... . , .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, W1LLOX AND POPE iVcrest PARiRaLL. This Case came On for trial before Lord Ivory and a spe- c ,lsl jury, in Aberdeen, onl Tuesday the 4th current, and C Occupied the Court up to the afternoon of Monday last, the It 17th-a length Of time which we believe to be quite uin pa- ii rasleled in the history of jury trials, and which, in ot1a lr respects, is one of the heaviest ...

... SHERIFF COURT, BANFF, I - -i MRIe-POACcInNG. On Monday the 24th ult., the following parties were brought before the Sheriff of Banffshire, at the instance of James Rose EsqI solicitor in fanif,; Law-Agent in that County for his ~race the Duke of Richmond, accused of trespassing under tho Act 9, Goo. IV., chap. 39, viz:- John Bremner, sen., Jeon Bremner, jUn., and William Bremsner, all residing ...

... TO THE EDITOR O TILE CALEDONIAN MERCURY. In his speech on the rum duties on Monday evening (I 7th), whilst arguing the case against protection to British and Irish distillers, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is reported to have stated, that the whole sum lost by decreases on spirits in Scot- land did not amount to more than 33 hundredth parts of a farthing per gallon, being exastly one-third ...

... HiGfl COURT OF JUSTICIARY. The court resumed on Monday at ten o'clock. The first case appointed for trial was that of James Mathew- son. Helensdale, near Lerwick, who was accused of theft and prison breaking, but as neither the accused nor the witnesses had arrived from Zetland, the case was postponed. ?? ASSAULT. Archibald Burke atlas Macdonald was next placed at the bar, charged with ...

... TRE ?? STATir TREISS; (FromO the Time-S.) Spa Trhe trials. of Messrs. S. O'Brien and Meagher have ended ?? most personissupposed they would. The jury have agreedmor ffibernico-tO disagree, and this almost amiounts to ano acuta;ord( ifor the accused can hardly be put upon their trial agaifoth broi gmane cause of offence,. and to prefer a seoond and distinct oharge poli, ,.gainst them would only ...

... IM iORTAS~T TO 1\xENF;PI'R8. On Tnesdav aftcrnoon, tiree licens ed spirit-dealer fron r G nora wer e brought Leforp the Justice's of Peace Court, at the illst nce of the Procuraor-Fiesral, tinder Henry loein Drutmnonats Act. charged with havtinig sold spirits on Sunrlas (ulring the hoUr,2 of Divine Servico on the PLh current. The OldV cake onc ijnte wvasF that of MNr. Walter Leitch, the ...

... GLASGOW AtTUDIN CIRCUIT. 0 ~~(Conuluded from eke RleroIdqof Monday.) AMONDASErTaclaun 25. CZ The Court resumed this morninef at half-p ant ten o'clock. ir Jo/tn Absernit/iq, a %wearer, and ?? Rogc'r or Reynolds, and in ElizaOted Snin, mother and daughter, pleaded-sot guilty of theft u- by housebreaking, in stealing fifty-two night and day shirts, and a 'Y quantity of sheets, table-covers, ?? ...

... DECISIO5N OF THE COURT OF SESSION - ?? ON THE CLAID OF THE UN'EMMtOTED TO RELIEF FROM a THE PARISH FUNDS. bh This important question, which has for many years agitated nt Scotland, is at last set at rest. The Gorbals case, which fully embraces the merits of the question, has been decided against the w parish by the Lord Ordinary; and, from another decision against the parish of Glasgow in the ...

... The court met on Monday-the judges present were the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Mackenzie, and Lord Wood. William Mason pleaded guilty of stealing a bridle and some other articles from a stable in the High Street of Mus- selburgh, aggravated by previous conviction, and was senten- ced to seven years' transportation. Agnes M'Cormick pleaded guilty of robbing another woman of half a sovereign, four ...

... 7OURT OF SESSION-SECOND DIVISION. DECESI:0n 5. CAAGUILL v. DUNDEE AND VERTH RAILWYT COMreA. This was an action of assythment, brought by the factor tono tutorm of the infant son of the deceased James Cargill, f who, when travelling from Perth to Dundee, by the railway of I the defenders, had been killed on the spotby the train running off she rails. L.5ooo was claimed as damages, and the ques- ...

... The High Court of Justiciarv met on Tuesday morning at ten o'clock. The Lord Justice Clerk presided. assisted by Lords Mackenzie and .Medwyn. The following cases were disposed of:- Jane Moffat and Helen Anderson or Hamilton, pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of blankets from a house in Bank Street. Hoffiat, in regard to whom there was the aggravation of being habit and repute a thief, was ...

... LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY-IMPORTANT DECISION. VICE-CHANCERY CounT, JuNE 7. (BLfore dte Vice-Clia ncellorofEngland.) THEX ATTORNEY-GENERALIV. WILSON-LADY HEWLEY'S CHABRTY. Mr Betheli replied to-day in this case at considerable length. The arguments have occupied nine or ten days, and the learn- ed counsels reply lasted to-day from ten till nearly three o'clock. The Vice-Chancellor, at the ...