... INQUEST AT BROCKHURST. On Wednesday the County Coroner (E. Goble, Esq.) inquired into the circumstances attending the death of Alfred Slater, a grunner in the Royal Artillery, who was found dead in ai court, in Brockhurst-road, on Sunday morning. Superintendeut Stephenson (Deputy Chief.Con. lid stable ) watched the ease. )It, Deceased's father, living at Barrow.in.Furness, .said deceased -was ...

... P C THE POLICYE COURTS.,I - - i t PORTSMOUTH, aroilaue.Be-40re Caitaisii McCoy, G. S. Lancaster, v;q. ajo~r.Genllcral Catty, and W. Payne, E~sq. A\ SALR RSouffs ao Polisoic.-Edwin Organ. (talit H. 1MN S. Howe, was; charged r n reniand ,viti ?? to commlit suicide by taking ostahic )Cid .-fdonnwortder Charles Wiodhan,, of the Howe, ,,j tllttrisonier had had P- lot of domestic trouble. sie t~o is ...

... On Wednesday at Bow street, before I! Vaughan, David John Nicol and Charles Alfret Mowbray, the former ?? as editor, and tiu latter as publisher of the Comnoniwe4, were [is brought up on remand on a charge of having Cn ngthe 9thinst, at 145, City-road, unlawfuliy andl edmalicionsly, in a certain newspaper called the he Comnonweal, solicited and encouraged certaij es persons unknown to murder ...

... r ?? ojUO3.3 I Is .C -Tr T ?? 'OCING- DlS.L( Q i inquest Was held or. Thur'('ay at tih .Onicil Coait at thio Portsmouth Town Ra 1, 1,fore lb I C on.r ?? A. tiransion, sq) on the 'ody )r | oederick Airs, foer niont, old, whose paircln Lye live at 3, Caitbtidge-builsings, High.strecti dc I Portsmouth.-Tie oarents were rcesent in court' iv al were told that ithy would loe allowed to pu ell any ...

... o i.,J MR. WHITEHALL AND THE i | n the .: ORGERIES. 3o In the Queon's Bench Division, on Thursday, the Oas of Allen v. Woods 'came before Justice Wright, sitting without a jury. This was an action brought by Mr. Charles Allen, livery e stable keeper at Southsea. cd Mr-Rawliuson, who appeared forthe plaintiff, se said that in 1883 Mr. Duprd, brewer's agent, of e, Burlington Lodge, Victoria.road ...

... ALLEGED OUTRAG4 ON THE BRIGHTON RAIlWAY. _ ~ ?? . . _ . A ., ir. rs. The Hon. Patricki Grevilleo .Tuent, 40, of 95, Eaton terrace, .Eatop - sgnare, Lodtdon, was ess charged before Mr. Sheil, at the Westminster G. Police conrt, on Tuesday, vri;h having indecently C ?? assaulteil 4 young woman ?? S.Price, 1 or of Eckstein-road, Clapham Juuction,, ii a first. r class carriage on the London, ...

... al lip. A ?? ?? ?? __ _ WITCHCRAFT AND MTRDER.I A RE.MARKABLE STORY. ' An extraordiivary talc of witchcraft and murder s E brought from Southern India by the last mail. r 311C Fambcn, a ?? headman in the Neilgher. g *ies, and tntee others are charged with the C nurder of a ioda niamed Pstbolee, whom they a ecunsedl of beinz a sorcerer able to bewitch e Badagas, the trioe to which they belong. ...

... A MESS -SERGEANT IN TROUBLK . PORTSMOUTH COURT-MARTIAL. A District Court-martial was held at tho M5ai Guard, colewort Barracks, Portsmouth, on itea. day, for tha trial of Sergeant William E. c Hall, R. S.LL, on the charge that in a book of tho contents of which it was his duty to ascertaiu B the accuracy he did knowingly make a faloe a statement, in that he; at the Royal Marine Bar. I racks, ...

... in adin be ATURDAY.-Bef rre Mr. Justice Collins. exufi e- PENAL SERVITBIDH FOR A -SOLDIER.-MiChOl -M ~in Simms' 22, a private in the York and Lanctistert of .ek Regiment, was indcbted for a rape on Ross Ellis, Eon aged 16, at Cove, near Aldershot, on August 15th. said -Mr. Temple Cooke prosecuted, and Mr. Cancellor Frid sad ?? on the evening in question stay was crossing Cove Common in company ...

... SUICIDE OF A RYDE TEIUADE SMAN. Ai inci Pue' o the bn ob o the lito Mr. *W. ?? is J-iltile., aro:er. 0o lii h-street. X hvi coielnirted, t- suil sde undetdistrc~qill,~, u c a stinoes, as held '3 it tic 'ephant n i 'Caste, lre(,.n street, on 'r Tues-la night. ia the Deputy C orner (E. F. 19 Blakie. i5sq.), Mrl ?? -X. . A an~i beihng tea Fore- a man of the.Jury.-Mr. Oeorge Patrucll deposed to Ii ...

... t CHARGE AGAIIST A LOCAL | ..TRADIESMAN. f a. re At the Gosnort' Police-court, yesterday, Albert RI Restall of 5. Cheapside; Lake road, Land'port, was 3. charged on remand withifuriousdrivine. and further rei d with assaulting P.C. Whatley while inthe execution ir ot hib duty.-Alr. B. J. T. Webb appeared for the ?f prisonerf who pleaded nurguilty. an ir Wisattey 6aid that on Monorias h'e was ...

... T TE',T PORTSEA CRASH. ting TTJl. TJ irrL OF PRATT WILLS. [r c V The trial of Pratt Wills, for alleged felony ia Uun- connectio with the failure of the Portsea Island ilg j Building Society, ias been definitely fixed to ited take place at tno next session of the Cefntral r v- Criminal Court, which comtseucea on October Vith 17th. Contrary to geoeral expectations, the pri. aci soner is ...