... V. once malin.jence. a FRIDAY, AUGTUST 9. SMUGGLING TonBveco.-A sailor, beloniing- to the Cle- ofimosier galliot, in Coking Deck, weas finedI 2:_Is. for having finl h1is possession 2 lbs. of smnuggled tobacc'o ; and another 'o sailor wvas also filetl 20ls. for aL like offence. re. ROBBNnaG A MRNSSMATE.-David Nelson, a sailor, wvas an brosight op for stealing ,and paivning a flhunel jacket, et. ...

... ou COU NTY1 CO URT-YESTERnD\Y. e- Mr. Ilanishay, after an absence of about a fortnight in the bre Isle of Mlan, for the beliefit of his health, returned to Liverpool 'ON by the Tytsvidd stcamer, Captain Gill, onl Saturday afternoon bet) c last, Ile entered upon his professional duties yesterday. All -Mill 1- suosmonses had been issued for tell o'clock, at which honr a tnti large number of ...

... ~ I Aancatohire )1El4ttntr Rooico. -. -1-1 -- U0th lay CROWN COURT. ?? (Before Mr. Jmgtico W~ightman,) or- his TUESDAY, AutiusT 13. ess MANSLAUGHtTER AT LIVERPOOL. slia Robert Peed, :38, was charged, up~Ol5 tile VordiCt of at ,ith, coroner's jury, with litvitig filiinionsly killed bi, Wife, at vit- Liverpool, onl Friday last, tile particulars Of which appeared e as in our paper. Tue prisoner ...

... REVISION -OF THE LAW OF INHERITANCE AND RESTRICTION OF THE ARBITRARY DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY BY WILL. .. 3 TY-TVr.RATWnTIRT- ?? I. ,vL Di YYILb. THE BAINBRIGGE CASE. I Y The report of this important lawsuit has occupied a I If conspicuous place in all the metropolitan and provincial r journals ol' the past week. Important it must be con- a sidered, for it will have impressed the minds of the civi ...

... SHERIFF'S COURT, LONXI)O.-Aurosr 1S. PlTl;M. '.'('omV1u r 1 1 .5, PfTtE, ?? DSUNCOM131i, II. P. This Was Sits inquiry in ani action brought by the lion. g Mrs. Petre, as executrix of dile lHon. Edward 1'etre, I-against Thomats -Slingsby Duncoinbe, M.P., to recover thle 1i sum of £10,000, onl a guarantee given by the defendant e in consideration of hiie becoming at surety in at deed ot' 'f ...

... DEFRAUDING THE CUSTO.S. di v LANCASTER ASSIZES, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 0I ' TEE QUEEN v1. TnCsoIuPSCN AND OTHERS.-Mr. James in read the indictment, which charged the defendants with defrauding the customs. Thu Attorniey-General stated the g case, The defendant, Mr. Thompson, is a wine mnerchant bc d at Liverpool, and the other defendants, his servants, called os L-lockers. It was true that tlio ...

... VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT-FRIDAY. -,I - Z- ?? : ?? Le (Before Sir J.. L. Knight Bruce.) If EX PARTE NEILSON AND OTHERS, IN RE WILLIAM AND THOMAS EDMOND. ~,This case, relating to the disposal of 155 shares in the Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool, stood over on a Idformer day, in consequence of a difficulty relative to proofI ~ f notice to the office of the transfer of shares at a prior e- ...

... & ?? t.. - . .. IN RE GASIEca JOHNsoN.-This bankrupt, formerly an extensive coal-dealer, camebefore the court on Tuesday, t on the application for his certificate.I He was supported by Mr. Whitley, solicitor, and opposed by Mr. Aspinall, barrister, on behalf of the Sankey-brook Colliery Coin- pany,-Messrs. Johnson, Worthington, and Co., Messrs. t Worthington and Son, and Messrs. Craig, Webster ...

... e causpr of -.Amn . ^-A lef. The causes of crime, its consequences, and the fc to measures necessary for its suppression, have, of as late years, claimed a large share of attention from nic all who have at heart the progress and well-being ive of society. The Government have, also, from iris time to time, appointed commissioners whose duty s of it was to collect information and make inquiries ...

... COURT OF CHANCERY-WEDNESDAY. WASON V. WART\'f 16O1 WASON V. WARING. This was a motion to discharge all order of the 11:hint. al of the itolls, which restrained the defendants front Quillg By out execution on a judgesent at law. m i The plaintiff, MIr. James Wason, is a solicitor, reili.- isk Liverpool. II 1888, Charles Bird mortgaged tllr, uLp- freehold houses in Windsor-street, Toxteth-p.r- ...

... Iohce I SMOKING ON THE DOCK~ QAYGST . WlhmEdwards, -a pilot, wvas finled 5s. and costs, for having smoked a cigar on one of the dock quays. lin - Patrick I rving, employed at the hidei market, Gill-street, S was sent to gaol for twenty-one days, for stealing thle horns pr ;,fromt hlides entrusted to hins to salt. o ?? OP STAuBnrGo-W~filln Green was charged co neck, waithg stabbed a cabrnan, ...

... ' m 1 .. .- .. - LA. - - . i- The law which provides for the establishment OD It of County Courts is virtually a nonentity in Liver- on se pool. It is true that here an attempt has been mi af made to give to the inhabitants the advantages 5- contemplated in The Act for the more easy re- Lc 11 covery of small debts and demands in England , W a but the chief functionary, by a strange perverse ...