... 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 ...

... The January sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday morning at the Old Bailey, before the Lord _Mayor, Recorder, Mr. Sergeant Ara- bin, Alderman Johnson, and the usual civic authorities. The principal part of the Morning was occupied in swear.ing ill the grand and petty juries. Several gen- tienam were finid for non-attendance, among whollm was John Temple Leader, Esq., M.P. ...

... Th following extraordinary scene toolk place on Sa- turday last in tthe above court, There the Common Ser- geant presided:- At two o'clock the jury, as is customary, were allowed to retire for half an hour to procure refreshment, and one of them having exceeded his time by about ten mi- nutes, was ordered to be filled 5J.. the Court directing at the same time that a neow jury should be sworn. ...

... RBihard Hoppood, aged forty, a labouring man, was on Wednesday, indibted for stealing a piece of wood, value one penky, the property of John Walker, a farmer at Conlsden, in the lower part of the county. A policeman produced a piece of wood, wrapped up with great care in a piece of canvas, and laying it on the small desk attached to the witness-box, stated that it was given iato his possession ...

... We lament to state that it is this week our painful duty to lay before our readers the details of a shocking murder which was committed in the town of Hexham on the afternoon of Tuesday last, the 12th instant, and which has created such a degree of excitement in the town and neighbourhood as has not been witnessed here for many years. The following are the particulars of this deplorable event, ...

... CORO: RS I ES- On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr. Payne, at the City Bridewell, on the body of Jo- seph Fleming, aged 17, a painter, who was found drowned in the Thames. It appeared that the deceased was a youth of very weak mind and idle habits, and worked with his father at Clapton. On Saturday morning last, the deceased left work to get his breakfast, and about II ...

... MIDDLESEX ADJOORNED SESSIONS. Wednesday being the day appointed for hearing ap. peals, the Adjourned Sessions for the county of Middle.. sex were held at 'the Sessions' House, i'uClerkenwell, Mr. Sergeant Adams presiding. 'The only case of interest on the paper was the appeal of David Edward Williams, against an order of Mr. Hall, 'at the 'Hatton-. garden poice court, for an allowance to ...

... If, instead of a truculent and inflammatory ex- hortation to injustice by a judge upon the bench, the substance of Mr. Baron Gurney's charge* had, haply, been delivered by some wretched ministerial parliamentary back-some treasury slave, in whom the good things of place had engendered bile which required to be thrown off-we should probably have been amused by one or two things contained in it. ...

... The Poor supports the Poor On Monday Sir W. S. Wiseman, Bart., and Messrs. T. Dagnall, T. T. Clark. sen., and T. T. Clark, jun., the sitting magistrates, were occupied a considerable time in hearing and determining the claims of a number of the poorer inhabitants of Ruislip and other parishes within the division to be relieved from the payment of poor.rates. Those belonging to the parish of ...

... A$SI2$ I!4TELI;ENE. NORTHERN CIRCUfT. AtG. 10. IRaIP.- eorge Holderncs Bdward Atherton, and William Bell were inDieted, the first as principal, and the other two as accessaries, in i rape on the person of Mary Proctor, of Fishwick, near 'Preston on the 25tk of July last. The details of the evide4ce of the prosecutrix are unfit for pUlbhcation, but it went to show that she and a young man named ...

... 1ZBE .f lN, ;4 ?? IrRIAII OFT.J{1 ~ .INS jis O These proceedings commenced 4efdit thef Cburt of Peers on the 27th ilt., and'thiy are still going on. We have not space to give the examination of the witnesseb, ncr would it,jin fact, possess sufficient interest to com- pensaitefor tle space it would necessarily.occupyY. But we maust make afew selections, for the. purpose of.BhoW ing how these ...