... {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 ...

... ?? 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. ...

... POLICE COURT-FRIDAT. (Before Sheriff Hallard.) PUBLIC-1IOUSE CONTRAVENTION CASE. A man named Thomas M'Neill, and his wife, were were charged with contravening the Act for the Better Regulation of Public-houses, in so far as, on the morning of Sunday the 7th instant, they supplied whisky to a number of individuals in their premises in Toddrick's Wynd, without having obtained a license. They ...

... POLICE COURT-FBIDAT. (Before Sheriff Hallard). POCKiET-PICeITIG. About eight days ago, a lady was walking up Scotiand Street, baving just emerged fro.m the station there, when she was accosted by two suspicious- looking young fellows. They inquired the way to the Post-oilicc, and were directed to one close at hand ; but, signifying their desire to get to the General Post-Oflice, the ...

... POLICE COURT-TnusnDAY. (Before Sheriff Hallard.) FOCST PICKING., Neill Bryson, James Cavanagh, and Edwayd Mac- Abe, alias M'IVilliam, three youthfal crimninals, were charged with attempting to picklthe pocket of a lady in Princes Street, on Tuesday the 22d inst.. aggra- vated in the case of the two former by several previ- ous convictions. The evidence showed that on the erening of the ...

... 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, ...

... THE TWRAL OF THE ENGLISH PrISONERS I I X NAPLES. l The Salerno caspondent of the Daily Nears, under date January 3o, intimates that on the pre- vious day the Sapri cause, in which the two English engineers are involved, and in connection with which they have been imprisoned since the 28th of June last, came on for healing. The trial commenced in the military barracks in the suppressed Monas- ...

... ?? v, ?? - t - ( .. ok i COIURT OF SESSION. TcEsimsn. FEOL5uARty 2. FIRST DIVISION. REPORT Dr ACCOUaTANT IN BANKRUIFPTCY AGAINST JAHES SOLE, TRUSTEE IN J. D). INCNTER AYD CO.'S SEQUESTRATION. This was a report by the accountant in bankruptcy against James tIre, accountant in Glasgow, trustee- (;:1 thc sequestrated estate of J. D. Hunter & Co., tool and machinery agents, Glebe Street, Glasgowv. ...

... POLICE COURT-MONDAY. (Before Sheriff Hallard.) Alt EiPENSIVE LARP. Thomas Anderson, a ?? fellow, whose expres. sion and general appearance indicated familiarity with John Barleycorn, was charged with commit- ting an offence, alike obnoxious to the lieges and High Street authority. While staggering along Bristo Street, late on Sunday night, in a state of in- toxication, one of the street ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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- ...