The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-25 00:00:00

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.

(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
HANCOCK (FALIIIKLY CALLED PEATY)) C. PEATY.
EXTRAORDINARY CARL _ _

The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Tristram for the peti-
tioner; Dr. Spinks, Q.C., and Mr. Serle for the respon-
dent.

The petitioner was the guardian of the alleged wife and
he prayed that her marriage might be declared null on
the ground that at the time it waa contracted she
was insane. Her name was Mary Ann Hancock,
and she was the daughter of • manufacturer,
who died in 1835. Her mother, it was stated, was afflicted
with hallucinations both before and after her confinement,
and in fact died in an asylum. Her daughter, who was
born in 1827, was always looked upon by her family as
insane ; and she was, at any rate, in the habit of dressing
herself in • very eccentric manner. The respondent, Mr.,
Hobert Augustus Peaty, a clerk in the Bank of England,
had paid his addresses to her in spite of the remonstrances
of the family ; but he said that if she was mad it was for
love of him. A few days before the wedding she placed
herself naked in • bath, and remained looking at • picture
of a bridge under which she said the respondent would
have to peas before he could be married to her.
She was with great difficulty removed from the
bath and dressed. She also laboured under the
notion that her food was poisoned, and that she was
• person of great political importance. Nevertheless,
in August, 180, a marriage took place ; and during the
ceremony (which was performed at St. Matthias's,
Paddington) she conducted herself in a very
strange fashion. Afterwards she insisted on discussing
in the vestry the relations of church and state. The
new-married couple went on • wedding tour and after-
wards took up their residence in Osnaburg-terrace ; but
three weeks after they became man and wife, Mrs Peaty's
sister visited them and found that the lady had
already been underrestaint. She waaultimately removedto
St. Luke's Asylum, where she remained till the 17th of
the present month. She had since been liberated, but she
was still under medical treatment Since themarriage she
had become entitled to an interest in 3,000/.
Dr. Cumming, of Chelsea, the medical attendant of the
lady, expressed his opinion that she was undoubtedly mad,
and was not fit to marry. Nevertheless be thought that
Mr. Peaty had been Mused, for he ought to have
been allowed to many her at all; and if he was to be sepa-
rated from her, the petition ought to have been tiled three
years ago, instead of which the family had waited till the
lady had become entitled to property. Had understood that
the engagement was one of long standing. The wedding was
to have taken place in 1850. Her state varied • good
deal. At times she was quite incompetent to manage her
own affairs, but she had lucid intervals when she could
attend to them. _ _ _

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[The case wag proceeding when our report left.]

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commiesioner Holroy.L)
IN RE WIG{ AND MILD&

The banlcrupta were straw hat and bonnet manu-
facturers, of Wood-street, Cheapside. The liabilities are
4,941/. ; assets of uncertain amount. At the last sitting an
adjournment had been taken on the representation that
the bankrupts would be able to make an offer to their
creditors and take the case out of court. It was now
stated that nothing had been done towards that end, and
the bankrupt Wilde was not in attendance.
An adjournment sine die w►s ordered.
IN RE B. P. HARRIS.

The bankrupt, a publican, of Newington Butts, applied
for his order of discharge from debts of 8211.

Mr. R. Griffiths oppo;ed for Miss Kemp, a creditor for
21t1., damages and coats in an action for breach of pro.
mice of marriage. He stated that his client was not the
only lady in that position, for Mine Pluebe Myers was also
a creditor for 1151. for a similar action. The bankrupt
had pledged jewellery to the amount of 80/. shortly before
his failure, and it was evident that the bankruptcy was
solely for the purpose of defeating the claim of the ladies,
who had obtained verdicts against the bankrupt. The
creditors wished for further time to make inquiries as to
the property.
After hearing Mr. Reed for the bankrupt,
His Honour directed an adjournment.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN NN CAPTAIN MEN.

The bankrupt was a captain on half-pay, residing in
HaLey-street, Chelsea. Debts, about 300/.
Mr. Reed opposed and elicited from the bankrupt in
examination that he bad pledged some plate and had lost
the duplicates ' • be had given • bill of sale for 300/. on his
furniture. He had lust 700/. in working a patent refrige-
rator.

Mr. Llama and Mr. Doris alm appeared in the case.
An adjournment was ordered for additional amounts.
IN RE ELLINGTON.

The bankrupt was described as a manufacturer, of
Addle•street. The debts were upwards of 6,0001. of
which 84:5/. were in respect of accommodation bills. Assets
about 400 f. .

If; Dori* asked for additional accounts, which were

(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
IN RE WIIALPHET.

The bankr.apt, a merchant of New York, applied for his
release from custody. His liabilities are about 10,0001.
Mr. Chidley supported the application, and stated that
the bankrupt had come to this country for the purpose of
making some business arrangements, and while here he
had been arrested on a writ of espies.
. . .

Mr.
M R. Griffith 4 opposed for the detaining creditor,
whose debt wu 2,330/., in respect of bills of exchange
discounted at Liverpool, and dishonoured ou presentation
at New York. . . .

Mr. Linklater, for the petitioning creditor and other
creditors, supported the application on the ground that
the estate would be benetitted by the bankrupt being et
liberty. He had been extensively engaged to the pro-
motion of public comp: ' .
His Honour slid he would grant the relense on the bank-
rupt finding two sureties of NNW, each, and entering into
his own recognisance of

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS !)AY.)

SECOND COURT.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
A DARING HOUsEBILEAKER.—HEATT SENTENCE.
John Wilkinson, 2'J, a low, determined-looking fellow,
was placed in the dock, charged with breaking and entering
the dwelling-house of Henry Pettifer, and stealing therein
two shawls and other articles, his property.
The prisoner is a dangerous,determined inan,and an extra
prison warder was placed in the (lock in case of any
violence from the prisoner, which was apprehended on
account of his determined character.
Miss Elizabeth l'ettifer, who gave her evidence with
great propriety, said she lived at 54, De Beauvoir-rteid,
and at about 8 o'clock in the evening of the 7th inst.,
she saw a man rush out of her house. She could not see
his face, but believed the prisoner to be the person. She
pointed him out to Mr. Jackson, and he followed him.
She found a large bundle made up consisting of shawls,
dresses, and other articles of wearing apparel.
Mr. W. Jackson, who lived in the same house, said he

' heard the last witness cry out, and be followed the
loner and after a struggle secured him. On the way to the
pollee station he took from the prisoner's hand . packet
which the policeman would produce.
John Howell, 49 N, produced some very nicely made
skeleton keys, six in number, but as each key contained
two sets of wards there were in fact 12 keys ; some silent
matches and • wax taper were also found upon the 1.,
loner.

The jury immediately found the prisoner Gadtv.
Herbert Reeves, warder of the House of Corm,ticx
Coldbatli-fields, said the prisoner was a most
character. On the 19th of Feb., 1861, he was convicted at
the Middlesex Serrions in the name of John Althea, szd
sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labuer,
and since then to three imprisonments. He wu sex;
sentenced to three years' penal servitude at the Old 8111 e,
for burglary, of which sentence he only served two atrj
half years. He was now out on a ticket-of leave. lie IF ai
connected with a desperate gang of housebreakers.
Mr. Payne, in pawing sentence, said the prisoner bad
suffered a variety of imprisonments, and as he ecemed to
be a dangerous person, and there could not be any dank
but that he was • systematic housebreaker, be touts be
sentenced to a heavy sentence. For the protection of iLe
public he (Mr. Payne) felt it to be his duty to sentence th,
prisoner to be kept in penal servitude for ten years.

Sarah Hobson, 20 years of age, but who looked c,..1
younger, • quiet, decent-looking girl, was indicted for
stealing a half-sovereign, belonging to her father ialse,
This was • very sad case, tha poor prisoner in tht de,,
whom it was admitted was • girl of respectability, had
brought herself into the trouble through ointm.,
Her father-in-law sent the prisoner into his tool.;
to fetch a half-sovereign, and when she returned the ge.
him a sovereign which she had found, but denied err;
having seen • half-sovereign. Her father pressed her u
to the half-sovereign, but she denied it altogether. It ti
proved, however, that the prisoner had taken it and oup
coaled it under a mattress. He did not wish to pre.",
her, and had told her that if she would tell hire she,
(the half-sovereign) was he would forgive her. Tim she
refused to do, and he gave her into custody.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but straw,
commended her to the merciful consideration of the mart,
in consequence of her youth and respectability.
In answer to the Court, the father-in-law said the LAI
always been • good girl. Her husband was in the country.
The foreman of the jury respectfully submitted that
the court could let the prisoner out upon her own le.
cognisance' it might meet the justice of the case, as it.
pnsonsr had already been in prison several days.
Mr. Payne said he could not do that, as she was a nib
ried woman. He would take her husband's recogitimum
The father-in-law offered to become responsible. act
having entered into the required bond the prisoner..,,
liberated, and left the court curtseying and thanking the
gentlemen of the jury and the court for their kindness.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH STREET.
♦ WIFZ BEATER PROPERLY PUNISHED.

TAos. Dennis ('Brady, resi • in Hunt's-court, Castle.
street, Leioeeter-square, was before Mr. Knot
with assaulting his wife, Mary Elizabeth.
The wife, whose face bore marks of ill•usage,
About half-past 1 o'clock this morning my hualxind ca‘s
home drunk, end knocked and kicked sae about. He do
seized me by the hair and swung me down.
Mr. Knox—Has he ever assaulted you before!
Complainant—Yee air, and he was here once hefcre.
He took up a knife and threatened to stab me.
Mr. Knox—Has he ever attempted to use a knife or:
you ?
Complainant--Yes, sir.
Police-constable Shrives, /12. C—About half-past I flit
morning I was called to a house in Hint's-court, sea ebe
complainant gave the prisoner into custody for amulusg
her and threatening to stab her. The prisoner denied
doing so, but afterwards admitted that he took ups knife
and threatened to run it into his wife. The complainant
had a bruise on her eye and her hair was hanging &ea
I took the prisoner into custody.
Prisoner—l had had a drop to drink, and if I
couple of glasses, you know, I don't know what Ira
about. If you look over it this time I'll not otf•ad
again-
The complainant, in answer to Mr. Knox, said-The
last time I charged the prisoner be was committed fn.'
month ; that was nine months ago, and ever since is
conduct has been very bad.
Mr. Knoz—He will now be committed for two month.

BRNAKING INTO BCILDER'd coraroal-Hot‘E.
loAn Cararuwk, a young roan was charged before*.
Knox with breaking into a counting-house at Ara Hove,
Argyll-atreet, belonging to Mr. Owen Lewis, builder.
Great Portland-street.

It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Lewis has a 1~'t•
able counting-house in the inclosed ground of Aran HMO,
and that about ii o'clock yesterday afternoon aceWrnus
the employ of Mr. Naig, wine•merchant. who has earn
under the house, found theprisoner in Mr. Lewis's cosati4•
house, which had been broken open. He secured the pe•
Boner, who resisted violently, and handed him ore u
Solomon Peisley, 69 C, and he was taken to the etz2e
and on searching him Peisley found he was woriq.
coat which turned out to be the property of Mr. Lewis. stl
which had been taken out of the counting-house, alai:
the prisoner's possession 19 duplicates, 13 relating to colt
were found. It farther appeared that on a former••
caution some one had entered the same counting-house .2
stolen some valuable drawing instruments.
The prisoner, who stated that he was in great distru
was remanded for a few days.

MIDDLE-CLASS Ss:HooLs. —The National Sociei.
at the Sanctuary, Westminster, has just commenced an et.
tensive movement for the purpose of establishing church
middle-class schools, or schools for the - lower middle an
upper artisan classes' "throughout England and Wale..
the committee, among others, are the Archbishop of Yorii,
the bishops of both provinces, the Duke of Buccleuch.:ls
Earls Diary, Nelson, Romney, Carnation, Ilarrowl.y.sal
Powis ; the Lords Itedesdale, Lyttelton, and Cranhorti..;
the Right Hon. Messrs. Hardy, M.P.. Spencer
M.P., J. W. Henley, M.P., C. B. Adderley,3l.P..
Taylor Coleridge, Ce ice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood.
W.Heathoote, /d.P., Sir Thomas Phillips, lt.('., Mr. lirio
ford-Hope, M.P., Mr. Hubbard, M.l'.. Mr. F. S. Poop.
M.P., Mr. Goat, M.P., Mr. Adana, M.l'., the
C. L. Wood, Mr. Cubitt, .trclleacons Sind,/
and Bickersteth, the Dean of Manchester, the Hoy. lf.
Cadman, the Rev. Dr. Miller, of Greenwich, the Rev. It.
Barry, the Rev. Dr. Atlay, the Hou. R. 4'. E. Abbot. :
Rev. A. Blomfield„ the Rev. R. Gregory, Mr. John tit!.
hot, ke. The two main objects to which the fund,
to be devoted at first are the erection of suitable eii.•
rooms and theprovision of a due supply of .malitiolte.oi.c.
Schools will be established by local cooperation with
society at convenient centres in county towns,
crowded cities, and it is believed that iu a short tittle
schools will be self-supporting.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—The nap
rejection of Professor Martineau, who was a ramill.l
for the professorship of mental philosophy and loge a
University College, seems likely to give riso to •-1
further discussion. A considerable number of t'
Fellows and proprietors have called upon the Co,
the college to take the matter into consideration, iir. , e
council having acceded to the requcct, have fixed """::*
day, the 2nd of February, for the meeting.
day, COLLEGE, LONI,ON. —Yesterday then""
ing classes in connexion with this college were •
The theological department was also opened yoti.i.-1
under the direction of the Rev. Canon Jelf, the Rev.i_i
Robertson, the Rev. Professor Leaths, the Rev. Proi.-r
Cheetham, the Rev. A. 1 l'orsey, the Her.
Plurntre, and the Rev..l. M'(' nil. The opening t
departments of general literature and the applied
also took place.
SI t' LAS TRIAL AT VIENN.I. —A criminal act 1
has been brought at Vienna against a young girl hY
family of a nobleman for fraud and extortion. .1
Baron Urn had been induced by a girl whom he aecia".
tally inet to promise either to many leer or to ei‘e ,
10,00011. After a few month.' aoluaintence le hire,: •
her to his family, who were li, pug at Freilitirg, in
and she was at first kindly receiscd as his
wife. As soon, however, as the peceatirY
action that had passed between then, b.r.e.o known. •
scene changed. The young lady was drive,. with
from the home of her intended hualt.ind. :girl his •
sued her for extortion and fraud, at the same time •:';
ing to the authorities for a de ar..tion thot the km'. s. -
an imbecile and incapable of inattagies hi. own
At the trial two medical witness's or,, "
Glared that they considered liana, t" be
eiaapos r and, although their loathe sms ose•
shaken by the counsel for the defiece. the ust•t•
who in Austria perform the f unct ion ..of ploy tt. 11:e
—found the young woman pithy of ex tort "-
of fraud), and sentenced her to six mouths
meat with hard labour. Admitting the
Elm, his promise to pay 10,00011. ea,. also 4111111 E.,
them. Baron Clio appeared as a cs at the.
his behaviour was perfectly rational, slid,
rious Windham affair in England a few y, iis
which the present case has some analogy. tie eau-I"''
of the public were entiiely with the periiecuu '
The defects in the Ault, ri n law which b,ca oi
on this oceason are—that there is no such ti
mission " de lunatic* inimirendo :" that itot.T•
cannot be called for the defence in suchc mop
the medical witnesses who give evidence on th,-, i.e.'. •
are not independent pbytticions, bat arc otti dloeer
and permanently attached to the Ci •
Justice for all medictilegal eases.
CHOLERA SERVIcES IN THE LON PON 110--a k
On Tuesday afternoon last. the London 110,Mtal
mitten presented to several of their medical ioi I
staff certain testimonials of valuable articles. e
having the following inscription :---" l'reseitted
by the Governors of the London Hospital.
acknowledgment of valuable cervices ill the
Jearael.
LONDON GENERAL (}MN I BUS COME %NV (I.O"Tr,
--Traffic receipts for the week enclit4
8,418 Gs. 10d.

,vCALIsAIIuS ido THE POOR RATES.

Lit TATioNTOTHHPRESIDENTOFTHE POOR

LAW BOARD.-(THIS DAY.)

A! m ..tt a deputation, composed of the repre-
• of various ratepayers' associations, boards of
• '1 ws, mud other bodies connected with the east of Lone
• .N ated upon Mr.l lathorne rarity, at the offices of the
p law Ptoar.l. Whitehall. ..te the subject of the equali-
.,• of the poor rates in the metropolis. The deputa-
, , • eluded Mr. lawke, M.P., Mr. Ayrton, M.P.. Mr.
ten. M.P.. Sir V. Bright, M.P., Mr. Ilanbury. M.P..
. , Mi. Alderman Salontons, M.P. Mr. Earle, M.P., the
.•• boy the Poor-law Hoard, was present.
VI.. AN M.P.. in introducing the deputation, said
..:shed to bring under the notice of the hon. 'gentleman
which had engaged the attention of the House
, • ',moons fur ten years ; but which had not yet received
pmetical consideration. and certainly no practical
..•. it au.. It was not his purpose to C‘preSS his
,su dews on the subject : but rather to afford an
, !...ttottity to some of the gentlemen present to
• obein the views which they entertained. Sonic mem-
te ts o,f the deputation had a large personal experience
.• e.o. (test with the subject, and they wonld he able to
Hs, Into the benefit of it, and to show him that this
est ion (1311.1 no longer in trifled with, and certainly no
tezer delayed.
It, Et,. Mr. M'Cii r. produced a memorial prepared
by the Tower Hamlets Eatepayete Association, which be
Abollt to read, when Mr. Hardy said he was already
I:minted with its contents. having seen it before the de-
putation hail entered the room.
A member of the deputation and the representative of the
nateliff Ratepayers' Association read a litleMOlial adopted
by that body. and in which it was stated that the equal ist-
[loll '124133 would only impose a yearly rate of Ist. or lest.
in the pound. instead of the heavy and unjust rate at pre-
r.ent Icvte. 1.

_-The Ike. Mr. Ma i Jar, nt the rerinest of Mr. Ayrton,
supplemented the information contained in the memorial
which he h... 1 mese:Av.:. A' an illustration of the inability
of the pis ,f the east of London to meet the poor rates
.11,1.1, them, he said that Mr. Benjamin Dickscn,
magistrate. stated at a meeting held in Burdett-
.ll. hum house. that he had signed 20,000 summonses
the non-payment of the laver-rates in Is6o.
Ti, ,e was a general feeling amongst the inhabitants of
poor parishes in the east of London that they were
unjustly dealt with in the matter of the poor rates as
pared with the rich parishes of the West-end. The
it, lie property of the nit: rich parishes of the West of
1,11.10 n in the year IN.I was -1,600,001/., while that of the
Asoparishes in the East mot was only 1,140,0001.
T. mlaildtants of the rich parishes were now sending
elisaiels to aid those suffering from the prevailing dis-
tr, ss, and be scarcely hesitated to call such money con-
money ; because. if they were paying lid, in
permit and the poor parishes were pay-
-.s. ikl., it was only a small instalment of
wi:at should he paid by those wealthy parishes. The
di het. of the poor laws were strikingly evident at present,
1s cnasc if proper laws existed paid officers would do what
Wass sow being done for the poor by volunteers. The
eistiess in St. ieorge'siin-the-Last was very great. During
four days of the present week no fewer than 1,700 per-
s.,* were received in the stone-yard of the workhouse
s casual poor. The writferers were the stalwart
I, who build our iron ships and vessels of war which
sic necessary, not for the protection of the
East of London, but for that of the inhabi-
tants of the West end, and those men at present
1...10l more like hungry wolves than subjects of England.
The shopkeepers and householders of the east of London
could n., longer meet the demands made upon them. Sta-
tistical information which he had obtained showed
th_t in tit. George's-in-the-East, containing forty-
ia4lit thousand people, there were not two hundred persons
shoe annual income amounted to 200. He thought if
flu income tic and police tax were equally distributed in
the. metropolis that the poor-rate should be equally
apiortione.r.

Mr. M ‘NNIN.:, the chairman of the London Dock Com-
pany. stated that that company paid 30,000?. annually on
ps.r rays. and that they would have to pay 3.5,030 f. this
year. lie denied that the company had caused any dis-
tees., and said that they had never paid less than 2s. CA.
a sit), to their men.

elvrov, the representative of the Mile-end local
board at the Metropolitan Board of Works, having ex-
pressed his views.
Sir C. Ilfili.fir, M.l'., called attention to the fearful
destitution prevailing in Deptford and Greenwich, and ca-
lm:so:a the hope that an amended poor-law would in
some measure cope with the distress suck as that at pie-
sent existing.
Mr. Fut, the chairman of the Bethnal-green board of
guardians, assured Mr. Hardy that the distress in Bethnal-
green was increasing to an alarming extent. Ile
said that houses which were formerly occupied by one
family Lad now a family in every room and the condition
of these poor people was abject in the extreme.
Mr. L'a'rne, M.P.. paid a tribute to Mr. Hardy's ability
to deal with the poor-laws, and said be hoped the hon.
gent Tema n would hare the credit of being the first to re-
medy the evils attending the working of the existing laws.
Afterfa few words from Mr. Br xrox, and Mr. AIkTON
having informed Mr. Hardy that he had got all the infor-
mation which the deputation could give him,
Mr. llama said he deeply regretted that circumstances
*Linda have caused the extreme pressure which existed
at present. The difficulties of the question were not
so slight as some of the speakers seemed to imagine.
He willful to assure the deputation that early in
the session it would be his duty to state the
course which be proposed to take with reference
t metropolis. He thought it would be imprudent
to make any definite statement now. The subject had
had his attention, and it would continue to have his
attention, and he hoped that in the measure he would
introduce seine parts of it at least would be worthy
ofitheir approbation.
The deputation then withdrew.

THE BISHOP OF CHESTER ON CHURCH

IN.V OVA TONS.

The Bishop of Chester has replied as follows,
through lii. 31'Neile, to the second letter of some of the
Liverpool clergy
Hawarden Castle, Chester, Jan. fl, 1867.
" Ily dear Sir,-1 am sorry to be thus late in acknow-
ledging your commithication, which came into my hands
on Tuesday hat. But the Standard of Thursday,
bought at a railway station, made me aware that not
only had the address signed by you and five friends
been printed almost as soon as I first saw it, but
also that by a notice which you had prefixed to it
in the Record the appeal had been transferred to the
bishops, generally, or rather to the public at large. And I
need nut, therefore, regret as deeply as I otherwise should
Lave done the delay to which absence from this place on
official duties for three days in the course of last week has
given occasion. You and your friends were right in con-
sidering that I did not intend to rebuke the memorialists,
for I not know how far the practices of the hundred and
twenty-eight clergymen are or are not chargeable with
variations or omissions.' But it seemed right to remind
any whom it might happen to concern, that the law, if
called into action at all, must make its action felt in more
than one direction. The three points brought forward in
the address of January 14, which hardly admit of the sum-
mary settlement therein suggested, were very far from
being the only or the most prominent that were in my
mind when reference was made to variations and omis-
sions.' I most, however, be allowed to select the time for
speaking explicitly and definitely on questions which it ap-
pears to me inexpedient to discuss in newspapers. Mean-
while, the assurance of you and your friends' readiness
to comply with episcopal injunctions is most satis-
factory. The desire for ' harmony and peace' ex-
pressed in the note with which you kindly accompanied
this addriss is felt, I venture to say, by no one more
strongly than by me. Might we not hope that one of the
hindrances to these blessings would be removed if all of
us followed the judgment of the Court of Final Appeal in
F....dallies! Cannes :—'That, in the performance of the
services, rites, and ceremonies ordered by the Book of
Common Prayer, the directions contained in it must be
strictly obs.irved ; that nu omission or addition can by
permitted.' May He who maketh men to be of one mind
in a house bring us continually nearer to one another and
to himaelf.—l beg leave to remain, my dear air, very faith-
fully yours, " WILLIAM CHESI7.I."

The plan of reducing the water to a certain level
in the ornamental lakes of the London parks, before the
approach of winter, has been adopted for many years in
the Berlin Thiergarten. The only risk a skater runs, if
kveping within the bounds set by authority, is th-tt of
kin..; immersed in two or three feet of water. Another
derice is the providing skating grounds in the heart of the
town by flooding the llicrgarten, otherwise deserted in
linter. Six inches is the average depth of the water is
such localities.

"The Anglo-French Fisheries Commission," says
the Et. ~./.,r,/, continues its labours. In order thoroughly
inform itself, the French government has instituted
in.iuirT, in which representatives of the fishermen's
;;uitis awl of the chambers of commerce of the seaports
asl other persons Dave been examined. The duty on
fish is at present 10fr. the 100 kilogrammes ; it is
athrwed that there is an intention to propose a reduction
to fr. The Engli.h commissioners insist upon an entire
ahtAition of the duty, but this will probably not be con-
ceded:,

EAKt.v LtmftlNG.—A ewe belonging to Mr. David
conchal. Dregorn, dropped a lamb on Thursday, the
!.91 January current. —A ur Adrfrtiaer.
t: t Lill v VILLAGE.— In a population of nearly
th,re have been only two deaths in the put thirteen
nohow in Keyworth.—Nots hookas' Jos road.
CRYSTAL PALACE. Oiri SHILLING DAY.—
] ItthAlr, JAN. N.—Admissions on payment 1,492 ;
4'l", h/ season ticketa, 1,438. Total visitors, 2,930.