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Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 69, 3 August 1865, Page 5

Romance of the Divorce. Cqurt. — The particulars of an extraordinary case in connection with the- Divorce Court; have reached me, which, although reading like a romance, are, nevertheless, strictly true. . For obvious reasons I shall not mention the names. The facts are, however, as follows : — Not long after the the late Sir C. 6ressvvell was installed as Judge .Ordinary, an officer in Her Majesty's service, whom I shall describe as Mr A., sued for and obtained a divorce from his wife on the usual ground. The co-respondent in the case, was also an officer in the army, whom I shall calJ Mr 8., made the' lady all the ! redaration in his power, and married her. She was subsequently received into society in India, where her antecedents were not too critically examined, but in three years afterwards Mr B. died and she was left a widow. Having no longer any tie in India, she returned to England, whither she had been preceeded by Mr A. and his three children. Having taken up her residence in a fsshionable town in the midland county, celebrated lor the curative property of its waters, Mrs. B. soon : obtained admission to good society as the widow of a British officer, and a very beautiful and attractive woman to boot. Here, after an interval of nearly two years she again encountered Mr A., and the result is that they have again married. The children of Mr A. have not recognised their mother, and all they know is that * papa married a widow.' Beat this in a sensation novel if you can. The circumstances of this extraordinary case are related with accuracy, and were I. to give the real initials of the parties they could be easily identified. They afford, perhaps, the only illustration on record of the ruling passion strong in divorce. — 'Correspondent of the Belfast News Letter.' A Remedy for Diptheria.— Dr. R. H. Alrnatt says : — lt cannot be too generally known that the progress of diptheria may often at once be arrested by the chlorate of potassa. A saturated solution should be kept in every family medicine chest in the kingdom — especially in those districts where the medical man is not easily accessible — ready to be administered in every suspicious sore throat. The solution is made by dissolving a quarter of an ounce (or four drachms) of the chlorate in a pint of boiling water. It should be preserved in a bottle closely corked, and when used the bottle should be shaken, with suffipicient violence to diffuse the chrystalline sediment through the water. The dose is a table-spoon ful -thrice daily. The negotiations between the Italian Government and the Pope still continue. Notwithstanding the outcry of the extreme party of action, Prince Odo of Savoy is said to possess the greatest influence over King Victor Emmanuel, and tfo be the principal author of the latest change in the Italian policy ; he is constantly attacked by the Mazzinian press.' : . With a view to utilise lay piety andl zeal as much as possible, the Bishop of London has just sanctioned the formation of aso- v ciety in his diocese to be called the Association of Lay Helpers for the diocese of London. The < Courier of Algeria' reports tihat a fresh insurrection has broken out in;Mqrocco, in the neighborhood of Rabat. The EmpeFor of Morocco is stated to be matching to the scene of the insurrection at the head of his. army. A meeting of the Lay Association in aid of the schemes of the Church of Scotland was held the other evening in Edinburgh, and an inci*ease of nearly L2QOO was reported in the missionary income of the Established Church. Mr Whelon, the secretary of the Little* North- Western Railway, and an influentisil magistrate of the borough of Lancaster, who was charged 'yirith -having committed theft or for forgery ?of railway scrip to a very large amount lias committed euioid*