The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-19 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

DIVORCE COURT.
(Before, sir J. P. Wilde.)

PEATY V. PEATY.
In this case Dr. Spinks, Q.C., asked that judg-
ment might be postponed.
Sir James Wilde said that he did not intend to
make a decree, but to express an opinion, and then
said—This is a suit instituted for a nullity of mar-
riage, on the ground that the wife is and was at the
time of the marriage of unsound mind. Before her
marriage she had displayed traits of insanity, and
on the 19th August, when she was married, she was
insane. The learned judge then reviewed all
the evidence which was adduced at the
trial, and said that it was impossible
for the Court to doubt that this lady was
of unsound mind. It was not to be attributed
to eccentricity. It had begun before marriage, and
had exhibited itself immediately after it. After
the latter event she had displayed the mania again,
and had left her husband, and was with difficulty
brought back by his father.. After making the
amount of allowance for the painful disease under
which the lady was suffering, there could be no
doubt that there was every evidence of insanity.
It had been laid down by Lord Stowell that mar-
riage was a contract as well as a religious ceremony,
and must be regarded as a contract. It must be taken
into consideration that the friends of Mrs. Peaty had
allowed the husband, though a man of moderate
means, to support her for three years, which he had
done with a rare and disinterested fidelity. He had
known her many years before marriage, and her
friends had stood by when he married her. Taking,
however, all the circumstances of the marriage into
consideration ; that it was contracted when the wife
was in an unsound state of mind, he (the learned
Judge) should not make any decree, but allow Mr.
Peaty, as it was asserted that his wife 'wad now in a
sound state of mind, to try that question if he
pleased.

MARKETS.-- Illis day.

HAY.

SIIMMELD.—Mettdow hay, £2 15s to LI 5s ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs; and straw, £2 O's to £2 Os per load.
Trade quiet.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, .C 2 159 to .£4 lOs ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load.
Demand limited.

WitrrEmarEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 5s ; clovet,
£4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 ds per load.
Trade slow.

COLONIAL.

TEL—There has been very little business transacted,
the trade having deferred their purchases until the public
sales of China, which commence to-day, when about
18;000 packages, of which 16,000 aro without reserve, will
be offered.

SUGAR.—The demand for West India descriptions has
not been very active, but good brown qualities have fully
maintained former values. The stocks on hand in the
United Kingdom, compared with thoso of the correspond-
ing period of last year, show a decrease of about 12,000
tons.
COFFEE.—A fair inquiry has prevailed for superior
descriptions of Plantation Ceylon, and late rates have been
well maintained.
RlCE.—There has been a moderate enquiry, and prices
have slightly tended upwards.
TALLow.—T here has: been a fair business transacted
during the week in the Tallow-market, but almost entirely
by speculators, to close former sales. The trade has done
but little, and for the moment there are no export orders.
The advance here has had a corresponding effect on prices
at St. Petersburg, and 47i roubles, with hand-money, have
been paid for delivery for August. The exchange was 3
15-16. To-day the market is firm at 44s on the spot, 13s
9d to 44s April to June only, and 44s 6d October to Decem-
ber. Australian beef fetches 43s to 43s 6d. Town tallow
43s net cash.

Lady Stanley of Alderley has cards out for an
assembly for to-morrow evening, at the family residence
in Dover-street,
Piccadilly.

Sir Edward and Lady Rokewode Gage have left
town for their sent, Hongravo Hall, Suffolk.

The Right Hon. R. Nisbet and Lady Mary Hamil-
ton and Miss Hamilton have arrived in town for the
season from their seat in Scotland.

DEATH OF A COUNTY COURT JUDGE.—The death
of Mr. J. Espinasse, judge of the county court for West
Kent, was announced yesterday Mr. Espinasse had held
the appointment since the passing of the act for the esta-
blishment of the courts in 1847, but for some time past he
has been prevented discharging his duties, which have
been carried outby Mr. R. Fowler, barrister. The appoint-
ment, which is worth.£l,soo a-yea; is in the gift of the
Lord Chancellor.

Loss OF A STEAMER AND SCHOONER NEAR DUB-
LIN.—By telegraph we learn that during a heavy snow
storm on Sunday a steamer was lost at Salt Hill, and a
schooner at Howth, within a few miles of Dublin.
PARR AND SALMON.--Mr. John Shaw, of Drum-
laurig Park, died last Wednesday. For many generations
there had been a controversy as to whether the small fish
called a "parr" was the young of the salmon ; and a great
many hot and positive assertions had been uttered and
printed on both sides. Instead of stating opinions or draw-
ing inferences, Mr. Shaw, more than 30 years ago, sot him-
self to ascertain facts. With the permission of the Duke of
Buceleuch (on whose Dumfries-shire estates he was head-
keeper), he erected ponds on the banks of thoNith at Drum-
lanrig, where he carried out a sort of triple experiment,
making assurance trebly sure. Ho put, parrs into the pond,
and they became salmon smolts'; he took what was under-
stood to be salmon roe from the river, and it became parrs;
and he took pairs of salmon from the river, expressed their
milt and roe, and the produce was again parrs. All subse-
quent experiments have confirmed Mr. Shaw's experiments,
made so long ago as 1836, and have added little or nothing
to them.—Seotmtan.

IMPROVEMENTS IN TELEGRAPIIS.—There is DOW
on trial, at the chief office of the London District Tele-
graph Company, in Cannon-street, a telegraph instrument
which, in point of detail and result, appears to bo the
nearest approach to simplicity and perfection hitherto avail-
able for public or private use. It is a printing instrument,
producing letters printed in ordinary type by means of
pressing small keys bearing the respective letters. It is
worked by a combination of clockwork and .electricity,
and'has now been in use for some 'weeks without a single
derangement. Other somewhat similar results have been
arrived at by other instruments, but, with the exception
of that invented by Professor Hughes, none have been
brought into successful use. This instrument has, how-
ever, many advantages over that of Professor Hughes. It
does not exceed 15 square inches in size, it is entirely
simple in all its arrangements, is portable, and costs less
than a third of that invented by Professor Hughes. These
many advantages render it particularly suitable for private
telegraphs, as any one can work it, a printed record is kept
of the message, and should no one bo in attendance to re-
ceive a message when transmitted, the printed slip will
remain for attention as soon as any one is present to at-
tend to it,