THE MARCH OF Monar.trv.—At the Marlborough Street Office, a parish
clerk who was called on to give evidence in a case of bigamy, stated to the Magistrate, that of late the greater part of his time was taken up by such cases. The Magistrate ventured to express a hope that the crime of bigamy was not quite so common. " No crime," responded the clerk, " can be more common ; -and it is increasing every day. People think nothing of taking two or three wives or husbands." FAIR-GOING.—A young woman summoned the officers of All Hallows before the Lord Mayor on Monday, for turning her out of the workhouse. She had an illegitimate child, and, as she declared, did not know who was the father of it : the parish authorities were not satisfied with her denial, and turned her out in consequence. It appeared from her story, that some twelvemonths ago she had insisted on going to a fair, contrary to the wish of her father ; and she had never returned home from that time. The Mayor ordered the parish to give her the relief she sought.
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