... 1 _ ?? This court was held on Monday last, at the Court House, in this town, before John Addison, Esq., judge. There were 35 causes entered for hearing, of which 31 were original causes, one an adjourned case, and three were summonses for coinmitmiolit. The solicitors present were Messrs. Dodd, J. Blackhurst, Banks, Watson, T. Harris, and Bland Walker. ADDISON V. lIESIMONDIIALlIT. This was an ...

... - ADJOURNED ANNLAL SESSIONS,,' The adjnurned annual 'general session ifor this county was held on Thut'sdaj Iasi, it the' Cou'ik Jouse,, ?? e tobn, when the following magistrates .reve present:- or TI. B. 'Addlsen, T. Aishto, 3qJ. Acton,' C. Bourne; J 3 E. Dswson, T. Dugdilo, T. Esatwrood, J. Eccles, T.It.' foul .W. Erance, J. S. T. Greene1 W.: A. Hullton, J. eills, J. par aeywood('M.P.),R. ...

... BASE COIN.- Two men, named Atc. Donald, and Mc. Coon, and a woman named Walsh, were brought before the bench, charged with tendering and being in the possession of a quantity of base coin. They were brought up on Tuesday, the 18th inst., but remanded to Saturday last, to afford time to communicate with the Mint. The circumstances leading to their apprehension and conviction were ?? Thompson, ...

... COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before W. Adam Hulton, Esq., judge.) -There were sixteen causes entered for trial, fourteen of which came on for hearing. The following were the only cases of interest:- JOHN PLATT, OF EVERTON, V. WU. DUCKWORTH, OF PRESTON. Both the parties in this case were farmers. The com- plainant, Platt, said that on the 9th of January last he was at Mr. Draper's public house at ...

... COUNTY COU1T,--YESTBaDAY WEEK. (Before W. A. Hulton, Esq.) There were two defended cases, which occupied several hours in the hearing, all caused an unusual degree of interest. The following was a jury ease: aeOORCaOFT V. CHADWICK. The plaintiff in this case resides at Heskin, and occupies a farm. The defendant resides near to him, and is a cattle dealer. The plaintiff was at the Chorley ...

... An effort Is being made in the neighbouring town of Blackbura to obtain for that populous and important place the advantages of a municipal corporation. At present the town is governed, if governed It can be called, by a body of Commissioners meeting monthly for the transaction of the business appertaining to the cleansing and lighting of the streets. Like the defunct body of the same name, ...

... I ' -| The Annual Sossiqirn for the county Was held by ad- jouroment, at the Court House, in this town, don Thurs- day last, for the purpose- of appointing a County Trea- surer, when tile following magistrates were present:- Col. Austen, T. Ainsworth, J. Aspinall, E. Ashworth, S. Ashton, R. Ashton, R. E. Allson, T. Birkbeck, J. Braucker, J. Bond, J. Bairstow, J. I. Blackburne, M.P,, Jno. ...

... T I'HE ADJOURNED ANNUAL SESSION. . . ?? The general session of peace forthis county was holden by adjournment on Wednesday last, in the Court-house,' D in this town. The magistrates present were-T. B. Ad- ti dison, Esq., in the chair; the Revds. J. 0. Parr, G. Bald- g win, J. A. Kershaw, C. E. Kendal; Messrs. T; Ashton, S. E Ashton, J. Armstrong, J. Bairstow, J. Bushell, C. Bourne, H. B. ...

... ASSAULT UPON FMALEs.-OnfTharaday last, Edmund Duckworth, and John Woodcock, were brought up, charged with having, on Monday night, committed an as- sault upon Jane Haargreaves, and five other girls, who work at Messrs. Pilkington Brothers and Co's. mill, Cabin End, Oswaldtwistle. The girls were returning up the highway from Shadsworth to Grimshaw Park, thinking to make a short cut through the ...

... e' FELONY.-John Wilson was brought up on Monday! - last, charged with stealing two pairs of shoes, the property t of Mr. William Lomax, Oxford-street. It appeared that: n the shoes were missed on the 25th nlt., and were subse- i- quently found at an old-clothes shop in Friargate, where a they had been sold by the prisoner for 16d. Committed for ?? Cowell, the wife of the proprietor of e the ...

... IMPORTANT TO PAWNBROKERS.-On Mondaylast John Dewhurst Taylor, a pawnbroker, was summoned at the instance of a man named Gardner, living at Kirkham, for refusing to give up a bundle containing a suit of clothes, consisting of coat, waistcoat, and trousers, when required to do so by the complainant. The clothes were pawned on the 8th of August, 1849. He had been to the defendant three times for ...

... II ASSAULT, AND C3ABGE OP HiGeHAY RoBnEHY.- Cornelius Morris, Peter Morris, and Patrick Brady, were charged with assaulting John Rudd, and taking his hat, on Sunday morning last. It appeared that complainant was returning home, between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning last, when the defendants attacked him near the big lamp, threw him down, and kicked him severely; his hat flew off, ...