... THaE RAILWAY RATES INQUIRY A T THE SCOTCH1 IM.EAT TRADE. At the railway rates inquiry yesterday morni,1g -before Lart Balfour of Bcrleigh gad Mr Cour- tarray Boyle, the Parliemeata anrsd Aeeiotasft Secretary of the Board of Trade-sever3l of the' principal moat csaiesmsa1 of tle Ssithfield Cattle a rket were examined in ?? to the Scotch cattle trade. Mr NV. Cooper statod tlhat the presentt ...

... MYSTERI~OUS DEATH OF A SERVANT. At the Park tavern, West Ham, on Friday even- ing, Mr. C. C. Lewis, the coroner for South Essex, held an inquest on the body of Ada Halls, aged 18, a servant who was lately in service at East Dul- with, whose death took place at a Servants' refuge at Strattord on Thursday, supposed from poisoning. Sarah Harris, of 1, Cornwall-street, St. George's. square, ...

... * WEE ARMED_3lGLA!R. The man named John William Whittani, wno USAe been committed for trial on charges of burglary an shooting at two policemen, continues to cause much anxiety to the prison authorities. After his committal for trial and removal from Soulthwark Police Court, he behaved very quietly on the way back to Holloway; but when once inside the prison, finding no attempt had been made ...

... r5 1I_ QUARTERLY COURT. It The Quatterly General Court of the President and q Governors of Robert Gordon's College was held yes- a terday-Lord Provost Stewart in the chair. v The reappointment by the Senatus of Aberdeen d University of Professor Carnelley as a governor of H this college was accepted. - The name of Mr Gray was added to the Land ;a Committee. 1 a TRH tElADMASTERSHIP OP GRAr's ...

... IA M Rh SUN-SIX URSN MISBSIG. l)urine a thick haze on Wednesday morning the atesm.r I Iighgate oollided with the ship Sovereign ten miues off Lundy Island. The steamer sank. 'insrreesn or the crew were landed at Milford Haven in the evening, but a boat with six of tbe Drew is still miisings THE JUBILEE PLUNGER'S BANKRUPTCY. At the London Bankruptcy Court last weak, the adjourned public ...

... | ?? IN BIGHAM II Mr. fl Weekes (deputy coroner) held an inquest yester- day upon the body of Fa-nny Fatter (55), who lived at 3 Court, 5 house, Branlston Street. The deceased had an!- fered from bronchitis during the past few months, but her husband, being out of work1 was unable to pay for medical assistance. Cough-mixture was, however, obtained from various chemists, which deceased took, ...

... SINGUjAR CHARGE OF CRUELTY TO A| ICHILD. gw -4-- -- C At Southwark Police-court on Saturday, Amy picti D Guon, who said she was 13 years old, was brought up go before Mr. Slade ebarged with being found ?? in the Waterloo-road without visible means of enb- In ,t aistence. It apptars that about three wsteks ago this As Igrl vis found late one night by a constable of the M E3 dinision sitting on ...

... I ANOTHER HARD SCHOOL I BOARD CASE.) I The School Board visitor is one of those bard-working publia officers, the import- ance of whose share in the greatwork of pi elementaryeducation it would boe diffult to se over estimate, but who rarely gets much recog- in queition except when he finds some result of his 1 abours bliazoned abroad in the newspapersai under .the beading of ?? Hard School ...

... In the Queen's Bench Division, before Mr Justice Mathew, without a jury, on Wednesday, came up the action of De Francesco v. Alapleson and others. The plaintiff in this case, who is part proprietor with Madame Katti Lanner of a training school for dancing, sued Colonel Mapleson, Mr Mitchell, and Air Linton to recover 60, being two weeks' salary, at 30 a-week, for providing sixteen ladies of ...

... jA, -EXRAORDWARY INSURANCE I CASE.1 ! - L. - - DEAD OR ALIYE? On Saturday, in the Queen's Bench Division,$, ?? Mr. Justice Murphy, Mr. Justice Gibson,. Mtr.Justice Holmes, and 3Tr. Justice O'Brien, Va motion came (in for hearing in reference to thez action of the Provincial Bank v. Brocklebank, in which 96me eitraordinary allegations wre made regarding policies of insurance held by piaintiffs ...

... ALLEW-D ATMXMPTD MURDER AT I _ S~i~th~sZ'S iInculs. At the Halschorough-street Police Court on Monday, John Palmer, 39, no occupation, address refused, was cbarged, before Air. Hainay, with firing a loaded re- volver with intent to murder Thomas Elliott and John Felly, both employed at Ifengler's Circus, Argyll- street, by the.Ocean Wave Syndicate. Mr. Arthur Newton, solicitor, appeared for ...

... THi MotaiO nuVDER. Dr. G. Dauford Thomas held an inquest on Tuesday, at St. Pancras Coroner's Court, on the body of Davide Pompeo, aged fifty-four, an Italian ice-cream vendor, of 7, Fleet-row, Eyre-strect-hill, Holborn, who was stabbed by Michael Ardolino, another ice- cream vendor, a Neapolitan, who escaped, and has not yet been arrested. Mr. David Cure, acted as interpreter. According to ...