ELECTION OF SCOTCII Ps:rms.—We have authority to state, that it
is the avowed intention of his Majesty's present advisers not to send down, as heretofore, a signed list of Representative Peers, in that manner dic- tating to the ancient and independent nobility of this country what in- dividuals are to be the object of their choice. Such forbearance is the natural consequence of their political principles, and proves the respect which they feel for the Scotch Peerage; and they believe and trust that so flattering a deference to their independence will prove, in the result of the ensuing election, as advantageous as it is creditable to the Go- vernment ; for it is impossible that the Scotch Peers should not feel the delicacy of such conduct, nor is it likely that they should overlook the just provision in the Reform Bill, which removes from their eldest sons the disqualification from sitting for their native boroughs and counties.— Correspondent of Courant.
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