... 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 ...

... DUBLIN POLE_-YEST91tDAY. HEAD OrFICE. F'osNY.-A boy, named Daniel Arderry, was brought before the magistrates on a charge of having stolen a pair of stays, the property of Miss Sydney Reville. A countryman, named Charles Staunton, stated that he was after arriving with a cart from Naas, and was passing through Bridgefoot-street when he missed some of the pro- perty he had on the cart. He ...

... POLICE INTELLIGNCK-BATUHDAY MANSION.iOUSE. Foaoic.-A livery servant sirued J;rohn datnn, was brougt - lure the Lord Mayor, In the custody of John Forrester', the cdiicer. charged Uith havirg attempted toutterafodadcheckfor&20.,at the baiklinkhbonesof Mesurs. Stutermian mandC.M.tlueo h firm of Bush and Matter, solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for ther ?? of forgerles and frauds, attended ...

... POLICE INTBL LIGNCE.-MLON DAY, afARLEOROUGH.STiRET. MATRIMONIAL JXALOUSY AND MANOGINO.-A pair of diminu- tive dames, whose age and ugliness qualified them to susta o, without theatrical asitance, tie characters of Macbeth's witche, came be, fore Mr. Conant and MIr. Hail on an assault warrant. It turned out that the foundation of the quarrel between the par. ties wtajealousy. Thecomplaisant, ...

... L&W COURTz6 OF QUEN' . -..;-.r7 5 Sin JOH{N. CONbOY fl. ruig rtgfl551| ' Ms. Jus~tice Littledale delivered the judgflelit of the COurts P follewsrt John Joseph Lasvon. youaire to recelve the 3uclginnt of this court for a libel, which sppenre~d some titnei ago iiithe Tincs newspaper, reflectlng on tbe characetr of 'Bir Jobn Conroy. It appears ?touIS the statement ~vhich he~5 been pronounced a ...

... Z?traor4InaxyCase of lYlauslaughter. !?ew leo: Laws. On Friday nri intquest was held on the body of a child, sls years old, named John Jones, at the Plough inn, Coleham, near Shrewsbury. The father of tbc deceased was a w idower, with four children. Hle had boen adaitited into the work- htouo of t^bv Atebom.;n arith 5 ,tst ,bol.. ,e .,5.Ibtimo the deceased was deformed and' In very bad health ...

... Court of Queen's, Bench, Jan. 30. TNEQUEZN ,rTHEGu DIAisoFA0ESASTRAUNNION. ' Mr. Crelswll jaid, he bad to move for a rule to show cause' wy a writ of cerheirari Ahduld not issue to brinr before the Court an order, made by the Poor Law'. Commissioners. He should state to their lip5; he liad not the affidavits, on which, the mo h wra madeV'ii' his iand,-but it was in the: posses3iion of ...

... | Nl'EVCALi VULICE OFFICE. Flu DAY, Feb. 8.-Before essrs. Ald. BlaGE and iLATsO N. Sevetll inhabitants wrete sumin-ned by the police for not cleaning the lootpathisopposite Lheir ?? dwell. ings. Another pawnbroker appeared this day to answer four informations laid Ogainst him hy the informer, Thomasi Hudson, Shoe-maker, Stowell-street. Ihe witnesses were (he same as on former occasions, viz. ...

... 3RESTO3IL POZIE. FesCouxcsr-HousLs, Thusd'ady, February ?? 1I3. The Present: The Mayor, and Mr. Herapath. ~sent John Williams was chsarged with stealing a quantity of starch from the premises of Mr. forymer, in whose employment he was. eyice A man in Mr. L.'s employ stated that, on the same morning, lie hose observed the prisoner pass out from ths yard with something ap- and parently concealed ...

... BR3ISTOL POLIC.- I t s I s II C II i I I II 14 1i !1 !I II 7; I s I I c :1 r C CoLtnees-HOrte 'Sa urtse St, Fairaory 2. Magistrates present: Ihe Mayor, a nd Messrs. New nan atid lierapatlm. Julia Corhet was charged with stealing earthenware, die pro- perty of Rich. Jaris, Iit appeared that the prosecutor, mho is a travelling earthenware dealer, hid left the prisoner in charge of seie crates ...

... ACCIDENTS. OFFENCES, 6c. REPORTED Loss OF THE SHIP MADRAS.-A para- graph copied from the Limerick Standard has appeared in most of the London papers, stating, upon the authority of a note contained in a sealed bottle, which was said to have been picked up in Brandon Bay, that the ship Madras had been seen approaching the Shannon in such a situation as left little doubt of her having gone down ...

... DUBLIN POLICE-YESTERDAY. I HEAD OFFICE. ExcIsE CASMS.-John Furlong, of No. 15, Upper Do. minick-street, was summoned for selling spirits without li- cense on the 19th of October last. John Lithgoe, an officer of excise, stated that he went to the defendant's house on the 19th of October last, and purchased a glass of whiskey, for which he paid two- pence. Mr. Stormont said that he would only ...