... TIHE TRIAL OF SIMON BERNARID. Io O~~tPIgcsNTel OF 'THE iPECIAC C02I I'tIfTON. to C A silt Lin g of the Central Crimintal Court took place onl FridiayI It' tttItt:tiu, lt ?? ton1 O'Clock, by a special COtuntIission Inne .a itudabr titot Great ilcal. for the pttrposo of trying Sintoen Blernard for thle - the oflihnce of being anl accessory before the fact to the contutiisiroti wvat of the Crimoe ...

... THE BURNOPFIELD MURDER, - T rA_ at- ?? I1 ?? IA Ha- . D. U- e The case for the prosecution was closed on Frday. l. On Saturday AMr. Monk addressed tine Court for the prisoner ryayno. He contended that the prosecultion had failed in show. . ing any inotive for the murder. With respect to the supposed e establishment of the identity of the prisoners by Air. Ntobart, a lie would observe that the ...

... The Mtunicipial Police Counnittee leet or, Alonday-the Hon. tlie Lord Provost il the chair. It ?? from thle miniates of the Watehinag and Lighting ! Ciunmitaat {lit cilch mauiber ef ile apolice free wf s to be provided witth a little book, containing a Summleary of the vairilis apuice acts Vith hich tbe whole force, constables as vell as supnerior offcers, require to have sonmc aeqaintauice. ...

... This Court met on Monday-the Lord Justice-General, Lords Ivory and Ardmillan, presiding. The principal case before the Court was that of Alexander Smith or Tazzard, who was placed at the bar on a charge of murder, in so far as, on the 28th May last, lie stabbed Charles Angus, a police constable in Edinburghl, and inflicted on him several wounds in the side and thigh, which proved fatal. A plea ...

... GLASGOW EVIDENCE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE i . ON BILLETING. We have received a copy of the evideiice taken before the LI Committee which sat last session on this important subject, from which we select the testimony giren by our townsman, Councillor Dreghorn. The proceedings are reported as fol- lows in the blue book THURSDAY, 22D APnsL, 1858. entbcrs Present-- Mr. Black, Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Smith ...

... {7P ran -1. A- -A ?? _- . (From the Times of Yesterday.) The bill introduced by Lord Palmerston n Monday night is of so reasonable a character, that had it been broughtlin by the law officers of the Crown as supplying a defect in our Criminal Code, or as harmonisingtthe law of the two islands, no one could decently have objected to it. It would rather have been a matter of surprise that such ...

... FEI S FOR BUSINESS IN stiE IFF CUTIURTS. (From ?? Law Jwot::,il fr ?? Glasgovw: malnray Thc Court of Session is now about to frame a table of feer for business done in the Sheriff Court, and wi h tlis vielv the Sheriffs have been reuestede ti consiler an-ld report upon the subject. The matter deeply anects the lcal pracijijoner, and it is desirable that the various facnltics and eoa eties ...

... IMPORTANT TO LANDLORDS AND LODGRUS. J. MUIR WOOD & COMPANY V. ROBERT AUSTvN. Landlord's Elypothec-Held that the keeper of a boarding house has no right of hypothec over.a piano brought to 'his house by a lodger. This action, it will be remembered, arose under the follow- ing ?? pursuers hired a piano to a lady, who went as a lodger and boarder to the defender's houe, and took the piano along ...

... :. PICKINdGS FROM THE COURT IOURNAL. Some time back the growiriiintimiicybetween the families. of rival statesmen-was a subject-of -much gossip, and specu- lation was, of course, busy in anticipating the effect on the poilitical world. in case -such an alliance 'should take place. Perhaps these very discussions have had -some'influence-in arresting this intimacy, as We believe now there is not ...

... COURT OF SESSION-SATUiDAr, JuLY 2. VMQ1 ?? FIRST DIVISION. PETN.-Mnis. M'IVnE, ron ACOcSS TO CHILDRES.. The Court to-day decided unanimously that the petitioner; the wife of John Atilver, banker, Dingwall, the respondent,. whom he lately sought to divorce, and failed, is entitled to. access to her children at convenient times, and under the regulation of the Court. The LOAD PRESIDEUT said that ...

... *SUPPOSED, POISONING AT SEA. (F rom the Liverpool More-ry.) The ship Hernijone; Captain-Towill. which arrived on Thursday at this port, left.Macao 10th November. OA the, 17th Novenjber fell in with the ship Accrihgton, hence for Calcutta, iii lat. 140 ?? on. 8131 W. This vessel made Signals to the Hermionej and-requested.the ?? heave to, and the Acbriton would send a ?? on boardiher. T'he ...

... SIIEIlIFF SMALL DEBT, CO U RT-YlXBTEI DAY. /1S.AAC~~n.: l4 - --s \ (Before Sheriff MloassoN,) AitacuueuLD ScoTr, 418 Clyde Street, Anderston 2' ISAMJSLLA and JEAYJE SUoTT. The lpursuer was the fathcriof the defenders, and sued them for the sum of £1, 4s. for board and lodgings. It was stated for the defendersethat they were apparently under I6 years of age, and that the pursuer had turncd them ...