... 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 ...

... REMARKABLE LUNACY INQUIRY I 0 IN NEWCASTLE. HAUNTED BY A GREY MIAN. At the Moon Hall, Newcastle, on Tuesday, before alr Francis William Maclean, Q.C., a Master in Lunacy, and a jury of 23 persons, an inquiry was held as tc the alleged lunacy of 1Rifs Sarah Watson, spinster, residing at 3, North Road, Preston, North Shields. Mr tWm. Mlilburn, the snell-krovn shipowner and nephew Cf Miss ...

... A LONDON JEWEL ROBBEDLY. ARREST ON A OUNARD LINER. An arrest has bken made in connection with the exten- siverobbery of jewellery from Ridgmnont Gardens, Gowier Street, Lcndon, which took plzat some weeks ago. The jewellerv belonged to Mrs Gibbons, a widow, and is valued at £2,000. The suspected person is a Miss Millie Millet, ?? she was arrested on Saturday afternoon on 7bsard the Ccnard ...

... NEWCASTLE. The adjonened licensing sessions for the city and Eli county of Newcastle were held on Tuesday at the Felice Tt Couart. Pilgrim Street. The magistrates on the bench R0 were Aid T. Richards-on (in the chair). Mr E. A. Hedley, cc Aid Sottoni, Mr flugh Morton. MTr John Philipeco, Aid as' tiimes, AU Colley, and Ald Newton.ti Thomas Shields applied for a f all license for his beer- t ...

... THE AtLLEGED DRUNKENN ESS IN § NEWCASTLE. AN iNQUIRY TO BE HELD. At a, meeting of theo Newc-stole City Council on 'Ved-rsidav, Ald Newvton. in acccrdance with notice given. as4ked the Mayor (Alderman Stephenson) to place his autbocity fir lils allegation than there we3 noro- druikt-nrses in Newcastle than in aay city in the Kingdom with equal population at the disposal of a special cunnmi-ttee ...

... Parliament re-assembles on Tuesday nest, after a recess of six months, and for an indefinite period the attention of the country will be diverted to Westminster We say an indefinite period, for a dissolution may occur at any moment, despite the pretentious programme the Government flaunts in the face of the constituencies. Every Minister, including Mr Morley and Mr Asquith at Newcastle this ...

... At the Old Bailey on Tnesdaybefore Sir Forrest Fulton, Lady Frances Rose Guaninz, aged 53, described as cf no occupation, pleaded guilty to certain counts cf an indict- ment which charged her with forgery. To other counts she pleaded not guilty. Mr Horace Avery, with Mr Biron, appeared for the prosecution, and Ilr Holloway defended the accused. Mar Avery stated the case for the prosecution at ...

... CHARGES AGAINST TUE CHAPLAIN. At the Ncrthern (Fever) Hospital, Vinchmore Hill, cn Monday, Dr Dowson, one of the inspectors of the Local Gcverrirsonc Board, opened an official inquiry into the charges preferred against the Rev E. R. Ward, the chaplain to the Northern Hospital. -Mr E, H. Piokeregill, M.P., appeared on behalf of Mr Ward; Mr Duncombe Mann represented the Metropolitan Aaylums ...

... CREME IN DURHAM. The enormity of crinie in the county of DLrhaWm, as shown not only by the calendar itself, but by the remarks of Mr Justice Grantham, is in strik- ing contrast to the list which his lordship thad to deal with in Newcastle last week for the city and the county of Northumberland. As we took ex- ception lo his lordship's high falutin observations in regard to the paucity of crime ...

... IMPORpTA NT LOCAL -MINING CASE. I I~~ ?? _ _ REED v. 7JiRIEMOOR COAL COMPANY, LIMITED. At the Neweastlo County Court on Meonday, Hlis Honour, Judge Seymour, Q.C., LLD.. delivered judg- ment in the case of Rlad v. Shiremoor Cnal Company, Limited, which had been tried on two several occasions, first in 1892, when his Honour gave jiidgmnr t fcr the plaintiff, and avain in 1893, after an appeal to ...

... DURHAMI QUARTER SESSIONS. TRIAL OF PRISONERS. The business of the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Durham was commenced at the Shire Mall, Durham, ft on Tuesday, before Mr John Lloyd Wharton, U.P. (chairman), and other magistrates. John Thomas Usher (22), labourer, and Widiam Thomas ci Wighain (22), labourer, pleaded guilty to breaking arid enterig a the counting house ...

... NORTHUMBERLAND QUARTEIPU SESSION-S. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. The business of the annual Michaelmas Querter C;LMSiOaS of the county oF Northumberland tas opened at the Court House, AInwick, on Wedneriay. There W3S a %imerous attendance of magistrates, including the Right l-ion. Earl Percy (who presided), Lord Warkwort', Mr Watson Aekew-Robertson, Mr W. A.Watson-Armstrong, NMr G. D. A. Clark, Mr R. ...