A curious account was published early in the week of
the election of the new Bishop of Toronto,—the result of the con- test between High Church and Low Church being that a very moderate Low Churchman, Archdeacon Sweatman, was at last agreed upon, the consideration for the acquiescence of the High Churchmen being that it was conceded that "the Church Association, a local Evangelical society, which had organised the contest, should be dissolved." The Venerable Arthur Sweatman is spoken of even by a High Churchman as "a fine scholar, a gentleman of very fine feeling, and very lovable," so we suppose in this case no harm is done. Still, popular elections which lead to " compromises" between one party and the other, are but too likely often to result in the election of men of no weight; and this is, to our minds, a real difficulty in adapting successfully the principle of popular election to an episcopal form of government.
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