... ADOUT F(ORTY ARRESTS. POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS. Considerable excitorneii wras cause~d in certain eircles in Newcastle on Wednesday afternoon by a raid being made by the police on various public-houses, in which it is alleged bettiog was carried on. FPur houses in all were j raided, and about 40 arrests were made, including one landlady and three barmaida. These arrests included all persons ...

... I SlICIDE'S EXTRAORDINARY LETTERS. Mr A. Biraxton Hicks, the Mid-Surrey Coroncr, held an inquiry on Aloolay aD the parish church-room, Richtmond, ito tbe circurn!tanes attwnding the dr-athcf WclEiam Henry Mann, aged 37 yearQ, a Iuyer in the bardware establishmentof IV!ksLrs H. A. Goodall and Co., of 7. BUwtrt'sBuiliing,, Hdlborn. Thed ceased, wh croided as ?? lly LdLe-, Aytf)un Ropd, Brixtoo, ...

... -REMARKATBLE BREACH OF P R ?? Ai tlhe Surrey Aseicee, Guilifard, on Tuesday, before Mr JTustice Caye rnd a comnmon jury, eliss Katie Gould of 'Eps&ta hsrlt an action ogdinet Horace Walpole Ingram. - gentleman, of King's College, London, and godson of Lord Ortord, icr damages for breach of promise of marriage. Mr Cecil Chapman was counsel for p~aintiff; defendant was not represented, and did ...

... fglln? volitt 6DIMS. NEWCASTLE1.-FEIDAY. John Gee (13) was brought up rand charged With at' tempting to set fire to the shop, 12, Singleton House Bcild- ings, Northumberland Street, on the morning of the jth inst., by lighting some straw in a barrel behind the shop Of Mr IV. S. Armstrrog.-Supt. Anderson said when Gee wbho hd been in the employ of lr Armstrong, was brought to Prudhoe Street ...

... APPLICATION FROMd NEWCASTLE. At 13ow Street Minnie Grey was chargoe, before Mr Lu~sbinRtor, with obtaining money by fraud from the Aornrs' Benovolent Fund. The prisoner, who is a 'good- looking young wowan, carried in hcr arms a baby said to be three weeks old, and as she was very weak she was allowed to take a seat in the dock. Mir John H. Mote prosecuted on behalf of the ActDrs' Benevolent ...

... At the Central Criminal Court, London, oan Satarday, before the Common &erjeaat, Sir Forrest Faltcon, Q.C., R.bert Baiton (28) and Grace Andersco (2S}, ?? as beloaning to the theatrical prt fecsion, were indicted for having conspired to obtain bg f &lse pretencos mnney from th3 public in connection with a travsllirg theatrical corn- pany, Etyled The Mids Grace Aodireon's Company. U rt' ...

... A North Wilts Herald reptrter has had the oppor. tunity of enquiring into and verifying a veritable escape from the jaws of death. Miss Id. A. Atcherley, who resides with her mother at 43, Albion-street, New Swindon, gave a full description of her escape. About the end of January last, said Miss Atcherley, I was taken ill. The symptoms were faiutness and swelling of the body, chiefly ...

... BANKRUPTCY COURT IPROCEEDIN'VS. Bfr Rsaistrar Hood sat again at the London Bang. rupicy Court cn W cnday,fcr the prncee of hearing furtlim dieclaimerg ?? pers3ns in refazeece to whom Mr Errasa Terbh Eooley nmade st3tements in his public examination. Tha sittinr was fixed for twelve o'clock. At tbaht rme there were but few persors pre ent oxCepD representativu of the prese. About half a dozen ...

... THE MAINTENANCE CASE AT CRAM1INGTON. SCENE'IN COURT. On Monday at the Newcastle County CUurt, before His Honour Judge GrePweil, a case was heard i vwhich the Tynemouth Poor Law Guardians sued gamxe Arnstrong, cowkeeper, Cramlington, for t-he somn of £5 53 for three weeks' maintenance of his daughter in a private infeotious diseasee haspital at Cramlington. Mr E. Clark anpeared for ...

... SERIOUS CHIMES. L !:t.DMURDR O RUS BSIA. A St. Petersburg deopatch stes toat a farmer in the village of Smolins, in tLe. Tarsky district, bas been murdered by Lig tilfe and stepdaughter, who hacked him with an axe into a shapelees mess. A BA3JPSOrIltE TRAGEDY. At Aldersbot PoElice Court on Wednesaay, before a full Bench, MIr F. Fitzroy presiding, Dr Samuel G. Milner, aged 31. of Sine's Road, ...

... THE DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY, hi ALLEGED PLOT AGAiNTST ?? THE, CZAR. INTENDED FENIAN OUTRAGES IN GREAT BRITAIN. t BU RINGLEADERS ARRESTED. Di THlE CAPTURE OF NUIMBER ONE.ii The pcitctically sirrldtane.Mus arres in Glasgow. linlolgne, and Rouirarawn respecteeolY of four alleged ringleaders in a gigantic plot f or the perpetration of la dynamite ontrages in Great Britain is an event which has th ...

... THE RUSSELL-SC(JTT LIBEL C.ASE Ti-HAL AT TilH OLD BAILEY. At the Dird Baiil bzfrre IMr Justice Uiawlins, onj MnI- dr y, Mary Seliu:r E'lizalech, L-sdy, Sct;: Jonn Cc'i!kriten, ship's engineer; Vrv-L:uc: l: Kost. err-rom; and l\.lism Arlouc valet, Svur un icteJ for publshing :s estrrin de famnatorv iibal of aid -ouncerniug, .1oim h Franct r;toniloy Eal F1 i .,s1o.iir i !ockwod, Q.C., MC ., ...