... QU RACERY UNMASKED. At Clerkenwell Police-court, on Thursday, Dr. John Sutton, ?? alias Dr Sidney Hall, alias Dr. Man- ning, a short, well-dressed young man -of gentlemanly manders, apparently about 24.vears of age, described as a surgeon, residing at 15, Frederick-place, Goswell-road, Clerkenwell, was charged on a warrant with unlawfully attenipting to extort money by publishing a libel ...

... I I AW, TllIMEN - COURT OF BANEEUlPTCY. : - ' M3ONDAY. . Tosa, ROY.AL BBrT1SE BAwrL-Scaircely..a day. ?? 'that Isome fresh proof; is not afforded-soee fresh case .established-of the heartrending misery caused by the failure of. this. wretched, bank-by the appearance at this cqurt of struggling tradesmen,.who had alltheir: ready cash injit in order to~meet.-pending engagements, or worse still ...

... . wosm srF.ET WORSHI1P S rREET. BAsTARDY.-DISTRESSING C1ASE.-Mr. John; Natlean, 34, Whiteciiapel-road, in an extensive way of business as a linendraper, was summoned before Mr. Harnmill by Mary Ann Whiter, a single woman, residing at 5, Sale-street, Be.thnal-green-road. The complainant, who appeared greatly distressed in mind, swore that she had two children by the defendant, one born on the ...

... OOLD.BLOODED DURDER -21-t IO~baY esignhbosrborA~oford,. aseac:hasbea ntr~ into a Btate of excitement in consequence of a most cold- blooded murder. At Gbbkffrd-AU a few miles from the town, isa ncientkiarm1,toasew, the Property of a gen_ tlerananamemrW. William SmaLl ?? Mre. and Mrs. Sma&l left their house for the purpose of at ' ?? service in the parish church at Chingford. Xg they left they ...

... ; , ?? . .E , ,N . . ' * . ~aEnTLIEO. :,NSION' ROUSE. .K\5PM? UP YOUR PReOs.-On Tuesday, Willima Leis, bias Snith, Wiams Merrett, and John Riley, all of 'whoin htad been frequently at the same bar, were charged Witht7having attempted to pick pockets.: Mr. Smith, a broker, said: On Saturday evening, at five o'elock, I saw the thrse prisoners come out- of Gracechurch-street- into King v ITiliam ...

... MUERDER OF A FAlr - BY I mSR. ?? . I a: __ .: _ _ lt, ?? ^t ---The-adjourned 'inquest -on the body of James Henderson, farmer, 9f Bramall. Cheshire, who was shot while in bed was held at the Victoria Inn; near the Bramall station of the Macclesfield Railway. The coroner, Mr. W. Johnson took his seat at ten o'clock- The jury was principally composed of farmers, and Mr Mar.ondalandownero the ...

... MIDDLEX SESSIONS. MONDAY. FRa-UD.-Aaron Winter, 36, was indicted for frauda- lently ebtaining, by means ef false pretences, luibs. of toacco, with intent to defraud. Mr. Payne appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner was not defended. It ap- peared that Mr. Westbrook, proprietor of the PoNultirers' Arams Tavern, Freeman's-conrt Cheapside, had a standing order at Messrs. Roberts', tobacco ...

... A young woman, aged 22, the daughter of respectable working people, near Bilston, the impropriety of whose con- duct had excluded her from the home of her parents, formed come time ago a temporary liaison with a married man named Banks, who abandoned his wife and family to live with her, but subsequently left her, and returned to his own home. About nine weeks ago she became the mother of a ...

... ETSTERDAY'S . LAW; POLICE,; ETC. MANSION HOUSE. A- EzuCrE.-Johseor Witlbraham, 66( years of age, was charged with having beaten his. wife with a pair of, tongs-, The wife said the poor man wa an industrious, honest,- hard-working 61d gentleman, but be became mad the mo- fnenthe.drank, and 'of course nkew nothing of the misibef -he did. She was inthe greatest.danger.-' Dbefnda .t: 'Tis she that ...

... CENTRAL CRIENIAL COURT. I ' r ?? ' ' D2NDr AY. ?? F FRAVD.-Josepk Eo'der, 37, a gentlemanly dressed man | pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with eels abeszling the sum of 1,153L 10a., the property of the Queen. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., who appeared upon behalf of the prisoner, said that he had pleaded guilty to charges which could not be answered otherwise, and what he had to offer ...

... SUSPROCTED MU DER On Wednesday evening, bhortly before -six o'clock, con- siderable alarm was created in consequence of the disco- very of the body of a male person; in the Regent's-canal, TwigFolly-bridge, Green-street, Bethaal-green, under the. following mysterious and snrpicious-i~rcumnstances:- It appears that a young . man named George . Gestley, a. labourer, was standing on the banks of ...

... On Monday morning, a daring and successful escape was made by a person named Joseph Lewii, who was under re- mand at Batb, charged with stealing 7L from the depot of the Christian E owledge Society in that city. The pri- soner, with another young man, named Alfred Wheeler- both of them of respectable exterior-were on Friday week charged with the robbery. It appeared from the evidence then ...