... ATTEMPTED MURDER ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY NEAR LEXCESTER A correspondent sends. thet following particulars of an eitracrdinazy encounter with e thief in a railway carriage near Leies~ter, to the Nattiny7 e Jonrt, On Saturday night,' a gentleman named Do Villers, from Bru sels, was travelling from Peterborough to Leicester on the Midland line, alone in a secondoclass compartment. About three ...

... T-2~rYCOUR~T. AunwiFop.; Ci. B RW AcrrloN FOR ILLE(:AL A Wt ,y was an action for £50. d ?? D-OJ . the alleged illegal arrest Of cgth al4q 5 Gi , £20.-Thl% of the aefendnt, The th ie.Plau ?? of Sophin hwales, hsi wife, whoI e' ?? tigation Cheston ; and the defenda ° t SV nd presented by Mr. Pigoti, of t.e t ted by Zr. byllMr. Baden. Plaintiff in a6 pzkt8Z,4 larrioutt iwanor Is a japanner. Abot ...

... BIRMINGfEIA POLICE COURT. YESTERDA1. Before easrs. T. 0. & Kynrneralei (StipendiaJ), J. D. aoodman, and H. MManton, BIGAMY. - Thomas Howes (35) butcher, 5, Carver Street, was charged with felonlousiy intermarryipg with Miargaret DMarsnon his former waife being still alive. Pri- soser's first marriage with Fanny Davls, at ston Ohuroh, ?? of August, 1853, as proved, and Mlargaret Blarmentproved ...

... TIP AP A WnUtnr.TIP rit TmjRLY EsbUS Or A WoV&D.BD B RxgcrDnR-. man named Joseph baniey, Jt4% 'a a- back house near the 1tnyal Exchange, Ulpar Rig Street, attempted to hkug hjre'f about ten o clock on Fr-day night. He isa horse breaker by trade, but It appears he has had little to do for ?? time past., and ba, ng a wife and family of eleven children helhes been In astate of great dpithatior, ...

... PLAINT IN EQUITY. At the Tamworth County Court, on Friday, before Mr, R. G.Welford, Judgo,tbe case of George Carr, of 63, Reade Street, New York, merchant, v. William Tolson, tape and elastic manufacturer, Fazeley, near Tamworth, came on for decision. The case was part heard at Tamworth, on the 23rd September last and adjourned to Birmingham, and from there back ?? to Tamworth. The plaintiff, ...

... G LAIORGANSHIIRE REGISTRATION ,couwrs. I A court was held yesterday at Pontardawo. Mr, Sherley appeared for the Conservatives, and Mr. Hopkins for the Liberals. The Ifillybebill list was taken first, and the names of three dead men were removed therefrom, and ton Conser. vative claims were allowed. In Yiysymond two names wore Struck off, and five Con- servativo claims allowed, and one Liberal ...

... THE POLiI(9 COURTS. MANSION-HOUSE. Dn. E .ldward Lorier, 150, described as a French teacher. 'was D charged before the Lord Mayor with attempting to obtain EqD relief by false pretences from the Refugees' Benevolent y IFund, at 30. King-street, Cheapside. Dots Mr. Bennoch, the hon. secretary of the fund, said he Dit saw prisoner' at his office in Wood-street about a fort- Ditl l night ago. He ...

... MANOISTER QITY SESSONS. I The October quarter Sessions of the city of Manchester W were opened on Thursday morning, before Mr. IL W. West, J' Q.O, HLP., recorder. The calendar contailn the names of fl 77 prisoners on charges of felony and It on charges of dlsdemeancur. 4 The Recorder, In charging the grand jury, said that on e1 three former occasions he had been able to congratulate the ul ...

... I ROTXREHAM. -Mr. H. F. Gibbons, revisjnr, barrister, commenced the annual revision of the voter,' lists for the Rotherham polling district yesterday, at the Coust-house. The only point of interest that arose w., a Conservative objection to Mr. Wm. C'isworth, manager of the Mechanics' Institute, who claimed as occupier of the institute premises upon which he resided. His Honlor held, however, ...

... EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE -OP ASSAULT. * At the Surrey sessions, on We4neaday, AU. Hugh 'fiddldo, residing at ra-h6use, -Surrey-lane, Bat- tersee, was indicted for indecently assaulting Mary Kenny, his servant, The complainant, a good-looking young woman, said she first entered the defendant service on the 2nd of May. On the 25th of thait mnosth the prisoner came home between 12 and one o'olook, ...

... ILAW&POLICER SATURDAY COURT OF BANnRUPTCY. HEAVY FAILUED -IN BE JoHN DOwNEY.-Mr. Lucas applied to appoint a receives in this case, at the instance of a creditor to 4001. The debtor was a brickwaker and barge owner at Nine-elms, and had filed a petition ir liquidation. His debts were about 26,0001., and he had about 40 barges on the River Thames. Money was being paid. a!d the appointment of a ...

... TRIALS AT TEE MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The October adjourned quarter sessions of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced on Monday. The calendar contained the names. of 74 tECEIvieG STOLENT FP ?? Bereran-d, 36, a Frenchman, was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of. Edward Sharp, and stealing therein a cloak and other articles, value 401. -The prosecutor lived at ...