... SOME extraordinary rumours are afloat respecting the Tichborne case. It is said that the man that the claimant intends to pro- duce as Arthur Orton is not Arthur but his brother, and that this will be proved by the defendant's side, after he has answered to the name of Arthur and given his evidence. It is also stated that which ever way the case goes, the claimant is to be indicted for perjury ...

... MR. VoYsEy, in a letter to the Registrar of the Privy Conncil, says lie cannot pretend to feel grateful for the opportunity given him to retract. He complains that his arguments were avoided, and that his condemnation was given almost without any attempt to furnish reasons for it. He also says that their lordships went out of their way to accuse him of caricature and misrepresenta- tion. ...

... ?? '~~~7lXAL THE LENNIE MUTINEERS were again brought up at Bow Street on Friday and Saturday last. Petersen, the Dane, another of the prisoners, has been discharged and called as a witness, and Renken, the Englishman, has made a statement denying complicity in the murders. A mutilated corpse and tsvo human heads have been cast ashore at Franche, and are supposed to be the remains of the ...

... R,-?4 - THE NEW COURT OF FINAL APPEAL sat for the first time on Tuesday in the House of Lords. The members present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Penzance, Lord O'E1agan, and the two newly created life-peers, Lord Blackburn and Lord Gordon. The new Court, which has been established in lieu of the old Court of Ultimate Appeal, differs from it in that its sittings are independent of ...

... I ~ ~ L * .* ?? COSTS OF LITIGATION.-On Saturday an application was made before Mr. Justice K-ay to stop proceedings which had been going on since 1874, the action being for the recovery of a debt of 49?., and the whole of the estate (8534.) being insufficient to pay the costs without satisfying either party. His Lordship directed that the costs should be very carefully taxed, and declined to ...

... .1W I '10,211 - THE NEW JUDGE.-Mr. Edward Ebenezer Kay, Q.C., a nephew of the late Sir J. P. Kay-Shuttleworth, has been appointed a Judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, in succession to Vice-Chancellot Malins, who lately resigned. THE LAWSON v. LABOUCHERE trial has ended as most people anticipated, in the disagreement and consequent dismissal of the jury without a ...

... -. 0 17A SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.-The friendly suit suggested by the Home Secretary has been heard by the Court of Exchequer, and it is now decided that to open the Brighton Aquarium at all on Sunday is illegal if money be either directly or indirectly taken for admission. Mr. Cross seems to be very unwilling to alter or repeal the obsolete law, which has compelled the judges to give a decision ...

... A . ?? ~I IIVR) IN COMMEMORATION of the opening of the new Courts of Justice the Queen has been pleased to confer the dignity of an Earldom upon the Lord High Chancellor, and the honour of Knighthood upon the treasurers of the four Inns of Courts-Mr. J. P. de Gex, Q.C., of Lincoln's Ilo, Mr. J. B. Maule, Q. C., of the Inner Temple, Mr. F. Roxburgh, Q.C., of the Middle Temple, and Mr. W. St. ...

... * ?? THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD ha%'ine had under consideration the great and pressing question, as Ritchie terms it, of the dwellings of the labouring classes, has issued circular-letters to local authorities in London and to sanitary authorities throughout the country, detailing and urging them to act on the statutory powers which they already possess for effectimO a ...

... M. WADDING TON THE RETIRING FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF ST. JAMES S Ml. WILLIAM HENRY WADDINGTON, who has just presented his letters of recall to Her Majestv at jWindsor, has been Ambassador at the Court of St. James's since July, I883. He is the son of a naturalised Englishman who settled in France as a cotton manufacturer, and was born in Paris on De- cember II, i826. He was educated ...

... ?? ?. R THEL CITY ROAD BURGLARY.-The coroner's inquest on the body of the unfortunate young man, Chalkley, has at least had the effect of clearing his memory from the stigma which had been cast upon it. The jury found that his death was the result of the accident in the Farringdon Road, spoken to by several witnesses, and that he was in no way connected with the burglary at Mr. Braham's. They ...

... 5.m ~ - I . .. .W L1 - R . A CONTRAD;CTION, evidently official, has been given to the rather startling statement that the Lord Chancellor is the author of, and has been circulating, a draft Bill for a considerabie clecentrilisa- tion of our judicial system. It is the handiwaik of some private members of the House of Commons, who introduced it last Session, without even Lord Selborne's ...