... THE CHID Es ,-N THE CID W On Frie es , aged 2t tes examined before Mr. Gwvwa s hip-tet,1 .. a atge' of having wri~alf-11 lA i-:t the hadiven birth it hehouseh ir eniyoi ?? and Chat- field, linen s . i, City-road. The prisoner was defnded by: ibmphrytheattorney, and her mo. ther and h entookin peisonsi were with her, and seemedR. F acutely the terribe situation in .which she w.as pla . xflp ...

... THE!WOOWI-CH CASE. 'The examination of Thomas Warden, a soldier, for a felonious assault on a young woman, as stated in our last, has presented a novel spectacle in a court of justice in England, that of the prisoner being surrounded by glitter- ing bayonets. It might have been considered necessary by the magistrates, but it is certainly an innovation highly to be reprehended, as the military ...

... CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-(SATURDAY.) Late fatal Affray in St. Pancras. Maria Mearlin was arraigned upon a charge of man- slaughter, for having caused the death of Eliza Donald. Several witnesses were examined, but the evidence being substantially the same as that given before the coroner's jury and which we reported 'at the time, it is unnecessary to'repeat it here. It may be well to state, ...

... I MIDDLESEX BESSIOPAL APPEAL COURTI ChUrch latep. This was an appeal by John Mason, printer bud pa. rishioner of St. James's, Clerkenwell, against the trustee or church rate of that parish. Mr. Bodkin ap. peared for the respondents; Mr. Mason defended himself and party, and called Charles Frost, who proved service of notice upon the churchwardens. The recognizances of the appellant were ...

... An inquest has been held in the workhouse, in West Smithfield, on the body of Richard Tester, a waggoner from Bristol. The deceased, it appeared, was taken to the Coopers' Arms in West-street on Tuesday evening. The deceased had a very bad cough, and complained of being unable to lie down in bed, and of a tightness across the chest. He remained in bed until Wednesday evening, when he got up ...

... MANSION HOUSE. Cruel Treatment of Paupers. On Monday, a poor old woman, who was evidently in a very feeble condition, complained to the Lord Mayor of the parochial authorities of St. Luke's, Clerkenwell, and St. Sepulchre's, who had heartlessly kept her be. tween them without giving her any relief, in consequence of a mere point of form. The Lord Mayor said: I am aware that it has been often ...

... CENTAIRIL C;R M[WAI C'IURT. The sessions hommenoed on Monday morning, before the Lord Mil'or, Recorder, Sheriffs, and Aldermen. the calendarcontained a list of 306prisonerssldthefollowing is a summary statement descriptive of the various offences with which they were charged :-Bigamy 2;, burglary 5; coining i ?? ttering and possessing base coin 8; con- spiracy, i; cutting, wounding, and ...

... The Marlborough-street magistrates have recently in- vestigated a case, which affords another instance of the de- licate feeling and proper conduct of the insolent libertines, who, because they have wealth, claim the right of being the lords and masters of honest and industrious men. WILLIAM JONES BURDETT, nephew to the Apostate whose family name he bears, in one of his aristocratic freaks, ...

... i Tauno, FEB. 2.-A horrible murder has been com. itted during the past week at a small village named i'revarth, in the parish of Gweunap, near Redruth, on an )d woman, aged sixty-six, named Lovely Lean, the wife Jesse Lean, a miner and small farmer. In conse- enceof this, as well as several attempts at highway bbery that have been made in the immediate district, See whole neighbourhood is now ...

... On Thursday, at eleven o'clock, Mr. Baker, the coroner, and a jury of tradesmen, assembled at the Fountain Abbey Tavern, Praed-street, Paddington, for the purpose of inquiring into the. circumstances con. nected with the deaths of William Lovett, aged thirty. one, and Margaret. his wife, aged twenty-five years, both of whom were on the previous morning discovered in bed, with their throats out ...

... COURT Or QUEEN'S BENCH. BuRRIDGn s P. BETCxLAND.-This case was tried on Wednesday. Mr. Thesiger, Sir W, Follett, and Mr. Cockburn conducted the case for the plaintiff ; and the Attorney-General, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Wighitman that of the defendant. It was an action brought by the plain- tiff to recover compensation in damages for the injury he had sustained by reason of a libel published against ...

... WORSHIP STREET. A New Zealand Chief. Barnett Burns.- A grotesque-looking person, whose hair hung in shaggy elfish locks half down his back, and whose face was tattooed after the most approved fashion of the South Sea Isles, was charged under the following circumstances :-A policeman of the K division stated that at an early hour that morning the prisoner was given into custody by a cabman, who ...