The Week.

to ascertain the day of discharge , that tho possibility of his being an accomplice may be established . In order to this another adjournment has taken place for a week .- —A wretched woman , whose looks endorsed the plea of starvation she urged in defence , was charged detbce Mr . Yardley , at the Thames police-couvt , with stealing a table from a furniture broker ' s , in Whiteehapel-road . The salesman had placed the article in her way , and then set himself iu ambush to watch the resultwhich came up to his expectations . The magistrate severely

, rebuked this person for his conduct in so tempting the prisoner , and merely sentenced her to two clays' imprisonment . Thomas Birchmore , late the relieving officer for St . Pancras , has surrendered for further examination on the charge of embezzlement . All that was done was to take , as a preliminary step , the depositions of a few psrsons who had paid small sums of money on behalf of friends living in the workhouse , and which had not been accounted for . The young woman , Annie Collyer , in custody on the charge of setting Are to the

house of her master , at Wandsworth , has been re-examined . It will be remembered that previous to the total destruction of the dwelling five distinct fires were said to have broken out . Her master , an aged gentleman , attended , and said he believed her innocent ; she was remanded . Cases of forgery appear to be remarkably prevalent at the present time . No fewer than five persons were tried for this offence at the Central Criminal Court last Tuesday . In one of these cases , William Henry Cory , a clerk , pleaded guilty to two charges . He is a young man respectably connectedwho had distinguished himself during

, the Crimean war , but has been carrying on a regular system of forgery since his return to this country . He was sentenced to six years' penal servitude . Lieutenant Higginson was tried for his assult upon Alderman Salomons . He kept the court the whole of the day in cross-examining witnesses , and reading his own defence , but nobody but himself could see the relevancy of anything he said . Nobody , and least of all Alderman Salomon ? , wished to be severe with him , and so he was liberated on entering into his own recognisances , and

promising to appear for judgment whenever called upon . He promised never again to interfere with Alderman Salomons . ——Kochanowski , the soi-disant Russian noble , and his two confederates , were tried on Thursday on the charge of manufacturing forged plates of Russian promissory notes . They were convicted ; Kochanowski was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude , and the others to five . George Eelievre was tried forthe manslaughter of Charles John Williams by knocking him down , whereby his leg was broken , from the effects of which he died . The prisoner assaulted the deceasedwho was passing tlu-ough the street

, , because he refused to assist in picking up prisoner ' s friend , who , as well as himself , was intoxicated . The jury found him guilty , aud he was sentenced to three moaths' imprisonment , without hard labour Roper , the Greenwich corn dealer , has also been tried on a charge of arson and fraud , the theory of the prosecution being that he had set fire to his own house , thereby causing the death of two of his children , and that he had inserted in his claim on the insurance company property which he had removed before the fire . The case occupied the

whole of the day . The cross-examination of several of the witnesses for the prosecution gave a turn to the evidence favourable to the prisoner . Mr , Serjeant Ballaatine delivered a very forcible address on behalf of the prisoner , and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty . Gloucester Gale pleaded guilty to marrying six wives , and was senteneed to four years' penal servitude . Saturday the appeal of Mr . Curtis against the decree of the Judge Ordinary of the Court of Divorce was heard before a fuU court , consisting of Lord Campbell , Mr . Martinand the learned Jud

Baron , ge Ordinary , Sir C . Cresswell . Mr . Curtis supported his own appeal ; but the court , without calling on the counsel for Mrs , Curtis , dismissed the appeal , and confirmed the decree of Sir C . Cresswell of judicial separation , on the ground of cruelty hy Mr . curtis towards his wife . The court passed judgment in the case of divorce between Mr . aud Mrs . Evans , on the ground of adultery , and condemned the defendant , Mr . Robinson , in costs . — Five more arrests have been made during the week in Kilkenny and Belfast . The real nature of the Phcenix Society , with its numerous branches , is coming out . Some of the objects of the confraternity are to collect money for the