... PETTY SESSIONS.-TUESDAY LAST. ?? ~ ~ z I A - b A C - AI A DEFAMATION.-Thomas Tallentine, of Hoghton, ap- peared in answer to a summon1 from John Parker, of the same place, charging him with having made use of improper language to him, and with having brought seri- ous charges against him. The offence charged took place at the Boar's Head, in Hoghton, on the Monday but one previous, and a ...

... i i C Q, ?? ch o RT. I.. . 'The hbu'al fortuigbtlyin'eetling gof-'this eourt was held on ¶i Si~lday'last, iruitbe 9Ses ions' taon3'e, b'efore John 'Addison, Esq., the judge. The number of~r3asew for trial t9DS: rather td~ore'thanm esnal.: Th'b rattornleys present were Messrs. Aseroft, Clarnley, J. Blekhurst, Haydoek,. : B ndu W. . eRiles;. The following were the most important cases heard:_ ?? ...

... A i ' il l) MURDER IN ?? STREET, PRlESTON, I ,- ?? ?? of the most brutal attempts at ri Iii wi.. i,'ere hielh have taken place in 1,w i'oroe time past, occurred in the *ti( ::lili Uelnion Railway Station. It ii, i uIr) eveninig hist, at about three .l i. HIoward, one of the clerks of j t a:llitl. ill Charles-stroet, of the North lIV 1'!1 1'r! nig to the station from his tea, a-. I .i-i -,lt ...

... MMiROB013 BERIUES AT MANC1' EXETh., A robbery of the most daring and unexampled descrip- tion was committed onl Monday, in the middle of the day, at the shop of Ml'. Howard, jeweller, in Market-street, the I pri:cipal and most busy thoroughfore in Manchester. At 1 o'cluek in tile afternuoo, M,-. Ion--t ol I hio OnSiStalits vwict acay fromn the shop to dline, and the only person left ill ...

... I (Bcefsse the Mayor, ?? Monk, R. Lawe, and J. Bairstoo, Esqrs.) i ALLEOGED FELO. ?? Irlshwoman, named Jane Walsh, was arraigned on the charge of stealing a pair of trousers, the pro. perty of Ann Collins, with whom she lodged. The evidence against her, however, was so weak that she was discharged. A MILITXAxAN ax TtounL .-Samuel Heaton, a warlike spirit, billetted at Mr. Waddington's, New ...

... B&ACKBURN COUNTY COURT. The weekly sitting of this court was held on Tnesday |S last; John Addison, Esq., judge. Fifty-one cases were T entered for trial. The advocates present were Messrs. pi Clough and Backhouse. PI TuRNEs V. BEVERLEY.-The plaintiff Is a tailor and in draper in King-street, and the defendant an attorney at la Enfield. The action was to recover the sum of £13 13s. w 14d. for ...

... POLICE C&SES DURING THE WEEK. OBTAINING GOODS UNDoE FALsr PRETENCES.-Yester- day, a man of the name of John Law, was charged, at Si the Police Office, with obtaining, on Thursday last, from a Messrs. Pickup, Wraith, and Critchley, druggists, in the name of Messrs. R. & B. Walmsley, cotton spinners, a large quantity of glue. The suspicion of the parties was E excited, and information was given ...

... CORONER'S INQUEST. A highly-respectable jury was empannelled by Mr. Grimsisaw, on Saturday afternoon last, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances attending the death of John Daniels, an infant, who had only survived its birth a few hours. The jury assembled at the house of Mr. William Singleton, the Dray mad Horses Inn, Standish- gate; and after viewing the body of the child, they ...

... PUBIXC EXECUTIONS. TO THE 'EDITOR OF THE LONDON TIMES. Sir,-When I wrote to you on Tuesday last, I bad no, intention of troubling you again; but as one of your cor- respondents has to-day expressed a reasonable desire that I would explain myself more clearly, and as I hope I may do no injury to the cause I would serve, by stating my views upon it alittle more in detail, I shall be glad to do ...

... 1 LAWV INTELLIGEKCF EXETER ECCLESIASTICAL COURT, FIDsAY, NOVEMBER 16. This morning, the Lord Bishop of the diocese held a Court in the Chaptor-house of the Cathedral, for the purpose of delivering his judgment in the case of the Rev. Charles Rookes, M.A., rector of Nymett Rowland, Chlmleigh, Devon. The. rev, gentleman, who is a mar- clad man, was the defendant in an action for seduction tried ...

... - ADJOURNED ANNLAL SESSIONS,,' The adjnurned annual 'general session ifor this county was held on Thut'sdaj Iasi, it the' Cou'ik Jouse,, ?? e tobn, when the following magistrates .reve present:- or TI. B. 'Addlsen, T. Aishto, 3qJ. Acton,' C. Bourne; J 3 E. Dswson, T. Dugdilo, T. Esatwrood, J. Eccles, T.It.' foul .W. Erance, J. S. T. Greene1 W.: A. Hullton, J. eills, J. par aeywood('M.P.),R. ...

... POLICE. CASES DURING THE WEEK. S~ . . ; : -. *INJURY aYU FUtOUS DRIV!NG.-OnI Saturday last, a man:naned Henry Wilkins was charged with having caused bodily injury-to Seth Wrennall, by furious driving, at Hutton, on the 13th of October last. Mr.' Ascroft appeared for the defendait 'It appeared, from the6'evi- dence adduced, that on the 'day in question the com- plainant was seated in a cart, ...