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COURT OF SESSION—FIRST DIVISION

... COURT OF SESSION-FIRST DIVISION. ~~~~ - ma si Ws m THEZ RMV.1 LDrOCKHART 0B' TRASERBURG11. On Saturday an appeal against a decision of the Lord Or- dinarv. refusing to grant a suspension and interdict in the case of the Rev. Dr Lockhart of Fraserburgh, who, as may be remembered, was one of the ministers deposed at last General Assembly, for certain delinquencies, was heard before their ...

COURT OF SESSION—THURSDAY, Jan. 23

... COURT OF SESSION-TFcnsDAY. Jao. 23. THE 1tADDINGTONSHIaE tARS.. The debate was resumed to-day at eleven o'clock before the whole Bench (with the exception of Lord Cockburn), when The DEAN OF Fmcu-Tr addressed the Court for the petition- ers. He commenced by referring to the importance of an in- quirr into the mode of striking the fiars, either in the case of a particular county, or of Scotland ...

THE COURT AT BALMORAL

... THE COURT AT BALMOR1AL. (From tMe Aberdeen Journal of yesterday.) Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, went out riding on Thursday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer-stalking. The dinner party on Thursday included Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Baroness Speth, the Right EOn. Fox Maule and Sir Edwin Landseer. Her Majesty, His Roval ...

CLOSE OF THE SESSION.—THE FUTURE POLICY OF THE WIHGS

... CLOSE OF TIHE SESSION.-TH-IE FUTURE POLICY OF TIHE WHIGS. >, j ~~~~~( 2Yrnes.) I 1 t is to be done in the recess ? Last January we is forboie to ask with urgell cy, Whlant is to be done in the I session ? for it was evident that little would be done, and it xais as evidently desirable that this little should be done quietly and quickly. The result shows that we formed a ,sbetter estimate of ...

COURT OF SESSION—JURY TRIALS

... COURT 01 SESSION-JURY TRIALS. TtinsnA'rMarch 25. B VALIDITY OJ~ A DEED-MORZISON' v. WALSER. dedi This ease was beard before Lord Dendrenuan anld 2 jury in the: Ithe First Division to-day. The pursuer was Adam 'Morrison., the some time farmer at Tarneab, now residing~it Keith, in the pure county of Banff, cousin-german, and one of the nearest of kin C Iof the deceased Janet Morrison, some time ...

SCOTS APPEALS

... House of Lords, May S. JOHN EDWARD GEZLS, appellant; V. FRANCES DICKINSON OR GEILS, nis vWIEp, respondent. This well-known divorce case came before Lord Chancellor ITruro, on Thursday, for hearing on a preliminary point, as to the competency of an appeal taken from an interlocutor of Lord Wood, wbich had been affirmed by the First Division of the Court of Sessior,. It will be recollected that ...

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... and wounded, to tue erasiuon on nis moueo auu t`e injury ot nIs H I person. The prisoners pleaded not guilty, and the case having gone SrI to trial, the jury found the prisoner Steal guilty as libelled, and i Adams not guilty,-when the Court sentenced the former to lad seven years' transportation, and the latter was dismissed from a the bar. of l The Court then adjourned. POLICS Cos1rsusssor. ...

COURT OF SESSION

... WISUAW ANDr coayTNass RAILWAY V. TUE CALEDONIAN gus RAILWAY. plat This case wras debated at considerable length before the First the Division of the Court of Session, prior to the Chrrstmas re- No;e cess ; and on Tuesday their Lordships pronounced judgment whi in it, thei It was a petition at the instence, first, of certain sherehold- thle ore of the Wishaw and Coltuess Rlailway, desigrating ...

COURT OF SESSION—SECOND DIVISION

... COURT OF SESSION-SECOND DIVISION. TK11USDAY, JUNED 26. CO3I5ISSIONERS OF POLICE NoT ENTITLED TO PAYMENT FOR THEIR SERVICES. MATREW R. DEVs, Surgeon in Edinburgh, v. ALEXANDER MURRAY, Inspector of Lighting and Cleaning in the Edin- burgh Police Establishment. On the 9th of August 1849, the defender being desirous to remove the nuisances which endangered the health of the . city, applied to the ...

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT

... (Before Sir J. L. Knight Bruce.) IN THE MATTER OF TrU ROYAL DANK OF AUSTRALIA, AS PARTB MEUX. This was a motion on behalf of the execotors of Mr Henry Mena, by way of appeal from the decision of the Master, who had included the names of the executors in the list of contni- butories in respect of 500 shares. The deed of settlement was dated in 1840. Mr Meus had been a director of the company ...

COURT OF SESSION—SECOND DIVISION

... COUiRT OF SESSION-SECOND DIVISION. MOtNFRO SLSPEDER, Vi. THE L rt~ltdtjt CEMETERY comr,,ANY. The follo0wing Case is one of material importance in the lawv of Thevenership) Or Joint-Stock Companties ; it is also of entire novelty, in the law of'Scotland. Thie chief point was whether the Dire-ctors of a Joint-Stock_ Company, baring power to iacao' oCertain alterations on the deed ofeconstitution ...

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY

... EIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. This Court met on Monday-the Lord-Justice Clerk, and lords Wood andIvoryon thebench. Lord Dundrennan, having mn s been appointed as one of the Lords Commissioners of Justici- ca acy inrroom of Lord Mackenzie, resigned, was expected to sit wbt on the assizes, but was prevented by slight indisposition. fou Robert Warner. soldier in the 13th Regiment of Foot, was ...