... I I COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. TnE QusEN v. FERHAND, M1. P.-Mr. S. Martin, Queen's Counsel, in this case, in which a rule nisi had been obtained by his friend Sir F. TThesiger, showed cause, on Tuesday, why a criminal information should not be filed against Air. W. B. Ferrand, 51. P., for cer- tains libels on Mor. . C. Lewis, one of the Poor Law Commissioners, contained in two letters, dated the ...

... FRIDAY. Before Mr. Jone8 and Aids. )lytU. A RACE FOR JUSTIcE.-Immediately on the opening of the court this morning, up came a woman to the witness-box, and and before the magistrates could take their seats she exclaimed - Gentlemen, grant me a summons against Mrs. Smith, be- cause she won't let me stand at my own door, gentlemen. Here the reason for the applicant's haste was manifested by ...

... IIuLI POLICE COURT. e FRIDAY. Before Messr's. Jones anrd Firbanik. ST.ALINO A )VA'rcss. -ihlleiam Theis~ Dallsoll, a lad apparently fourteen years of age, was brought up charged with stealing a watch. Henry Cook, thoe astor C of a fishing anuack, said his vessel was Iving in the Ferrj Boat Dock, and that on Wednesday sfternoon lio cante on shore, leaving his watch in a smnll easo hanging up i ...

... 1 PC EXEICUTION OF SAMUEL YARHA M. di Nortwiscue, APRIL II.-In consequence of the peculiar cir- F. csmestances under which Yarhiam was convicted, and the efforts hn wjtich had been made to obtain a commutation of his sentenco, tue it was very generally believed that some degree of mercy would cc have been extended towards him. As thils did not arrive, the WY extreme sentence of the law was ...

... I At the Mansion House, London, on Friday, Mr. John W Bannister Faulkner and Mr. Bentham Fabian, who have W been concerned in certain railway speculations, were tl charged before Alderman Gibbs, under the following T remarkable circumstances, by Mr. Leon Solomons, of Pi No. 66, Jermyn-street, St. James's.-As the case corn- tli prehended extensive forgery of shares, the justice-room was ...

... To THE EDITDAj lv' 'T1E I-IMEs. SIR,-Sure)y there must be souie omission in the report of the case of Bryan Verey, who 'eec reported to have died si starvation at ilull, which appears in your paper of this day., The rase, as tar a~s the coroller is concerned, clotes with the verdict of the jury- That The deceased Bryan Verey died of a disease of the leg Lnd consumption; but that his death was ...

... I THURtSDAY. St Before the Mayor, Mr. Blundell, and Mr. Palmer. E John Pearson and Benjamin Tindall were each hic fined ten shillings and costs, for as'aults on the police. se Robert Acaster was charged with assaulting police- a constable Usher, 41. The policeman deposed that he di was in Lowgate about eleven o'clock theprevious night, Al when be was informed the prisoner was murdering some t ...

... I TE COURTIS OF LAW SALE OP IRAILWA I Sl1ARES.: ; .DOWLI3Y s. BT3LL. Mr. Serjeant CJANNICL, moved the other day in the Court of Common Pleas, forkarule for a new trialit n this case, Which was tried at tae last York Assizes, he- fore Mr. Justice Coleridge. The aetion arose out of the sale of railway shares. The plaintiff is a share!e broker at Hull, and the defendant a merchant of -Liver-: ...

... Yf. ORKSHf IRE ;ASSIZES. (Before Mr. JUSTICII COLIRsIDIG.) th DAY U. SHARPE. he This was an action brought by Mr. William Benton pr Day5 wine merchant, Hull, to recover from Mr. William un Sharpe, a merchantof the sam~e town, the sum of £L4,for his ser~vices and for money paid by him as secreta* pro. de ?? Junction (projected) RailwayCoa-JA pany, whih railway wes intenided to connect the towns ...

... I I FRIDAY. Before the M1ayer and Mfr. C'eokman. c Edwvard JYulius Renman, a foreign seaman, was placed Ii at the bar, an officer, of the custonts deposing that, in e, rummaging the Diana, a. regular Antwerp trader, on h Wednesday last, he discovered 87 pounds of leaf tobacco it concealed in thelhold. Prisoner admitted that itbelonged ti to him. Remanded till Tuesday. ti Pete,' Johan Gress, ...

... i MIAN5IONS-H0U55.-WBZDNESDAY.-ThIis being the day ap- pointed for the re-examination of Captain'Willjam itclaurdson, iate chairman of the Tenbury, Worcester, and Ludlow Railway Company, and who is at prevent a prisoner. charged with having altered a cheque, drawn by the company on Coutts' bank for £10 to a sum of £5,000, and appropriating tile proceeds to his own use, the court was crowded at ...

... FRIDAY. Before the M.ayor, Joseph Jones Esq., and Thomas .Firbank, Esq. SMUOGLING.-Joseph Elwin was charged with smug- ling. An officer of the Customs stated that last night, about half.past linc o'clock, he went on board the Alon- arch steamer from Antsverp, and found the prisoner with two pounds and a half of cigars concealed in his rockets and hat. Defendant, who is cook on board the ...