Notwithstanding the improbability and the impropriety of such a step,
we find that an intention of raising Dr. GREY to the see of Dur- ham is imputed to Lord MELBOURNE. A correspondent assures us, that there is " more truth in this report than honest men would de- sire ;" and he adds, " For God's sake, prevent, resist it—let it not be so." If we had the power of preventing Ministers from committing the most unpopular act they can possibly perpetrate at this time, our correspondent should have no occasion to ask us twice. But the fact is, we must believe that he is misinformed. Dr. GREY'S want of claim on the Ministry, (to express his position by a mild term,) is so notorious, that his promotion would be set down at once to the exercise of Lord Bowies's influence in behalf of his uncle, and the desire to conciliate Earl GREY rather than secure the goodwill of the country. The report of this job must be false. For our own part, strong as the expression may seem, we had almost rather see Dr. PHILPOTTS Bishop of Durham than Dr. GREY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL says, the Government is considering whether the new Bishop is to be Custos Rotulorum; like his predecessors. There needs very brief consideration about so plain a matter. The Lord-Lieutenant of the county, the Duke of CLEVELAND, will exer- cise the duties of Chief Magistrate well; and it would be gross absurdity, in times like these, to make a Churchman not only a Ma- gistrate himself, but the cause of Magistracy in others.
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