... P O L I C E eCO U R T-MONDAY. (Before Bailie Russell.) pre A DISORDERLY PAUPER. Thb An old woman, named. Ann Robertson or Manson, nec was brought up on a eharge of being riotous and: dis- apl eoderly, and collecting a erowd in Forrest Road,. on- om tbhe 24th inst. It was stated that she had been for a an considerable time an iumlatd of the Poorhouse, andlike wh thi others in similar ...

... POLICE COURT-THURSDAY. (Before Bailie Russel.) CARELESS DRIVENG. A man, named Robert Wilson, was cbhrged with driving three horses attaebed to an omnibus in a furious and reckless manner in Stockbridge, on the 1st instant, in consequence of which a child, -i years of age, named Jane Elizabeth Cairns, residing in Hermitage Place, was knocked down, and had her arm bruised, besides sustaining ...

... (Before Sheriff Lallard.) The examination ot Julius Ellis, silk-mercer and general merchant, II Lothian Street, was appointed to take place yesterday, in the County Buildings. There were present Mr George Robson, accountant Glasgow, the trustee, and Mr John Leishman, ?? agent in the sequestration. 7 The Bankrupt (who it will be remembered ab- sconded about six weeks ago) failed to appear, and ...

... P OLICE COURT-SATURDAY. (Before Bailie Russell.) CASE OF THEFT. A girl about 14 years of age, named Letitia Brunkard, residing in Calton Hill Street, pleaded guilty to stealing a cotton shirt from a house in Shakspeare Square. Having been employed about the house in the capacity of message girl, she had taken au opportunity to appropriate the shirt, which she sold to a pawnbroker. The girl had ...

... The following case was tried on Wednesday THEFT BY OPENING' LOCRFAST PLACES. Frederick IHerrinannsen -was charged with having, on Thursday or Friday, the 1Oth or 1Ith of June last, from a lockfast desk in the lobby of the Royal Hotel, Stirling, occupied by Mr Archibald Campbell, which desk he had feloniously opened by means of tihe true key thereof, or by means of a false key or picklock, and ...

... TO TIHE EDITOr1 OF THE CALEDONIAN =ErUzy. SIR,-On the 14th curt., I took the liberty oF ad- dreesing you regarding the Eupp]y of water for the city. In that letter I stated that the quantity reported to the previous meeting of Council wovas 4 3 1 cubic feet per minute, and expressed my surprise that none of the Councillors put the question, how much of that quantity went to the manufacturers, ...

... POLICE COURT-SA.t.AY. (Before Bailie Russel.)- A N7t- TTIC n. James, Henderson and John Williams, both well known to the police as thieves and eardsharpers, were brotght up on a charge of theft committed under the following circumsctances. On the 2d inst., in company with another man not yet in oustody, they accosted near Holyrood an old pensionez.vnarned Al- fred Skeltoin who had just drawn ...

... BANKRUPTCY EXAMINATIO . (Before Sheriff Hallard.) o The examination of John Muir, commission agent 6 Park Street, took place in the County Buildings yesterday. The sederunt included Mr John Walls, ?? agent in the sequestration; Mr James Drum- mond, for Mr Balgirnie, accountant, the trustee; and a number of creditors. The bankrupt being sworn, deponed-I commenced business as a draper and ...

... PO LIC E. CO U RT-TUESDAY. (Before Bailie Russel.) RESET OF. TFIEFT. Grace Cameron or Craigdaillie, residing in Flesh- S market Close, was brought up on a charge of reset- S ting the theft to which the girl Mary Gordon pleaded A guilty on Monday. It appeared from the evidence adduced that the panel received the boots and shoes it stolen by the girl, giving her a small sum for each 6 pair, and ...

... POLICE COURT-TuESDAY. (Before: Bailie Russell.) CASE OF THErT. A boy, i4 years of age, named David Lyons, pleaded guilty. to a charge of having stolen, on or since the 13th inst., the esum of los Old from the shop of James Gray, stationer, Canongaite. His father having undertaken to have him sent to sea, the Magistrate delayed the case for a week, promising to remit the penalty should an ...

... 'The examination in the sequestrated estate of Tballon and Co., merchants, Bell's Court, Quality Lane, Leith, took place yesterday in the County Buildings before Sheriff Hailard. The sederunt in- clhded MrThos. Dall, C.A., the trustee; MrJas. Law- rence Boyd, ?? agent in the sequestration; and Mr Wm. Steedman, one of the commissioners in the estate. fdr LawrenceThallon, one of the partners in ...

... BANKRUPTCY EXAMINATIOX. The examination in the sequestrated estate of Mr William Thomson, clock and watch maker, Dalkeith, took place yesterday, in the County Buildings, before Sheriff Hallard. The sederunt included Mr David Anderson, nail manufbcturer, Dalkeitb, the trustee, Mr Henry Moffat, ?? his agent, and Mr Daniel Stewart, cabinetmaker, Edinbnrgh, one of the credi- tors. The bankrupt ...