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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1649, 4 March 1886, Page 4

The Wellington correspondenVof the Auckland Herald telegraphs to his' journal: — A caße to test the powers of bishops and the tights of subordinate clergy m the Anglican Church will shortly be brought before the court: of law- here. The facts are^Slgortly these: — TheY Bishop of Wellington recently cancelled -tlie I license- of *th'e Rev J. C. Dodwell, a clergyman of this diocese. The clergyman has commenced an action against the Bishop to recover , damages for " illegal dismTsaal."' 'The defence is that the Bishop has power to cancel such licenses for " just cause."ti If the technical poiiit be decided' against the. Bifhopj liJB will grunt &■■ WCourfc- of lhunder the' powers conferred !by the Church constitution. The case will come on for trial before the law courts at the April Civil Sittings of the Supreme Court. '■ ' * A sportsman m the Highlands having, remarked to his attendant that it was a very wet* season, Sandy replied : Ay, true enough, only five dry days this month, and they've maistly been nipped up by the Sawbnths." - ; MrT. j Mi Eawlor, formerly of Marton, and more recently of Havelock, has been appointed assistant clerk of the R. M. Court at-Wangauui. v It lately came to light m the English Probate Conrt.thata man named Pronnd had lived with two wives for fifteen years. He divided his time between them and each thought when he was that he was, away on business. 'He wftß. v on the happiest terms with them both. Ho passed with one wife as Mr Jackson, and bequeathed her money under.jthat name. It was ag-eed that, the property lie acquired under the name of. Pround should go to wife Pround, and that under Jackson to wife Jackson. But for bis testamentary disposition the women would probably have been jn ignorance of the real state of things to this hour. - Mr Glover, the temperance lecturer, was (according to the • Post) to. leave for Palmerston North yesterday. He is announced to speak m Waipawa onThursday and m Napier on Friday. On Saturday he will catch the Tarawera at Napier, and proceed m her to Auckland, where he will resume Ins public addresses.