21 AUGUST 1847, Page 11

We have reason to believe that a bill will be

brought into the ensuing Parliament to enable English Bishops to consecrate Bishops for those Epis- copal chapels in Scotland which have not at present, on account of the- dissensions prevalent among Scottish Episcopalians, the advantage of epis- copal superintendence. This new episcopacy will in no respect partake of a political nature, the Bishops so created being intended for spiritual'pur- poses only: nor will any of the public funds, ecclesiastical or civil, be appropriated for their support. A clause will be introduced into the bill the object of which will be to enable clergymen who have been ordained'by the present Scottish Bishops to connect themselves with the new episcopacy. —Church of England Journal.