The Marlborough Press, April 15, says

Evening Post, Issue 67, 27 April 1865, Page 3

The Marlborough Press, April 15, says

41 We rearet to he informed that there is much sickness in Picton, the prevailing ailments being those of a Io»v typhoid fever, much of which is attributable to the deficient drainatro in dwellings, stagnant water, and the erection of out-offices in too close proximity to the sleeping and living rooms of occupants. We noticed a few days since the Government had appointed Dr. Tripe as Provincial Surgeon. Would it not be practicable to invest with sufficient sanitary powers to prevent the abominations which at present exist in the way of imperfect drainage and open cesspools ? If there are persons in cur midst indifferent or impervious to unwholesome smells and foul exhalations, it is no reason thfy should he allowed •a carte blanche to poison" their neiehboura." It has been announced thut Captain Craier, the governor of the Pentonville Prison, has nhieonded with some £2000 of the public money in his possession. It was also stated that Captain Craig made his way to Cardiff, vn \ stayed for several days at the Angel Hotel in that town. • nder the nssumed name of " Captain Brown." The following is a true version of this part; of the airVir :—" A constable, by direction of Sir Thomas Henry, chief magistrate at Bow steet, proceeded on December 2nd to Cardiff, with a warrant to toapprehend Captain Crnig. He had ascertained that Mrs. Craig had received several telegrams from a man named Brown, who had been staying at the Angel Hotel at Cardiff. Brown proved to be the mate of the steamer Argyll, bound for Liverpool, which had sailed on the 22nd of November. The constable has since seen Brown, and found that he was married to Miss Constance Craig on loth December. It was ascertained that Craig had not been at Cardiff. A story is told of the duke of Marlborough, great grandfather of the present Duke, which always amused me. The Duke had been forsome time a confirmed hypochondriac, and dreaded anything that could in anyway ruffle the tranquil monotony of his existence. It is said that he remained for three years without pronouncing a single word, and was entering the fourth year of his silence, when he was told one morning that Madame de Stael, authoress of " Coridne," was on the point of arriving to pay him a visit. The Duke immediately recovered his speech, and roared •out, " Take me away ; take me away 1" to the utter astonishment of the circle around him, wMio all declared that nothing but the terror of this literary visitation could have put an end to thii long and obstinate monomania.—Celebrities of London and Paris. By Captain R. H. Gr mow. A net, about a yard long and 12 inches wide, was recently found in the stomach of an 181b codfish, at Dewvbury.