... SINGULAR CASE OF PZRSONATION. A very singular case occupied the last session of the court of assizes of the Bas-lRhin. A man, named Anselme Stierling, was tried for baving personated one Seraphin Kauffmann, of Oswald, having got money in his name, sold his land, and forged his name. This Kauffmann, it appeared, left his family at the end of 1851 to go to Amiens to better his fortune. In tie ...

... ' DonsirwG, Monday.-This little village has for the past few days been in a state of great excitement, in consequence of Mr. George Elton, aged fifteen, bro- ther.in.law of the Hon. and Rev. A. Sugden, of New- digate, Surrey, and George Elpbick, aged twenty, groom to the hon. gentleman, being charged before Mr. Charles Barclay and Mr. George Cubitt, county magistrates, with having committed a ...

... THE PROVMCES. CARMARTHENSPHRE.-Mrana 02 i' WIF BlY HER HUSIBAND, - Qi Satmrdey, the 21st lt., a man'named Daniel Jones, horse-.dealer, a native of Kilrhedin, but latterly living in aplace called belly- dufach, in the patlsh of Ilanddareg, went to Carma- then to sell coal. He remamed drinking about tbe town far a lengthened period, and eventually reached his home between twelve and one ...

... PoLICE INTELLIGENCE. - 0 - IMANSION -H OUSE . TITIHE PIOsECscIuOSx.-Several persons, inhabitants of the parish of All Hallows Staining, were summoned before the lord mayor, under the old statute of Henry VII., for nonpayment of certain tithes due to the rector in pursuance of that statute, and the decree which had been mode under it. Mr. Ballantine ap- peared as counsel for the Rev. Mr. ...

... I CITY MALVERSATION AND OPPRESSION' I A new case of abuse and Mismanagernert 11s Deen brought forward against the unhappy corporation of Lsndon, and its history is a curious one. It dates from the reign of James ?? when the public mind was proba. bly as deeply engaged with tbe then recent rebellion and contemplated colonization. of the province of Ulster, as it is at this moment with our ...

... AC&tDEN1.J S .mmB. E FATAL ExnOsiox.-On Monday morning, between five and six o'clock, the' inhabitants of Coleinan-strdet, St. George's-in-the-East, were most painfully 6Xfrte m c- sequence of a fearful explosion of fireworks ca sing the death of five human beings and serious injuries to severa other persons. It appears that for some years past a man named Watson who carried on the business of ...

... | COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN BE JOHN CLARK.-The bankrupt, of St. Aldates, Oxford, livery.stable.keeper came up on the question of certificate. The ae- counts, prepared by Mr. Maynard, commence in December, 1850, with a capital of 809, and terminate in December, 1853, with unseeured debts returned at X2,920; the assets being, good debts, 1,214- doubtful, 928; property given up, 233. The profits ...

... I TEH ESHER URfDERS. Wednesday morning having been appointed for the trial of Mary Ann lirough, for the murder of sit of het children, the court at Guildford was crowded the moment it was opened, and' great interest appeared to be created by the proceedings. Soon after nine o'clock the prisoner was pl aced at the bar, charged, upon six separate indictmentte, with the murder of Henry Brough, ...

... LATEST LAW AND POLdCE. ?? COURT OF BANKRUPTICY. ONE TRADESMAN RUINED BY A9OTHFFll-RE CFA3'iEB -The bankrupt, George 'Chaffer, was a bol!'der at Comnmeicial-road, Pimlico, and this wase a sitting, at the Btantruptey Court, for the COon5 sideration ?? ~certificate. The balance-sheet showedhlis capital to have been, in 1849, about 2400, and. he now owed to creditors 2,403, and his liabilities ...

... Os Wedneisday, at the Lambethl P'olice-court, the ofcssrs. Newton were in attendance, and brought into court for further examination. 3r. Edwin James, QO.C, and Sh ert Price, M.P., were present, and were accommodated with seats on tho beach. Mr. Wontner, Ibr the prosecution, addressing the magistrate, said that in cocopliacece with the desire expressed by his worship, that aMr. Christian ...

... THE LAW Op DANKRUPTCY: ITS Adminiritration Abuses, and Amendments. In our article in the coeluns of THE EuA last week, we refsrred to the enornous fees which are pocketed by the Official Assignees, and to the nnammon worship occasionally indulged in by the Judges of the Court, towards those self-important personages. Our strictures upon their conduct, as might have been expected, has ...

... The Trav:eUlr and Lodger Question. Mr. George Foremnaw,the landlord of the Albion Tavern, in Lower Eaet Smithtield, appeared before Mr. Yardley, at the Thamee Police- court, to answer a eurmzonse.taken out, by Inspector March, of the H division, which charged bihisiatithviolating the new law, in ?? opening his house lof. the,. sale of wins, spirite, beer, and other fermented and diatilled ...