... CURIOUS B3REACII OF PROMISE OF AIARRIAGE. NIEWCASTLE ASS IZES.-MlAsICTur1 [ Ilefire Bayon AuTcaRSON.] Ic sonas V. 2'utrnbdlI and wife. This was anl action for a breach of promise of marriage brought hr Mir. James Nicholson, of Newcastle, against MIrs. Marny Tisr~ii ull, ?? thy, hier husbandlbeing joieli i for con - foiirnit yv. T'bc ilfemlans ito 1aded the gesserol issue. INI r. UnALLr stated ...

... q?551'c filtellignim CLAtRE ASSIZES. Arnsox2-DIesTsruTIo ?? ?? Darcy,Bridojet T'rawley, anid 3ary Power, three vyetsig girls, were convicted of the ?? of settieg fire to dwelhlsg-lhouses. T'ie evi- deuce ilt eacit case Nvent to show ?? the prisonersconisnitted this criute for the purposc of iseitig arrested, in order to get into prisot, where they wtould be fed, the poor-houses in the ...

... BELFAST POLICE COURT.-TUESDAY. [13efore WV. S. TRcACEY, ESq.] IToatING FOR IcUI.cT'rS.-SiX yaocccg lacds-named Flynn, Robhicasoi, .M Canii, Mlawlhincccev, Daly, and Oliver-wvere seitenced ceach to pity a fine of 2s. Gd. and costs, or to be im- praisoni d three dlays, for assaultilig Henry B3rown and his ser- vant, D3enis M'I arnnn, uinder the followinig circurnstances: -The prisoners ...

... .JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THIE PRIVY COUNCIL. GORCHAM 51. TurE BisEIop or EXEITER. TMP ORTAXTr JUDGSIELNT. A SPECIAL maeeting of the JUdiicial Committee of Pr-ivy. Couni- Cil was held on Fridayvafternoonl, at thle Council Chamuber, Downing-street, for the purpose Of giving judgment onl the apipeal from the Conrt of ArbchS in this imnpor rant and long litigated case. The members of the committee ...

... a.55i-C EnteffilmCe. LlIER[CKI ASSIZES..-MARCHi o. FORGERY. John Grahan, alias llenry Dixon, a respectshle-looltitg man, abhout45 years of age, was indlicted for forging a plate, purporting to be a plate uscd for tile strililig of notes for the sumn of £1, to reseiiille the ntotes of the Blank of Ireland. After the first witness, James Keioglh, bad becn exanilied, tile prisoner addressed t he ...

... oloile EntelfilYnce. KING'S COUNTY ASSIZES. Johin Ryan was indicted on Wednesday for the wilful mur- der of Staff-sergearst James Grant, on the 2nd of November, 1848. John Lalor, ans approver, proved the case. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty. His lordship proceeded to pass the extreme sentence of the law on the tniliappy culprit. The prisoner hear(l the sentence unmoved. At the couclu- ...

... BELFAST POLICE COUIRT.-TUESDAY. [Before Sir Wms. G. JOHNsON and the MAYOR.] AssAU LTON A CONSTABIs.E.-oscph1 IHenry was seateneed to pay a tine of 20s. aml costs, or he confined 14.davs, for assaulting a, constable, who came to arrest him on a charge of larceav. The prisoier cut the knee of the constable's troesers, en(d struck him violently *i ith his fist. JUVENiLE DEiPneDAToR.-David Miller, ...

... Labn. COURT OF C[iANCEIRY.-DUBLIN, TUESDAY. AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK-IMPORrANT CASE. Hamillon MllCormack v. Dawsonanod aiMars. Mr. HUGou S, Q.C., stated that the hilln hthis ease was filed On the 11Hl of July, 1848, by the plaintiff, Mr. IlHanilton NI'Cormiack, against the defendant lnid others, iflaiitiffs in a cause instituted for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the ...

... Mzfn flitelligruce. . COUNTY ANTRIM ASSIZES. CROWN COURT. an vrrickferq is, Friday, Miarceh 15. AT ten o'clock tti6 moriltig, the Riglht Ms. Jistice'PencrN accomlpanied by the I1igh Sheriff and tile usual escort, entered tue Crown Court. Herr Mllajesty's conlyniseioll leaviog beeis read over by W. BdOuRNE, Esq., Clerk of the Crown. the Grand Jury were re-sworn in the sanite order'as published ...

... Friday, Mlarch 15. The lI-on. Justice C11o..PTuN took bis seat is this court to-day atiout twelve o'clock, and immnedistelir proceedled to try ,appeals. The only, ones of interest were the forllowing Cr rnzpbell, e~raltplani; the Lhrlfast 1W1ater comnmissioners, rvevpondents. Ini this case tile appellant, for whomn Mr. BiRNirr appeared, claimiedl damnages for 1loss su,tained by bin, in ...

... A5,5ian Kntcff?.qrllcf. BltEACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. A cAsE of this Lind was tried at York Assizes, on Tuesday, Thle 11'aintiff, Miss Emily Franccs Laycocir, is a daughter of a manufacturer, in'Shellelid, and tbce defendant, Mr. Edwin rickslay, enl attorney at Wak~efeldl. ?? 1843, thle plhiitiff, boein about 23, and tile defendant about 22, became ac- equainted through a brother of the ...

... MURDER OF AMR'. JOHN WOOTLSEY, OF CLOUNAGII- HIOUSB, NEA U PORTADOWN. Fr is 7our pitafiti (Inty, to-lay, to record n most cold-blooded mnurder, commiltted ott' TL's'iiay night last, the victim being Mr. Jotin WVoolsey, a geiticiolan of rallier Opulent ciretlln- stances, who resiield oste mile fromn Portodowvn, otlt the Icoil- ilitg road to A ir agh. Mr. Woolsey liad gone to the -s.oa gig ?? ly ...