The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-22 00:00:00

DIOCESAN VISITATIONS.

Yesterday the following final arrangements were
made for the Bishop of London's forthcoming quad-
rennial visitation, in which, it is greatly to be re-
gretted his lordship will not, on account of his con-
tinued ill health, be able to take any personal part.
The visitation will commence on Tuesday next, the
27th inst., when the churchwardens of the rural
deaneries of Fulham, Kensington, Barnes, and
Hammersmith, Bloomsbury, Chelsea, Ealing, and
Enfield will appear at 9.30 a.m. before Dr. Twiss,
the vicar-general, in the Consistory Court, to make
their presentments. At 11.45 there will be morning
service with litany in the choir, followed by the holy
communion, after which the clergy will exhibit their
papers. They will be received, at the special request
of the bishop, by the Yen. J. Sinclair, M.A., Arch-
deacon of Middlesex. On the second day (Nov. 28)
the churchwardens and clergy of the rural deaneries
of Greenwich, Woolwich, St. George's, Hanover-
square, Hampton, Harrow, St. Martin's-in-the-
Fields, St. Marylebone, and Paddington will attend,
and similar forms will be gone through. On the third
day (Thursday, Nov. 29), the churchwardens and
clergy of the rural deaneries of St. Pancras, Staines,
Uxbridge, St. James's, St. John's, and St. Mar-

garet's, Westminster, Barking, Hackney, and Isling-
ton, will attend. There will be the usual forms,
and after morning service a sermon will be preached
by the Rev. Daniel Moore, M.A., of St. Catherine's

College, Cambridge, incumbent of Holy Trinity

Church, Paddington. On the fourth day (Monday,
Dec. 3), the churchwardens and clergy of the East
and West City, St. Sepulchre's, Spitalfields, and
Stepney will attend, and will be received by the
Ven. W. hale, 'M.A., archdeacon of London. On
the fifth day (Tuesday, Dec. 4) those clergy only
will be expected to attend who shall have been pre-
vented appearing on the first day of their citation.
No charge will be delivered, but a copy of it will be
sent to every clergyman cited.

the Bishop of Durham purposes holding his
next ordination on Sunday, the 17th of March,
1867. His lordship requires from all candidates
for holy orders sufficient previous notice of their

intention to offer themselves for ordination. Can-
didates from the University of Cambridge must
produce a certificate of having passed the volun-
tary theological examination ; those from Oxford,
the certificate of having attended the divinity lec-
tures ; those from Dublin, the divinity testimo-
nium ; and those from Durham, not being gra-
duates, the license in theology. All the necessary
papers must be sent, six weeks before the day of
ordination, to the bishop's secretary, Mr. John B.
Lee, 2, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, S.W.
The Bishop of Llandaff intends to hold his next
general ordination in the cathedral church of Llan-
daff on Sunday, the 17th of March next. Candi-
dates are required to send their papers, one
month before the day of ordination, to his lord-
ship's secretaries, Messrs. Burder and Dunning, 27,
Parliameut-street, Westminster, S.W., and to give
personal notice to the bishop of their title, place of
education, age, and usual residence. Graduates of
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge will for-
ward respectively the usual certificates of having
attended the divinity lectures, or the certificate of
having passed the voluntary theological examination ;
those of Trinity College, Dublin, the divinity testi-
monium ; students of St. David's College, Lampeter,
the certificates of the Board of University Exami-
ners; and those from Durham University, the
license in theology. .

The Bishop of ltipon intends to hold an ordination
on Sunday, March 17 next. His lordship requires
from all candidates for deacons' orders three mouths'
notice of their intention to offer themselves for
ordination, and also a personal interview. Candi-
dates from the University of Oxford must produce
a certificate of having attended the divinity lectures.
Candidates from the University of Cambridge must
have passed the voluntary theological examination;
those from Dublin University must have the divi-
nity testimonium ; and those from Durham, not
being graduates, the license in theology. Candi-
dates for priests' orders are expected to give at least
two months' notice of their intention to t:►e bishop ;
and the necessary papers from. all the candidates
mutt be forwarded to the bishop's secretary in Lon-
don, Mr. John B. Lee, 2, Broad Sanctuary, West -
minster, S.W., at least one month belqre the day
ordination.