THE QUEEN has been pleased to order a Congé d'Elire to pass the Great Seal of the Realm empowering the College of Canons of the Cathedral Church in Salisbury, to elect a Bishop of the See of Salisbury, the same being void by the resignation of the Right Reverend Nicholas Roderick Holtam, B.D., M.A., lately Bishop thereof; and Her Majesty has been pleased to recommend to the said College of Canons the Very Reverend Stephen David Lake, B.Th., M.A., Dean of Gloucester, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See.