... POLICE COURT-WEDNESD-ky. (Before Sheriff Arklcy.) ASSAULT ON POLICE CONSTABLES. J Mhn Macaulay, a joiner, residing in Piirig Street, - as broughtup on a charge of havingon the 17th inst., behaved in a riotous and disorderly manner in Leith Walk, and assaulted two police constables while in t;;e cxecution of their duty, in contravention of the I . an1 section of the Police Act. Tile assault on ...

... EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURES.or I The adjourned inquest on the body of John Gates, who Sesf Iwas found dead on the Acton Road, on Monday night, L stabbed to the heart with some sharp instrument, was re- Cou sumed on Monday afternoon before Mr. Wakely and a den respectable jury. the Henry Genge was the first witness examined.-I am a L groom, and live at Ealing. On Monday night last, about 10 iar ...

... POLICE COMUISSIONERS. 1Monday, Asyagst 16. t meeting of the Commissioners was held this day-the Dean of Guild presiding. P1'ESENT: Treasurer Elmsly, Convener Donald, Dr Jackson, Messrs Fyfe, M'Donald, Buyers, R. Uriunhart, Ness, Dewar, Wr. lKeith, Stirling, and Rainlic. IVAITER The Water COmmunittee gave in a report wvhich stated that, in gceordance witlh the powers given to them, with regard ...

... EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSUIRES. The inquest on the body (f Johul Gates, who was found dead on the Acton Road, ast week, stabbedili to the heart with ?? siharp instrument, was re-n -Sumed on Monday bciore 'Mr WaTaLley and a respect- 6 able jury. Henry Genge wvs the first witness examined-I W am a groom, and live at Ealing. On Monday night o last week, about ten minutes to twelve o'clock I v found ...

... COURT OF SEiSSION. , (RPAvfn Tn-lo Nvii.i I (Before Lord NEANVEs.) d WIrGHT v. BANK OF SCOTLAND- n ALTERATION OF A £20 NOTE. C It may be remembered that at last Christmas Circuit in o Glasgow, Robert Pollok was convicted of using or uttering ti a £20 note of the Bank of Scotland, which he had altered v, with the intention of making it pass for a £50 note, by super- induction, or attaching to ...

... 11 - -- Ita. (Before Sheriff Gordon and a Jury.) BRUTAL ASSAULT UPON A SOLDIER AT PIERSIJILL. Two Irish labourers, named respectively Thomas and Terpnce Hanon, residing in Portobello, were placed at the bar on a charge of assaulting Thomas Rennison on the Portobello Road, at or near Piers- hill Barracks, on the 7th or 8th June last, aggra- vated by its having been committed wilt a lethal ...

... - -D - - - == THIRSnDAY ArTm 1( THURSDAY, AuG. 19. (Before Sheriff BELL.) EXAMINATION O0 PETER BRISBANE. I The bankrupt is a cowfeeder in West Graham Street, teri Glasgow. William. Mudie. jun., accountant, istrustee; at- Mr.-J. T. Fraser, law agent. Interrogated by Mr. FRASER-I commenced business in bu) 1860. I went to West Graham Street, where I'now live, in and 1803. At that time I had £30 ...

... PV ?? A fl-fT A DV ?? EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURES. The adjourned inquest on the body of John Gates, who r was found dead on the Acton Road, on Monday night, r stabbed to the heart with soene sharp instrument, was re- s sumed oil Monday afternoon before Mr. Wakely and a a e respectable jury. Henry Genge was the first witness examined.-I am a groom, and live at Ealing. On Monday night last, about ...

... I I , ATTEMPFJTO LAUNCH THE STEA\XER MERSEY, 1I |/r? m +.nh Tenat 'I a (From the Times.) The attempt to launch the line screw steamer Mersey, 40 guns, which wvas made at Chatrari Dockyard on ihursday afternoon, resulted, we regret to say, in a total failure, as the huge vessel obstinately refused to leave the slip ons which she habes been constructed. The Mersey is longer than any t line-of ...

... POLICE COURT-MOD.AY. (Before Sheriff Jameson.) ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAILN. John Husband, a labourer, residing in Canongatc, was charged with contravention of Section 175 of the Police Act, in so far as on the 15th inst., in West Port, he assaulted a police officer, named John Gor- dou, while in the execution of his duty. The panel pleaded guilty, andwas fined in the sum of L.1, with the ...

... SUICIDE OF TWO GENTLEME.-N.E On Wednesday afternoon Mr Wakley, 'he co.or er. held an inquest at Hampstead on the b-3ies- of Mtz ?? Ashcombe, a surgeon, of 5 1i3g Street, Cheapside, andi of Mr Edward Prior, a hosier at 13 Finsburv Place North, London. The deceaseds were m no wav connected, but there was this coincidence between themn, that being wholly unacquainted. their had gone to this ...

... w To veri EDITOR Or T11HF ABERDEEN JOURNAL. fo: Sedt,-As Chairman of the IParochial Board of Fordoun at present,;and having attended to its husineios for many years, I eel bound, in virtue of the authority under vhiclh it acts, to vinfdicato its discretionary power; andt, wh~ile wo court'alU im- , partiel andl regular inn iry, to deprecatc basty judgments Upen s3Y et crt tateuslents. ...