... LAW INTSYMZGZNCE.; hoUfSE OF LORDS., EA1lL OF SEFTON'SCx.mS.-Their lordships after hearing counsel, and examining witnesses, resolved'that the Barl of Sefton had made out his claim to vote at the election of Re- presentatives Peers for Ireland.; d a- - if- EWING V. B s.-The Lord Chancellor gavejudgment in this appeal, reversing the decision of the -Court of Sessions, with costs. . -C1 VICE ...

... Abolition of Country Courts of Re- q uests, and establishment of Circuit Judgesa : The government having introduced a bill for improving county courts, and abolishing country courts of re. quests, we beg to offer to our readers a few observations r on that important measure. o The following is the substance of the proposed enact. .t mont :- L. The Lord Chancellor is to appoint one or more ...

... lie n On Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock, Mr. Wakley id coroner, and a jury composed or thirteen gentlemen idi amongst whom were Sir George Pocock, General Reeves, th Captain Fuller, and other persons of great respectability in re the neighbourhood, assembled at No. 18, York street, Bryanstone-square, the residence of the late Captain Ed! ,yward Pelham Brenton, R.N., for the purpose of ...

... ?ifits of a Repoalof the Coza Laws. To THEB EDITOR OP THE LONDON DISPATCH. M~r. Eetvoa,-Having inl a former letter shown! the practicability -of a total repeal of the Corn Lawts, &nd that such a mreashtre would not be attended by any Of those disastrous effects to agriculture and the land- owners which have been spoken of by the supporters Ofthlose absurd and iniquitous laws, I novw beg to pro ...

... Elki]rush Petty Sessions. A MAN OF MANY VENTURES.-A wizen-faced, jocose-looi1dng little pensioner, better known by the sobriquet of Jumping Jim than his real patronymic, was had up and charged by a neighbour of his own, a Mrs Roughan, with having licked her~childer, broken her back door, disparaged her husband, and abused her- sellf. Before complainant had well waded through this ...

... . Z .11 ,-S1 , . 11 -1 '1 Tmm 'V ' ft 5, L.-. , B-&igtjnain Chaqrka,,^gp Sst w couavited 'penan~d Ink tosi- so h-e harnl~kfuiiid of thejailor. .wh ee thesre wg's':any -truth ln th'e ptlsoler~s atatement&?- I~hh 4illor, ddmittet'*hat;.the prisonerthadiequested to be b'ugipie8 ..v~b'pen .d ink, buto ,tathe refused o frnifsh it, *I tld~hluil ho luake , his Wpplicait, o$ito tbagohemor. . Tb ...

... Surrey Sesllers Orn Monday these Sessions coinmenced at Newington, before Mr., Hedges and a Bench of Magistrates, the calendar containing a list of 83 prIsoners for felonies and mis- demneanoursalthough so short a period has. elapsed since the laite general Quarter Sessions for the connty.-The appoint- ment of the Rev. Mr. Stanabury, as chaplain of Kingston gaol,-owlng to the resignation of ...

... Ientwt crhmtual Court, 01 Baieys, - John Roberts, aged 26, of a most demnure appearance, Ws' dicted for stealing 58 silver spoons and a quantity of plate, cta* value of 2501., the property of Messrs. John and James Tullc, or 16, Miontague-place, his masters. The principal witnesses against the prisoners were Mary AANn SimOpson, housemaid to the prosecutors, who first missed the pro- perty, and ...

... Woodbwidge Sessions. . S . 1. At the Weodbridge Adjourned Sessions, held on Wednesday, fiarrh Ist, John Blake, aged 42, was convicted of having stolen ire old horseshoes, of the value of threepence, the property of br. James Dowrsing, blacksmith, Woodbrodge. The Jury found bIal Guilty; and the Chairman, J. Moseley, Esq., sentenced hio to six months' bard labour; first and last month solitary ...

... I CHARGE Or MunpiE ON TlHE HIcH SEAS.-Richard Edwards, cap. tam, aged X4, and John Woodcock, 19, mate of an English trading vessel to Pertugal (committed by the Mayor of Falmouth), were indicted for the wilful murder of Alexander Nance, 16, upon the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. Jeremiah Sullivan deposed that he was a seaman on board the ship Ada, from St. ...

... cAnother Womni 3lnrderea. to -- -nlr h-s a it . :_: L I a At am early hlour 'odn Tuesday morning the inhlabitants of Frede- n1- rick-street, Regent's Parks were thrown into a state of great id excitement by the discovery that a young woman, named Eliza ho Davis, barmaid of Mr. Wadley, of the King's Head, in that street, s- had been murdered. It appears frons thie statement of Mr. Wad- le ...

... WO]LIC2ES BENEFIT SOCIETIES -The president of a benefit society, held in Aldgate, called The Brothers of Humarnity, was suen- moned before the LoiAd Mayor, for having refused lo pay over to a member the sum of 101., the funeral expenses of the complain. ant's wife. The complainant stated that he had paid 2s. 4d. a month fcr 12 years to the society, and was by the rules entitled to all the ...