The vacant See of Oxford has been filled by the
translation of Dr. Gore from that of Birmingham. Dr. Gore, who is fifty-eight, was for more than twenty years closely connected with Oxford as Scholar of Balliol, Fellow of Trinity, Vice- Principal of Cuddesdon, and Librarian of Posey House. In 1890 he contributed to Lux Mundi, of which he was the general editor, the much-discussed article on " Inspiration," was appointed Vicar of Radley in 1893, Canon of Westminster in 1894, and Bishop of Worcester, on the nomination of the late Lord Salisbury, in 1902. On the partition of that diocese in 1905 he was appointed first Bishop of Birmingham. While an advanced Anglican, IDr. Gore has:shown Socialistic leanings, and his occasional incursions into the political arena have nearly always been on the side of extreme Liberalism. In regard to the Education question, however, he has been an uncompromising exponent of the High Church view. A man of great ability, mental activity, and personal influence, he has always impressed his opponents by his disinterestedness when they could least approve of his judgment. The Bishoprics of Salisbury and Birmingham remain to be filled, and a third vacancy will shortly be created by the impending resignation of the Bishop of Ripon, which was announced on Thursday.
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