... CILMINAL STATISTICS .1 3 I _ M.ANCHEBTE-R. I Captain, Palin, C~hief Constable of Ma~nchester, lcad lessed his annual zeport of tho estae of crime in Mlart. obeeter, accompanied by the nsual 6sttistics. The period it covers ie for the year ending theiic Septem- bar, 187S. From it we gather that the number of rob- beries reported to the polioe during the year was 5,469, d'nd the vaue eof thred ...

... HE CARGE AGAINST aCOLONEL BAREF e Croydonaseizes wereopened ?? withtheusueal formality, but with more than common interest, owing to the expeotation of hearing Mr. Justice Brett oharge the grand jury with reference to the -charges against Colonel ?? Baker of having assaulted Mliss Diicenson in a railway oarriage on, the London and, South-Western Eailway about a month ago. The Grand e Jury ...

... AN ALLEGED FALSE PROSPEOTUS. In the Court of Queen's Bnheb, on Tuesday, the case of Chorlton v. Hay and others came on for trial before the Lord Chief Justice of England and a special jury. It was an action against Sir J. Hay, K.P., Sir S. Blane, Mr. TA1CuaghTorrens,M.P., Mr. Hastwick,ex-M.P.,and iMr. F. Francis, director of the London and CountyBank. directors of the Canadian Oilworks ...

... I . . . ?? at At the Manchester City Police Court, on Tuesdiay, be- fore Mr. Headlam and other magistrates, John Etarrison or Blair, who formerly oarried on business as a draper at 3h 85, London Road, was charged on remand with having a, committed a number of offenoes under the Debtors Act (1869). The first of theme offenoes was alleged to be a fraudulent concealment within four months f next ...

... ALLEGED DEATH FROA NEGcLEOI AND - EXPOSURE. Before the commencement of the usual 'business of the Nantwioh Board of GQuardians on Saturday last, the Chairman (Mr. E. D. Broughton) drew attention to a most shameful cae of neglect, either on the part of their officers or some other persons. *From what he could gather, it seemed that a young woman named Jane. Porter gave Irth to a child( at Crewe ...

... I | I _ I I _ Tbefollowivjg ?? were pused a the Manxheste quster sionS o1 Saturday Eight years' penal servitude: Wra. Stockdale, 47, carter, for theft; Mihael Bird, 1, labourer, for theft . Seven years' penal servitude: Mary Nixon. 21, factory opera. tive, for theft; Mary Ann ?oore, 33, talloros, for theft; John unrray, 29, tailor, for housebreaking' Charlotte flheri dap, 3S, charwoman, for ...

... ?Oi?SP1R&CY kGAAt?ST MR. SOTHERN.1 At the City Polie Court, on Thursday, HenryHedges, ba et, ately in the employment of &r. E. A. Sothern, r ,,median, was brought up on remand, accused of steal- ijg a letter belonging to M. Sothern, his employer, and. with being engaged in a conspiraoy against Mr. Sothirn. t lir Yvams prosecuted; Mr. Law defended the prns3uer. jr. Evans saidthe case he ...

... EXTRAORDINARY TURF OASFI At the Clerkenwell Polioe Court, on Tbursday, Henry Walters, 24, described as of no occupation, and living at Claremont Villa, Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town, and Edward Murray, 30 of 54. Newingtou Green Road, Stoke Newington, were brought up on a warrant before Mr. Cooke, charged with assaulting Mr. Daniel Porteb. Mr. Edward Lewis prosecuted, and Mr. Louis Lewis ...

... THE SOUTH WALES LOCOk.OUT. 30, A veryiimportant statement was published on Monday, ind to the effect that the ironmasters of South Wales and 000 Monmouthshire have decided not to blow in any of their 'mi. blast furnaces duringthepresent year, and theannoance. it ment has produced a very great depression in the towns ?? which are the seat of the iron trade. . The statement, lal however, ...

... At Bow-rtreet Police Court, London, on Saturday, Peter Farrell a Maltese, was committed for trial for the murder d? John Steptoe, at sea. At Brownedge, near Burelem, on Monday, Thomas Goodwin, collier, quarrelled with Williacm Hancock, also a collier. They had been drinking together, and had a fight in the road. Hancock went into his house, re- turned with a gun, and shot Goodwin dead on the ...

... I THE PRITTI,:WETL- PETITION. The following is a 'fall report of the nsore remarkable speeehes rnade in the debste in che House of commous o-n Whusday night on the. Prittlewell petition in favour of the convict Castro:- Sir W. LAWSON ?? I have a, diflieulty in ?? up my mind upon this subject, for the advice we Inave received has bean so various that, while we well know that doctors differ, we ...

... LIVERPOOL ASSIZEi. LZuwesRE ]K BARON PoaZOex AND A JY.IAy. CLAIN FOR PFR8ONA-L INJURIJ5 Shwnnon v. Milburn.-This was an action to reoovet damages for personal injuries. Mr. C. Russell, Q.C., and Mr. Myburgh were for the plaintiff; Mr. George Shannon, anld lr. HenreeHI, Q.C., and Mr. Goldney ropremented the defendant, Wm.- Milbarn. The Plaintiff was in July last chief engineer on board the ...