... LADIhS THIs REATEkTED WITH EXPOSURE. 'Dir Bireiniglian police have had brought ?? their notice what appears tot bean extraord l~ry attempt to levy blackmail'. so far as is known, however, no one in the city has beon foolish enough to partdwith money, though it is reported that a Lea- miington lady paid £2 to avoid the ex- posure. Ladies of good social position inl thminnigham 9eceived ...

... THE SAUCY SOLICITOR WHO KISSED HIS HAND TO A LADY AT I A WINDOW. I AT Marlborough Street Police Court yester- day, Mr. Henry Wallace, a merchant. of S Great Marlborough Street, I., was sum- moned, before Mr. De Rutzen, for using threats towards George E. Havelock, a solicitor, of Rochester Row, Westminster, A whereby he apprehended danger to his life. Mr. Bernard Abrahams, solicitor, appeared ...

... SfrOCKING TRAGEDY IN A REGEN-T'S PARK, BAKEHOUSE, -4- A MAN MURDERED AND. H1S BODY BURNED IN AN OVEN. -Arrekt of the Supposed Mlurderer. [SUBJECT OF IILUSTRATION9.] A BAKER'S shop inl William Street, close, to 'Portland Road Station, was; early on Friday morning, the scene of a shocking crime- one of the bakers employed there ?? been murdered by an ex-fellow workman, who afterwards threw his ...

... [SUBJECT OF ILLUST)RATION.] AT the Whitechapel County Court; before Judge Bacon, a journeyman shoemalcer named Sabin was sued bya boot manufac- turer called Saphir for damages sustained through the defendant's using inferior leather and defective workmanship The defendant entered the box ?? panied by his wife, who held a child in each arm. Judge Bacon: Take those babies out of court; this is ...

... Ae::: Hoavy Damages against Two Co-respondents -Au Impassioned Letter. IN the Divorce Division Sir Francis Jeune and a special jury had before them the petition of Mr. George Blake, auctioneer and estate agent, of Llanelly, for a divorce by reason of the alleged adultery of his wife, Mrs. Annie Lambert Blake, with Mr. George Wacddell, colliery proprietor, and Mr. Frederick Nelson Powell, ...

... A CONSTABLE'S DESPERATE STRUGGLE WITH:: A. BURGLAR AT DALSTON. A ]Jr3PrBTE strgugle between a notorious housebreaker anid etuinedi convict nd the polie tookplae at Daiston late on Mon- day night week1oi some months past the .police have .beea in' search of a man named John Hariison, Who is said to be leader of as gay of expert burglars, and who was wanted lor failing to make iis monthly re- ...

... ?? FUNNY NVITNsP:Ere;ES. AT the Shoreditch County Court, before his Honour Judge French, Q.C., considerable amusement was created during the hearing of the ?? Kemp v. Edston, wihichwas a claim for.f50 .b damages for the loss of a mare. Mr. Scott, -barrister, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Harper was counsel for thedefendant. Plaintiff's case was that an excavation had been made at the ...

... TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON HITH.S. BOUNCER. ?? .1 TWO MEN KILLED, SIX INJURED. A TERRIBLE disaster occurred on Wednesday on board Her Majesty's ship Bouncer, third- class twin-screw gunboat, whereby two men were killed and six injured. The Bouncer was at gun drill off the Nore Lightship, whenl a cartridge prematurely exploded in tile breech of a six-inch gun, by some means at present only a matter ...

... STRANGE STORY TOLD IN COURT. THrE Harlesden Bench last week had an extraordinary case before them. Henry Wills, sixteen, no fixed abode; Frank Griffin, sixteen, hammer boy, of 90, Round- wood Road, Willesden; and Thomas Chin- n1ery, fourteen, of 9, Rucklidge Avenue, WyXOe charged with stealing from a van at the rear of 94, Burn's Road, Harlesden, on Mvarch 15 and 16, a quantity of condensed ...

... BREACH OF PROMISE I: CASE. ' .-4- £100 DAMAGES AGAINST A SCHOOL BOARD TEACHER. AT the Iondon Sheriff's Court, before Mr Under - Sheriff Burchtill, . the remitted breach of promise case, Day v. Snook, came on for the assessment of damages. The plaintiff was Miss Ellen Day, a scientific dressmaker, of Marquis Road, Camden Square, N., and the defendant Henry Snook, of Tabley Road, Tufnell Park, ...

... THE DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND'S 1 JEWELS. , THE GREAT ROBBERY AND HOW IT WAS DONE. MR.- LANE, Q.C., had 'again before him, at the West London Police Court, the maim Johnson, who is chaiged with being con:- cerned in the theft of the Dowager Duches s of Sutherland's jewellery in Paris. A stylishly-dressed worman, whose name and address were not made public, entered the witness-box and gave a ...

... A COSTER'S DEAL IN FISH FOR LEWES RACES. At Southwark County Court an amusing case was heard by his Honour JTudge Addison, Q.C., and a jury. The plaintiff was Mrs. Louisa Wright, who described herself as a shell-fish dealer, of Paulin Street Bermondsey, and she sued the defendants, the Vestry of Bermondsey, to recover £50 damages for personal injuries and loss of profit in business, caused ...