... In accordance with the provisions of the Act 32 and 33 Victoria, cap. 71, which comes into force to-day, all petitions in bankruptcy must now he lodged at the offices aof the County Court Registrars throughout the country. With the view of accommodating the extra business which this Act will entail upon the Leeds County Court; altera- tions of a very extensive nature have lately been made, but ...

... |~7ur~s' NATTON~ ASSOCIATION, BMREPEA~L OF THE ONTAGIOUS ~'($TflET)SE~ASES A1CTS, ndoa Ill~fI t to Acts of Parliamd-ftr-ono ?? INer6 the other in 1869f-ealled ?? iu 186otlt° other inrO uforce in some of oar garrison Acts. 'These Acts tare mik al ,ad in large districts around them. IJuhko al tovm5, for the repression of contaiionls diseases, to other laas d woumon are liable, those ?? apply ...

... I EDSOWT., OF BANRI-.EoY;. FBmBy. ThEI T LST Sl'PING. (Befere Mr. Commissioner AtiasoN.) The Court sat to'-day for the last time, prior to the operation of tho new Bankruptoy Act, under whieh 'the business comes inder another jurisdietion. Thero was ?? larger attendance of solicitors than thoro had boon for man-y months, there boing''presont, besides othors from ieig4hbouring towns, Messrs. ...

... T~lE PANTIN MIERDERS. TUT11AL. OF TROPPMANN.-TuuSDAY. Thl(' tritl Of Troppinaiif for tho murder of the Kiot'k faittih, eight in numbers, commenced on Tuesday iu the rji lij 1,l tistfice. Paris. At half-past ten an usher of ]TlV Court fititig I)akl the door commuictftating vwith the interior of the ptalare, and aninounceed, AI~sie&vrq la Goi i . 11t0vcnin, the prestidenit, enetered, acm ...

... I S 7 THE WEST RIDING. The Christmas' Quarter Sessions for the West R Riding were opened yesterday, at Wakefield. Mr. J. B. GOEMNWOOD (the chairman) presided; and amongst the Y other magistrates present were Lord Houghton, the Hon. !, W. G. Eden, the Hon. G. E. Lascelles, Major Water- t house, M.P., Mr. W. B. Beaumont, M.P., Mr. J. Dent, I MP., Colonel Sir Henry Edwards, Bart., Colonol Holds- ...

... The twvo Irish labourers named Francis Tighe and Thomas Doherty, who had been apprehended on a charge of murdering a Bradford bricklayer, named John Murgatroyd, at Leeds, on the 27thfDecember, werebrought up on remand yesterday before Mr. Wilson, at the Town Hall. The Chief Constable prosecuted, anti Mr. Granger defended. A ground-plan of the Blrougham's Arms, Hirkgate, where the assault was ...

... NORTH RIDING. These sessions -wore opened yesterday at the Court-h ouse, Northa]lerton, Mr. J. IR. W. HcIrDYuD presiding. The BRIDGE MASTER'S report directed attention to a nuisance which had been complained of by the adjutant of the Worth York Militia, arising from te smoke from Mr. Cooke's paper mill, at Richmond. Lord BOITON stated that the arches of Kilgram Bridge appeared to be much too ...

... : SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LEEDS MAN,--STRANGE CASE. At the Marlborough-street Police Court yester- day, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, John William- Wells, chemist, of Portlend-strect, London (son of Mr. Wells, chemist, North-strect, Leeds), was charged on remand with using an instrument to one Jessie Eeles with intent to cause a miscarriage.-Mr. JEssE MoTms watched the case on behalf of the Society ...

... Yesterday, Mr. HIILnx'ARD (the Chairman), in charging the Grand Jury, said the present calendar con- tained forty-one prisoners for trial, although the past quarter had been a short one, Many of the cases were also of a mnore serious character than were generally tried, including two or three cases of housebreaking SwiNDLiNo A MAosmArs.-Charles Dekworth, alias Turner (57), and Edgar Duckworth, ...

... THE CLAIMANT TO. THE EARLDOM OF C NEWBURGH CHARGED WITH FELONY. Mr. Edwin Cadnian, of Westhourne, an inde- pendent gentleman and claimant to the title and estates of the carldom of Newburgh, appeared on remand at the Sheffield Town-ball yesterday, charged with felony. There was a full bench of magistrates, and the case ex- cited great interest, the court and the approaches to it beine crowded ...

... THE SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LEEDS AUCTION-BER, Jesse Smith, an auctioneer, carrying on business in Wellington-strect, Leeds, was yesterday charged on remndll before Mr. Bruce, at the Town Hall, with having been found in possession of a large quantity of stolen goods, the property of a firm in Birmingham. The case excites a good deal of interest, Mr. Smith being well known, and the goods in ...

... THE ROBBEBY 013': U106 IN WOLVER- H~IMe0Wf - At the quarter sessions for the borough of Wolverhump ton, on Thursday, before the Beeorder (Mr. 3.3. Pew4 Q.C.Q, Francis love (20), shoemar, was charged wise stealing two £60 and one £6 notes and a gold huntin watch, the property of George Plant. Mrs. Plant Wa called, and said that she was the wife of George PlahI' a farmer, of Yarniold, near ...