... I I MONDAY. VAGRANicr.-John Foster was charged by P.C. Hunter (77) with commcitting a breach of the Vagrancy Act by playing at pitch-and-toss on the Muck Garth on Sunday. As this was prisoner's third offence he was sentenced to thirty days' hard labour. --Francis Gorman, a little lad, several times remanded, charged with being a wandering vagrant, was ordered to be imripstoneI for fourteen ...

... IA DREXADFUL TRAGEDY AT BATH. 1, A SCHOOLMASTER SHOOTING HIS DAUGHTERS AND POISONING HIMSELF. ;s A shocking tragedy took place at Bath on Mon- It day. Mr ankard, a schoolmaster at Sponcer's d Believue, quarrelled with one of his daughters e named Minnie, because she had determined to leave home for a situation on the Continent, ,t and high words took place between them while ,t the girl was ...

... AS l ATTEMPTED MULLER MURDER IN FRANCE. . Last week a desperate attempt at murder, after ts the Muller fashion, was made in a first-class carriage l of the Paris, Lyons, and Marseilles Railway, upon )f the person of a DrConstantine .ames, who was on his way home from Suez, where he had been present at theopeningof the canal. Arriving by steamer at Mar. e seilles, on the morning of Thursday, ...

... R&MARKABLE BUILDING. SOGIRTYt QE2 At the Hull Venire Court, on 'Monday, e S. in- Warrena, Esq., Q.C., D).C.I4 &.,Reorder, wadheard .nD the following extraordinary case ?? ' 1' ?? 0, GEORGE ELaISON; SAMUEL LAmlERt, qn /HEsNY a, .RIVET (Trustees of. the Second People's Benefit no Building Society) W. GEORGE CooPE (photogripher, q Anlaby-road, Hull).-Mr Smith (instrnctedby. Messrs , ?? Jackson ...

... HULL MLICE COURT. 88 CRTMNAL Assx.unvT o3 A GiRL.-Thonas Gqwer; a' apparently about 1T years of age, was charged by e Detective W. Whitelam with having oosiiinally o assaulted a little girl, named Ann Dresser. iloth the o prisoner and the girl reside in Kingston-ccxxi't, 2.it- a house-lane, and the rooms whieh their pare t&4eellpy t epen on one landing. On Wednesday the girl was in is the room ...

... Laf - any r ime, The Birmingham Watch Committee have decided to increase the police force from 400 to 500 nien, and to raise their pay from 71 to 10 per cent. 3 At Marlborough-street Police-court, on Tuesday, the Hon. Arthur Henry Chichester was fined 210 for having assaulted two police-constables, A returned convict, named HeurwiSchofield, Wias apprehended on ,Monday, at Sunderland, as the ...

... | H .; I c ; t ;FRIDAf: ' Blefore' Mr'. T. H. Ti&ViS. ;o ASSAULT.-WI,' J. Cunningswortb', au old offeWasr' 'h was charged with being drunk in Great Passage-street, ai6nd further with assaulting Robert 'Craighill. Prose.r 3e cutor-etated that'the prisoner seized him by the'bair . of his head, struck him, and nearly tore the coat frgen e I his back. The prisoner, pleaded guilty, but said ?? ih- ...

... HULL POLICE COUMR. FRIDAY: Before Allermen BANNISTER and FOUNTAIN. OLD OFFENDEBS.-John Forkin, a young man, was charged oth beibg drunk and riotous in Mill-street, e and with assaulting P.C . Plaxton (153) in the execu- a tion of his duty. The prisoner was apprehended in Mill-street, where he was behaving in a riotous manner. While in custody he struck the policeman wth a bottle, the contents ...

... HIULL BREACH OF CONTRACT CASE. At the Leeds assizes, on Monday, an action PorkkalI v. 2llitssrc anid Another was heard before Mr. Justice Archibald. Mr. Cave was for the plaintiff; Mr. Waddy, Q. C., and Mr. MeUor wore for the defendants, Messrs. Massey and Sawyer, shipbrokers, Hull. The action was brought to recover £82, the price of two pieces (if dnain cables, for which plaintiff alleged he ...

... I EXPTRAORDINARY AFFILIATION CASE. A case which had a somewhat extraordinsry termina- tion was heard at the HEull Police-court on Friday. Ben- jarain Frecklington was summoued to showy cause why he should not contribute to the maintenauce of the child of Jane Hewson, of which, it was alleged, he was the putative father.--Mr. Saunmers appeared for the Complainant, a young woman about twenty ...

... HULL POLIC'E COURT. I A nflTTD A *I T . L - _ TI _ L _ - SATUBRDAY.-John Roberts was fined 40s and costs, for deserting from the East York Militia.-Martin Tighe, labourer, residing at 1, James-place, Collier-street, charged with being drunk and disorderly in Waterworks- street, last evening, was fined 20s and ?? W. Harland, labourer, English-street, was fined 7s 6d and costs, for being ...

... HEAVY PENALTIES. Before Mr Twiss, on Tuesday, John Robinson and Joseph F. Dearden, chief and second engineers of the steamer Rollo, and Jamnes Carringon, fireman, were charged, on remnand, with smuggling. IDr J. H. Allcott, SAurveyor of Customs, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Laverack forfobihson and Dearden. The Informa- tlion was laid under section 129 of the Customs Consollda- tion ...