The death of the Bishop of Llandaff (Dr. 011ivant), at
the great age of eighty-four, leaves a vacancy which it will not be easy to fill. For many reasons, it would be well to appoint to the See a elergyman with a good knowledge of Welsh; but the worst of it is that clergymen with a good knowledge of Welsh are apt to be rather sensitive to the criticism of the Welsh Nonconformists, and to engage in squabbles with them, which is the least wise of all policies for Church dignitaries in Wales. The ideal Bishop for Llandaff would be a good Welsh scholar, with a genial temperament and great dignity of bearing, who would co-operate heartily in all good works with the Dissenters, be very slow to find causes of dispute with them, and very ready to conciliate them socially. If any one of these conditions has to be sacrificed, we should be disposed to give up the command of Welsh, rather than the others.
