... A! LEB.AL SOCIETY SCAN-DAL, ?? tbe Leeds Burgh Police Court on Tuesday-S before Mr Broce,7 the Stioen~diary Magistrate-twro adjourned summonses wvere heard against William SuLeatace, of 53 Catherine Street, Leeds,9 an~dt M~ichael Cohent of 29 U~pper Cross Street, Ljeeds for havinlg unlaswflly2 detain~ed certain. collectiow books, the property of thue Liverpool Victorias Legal Friendly Society. ...

... I THE VIOLATION OF A SEPULCHRE [N I GOUIROCK BURYING GROUND. r At the Greenock Sheriff Criminal Court yester day, before Sheriff Tenrnent, Walter Lapsley, coal merchant, Gourouk, was chareged wvith having in the churchyard in Gourock, in May, June, or tJuly, 1879, violated the sepulchre of Margarnt a Walker or Morrie or Robertson, wife of William B Morris, otherwise William Morris Robertson, a ...

... ACTION OF DAAGES FOR SILANDER. OALIDWELL V. MONRO. This is an action of damages laid at £100 for alleged slander at the instance of Mr James Cald- well, Kincaidfield House, Campsie, against the R1ev. Dr Monro, minister of the parish of Cauppsie. The circumstances of the case are explained in the interlocutors. The interlocutor of Sheriff-Substitute Sconce in this case is as follows:- Stirling ...

... LICENSINO COURTS. GLASGOW. tI An adjourned Court for the granting of licenses; tV to sell spirituous liquors was held yesterday in the tl Lesser City Hlla-Baffles Salmon, Macdonald, (1 Ba an Hamilton, M'Lellan, Walls, and Moir on oi 1 the bench. The following was the busiuess die- ol posed of:- . . Hotel Houses. Grocet oi ApplaestionhtorcldhoCusecofalered o 3 33 aor * efused, ?? .- . _ . ...

... NXTRACTS FROM THE G.ALWAY JUDGMENT. Wke make the fo0;uing etra~t from Jadge of Keogh's address:- of OLD GALWAY.t rer Ur John William Brown spoke on his cross- us8 examinattion of his experience of elections, and in especially of the election for this county in the yearf .ts 1826. Perhaps, with the exception of Mr Brown, he I am the only person now in a3ur who can sneak 'ad of that election ...

... zf:? PMWA' -- . I -7 ,Saao iurq ? 'h closed, an hon ab etd- i the' 'e said. Wouldthe'Ohtiatian'religion ba'sexi6ted'if oftl h lthere'hadbeenno proselytiaerh? Pbsiilytiskrs in- shil s- deed ! I do not a~ppro~ve of proselytising.: I think 'Cou g8 it never,' in thee-edays, 'comes to'4nfthig; 'and 'o o, reflet to see men of good tate d ood.acont- ROn if doing anything which leadqs to heartsurnng. ...

... owlig | .. ?? - ?? . ,, l .D.ke ?? on f B ,neet Street; Alox. euto eriC tWO telie-tflt l 1,a to fa egt ?? i - -Il I v ...

... GLASGOW AUTUMN CIBOUIT C GLASGOW AUTUMN CMCUIT COURT. I if The sittinpg of the Autamn $Circuit Court at I Glasgow were opened yesterday in the Justiciary Buildings by Lords Ardmillan and Neaves. There were 72 cases on the roll, involving the trial of 10.9 persons. Of these causes, 63 were from Lanarkshire, and 9 from Renreswshire; and amongst the num- ber 7 were for murder, 2 for forgery and ...

... I : GREENIOCK. ASSAuLTING A POLICEMAN. -Before Bailhe Scott, at the Police Court yesterday, Thomas Carson, bricklafer, was accused of committing a; 'breach of? the peace in Choart Square on Sun- afternoon, and assaulting Police-Constable .legs aftei he had ts;en him inito custody. Ho Ipleaded guilty, and ws fined in £2 2s, with the |0 by the eo-.nnnisnl:- SSH sR CoF mOURT-PLEADING Dx.-At a ...

... COURT aF SESSION. BILL CHAMBER-THmmeDaT, August 1t * I (Before Lord SaN D.) Counsel were heard to-day in an adieu of suspen- sion and interdict at the instance of Arthur Camp- bell, W.S., Edinburgh, against certair. inhabitants of the village of Catrine, Ayrshires too have them interdicted from using a road passing through the complainer's estate, and which he alleged to be a private one. The ...

... MURLDEROUS ASSAULT AT D-NDEF- U Yesterday afternoon, a man named wa. [L04 d appearel at the Duodet Central Police 0(iee ,, and stated that he had cowe to give himnelf ap f for murdering his sister in-law, with whom he Y resided la llura Street. lnqauiry was then [- made, and it was ascertailr d that Low e | had committed a irighttul ?? uplon hiS sister-in-law, J essie i raser. About 'i-rsfs ;s ...

... COUBT OF SESSION. rVT DVISION-SA.TURDAY, DeeTmher 9. F eR ?? NG HIS APPPM&NTICE- S ACTIOX FOR UBERArION. F.-s Division to-day. counsel were heard l ., Divqisioenot for John M'Dermnott, a D te NOrth Pr;SOU, against the judgment M'Dermott was an itj CS7-Ttwrt vith John Ramsay, smith 2D'*htutberglcO, to owhom he had been iD~i35 fe: five years. His mother contem- oher husbrnd in America, and ...