... SUICIDE OF THE FATHER. A Gloucester tradesman, George Meadows Mor- ' ley, hairdresser and toy-shop keeper, has drowned himself = and his two daughters, one fourteen, the other nine years old. An inquest was held on the bodies by Mr. Lovegrove, fit coroner, on Saturday night, when the following evidence ats~ wvas taken : ct Qearles tflceford ?? one o'clock this morn- gin I was called up to ...

... THE ACCIDEN T ON THE GREAT. NORTHERN RAILWAY. 'The ?? inquiry was resumed on -Tuesday, at the Newcastle Arms, Tuxford. The inquest was attended by Colonel Wynn, government inspector, who visited the scene of the accident on Saturday; Mr. Leith, superintend- ent of the Great Northern Railway; Mr. Greaves, resident engineer; Mr. Charles Saccre, local superintendent, Peter- borough ; and other ...

... THE LEEDS GUARDIANS' ELECTIONS: FORGERIES. I The Baof OFFI CIAL INQ UIRY.-FOURTH DAY. Mr. Man'wariug, Poor-law Inspector, and Mr. WN Lumley, ABSistaft-~seeretary to the Poor-law Board, re- sinned, at the Leeds Court-house~, on Tuesday, the inqiry ordered by the Poor-law Board into the wbolesalee fabrica- afer tion and forger-y of proxy voting papers at the recenb else- tion of PorlwGadasfor ...

... SUSPECTrED MURDEtt AND RiOI3BERY IN ESSEX. I Much excitement was canss.d on Saturday night le in the neighbourhood of Colie Esgaine, a vill ge three or as four miles from Haistead, by a report of the violent death aei of a respectable dealer in that parish. Mr. feaac Butcber on was a respected inhabitant of Coale Engainle, where he has recently taken a small farm, besides carrying an a some- ...

... ?? n CONFESSION OF THE WRITER OF THE e FORGED WILL. e COMMITTAL OF ALDERMAN MONK l ,e The adjourned examination of Mr. lionk, sur. d geon, of Preston, on the charge Of ut~rhing a forged docu. Lement, purporting to be the wil[ t6lt r Treto If place at the Town H ,:I. on, on ?? The c- . t Tuesday. krt 4.j WA§ densely crowded, and there was an immense IlhWnbiage about the hall during the whole ...

... STRANGE CASE OF MURDER AND' SUICIDE. On Thursday, morning, at an early hour, a mur- der and anicide of a most tragical and distressing character took place at Thornton-heath, about a mile distant from the town of Croydon. For some years past, MTs. Mary r Smithers, a lady of Borne property, and her two sons, one, t William Hilton Sneithers, aged thirty-three, nod the other, Charles Smithers, ...

... THE! LORD CHANCELLOR's Bill for abating so much of this nuisance as relates to the proof of wills was read a second tiule in the House of Lords on Monday evening. The main evils of the preslnt system are,-that it is often dilfficult to discoverwwhether a will should be proved in the Court of the Lord of the Manor, in that of the Bishop, or in that of the Archbishop, and that if resort be made ...

... YORKSHIRE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COU-RT. I I YORKl CASTLE, FEI;. 23. [Before Mr. Sergeant DOWLING.] UNorroSEV CASIES.-Ill the following cases there was no opposition, and thle following insolvents were disre- chlarged :-ioetHrisn fBane, Leads, auctioneer; Wi Mii Powell, of Howden, brick and tile maker; William Of Duval, of Heinsworth, Leeds, stone nuilssn; George Craven, thb of Calverley, Leeds, ...

... I LEEDS DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, I TUESDAY. I the ~~(Before Mr, Commissioner A~nTON,) .iil ADJOURNMEPNT SINE DIS.-CuARLPS FO~x, ood- 10 cr;liver oil merchantI of Scarborough, ears ups on brisadjourned last examination. Mr.13Bud appeared on behalf of Mir. ?? IC C. Brooking, of New Broad-street., London, the trade asai&-I cit1y nee; arid Mr. Mliddleton, barrister, for the bankrupt.-Mr. err ...

... GROSS NEGLIGENCE TF THE LEEDS I POLICE. C *CENSURE, BY THE BOROUGH JUSTICES. J On Thursday, at the Leeds CouIrt itouso, hsforro qthe Slr,.yor (J. botterill, Esq.), C. (I, Maclea, J. herdshw jun , Esql~rs-, anti Dr. Chadwick, a prisoner, named Thomas 1Eatker, who is undergoing a term oif imnprisotnieiit in Manley Gao, for steling a rabit, repetedl to thle Bench, I tie followin complaint, hich ...

... THE LATE ACCIDENT AT .HOWDEN-, REPORT OF INQUEST ON WEDNESDAY E (THIRD DAY.) C (Faim our Correspondent.) ?? Sincair, bricklhyer, of Howden, was it ined at length, but as nothing of great importance was j e elicited by his evidence, we omit it. s'as James Oldhamr, Rsq., C.E., of Hull, said:-I have been l' end practising as a civil engineer for twenty-five years, but with, le was works of a ...

... == - - - _ _- n l o WEST RIDING SESSiOvS.-The West Riding Inter- b mediate Sessions, adjourned from Sheffield, where they 0 take place to-day, will be opened at Bradford on Wednesday ti morning. tl THE INDUSTRIAL SCHooL BILL.-A special meet- g' ing of the Board of Guardians of the Bradford Poor-law it Union was held at the offices of the clerk (Mr. J. Darling- ts ton), on Saturday. Mr. ...