... URT. YESTERDAY Before Messrs. T. C. S. Kynnersley (Stipendiary), G. Goodrick, and C. Sturge. STEALING PIGEONS.-Charles Stone (19), seaman, Mill Lane, was charged with breaking into the premises of Mr. W. B. Mapplebeck, jun., merchant, Stony Lane, and stealing seventeen live pigeons. - The complainant said that he missed the pigeons the previous morning. Some of the rI C:IIoLrs told hion that ...

... BIP.MI'TG1A)I POLICE COURT. SATURDAY. Before JiteSsrs. WF. ffoflidu and ti . Averg.q SERIOUS CirARGlE AGAINST A CsIENncrsT-Jodhu JosCe)ph lioriton (35), chemIi;st, Stratford RoadLE was Chared W;ith '-administerinlg a dlrug, causing insensibility, a~nd COIn1- mitting a rape jupon 1-felon Heath. 1S years of age. The gtir'l is theo daghlter of M~r. ?? H~eaIth, iccomiitant clerls, Ladywoed Road. ...

... LAW INTELLIIENOUE ' I / LAW NOTIOES.-TuEI DAY. JUDZCIAL COMMITlEE OF THr PRIVY COUNMT T I TH BOARD OOM, COUNCIL OFFICE. AT 106.-Appeal: Meer Mahomed Hossein v. Forbes.'t AT 101.-DatroEs TUIE Lopss JIfSTO A I~peeli SalvSn v. Tiee Nbfrth Bnta pth -Coal Comp31Thy'.l U.Ft #edAp~l iaVino'aoe: ?No'rdrsv2MbrihgY-Mo~llv. Harveoy. Appea~ls: T9yshla v,-lenson (M)-l'igieso NA..Iobson. AT. BIIOLI , c E ...

... O. COURT OF >l EI.FIRST ?? 21 .p.-D NCANc A\ ) OTHernS 2, This was a reclaimning oote f(r ; A' Keltielleitb, and ar, ?? Lord Gifford, refusing ta upon a claim which they had Icd, 'j e, of multiplepol;ndng raised 'e rs distribution of the estate emh i g. Duncan, Balchriystie, C *e; G Duncan bad originahiy beeuIc~aieatC r- lodged his claim in the or lory Wy U March, 1872, a minute waj put I ...

... COURT Of SESSION. a FIRST DIVISION-Enin-y, Jun 5. the RiTCHSIE V. ?? TROSTZIMSV.e d This case we haerpred in various stages del a when it was in dependence i= he Outer House. pez 6t To-day final decision was given in the First pro Division.al ~j The LoanD PasREBmrs'sid that this Was an action: Afi at the instance of MrM Carmichael or Ritchie who int hwas wife of the late George Ritchie, Bill ...

... GLASGOW SR, I cO- - T W o U-) SEIGER XMANCFACTURI *C 'OMy but The foflowing is Shf; Yr, all this case :- for Glasgow, 37th 4rjay, N R and parties' procurators OD the re$ Jti tlin andconsideredtheprOees, Forltdq oave in the note, recalls tie irt .* ol. aainat in so far as it en'itrIole',. ii lan, dict,quoadeultra adherees t;tbo ifl&& I et and remis the cause to the Sh t5 oene further procedure ...

... PETITIONS OF RIGHfT. THE case of Thomas v. the Queen, which was argued on Monday and Tuesday last, and in which the Court of Qauen's Bench has taken time to consider its judgment, raises a very important question. Shortly stated, it is an action in the form known as a petition of right by Mr. Thomas, a civil engineer, who claims compensation from the Government for the alleged wrongful use ...

... EXTRAORDINARY CHAGE OF LIBEL. Mr. Edward Welby Pugin, the architect of Victoria House, Victoria-street, Westminster, was charged on Monday before Mr. Woolryoh with maliciously pub- blishing defamatory libels concerning Mr. John Rogers Herbert, R.A. Mr. Lewis, who appeared for the pro- secution, said his client was loth to take tlese proceed- ing,' bbecause the defendant was the son of his ...

... WEDNESDAY.-(Befd05 Mr. Registrar MURRAY, sittinlg as Chief Judge.) IN BEG PETER THoDIsoN.-This was a meeting for publicexamination. The bankrupt *as a draper carrying on business at Aften House, St. John's-road, Ryde. The adjudication was made more than a yearsince, and in April, 1873, the proceedings were transferred to London from the Newport County Court; but an appointment for the present ...

... GOSPORuT POLICE COURT. Uv;~I:rur ZV11 I WX Wvv FRIDAY.-Before H. D. P. Cunningham, Esq. (in the chair), B. W. Carter, Esq., and Colonel Mansel. ASSA1LTING A NNEiGHBOuR.-Geo0gc Secymnoutr, a fore- man of bricklayers, ?? summl1oned for assaulting James Peckham, all olderly inai.-Mr. A. S. Blake appeared for the complainant, a labourer living in Roberts'-lane, who stated that on Wedonesday ...

... LOGAL-POLICENEWS. PITCH AND TosS GA: TESBAD.-At this Gateshead Podiee Court, on Friday morning, John Byley was filed 2e 6d and costs for playing at pitch and toss in a public thoroughfare. Michael Dodds, agricultural labourer, was on WT~dnesday reimaided iry Mr J. Cookson, at Uorpeth, on a charge of ieaiing committed a rape on Isabella Ilauisay, twentyttwo youre of age, of Whslton Low House, ...

... CEIRGE Or THREATENING PRXNCE E:DWARD OP SAXE-WEIMAn. I& midfle a.wi f.aizner, who gave the name of Gus. Bmur BarTrnava G(nneaich, an, eaid lie litd three other names, was brought before ei! T. Henry, at Beomstreet P liceen art, 03 Tuj~iday, a rgd as Pereou of ?? mind wandering about Laughamffkav,' The nrirnmer, who seid he Was a na'.ive of Wirsa hco0ht u, iu Cu-tn'y a, COiC Saprs ntendm-t ...