The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-08 00:00:00

AKB.EST OF THE SUSPECTED MURDERER.

On Monday evening a lad, digging in the
prden of • florist in William•etreet, New North road,
Langton, came upon the decapitated body of • child
in a state of deoosapositios. It was burled • little
way from the surface of the earth. As Were were
many persons in the garden at the time the Dews soca
spread, and the assistance of the polies was called. The
remains were inspected by • medical man, and declared to
be those of a little girl, and • close issamiestion of the re
mains of the clothing has led to the belief that the body ,
none other than that of the poor child who was stolen about
15 mouths' since, within • couple of hundred yards of this
spot—Elizabeth Hunter—whose disappearance caused so
much excitement, and for wham discovery her Majesty's
government offered 1001. reward. The grounds foe this be.
lief are stated to be that the descri►tion of the mks*
child's boots corresponds exactly with those found, sad
that earrinp were found with the head, which was dis-
covered buried at • short distance from the body. It is
stated further that the head was found some mouths linos
and reburied without any notice Wog taken. An imams)
crowd of perm= gathered rotted the piece where the body
was disco►ered, and remained there till past midnight. The
body ham been removed to the dead-house, whore it awaits
• coroner's inquisition.

LAW INTELLIGENCE
(THIS DAY.)

COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL
C USES.
(Before the Judge•2rdiTiry, Mr. ju.!!,r wightma.,
and

Mr. Heron Channell.)
['WHEATEN 1.. H U (FALSELY CALLING HERSELF
CHICHESTER.)—JUDGMENT.
This morning the full court met to give judgment on the
demurrer in this cue, which was a petition for a declara-
tion of nullity, the parties having been respondents in a
divorce suit, and having gone through a form of marriage
*Mil the three months allowed by the act, for an appeal to
tte House of Lords.
, The Queen's Advocate objected to the court giving judg-
ment, oil the ground that a sum of tiS/. 35., due from the
petitioner to the respondent as costs and alimony which had
s,srued iuce the discharge of the petition in bankruptcy,
had not been paid.
sir t'. Cresswell said the court did not think the reason
speed a sufficient ground for withholding judgment.
But for the importance of the question, which had made the
court desirous of putting their opinion down on paper, they
nou'.l hare given sentence instanter ; Mad therefore they
could not take notice of circumstances which had since
arisen. The learned judge then read the decision of the
court, which be said depended entirely upon the construc-
tion of the act of parliament. After carefully considering
"Cathesill v. Sweetener'," and the other cases cited in
support of the respondent, his learned brethren did not
think the court ought to attach any weight to the orgy.
went that the respondent had waived her right to ap-
peal to the Horne of Lorda, and that therefore they might
West the case am if the three months had run out. The
court considered that the second marriage was prohibited by
the art of parliament, and that consequently the marriage
mutt be pronounced to be null and void.
COOKE 0. COOKE (CLERK). —JUDGNINF.
The court also gave judgment in this case, which was an
appeal from the decision of the Judge Ordinary in a snit for
s judicial separation, brought by the wife of the Rev. J. Y.
Cooke, rector of Seiner, on the ground of cruelty.
Mr. Justice Wightmau said his learned brothers were of
opinion—first, that there bad been abundant evidence in
support of the charge ; secoodly, that the cruelty had not
been condoned by Mrs. Cooke; thirdly, that there had been
no unreasonable delay in bringing the snit ; and, fourthly,
that although Mrs. Cooke might have had a collateral mo-
tive in presenting the petition beyond the mere desire to
obtain a reparation, there was no reason why she should
be deprived of her legal remedy. The appeal must there-
fore be dismissed.