30 JUNE 1888, Page 3

We observe that the proposal of the Church Association to

prosecute the Bishop of Lincoln, which we treated with some- thing like scorn the other day, is regarded as serious, and it is even said that if persisted in, the case will be heard by a Court consisting of the Archbishop of Canterbury and some five or six of his suffragans. Whether such a Court will not have to fight for its jurisdiction with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, would be, we suppose, very doubtful. We observe that the Dean, Sub-Dean, and Precentor of Lincoln, and many of the Canons Residentiary and many of the Rural Deans, protest against the proposed prosecution. Certainly, if the prosecution is resolved upon, there will be lively times in the Church.