... ?? ?? . I AN UNFORTUNATE CONTRE- TEMP S. IN the Divorce Division, Mr. Justice Bariies had before him the petition of Mrs. Alice Charlotte Dvball for a divorce by reason of the desertion and adultery of her hus- band, Mr. John Dyball, who was the co- respondent in the Harding Cox divorce suit. There was-no defence. Mr. Newson, who appeared for the peti- tioner, said that the parties were ...

... DIVORCE COUT.- A SCOUNI9RELLY HUSBAND'S DASTARDLY CONDUCT. ?? IN the Divorce and Admiralty Division, Mr.. Justice Barnes delivered a reserved ment in the case 'of Burden v; Burdqn (Queen's Proctor intervening). Originally, the petition was that of Mrs. JanueBitdori, living at Sunderlan4, and she obtained), a decree nisi by reason of the cruelty and adultery of her husband, Mr. Fradcis Bur- don ...

... THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A -W.LLW KNOWN INTERNATIONAL ?? .FOOTBALLER. M*: .AtgxnFD HonGkrIso02, coroner, held an' inq'iiry at St. Paul's Schoolroom, Tot- f nham;-,. respecting 'the death of Thomas:' Heniy Bradshaw,, aged twenty-six years, 'the' weli-knowi -internatibnal footballer, atid capt in of th'e Thaes Ironworks Football -Club, who -died suddenly at' his residence, 5,1~Sheibourne Road, ...

... EXTRAORVINARY STORY FROM CARDIFF. ALLEGED MURDER. THE BODY FOUND IN A GARDEN. -A iORRIBSL disco very was made on Wednes- day at Cardiff. Henry Blatchford, an aged haulier, of Westbury Terrace, Canton, had been reported to the police ens missing since the Saturday afternoon. Acting upon in- formation the police went to a garden at- tached to the premises of a milkman named Sweetman. ii ...

... A PECKHAM PALMIST FINED FOR I I TELLING FORTUNES. AT Lambeth Police Court, Edward Henry Mond, thirty-three, a fair-haired man, with a fair moustache, described as a palmist,. was charged before Mr. 1opkins on a war- .rant, with unlawfully obtaining the sum of 2s. from Eleanor Lee, by pretending o6 pro- fessing to tell fortunes by palmistry. Detebtive-1nspector Fox stated that on the previous ...

... | POLICE INTELLUGtENCE BOW STREET. A MONT-1's HARD FOR KICKING A Doi-KXsY.-1h long suifering donkey has found a champion at last. A costermonger nained James Lambert was charged before Sir brankiin Lusiinton with giving his faithful ' moke two severe kicks in the ribs. He received one month's hara labour, thle magisirate saying that a donkey was mor3 ill-used than any other animal pos- ...

... *WT the Old Bailey, before Mr. Justice Bucknill, John Parr, nineteen, Ia French polisher, was indicted for the wilful murder r of his sweetheart, Sarah Willett. l Mr. Horace Avory, Mr. Muir, and Mr. Guy Stephenson prosecuted; and Mr. s Biron, at the request of the Court, do- fended. The prisoner had been keeping company ] with the deceased girl, who was about his own age, but she hearing that ...

... AT the Marlborough Street Police Court Lawrence Somers, sixty, otherwise L. S. Phipps, turf accountant, Woodchurch Road, Kilburn; Archibald James Trace, twenty- four, clerk, Dorris Villas, Church End, Finchley; Frank Bastian, twenty-four, clerk, Huddlestona Road, Holloway; Charles Major, fifteen, clerk, Comyn Road, Clap- ham Junction; Wylerants Pearce, forty-five, traveller, Denmark Hill; and ...

... A LADY WHO WARTED HER BLACK HAIR DYED RED. JUDGE BACON WOULDN'T EXAMINE IT AT Bloomsbury County Court, before Judge Bacon, Madame Ida De Moyrat, of Bedford Court Mansions, Great Russell Street, was sued by a coiffeur named Roberts for two guineas, the cost of dyeing her hair in November last. Mr. A. L. Jacobs appeared for plaintiff. Mr. Marcus Lewis, for the defendant, said that the lady ...

... A CLU I'S -ATE -;CARD.ER.- AT the ?? -f Lqndonu-'essions, at Clerkenwell, befgre -Mr. RW. B. M'Connell, QC.; .hairrqaw an- ederlyman named Ernest James 'Auggstus ' Fitzroy, sixty-eight, wearing- tbe. guxQf- - clergy- man, and described in to. cal n as.. a clerk' in holy orders, was put in the-dock- to answer an indictment accusing .Im of having atteriptb Pto4obtain by false pre- tences from ...

... 1Id8BTRAThI 1OLIHIM N SATURDAY, DECEMBBR 15, 1900. OUR ILLUSTRATiONS. CLOSING IN ON DE WET. GETTING ARTILLERY ACAWSS A SWOLLEN RIVER. [SUBJECT OF' ILLUSTRATION.] Tia Standard correspondent wires, under date Pretoria, December' :- The capture of De Wet and his fol- lowers seems to, be imminent~i The con- iitions are all in our favour, for the Boer leader is undoubtedly in the tightest ...

... ANOTHER TMIASSAGE HOUSE RAIDED IN THE WEST - END. AT the Marlborough Street Police Court, Winifred Withers, thirty-eight, masseuse, 18, Old Burlington Street, W..; Nellie Brooks, twenty-two, masseuse, Great Port- land Street; Annie Wright, twentytsix, masseuse, Keogh Road, Stratford; Mabel Venton, twenty-four, masseuse; Elsie Ven-. ton, twenty-two, manicurist, Charlotte Street; and Mary ...