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The Great Northern Hospital held its first annual dinner on Wednes- day. This institution has expended 792/. more than it has received, and now its friends appeal to the public for means to liquidate the debt. During the past year it has relieved 254 in-patients, and 67,786 out- patients, 4nd ministers to the wants of a district peopled by 270,000 persons. The sum subscribed during the evening was 4001.
A Mrs. Rostock instituted a suit for divorce d mama at thora:in the Con- sistory Court, and it was transferred in the spring to the Divorce Court. The ground of the claim was cruelty. The unhappy couple were married in 1827, and the fruit of the union was thirteen children. It was not contested that during the thirty years of her married life Mrs. Bostock had been treated with inexcusable cruelty by her husband ; but in 1855 she condoned everything previous to that date. The decision, therefore, de- pended upon what had occurred since that period. Now, it was not-proved that Mr. Bestoek had been guilty of personal violence towards his wife, al- though he had uttered savage threats. But acts, not threats, are required as ground for a judicial separation. Judgment for the respondent.
The Assistant Judge at the Middlesex Sessions has sentenced Sarah Myers, the girl who stole a child and kept it from its mother for several weeks, to eighteen months' imprisonment.
The story told by " Margaret Robinson " turns out to have been pure fiction. Its publication brought out the true history of the girl. It ap- pears she has a wicked sister at Glasgow. By her infamous arts Martaret -was betrayed into a disreputable course of life, but only for a time. Torn by remorse, the girl tried to drown herself in the Clyde. Saved from that crime, she was sent to London. Herer-she was taken care of by a benevo- lent lady, Miss Devonport, who interests herself in leading back poor girls to right courses. But, placed in the Free Hospital, the girl discharged her- self, and was not heard of until she came before Sir Peter Laurie. She has written a contrite letter ; and those who have befriended her give her a good character. She has been sent back to the West London Union at her own request.
A Mormon congregation in Jubilee Street, Whitechapel, were —s-ubjecte, on Tuesday, to an inroad of a furious crowd, crying "Down with the Mor- mons ! Down with the beasts !" There was a great uproar, stones were thrown, an attempt was made to storm the chapel. Among the leaders of the riot was one Bowcott, a costermonger, and when a gallant policeman interfered to protect life and preserve order, Bowcott assaulted him. Sheri- dan, the constable, however, held on to his man, and he was brought before the Thames Street Magistrate. Mr. Yardley said it was monstrous that such a person as Bowcott should set himself up as the censor of others. He 'must learn that, although the law will punish the teachers of immorality, no sect can be attacked and insulted in their places of worship. Bowcott was fined.
Otto Frederick Homeyer, a Prussian, forged two bills of lading in Prus- sia, and uttered them in England as security for drafts upon a merchant at Newcastle. He has been arrested. The defence is, that if there had been a forgery it had been committed in Prussia. The Lord Mayor, however, held that the uttering gave him complete jurisdiction and remanded the pri- soner.
Madame Coton, otherwise Mrs. Bennett, has died from the effects of the explosion in her firework factory. The Jury met on Wednesday and returned a verdict simply recording the fact that Frances Ellen Bennett was mortally burnt on the 12th July. This does not terminate the inquiry. The Jury willmeet again on the 6th August, and pursue the investigation.
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