Austrlian Summary.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 206, 4 March 1896, Page 2

Austrlian Summary.

THE " REV." MR CLARKE. UNGRATEFUL WESLEYANS. THE DEAN CASE. (Per Press Association) Sydney, Feb. 29. Mr Clarke, the litigious clergyman, is again in evidence with a couple of actions for assault against the Sheriff and Constable Thompson. When appearing before Judge Windeyer recently in one of his many action?, Mr Clarke was searched for firearms, and he considered his dignity injured. The present proceedings are the outcome, and £1000 damages is claimed in each case. " Between 5000 and 6000 ungrateful Wesleyans have left the fold." Tbis was the statement made by Dr Sellars at the Wesleyan < 'onference. The Salvation Army robbed them of these recalcitrants, who, despite the fact that they had churches and ministers provided for them, had turned their backs on their brethren in favor of the Army. The Dean case promises to give more bother to the judicial functionaries before it is settled. There has hardly been a judge who has not in some way, remote or otherwise, been connected with it, hence the difficulty about getting a full Court to deal with Mr Meagher's appeal. Justice Cohen tried the case, and the Chief Justice having consulted with Sir J. Salomons has a tender conscience on the point. Mr Justice Windeyer is away, apart from the fact of his being impossible, while two other puisne Judges are debarred by ill-health. The remainder of the Bench have their hands full in tbeir own Courts, and the appeal has, therefore, been adjourned indefinitely.