... EC01ESIASTICAt KNQVIRY. (From the P111171out .Journal) h On Thursday last, the Bishop of Exeter investigated cer- at tain charges that had beeu publicly made against Miss RI Lydia Sellon, and certain other ladies, residing at Devon- a port, and calling themselves Sisters of Mercy-charges v which, as they involved the religious Character of the In- f stitutiofl and came in a direct and personal ...

... At the Westminster Police-court, last Monday, a person communicated to the magistrate the following case of distress :-He stated that a man and his wife who had been well brought up had encountered great reverses, and came with their family to lodge in a house belonging to applicant in York-street, Westminster. For a short time they endeavoured to procure a subsistence-the mother by knitting ...

... I Early on Wednesday morning the inhabitants of Brighton were thrown into the utmost consternation by the intelligence that Mr. Griffith, the well-known brewer of Brighton, had been waylaid or, his road from Hlorsham to Brighton, and most brutally murdered. The informa- tion reached the Town Hall at four o'clock Wednesday morning, from Mr Hodson and Mr. Kerton, who were returning from a ...

... On Tuesday a Court was held. R. W. Carden, Esq., was sworn in as alderman of Dowgate Ward, in the room of the late J. Johnson, Esq. NEWGATE GAOL. Upon the presentation of a report from the gaol com- mittee, on the subject of works and new regulations at Newgate, a discussion of some length took place. Alderman SALOMONS was opposed to the introduction of any temporary expedient for the ...

... IRELAND, THE IRISH CONSPIRATORS.-DUBLIN, THURSDAY EVENING.-In the Court of Queen's Bench this day, the Lord Chief Justice stated again,-at the sitting of their lordships, that judgment would not be pronounced in the case of the Queen versus O'Brien, Meagher, &c., until Tuesday next, in consequence of the indisposition of Mr. Justice Moore. An order was made to bring up the pri- Eoners on that ...

... POLICE INTELLIGZNCL GUiLDEALL. , AssAULT ON THfl POLICE -On Tuesday, Ann Elliott was charged with violently assaulting several ?? 131 said that about a quarter to six o'clock on the previous evening, he saw the pri- soner and a gentleman getting out of a cab in Finabury- place, South, when there arose a dispute as to the fare, used they refused to pay the cabosan. The gentleman was intoxicated ...

... L3.AW INTELLLIGENOL INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. EXTRAORDINARY SCE&E.ZIN RE GEORGE BATHER. --The' insolvent, a young man, who had been a scale- Makerin the';Haymarket, was opposed bathe part of, his detaining creditor, William Chilvers, who had been inhids employ.'l The perjury committed in this case, which oc- citpied more than four hours, was of the blackest~haracter. Theinsolvent alleged that ...

... MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS FATEER. NEWCASTLE, FRIDAY. The assizes opened on Wednesday; and yesterday, the man Mitchell, who was charged with the wilful murder of his illegitimate child, on the 25th of June last, by dashing its head against the floor, was placed at the bar. The facts of the case will fully appear from the evidence of the witnesses called. Sarah Bruce, the daughter of Wm. Bruce, a ...

... GUILDHALL. THE CHARGE OF RAILWAY SPECULATION 'UNDER FALSE PRETENCES. - On Monday, Mrs. Catherine Stulz was again placed at the bar, charged with com- missioning Mr. William Barton, of 10, Throgmorton- street, stock-broker, to purchase 1,000 London and North-Western Stock, which stock was purchased, and which she refused to pay for, or the loss thereon, amounting to 37 18s. The facts of the ...

... HORTIBLE MURDER IN SCOTLAND. The ancient Court of Justiciary, at Aberdeen, under Lords Moncrieff and Mackenzie, have been engaged with the trial of one of the most cold blooded and revolting mur- derers that ever stained the annals ot crime. The facts of the case as disclosed in evidence are briefly these:- The prisoner, James Burnett, aged fifty-three, is a crofter and farm servant. He rented ...

... X1DDLESEX SESSIONS. .1 ~~~TILssDaY. The November adjourned ;eneral sessions commenced this morning at Hicks's Hall, Olerkenwell. The rsnm- ber of prisoners for trial were Jig try -three, including five who are charged with musdemeanours. ROBBoRaY AT A RAILWAY ST&Ttox.-James Riddett, a welldressed naot, was indicted for stealing from the Great Western Railway terminus, at Paddington, a carpet ...

... CONVIXTION op THE MunDElXtRS. At the Mullingar assizes four men have been convicted of ?? and Michael Curly, for the murder of James Curly; and John Rogers and Patrick Quigley, for the murder of Patrick Connor. The first witness in the case of the Curlys was the widow of the murdered man, and thus she told the dread. ful tale:- Bridget Curly ?? the night of the 28th March. At the hour of ...