... COUNTY-0-F ?? Belfast, JTuly 19. CROWN COURT. THE Right' Si. JustiOe BALL, who was aiccompanied. by' A: O'kfidic iski; High-Sheriff, 'took his seat in'. the Crown C'oqit'this lbiniring, at ten o'clock, when: - 'The 'Cosurnissi6. was opened and read by WALTER BdUR, s, Esq., Clerk of the Crown; the Grand Jury: I answered to their names, and were resworn for the discharge of the criminal business ...

... CAUSES OF C RIME. CnmhE, said the Constabulary Commissioners, in thleir first report, arises from a desire to acquire property by a less deigree of labourthan ordinary in- dustry; and habitual criminals, therefore, are those pqrsons who feel labour to be more irksome than others, owing to theeir being not only less.capable of continued appliekation to one subject or object, but more fond of ...

... BELFAST POLICE COURW-SATmnDAY. (Before W.H. Ve1n3n1 , Esq., and Dr. 'GrE.j] Tien dock was filled with improper women, charged with having been disorderly on the previous night. Three of them, named Leeson, Al'KIenna, and Watkins. were charged with having been dikorderly, and making use of' indecent expressions in Talbot Street. The last-mentioned prisoner was further charged with having, at ...

... 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 ...

... MURDER OF Mr. LITTLE. DISCOVERY OF SOME, OF TRE MISSING IMON(,-Y. A MOST important discovei'y was made yesterday whichl, in all probability, wilt lead to the apnpiehoeii sion of the murdere'r. While scale of the workmen of the company wiere eng-aged, about tivo o'clock, in a house in the rore of tlh earliagO (a i.tolV, a moan named Brophy, the master carpenter, discovered a canvas ba g on some ...

... BELFAST POLICE CO[Tlt'-XZ>I.T' ItnV. [Before WVm. S. 'I'l;ACV, Esq., R.M.] DA1.Ctl111G ?? A young lati, lA 'I .1,111t Cmu) was ?? v. breaking ilto t110 IILtle of Mr'. l- Lowry J! 'iJ. rp, Ili-ih treet, off the llight of tile IStlh or nlfziolili tiw 1901i illstalilt. It ?? that tle prisoner, Who i; ?? ilotwn ?? tho ?? ill tills townl, as fie hIeloltlL s to Il ?? ti.- the tldil~ty ?? LIIIVI'V ...

... BE1LFAST POLICE COLT.-Y I'AY. 111: 1 riisr OFliNCI:. lfaiciiia lli''leso~e, :, a i:lle g4irl, hv~tS !w:iti ' vitll st(-:l';iI n~i tsClp. tim 1piiopiirtv Of Mr. i iu, 1 )i'k'os. Tihn oiiienc, havilln liecell p'ioved, ill l'(piy t1 the CotIt, tIe' )Ii'iSeI}'l' ?? ShU Id nWsIi). eill i the 5:a1lit. po)sition Cb'll're. pliisonIli' ?? ; s:'s norer hl re beoril, youl V oisIlip. 1I 'i hter 1o01 her. ...

... BELFAST POLICE COURTr-YESThiTAY. a [B. fore NVm. S. R',Iclv, Esq., R.Ml.] r Til' rAIE ACCIDENT IN MILL .STttel T. f Johon MLariaonl, a bly la'zed ilevol ylars, was brotI d1 U P IIy Sub-conitahle Fiani-all for haviol g, by eare *-ss drivimir ofa horse an:l t'51'l, caused s, l'ou. 2iljuy to all ohi ?? lamel)d Rollelt Do)llnell, seventy (yers' (If' ag,,, itlinid llg ne.,r NcIvto wnatids. '11h1 ...

... NORTHERN CIRCUIT-DtinAwM, Duc. 4. [Before M1r. ?? GrialiEV, QO.]. .Johtn Bi'ozis, 31, a mHusgoi' 11 tall powerful-looelc ing ruffian, was chtirg-'d Nvith1 having crrtlnittetl acapital ?? on Hannah1 Yiio PatKlo -Tol-atp o te WllofSeptemiber. Th This wvas one of th most atroclea for fenceta hod been tvii'd it, thle DIjrirail ceitS frmn years. Kihlerby Till-gate is Situated near flahy CaStle, and ...

... MISSIONS TO Cl-TINA-ARRMST' OF A MIIS. SIONARY AND NATIVE COLPORTEURS. 'ITnr folloivieo extracts of n letter from thoe Rov. IV. C. Bii ,rns, Frec Church Missin:uiry, to a glntlvmnan a in Eidinburilih, gives anl accoulit of his :nrtest by the Witive allthorities il Chin a, while prosecoti gi his missionary latbours:- Canton, Oct. 10, 1SI5. A(. 'raig-Lenmr we were vrry well recoived. 0t Mlondav ...

... rIllBLIC mBE~TING. Yr.5TEtI1AY evening, a meefillg Of persons rated for police-r-ate, at thle yearly value, Of £8 and under, wvas hold in thle Welling lol -all, Mon tgomery Street, for thle purpose of' ?? tvh'i~t steps shouldl be akti1~l withI regard tn tile 1101 ice-rate lately struck by thot Townt Counlcil. Th'le hall was not hal f'illed. Cli itain SAlD'SUIts' wvas catll ?ml to the chair, ...

... COUNTY OF ANTRIM. Bejfcst, Monday. j CROWN COURT. I: TIun Right Hon. Justice BALL took his seat on the C Bench this morning at ten o'clock. His LoRDSHIP ?? of the Bar, I sup- it pose it is understood that I take up the common F jury cases, so as to have the jury discharged as a quickly as possible. l1 This arrangement was at once determined upon, hi and the following case was called. d ACTION ...