... (Before Sheriff Arkley.) Mr Michael Wilshere, floor cloth manufacturer, violesale paper-hanging and gutta-percha warehouse- man 'South Sr, David Street, Edinburgh, was exa- mined yesterday. The sederunt included Mr Ralph Erskine Scott, -accountant, trustee, Mr William White Millar, S S.C., agent in the seenestration, Mr Edmund Baxter, ?? agent for Messrs Rolls & Sons, and several other cre- ...

... FOLICE COURT-YRBIDAY. (Before Batlie Russek.3 CA'-aOF ASA5ULT. Nary Conroy or O'Donnell, reskdin- in South u:4hblis C'lcS, was cheeged with assar. ting a little bov named James Turabrhll, ol the Sth inst, bv striking Ihim on the face with a pitcher, to the effusior, of blo.od- It appeared.:hat the boy h2d been arutsing himself by beating wvth two sticks on an old pitcher, when the panel, ...

... THE POLMONT- TRAGEDY. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. The Court resumed yesterday at ten o'clock-the Lord Justice-Clerk, Lord Cowan, and Lord Ard- milian on the bench. T'lEs PROVOST OF STIRLING. The sentence of outlawry was pronounced against Provost Sawers, of Stirling, for non-appearance. THE POLIMONT TR.AGEDY. William Reid was placed at the bar on a charge of l murdering Margaret Taylor, a ...

... 7gaiv 311tcHiplitt. COURT OF SESSION-THuRsDA-y. ~ he FIRST I)IVISION., Xt .- MISS ELEANOR KELSO, OF DALKEITH, V. -W. R MARTIN AND OTHERS. P The debate in this case was concluded to-day. eon We shall report the circumstances when judgment is dil pronounced, an, Counsel for the Reclaimer-~Solicitor-General and ag, Mr Gifford. Hunter, Blair, and Cowan, W.S., Br Agents. Counsel for the Pursuer ...

... yaby 'Wiliffliffoirt. COURT OF SESSION-TUESDAY. FIRST DIVISION. BRlOWN AND MILES V. THE MIAGISTRkLTES OF ABERDEEN. This was an action of declarator at the instance ot Brown and Milne, millers in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, against the Magistrates of that burgh, to have it found that the Magistrates have no right or title, by themseli es or by their collectors or tacksmen, to demand and levy ...

... TRIAL OF Dn SMETHURST. The trial of Dr Thomas Smethurst, who isecharged with the murder of Isabella Bankes at Richmond, was] commenced at the Old BAiLey on Thursday. As a in all great cases, the Sheriffs were overwhelmed PC with pressing applications for admission to the of Court. Ea Mr Sergeant BALLANTINE, after some prelimi- ca naries, proceeded with his opening address. The In charge, he ...

... TX ao 7 COURT OF SESSION-FRiDAY. WHOLE COURT. Mr Nloncreiff, M.P., Dean of Faculty, to-day pre- sented his letter of appointment as her Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, and having taken the oaths, took his seat within the bar. FIRST DIVISION. THE REV. J. MS MILLAXI V. THE VREE CHURCH ASSEMBLY. (DEPOSITION.) THE REV. J. I'tMILLAN V. THE. FsREE ClUtro ASSEMBLY. (SUSPENSION.) In these cases the ...

... TEH CARDrOSS CAS&E. We (&cottish Guardian) understand that, agree- ably to the resolution of th'e special meeting of the CGmraission held on tlie 18th day of January last, the defenders sati&fied the production under the reservation of all their pleas. Thereafter ceunsel prepared their defences. These gave a full statement of all the facts, which are already well known to the Church, and ended ...

... latu blelligairt. , COUJRTf'' OF SESSION-T~r:. ...

... :@ -:; IA DOAIESTO TRAGEDY. :,; I . -v . ,,, ,111 . r , I The, town, of Grossenhagen, near Dresden; has beer -the' seneze bf a shocking tragedy. A widown nam,'ed',,G--,-'and her daughter,, aged sixteen, were tried last- week on a-charge of liav- ing stolen certain-, artiojep of small value from their landlord. The accused confessed their goilb, - and manifestedl such -sincere repeiutauce that ...

... A MURDER AN AN ATTEMIPTED MURDER I Ie . . IN LIVE1 POOL. . I Atthe Liverpool Police-Court on Monday, before Mr Raffles, the stipendiary magistrate, Daniel M'Kenna, a yoang man of twenty-three, who is employed in a foundry at the north end of the town, was brought up .oa charge of killing William M'Manus, a -fireman, vwho . arrived iD Liverpool on Sunday, morningian tbe steamer Helvetia. On ...

... GRIME IN SC5OT;ASD. The quarterly absttact of returns of prisoners in the'be criminal,, epar ment of each prim n in Scotland has just ,bei published.. Tbo nuiber of prisoners in each county at the end of the quarter,';with 'aldb'npariso'. of thst atthe same poriodof l)st year4 end the daily average, will be found in the following table:- No. at same Dal County. No. at close period last Daily . ...