... - ?? 0 The extraordinary action against the Duke of c Brunswick lhes been brought on at Paris for fur- 0 ther argument. The action is one for an sli- A inentary pension, brough by Madame de Civry, a an illegitimate daughter of the duke, by an Eng- v lishwornan, callingherself 'Lady Colville. The a short answer to the claim, made by the duke in the SI form of a demurrer, was that he lhad ...

... EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION I I OF A MURDER. I The police are at present investigating the cir- cumstances of an extraordinary case of alleged murder that has been confessed by a soldier of the 50th regiment, with a degree of detailed consis- tency that has led to the belief that the statement is only too authentic. It appears that the soldier in question, a man named Louis Sayers, stated a few ...

... MURDER FROM LOVE AND I IEALOUSY.I One of the most cold-blooded and atrocious murders which it has ever been our painful duty to record took place in the 11th Concession of the township of Richmond on Sunday evening last. The perpetrator of the crime is about 20 years of age, a Canadian by birth. His name is Zachariah Fralick, a son of Mr. Peter Fralick, a near neigh. bour of the father of the ...

... BEFiOREi J. B5. ASVISSALL, 5cSQ., qOC., RECORDERl, AND d L. TEMPLE, I-S4, p A YOUNG MAN FROM THlE COUNTRY AMONG l SIIARP1ET5S.-TWO men Of roespectable appearance, named ii James Beadle and 'Ilhomas~ Sipon, were indioted on a a~ Chargie of stealing a sovereign, the property of Edwin C Hartley, from his person. Mr. Littler appeared for the vI prosecution asid Mr. Hawthorne for the prisoners. ...

... I STEALING THE WILL OF A MILLIONAIRE, EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT NE WPORT. (Front our Correspondent.1 About two months since we announced the decease of the late Mr. Thomas Powell, of the Gaer, near Newport, Monmouthebire. By dint of perseverance and untiring energy deceased led amassed a large fortune, and although his pi2operty comisted principally of collieries, yet the revenues from them were ...

... BIrMINGHAM POLICE COUr. FRIDAY. Befo& e Afes.u33. T. C. S. g ryiiesleil D. Malito, Tr Ja ,eie, ed S. Thoraton. CIULse E OF EMlBEeZLErENT,-A man, of respectable appear- aneo, eamed Ccoror Msuffey, a clerk, living in the Clifton Road, was charged with having enmbezzled varioui sums of money, amounting to about £20., belonging to his employers, Messrs. Clare and Abbott, coal mnerohats, Bennett's ...

... EXTRAORDINARY MURDER BY A SO L DIER. At the Maidstone Assizes onWedneaday, Alfrod.Holdeni, a soldier of the Royal Artillery, was indicted for the wilful murder of his infant son at Brompton. There was no doubt whatever as to the prisoner's com- mnission of the dreadful act. The prisoner was married, and had only this child, an infantabout eleven months old. Re had been employed as cook in the ...

... COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, YESTERDAI. HUDSON v. SIR F. SLADE AND OTHERS. This was the case, familiarly known as the benchers' case. It was an action for assault and false imprisonment relative to the plaintiff taking possession of a MS. book of correspondence entrusted to the benchers during their in- vestigation into the charges made against Mr. D. Seymour, Q.C. The plaintiff was a witness, and ...

... TRIAL FOR MURDEI IN IRELAND. Charles M'Cormack has been tried at Longford for the murder of Michael Beglan, and convicted. The foul deed, which was committed under circumstarrees of aggravated atrocity, was perpetrated, there is reason to believe, in obedience to the sentence passed upon the victim in the secret councils of the riband- men, because he had given evidence, against some persons ...

... TMM HEON. BSS NORTON AND MM GOVXENES& In the Westminster County Ocurt, on Tuesday, Ws tried a eaC, Sibley e. HOD. elroline Norton, being a action brought by the pldaitiff, Miss Ma^ry tSibley, of 54, D~ughty-etxees, againt tlhe H~os M~rs. Norton, of 8, ?? tield-street, May-fir, to rcover the sum of 18L 6s 4. for educational Instruction ta the defend-nl's twvo grand- The ca excited intenoe ...

... THUE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK'S CASE. The Court on Thursday delivered judgment, de- claringthatbyt.termisof Art. 14 of the Code Napoleon, a foreigner, evienot residing in France, can be sum- moned before' the French tribunals for the execu- tion of obligations by him contracted towards a na- tive ot France ;that~the laim of Madame de Civry against ?? of Brunswick is brought for ali- mentary ...

... !'DUR.RAMKNIDSUIMMER ASSIZES. A Ir Justice Mellor arrived at Durham on lVednes- day afternoon, where he wai met by the High-Sheriff (3. R. W. Hildyard,: ?? and the Under-Sheriff (IV. B. Wooler, Esq.), and the usual officials of the county. His lordship at once proceeded to the court house and opened the commission, and afterwards attended service in the cathedral. Mr Justice Black- burn did ...