27 APRIL 1861, Page 3

An extraordinary question has been raised in the Court of

Divorce. An innkeeper, residing at Hull, has petitioned for a decree of nullity of marriage, on novel ground. He alleges that a pretended marriage was performed between himself and Ann Taylor in a church-vestry in Yorkshire, and he asks the court for a decree on the ground that he had carnally known, before the marriage, Mary Taylor, the mother of his wife ! The court has taken time to consider its judgment. The Court of Exchequer, sitting in bauco, have, we are glad to say, refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the body of Fernandez, committed to prison for refusing to give evidence in the Wakefield bribery case. The court are of opinion that the commit- ment was perfectly legal.