... PREROG1ATIVE COURT.-Jan. 14. THE WILL OF THIE LATE JEMMY WOOD. WOOD AND OTSIERS AGAINST GOODLAKE AND OTHERS. The argument in this case, which was left unfinished at the sittings at the end of last term, was resumed thisday. The question is as to the admission of an allegation pro- pounding a paper as a codicil to the will of' Mr. James Wood, of Gloucester. Dr. NICHIOLL spoke the whole day ...

... AnTmuss OF TilE CDOM1MITTEE APPFOINTED [TO CALL A PCBsiIC MEETING OF THE INHATITANTS OF THE METROPOLIS, ON BE- HALF OF MIt. FROST AND 111 FELLOWiPRESONERS. In pursuance of the duties intrusted to us, we have applied for the use of rooms at the several places where great metropolitan meetings have heretofore been held, but, either because such rooms have beeu previously engaged for a period to ...

... .; POOR-LhAW BILL. .The advocatesi. of his nevw Law have held -forth -t the country that a savingwas to be effected by It :workings, .while thbmpoor~themaelps -were' to be bettered ly it; but, Vrincipally, a saving of the -poclcet Was to be t he' resuit. W% hevqlways-thought, that,: uincler tbie old laws, eufficient the liaiid btX the R to ot6pas~t jirn~s were ~i~~in'th fawd o^t4iie pa- yer ...

... -Ti %Oi, i-i I- REl.4i-E5 rS_ I t 4 ?? R r , q The gravity of the C6our was most piominendv upset by a terrific row between an Irish Plaintiff fri male-afid'a Scotch ?? .f'the 8i'me gender-l 'tbey met, 'twas in a&r6W dI; lidt the ineeting of ?? iatd Rhoderick Diu was, not more impassioned; -lthonuhg- m'dre dignified: a fairer sanipleef whattmightbelei pectid from a couple of Kilkenny cats ...

... LATEST COUNITRY HE W8. {FROM THE PAPERS RECEIVED DOWN TO Lt5T EVENING.) SHOOTING AT A WIFE.-Henry Corderoy who was brought before the mayor and borough magistrates on the 6th iustas charged with wilfully shooting with intent to kill his wife, ar4 who was remanded until Monday last, again underwent exa. mination on that day, at the magistrates' room in the county gaol, when the depositions of ...

... MIuRDEn N;EAn Wontisop.-Strong suspicion hlaving been excited that a single woman, named Harriet Pyc, had given birth to and destroyed an infiitt she was apprehended, and ac- lrnowledged the crime, confessing that she had deposited the blody in a fish-1ond in Mr. Ramsden's wood, where it was sub- ?? fiund. Pending the inquest, the unnatural mother ecfbcte4 her escape in the night, having ...

... -LONDIN 3 _PGLICE. . ; . ' ANSION.NOUSE. - FRAUDULENT' MONBY-DEALERS.-On Wednesday a 'solicitor applied to Sir CHAP MAN MARSHALL for assistance in a case ofa very remarkable kind. The applicant stated that a client of his, a professional gentleman of highly respectable connections, being in want of a sum of money, and perceiving in the newspapers an ad- vertisement from a person in the ...

... LONDOW PoLmICJL MANSION - HOUSE. --SsueGGLIG. - On- Monday, lleathltote, a porter in the employment of the Commercial Steam. .cket'Company, was charged with having bad a quantity of smuggled brandy in his possession. George Purzey, a. tide-waiter, said, that lie was on board the Emerald, steam-vessel, from Boulogne, and observed the de- fendant leaving the deck with a basket. Upon being -asked ...

... P0 'I C 2L GtIT.DHALL. Gnaaux vrynsus Gnnirc.-Mv- Joseph Scott, a warehouse- man, of Bow-lane, attended to answer the complaint of Mr. Frederick Teush, a surgeon at Hackney, for defrauding him by selling him a piece of calico, value about 9d. a-yard, as fine Irish linen of the value of 2s. 6d. a-yard.-Mr. Mardon, for the defendant, objected that the magistrate had no jurisdiction, though he ...

... :x 'a0-zo (lefttreMr.7uastice'Viseur~e E~49 ?? MrA? E~liiVCA'1rL GnAihrZUr PnrtbNEr;-BlfZO&fC E4Ubk~iiS aiged A5,an oldoffiender, 'Was indictid tf the Suit df ?? by4te eptlbositles ofher' Mejextjs Minj , forilig titteseconnterfeit ctrtnt Chademto bersable the cuirinrybf itlsrelat. ?? hinxad ?? Chamabers conducted the prosecution ib tii eral. eis. ?? mhe - short fdcts adduced ia eids=cc it ...

... LONDOIW POLICE. V MANNSON.ROVUE. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY Op A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRLEST.-On Monday a young man, named John Jones, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having knocked down and robbed .the Rev. William Wood, a Roman Catholic priest, on Friday night in Moorfields. - The Rev. Mr. WOOD stated that, he was returning home. to his house in Finsbury-circus, between 12 and 1 o'clock ...

... SUSPECTED MURDER AT BALING-DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN HEAD. During the last three or four days great excitement has been created in the neighbourbood of Ealing, Brentford,&c., by a report being extensively circulated that a human, head had been discovered in the privy of the beautiful and pic. turesque priory of - Wyllie, Esq, a \Vcst Indian mer- chant, Castlebar-park, near the village of Ealing. ...