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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 18, 20 January 1872, Page 4

Law and Love. — An English barrister in Madras has hit upon a neat substitute for divorce. He has simply turned Mohammedan, by which means he does not get rid of his wife, but is enabled to make her life a burden to her in a most satisfactory manner by bringing other wives into the family. He has instituted proceedings against her in tbe Divorce Court, but, owing to the lady's obstinately good character, had no stronger ground to allege'.tban incompatibility of temperament. His case was, therefore, very unpromising; and hence, it is supposed, his sudden con* version to the creed of Islam. Warren Hastings, in reference to the pecuniary approbations charged against him, said that, considering the opportunities he enjoyed, he was astonished at his own moderation. The convert in this case possibly entertains a similar feeling as regards himself, for he has as yet extended his matrimonial arrangements by the addition of only one lady. This lady — a young Frenchwoman — is also a convert, having recently been received into the fold ofthe faithful at a mosque iu Vellore. Tha pair have been married in Mohammedan form, and with great splendor. In the romantic narrative of these events furnished by the Indian papers, the course taken by the Christian wife is not told ; but, apart from her claim to maintenance, she may, of course; proceed for the restitution of conjugal rights. It would have been better for tbe husband, therefore, had he been off with the old love before he was on with the new, for his original spouse may give him a great deal of trouble yet. Still the notion of the con*

version was neat. A change of religion for tbe removal of incompatibilities bas a great advantage over an elopement, as it does not interfere with business, and gives one a character for conscientiousness among people of a liberal turn of mind, A Little Boy had been cautioned never to take the nest egg when gathering the eggs; but one evening the girl reached tbe nest first, seized an egg, and started for the house. Her disappointed brother followed, crying , " Mother ! mother ! Susy's been and got the egg the old hen measures by j "