Glasgow Courier. — 1859-08-09 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE DIVORCE COCHT.--From the Ist of January to the Ist of June last 54 divorce suits for a dissolution of marriage were heard before the full court, and six before a single judge and jury ; 46 petitions for divorce were decreed, and only six refused. Two causes were struck out of the list, no counsel appearing, and in one or two causes the relief of a dissolution was refused, but a judicial separation d melted et Moro decreed notwithstanding. 333 motions were heard and disposed of by the learned Judge Ordinary between January and June last, and 311 summonses disposed of in chambers by the same authority. 20. applications for a mere "judicial separation " were decreed from January to June, and 1 only refused. 42 suits for dissolution of marriage were presented by the husbands, and 19 by the wives. In the eases of judicial separation the figures are reversed, 18 petitions having been handed in by unhappy wives, and only six by unfortunate husbands. Eleven petitions for the protection of the property of wives were granted, and three refused. A series of experiments are about to be conducted by Captain Galton on the part of the Boardof Trade, Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P., and Professor Wheatstone, to determine the best description of cable for the proposed line of telegraph from Falmouth to Gibraltar. The experiments are to be carried on with the aid of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and will comprise an investigation into the comparative value of gutta-percha and india-rubber, the best modes of insulation, and other questions connected with the manufacture of deep submarine lines.  THE LATE WRECK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS,— Havre, August 3. —The French barque which was lost on the Goodwin Sands, on the night of the 31st July, was the De Rudder, of Granville, Capt. Roger, from Buenos Ayres to Antwerp, with tallow, hides, wool, bone, &c. The master and mate were drown. ed; the remainder of the crew were saved by the Eolus (Swedish vessel), bound to Malaga, which transferred them to a pilot boat, by which they were landed at Calais.  The tenders, thirteen in number, for building Mr Spurgeon's new tabernacle have just been sent in. 'I be highest is £28,370; the lowest £21,500. The proportion for fittings ranges from £7,000 to £9,200, and an allowance is made for the substitution of Bath for Portland stone, varying from £1,290 to  - . £3,330. William Worsey, who was convicted at the last Stafford assizes of the murder of his wife, has been reprieved during her Majesty's pleasure. There is reason to believe that this unhappy man had no intention of killing his wife, and that although in the course of a quarrel with her he snatched up a knife from their breakfast-table and threw it at her with fatal effect, there was an entire absence of premeditation.  The surveying expedition of the Royal Engineers, which was being formed at Chatham to proceed to Turkey, under the direction of Major F. E. Cox, for the purpose of recommencing the survey of the boundary line between Constantinople and Montenegro, will not be sent out for the present, the government having decided on not proceeding with the survey. . . .  Loss OF FOUR Lrms.--A sad event has just occurred at Hull. A man named George Taylor, landlord of the Lord Durham public-house, Cross Street, in that town, had occasion to tap a puncheon of rum. For this purpose he had used a gimlet, but, the hole made by the instrument not being large enough, he had the folly to heat the kitchen poker to enlarge it. On applying this instrument the spirit ignited, and an explosion took place. Taylor was dreadfully burnt on his hands and arms, his hair was singed off, and his clothes almost destroyed. He rushed into the street, and the fiery spirit instantly spread throughout the dram-shop, which was in flames in an instant. The housekeeper was in one of the back rooms, and had just time to escape unhurt; but two of Taylor's children—Hannah, six years old, and Roger, four years old—were enveloped in the flames (which soon spread to every part of the premises), and were very alarmingly burnt about the body, and they died a few hours afterwards. There were two other children in the place, namely, Emily Clifton, five years of age, and Mary Stewart, four years. One was burnt to death in the place, and the other was so much burnt that she also died, so that altogether four lives were lost. The house was gutted, and a great deal of other damage done before the tire was subdued. Two children, who leaped from an upstairs window, fortunately escaped unhurt.