... the Yesterday, the Quarter Sessiens of tire Pence for thg r`7 IC of borough commenced, in the Crown Court, bafore J.L vary Adolphul, Erq. Owing to the indisposition of the Re- reIn' t card er,hli was unable to attend. -The calend ir contained 'aide the namer of 136 pritionera, 12r5 being charged with telo- Po g ee lices, and the remainder with miadcmeanours and as: aulta. 11 (,re The following ...

... CHARGE AGAINST CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICERS or CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD I THE REVENUE. , sll in our pbliee nooti cei Of Taciday we gave the particu- t h e lars of a sole ill which Hugh Grb. ba locker in the toh'dcco Cts1 warehouses at this port, wa, charned with stealing 500 1b9. wa, of tlob tcc, in the year 1ll48. Gray was brought before hlot Mr. Rushton, and remanded, itt oceder to ,pe completionl Bob ...

... VY UL Ulf. CoURT OF PASSAGE. _ _ _ _ ?? lave The following, amongst other casep, wore tried at this Dred Colirt during the present week:- tron WHITECHAPHL V. OMNIBUS.-EARP V. MATTINSON.- J t This was an action brought on by proviio, in which n-- tihe plaintiff was Mr. E41pp talor, of Lord-stieet, and Thc the deftndant, Mr. Mattierion, omnzibus proprietor. n of The Fiction was brought to ...

... MR. RALPH SAMUEL'S WATCH MANUFACTORY. Yesterday, a case which excited considerable interest amongst persons engaged in the watch-making and similar branches of trade, was tried at the Borough Sessions, before J. L. Adolphus, Esq , the acting Recorder. The name of the prisoner is Thomas Pritchard, and the charge against him was that of having stolen a of quantity of gold wire, used in the ...

... lot c )w LANCASTER ASSIZES. q a The commimsion was opened on Saturday lass, at Lan- Lte caster, before Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Baron Rolfe. r -is The calendar contained only a list of twelve prisoners, Te and the civil list nine causes. Mr. Baron Alderson pre-n ut aided in the Crown Court, and Mr. Baron Rolfe in the a d. ;isi Prius Court. Joseph Houghton, aged 17, was d. indicted for having ...

... nen'FOnE 011. COMMISSiOIONERL STEVEii505.1 IN RE J. R. Psse.-This bankrupt appeared for the six- yr teenth time, on Friday last, to pans fise last adjourned P ge examination. Mr. Rowe rppeared far the apaiganeep, and la Mr.Eansorthbanrupf MrRoweceppotled the bank- et- Ile rapt, onl the ground of thes accounto deliverid by the ?? *a- bankrupt to tcet his balaince-sheet being impierfect and th ...

... COM- TAL OF TWO POLICE OFFICcRS I -- I Iin. . ?? - . - - On Wednesday last, Mir. RIushton and Mr. C. S. Pake were occupied nearly four hours in the investigation1 of, sellous charge of assault, which was preferred by Ale. John Kilshtaw, timber dealer, of Bootle, against P~olice Officers ND. 4110 (Page) and No. 899, (Sheridan.) .A~ Snowball and Mr. Divenport appeared on bohaif of, the, ...

... IMPORTANT TO CABINET IA5CItERS.-PEMBERTON AND ANOTIHER V. SLATER.-On Tuesday last, this case keas heard before his HonouL William Lowndes, Esq. Mr. Woolburn, attorney, appeared for the plaintiffs, who are cabinet-makers and upholsterers, in Liverpool, and stated that in April last,the plaiitiff, senttoddefendanit's saw-mills in Seel street, two pieces of birch, ele S feet the other 14 feet ...

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... There is nothing more dangerous, in our esti- t mate of the causes of social evil, than an implicit c reliance on statistical information. Matters which wre presented on the face of returns as incontestible -proofs of a particular theory, often become entirely reversed on the application of accurate tests and examination. A remarkable instance of this truth is furnished in the Twenty-sixth ...

... I NQUESTS. i On Sanday morning, Chalrles Pearcc M\ooreroft, a child fie mon ths (led, residilng w it his parents in 1l tlck ?? Bittern-street. died from injuries received bv its Clothes *e accidentally ta~ing fire. It appeared that, On Tuecday i. night last, the mother was sitting at the fire with the il deceased ou her knee, and during thle highit wind which le then prevailed], a brick was ...

... ir ;ujoU 1nrnpflr O? tfW caf JNQU ESTS. MANSLAUGHTER.-Inh our Friday's paper we recorded the circrsirssraticea of a ereious Pffrav which took place to Ilast week, at a boarding-house in Gibraltar-row. Two1 mn seamen, Jame Payne and a companion of hise named th Campbell, quarrelled, when Payne stabbed Cam~pbell in 0 the groin with a knife, inflicting upon him a serious tb injury, which caused ...