At last a new Bishop has been appointed a barren one, andi Ens euiclatenia emall, as to the See of Hongkong. The title is rather the Anglican Church in this Colony, as in Ireland, has been disestablished. The Rev. Joseph Charles Hoare, a son of Canon Hoare, who has been a member of the Mid-China Mission, of the Church of England Missionary Society since 1876 is the bishop-designate. He is therefore qualified for the ud of missionary bishop, and it is stated that his selection for it has given satisfaction to the Mission. It is now nearly two years since Bishop Burdon resigned the See, and there has been, I believe, no confirmation held here during the interval. The emoluments of the post are, I understand, £1,000 per annum and a good residence at St. Paul's College,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.