28 AUGUST 1869, Page 3

The Bishop of Winchester has, it is stated, signified his

inten- tion to take immediate advantage of the new Act enabling Bishops to resign. He only waits to wind up pressing affairs. It is be- lieved, though we in no way vouch for the belief, that the Bishop of Oxford will be translated to Winchester, Dean Stanley ap- pointed to Oxford, and Dr. Vaughan promoted to the Deanery of Westminster. The Bishop of Exeter has not apparently made up his mind, that when one cannot perform the work one is paid to perform, it is a duty to transfer the work to other hands, and the necessity for a measure compelling the State superintendents of ecclesiastical affairs to accept superannuation pensions still exists.