The Week.

30 , Sheffield 31 , London and Edinburgh 32 , Bristol 35 , Salfovd 40 , Liverpool 41 , Glasgow 42 , Newcastle-on-Tyne and Dublin 43 , and Manchester 48 . -On the 24 th ult . a private in the 3 rd Hussars , named Cornelius Kane , was brought before the magistrates at Kingston-on-Thames charged with attempting to murder a young woman named Agnes Adams , whom he

looked upon as his sweetheart . It was proved clearly that the prisoner made a most determined attempt at cutting the poor girl ' s throat . Jealousy seems to have prompted the unfortunate man to the brutal act . The prisoner was committed for trial . The crusade against the music halls goes on energetically . On the 23 rd ult . Mr . Hart , the proprietor

of the Raglan Music Hall , had to appear before the Clerkenwell Police Court magistrate to answera complaint brought against him somewhat similar to one lately brought against Mr . Strange , of the Alhambra . Mr . George Frederick Leicester was again the complainant . He admitted that he was paid by the theatrical managers to act in that capacity . Mr . Barker

inflicted the full penalty of LS 20 , including costs . A curious case occupied the attention of the Divorce Court , and was not concluded when the court rose . It was a suit by the guardian of a lady for the dissolution of her marriage with the respondent , on the ground that she was insane when the marriage ceremony was performed . Some very singular , evidence was given in

support of this allegation . A decision of the Lord Chancellor , given on the 26 th ult ., will in all probability put Mr . Hudson , the once famous Railway King , into easy circumstances . He has for years been engaged in litigation with the North Eastern Railway Company , in respect to certain mortgaged property , and the Lord Chancellor's decision is in Mr . Hudson ' s favour . The extraordinary divorce case Hancock against Peaty , occupied the Judge Ordinnry on the 26 th ult ., and had not

concluded when the court rose . It is stated , we know not with what truth , that Mr . and Mrs . Peaty are living happily together ; that Mrs . Peaty has no desire to leave her husband , and that he has no desire to be separated from her ; that no question of money is involved in the case ; but that the proceedings have been taken at the instance of Mrs . Peaty ' s relations . The other day

an eccentric old woman , well known for many years in the southern district of the metropolis as " Jenny , the cat skinner , " but whose real name was Hannah Henson , was discovered lying dead , in a state of nudity , in a wretched , filthy room , in Harriett-street , Lower Marsh , Lambeth . At an inquest on the body , which was held on Saturday , it was proved that ,

although " Jenny , the cat skinner , " had lived for many years apparently in the utmost state of destitution , she died worth £ 111 2 s . 9 d ., the hank book- for which was produced as well as sundry other sums of money said to have been hidden in her stays , but which were said to have been mysteriousl y abstracted . A will was also produced , leaving all the money to some Maria

Kate Brown who cannot be found . The verdict of the Coroner ' s jury was to the effect that death had arisen from deceased having , by her penurious habits , neglected to provide herself with proper nourishment . One day last week two men were charged at tho Lambeth Police-court with assaulting two policemen named Barrett and Pratt . The policemen swore

that they were not drinking in a public-house into which the defendants came . Three witnesses were called to disprove this statement , and it became clear that there was gross perjury on one side or the other . The magistrate under these circumstances intimated that he should probably send the case for trial . The case was to have come up for further hearing on the 27 th ult ., but an inspector of police informed the magistrate that the two policeman had been dismissed the force . The two defendants

in the case were therefore dismissed- Are the two ex-policemen to escape altogether from punishment ? A curious action was tried in the Court of Common Pleas on the 28 th ult . It was an action brought by a Mrs . Watney against Mr . Lyne , the father of the eccentric Churchman who calls himself " Father Ignatius , " for damages for injuries done to furniture in a house at Hambledon , let by her to the defendant . There was in the course of the case rather more than usual of that splendid

forensic small wit the account of which it is very melancholy work to read , but which seems to tickle law court audiences . Mr . Justice Byles , however , seemed too obtuse to appreciate it , and urged that business should be proceeded with . The allegations of the plaintiff are in effect that Father Ignatius was very fond of birds , and kept an owl and a parrot in the drawingroom , and magpies in his bedroom . The owl broke a valuable

vase , the parrot made holes in tho curtains , and the magpies made dirt every where . The children of the family are charged also with damaging furniture . Tho defendant , Mr . Lyne , was called for the defence , and was very auxious _ to make a speech . The judge , however , repressed him with difficulty . The case was not concluded when the court adjourned . The action Watney v . Lyne , in the Court of Common Pleas ,

ended on the 29 th ult ., in a verdict for £ 20 for the p laintiff . Henry Philip Dashwood Arthy , the young gentleman who , by a forged letter , written in the name of Mrs . Ghisholm , succeeded in obtaining one hundred pounds from tho Royal Bounty Fund , was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude . His career appears to have been one of rascality for several years past . Previouslhe had defrauded MrGladstone when that gentle

y . - man was ' Chancellor of the Exchequer , and only escaped punishment by a great affectation of penitence . The Common Serjeant was quite right in designating him " a dangerous person . " The strange divorce case—Hancock , falsely called Peaty , a . Peatv , was resumed on tho 30 th ult ., in the Divorce Court .

Witnesses were called for the defence against the petitionthe first of whom was Mr . Peaty himself . He emphatically denied that his wife was insane before mrrriage , and insisted that any irritability she might have shown was owing to the worry to which she was subjected by her six sisters . Other witnesses having been called , the judge , again suggested a compromise , and , after a conference between the parties , the case was adjourned to allow time for an agreement

to be come to . An inquiry has been instituted by Dr .. Lankester , into the circumstances attending the death of Alfred Tolkein , who had been acting as clown at Sadler ' s Wells Theatre for tho previous four weeks . It was stated in evidence that on the first night of the performance the deceased had to leap through a window in one of the scenes ; that there was no one to receive him on the other side ; and that although the shock did not immediatelincapacitate him from

proceedingy with his business , he had ever since beoii complaining . The medical gentleman who attended deceased considered that natural excitement was the cause of death , and the jury returned a verdict to that effect . An inquest held on the body of a child who died from exposure and want of food , revealed some passages in the life of a female casua ' - Anything more deplorable could not be imagined . The mother and her

two children wandered about during the day selling cigar lights , and at night they sought a refuge in the casual ward of some workhouse . For the period of fifteen months they have been without a homo and tramping about London .. The Coroner suggested that there might be a case of manslaughter against the mother on the ground that she should have sought medical relief for the sick child in a workhouse .

But . on the other hand , as it was possible that she might have been misled by the remark of a nurse to the effect that the boy was not ill enough to be admitted , the jury decided upon idjourning the inquest for further evidence .

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