... ' ' CO-URT; -OF COMMON COUNCIL. - . , -s- u 'CoRPOR'ATION iiOoRm.-A Court was held on Toes. day.q The asuteimonsa stated that the Court would be spe ial, for tbe' eliction of the various city officers, and oen-';n ,otber business. -Mr. J. Dixon, on the Lord Mayor taking-the chair, expressed regret that the feeling of some'of the. members had 'manifested itself in so objectionable a manner at ...

... I FURTHER CONFESSION OF TEE CONVICT REID. YoR;, DEC. 31.-Yesterday morning a respite of the sentence of death passed upon Michael M'Cabe, at the late Yorkshire winter gaol delivery, upon his conviction, along with Patrick Reid, of the murders at Mirfield, was received from the Secretary of State by Mr. Noble, the governor of York Castle. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Jackson, M'Cabe's solicitor, ...

... 1 IIn our law -report of last week the following mild and gentle intimation appeared CAITION To DX33TORS .-THE NEwV SYSTEM OF IMrRI- ONxmNT.-Oa the judge (A. AAmos,JEsq.,) taking his seat in the Marylebone County Court, he begged of all pre- sent to take notice that in every case were default was made in obeying the orders of the court he should for the future send the parties so disobeying to ...

... At the Westminster Police-court, last Monday, a person communicated to the magistrate the following case of distress :-He stated that a man and his wife who had been well brought up had encountered great reverses, and came with their family to lodge in a house belonging to applicant in York-street, Westminster. For a short time they endeavoured to procure a subsistence-the mother by knitting ...

... L A COURT OF- BANKR1UPTCY. IN Ric HEaRsuNG.-..The insolvent, a gentleman of good family, came up for his final order on Tuesday. The debts were 2,294; the assets none. Many of the debts were law costs, with which the schedule was filled. He has been for the last five years and a half in the Queen's Bench and Fleet Prisons. The statement made by his advocate (Mr. Cooke) was, that his mother ...

... WIEUT. MUNRO ANDWDUELLING. In another part of our paper will be seen a report of the trial of Lieutenant MtTNBO, for, the murder. of Colonel FAWCETT, a trial which ended in the condemnation ofthe prisoner. He was found Guilty, and his sentence is deferrede We are not disposed to question the legality or the justice of a verdict given by twelve .men, whom we believe to have been unanimous in ...

... I L- HEMRLEOE MURWDER.i~' .I'MarrA taed thirty, was indicted, on Thurs ; | day,.at thef entcel ,Criminal Cotirt f&r the murder of ?? Stowell, on the 2d. o~f J;ule ate ,Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Plarke appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Clark- eon- iid Itir. Ballantine for the prisoner. ?? Mr. Bodkin briefy stated the facts o- the case against the prisoner. He said, deceased wasa feeble person that ...

... I Early on Wednesday morning the inhabitants of Brighton were thrown into the utmost consternation by the intelligence that Mr. Griffith, the well-known brewer of Brighton, had been waylaid or, his road from Hlorsham to Brighton, and most brutally murdered. The informa- tion reached the Town Hall at four o'clock Wednesday morning, from Mr Hodson and Mr. Kerton, who were returning from a ...

... On Tuesday a Court was held. R. W. Carden, Esq., was sworn in as alderman of Dowgate Ward, in the room of the late J. Johnson, Esq. NEWGATE GAOL. Upon the presentation of a report from the gaol com- mittee, on the subject of works and new regulations at Newgate, a discussion of some length took place. Alderman SALOMONS was opposed to the introduction of any temporary expedient for the ...

... . COURT O4? :04kWNKRUFTY. TN rr DAVIES.-C. W. Davies, victualler, of Brown- low-street, applied for his certificate. His debts were 1,096; assets, 367. Mr. Lawrance urged that one of the bankrupt's former failures was owing to the stoppage of a bank in Shropshire ; a large dividend was then paid. On his second failure there was a great deal of litigation, and that bad prevented any dividend ...

... COURT OFr SANSRUPTCY. TIIF: bMl.Di nio TRAns.-Rli RAYXnIA.-i-The bankrupt, a builder at Notting-hill, came up at the Court of Bankruptcy for the purpose of passing his last examination. Mr. Archbold appeared for the assigrsecs: Mr. Duncan supported the bank- rapt. The grounds of oppositioci wero principally the conceal- ment of property. Baiikrupt stated that Mrs. Sawyer, of the Ladbroke Arms, ...

... I ACCIDENTS AND OFFEIES. DEATH FROM A WAGER. - On Tuesday afteraoL a young man named Edward Hucker, living in Granby street, Waterloo-road, undertook, for a wager of 1 to swim across the Thames from Millbank t.) Labet, within twelve minutes, and got in the water for that pur. pose a short distance from the bridge at three o'clock it being then -high water. The unfortunate man had g about 200 ...