... 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 ...

... STAVIk'ADSHIRE aSSIM;S, STAFFORD. THURSDAY, TMARCH 30. (Before Mi. Justice Erskine oand a Special Jury) REGINA V. COOPER, RItCIIASDS, AND CAPrUR. Mr. Justice ERSK-INE proceeded at nine o'clock this morning to sBuru11i, LUill protracted case. He was sorry, aft,-r the patieni attention which the jary had eshibited during the inquiiy, that it would be necessary for' him to detain them while lie ...

... COUIRT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the ladiesand gentle- men in immediate personal attendance, received the saera- ment early yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal, Buck- inirham Palace. The Bishop of London officiated. Hli Royal Highness Prince Albert, the ladies and gentle- men in waiting, and the household, afterwards attended Di- vine Service, ia the Chapel Royal, ...

... KILLYLEAGH PETTY SESSIONS-APRIL 7. A case of importance came on for hearing at Killyleagh, on Fridav last, before Robert Heron, Esq. the presiding Mlagistrate. James Stewart, of Killinchy Woods, and Andrew Afar- tin, of Crossgar, were indicted for receiving into their possession, as pledges, several pieces of sewed muslin goods,. the property of Glasgow merchants, and others. Mr. Joseph Miller ...

... FjIN'J'SHiISE ASSIZES. ?? I).1-1'1N 'Flc lion. F, 'It 11 MO'StYii, OfMcStyn, Forlmnanl. 1[oil, 1Cii en aq Priie .Lloydt, 1'engworil 10 Sir Rich 11(d pilleeteil, hart., E/otral Pink. H Flieiii-ad Ba te 1Esq. Kelaterton. jo~,lhn Daswsoln, 1aj( at ?? WIi Ilianli I hionlns Ellis, Esq. theonist. dIC \illialin Mifmeat], Letj, llawirdentli A. 'lewels'n 1loydl, Esq., I ontrifihth. ry I,1. Foallcaes ...

... SURREY SESSIONS-MONDAY. [licfore Mr. Puckle and a Bench of Magistrates.] 1 lie adjourned quarter sessions for the Newington divislon of this county comnuenced tit the Court-house, St. ..Mry's, Newington, this morning. Owivg to the vircurnstancra of these sessions having been held very recently, and the Kingston assizes as late ne last week, the calet dar contained only four cases of felony, a ...

... TRIAL OF BETTY ECCLES, FOR THE ! MURDER OF HER CHILDREN. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, APRIL 4. CROWN SIDE.-(Before Mr. Baron Parke.) Betty Eccles, aged 38, was indicted for the wilfal murder of William Eccles, at Bolton, on the 26th of September last, by admistering to him a quantity of arsenic. Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Brandt conducted the prosecution the prisoner was defended by Dr. Brown, assigned as ...

... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... THURSDAY, April 13. THli COMMERCIAL BANK OP MANCHESTER. TAYLOR v. AsHTON AND OTHERS -In this case John Taylor was tbe olaintiff, for whom Mr. KNOWLES, Mr. CROMPTON, and Mr. dARTIN appeared. The defendants were Thomas Ashton, Alexander Bower. Ralph Turner, and Thomas Palln. . The SOLlWtTOlt-GENEHA , 1Sir W. FoUett,) Mr. WORTLEY, Mr. DUNDAS, Mr. WATSON, and Mr. COWLING appeared for Messrs.' ...

... -4- To TliE EDUTOU OF TnLz MORNING CHRONICLE. S9R-The fact of Mr. Buller's motiou for extended colo- nization being one means for relieving the present awful distress is so apparent, that r. shall not offer any upoloiy for making a few suggestions upon such an important subject. When we consider that the population of the country in- creases at the rate of between 300,000 and 400,000 every ...