... I IMPORTANT INQUIRY. In accordance with the arrangement made by the Presi- dent of'th'e Board of Trade, at the requast of a deputation who waited upon him a fortnight ago, to re-opeu the inquiry into the ohargeslevied by the Liverpool corporation upon all goods imperted or exported through the estuary of the Mersey, the shipping dues commissioners,-namely, Mr. J. H. J. Manners Satton, Captain ...

... THE BATESON MURDER. -EXECUTION OF ?, a GRANT, QUIN, AND COOMEY. an On Monday, Bryan Grant, Neal Quin, and Patrick Coomey, convieted at the late Monaghan assizes of being concerued in er. the murder of Mr. T. D. Bateson, on the 4th December, 1851, in, were executed in front of Monaghan Gaol. Coomey was a of or- well-educated, intelligent man; all the prisoners were peni-l 'le. tent and cheerful ...

... _o - ) t bteL a 204 S OB OWN C O)IRT.-TtizSDAr. (Before .r. Justice Cressssell:) George Cowell, MitI 1 taiker Jbrlmer Griwuharw, Luke Aood, John Btese isn . liihn A late William Parainso -,JO W4' eddie cup it Tlhomas Greypou, were cli' as~zitifally cospiring together, and tbrMt'iug.'i lInglttin~,lad ob- struOting workpekpleref~rCtton tb revanting tsr fro t accepting empIoyinent with ertain ...

... IMPORTANT AMENDI)ENT OF THE PUBLIC LIBlEARIES ACT. 7l.DJf11lto eJ. e In another column we print a petition in favour of ail this bill, which is lying for signature at the Free tic Library, and will remain there until Tuesday next. mi The main objects of the bill are to extend to towns dei and other places, not corporate, the power of esta- the blishing free libraries, to be supported by a rate ...

... lax lot WEDNESDAY. eti- This being the day appointed for general hunmiliation and ant prayer, the courts were closed, ap. TVURSDAY. tat CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT-At the City Police Court, 311- R. K. Gelder, aporter in the employof Mr. J. Fallalove, King- ide street, was charged with embezzling £10. Ss. 6d. the property fVe of his master.-Mr. Fuillalove stated that the prisoner had on, been in his ...

... SALIFORD BIUNDREI) GENERAL, SESSIONS. 3The generesl quarter sessions of the peace for the hundred Iof Salford, were held tit the New Bailey Court House, on fMondlay last; J. F. Foster, Esq, the chairmnat, presiding; Ibut Not half-a-dozen magistrates were present ait the trans. faction of tile county huetness. (Tie following gentiemnleu were swornt oil the t GRAND JURY. James Pilling, Spotland, ...

... MONDAY. STEALING HO8iERT.-At the City Police Court, to-day, George Speed, a carter, and a youth named William Dale, were charged with stealing three parcels of white cotton stockings. It was stated by Mr. Nicholson, a hosier, that on the let of April he delivered a package to the prisoner Speed, to be taken to the railway, and forwarded to Leicester. The package contained eleven parcels of ...

... WEDNESDAY. CAUTION TO DIUNKEN RAILWAY TRAvELLERS.-After the fatal calamity recorded last week, by which the station master at the Lancashire and Yorkshire portion of the Victoria eta- V tiou lost his life, whilst endeavouring to rescue a drunken Iman from his perilous position on a carriage-it is to be l, hoped that persons tnuder the influence of liquor will ba estrictly prohibited from ...

... ire± ,ireI I THE DARING ROBBERY AT MR I t I HOWARD'S. 1 - 10WARD'S. titreU in our Saturday's publication wye reported, at length, zhes fe exanminatic'n, hcfnre the city cmagistrates, on the precediag. so IThursday, of tbs prisoner John Goldsmith, charged with t II being the Principlt person concerned in thea audacious M d robbery, which was Perpetrated in the shop of Mr. Jasies dHoward, ...

... NISI PRIUS COURIr, WEDNESDAY. WI ACTION ON A CHARTER PARTY. gi Browne and othersv. Mifliga' mnd others.-Messrs. Browne to Fernie, and Co. shipbrokers, of Liverpool, plaintiffs, for a' whom were the Attorney-General (Mr. Knowles), ani Mr. it Q iayne; attd Messra. Milligan, Lpmpriere, and Co. also of h Liverpool, defendants, for whom were Messrs. Atberton aud aI Cowling. The plaintiffs were ...

... WTHE POL1CICE COURTS. SATURDAY. IIOBDERY FROSt Ai? HOTEL-At the City Police Court, a tio women awed Sarah Prichard was charged with atealirig twelve the towels, twelve plates, and six jars, etid other articles, from Fr the Albion Hotel, Market-street. Mr. Johnson stated that eec the prisoner lied been employed as a eharWOWSfl at the the hotel at various times during the last three years, bitt ...

... le SAlURDAY. at R0on Y BY A POLICEMANt.-George Parker, a constable iu the Manchester police force, was charged at the City Police Court with stealing a small book, belonging to John Ryan, a In private watchman, employed at Mr. Clemsbaw's dyeworks, 2dRed Bank. The prisoner had been allowed by the watch- man to warm hia coffee, and when he had gone, a book was r'missed. Information was given at ...