7 DECEMBER 1878, Page 2

We regret to see that Dr. Baring, the Bishop of

Durham, has been compelled to resign his diocese through ill-health. Durham is one of the greatest of the English Sees, not only for its wealth and traditions,—Bishop Butler was Bishop of Durham, and rode eagerly about his diocese on a little swift black pony,—but far more for the great opportunities of the Church in those thickly populated mining districts. A man of great abilities, and of the highest organising power, should be appointed in Dr. Baring's place. We want there a second Dr. Fraser.