... |I ADJOIYRNED Ad {iJ SESSIONS. | | The adjourned annual sessionU s for this county were held on Wednesday evening last, at the Court House, in this town. The attendance' of muagistrates was not fiell, and the hames of those who were present will be found in our report of the proceedings of the quarter sessions. Mr. GARNETT moved, seconded by the Rdv. C. ?? KENDA-L, that Mr. T. ,Batty Addison ...

... The usual fortnightly sitting of this court was held at tlie Court Room, Heaton-street, on Mfonday last, before JDhn Addison, Esq. Fifty cases were entered for trial, sixteen of which were settled before hearing. There were eight adjourned cases, and,*ur summonses after judg- meut, making a total of sixty-two causes. The following attorneys were in attendance:-Messrs. Rd. Backliouse, and Thus. ...

... LIVE RPOOL ASSIZES. I 1Friday, April 7. n ELLISON V. FAZAKlERLEY. This was an action for excessive distress, with the usual counts for selling at under price, for charging too much for expenses, &c. Mr. Martin and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plain- w tiff; Mr. Baines and Mr. Corrie for the defendant. Mr. 'Maarrc, in stating the case, said that this Was an al action brought by the plaintiff, ...

... -PiRESON''POLICE!- CASES.' j ?? i, XO5D I I . ; i :>CHtARGE OF RAPE.s.. c Henry.Taylor, a. rough-lookinglabourer, was brought S np, chlargedwith having committed 'a rape upon. the per-z' .soi of Esther lBrookbauk. 'It appeared, from- the'evi- 'denociof, the roseoutrix, that she was between fifteen and. o sixteni. years: of age, and the ptisoner was her' step- father,-having married .her motber ...

... PRESTON QUARTER SESS10ONS. . i These sessions commenced on Wedzesd~lay n!-rnirig las:, in tho Sessions Room at the House of Colere.ncl. btfore the following magistrates:-T. B. Adldison. Es,}, lRc. corder,; R.Nhewsham, Esq.; W. Shane, I sq.: iT. Sne- thurst,. Esq.; James Thompson, Esq., 'Williarn (Grndtt, Esq.; the Rev.. C. E. Kendal; Thouml ...

... :I tEGU4LR DEATB-CORONER'S'.iiNQTjST. . I . . . I OnMody vnig a ixoclo, aniuet w held at the house of Mr. Swft, the Roeodano ubi- house, in the Sohoics,, Wigan,. ef, James Rogrson, Esq., ooroa~er. of teboogadthefollowin ete men as ?? John B~lun~I? frman Will~a Park, James.. aarurt ohn os, C ?? John, Norvl ae ?? Stot hma a Howarth, Jn yac Wiim ordan, 'ohn Cooke,4 bhody of Jam1=s%8Bolt, ?? Como ...

... to ;VEIPOOL ASSIZES. CROWN COURT.-FasDAY MAncI 31. James Tetlo6 was indieted for the murder of James : Dcukot'th;: at.Castletoni niai Rochdale, by fracturing his . skull with'a steke. ?? 91-t appeared that the 'deceased;:ibad been in the employ_ -mentof--a 'genitlemanof tle namen of lfay, who lived at 'Harewood-hall, neart the' spot where this ocourred. ?? . prisoner 'had also forraerly been ...

... ,BLACKBURN COUNTY COURT: . ?? fortuightly sitting of the-above oourtwaheld at the Court-room, Heaton-street, on Mondady last, before, John A'ddi§on, BEsq, the ju'dge. Forty-eight cases were entered for trial, twelve of iihich were settled before hear- i'ng, six were suammonses after judgmoet7.and one was an interpleader summinons, inaldng a total fi'ty-five. ?? professional gentleiians ...

... PRESTON QU.AWBER SESSIONS. On Saturday last, the! eases left over from Friday were tried. The magistrates upon the bench were-T. B. Ad- dison, Esq., chairman'; IL fewshbarn; Esq., W' A. 'Hulton, Esq., J. Bairstowi, Esq., and Dr. Winstauley. Thomnas Duxbury, (on bail) pleaded not guilty to stealing, at Blackburn, nine pieces of India rubber, nine pieces of rolleri covering, five yards of India ...

... I MONDAY. SloorTING AT A WOMsrN.-John Alston the man who shot at his sweetheart, some weeks ago, was brought up charged with the offence. He had been apprehended by police constable, Norris, at his own house. The particu- lars of the case, whiclkwas not gone into, appeared in the Clhronicle at the time they occurred. The bench cau- tioned the defendant, and as no one appeared to prosecute him ...

... 5'&TURD-ky.I rnV STEAuLtG BalvnvY._Margaret Fiannagan at& U 'f Gavin, two girls, both Irish vagrants, irere ?? having been remanded fronm ;riday last, on a ehare A stealing two bottlesof hrandy, the property of Mr. h l ley, liquor-merchant, Fishergate. The ?? l ,!I3 gag had baeea apprehonded in a state. of beastly ifltaO ?? tioi on Tlhursday afternoon, rith the two eollpty bctJ 3, which wei~e. ...

... I : 0 , *The Easter Quarter Sessionas for theo biorough of Wigan :o was held on Mondaylaist, before R. .Segar,1 Esq., recofder. ?? The calendar contains the names of fifteen persons, corn- Tuek mitted for trial for 'varioui offances,-a, inumberi rather 'h above the general Average. ~On the bdrnch, beside thle' Recorder, were JosephActon) Esq., and Thomas Taylor, Esq. The attendance, of :-the1, ...