorn, the Earl of Aberdeen 

 rose, and said, that his noble friend 

 had given him a proxy ; but, as 

 he resided at present in Ireland, it 

 was not in his power to qualify 

 himself according to law, although, 

 from his situation, as lieutenant of 

 two counties in that kingdom, he 

 clearly came within the Hmits of 

 the act, which made provisions for 

 preserving their privileges to such 

 peers as were necessarily absent on 

 his Majesty's service. His lord- 

 ship, while he did not mean to 

 press the reception of his vote, still 

 thought that peers in his situation 

 laboured under great hardships ; 

 and he pledged himself, if their 

 lordships thought proper to return 

 him their representative, to take 

 measures for removing so obvious 

 a grievance, and for preserving to 

 their lordships the privilege of 

 voting in whatever part of the three 

 kingdoms they might reside. The 

 Earl of Lauderdale and Lord Kin- 

 naird entirely coincided with Lord 

 Aberdeen, and hoped his lordship 

 would bring the matter under the 

 consideration of the House of 

 Lords. 



The usual ceremonies having 

 been gone through, and votes 

 marked, the clerks declared the 



following lordfe to be duly elected, 

 viz. — 



*Charles Marq. of Queensbury 50 

 ♦George Earl of Rothes - - 48 

 James Earl of Caithness - - 39 

 Alexander Earl of Home - 49 

 Thomas Earl of Kellie - - 50 

 George Earl of Dajhousie - 50 

 Thomas Earl of Selkirk - - 47 

 Alexander Earl of Balcarras - 49 

 George Earl of Aboyne - - 50 

 George Earl of Aberdeen - 51 

 George Earl of Glasgow - - 49 

 James Lord Forbes - - - 45 

 Alexander Lord Saltoun - - 48 

 *Francis Lord Grey - - - 45 

 Charles Lord Sinclair - - . 49 

 Francis Lord Napier - - - 41 

 Those marked thus * are new 

 peers in room of the Earls of 

 Strathmore and Haddington, and 

 Lord Cathcart. 



Votes were also given for the 

 following noblemen, viz. — 

 Duke of Roxburgh - - - 1 

 Earl of Strathmore - _ - 1 

 Earl of Northesk - _ - . 17 

 Lord Colville ----- 1 

 Lord Reay -__-__ 14 

 Lord Kinnaird ----- 20 

 After the return was declared by 

 the clerks. Lord Kinnaird pro- 

 tested against it, and expressed hrs 

 intention of appeahng elsewhere. 



14. A few days ago, immediate- 

 ly after the late high tide, there 

 was discovered under the cliflPs be- 

 tween Lyme-Regis and Char- 

 mouth, the complete petrifaction 

 of a crocodile, seventeen feet in 

 length, in an imperfect state. It 

 was dug out of the cliffs nearly on 

 a level with the sea, at the depth 

 of one hundred feet below the 

 summit of the cliff. 



16. Bristol. — An inquest was 

 held here last week, on die body 



of 



