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ADMIRALTY COURT—Feb. 14

... ADMIRALTY COURT-Feb. 14. ono aM TtlACULATOC9ALVAGE. TiTs cane a claim an the part Of ho nme omgci rserrt Ie- loang ton a ingack named the Endceaour, fir salvage services al nleged by them tic have beers r rendred ti Phil- martuina, ut a foreiga brig of 220 tons, from A msterdam to Meoaani unitNplaa, wahich tihey had rescued, recording to their statootement, team a mituatoitn of extro are d ...

THE CUSTOMS' DEPARTMENT—FRAUDS UPON THE REVENUE

... TIHE CUSTOMS' DEPARTMENT-FRAUDS UPON THIE REVENUE. It must be readily conceded that when investiga- tions are carried on relative to abuses in any of the public departments, in a secret manner, any report orsuch abuses, made through private sources, may be at times subject to misconstruction, and doubtless partial contradiction. We were therefore prepared for a host of communications denying ...

CIRCUIT COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... On Wednesdri, the Spring Circuit Court of Justicinry was held nc Abperrien hy Lords Moncreiffand Ceckburn. DavirI Milne, E~q. Adverate-Deitute Fifteen cases came he'ore the Conrrt, chiefly theftsr ind bousebrenking. Three individuals were outlawed for not nppearing. Sentenes nof imprisonment for va- riens periods were prronnunced against five; four were sentenced to transportntion for ten, one ...

CHESHIRE SPECIAL COMMISSION

... ,nd Chester, Wednesday evening. we The Special Commission issued for the trial of `ae the prisoners charged whith the commission of aer cffente i variouspat of Chieshire, during thle re-, ley opened this afternoon with the customary formali- BY ties at Chester Castle. Tue Judges appointed to ' try the prisoners aire Lord Abinger, Sir E. IH. Al- rtb derson, and Sir C. Cressw'eli. They arrived ...

ADMIRALTY COURT—Jan. 5

... ADMIRALTY COURT-Jan. 5. TIHE OCEAN QUEEN. ti This vras a motiers ?? arrest a vessel under 3d and 4th d Victoria, r. (35. The vessel was built and registered at V New Brunswick, and was the property of a firm v carrying on buiness at Liverpoel, in Nova Sel- V tin. Riving arrived in the Afississippi, to obtain goods tI on frtieht, the master left the ve.sel in the 6vee, And ft went up to New ...

POLICE COMMISSION

... A meeting of Po'ice Commissioners was hold on Mon- day, tbe Lord Provost in the chair. SURGEON OP POLICE. A report by the Committee appointed ta inquire with respectto thu doties rhich ought to be imposed on the Surgeon of Polire, &e. nas readi, recommending thai the salara' should he L. 120, anti among ether things, that AMr Black, during bis life-time, should have L.80 ot that sum. After ?? ...

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... HIGH COURT OI.JUSTICIARY. On Monday, Margarnrte Henderson, Jilnet Jack or 1ilCol,, and William' Johnston, letter founder, evren ?? at the bar, charged with assaulting a gentleman in a notorious house in North Foulis' Close, into which le had been led under false pretences, and with rob. bing him of his purse containing a Bank note, a half sovereign, ail about fifteen shillings in silver, eggra ...

ADMIRALTY COURT, July 23

... ADMItRAI.TY COURT, July 23, THE ATOII- COLLISION. Tbis mias a cut proort Ih . the owriera of the Jan- Clerk aicitist her Maljetw'- ship 1l var Athol, whih, a when elltiniaL lip Channel Vith tfrnipe fromr B eitabdnve til l'ontiiu'tetl, ianl into the brig .1nd oank hir, her trev ?? Nated bly those tin hoaait the Q eipn's ve.yel T'll collihion tiathk pinee on the night 'if Ihe 7th March last, ...

ADMIRALTY COURT—Dec. 2

... ADMIRALTY COURT-Dec. 2. THE ANN-SALVAGE. Thin was a suit by the officers and crew of her Mla- jesty's steamer Pluto against the brig Ann and part of her cargo, for remuneration for salvage services render- ed in the river Boasy, Africa. It appeared that the Ann, a vessel of 340 taons, belonging to Liverpool, bad arrived on the conast of Africa with an assorted cargo, when, on the 25th of April ...

COURT OF SESSION—FIRST DIVISION

... COURT OF SES5ION-V!IIST DIVISEON. COSE OF 5!tiOitATiOtO rl lAW. 13th january 1649. Rolseot lleasltloson andi etilere, ngnioot tbe Contrihutorrn to the Widows' Scissine of theo Society of Solicitosi in the Supremne Couxrts o~f Serslusnd. In 1784. ?? ogeisto or solicit-.rs adn istedl to prnctice in the Supreme Court', in *irtue of certoin nct. of sede- runt, entered into an private benefit ...

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—DUBLIN

... COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-DuBLIN. (fBlEORtE TUE CHIEF JUSTICE.) ELLIS ?? BPO 5;N. This was an action to recover L.280, claimed to be due by the defendant to the plaintiff for his pro- fessional and other services. 3 r NAPIER stated the case. The parties in the action were both attorneys; and, some time since, when Mr Brown. the defendant, became assignee to a Mr William Hammond, lie employed Mr ...

BURGLARY, EXTENSIVE ROBBERY, AND ATTEMPTED MURDER

... BURGLARY, EXTENSIVE ROBBERY, AND GALTTEmpED MURDER. (From the Weorceser Chirousile.) r It is our painful duty to record the particulars 3 of a daring burglary and robbery, accompanied with brutal violence, perpetrated in this county s, yesterday se'ennight, which, but for the merciful ly interposition of Providence, might have been D. equally dceadful in its results with the atrocious murder ...