AT THE LIVERPOOL ASSIZES the case of CLAREMONT v. VERNON has been heard. The plaintiff was MISS NELLIE CLAREMONT, of the Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool, and the defendant was a CAPTAIN VERNON. The counsel consulted together before the case was heard, and announced that they had agreed to a settlement. It was understood that the plaintiff received £230. ______________________________ BRUTAL OUTRAGE ON A MOTHER. – JOHN SEDDON, a young man, has been charged at the City Police-court, Manchester, with kicking his mother to death. It apears that the prisoner had been drinking heavily, and that his mother on going home from her work at the mill, found him standing in an entry. She endeavoured to get him home, when he set upon her, knocked her head against the wall, and kicked her in a savage manner. The poor woman fell down insensible, and died a few hours afterward. ______________________________ AT THE LIVERPOOL ASSIZES, an action has been brought by a builder, named CLEMENT FROST, to recover £339 from the Sun Fire Office. The plaintiff’s premises were burned in 1872, and subsequently he was arrested and tried on a charge of arson, but was acquitted. Therepon he brought an action against the company to recover the amount, but was unsuited. The present action was one in which he also sought to recover the amount of damage. For the defence it was alleged that the plaintiff had committed arson, and that his claim was, besides, grossly exaggerated and falsified. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants. _______________________________ IT IS STATED IN LIVERPOOL that the Liverpool Gas Company will be held responsible by the Mersey Dock Board for the recent destruction of the new landing-stage by fire. _______________________________ barb, ontario, canada.