... COIPBELTOWN FORESHORE CASE. case which has been pending in the Sberiff court here since 1894, and which has aroused a ,,st deal of feeling, and been watohed with .siderable interest, as it from time to time was Coseht up before our local Courtg, has just heB decided on appeal by Sheriff Dundas. The C,,,beltCvwu Shipbuild'ng Company, who are[ .opristors of several acres of grolnd at Trench bt ...

... ACTION AGAINST GLUSrW SHIPOWNERS. In the Admiralty Court yesterday, bekrA r. Justice Barnes, the Manchester Sh1ip Ca ,; Fany appealed from a decision of tbe Adt;1, Registrar in an action in which tisev pret plaintiffs, and the owners of the steara ;Lls (Mezsrs Colils, Lorden & Co., il &ut GL-sgow]) were the defendar.tts The 1 t April 10 r 1S95 ran into the Latch ford l at7 a bigh rate -of ...

... IMR AV. S. GILBERT'S ACTION - FOR LIBEL. . I In the Queen's Bonch yesterday-before Justice Day and a special jury-the action -for libel brought by Mr WV. S. Gilbert, the well-known dramatic author, against Mr Edward Ledger, proprietor of the Era, came on for hearing. The Couirt vas well filled by theatrical notabili- ties, including Sir Henry Irving, IMr Beerbohm Tree, and Miss Fortescue. ...

... I CRIMfES A ND CIXfL THE ALLEOED FATAL iSSAML' IN Jameis UI'Dvald, - ;, a ?? olioe of th]e ioutilcin iTW death of 10 3itrinay night in coance~io p cair- O wife, was brought ?? ?? - Saturday and roenan~id tili I'-dt!h d oil stated, ,Ilrs M1poltl a. , t;, 0foor of her husb3' - 4 S ?? IS~treet. on.F;lvec ?? l:h occu~rred un~der SU.In-'-Oll ^ C'lr riUC' a.d NMs t ta'CIL Snto Cb5L - 0o .^ quiry ...

... I I I I SECOND DIVISION-Thursday, January 27. (Before the Lord Justice-Clerk, Lords Young, IA Trayner, and Monoreiff.) &pYE&L- CAIRNS V. CLYDE NAVIOATION TAUSTEES. The Second Division allowed a proof in an C. -action brought by Francis Cairns, quay isbourer, S. 24 Albion Street, Glasgow, against the Trustees of the Clyde Navigation for payment of £250 it respect of personal injuries sustained ...

... MANSLAUGHITER ON-THE FOOTBALL FIELD At the Yarks Spring Assizes. Leeds, yesterday ;-bafoare M~r Justice, Channell-Patrick Burns (22), ¶Pa' I abourer, Was -indicted for the manslughter of Pain IAlbert Nuattridge, at Donoaster, on the-t Arl.u Mir Banks and M1r Grotrian appea-red f or hthe pro EM cecution ,Med the prisoner -was defended by Mr Chre A~iler. In stating the case, Mr Bank 'iI; said ...

... v I The ?? returns of the City of Glasgow Polics for the year ending 31st December, 1897, 1 were issued on Saturday. In the course of his , report Chief-Constable Boyd says:- p The total number of crimes reported in the city during 197 was 89S, beinganincreaso of 656 com- pared with 1996. Of that number 3143 are reportsI of petty thefts in which the pronurey stolen was. under Ss value. The ...

... j-00U T OF SHION DIL GENCE.I SOME NEEDED REFUMS. (Zy A IfAL COGtsEo )DBNT. Litigation in the Court of Session is now much more expeditiously -and effectively con- ducted than it was three decades since, when records were more elaborately - prepared, evidence taken entirely on Commission, and .the use of printing and sborthand almost un- known, so far as the Outer House was con- cerned, and a ...

... ARREST OF LIEUT.-COLONEL PiCQUART. Paris, July 13. Senator Trarieux has written to MI. Serrien, Minister. of Justice, inforndng him that he was at the present moment affording shelter to Colonel Picquart, and that if the police wished to arrest the la'ter they would find him under his roof. Noon. i The arrest of Major Esterhazy was decided upon cin onsequenee of certain papers which are ...

... CRIMIES AND CHARGES0 I NacIsCTED C nE S IN BeInGEoTo.N - At Glasgo Sheriff Sunmmary Court cn Saturday-:- before Sheriff Mair-_dwa-rd King and Prescilla CaIdwell or King, his wife, were charged with ha.-ing, between 13et March and oth June, in their house at 65 Dale Street Bridgeton, wilfully ill- treated and neglected their three children, Edward (6), Llizalbe~th (4), and David (1), by failing ...

... * CIl t3 TY ANDS :JARONY by I PARISH 'AMAGAMATCION.T -CYEhNMENT INwqUIy IN 1LAS08. Yesterday Sir John Cheyrte, QC., begtn ia inquiry in the Burgh Court Hall, Glasgow, into an appliiationr by tin City Parish Council fot an 'crdet under the Local Government (Scotland) Acts amalgamating the City and Barony Parishes. The. City' Pirish Council was represented by Mr Thomas Shaw, Q.C., bI-P.; Alr ...

... ITHE HIETiIABEIR FOR OMTIHNES-. - - JUDINiSipEIN OF GUART Gir JUPEAL. The case of Mackinnon v. clark yesterday calne before thec Court of Appeal, ?? of ILord-Justis'es A. L. Smith, Rig'y, and Vang1uan Williams, for judgment on the appeal of the de- fendant and the cross-appeal of the plaintiff from a decision of Mir Justice rNennedy. Lord-Justice A. L. Smith, in giving judgment, said this was ...