... PIRACY AND MURDER IN THE CANTON RIVER I -EXTRAORDiNARY ESCAPE OF AN ENGLISH I GENTLEMAN. *LIvErPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 9.-Some pri. vate letters received here by the late overland mail, enable us to contradict the report given in some of the Indian pa. pers, of the murder of a young English gentleman named Craven Wilson. Mr. Wilson is well known in Liverpool, where he had resided previous ...

... CITY SESJiONS-YESTERtAY. CHARGE OF COMBINATION AMONGST THEX EWSVENVD1C5. Patrick Pidgeon, Thomas Hagan, Stephen Murphy; John Hickey, Thomas Gaynor, Bartholomew Cooper, John Mo- ran, John Bagnall, Henry Scofield, Thomas-Kelly, and Margaret Kenna, newsvenders, and very decent-looking well-dressed persons, were placed at the traversers' bar, and indicted for a conspiraey with the view to injure ...

... I BALLYJTAMESDUFF PETTY SESSIONS. | SATURDAY,IAPILL 22. ABRAHAM BRUSH, Chairman; Mr.. WzcocK, S.M. This town was the scene of considerable excitement on the above day, in consequence of a great number of sum- monses being served upon the Orange rioters who wantonly attacked the teetotal band of Ballyjamesduff, as they were proceeding to the chapel on the 25th day of March last. An ...

... I ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE IN ST. PAUL'S ?? ' . . CHURCH, LONDON. a Mre have much regret in lnoticing a foul attempt at asas- AOI5ItiOn was committed on Fridar afternoon, between three and four o'clock, during the per'formance of afternoon ser- vi e i St. Paul's. T'e offender ivas immediately secured, and from1 inquiries instituted of some of the gentlemen con- nected with the cathedral, as well ...

... SHERIFF'S COURT.-HEnTPoBD, APsiL 11. CRXU. CON. Waiher v. Mleredith. This was an action, brought torecover damages for cri- minal conversation with the plaiatiff's wife. The defendant having suffered judgment by default, a jury was now empannellbd to determine what compensation the plaintiff was entitled to. Mr. Ridley, who appeared for the plaintiff, statedthecase to the jury. The plaintiff, ...

... Police-constable Reardon summoned the owner of car 428 for his driver having behaved in a disorderly manner on the 24th ult., by applying opprobrious epithets to another carman. The constable stated that on the occasion in question a number of carmen were drawn up near the Castle yard, and the defendant, with one or two other boys, made diversion for him self by hallooing at, and turning into ...

... I a l -a CO Richards took their seats on I ir. J0CItit eleven o'clock. the bea Lyc Patrick Lynoh, and Lewvis LyI ,brtes ?? 'nch, their mother, and Maria Lynch, their witr Anp' laced at the bar, indicted for having on the ereth, or mrning of the 15th of February last, Ot~1 Ic brhebec into the house of James John Begot, {lelOtif cdtle Begot, and stolen therefrom seven dozen Eql., I tor, three ...

... I EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF LU.NACY. I Monday a commission de lunatico inquirendo was opened before Mr. Commissioner Winslow, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strabdl, as to the state of mind, and capabi- lity of disposition of property of Miss Eleanora Otley, a lady aged 39, who was entitled to a considerable estate under the will of her uncle, Mr. Joachima Otley, who died in the 'year 1840. Mr. ...

... LAI JNTELLJG'W. COURT OF CHANCERY--YTESTERDAY. CASE Or CONTEMPT. The Rev. Mr. Maguire, of Cullenswood, was brought up to explain why he had performed ceremony of marriage between the minor. and - Burley, solicitor, without leave of the court. Sergeant Keatinge appeared on the part of the guardians, and stated that the marriage between the parties was cele- brated by Mr. MAguire, who was a ...

... LORD MAYOR'S COURT7-YETERDAx. Hayes and Carty v. Anne Litchey. in this case the complainants were postillions in the em- ploymnent of a Dublin job-master; the defendant is the proprietor of a house which, like its inmates, has lost its character, and describes herself as a widow lady, though. strange to say, nobody has been ever able to discover where Mr. Litchey is buried. The action was ...

... I .. _. , - I .- - 1 . WnESTLINaWORTe, FRIDAY, SIX P.sr.-A series of murders of the most extraordinary and revolting character have recently been brought to light in Bedfordshire, and which are perhaps unequalled in the annals of crime for many years past. The woman charged with having been instrumental in the death of her two husbands and one child is at present con. fined in Bedford gaol, to ...

... I ~ JLONDON POLICE-SATURDAY.. ?? | ' h~~iA?4510N-150U55.'' T. tlE BITISi AMErICAN AssoctAiroN.-The greatest interest was this day felt and expressed in the: justice- room during the lonigtime ?? Mayor was engaged in ?? the charge against the British A'merican .4sso. ciaton for emigr'ation and colonization. The roomj wav crowded with the Aisappbinted emigrants and their. friens, and the ...