... COURTS OF EQUITYZ-BATIRDY, JULY 11L * ,(Before tire L ordLChanoelor.) HARDING V. eTIaB'rtN. The further hearing of this case, (an appeal from Vice- Chancellor Stuart), was adjourned until to-day, when the * arguments were concluded, It will be recollected that the .chief question relates to aleged undue influences said to ,be exercieed by the defendant and his wife over an aged gentleman named ...

... Up to Sunday night no person had been arrested on Uns- picion of having committed this most cruel and deliberate murder. -The police-officers charged with the investigation ate vevy properly, and with a view to furthering the ends of justice, keeping secret all the clues which they possess to- wards discovering the murderer, of whom it is only neces- sary to say that they have now, from ...

... THE LATE SHOOTING CASE AT BALSALL I HEATH. At the King's Heath Petty Sessions yesterday this case egain came before the Bench, the sitting Magistrates being lessrs, James Lloyd, J. T. Lawrence, and F. Erkington. As the affair out of which it arose has excited considerable interest in the locality, it may be well to recapitulate the Circumstances. On Monday evening, the *th of July last, the ...

... WEDN1SBUR.Y. ASSAULT UroN A BoY.-Silas Fereday, a collier, was yesterday charged at the Wednesbury Petty Ss3sions, before Mr. I. Spooner, with having assaulted a lad named William Kent, on Saturday evening last. It seemed that a boy, along with some companions, was playing near to the defendant's house and gave some offence to the defend- ant's mother, who procured some water and threw it over ...

... 'YESTERDAY. Beforee the Mrayor, Mecsas. H. Sm ith, W. Middlenore, an d C. B. Cope. FRAUD,-A man named Jamres Spencer, a pump maker, residing at Redditch, was brought up on remand charged with having defrauded Mr. DI, J. Rice, engineer, Smith. field Worbs, of the sum of 1%. 3d. In the momth of June last, it appeared the prisoner called upon Mr. Rice, whose premises were then in Pershore Street, ...

... 3TTOURBRIDGE. Fonnuesy BoY AN Ofl. TowNsr1AN'S SoN,-At the Poliee Court yesterday, before J. Amery and B. Little- wood, Esqrs,, Thomas Simpson was placed in the dock charged with having forged a promissory note for the pay- ment of £25. The prisoner is the son of a former coach proprietor in the town, and at one period of his career became possessed of a considerable sum of money by mar-. ...

... BI1VMINGIiAMTPOLICE COURT. YESTERDAY. Before Sir Jotin aei (f, Mesrs. P. 0. S. Kynnersley, and WeUley Rihawrds. STEALING AND RECHeviNO.-A yoath named George Horteon, a brass tap founder, residing in the Victoria Road, Aston, was brought up, charged with having stolen a nuber of brass taps from the premises of big naster, Mr. Smith, of Weraman Pow, and a man named Johae Wfifamo, I, braes tap ...

... BIRfMINGHAM BANKRUPTCY COURT. YESTERDAY. BEFOnR MR. RM u RRn WuvILSON. iti re T. Malls, TValsall, iron ?? was a meeting for last examination and dischargo, but as the bankrupt did not appear he was outlawed. e rc C. T. clover, .Tarborne ande DiminqTeamcs, draper.- Meeting for last examination and diseharge. The balanee shect ahowed: ?? owing to creditors unsecured, £000. 7s. lOd.; creditors to ...

... TRE MURDERQ'US ASS CTUR J .A WOMAN AT SEDQIDGE COMMITTAL OP THIM PFBCfONE;RF Yesterday, at the Scagley Police Court, before the Rev. W. Lewis, and tb, .RScv. J. Y. Booker, John Painter was charged with ilnlawfully wounding Rebecca Southall on the previous Saturday, at Sedgley, under circumstances already narrated in our columns, Mr. Stokeri, of Dudley, appeared for the prisoner. The poor woman ...

... BLRMINGHAM BANKRUPTCY COURT. FRIDAY. BrEFORE F.M . REnIGSTRAX WATBRuiuILD, itn re J. Freajrds, Wolverhacstpto'e, fis ?? examination nnd discharge. The balance sheet howed:-Debti, owing to creditors unsecured, £878. 10 d-. lod; to secured reditos, £250.: liability on acnommodation bills, £56. is. Ilis assets in good debts were £0. is. lid.,; property in the hands of creditors, £126; deofcleuoyY ...

... From the circumstances detailed in the following narra' tive, there can be little doubt that a most brutal murder has been committed in the middle ward of the county this week. Early on the morning of Tcesday last, while some men were proceeding to their work, they found the dead body of a female lying in the parish road, called Biggar. ford Boad, near Newarthill ; and, from the external ap. ...

... THE CONDEMNED MARDERER LUKE OHARLBS. Soon after the trial of the wretched man, Luke 0harles, for the murder of his wife a rumour was prevalenttbat ho had made a full confession of The crime for whichl he had been condemned to die. It was also stated in the columns of a contemporary that the remarkablefortitudewvich the culprit displayed throughout his trial entirely fordsek him on Wednesday ...