Malta.
_The Position of Suffragan Bishops in Convocation._--In Chamberlayne's
_Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia, or The Present State of Great Britain_, 1729, p.
73., it is said:
"All suffragan bishops and deans, archdeacons, prebendaries, rectors,
and vicars, have privileges, some by themselves, others by proxy or by
representatives, to sit and vote in the lower house of convocation."
Is there authority for this statement as regards suffragan bishops? There
is no writ or mandate that I have seen for their appearance.