... I j THE LATE COAL-PIT EXPLOSION NEAR BARNSLEY.-INQUEST. On Tuesday, the adjourned inquest was held on the unfortunate men who perished in the Oaks-pit on Fri- day, the ith inst. The'inqIify occupied the deputy coroner, Mr. Barker, and the jury, ffom'seven in the morning until past seven[in the evening, when it was again adjourned until Thursday; the I8th'inst. - Mr. W. P. Roberts, solicitor, ...

... LEEDS DISTRICT COURT. OF BANKRUPTCY. I- - Ifo MEssRs. T. AND W. ECARDW[Im's BANKRUPT~CY.-QUES- s TION ON A PRsOMISSORY N~orc.-Tuesday last being an audit and b dividend meeting under the Bankruptcy of the above firm, Mr. Bond attended before Mr. Commissioner Ayrton, on W behalf of Mr. T. Scholelleld, solicitor, to prove for a debt of Y 124 30., on the separste estate of Mr. Winter Hardwick. Mr ...

... There is no branch of the executive machi- nery more dangerous to public liberty, if not well managed, than the police. They have, from time immemorial,been subtle agents in the hands of Government; they are made a body of legalised spies, constantly on the watch, placed at the very key-hole of your lhouse-door-main taining a secret correspondence down your area-xteps-and hanging in perpetual ...

... volit Atport QVOILDRALL.-HEIRAT.LAW SoctETT,-Mr George Bosa, of the Heir-at-Law Society, attended to meet the charges which had been made against the- Society, and Sir Peter Laurie not appearing by the time the night chauges had been disposed of, Mr RoeB addressed the sitting magistrate, Mr Alderman Wood. Mr Ross said he addressed him on a subject very painful to his feel- ings. A charge had ...

... i An inquiry &as gone into on Saturdayt before C. J. Cartar, Esq., and an intelligent jury, at the Gar. rick's Head, Lower-road, Deptford, toucbing'the death of Mary Hutchings, aged' 4, the wife of John Hlutchincs, a oos,,er. recently emplojed in Iler Ma- jesty's Viotualling Yard, 1?eptford. whose demise took place On Saturday night last, The.,j'ury proceceded to view the body,.whioh presented ...

... -ctropofa - = ftbg. Ur ~ .Baker, Juin.: hea deputy coroneriat at the renMai; public-homeS, tic Bjigh-street, Poplar. respectng% the doeath of Eliza oft Itaywnent, a married woman, who was found drowned ha in the. River 'Thames. with heo throat cut.~ R. thi Fowler stated that, an Friday afteknoon, hewas row- .wj Iag whbeat down the river, when, on arriving opposite. AU lessrs Ferguson and Co ...

... MURtERS, AND CONFESSIONS OF CRIME. 0 MUnDSR AT CnESTSRFIRD.-COaNsESSION Or PLATTS. 00-This criminal, since his conviction, has been in 3 the condemned cell of the county gaol, where he has e been visited by the chaplain of the prison, wle urged 6 on the convict the propriety of making a confession 0 of his guilt. On Sunday week Platts attended divine 0service, and in the afterpart of the day ...

... ?? InteUiTtint. - ?? 1-1-- INtQUETSt. DAte or A BoW-551111LT OrFIC7ra. -Before Mr ?? ...

... Halite AmPort; - LAMBETIT.-ATTZEs-T TO Muoaoea..-4amat Loftus Brook, a half-pay lieutenant int the army, war placed at the bar, before the Han. G. C. Brorton, for ?? exami- nation on a charge of stabbing Fh3 Wifeo Ann, with inttentI to murder hier. T'he first witness, called wras Mr Illeson, a surgeon, in Highr-street, Newington. who depopedl that about twelve o'clock on 'Thursday noon the ...

... POOR LAW INVESTIGATION AT WEST DERBY WORKHOUSE. On Monday, Mr. Austin, assistant poor-law ?? missioner, attended at the beard room ot the West o Derby Workhouse, for the purpose.of investigating a tail s complaint preferred against Willianm Trstram, one nel of the relieving officers of that union - e compaint ste, twas to the effect t ht hrgh ho' te Ali~e ory.tr u fusal to administer ar nabout ...

... oovilt flitelliquet. HOME CIRCUIT.-CuscmcFo(RD, JULY 13. POISONING BY A Wixps-Emma Elizabeth Ilume, 24, was indicted for attempting to administer to Thomas Hume, her husband, a quantity of sugar of lead, with intent to kill and murder him. The pri- saner's husband was a widower at the time he married the prisoner, and had grown-up children. Prior to April he had been suffering from a liver ...

... to d IAn Inquest was held on Monday night at the Red Lion, d Shoe Lane, on the body of a man unknown, who died suddenly in a common lodging house in Field Lane, Ho!- v born. w The deceased had occupied a bed in the lodging house, It No. 26, field Lane, for which he paid fourpence per night for the last three months. In the day time he got hi work, ifhe could, about the docks and wharfs, and ...