Or, at least, the only way of doing so successfully
is for the Archbishops and Bishops themselves to be penetrated with sympathy for the people. If we may trust the rumour that the parishioners of Rivington, in the diocese of Manchester, with whom the election of the next incumbent lies, have deter- mined to ask their Bishop,—whose admirable letter to them
■ .n the subject of the duty they had to perform had won their hearts,—to nominate the incumbent, only reserving to themselves the right of confirming the nomination, here is a solution of the difficulty at once. An Archbishop or Bishop whom the people can heartily trust is far more fitted to name good pastors for the people, than they are to select for themselves amongst eager canvassers. Only, at present, the Archbishops and Bishops whom the people can heartily trust are, unfortunately, so very few. But of these few Bishops, Bishop Fraser is facile princeps.
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