... I TIIE DIVORCE COURT. A SECRET MARRIAGE. Mr. Justice Barnes had before him, in the Divorce Court yesterday. the petition of Mrs. Ada Jane Bloore, of Aston, for a dissolution of her marriage with Arthur Bloore on the ground of his desertion and adultery. The suit was un- defended.-Mr. Barnard, in opening the case, said Mrs. Bloore was married in 1885 at the registry office, Aston, Birmingham. ...

... DISTRICT POLICE COURTS, BIRKENHEAD (COUNTY). Before Messrs. J. R. Lee, 3. Elliott, and Colonel Stitt. Assault on Bailiffs.-Johnb Knowles, builder, of Ivy Lea, West Kirby, was summoned on two informations for having assaulted James Bryson and Thomas Brown, bailiffs of the Birkenhead County Court. Mr. Matheson prosecuted and Mr. Craigie (West Kirby) defendeL It appeared from the evidence of the ...

... NLSI PRIUS COURT. Before Mr. Juice Bigham and a Special Jury, TEE CA-USE LIST. In ti list there are entered 14 special jury cases, 14 common jury actions, 5 for trial by the judge alone, and 1 commercial eause-in all 34 case There is 1 action for breach of promise, 1 for libel, 3 for negligence, and 3 for personal injuries. AN ACTION SETTLED. La Conteur v. Le Coantur.-This was an action for ...

... THE COST OF THE MILITARY. The case of the Queen (on the prsecution, &o., of J. Miller and others) v. the County Council of Gr-9oorshire yesterday came before the Court of Appeal, composed of Lords Justices A. L. i Smith, Rigby. and Vaughan-Williams. on the t appeal of the prosecutors from an order of a r Divisional Court of Queen':s Bench consisting of Justices Darling and Channell, on May 1 ...

... I CURIOUS MARINE INSURANCE I - CAS K IredalP end Porter v. the China Traders' In- suranoe Coipany.-Yesterday, in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, Mr. Justice Bigham, sitting in the CommeriC Court, gave judgment in the action of Iredale and Porter against the Chna Traders' Insurance Com- pany Mr. Joseph Walton, Q. C., and Mr. Hamilton were for the platifns Messrs P. ...

... THE JUDGE AND THE WELSHi LANGUAGE A MARKED CHANGE OF POLICY. Mr. Justice Kennedy sat a the Summer Assizes at Carnarvon yesterday. There were only two criminil cases for trial, and the judge in his charge to the Grand Jury congratulated thm on the compaziative immunity of the county from crime of a serious nature. The only two cased which would come before them were not of such a nature as ...

... LIVERPOOL AND DIrS :Th I POLICE Coup-. -r-r MONDAY, JtLT & LIVERPOOL Before Mr. lV. J. S'oetzn. -. Theft Mf nex.-JK: ! Wit-h ring stolen the s:m - . - ?? H~emrv (Gibbon's. it nCtnv'~e: . a ?? , a little girl. dazlght. a f - - - - to the public ho 34 ?? soner was barman. ?? \ ' : srvereign. ?? r ?? received chatez.- rn' a ?? . informed the ?? Pr-. -- Detective SpencP. 'too ' haif-sovere;c a!rl ...

... L'ICEN SiNG ?? 1 FINAL REPORT. . fa. 'p'ort , ;A Licensing Com.mis- e -t-cv y '-:.2lay morning, and is I 9.! ?? a ';rn;1 pageS The rmwtz..3. Lo . ...

... FRIDAY, JULY 28. LIVERPOOL Before Mr. W. J. Stewairt, Stipendiar- Magistrate. Dese3rtiag his Fandly~-Charles Grimes was charged with having deserted his wife and two childre, whereby they became chargeable to the psri sh of 'W.'gt D-xby to the amount of £61 l2s.-It, .eemed that in May, 1898, Prisoner left his wife in Grappenlhall, Warrington, and from that time :,be bad received i-nt 10g. for ...

... I LIVERPOOL AND DISTRTS IPOLICE COURTS. FRIDAY, JUNE 30. LIVERPOOL Before Mr. W.~ J. Stewart, Stipendlary Magistrate. Theft from a Liverpool Printing OffiP.- young man named Thomas Camobell, was charged with being in unlawful possession of two reams of white paper, valued at 15s., the property of Mr. G. G. Walmislev, printer and stationer, 50, Lord-street. On the 17th inq., a fishmonger named ...

... LIVERPOOL AND DISTRICI . POLICE COURTS. TUESDAY, JULY 18. LIVERPOOL Before Mr. W. J. Stewart, Stipendiary Magistrata A Police Prosecution and its SequeL-Franoes Lawson and Julia O'Rourke, two young women, were charged with breaking- the windows of the house 58, Barlow4-treet, oing damage to the amount of £3. It appeared that the lower front room of the house in question was in the occupa- tion ...

... I . . .. EXTRAORDINARY FALSE PRETENCES CASE. . Mr. Justice Wills opened the Lancaster Summer Assizes yesterday, the criminal calendar being very light, only three prisoners having been committed for trial, the moat important case being that in which Ethel Gertrude Barton was charged on six indictments with obtaining money by false pretences. In his charge, his Lordship referred to the case at ...