19 FEBRUARY 1848, Page 1
In selecting Dr. John Bird Sumner for the Archbishopric of
Canterbury, Lord John Russell has not retrograded, but has gone forward in the same direction as before. Dr. Sumner, now Bishop of Chester, is a sound divine, an active Bishop, an able and respectable man, of irreproachable life. Ile has been instru- mental in adding many churches to the sacred edifices of his dio- cese, and he has made esteemed contributions to our theological literature.
