... WORLDG THE COMPENSATION ' WOW GlACT. THE CALCULATION OF' DAMAGES. IMPORTANT JUDGMETW. Judge Wighta Wood-who was accom anied to the Bench by the Bishop of Petorborou gdc. livered an important judgment, under the Work- men's; Compensation Act, in Leicester County Court yesterday. The action was brought by Mrs. Elia- beth Appleby and her three children to recover com- penwation for the Io3s. of ...

... A SMALL BOY AND A BIG CHEQUEI ALLEGED YOUTHFUL FORCER. Yestorday, at Guildhiail, before Mr. Alderman Strong, Charlton Willis, 15, whose address wee1, given as 23, Throgrnortotl-atreaot, A clerk, was charged with, having forged and uttered o olheque for £0323 lO. an the City and Midland Baik. Mr. flotanqunt, wo prosecuted on behalf of tihe London Bankcers' Amsoojation, cornontmng upon the ...

... A Cl'Y DIVoE= SUM In the P o u*ad Dhwft Divisloo, ?? Mrt. Jusd Bue, th4 e t04 of e = .i BsErgua and Weed was beh d. Lo thisn wisdfod suit Mr. Arthur B%.gAto, in bsitn in Lawrnce- Lane, Cheapside. tought a divorce by reason of the adult,-ry of his wife with the ce-reeporidi.g, who wa3 etated to be a conerei l elerk in the City. Mr. Priestley, who appeared for the petitioner, said that the ...

... TFIE CREDULITY OF CREDITOR3. At E!oomsbury County Court. yesterday, b-forr Ji:rlge Baz-ro, artdiferdanrL on a jursigrnt tNtumo!icrM as e'roc.s- exami n-i ats to his tuetrs by the3 plainl- ?? and ri Oe Pi-o once ?? ho ta3A il an tin peit- ititis positSiri, with nrlamty ju U ientoM against hin, and tliat vhat fhirtn Urr no oncr po- ?? ?? boon sold ?? tr, riorntiis !0 TO pav old doAts. i 1go ...

... IftSS SANTLEY'S _ -1 A - *- In the Chancery Divisio. on Tuesday b i Justice Byrne, was beard the case of Santf' bfore Ui This was an action by Miss Kate Santley v. Wild, known actress, against Mr S. J. Wilde, ey the Well in respect of certain mortgage trans50i005feinreijof with the Royalty Theatre. The ato legal questions of importance, including aisea s of the equitable rule against cloggin ...

... I LOSS OF TH CLAN DE N I0O I DECISION UN BOARD OF TRBA4D INQUIRY. Decision in the Board of Trade Inquiry into the loss of the Clan. Drumnond, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay on 28th November last, was given on Saturday in Glasgow Court-House. Sheriff Fyfe, who presided, was accompanied on the bench by Captain Kenneth Hoare, Captain Kiddle, and Captain Wood, nanticft assessors. :ir ...

... COURT OF SESS,1ON. FIRST DVSION-W ledncsday, M\arch 1. (Before the Lord-President, Lords A-dam and M''Laren.) TTzTsTIOx-fOGAS, &a. (31 CROSSAN S TPUSTEES). I Intimation was ordered of a petition presented hb the Rev. Riel-ard Hogan, Roman Catholic clergyman, Edinburgh, and others, trustees of the late Thomas MI'Crossan, spirit merchant, janefield Cottage, Paisley, for custody of the testator's ...

... CRIZ1'ES AND CHARGES. I A FATAL FiHOT IN TMULEE.| The Central SNenws Tralee corre:p:ndent tele- graphs:-A shocking tragedy occurred at a place called Crolbane. near Killorglen, on Thursday night. Two farmers, named Connor, who had lived on bad terms owing to an old dispute about an evicted farm, quarrelled in the road. One of them u-as struck on the head with an ash plant, and died soon aftcr ...

... THE DREYFUS CASE (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO STANDARD 0U' TO-DAY.) Paris, June 29, Night. No definite news has been received during the day concerning the Sfax, but a rumour has been current that the vessel is off Ushant awaiting orders. This statement, however, is unconfirmed, and scencs highly improbable. The arrival of Madame Dreyfus at Rennes, as announced in to-day's Standard, gave rise to no ...

... ORIM AD CHARGES, MURDER IN EIN8UR - In the early hours of-yesterday a miseabla tragedy was enacted in one of the old-ftsuhi] d houes that form a portion of the street klro, as -High Riggs, in the vicinity of the 'West portW 1Fdinburgh. In this neighbourhood exist some e thepoorest and least wholesome parts of the city I The High R~iggs, however, contains a numbler cf houses which are teranted ...

... CRIMES AND CHAR4SM. I TERILE TRAEY IN PARS Paris, November 15. Madane Dfupuis, wlife of the well-known en- graver, killed her husband with a revolver yes- terday, and committed suicide afterwards. Madame Dupuis had for some time been showing signs of cerebral disorier. EXECUTi0h IN LONDON. Thomas Skeffiogton, a barman, was hanged at nine o'clock yesterday morning, in Newgate, for the murder of ...

... COURT (OF SESSION. OUTER H-OUSE-Friday, August 25. (Before Lord Ryllachy.j The Action against a Parish Minister. The interlocutors in the actions at the instance of James Jehnston Jack, 3 Kirkwocd Street, Ibrox, Glasgow, and his wife, Mrs Elizabeth MifGavin Wilson Cameron Hunter or Jack,' against the Rev. John M'Gavin Boyd, 3Manse, New Monklland, Lanarkshire, and otlaers, fics trustees under ...