... The Justices of the Peace for the city held a general quar- ter sessions on Thursday. In consequence of the new regula- tions which the Magistrates recently laid down for the granting of licenses, and the great number of appeals which had on that account been taken, the crowd of persons was so great that it became necessary to adjourn the meeting from the Council Chambers to the court room of ...

... IHGH COURT OF J1USTICURY. I The Court met on Monday, the judges present being the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Moncreiff, and Lord Medwyn. Euphemia Haxton pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing forty-nine table cloths, sixty towels, twenty-four pairs of linen sheets, and a great many similar articles, from the house of a Writer to the Signet, by whom the prisoner -was employed. Having been ...

... ACTION FO R T.YrLT._ ACTION FOR LBE:L. AZ Da. DONNELLY Or G sEENOCK V. MIR. JAMES SCOTT Or TEE BE Greenock Adcertiser. Ri The above case came on for trial on Tuesday, in Glasgow, be- BR fore the Hon. the Lord Justice Clerk, and a Jury. The follow.- r ing is a copy of the Ce ISSUES, Di In the cause in which Thomas Hugh Donnelly, Surgeon, in Cs Greenock, is Pursuer; and James Scott, now or ...

... TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDIN-GS At the meeting of Council held on Tuesday, t roemotral, signed by all the ministers of Edinbargh and Leith c f -every denomination, was presented solicitint> thh Co6uncil to give their influence and support to the ntovernent which was now making against the practite& fdfreshments at funerals. The Council unaninmousir agreed to empower Bailie Gray, as the Chlatrmat of ...

... House of Lords, May 1. JACK A'fD OTHERS (PVtNCIPAL AND PnorEsoass OF TIIE UnI- VZRSITY AND KING'S COLnzGa OF AHEaaDnEN) v. Sis T. Buswxnrr, BnAr. This was an appeal against a decree of the Court of Session, which had declared the present respondent (the pursuer in a suif in that Court) entitled to the administration of certain lands granted to that College-by one of his ancestors. In 164S Sir ...

... 11, (Coatinued from eur last.) ok FRtnAr, MAr E. R. JMary Aensie or Dontnelly was accused of culpable homicide, in d NO far as on Bth Feb. last, within tbe house situated in Lockihead's iale t03e, SaltSarket Street, Glasgow, occupied by John Donnelly, the said Mary Rennie did wickedly, recklessly, and culpably, throw a potato beetle ats e said John Donnelly, which did strike ry 1dm oo the beed ...

... I licouse of Lords, llay 14. t Iirmt v Yo ?? argu-nents in this cans warta resuzed this furving. Th!n ?? in Ills tese related to the con- strei-tion, of a ?? in a S Jotch dee; of Ce;tnil. Th-e Lord Adlvocate ntd .Mr. Aodersen (with whoen wa3 Mr. Taviur) waere heird for the ?? after wg hich, 'fThe Soiicitor-Cneri1 ancl 'Air. I ollerteoi (with whom was Mr. PiriaJ oppeared for the reapondent. The ...

... House of Lords, April 27. d GRANT AND OTHERS V. SiErspsanD.-This was an appeal against a decree of the Court of Session, by which a will, execut- ed by Mr. John Leith in 1761, and creating an entail of the estate 2 of Blair, in the county of Aberdeen, in virtue of which the respon k dent held the estate, had been ordered to be reduced. The suit was instituted by certain persons, who would, but ...

... On Saturday afternoon week, one of the most extensive robberies wvas committed in Liverpool which we have to record for some time. So far as we have been able to glean the particulars, thev appear to be as ?? public are doubtless aware that it has been a custom of long standing amongst the commercial firms of this great town to send their cash, bills of exchange, railwavy scrip, and other ...

... Contfinzeedftrom the Fourth Parge.) = TkURsDAY, APwIa 30. I The Court resumed this morning at 9 o'clock. Hugh Pa irley was found guilty of theft, aggravated by previous conviction, and sentenced to be transported for ten years. j Juiar Barr was found guilty of theft by means of housebreaking, aggrrvated by being previously convicted of theft, and wag sen- r( tenced to be imprisoned for ...

... The Spring Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened on Tuesday: by the Right Hon. the Lord Justice Clerk, and the Hon. Lord Wood; Charles Baillie, Esq., Depute Advocate. Their Lord-: ships were. escorted. from Carrick's Rovirl Hotel, by a party of the Dragoon Guards, by Captain Wilson, and a large body of Police in new clothing, the City authorities, and tbe exceilent' band of the 1st Royals. ...

... TOWN COUNCM PROCEEDINGS. The Council met on Tuesday at the usual ?? Gray in the chair. L At the commencement of the proceedings, the following let- ser from the Lord Provost (who is at present in London on ic business connected with the city) was read to the Council:- si c; London, May 8, 1846. v MY DEAR SIt-Had I been in Edinburgh, I bad intended to have called the attention of the Council, ...