... e Somn people tell us that everyone who commits a mur- der is more or less insane. It may be quite true, in so far as the animal has for the time got the upper t hand of the rational; but if that be madness, the a liitiS of human responsibility must be very narrow, c and very easily narrowed still further. ! h The case of Miss Edmonds, the Brighton poisoner, is i e one of these strange cases ...

... THE SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO A COUNTY I I POLICEMAN. The Inquest on the body of P.C. George Phillips, who was las fatallyinjureri on the Port and Pier ailway, as recorded in our third page, was held yeeterday by Mr. Gaisford, the county !ed coroner, at the Police-station, Westbury-uron-Trym. the After the jury had viewed the corpse, the following evidence was taken:- n- Acting-sergeant Stevens ...

... ACTION OF DAAGES FOR SILANDER. OALIDWELL V. MONRO. This is an action of damages laid at £100 for alleged slander at the instance of Mr James Cald- well, Kincaidfield House, Campsie, against the R1ev. Dr Monro, minister of the parish of Cauppsie. The circumstances of the case are explained in the interlocutors. The interlocutor of Sheriff-Substitute Sconce in this case is as follows:- Stirling ...

... PE~TTY SESSIONS REPORTS. FXAMH[JNGI{AMI. FRIDAY, January 19.-Beifore the Rev. G. HT. Por- rb ter. (C~isairinan), Captnin Barlow., and F. S. CorranCe, sl Esq., M1p. a 1As YIlyelf citt ?? All mrd, sif K1enton, labrnurer, U wsssC tblsgciil wvith Isasiag, on the 11th of5 JanuarY, unlawfully p~ u-l ednlaesisnccs sti~d densislsleslx certasa nmoney (Is.) ?? 01e Ni-illig, of Itesltoli , siged 1; ycars ...

... ?3TRAM). i. AboubAt ?? tan 6o locir on Thursayi6~b ~ aepqzitn of i. si n'gnla ihaetuntr qonurred at thsb shnbl IM I ~u's John Nerae nd Onlul4re~ 11ad1 Sflud, op~ telgt. Kta~ry' a hnrohi ?? bruh a ?? at t Globe Theatrei wh~en tbe hor~Se, w~ithou6 any, apoarent couns':istok ;fright,- rs~hed madly down I -the ?? was dedtroy& Th Han'ma, as. if, siatiquea ~~hn ?? to~~~ Ii d -. I'sree quiet ...

... vi ?, F -- ?? It i I I w 4 1 ? ,,I'LL, ?? wlbw it s iied 1.oidgbfret oz w 'a~1ii k thi~ ?? ?? ,i eM its pI 0 Ii ?? c~~i~an ?? swayed not~ o~ c~ei~sp s~j~ ud the -efenJare' if' e~4l I?4de4i6' The houri dixeds oi bneina t~9~5 i' g $ brl-oqk, t~ ~id 1gohoift ddi.ht tha Bnob 'wera the least bvowd~1 AMongs h e iiumoiber o f metdew hic ha'be int in were tbt~ wIfth' Ws ig duijetmeeo the Chief ...

... E1ROM OVR COfRDESONDlET.] awvnY, FRIDAY. TiE business of the Quarter Sessions was continued this morning at ten o'clock, before R. JOaRSTOc, Esq., Q.C., Chairman of the County. |I'PORTAN'T TO FLAX DEALTRS. John Grant, flax-buyer, Newry and Tandragee, plaintiff; Thomas O'Hare, hotel-keeper, Warren- point, defendant. In this case, which was Adjourned from last Quarter Sessions, damages were laid ...

... THE AMERICAN CASE AGAINST ENGLAND. I THiE Times thinks the object of this gigantic 'case' is to make the British Government re- sponsible-first, for the direct losses infliotedon American commerce by the Alabama, the Sum- ter, the Nashville, the Florida, and others; and next, for the indirect losses which the United States Government assumes to be due to the operations of those vessels. ...

... THE MURTDER OF BISHOP PATTESON. The New Zealand mail bhings the subjoined details of the murder of Bishop Patteson and Mr. Atkis:- The Southern Cross dropped anchor in Auckland harbour on October 31, end those who had been looking forward with joy to welcoming the bishop again among them were struck down with sudden grief at the sad intelligence with which we have been already made acquainted ...

... lIlTE UTILITY OF CORONERS' INQUEST3S. At tie Dtlri.ern QuarterSc ssions on Wedesdaythe CI.ErJc read rnr oidcri u Fcsion of tbernagiooratcsof ?? Ridinrg of Y0J];s] irc, boocd on ttte ieport of a cominittee rip- riontcd to iexse the annual ralaries to be paid to corouers v. iir; Ibeir juf rfictio3, trod which it had beenu agreed to Ecord to lhe Cilerjrs of the Peace for every county iu LEg1Jnd ...

... LZ?8 ASSUq.&ANCE ?AUD. John Bullock, 47, was, chatged, at the Middlpsex Se lions, with obtaining 6d. froim mrs. - Elizabeth Enatae rand 8d. from Mrs. Catherine Cooper, by false pretence 3with intent to defraud. Mr. Besley conducted the pros, leution. This css exemrpfied thorough and unsafe mot in which the basibess of life assurance is conducted, who . the amount insured is only a small sum, ...

... ' CRIINA C- (Before Sheriff GALBÆArM.) Walter Neilson, sewing machine maker in Glas gow, was placed at the bar charged with the crime of tMeft, asalso breach of trust and embezzlement, in so far as be, having beenfor ten years or thereby prior to the 20th day of March, 1871, in the employ- mentof B. E. Simpson & Company, sewing machine manufacturers, Glasgow, at first as a mechanic, and ...