... ATTEMPT AT MURDER NEAR STAINES, During SmidAy and Monday great excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Staines and Eglham, in consequence of a most desperate attempt at murder and highway robberywhich was committed on the right of Saturday, at Egham Hvthl, about midway between the above towns. The following parti. cnlars have been elicited :--Shortly after eleven o'clock on Saturday night ...

... The magistrates of Hull were engaged on Wednesday in in. vestigating a charge of a very extraordinary nature, preferred by Sir Felix Booth against a young mjn named Felix Booth, second cousin and godson to the Ron. Baronet, and whom the latter charged with, having a few days agowriitten a letter, dated Horner.squarei in thattown, and forwarded through the General Post to the London residenice ...

... GUILDHALL. Jains Ssiith, a labourer, about 50 years of age, was brought before Sir C. Hunter, charged with behaving indecentlv to Maria Garton, aged 15, in a pew, at St. Andrewv's Church Ho1. born, during divine service, on Sunday ?? Euck- moaster, the churchwvarden, stated the nature of the case, and said he should press the charge against the prisoner, because of late, several other ...

... aI ,The most painful feeling of horror and the greatest excite- srent was occasioned on Wednesday morning throughout the ?? of May-fair and Park-lane, by the discovery that Lord William Russell had been murdered in his bed at his re- sidence, No. 14, Norfolk-street, Park-lane. His lordship's establishment consisted of a French valet and two women ser vants; and when the latter rose shortly ...

... -0 HOME CIRCUIT-HzsRTFoass. AFFrAYAT WIT POACHERS.-George Morris, aged 23, was in, dicted for having with divers other personsunlawfully enteredt close in the occupation of Sir Henry Meux, Bart., armed wil guns and other offensive weapons, for the purpose of destroying ?? Hallon deposed that he was assistant garen keeper to the prosecutor, who had an estate at Cheshunt, in th county of Herts. ...

... - I .- . - . . - Mvs. ANNE PL.UNKETIT V. CHARLES HEArON-Mlms ANNE I'r.uNrsswCT v. Tim EAsRL or Bs.RsANoGos.-liefore a jury of the tenants of the Duke of 13uccleuch, at the Cavendish Arms where Mr. W\ightman sat as the steward's assessor. ir. Watson appearing as counsel for the Earl of Burlington, and Air. A lar- thiror Mrs. PlUnk-ett. Mr. NlarLtin addressed the jury for the plaintiff. lie ...

... CENTH# L CRIMINAL COURT. l ilOND AY.-The I38 hsessiOn, and 6th of the present Mayoralty, commenced this mornring Theridges appointe by the rota to preside are Mr. justice Coleridge, Mr. Ju ric. Coltman, and Mr. Baron Platt, as successor to the late r. Baron Gurney. tatent descriptive of the various offences with Ahc tumae rsoners committed for trial at the present ession of Oyer and ferminer ...

... I .-4 TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. In my last letter I ventured to assert that the poor .aws were not charity-that the poor had no independent or absolute right to relief, nor the ratepayers such a right to manage their own affairs, as to entitle them to the absolute management of the rate, or of those for whom it was raised. The most diffi- cult class of opponents with whom the supporters of the ...

... COURT OF REVIEW. E, CARTE WooD IN RLE WEBSsTER, A BANKRLUPT-This bank- rupt had the misfortune to be a shareholder in an unsuccessful 2oisc stock banking comopanly, called the Imperial Bank of E~,jngldtl h ich long since fell itito a hopeless state of insol- Aecy r Webster haplieted to be one of the fess share. holdrs ha ereposesse d of anyv considerable property, and ovae~ hi afia 555issued ...

... | INFAMOUS OUTRAGE UPON A RESPECTABLE MARRIED FEMALE, Edward Brown, a master carpenter and undertaker at Willes- den, was brought up at Marylebone, by Whipp, the officer, upon a warrant obtained against him for an indecent assault upon Susanna Gore, wife of Mr. Nathan Gore, residing with his parents at the Crown, Harlesden-green.-Cumplainant, an interesting-looking young woman, about 25 years ...

... 1 IIn our law -report of last week the following mild and gentle intimation appeared CAITION To DX33TORS .-THE NEwV SYSTEM OF IMrRI- ONxmNT.-Oa the judge (A. AAmos,JEsq.,) taking his seat in the Marylebone County Court, he begged of all pre- sent to take notice that in every case were default was made in obeying the orders of the court he should for the future send the parties so disobeying to ...

... ^\JSW AND POLICE. : = I COURT OF. QUEEN'S BENCH-- - W1Dr.1r V. Tiax DUKE o( BRUNSWIcM-'AsTION ON A CONTRACT MADE BY-A dSoEP-E1GN PsINcE. _.This WaS an action on an annuity bond. The defendant pleaded that be was a sovereign prince, and that the contraet had been made by him when within the limits of the dukedom of whicb he was sovereign. To this the plaintiff replien that the contract did not ...