THE KING 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 Blackburn, to elect a Bishop of the See of Blackburn, the same being void by the resignation of the Right Reverend Julian Tudor Henderson, M.A., lately Bishop thereof; and His Majesty has been pleased to recommend to the said College of Canons the Right Reverend Philip John North, M.A., Bishop Suffragan of Burnley, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See.