... L A : . COURT OF EXCHEQUER-SATURD&Y, DEC. 28. THlE SLANDERe CASE. Prederick Beverley Dixon v. Daniel Brudenell Pranks. Tits case was resumed at the sitting oF the court, at half-past ten o'clock in the morning, when the Lord Chief Baron commenced his charge to the jury, minutely reviewing and commenting on the volu- minous mass of oral end documentary evidence ad- duced on the part both of ...

... I [Before T',Eornhrius JONEIS, ESQ.] TnE learned Barrister took his seat yesterday on the Bench shortly bef'ore ten o'clock, and proceeded to hear civil bills. Tho ma3nority of the eases brought forward wero for small suMS, and destitute of gene. ral interest. SELTINO RAPE FOR TURNIP-SEED. FrnOcis Eivart, plteint '/; JohaL Camlbell, (djendent. This was an application for a decree for £3 9s, ...

... BELFAST POLICE] COURT-YESTEnuAY. [Before W. S. TRACY, Esq.] Tho New Year opened with only four criminals in tile deckt of the Police-court. They were charged as follows:-- ROiHBIRY BY A SEIRGEANT OF MILITIA. Thoeas Bonnor, a sergeant in tile G0th Rifles, of middle age, was brought up under the following circumstaiiees:- On the previous evening, he went into a public- house, in Donegall Pass, ...

... BELFAST POLICE COUTRT-YESTRDIAY'. [Before W. S. TRAcy, Esq., R.31.] TimIls wvere only four cases, two of which welre upon chalrges of *hrunienness, Margaret Lennon wvas charg(el Nvith stealing a pail 'if shoes, and somie articles of wearing apparel. The prisoner Sias re- manded, that she might have an opportlnity, if so disposed, of giving somc information resp(cting the stoleu property. Mary ...

... BELFAST POLICE COURT-YESTERDAY. [Before W. S. TRACY, Esq., R.M.] Margaret Lemon and Margaret Smithi, who wer, remanded some days ago on a charge of illea pawnilg,, were again brought forward. The offitncC oflarceny was p;oved agnainst them, and they weri sent to jail for days. A man named Robert Aicken was brought up on a warrant, which had been issued for his apprehension. He was charged witl ...

... Ti A WX ItOROUGlH 01, CARLOWY. uv~oisriLV AlPI'I;AI:. 'itc fidlowyitI jjudgi.jjpt was given at the recent sitting of the Court of E.ehe(luer Chamber. It in volves a legtal point of considerable interest, not merely locally, butias it may arise in other boroughs where 1steiinises may ItP similarly circutillstauiced; and the decision is the more iitpol'talit as a general election may be near at ...

... BELFAST POLICE COURT-SATURDAV. [Before W. S. TRaCr, Esq., ?? CHIAROE OF ItECE^VING YARN. Andriew Cowan, a spirit dealer, was charged by ,MJr. Henry Lowvry, with having in his possession a quantity of yarn, the property of the complainant. MI. Gil)sai appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Russell for the defence. Sergeant Hind, of the Falls Road Constabulary Station, was examined. He said that ...

... I TnE Barrister took his seat in thle CroWn Cotn't, at tell o'eloc!;, oil ?? mnornini of' Mondayl last. II e was Insisted by tile following ?? (dihn, Matthewy Shigletonl, Thomas Casement, John Dickey, John Youne, Andrew Gihion, Goorlo M:Da- cartney, J.'NXeiIl Hi.giisoun, and Ambrose O'lRorke, E~qri. r .I}IeTY Juay :-1Mr. A. Robinson, foreman; Messrs. ?? Hainna, Hugh Railey, William Kalle, ...

... BELFAST QUARTOR SESSIONS. TTi business of the sessiotis commenced on Satar- day. James Gibson, Esq., Q C., the Assistant-Bar- rister, entered the Court at half-past ten, when he took his s eat on the Bench. INSOLVENT PVTITIONS. The first budiness, as usual, was thodisposal of peti- tions of insolvents. There wore 21 petitions pre- sented, which wero hl ard anm decided in the follo w- ing order ...

... I A W. COURT OF BANKRUP'CY-FRDAY, JAN. 4. [Before Mr. CoInuiksionler MACAN.1 Ij re TVn. a7tnd Gilmnore Aguezo. Tuin meetinm in this case wis fio proor of debt, choice of assignee, and the examiniation of the bank rutpts. itr. Creigliton, Q.C., appeared for the Istignet'; Mr. Levy was counsel for the bankrupts; Mr. May appeared o nt iehalf of the B(lfst Banking Company ; and Mir. Phillips for ...

... ATTEMPT AT POISONING IN NEWCASTLE- ON-TYNE. A CASe, which hbas caused great excitement in the above town, wats hrard at the police court on Mon- day. Thootas Robson, alias Johnson, described as a blaecksmitl, was charged with having, on the 1st of December, attempted to murder his wife, Elizn- beth Robson, by nlixing a quantity of arsenic with wIliskey, which had been given to hier in a ...

... EXECUTION OF J. HEYWOOD, THE RO l- DALE IVIRIRE (From our Special COrrespOfdett) I.iverpofl, Saturday Night . JONStaTr; HEYWOOD) was this day executed at Kirk- dale, for the cruel murder' of Margaret Jorncs, his paramour, committed at Roehdile in July last, It will be in the recollection of the readers of the Nervs-Letter, that the culprit was tried at the special Asiizes held before Mr. ...