... {7P ran -1. A- -A ?? _- . (From the Times of Yesterday.) The bill introduced by Lord Palmerston n Monday night is of so reasonable a character, that had it been broughtlin by the law officers of the Crown as supplying a defect in our Criminal Code, or as harmonisingtthe law of the two islands, no one could decently have objected to it. It would rather have been a matter of surprise that such ...

... GLASGOW BANKRUPTCY COURT_ a,I ?? - . - _ I EDN8DAY, 24TJ FEBInnwaty. (Before Mr. Sheriff BELL.) EXAMrlyN`o_,T 0o' GEOR~GE CAMIPBELL. The bankrupt, whcoA,,S a hoot and Shoemaker in w~as sow- gate, had been examined onil tle 17th. inst. The ?? were brought to a terloination to-day, after a searlcif re-examination, ins order to test thetaccacY of certain state- iments made by the banitrept at ...

... PUBLIC MIEETING-INEW POLICE BILL. WvI Last night (Tuesday) a public meeting was held in the ar ?? Hall, Coatbridge, for the purpose of considering r what measures should be adopted to resist the amalgamation s) of the Airdric Rural Police District with the remainder of 31 the county under the new Police Act for Scotland; and also to solicit explanations in reference to the expenditure in con- ...

... mornAv- FTn RA le MONDAY, FEB. 8. K- (Before Mr. Sheriff TENNENT.) se THE AFFRAY ON BOARD THE AMERICAN SIIP OPHIELIA. Ly Benjamin Lewis, seaman, was brought up charged with le assault, in having, on the 4th December last, on board of a the shlp Ophelia, then lying at the Tail of the Bajik, attacked and assaulted Daniel F'raser, seaman on board the said vessel, x with his fists and feet, and ...

... GLASGOW BANKRUPTCY COUflp. T-. , i v ., ?? TuESDAY, FEB. 2:3. 'ing (Before Sheriff SIR ARCHIBiIALD ALTSON.) sly, EXAMINATION OF WEM. MILLER, JUNII., p..iNT~, MANUFACTUREII oth Thie examination of this bankrupt was fixed to tako. nilace nas1 to-day; but in consequence of thle trustee hlavinig I-, tived hell a conumuuication intimating that the bankrupit wvas: ?? to attendl from indisposition,. ...

... COURT OF SESSION-FEmRUtI n 5, | IRST DIVISION. n THF NATIONAL EXCEi.ANNG C01FPANY OF GL.ASnOW lrflillst y Picsam DREW AND, MATTUEIV DIcK, Merchants, Glasgow. e The defenders came forward to-day wxith a motion for a e warrant or second diligence against Jamne. Gourlav. bauk n agent, Glasgow, for not produciln, when examineid as a haver for the defenders, the detailed balance ?? ?? L relative ...

... ?? 1.- OAARM ~4-h 1-1. - at _ i ?? ~1- 1 ?? Ld .1. AL ± v2 ' v 1 X1 . A Petition having been presented to the Sheriff praying that the Row Churchyard Burying-ground should be ordered to be shut up, according to arrangement, Sheriff Hunter held a court at Dumbarton on Wednesday to hear evidence as to its condition. Mr. John Denny, town-clerk, Dumbarton, appeared for the petitioners; and Mr. ...

... AANIKr.UPTCY PROCEEDIN6S. GLASGOW SHIERIFF COURT-TuESDAY, FEB1. 9. (Before Sheriff S31IT1.) EXAMITNATiON OF MURPHY &- CUNNINGHAM, T¶hc individual partners of the company are Archibald jlw-r~by, Robert Cunningham, ad John Cumming, stair si+ nd chair makers, Gasgow. iretM.Mann, accouLntant, trustee; and Mr. Buchan, Jaw ellt in the sequestration. ?? Cunningham, interrogated by Mr. Bc&nANI a a ...

... i GLASGOW BANKRUPTCY COURT, I ADJOURNED IXAJ5NATION OP JOHN REID. The :bankrupt was a grain and commission merchant. Daniel Graham, clerk to. the bankrupt, and James Reid, . ?? SirA. Alison, Bart., on the 9th inst.- On account of his illness and inability to leave the house, the.bankrupt was examined at his residence, Viewfield, Par- tick,-on .LIondayeveuing,-inpresenceeof PeterTaylorYoung, ...

... - : : (Before Sheriff BxrLa.)' ni EXAM1NATION OF JOHN TAYLOR, LATE M1ANAGER OF THE ti WESTERN BASUX. The examination of John Taylor, late masnager Of. the ol Western Bank, was begun yesterday, in Sheriff Bell's Chain- b bers, which- were crowded with eager listeners. There ap- t peared-Mr. J. Wyllie Guild, trustee; Mr. Adam Paterson,S law agent; Mr. Andrew Bannatyne, for the Western Bank, ft ...

... GLAsGOW SHERnFF COURT, SAuntAy, FIB. 6. (Before Sheriff SmrrsH.) ADJOURNED EXAM INATION OF DAVID Prm'rnr. The bankrupt was examined to-day at twelve o'clock. Present-Mr. J. R. Swan, accountant, trustee, Mr. Robert Dunlop, writer, agent, and several creditors. The ankrupt ?? one other occasion than that spoken to at the last diet, I signed blank bill stamps-either two or three 3s. stamps. So ...

... SHERIFF COURT, PAISLEY-FRIDAY. ty I ADJOURNED EXAMINATION OF JOHN AND ROBERT RONALD. 3 d . ?? I IThea bankrupts were shawl and carpet manufacturers inl r IPaisley. Compeared-Alex. Ritclhie, Esq., trustee on the Ic estate; Win, Reid, Esq., law agent, and several creditors. I Mr. Robert Ronald, on being, sworn, was examined by Mr. IREn, and ?? the eud of 1852, or beginning of 185.3, we were ...