... NISI PRIUS COURT.-SATURDAY, AuGUST 10. ACTION FOR LIBEL.-CHARtNOCK vs. SEWARD. a This was an action for libel. 'Ar, Martin and Mr. Aston ap. ti peered for the plaintiff, and Mr. Knowles for the defendants.- a Damages were laid at £200. Mr. Aston opened the pleadings. The first count alleged that p the defendant had said, 1I will not glee my ticket, because you p are drunk ; the aecond, that ...

... IrPETTY FELONIEs.-Thlomas Hunt, charged with steal- ing a bridle belonging to Mr. Wilson, veterinary surgeon; and Catherine Morgan, accused of stealing a shawl, the property of Jane Williams, were both sent for trial on Wednesday last. FELONirEs.-On Monday last, David Appleby was charged with stealing a hat, the property of Mr. Morgan Smith, builder. The prisoner had been working for Mr. Smith ...

... ~~A . . * . . A . . . s . ?? To the Editor of the Preston Chronicle. San,.-In my correspondence of last week I inserted a paragraph, the substance of which was, that on the pre- ceding Tuesday night, the 13th inst., a report was brought to the Police-office to the effect that Charles Gibson, son of Mr. John Gibson, builder and joiner, of this town, was suspected to have thrown himself into the ...

... Considerable excitement was occasioned in this town h on Tuesday last, by its becoming known that Mr. Henry st Blackhurst, of Lisbon Hall, Fishwiek, a solicitor of this al town, had been apprehended on a charge of forging a h codicil to the will of his late wife, Mrs. Catherine Black. | u hurst, who died on the 31st July last. A warrant was ap- tc plied for to the borough magistrates, on ...

... . COMMITTAL : OF MR. HENRY BLACKHURST, O1AIrlTOr, OF ThIS TOWN, FOR FORGERY. On Monday last, Mr. Henry Blackhurst was broubght up at the Town-hall for further examination on s charge of forging a codioil to the will o his late wife, Mrs. Catherine Blackhurst, preferred against him by the Lord Provost and Bailles of the city of Glasgow. 'He was brought in a conveyance from the Rousb of ...

... HEALTH OF TOWNS ACT. A meeting of the principal owners of property in this place,-among whom were Dr. Cocker, Messrs. R. Banks, W. Thornber, Caunce, Shaw, Dixon, Loxham, Bagot, Braithwaite, Sharples, Thompson, Raweliff', Worthington, Collins, Cookson, Dr. Kershaw, &c., &c., took place ou Wednesday last, at the Clifton Arms Hotel, for the pur- pose of assisting in an enquiry as to the sanitary ...

... II - - - - - 11 (Before B. Shorrock, Thos. Ecclc, and B. Hollinslhead, Begrs.] BEEnSPLLE1's CASE.-John Gillibrand, beerseller, of t Livesey, was charged by P.C. Fielden with supplying cer-i tain parties with ale on Sunday, the 21st ult., during the hours of divine service, contrary to the act of parliament. He stated that on the day in question he saw five persons c partaking of a quart of ...

... IsI CNT C-T .A COUNTY COURT._ MONDAY LAST. S.JJVU.L1I * WV J- 1t .-tl~UVlIAI hIamS. (Before Joln Addison, 9sq., Judge.) Advocates present:-Mr. R. Backhouse and Mr. Thos. ,lough, of Blackburn; and Mr. Miles Myres, of Preston. Thirty-four cases were entered for trial. GEor01 GORTON v. GEORGE LIVESEY. The plaintiff is landlord of the Waterloo Inn, Black- burn. The action was for a debt of 10i., ...

... NORTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZE. || The comruiealon of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery r for he nrthen dvision of this county, was opened at Lancaster W on Wednesday last. The Hi1gh Sheriff~ of the county, Clement I Rloyds, of Mount Faliage, Roahdale, did not arrive in Lancaster, B owing to the delay olf thle train due at 1 32, until nearly 3 o'clock. Mr. Justice Wightulan mide his ...

... P I[ POLI'CE.CASES DURING THEF WEEK. ASSAULT.-Ann Morgan charged Sarah Smith. and Rosanna Jackson with beating her, tearing her dress, knocking her down, and giving her a black eye. Ordered to find sureties to keep the peace, and pay the expenses, twelve shillings each. ANq UNDUTIFUL SON-IN-LAw -Sarah Stockly charged John Mason with using threatening language towards her. Complainant deposed ...

... GARDEN Rto0B3 ?? Baldrow was charged with stealing peas and other vegetables, the property of John Woodcock, Esq., on Sunday morning last. Mri. Woodcock's man deposed that as he was going to the stables he sawV three or four youths run away from the I garden. He pursued, and caught the defendant, who had a few peas in his cap. The defendans, who had nothing to offer in defence, was fined 20s., ...

... ExTENSIVE FELONIES FROM THE PRESTON WO~r- ?? women, named Alice Medealf and Jane Ramps0ol, were brought up at the Town-hall, on Saturday last, at the borough sitting, charged-the former with purloining a large quantity of wearing apparel from the workhouse, and the latter with receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen. It appeared that for some time the prisoner Medcalf had had ...