... POLIUC. SERIoUS OFFENCE nr A SuIP'rZ.-At the Cardiff police-court, on Friday (before the mayor, the atipenoisrv, and Mr. G. Bird), William Smart, master pf the Good Intent, & smaall vossel hailing from Bridgwater, was charged with etealing four trusses of hay, worth 12s. Mr. Blelloch appeared for the prisoner. Theovidence of the prosecutor 'ended to show that a small cargo of hay had been sent ...

... LOAN OFFICE FRAUDS IN CAReDIFF ANXD SWANSEA. At the Clerkenlvell police-court, Lo-don, o I Monday, George Finch, 24, with the aliases of f Willsden, Martin, and Joyce, and John Baker, a' 40, were charged on remand (before Mr. Hosack), 0 with having fraudulently obtained large sums of B money from persons in Cardiff, Swansea, and £ other places. Mr. St. John Wontner, solicitor, f: conducted the ...

... At the Thames polioe-court, on Saturday, William Potter, a respectable-looking, powerfullyr. built man, residing up to the time of his appre. jhension at No. S, Slsades-plee, Poplar, was bronghtnp on remnand before Mr. Lnshington. S charged with unlawfully and maliciously shooting 5 his wife, Annie Potter, a yonng man named John C Robinson, and Mrs. Beroaford, dwedlnag at 14, e Grove-terrace, ...

... ALLEGED ARSON IN CAR- MARTHENSHIaB. At tho Shirhnhll, Carmarthen, ?? (before Ideserh. W. b. D. Saunders in the chstr; B, Jenxinigs, it Parl`ell, G. G. thilippe, d J. L. i'bfiippi 5, Mary Lewis, of I, paiah of Neow. church, CarinnrtheLehire, who s in cutody on a rharge of having set flre to thepremises of David Reea, a small farmer, living at Llwynoelvn, in the ?? perbsh, annd hing burnt down ...

... 11--- ?? WEDNfESDAY, DECBEBB 18, Xi78 A Board of Trade inquiry was opened at the Gaildhall, Swansea, onITuesy, into the abandontent Itfwa, Qn th the ahaudonment at sea of the British ti ship Nelson, of Swansea. The vessel left t Caracas for Swansea on the 13th of Sep. P: tember. On the 6th of October a violent vi hurricane struck the vessel and she sprang a b, leak, necessitating the incessant ...

... KErEPING UFLrcnsED Dous.-At Cr-. diff ?? on Weaneaday (before tho Sti- pendiary), Frederick John was fined 25s.on oan adjourned summons, for having neglected to take outi dog licenffe. Henry Pitton, Patick WVal1, and Miobael Dolan twhoae case would be ' rooom. meanded, however on account of his infirmity),. were mnulct in similar penalties. Mr. Bovaa attended on behalf of the Inland Reronue ...

... CUR107CS ACTION FRolM CcHELTEN. HAM. AtGloncester Assizes oa Thursday, the first m cause heard by Lord Juatice Baggallsy was one m in which Mr. William Hughes, a man of property, living at Cheltenhain, was the plaintiff; and Mr. Henry Herbert, inokeeper, of Cheltenham, and Si Alice Herbert, his niece, were the defendants. Mr. Matthews, Q.C., in ststing the case, said he believed it was ...

... At the Olamorganshire Assizes, on Friday, a I breach of promise sase from Cardigan Bfay wai i hlr.ard before Mr. Justic MeLelor. The Plaintiff was a young woman named Catbarine Wdiiianm,, I daughter of a retired maeter mariner, and the de- fendant John bMorgan, master mariner. tr. Bowen (instructed by Mr. Ior Vaeh'llj, ap- peared for the plaintiff; and Mr. B. F. Wlliamls and Mr. Fyffe ...

... PIBlVATE IMPROVEMENT CASES AT CARDIFF, l ALCONTENTIONS. At Cardiff poice-ecourt, on Tuesday fbefore Aldermacrn H. Buwren, Alderman Watkins. and Dr. Ydwardnz, Sr. Luard (of the firm of Maesrs. Lud sad Shilert) was summoned by the town. for the ian of £28 12s. 8d., arrr due on account of private iinprovement~s mnade in I l'prGeorge-street. I, S9r. hgledew conducted defendant's casa. The lown ...

... ACTION AGAINST A WELSH COUNTY COURT EX-JUDGtE. Inthe Courtof Appeal, on Friday, the Lords Justice Blranvwwell, Cotton. and Thcsiger bherd the case of Willcock v. Terrell. 'T'his was an appeal by the defendant from an order of iir I Coleridge and Mr. Justico Lindley, restraiwn'rz hima from receiving hie pensio;n from theTreoisry. The plaiintiff in the action, Mr. Vililcook, ?? brought the ...

... At Newport poliae-court, on Monday, Henry Duckiham, cattle dealer, was summoned for ex- posing 110 sheep in the cattle market after they had been shorn. M9r. BleLloch, of Cardiff, ap. peered to prosecute on behalf of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals. The sheep wore bought at Cirencester market, and brought to Newport market. The society had circulated bil) l ...

... SISTERS OF MERCY PROSECUTED BY A MAGISTRATE FOR BEGGING. THE CASE DISMLdSED. At the Manchesterj county7 police-court on Saturday, before Messrs. T. Dickins, Henry Lee, and J. F. Mart, Mary Fangate and Mary Orth. tines, who are members of the Roman Catholic order called the Little Sisters of Mercy, and are connected with the institution at Cheetham.hill, were brought up in custody charged with ...