, 1875-01-17

= LONDON.
! r>'7-- FAMOUS CHoRHoUE1.
John Green. aged IS, late landlord at Evans
Co7ans Garden, London, leaves memory that
merits something beyond mere obituary notice.
+ Il not very remarkable man himself-indeea,
he did not claim to he anything more than IN
anable Boniface, who was eager to welcome the
coming and speed the parting guest, and whose
emile, whose salutation Of Dear boy," and
whose snun. box. wore 1t evervbody's service
Ar- John Green had certainly succeeded in
making the famous cellar in Coyent Garden
piazza, over whose nocturnal and strictly
decoroua rovola he presided, the fayorite
place Of resort, not only 10 two generations
Of remarkable Englishnen- but Of die.
Of IL. civilized 9orEd We ssys AVE- not Il tho Ill @ ebt:
eat doubt that the late Emperor Napoleon III.
had often pars&ken OF q Pinch from a.,. Green's
boz, and it il on literary record that Mr.. Charles
Summer vent. st least On one occasion. IL Evans
WITH Nj. Tbackeray, with whom h= had tesn dim
street. CoTent Garden. Who, indeed, has not
been to the conviyiat soutertan? So widely was
its fame known that there is little reason to re-
gard "a apocrypbal the story Of iiusslnn gem
tlemEn who arrived in this country with soli-
tary letter Of introduction, which be kaid had
been given TO him by q Mo1do~Wai}achian friend
on board a Danubiaa steamer. It wan only q
scrap Of paper On which we're scraw!ed the words,
"Evansechopsings:n :nokroom, Kovert Gard"
ARoNANT1c CASE IN THE DIVORCE COURT.
The Probate and Divorce Court {saya London
correspondent Of the New York Hiorld decided
on Saturday. altar = long trial, a very romantic
caso. In which \ baronetcy vas involved, and
wherein the question Was the validity Of mar
riage alleged to hare been so1emnized mora than
100 years ago. Capt. Charles Edward Frederick
peritioped tho Court to declare that his grand
father Col. Charles Frederick, on tho Goth Of
March, 1773, had been lawfully married to Miss
Martha Rgden. Ii this marriage was thus a.
frmed, the petitioner would become Sir Charles
Edward Frederick, succeeding to the bAronetcy,
which became vacant year ago BY the death OF
Sir Richard Frederick, Of Burxood Hall il not,
the title and estate would go to Nce-Admiral
Frederick, who is the head Of = younger branch
Of tho family. The evidence showed that in l172
Cha1lcs Frederick Was Captain in the Guards,
burdened with debts and the reputation OF rake,
but still standing much in awe ct his father, who
was Baronet, member OF Parliament, 4nd
the husband Of tbs daughter OF Viscount.
Capt. Frederick fell in love With Martha Nsden,
the pretty daughter OF brewer. He ran away
With her, and, as the Court las now decided. he
married her, It was = secret a,riage, and No
register of it can ba found But IN 1776-the
year when certain memorable events occurred on
your nlde of the ocean-CAEtt: Frederick left the
Guards aud entered the East lndia Companys
service; his Wlfe-Or nt least Martha Rgdeo-
followed him to India mex: year abe VA. intro-
duced and received there as his wife : he rose to
the raus Of Colonel; and at bus dsath. IN 1?9l,
tine claimed aud received for herself and her chill
dreu Eension AZ his widox. Col Frederick had
inserted in family Bible an entry Of hla Eaaz-
rage and Mrs. Frederick. i: seerns. presented q
certificate of the marriage to tho East India
Company when she claimed her persioa.
great number OF letters we're slso produced On
tue trial which had been written by Col. Frea-
a1ick to his relatives here, speaking Ut his mar
mage and OF his love for his wife. All these
facts, the Court held. were sufficient to prove
marriage "by repulation," and it disregatded
the pleas on the other side that tho absence OF
= aregis1Eation OF tho marriage was suspicious
that The certificate held BY Mrs. Frederick was
forgery, aud that the father Of Col. Frederick
and the uncla and brother Of Martha Rigden
never beloved that the marriage had ta1an
place.. Tao moral OF tue story is that when you
get married you had better do it tin the face o.
the Church" and be careful TO get your u mar
uage Ines."' :.
The increase in the business Of tho Divorce
Court is rather alarming. In 1870 the Court an
uu1led 154 marriages; IN 1871 tho number vas
l66; in 1872 it rose 173; and last year it WAS
ais II one Will reflect Inst before tho Divorce
Court Was established the number ofs divorces
obtained in England was scarcely five per year,
and that domestic life was then far mora pure
than it nos il. he may estimate for himself tho
value OF this especia1 invention OF "hum7n
p1ogresss" I suppose that. il = law Were passed
by which parents might xiii their children nndcr
certain circumstances, tho nun oer Of Eabiee put
to death would inclsaso steadily year alter year.