12 AUGUST 1876, Page 3

Two new Bishoprics will, it appear', soon be in marching

order. The project for the creation of the Bishopric of St. Albans was almost baffled by the great difficulty found in selling Winchester House, St. James's Square, at any reasonable price. Nobody in a year of depression was disposed to bid for a "white elephant" of that kind. The Government, therefore, it is now stated, have bought the house for 245,000, and intend to use it to relieve the pressure on space at the War Office. The Bishopric of Truro Bill has also passed; Dr. Temple stating that the See could at once be constituted, Lady Rolle having endowed it with £1,200 a year, to which an annual sum will be added from the See of Exeter. The new diocese will include the whole county of CornwalL