Star.
London, England, 1831-06-04 00:00:00

LORD LIEUTENANTS OF COUIVTIEN.

Having alluded to the adverse interests working
against the voice of the people, and the liberal spi-
rit of the age, in the local districts of the kingdom,
we give beneath a list of the present Lord Lieute-
nants, three out of four of whom art evidently
high tories in principles, and anti-reformers in
practice. We see them heading anti-reform de-
clarations, though they enjoy the nomination of
deputy lieutenants, magistrates, clerks of the
peace, militia officers, and the like ; and hence
most of the incongruities and anomalies which exist
between the liberal theories of the cabinet, and the
actual government as felt by the people at large.
Some of them bring the Church into discredit by
appointing clerical magistrates, who often confer
a character on the law which drives congregations
to dissenting chapels : while Oxford, Cambridge,
and the late elections have fully illustrated the in-
judicious spirit of too many of these gentlemen.
Only last week we beheld with concern,tbe names
of Warwick and Talbot at the head of anti-reform
declarations inWarwickshire and Staffordshire ; and
even that of Lord Howe, her Majesty's urbane
Chamberlain, figures at the top of the Warwick-
shire declaration ! Such things create surprise
through the country. while, we should think, the
people have now made the government strong
enough, to do itself and them justice.

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Grantham, Lord . - . Bedford
Abingdon, Earl of - - Berk.
Buckingham, Duke of - . Bucks
Hardwick., Earl of - . Cambridge
Stamford and Warrington, Earl of - Cheshire
Mount Edgeombe, Earl of - Cornwall
Hertford, Marquis of . . Lord Warden of
Cornwall
Lonsdale, Earl of . . - Cumberland
Devonshire. Duke of . . Derby
Fortescue, Earl • . - Devon
Dishy, Earl - . Dorset
Cleveland, Marquess of . . Durham
Durham, Bishop of - - Cust.RoLorDurham
Maynard, Viscount - - Essex
Beaufort, Duke of - - Gloucester
Somers, Earl - . . Hereford
Verulam, Earl of . - Hertford
Manchester, Duke of • . Huntingdon
Camden, Marquess - - Kent
Derby, Earl or . - . Lsneashire
Rutland, Duke of . . Leicester
Brownlow' Earl . . . Lincoln
Portland, Duke of . . Middlesex
Beaufort, Duke of - - Monmouth
Wodehouse, Hon. J. . . Norfolk
Westmoreland, Earl of - . Northampton
Northumberland, Duke of - Northumberland
Newcastle, Duke of - . Nottingham.
Macclesfield Earl of . . Oxford.
Exeter, Marquess of - - Rutland.
Fowls, Earl of . . - Itiropshire.
Bath, Marquees of . - Somerset.
Wellington, Duke of . . Southampton.
Talbot, Earl - - .. Stafford.
Grafton, Duke of . . Suffolk.
Midleton, Viscount - . Surrey.
Egremont, Earl of - Sussex.
Wellington, Duke of - - Tower Hamlets. '
Brooke and Warwick, Earl of - Warwick.
Lonadale, Earl of . Westmoreland.
Lansdowne, Marquess . - Wilts.
Coventry, Earl of . - . Worcester.
Walnuts's.
Carlisle, Earl of • East Riding.
Harewood, Earl of - . West Riding.
Leeds, Duke of - North Riding.
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Anglesey, Marquess of - Anglesey.
Beaufort, Duke of • . Brecon.
Powell, W. Edward - . Cardiganshire.
Dynevor, Lord • • Carmarthenshire.
NI illoughby De Eresby, Lord - Caruarvonaltire
Wynn, Sir W. W. Bart. - - Denbigh
Grosvenor, Earl - - • Flint
Bute, Marquis of • . Glamorgan
Wynn, Sir W. W. Bart . . Merionethshire
Powis, Earl of - - . Montgomeryshire
Owen, Sir John, Bart - - Pembroke
Rodney, Lord - • . Radnor
SCOTLAND.
Gordon, Duke of . . • Aberdeen
Argyle, Duke of - - Argyle
Glasgow, Earl of - . . Ayr
Fife, Earl of - . . Banff
Home, Earl of - . Berwick
Bute, Marquess of . . Bute
Caithness, Earl of - • Caithness
Queensbury, Marquess - • Dumfries
Montrose, Duke of - - Dumbarton
Buccleuch, Duke of . Edinburgh
• Moray, Earl of . • Elgin
Roselyn, Earl of . . Fife
Airlie Earl of - . Forfar .
Tweeddale, Marquess - . Iladdington
Grant, Hon. F. W. - . Inverness
Arbuthnot, Viscount • - Kincardine
Adam, Right Hon. William - Kinross
Garlic, Viscount - . Kirkcudbright
Hamilton, Duke of - . Lanark.
Ilupetoan. Earl of - - Linlithgow.
Brodie, William . . . Nairn.
Wemyss, Earl of . - . Peebles.
Atholl, Duke of . . Perth.
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Campbell, Archibald - - Renfrew.
Dl'Kensie, Sir J. W. BL - - Ross.
Macleod, K. B. M. - . Cromarty.
Mansfield, Earl of - Clackmannan.
Lothian, Marquess . . Roxburgh.
Montagu. Lord . . . Selkirk.
Montrose, Duke of - Stirling.
Stafford. Marquess . - Sutherland.
Garlick Viscount . - Wigton.

The following is the authorised statement of what
took place between the Bishop of London and Dr.
Rice :—The Bishop of London having had his at-
tention directed to the report of a publiz meeting in
the parish of St. Luke, in which Dr. Rice, the cu-
rate, told the persons present th t '• their political
Messiah was come," sent for Dr. Rice, and stated
to him, tkat as he had no right :o interfere with
the political opinions of any of .his clergy, so he
had no desire to prevent the expression of those
opinions in any manner consistent with the clerical
character; but that he felt himself bound to cen-
sure an application of the most sacred terms, which
was little short of profane. Dr. Rice admitted,
having used the expression above quoted, or some-
thing equivalent to it, and said that he did not see
any harm in it. The Bishop thea said, he appre-
hended it would impair the good opinion enter-
tained of Dr. like by the more religious of his pa-
rishioners, and asked him whether, if had heard
any person so employ the equivalent term of Christ,
and designate any human being as a " political
Christ," he would not have been shocked f Dr.
Rice acknowledged that he would, and said that
he had not seen it in that light, and that allowance
must be made for words used in the warmth of
speaking. The Bishop said, " Certainly ; but
that clergymen would do well not to run the risk
of s ying such things; and that in times of popu-
lar excitement, whatever side they might espouse,
it was better for them, with a view of maintaining
their spiritual influence unimpaired, to avoid taking
part in public discussions." After some conversa-
tion, no part of which had any reference to the
' Reform Bill, the Bishop added, that he had men-
tioned the matter thus privately to Dr. Rice not
intending to take any further notice of h.—Morn-
ing Paper.