... TEE ASSASSINATION AT PORTBMoUTr. On Monday evening the inquest into the ?? caue of assassination of a tradesman at Portsmouth wasrTesumed, and did not conclude until Thursday night The only witness examined on the drst day wag Mirs Vick, with whom the deceased lodged. She laid she had known the deceased for about sixteen years, and he had lodged with her between eight and nine yearn She had ...

... The following account is from the Ijswich Express: -During the last few days every effort has been made, though in vain, to obtain a reprieve for the condemned criminal. As intimated last week, a pe- tition. numerously and very respectably signed, praying for a commutation ot the sentenced was for. wstded to the secretary of state. On Friday, W. D. Sims, Eoq, went to London and had an ...

... I We last week gave the opening proceedings in the trial of Jeremaiah Carpenter, at Heriford, for the mur- der of John Starkina, a police-conatable, at Steven- age. We now give the cl^ose of the prosecution, wlhich waS marked by an extraordinary piece of evidence. WilliamnQuint, one of the Hersr constabulary, de- posed that on Wednesday evening at the breaking up of the court, he was ordered ...

... SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT PE&MFIELD. Considerable excitement prevails in Framifeld, Buesex, in eonce quence of the death of Elizabeth BRa. dali, who, as alleged,. was killed by her husband, Cor. ae lins RandaU, the keeper of the Barley Mow public. house, where the inquest was held. Several wit- nesses having deposed to a quarrel and a seaffls be- tween the aceused and his wife, Mr. George Eolnan, ...

... The October general quarter sessions were ra- snmed on Mlonday, at the Goild'hall, West'nin'tre. There were 69 cates for trial, 61 felonies and 5 mis- demeanours. Snrous TniFT.-Williim Payne, forty.six, la- bourer, was indicted for having stolen 4SlbL of 'ead, the property of the Great Northern railway company, his employers. He pleaded ?? prisoner was left in ebarge of the keys of a warehouse ...

... I THE ALLEGED MURDER IN WESTMNISTERI On Wednesday, Iseac Hcrmindv forty-fevei, was indicted at. the O'd Bailey for the wilful murder of Eliza Farrll, by throwing her out of ca widowi Mr. Bodkin, for the prosecution, in opening the rase to the jury9 said it was one Of a serious and extraordinary character, the prisoner being alleged to have caused the death of the deceased by throw. irg her out ...

... COURT OF CJIANCERY, LIN-COLN'S.-, LMAY 29. (Be Rfore tl,. T-nAc ?? NAP As - - (Before the Lords Justices of Appeal.) e WITLIAMIS V. THE ST. GEORGE'S HIARBOUR COsteANY. . This case, which has been before the Master of the s Rolls and before this Conrton motioni foranin' inction n11W came on upon a motion for a decree. 1bo ) c short point is, whether a railway company incorporated is liable to ...

... THE LATE CASE-HUGHES v. DINORBEN. (From the Times.) What shall we say of the other cause eelebre of the week ? The plot is so quaint that it remits us to the French memoirs of the time of the Regency, or to the earlier historiettes of the Court of good King Charles 11. It may be stated in a very few viords. A dow- ager lady of rank occupies her leisure in writing scandalous anonymous letters ...

... tb MERIONETHSHIRE. to The Commission of Assize for this County was open- th ed on Friday, the 12th inst., when the High Sheriff, _E. Buckley, Esq., Plasdinas, Llanyrnowddwy, escorted flu the Judge, the Hon. Sir Charles Crompton, one of the be Justices of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench ?? into the town, surrounded by a splendidly attired body, D of javelin-men. At about 4 o'clock they ...

... THE CRED.T SYSTEM AT OXFORD. In the Insolvent Debtors, Court, Monday, Edward Scratton appeared. The insolvent, a young man who had been an undergraduate at Oxford, applied to be discharged I from prison. No creditors opposed. e Air. Sargood (with whom was Mr. F. H. Lewis) sup- I ported the epplication, s Mr. Commissioner Phillips expressed his surprise on looking at the schedule, and asked ...

... ItMURDER BY A MANIAC Bn SUFFOLK. A labouring man, named James Pattrick, aged ;39, was unfortunately killed on Saturday night wleek, at Harleston, Suffolk, by Thomas Drane, a man w -ho l has for some time past been subject to temporary fits r of insanity. It seems that Drane was the proprietor of two farms at Harleston, where he resided. Between twelve and one o'clock at night he got out of bed ...

... COURT OF PROBATE. di A SAILOR'S WiraL.-Rr, JOHN BE:NNETT.-On Tues- r day, in this court, Dr. Tristram said the deceased Cap- tain John Bennett left. New Orleans, in the barque Stranger, for Liverpool, on the 4th of l)ecember last, 0 and although 45 days wcro cons Ulered tilc usual average C of the len-th of such a voyage, thie vessel had not been heard of, and tlle underwriters hi ad paid the ...