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r,itt& vvtr^rrcsrsKmswi'St'trrm 111iO lIAII ITY OF EXGI.LSM. LOXEOX, Xov. Id. “Jt is very difficult in passing sentence to please everybody,” said I.ord Darling, amid laughter, at tlio London Press Club dinnor on Saturday, “li 1 had a real defect as a judge it was perhaps Unit I did not give as much to those who deserved it as they thought 1 ought to give.” He had been accused of (piotiug Creek in I he Mouse of Commons, but lie did nol even know the Creek letters.. Me thought- /hat this country had got itself into ho end ol trouble in the Fast because Creek was a compulsory subject in public schools and universities, and had misled many sensible persons—notably the late Mr Gladstone---into involving this country in obligations for the sake of the Crocus. “lint if I do not know the Creek letters.” he added, “I know what is much more rare, and that is English.’’

■BISHOPS’ INCOMES. LONDON. Nor. 10. Arc bishops ]>:iid enough? This question will arise at the autumn session of the Church Assembly which meets at 'Westminster to-day week. I The evidence given before the recent Commission of Inquiry into the revenues of the Church shows that in many eases the bishops are unable to make ends meet on their official . .1eomes. The salaries of bishops are between £lO,OllO and CU.fIOO. and many have to keep tip big official residences. Dr Purse, the Bishop of fit. Albans, stated that lie found bis salary of £2.000 a year quite inadequate and needed a grant of £7OO to provide a secretary and a motor-car. Dr 11. H,. Williams, the Bishop of Carlisle, who lives at Rose Castle and entertains largely, confesses that be finds £1.500 a year does not meet bis running expenses. The Bishop of Worcester. Dr Pearce, whose salary is £15.903 says that be would find himself on the wrong side if lie did not act as his own secretary, bailiff, and chaplain. The proposal likely to he made to the Church Assembly is that Parliament should he asked to sanction a measure so that bishops’ stipends may be divided. an allowance being made for tlfeir personal needs, and the remainder set apart for official expenditure.