... Scarcely has this neighbourhood recovered from the ex-11 h citement occasioned by the murder of two sisters by a soldier in .s of the Swiss Legion, than it is again aroused into consterna* e tion by another murder almost as horrible and cold-blooded in its details, the scene being a meadow in front of the mili-w tary hospital at Archcliffe Fort, in which the 49th Regiment g *e is encamped. The ...

... 'IHE PUNISHMAENT OF DEATH. t ~(From the M1orning loose.) M r. Ewart, it seems, has received from various ac- quaintances abroad several letters upon the question, i which he has so perseveringly vexed, of capital punish- 1 ments: and as they contain, as far as can be judged of ethem from the portions communicated by the lion, gentle- man, litttle or nothing beyond broad and general assertion, ...

... WIRKtESWVORTII GREAT BARMOTE C:OURTr. This Court was held on Wednesday last, in the Moot-hall, pa? - James C. Naweorn, Esq., the steward, presiding. the The following is a list of the barmastero and jurymen by r present - am Bormasters, Messrs. John Alsop, of Weusley (head-bar- ear master, and also deputy for Bonsall, Brassingeon, Elton, Mid- Sm dlston, and Wirksworth); John Hodgkinsou, ...

... COUNTY HALL, DERBY, FRIDAY, DeT. 5. no_- - - - .r ?? - 1 [Blefore J. R4OFoaD, Esq., W. MUsNDY, Esq., IM.P., W. ry Cox, Esq., and T. 0. BATrEmiN, Esq.] on STEALING BaAss.-JaMes Campbell, a servant in the he employ of the Midland Railway Company, was charged with was stealing31b. weight of brass, the property of the company.- ta. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months' !v. ...

... ?? AS BrrOaT0P ?? ?? the Staffordshire w e Assizes3, Thomas Woodward, aged 15, a sweep, was indicted tt ?? for unlawfully and maliciously setting fire to two buildings, le on the 31st May last, at Burtota-upOO-Trent, the property or it r William Swindatc.-Th5 jury found the prisoner Guilty, and at .his Lordship in a feeling address, sentenced him to eighteen s t °Bias'Acts mOF Ptnoaetae. ...

... THE RUGELEY POISONING CASES. to It will be observed, by our parliamentary report, that the ev hle Lord Chancellor has introduced a bill into the Hou-cof Lords Of he for the purpose of removing the trials of prisoners committed a he in the country, when any serious prejudice existed against Be them in the neighbourhood where the offences were alleged hle to have been committed, into the Central ...

... YosscssiRE, TUESnAY, Dec. 9. (Before Air. Commissioner GusNeEY.) l 55ARl5SON, THE LEEDS ?? A5ID H15 THIREE WIVES. Hlenry Hlarrisol, 40, was charged with Isaviog onl the 18th ck of May, 1846, at Leeds, married one Sarah Ann Brown, he i' having a former wife thenualive. l3 This case excited a considerable degree of interest, the Court being crowded during its hearing. 'The prisoner, t ?? as the ...

... TflE RUGELEY POISONING CASES. - - ra - a I I Aln THIE INQUEST ON MR. WALTER PAL MER. v MONDAY. The following evidence concluded the proceedings on Monday:- a Professor A!fred Swaine Taylor, ?? Fellow of the Collegeof PhysiciansandProfessorofChemistryat Guy's 0 Hospital-On Monday, Dec. 24, tile viscera of the de- 11 ceased were delivered to me at Guy's Hospital by In- l spector Crisp. They were ...

... I POLICE OFFICE, DERBY, FaZlDAY, Oct. 24. [ [Before the M AVoRl, R. FoItMAN, Esq. and Dr. BENT. ] I S.rEAL.INo MONEY.-Hugh Henry Campbell, a boy of b, t was tbrotighit Up ?? remand, charged with stealing a purse r and 8s. 6d. in money, the property of ViIlianm Thumpatone. , The parties were enugaged cleaning a carriage for Alr. Barber, i chresemonger. St. Peter's-street, when the purse and ...

... COUNTY COURT, DERBY, MONDAS, Oct. 21. [Bleffore J. T. CANTR 'EL ., raq., Jus1'C-] Ij i WALtcca V. 1HEMINGeWAv-!n1 this Case thle plaithtiff claimed front the defesidant the Suit of 121. l3R. 4d. for goats aold situ] delivered-Mr. Borough appeared fat' the ?? b, -stst who htid pleaded thle statute otf limitations as at bar to the plaintifl's clalin. - 1r M ~r. nies ut said the defendant did ...

... GLOCESTER, ArraiL 2. [ Before Mer. Justice CaEsSSWELL, and special Juries.] DEGO V. TrHE MiUDLAtO cAILWVAY COMiiASSY. M~r. Serjeant Piggott and M~r. Skinner appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Keeating, Q.C., and Mr. Phipson for the defendants. The plaintiff brought the present action to recover damages for the death of her deceased husband, who was killed by the alleged negligence of the ...

... POLICE OFFICE, DERBY, WrDNESDAY, SEPT. 3. [Before the MAYOn, T. P. BAINBRIGGE and H. F. GistaSouvi, i;, Esqrs., and Drs. BENT and HEYGATE.] pi EMPLOYMENT OF BOYS BY MASTER CHIMNEY SWEEPS. w Several master sweeps in Derby were summoned by Al. cl Hall, the itsprctor for the society tbrmed for the suppression w of the system of employing boys under a certain age to climb cl chimniics. Mr. Ilaxby, ...