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STATUTE AND COMMON LAW

... SIATUITE ANVD COMMON LAW. The follwing iS tOn Commi'sion TbWch ha been itsued by bMs Maljet7 for tte purpose of atcertalring to what exVOteIt II prac- ilchble to re~uce to a systematic code che statute and commou lawy of this country William IV., by 1the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelard King, Deiender of the Faith. To our trusty and wvell-beloved Thomas Siar ...

IRELAND

... IRELAND, DUBLIN, SErP. 1l.-The Inquiry Into the Irish Municipal Corpo- rations, now in progress, will lay the foundetion of a most whole- some reformation in those monittrous]y corrupt institutious. The accounts from Drogheda, Youghsll, Navat, and other placet, which the Commiseioners have already visited, mention that the Investigation is of a most rizid and searchiag nature. This in- quiry, ...

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—TUESDAY

... 2I1DDtESEX SESSMONS.-TUEsDxv. [Before B. ROTCH, E:q. Chir main, atrI Comtmuon Juries.] JOHN DAV'IS wtas charged w!r'h stealing a cilk bandkerchlef fro:als Everett. Tire prolt, cittr atated, tihat WI:le walking along Whitechapel be f ,t 4 org ; 0: p ,ck-t, a.d tirrir'g rou. d., saw th, pris uer rrsrrrig7 of*. A j ursu'. enri u, aid iltb prirtier' was takln Into cust ody a.Itg~ ,t'ltro sBifl., ...

METROPOLITAN POLICE

... Whilst many ol-ject to that force on constitutional grounds, I1jBr\;y more objeCt to it on account of the expence that has been tI )wfnl upon them by the asses8ments for its support. 011c cer- tIy thirik that the same number of persons under one well noiited sytirem, better adapted to maintain the police of this g:r:It mriropolis, than when bhoken inks as many parts as there arc parisdws But ...

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT—WEDNESDAY, SEP. 18

... PINSOL VRNTDEBTORS COURT-VEDNEeDdY, SEP. 18. [Before Mr. Commissloner HARRIS.] JAMES PERCY was brought up on his petition to be dis- charged. The insolvent was not opposed, but from the exa- mination by the Commissioner, it appeared that the chief of his debts consisted of small sums for rent, the insolvent being of rather a rambling disposition, and liking changes of scene.- The wife of the ...

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT—TUESDAY, SEPT. 17

... INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT-TUESDAY, SEPr. 17. [Before Mr. Commissioner HARsBI.] Several Insolvents whose petitions were unopposed were forth- with discharged. WM. INGLESANT was brought up on his petition to be d's- charged. Ttrla v as an adjourned opposed case, having been on a former occaslon before Mr. Commissioner Botten. Mr. CooKE, who supported the Insolvent, stated that on the former ...

WESTMINSTER ADJOURNED SESSIONS, SATURDAY, SEPT. 14

... IVESTiNRSTER ADJOURNED SESSIONS, SATITRDAY, SEPT. 14. Wl4, POOLE, ROBERT THOMPSON, and FRANCIS FUR. NELL were charged with assaulting pulice seijeante Shackell and private Pearce, of the A division of polete, white in the execution of their duty. A second count contained a charge for a common assault, The policemen, at the time, were both in plain clothes. The cise excited considerable ...

POLICE

... M5ARLBOROUGH STROEET. THE POOR LAws.-The parish officers of St. Giles's brought a number of Irish paupers (principally young women either pregnant or with families, who had been left by their husbands behind, for the purpose of getting them passed to Ireland at the expense of this country) before Mr. Chambers, in order to have them sworn to the truth of their examinations. One of the Irish ...

BIRMINGHAM POLICE

... BIRMWNGUAM POLICE. I a CASS OF FORTUNS-TELL5NrG.-A man named David popNC well was brought up, charged with being a fortune-teller, and with having, In that atpacity, Imposed upon Mrs. Sarah Hard. castle. Mrs. FHardeastle, on being sworn, deposed that her husband was in the habit of staying ant late at nights, In consequence of which she bad some suspicions of his fidelity, and being resolv d ...

POLICE

... Poilc4IF. MANSlION-1Ot. E --Yest. r ! y n ,;2oeOrful lnanr, namedlJolItN r RANiEjcaoPT, wa. cli. ge -for i tie Lttd Mayor with having as- t saulted Edkwin Al!i-lot1U5, E q , thte D 1 itiy lif CrippIeiEate Ward. Id Tbhei .!. ilstit id Ui (,tficerin i he lihtit ef attendling at Vie wharf I froit whk h the C0! pi)AAy'g tt- 1)n h a'S0 sall ; and hIs dities iare certai:ly itc , labaliitit s, Fn I * ...

POLICE

... BOW-STREET.-THS LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER -A comical looking cove, who stated his name to be W ILLIAX CAVE, Was brought up, charged with exciting a disturbance, and threatening to knock the baxk teeth of Mr. Simmons, the wax-work exhibitor, In High Holborn, down his throat, to the great terror and alarm of the said ingenious modeller, who evidently could IlI spare the loss of even a single grinder. ...

OLD BAILEY—-THURSDAY

... OLD BAILPEA-TIIURSDaY. There Sessions conrnaenced this day before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Shieriffs, Recorder, Common Serjeant, Al- derman Farebrother, &c. &c. 'Ilhe presiding Judges were Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Baron Gurney. THE MISILIKE. Mr. PARKER, with reference to the case of James Wheat- ley, who was in custody upon a charge of felony- Mr. Baron GURNEY: Is the prisoner in the ...