... STIEIBFF COURT. IsIProTAITv Dncc~sros.-Aen action, involving a rather important principle, was decided in the Sheriff' Small D~ebt Court, Glasgowv, on the 14th silt. The circumstances of the c ase are these :-On the 5th of September last, a person took out a ticket at the office of the Glasgow, Paisley, Iilmarnock, and Ayr Railivay Company here, to be conveyed to Ardros- sen by the trains ...

... COUIRVOISIER'S CONFESSION OF GUILT. After the verdict was returned on Saturday even- ing, a report was circulated that the prisoner had confessed the murder, and, upon inquiry, it was' found to be correct. it appeared that while the exn- minations were going on at the house of Lord Wil- 1iam Russell in Norfolk Street, after the murder, the attention of lr Howser, the solicitor for the pro- ...

... CASE O THlE STUDENTS. After an investigation, in which the Presbytery were engaged for five days, from 10 A.M. till near q, midnight, this case was unexpectedly brought to a close on Wednesday the 25th instant, bv a resolu-L tion to refer the whole matter to the General As- b sembly. In the course of the business, a dissent and com U plaint was taken to the Synod by MIr Nairne and Sir C D. ...

... PRESi'TERY 01F DALKEITIT. CASE 0' cCitiCTo1N. After an adjournment of an hour, on Friday last, the Presbytery again met and took up the case of Criclhton. At a recent meeting of Presbytery, the veto act was applied against the presentee, when a small majority exercised their veto. Upon this the Presbytery proceed(ed to administer the solemin tle- claration, requiring all who had given their ...

... SCOT'S APPEALS. ;Hoeuse of Lords, June :3 Ewirv a. Challners-Yesturnlay the joilginent of their L, rrlshir) in tuis cause of the 13th July 1837, as atmennd- ed ol tihe 14th August 1538, was re-coasidered. ard tarth r amendfell hy aeding at the end thereof the fillotv- v wilrd :- Nut esceecling tne hundred anol Jiltf oil oilns ?? sot the jujl~grne t, ais antonitled, ordered to be vi llvred ...

... CIRCUIT COURT-ABERDEEN. The Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened here on Wednesday last by the Lord Justice Clerk and Lord Atoncreiff-RI Ilatidyside, Eaq. Advocate- Depute. John Simpson, farmer, charged with forgery, isas outlawed for non -appeiwrance. Jean Adams, who pleaded Guilty to eight charges of theft, was sentenced to seven years' transporta- tion. John Milne, of theft, to twelve ...

... COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-April 27. THIE QUETEN V. FEAltGUS O'CONNOR. The Attorney-General having appointed this day for calling up Mr Feargus O'Connor to receive judgment for sedition, and for the publication of seditious libels, of which he was convicted at the last Assizes at York, the greatest anxiety was mani- fested to be present, and the Court was much crowded. The Judges having taken ...

... COURT OF SESSION-LAW CMANGES. YCesterIC ly the Court met for tue summer session, beingn aweek later tian tile f'ormer period, confoirm to the recent act of Palilament. James Ivory, Esq. presented to the Court her Majesty's letter nonlinat- ing him to thle vacatliy on the Belic, occasioned by the resignation of Lord Glenlee, and subsequently took his seat as Lord Probationer, by the side of ...

... TRIAL OF A SOLDIER oi0 TIllE 77Tii llEGIlENTT FOR SHIOOTINO AT A SERJEANTI'. (From the J1Iralta Tinies.) On Mooniday the 30th ultimo, Josepih Bailey, a sol- dier of thre 77th regiment. was tried in the Court of Special Commission, berbre Sir Irriatius Bonrivita, De Saltariano, and l)r Grunigo, for hIavinirg, on the 24th of October last, feloniously discli arged a loaded nuskiet at Lance-Serje ...

... COURT OF SESSION-FIRST DIVISION. STATRXTIBOGIE CASE. On Saturday, this case came on again for consi- deration. A note of suspension and interdict, at the instance of the majority of the Presbytery, hav- in.g been presented against the Special Commission appointed by the late General Assembly, praying that sentence might be suspended, and that the Commission should be interdicted from acting ...

... A meeting of Police Comnmissioners we;s lield on 'ondav. Tile Lord Provost, IlJilie Grieve, nnd I'rea nurer ])rysdaie, sreccesively occtpirel the cll irt The Compliuttee apipointed to scrutinize O ie vrtes 1n the disp~utedc election.s, hanving reported th at NIr Gunn possessed the requisite qualification fo. a Coo-s nis~oiier, Mr ZAtims Tnemsteo- moved that the judgment of tlih Cnomilttee be ...

... MILITARSY ASSAULT. On Thursday and Friday last, the HIon. Edward Sydney Plunkett and Mr Henry Cash, Lieutenants in the 86th foot, were tried before -Mr Justice Col- ridge and a Jury, and found guilty, after a lung trial, andfire hours considerati.i of the verdict by the Jury-the former of an attempt to rescue MIr Frazer, a brother officer, from a Sheriff's oflicer of the county, who had a ...