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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1973, 1 May 1875, Page 2

r^A&j extraordinary case, came^befpreihs Court of Queen't Jenchi Dublin, pnj 3rd February. AA" Roman Catholic named Lemmpnf^laimed)' the <. custody of his children from his. wife, who was a Protein* tant,;and a writ of-habeas corpus rXf** returned. , Therwiforpleaded that Her husband had some years, agof^eeri- under restraint in a lunatic asylum, tHa\lia*<fir showed symptoms _of. insanity, in<£itfc got the custody of the; children he jtXjjtfdL desert them', as he had done on a former occasion,,-The ;<^rt, after;rhearjßJg the pleas of the parties,-directed that the children shjuld be handed; over to the father. Immediately "oh * hearing the judgment,' the children, four,jn nmmber> icreamed pitcously, *'■ Oh, mother;"for* I'the love of God, don^-flgave us," ■ and gave way to paroxyjms of'despair. Every "one ia the court seemed deeply moved.. The father, in an excited manner,, attempted to tear one g| the children from the mother, when the "judge'jnterposed and I;autionW.; him. Ultimately "the woman consented to return to her husbandjjand! .the r parties left the court apparently reconctreal Tfl.e t Poy,erty. r ßay Standard says :— "•Yesterday,-4 very fine:quartb specimen was brought to our office purporting to have-been taken-from among the hilla— somewhere ia the district. Nothing can be elicited in the matter, in the shape of particulars; but the bonaf^s f are un« dou^tedjand^tue source", from whicii the report comes is 'thoroughly reliable. The specimen is impregnated with fine gold, which' has been: tested, andjwith a result that leaves no doubt as to it* valne. —but whether.it will lead to anything* further remains to-be ifeen. ! ', C ':' \ POBTET AND PRACTICE.—JoiieS (poetlcally): JJut to have some fair heiog to brighten your hearth -^^i 'Brown; (practically :** Brighten niy hearth. 12 Mrs Gollagher; 4ell this gentleman the ; time you spent on this, blessed fireplace this morning! And yet he isn't satisfied— When a Philadelphia critic wishes to be ? very expressive, he compliments a dramatic star by saying that" she shines like a brass-tacjl| in an old hair trunk."