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 fair preferment, it would not be an unwelcome one, I suppose, to young clergymen.

Bishops might surely be required to reside six months in the year at their Cathedrals, as justly as parochial clergymen are required to reside nine months at their several parishes; and if the bench of Bishops were happily relieved from their attendance in the House of Lords, there would be no reason why they should not do this. There is a growing feeling throughout the country that we want more Bishops, (one to each county,) and Bishops less richly endowed. "Double their number, halve their incomes, and relieve them from their duties in the House of Lords;" this would probably express the wish of the vast majority of Churchmen of the present day and of other Englishmen as well.

But one thing seems clear, either that a Cathedral must be looked on as a mere monument of the past, or that it must be the home of the Bishop and the head-quarters of the Diocese. A Bishop resident at his Cathedral, with four Chaplains provided for him, and nominated by himself, to aid him in his work; a "Bishop and Chapter" of the Diocese administering diocesan patronage; a Cathedral, the bonâ fide head-quarters of the Diocese, these are