The government of England is a constitutional hereditary m in which the power of the sovereign is controlled by the infl the aristocracy in the House of Peers, and by that of the demo the House of Commons. The executive authority is vested King; the legislative, in the King and Parliament. The King power of appointing all the great officers of state, and all the e acts of the government are performed in his name; but his m only are responsible for them. First Lord of the Treasury, Sec. State for the Home Dep. Sir William Horne, kt. Sir John Campbell 1 Lord-Steward, Master of the Horse, First Commis. of Land Revenue, The Lords Temporal are Peers of the Realm, and are hereditary Counsellors of the Crown: their honors, immunities, and privileges are hereditary. A Peer may vote by proxy: when sitting in judgment he gives his vote not on oath, like a Commoner, but upon his honor. The persons of Peers are for ever sacred and inviolable from arrest and imprisonment for debts, trespasses, &c. They cannot be outlawed in any civil action; nor can any attachment lie against their persons; and they are possessed of various other privileges and immunities. The number of the Lords Temporal is indefinite, and may be increased at the pleasure of the Crown. The ancient nobility sit in the house by descent; the new-made peers by creation; the 16 representative peers for Scotland, and the 28 representative peers for Ireland, by election · the former are elected for each parliament; the latter for life. The prerogative which the King enjoys of increasing the peerage at his pleasure, is, when properly exercised, made use of for the purpose of rewarding such as are eminent for their public services; but there are too many instances on record of its application to purposes of favoritism; and not a few to the unworthy one of insuring votes in the A List of the House of Lords, with the Title, Family Name, Date and the Birth of the present Peer. The Peers who have a star (*) prefixed to their names voted against the Re 8th, 1831; and those who have a section (§) prefixed, voted in favor of it. The other Peers whose names are not marked, are such as omitted to vote ceeded or been raised to the peerage since that time. Wm. P. Amhers Brooke & War'k See Warwick Buckinghamsh. G.R.T.H.Hamp 1822 1776 $Camperdown Abingdon M Portio 1000 1704 G. A. H. Cavend G. A. F. Stanho G. Wm Covent Lake P. B. Pellow G. Leveson Gower J. H. Hutchinson 1815 1773 *De Dustanville 6De Saumerez Geo. Thynne John Proby [E.Carrysfort, Ir.] J. C. Brabazon [E. of Meath, Ire.] F. A. Spencer Richard Meade [E. Clanwm. Ire.] H. Ch. Clifford Henry Bligh [E. Darnley, Ire.] R. C. S. J. Trefusis Robert Jocelyn [E. of Roden, Ire.] N. Clements [E. Leitrim, Ire.] V. B. Lawless Charles Abbot H. Wellesley John Crewe Thomas Brand George Ramsay [E. Dalhou. Scot.] Francis Basset Th Cholmondeley H. W. Fitzgerald James Saumarez George Warren Wm. L. Hughes 1797,1757 1821 1767 1264 1792 1831 1757 1826 1811 1831.1767 Th. A. Powis John Loftus [M. of Ely, Ire. John Perceval [E. Egmont, Ire George J. Ludlov [E. Ludlow, Ire John S. Copley Th. Graham Wm. H. Lyttleto King T. Manners Sutt W. Wellesley Po Wm. Lamb [V.Melbourne,I George Gordon [E.Aboyne, Sco Th. Hamilton [E. Hadington, S H. W. Agar Ellis [V. Clifden, Ire H. Willoughby F. N. Conynghan [M. Conyng., Ire J. George Monson H. J. Montagu Sc Charles Moore [M. Drogheda, Ir Henry Bromley H. P. Browne [M. of Sligo, Ire Edward P. Lloyd John Rushout T. H. Skeffington [V. Ferrard, fre James Butler [M.Ormonde, Ire Henry Paget [E. of Uxbridge. Wm. Maule P. C. S. Smythe [V.Strangford, I W. F. H. Petre Wm. C. Plunket G. W. Bampfylde Fred. Ponsonby [E. Besboro', Ire John Ponsonby Algernon Percy Thomas Knox [E. Ranfurly, Ire Thomas H. Lidde J. Thomas Mitfor Thomas Lister George Pitt River George Rodney John Rolle A. J. Primrose [E. Rosebery, S George Boyle [E. Glasgow, S G. W. F. Kinnai [E. Kinnaird, S A. Fitzherbert St.Andrew St.Jo J. G. Spotford |