... ANNUAL LIdENSING SESSI0) S. A.STON. yesterday' the annual ?? sessions for the granting Waill rnewal of liecensed viotuallers9' and beer-hones keepers' -licenses in) the parelsh of Aston wvise held at the Police Court, Victoria Roaid. Thle magi.4trates present were rtl Rev- W'd. IC. l1. Bedlforsd (cbai rinisi, Messrs. J. Mob- -1teran, Q.C., J. D. Goodnman, T. Ryland, ?? Avery', J.. ii. Sitoneo, ...

... .. ♦ , (BY AND EXPRESS.) BATH. The coroner's inquiry into tho cause of the death of boy* named Mills, who was drowned in one of the locks the canal at Bath, Tuesday, was concluded yesterday. A boatman named Hames, being already in custody charged with having closed the lock gates and turned the water in, which caused tho death of Mills, and jeopardised the lives of two boys who rtscuiug ...

... Police-coisstable PFank/c ilarrison, 143 K, was sum- moncla yesterday to Wvorsbip.street police-coclt for as- salilting James 1Carthy.-Cosnplainaint, ass old man, liv- ing in Buck's-row, Whitechapel, said lie was walkino ill Queen Anle-street, Whitechapel, on tbe 2Ssd of August. There was a largo clowd of persoils, ansi the constable and another polsceiialn were tryiag to disperse ?? answer to ...

... 19TH INST. : Before Mr. JUdge STZPLEAS. IMPORTANET FRIENDLY SOCIETY'S CASE.-UAPPLB g THORPE v. BTLTON.-The 74laintiff, Samuel 11applethorpe, of New Holland, sued the defendant, John Bilton, of d Barrow, builder, as the acting secretary of the Court 5 Poor Man's Friend (No. C58) Ancient Order of Foresters, I established at Barrow, for £10, payable to him under I the society'srules on the death ...

... LIVERPOOL POLICE Couwp, - ITUESDAY, .AUGUST 24. . BEF0ORE MR. . XA. NS UISD, DEPUTY ?? SetUGGor'iG.-Arthur Brovlan was ordetd ts *ov £4 ils. Ed. and Edwin Berry ±3 l9s. 2i. x-.u * tobacco from vessels in the river.--Ir. tet?,. pa. , t oued on behalf of the customs a-athori-is. STRANGE CASE OF ALLEuLD Tuastr By i DApE78 ASSISTANT.-John Glaister, a young ?? c'r-q1 tbi ; appearance, was broughit ...

... .1 - xI I . ? I I ? ?? - ? I ?? R R' ?S. MURDER AND SUICIDE. At Carlisle, on Saturdaynmorning, J.TBamfathertailor, 0 aged 47, cut his wife's throat with a razor in their bed'. room. He then. proceeded to his. daughter's room, when he cut his own throat with the same ikkudrt-~ t The son, who heard his mnother call out , ObJames, t and saw his 'father pass to his daiighter's. bedroo£in ...

... . ?? SESSIONS. I I I . . *IxrunnTr Roassr.it.- John Hsemkes, 49, horse- dealer, was indicted for having on August 3, 1878, stolen ahorse and trap, value 4aveetr.g'ninas, tim property of Chelsa, whn, ?? he had chasr fo thehoieandtrap witnesswsdiig The prisoner state tahebelieved hecoladte drove to several places for the purpose offidnsoee to buy them. Failing in their efforts, te dore to the ...

... WEDNESDAY.J. Trebane (;D the chair), W. Mortimer 3 AMES~. J napman, and W. Davy, Esqres. the t JAms DRsw. labourer; JoI1N CLARK, Hmith; and T}IOMAS HARE', young men, aummoned for creating a disturbance and using obecene language on the Iron-bridge In Sunday afternoon, were each fined 2s. 6d. and expenses. 1P.C. Lewis proved the offence. Re CAROLINE GALE, a woman of loose character, was sum- ...

... BRISTOL POLICE COURT YBETEBDAY. Magistrates present-Messrs. W. K. Wait and J. C. Wall. n)eSCUAGED. Jaares Hopkins, an elderly man1 was charged gwith stealin~g a watch and chain, valuse £d 15s., the property of Ellen Joyce, The coImpIltainat, a charwomaul, livlug In Philadelphia.BtrOet, formerly lived with the prisoner, who keeps an imiproper houne on the Narrow-plkin. Some time after leaving ...

... CHARGE AGAINST A POLICEMAN[, Yesterday in the Northern Divisional Court, beforo Mr. O'Donel, PolicB-conetable 18 Cappeared R to answer the complaint of JamceS M'Grane, oar- it man, of 24 Summer-hill,. for having usaaulted him ts on the 8rd of the present mouth at Amnienc-street ?? railway terminus, al Mt: P. Keogh (in3truoted by Mr. Tineler), is prosecuted. Mr. J. 0. Ennis defended. A The d ...

... Baker-street, Marylebouc, was charged witli stealing a watch and chain, value 71. 10s., the property of Benjamin Cook, of Kukgate Market, Leeds.—Mr. appeared for the prisoner.—The prosecutor stated that he was a fruiterer, and being in London business, deteiiuined to to the Alexandra Park races on Saturday last. About half-past three, just at the conclusion a race, was standing the edge of a ...

... Yesterday, at the Guildhall Police-court, Henry Perry, who described on the charge sheet 10, Duke-street, Oxford-street, occupation, was charged with violently assaulting Clarence Lewis by beating him the head with a loaded stick railway carriage on the Metropolitan ltailway, and stealing from him 105/. 14s. Id., the property of Cornelius Barham, No. 3, Ilaven-row, Spitaifield*, grocer, ...