... SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LANCASEaRIh CROWN COURT. BEFORE MR. BARON WILDH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1G, ThefolowngSENTENCES. Tho following prisoners, who had pleaded guilty were brought up on the opening of the court thst. morning, and sentenced :-Mlohael Costtlo (ged 21l and Thomas Lawson (aged 17), nine months' im- prisonment each with hard labour, and James Sweeney alias Jones, who had been previously ...

... OFFICIAL INQUIRY INTO THE I LOSS OF THE BARQUE JAMES GIBB. I PRIDAY. This day the witness Moore was re.called, and on Jac being questioned by Mr PUsTTxGELL, he denied that he bye bad said to the steward, or anybody else, that he did iot ?? belivde the ship waXsafloat, but was only swinging and WO ~~ ~~d ?? ~~sec The!steward, John Balfour, w&as also re.called, and wh on ing questioned by Mr ...

... Thle following items have some bearing on the state of crime in Ireland:- FIRING SHOTS INTO A DWEMLLING HoUSE.-During the night of Wednesday last two shots were fired into a dwelling-house at Emil, in the King's County, which is in the occopation of hMr. Timothy Crawley. The contents took effect on the walls, but the inmates happily escaped. This house had been previously the residence of Mrs. ...

... _A, 55heJidhgenrt. COUNTY TYRONE. OMAGH, THURSDAY. (Before the Right Hon. Baron Fxrzoxa&Ln.) RIOTOUS ASSEMIRLY, AFTRAY, AN'D ASSAULT. - David Hunter and John Hunter, two respectable- looeing men, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging them with having riotously assembled at Killen, on 26th June, and with assaulting Charles Henry and James Caldwell. The case arose out of a dispute ...

... DEVOTED BILLY AND HIS ,DARLING SOPHONISBA. IEBECH OF PROMISE OF Nt.1ARIAOE. AT the Warwick Assizes, on Thursday, the case of Loveday v. Mloore was heard before Lord Chief- Jnstice ERLn and a Special Jury. The declaration alleged that the defendant agreed to mnlrry the plaintiff within a reasonable time, nnd that suc h time had elapsed witbout the defendalnt fimling such agreement. The ...

... BELFAST POLICE COURT-SATUZAy. [Before Wax. S. TUC, ;lDsq., R.N. . LARIENY FROM A POP. Alexander M'Connell wag&5 cadhed with having stolen a sum of 5s, in coppers,4amo the Shop drawer of Mr. Loughran, York Street, odn the 12th April. 1 It was proved that the prisotter Went behind the counter, and took the moneY from a drawer. A young man named Fitzpatritk proved that he took the money out of ...

... BELFAST POLICE COURT-YESTFRDAY. [Before Wm. S. TRACY, Esq., R.M.; JOHIN CraMsm, Esq., J.P.; and Dr. MumNEY, J.P.] LA-RCENY. ' H ugh Walker was charged with having stolen a j .piece of bacon from the shop of Mr. John M'Kenna, York Street. The bacon was missed from the shop, and wass found in' the prisoner!'s posse~sion; but,. as it wag big, first offenoe, he was discharged with a caution. Wm. ...

... POLICE COURT-MONDAY. (Before Bailie Blackadder.) POCKET-PICKINO IN HOLYROOD PALACE AND CLEVER CAPTURE. Anne O'Brien or Price was placed at the bar, charged with picking the pocket of a lady in Queen Mary's Room in Holyrood Palace, on Satur- day last. It will be remembered that on Satnr- day our streets were much thronged by excur- sionists from various quarters, and of course the places of ...

... Yesterday Dr Lankester resumed an inquiry into the cause of death of Mr Samuel Uriah Barrett, aged 46, his daughters, Julia Victoria, aged nine years and 11 months, and Helena Blancb, aged 3J years, who were suffocated and burnt by the fire that occurred at the resi- dence of Mr Barrett, No. 9 Great Cumberland street, Hyde park, on the morning of the l5tb inst., and was last Saturday briefly ...

... THE TIPPER&RY MURDER. 'Th Lord°Lleutenant has offered a reward oc £100 Db-aty perssonob peitczli who Phal Vwithliu AIx plz ontbs; give echn- formation shall' leed to- the arrest ofl Miohael?Ha3pd charged with'tho-esamelsation oflMr.; DraddelL Eeghlie altso offared a reward, of 100 to any person or persons who shall, within si cmonths, ?? iurgmtiton as phalllehd to ohe Arrest o any one who hms, ...

... COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, MorNAY, August 23. (Before Mr. Registrar Rnoach.) IN RE RINGHAM. This was a dividend meeting in the case of Henry Ringham, of Trafalgar Road, Ipswich, builder, who re- ceived his order of discharge on the 10th of June last. It appears from the accounts that the bankrupt's total debts were £7,297 7s. 5d.; and that the assets consisted of debts, balance on contracts, ...

... Id WARWICK, AuG. 11. 1i CROWN COURT.--(Before Lord Chief Baron Poelock.) THE WAIRWICI(SIIRE MSJURDER. 5 George Gardener, a ploughman, was indicted for the wilful d murder of Sarah Kirby, a fellow servant to whom he had In been paying his addresses, on the 22nd of April last. d Mr. O'Brien and the Hon. E. C. Leigh were for the pro- e secution; and Mr. Stephen for the defence. 0 Ths prisoner, a ...