... BREXAH OF PROMISE OFBMARRIAGE. f ?? - -. .4 MARY JOSEPHINE RUSSELL Vi. PATRICK THOMAS SHORT-, ALL.-Thig was nau action' in the exchequer nisi pmrius, Dublin, on'Tuesday, for.breach of promise of marriage. Damages were.,leid ;-t £300. Plaintiff averred in her declaration that, in Contemplation of the marriage, she -had resigned the situation which she held as sahool. mistress in ?? munon.. ...

... -be M__r. -Smi-th: O'Bdien has been jo)ined by his wife and d;children at Brussels.-LintericAk 6'/rocicle. set If a cab is hired by a pretty girl who has seen better -! ay.eishet be considered as a reduced fare ? er What part do the moon's borns play in thle Music ofr eir the Spheres; or, are they included in the band of the r GM Orionu? 5 At. Mr. George Thompson, late M.P. for the Tower Ham ...

... A CURIOUS PENNY. TO TUB EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. Gentlomcn,-Seeing in the LierCporl .Aretcurg ofto-day an account of a curiou8 pcniy being founs ienia!ds nlic of a youlg friend of mine (young then) losing one about 40 years ago. Itwvas ade from two old peonies, turned aisliitt(dtogether by a hinge, not a screw, a-s you decribe. Ile was a watebheso makler, nid used to amiuse himself by ...

... Gov'FRNMENT CARE OF oUtR TiiooPs IN TIlE EAST.- I Large supplies of vegetables have arrived at Balaclava. I An order has been transmitted to freight a ship of 250 v or 350 tons from Venice to Balaclava, half with potatoes, t and half with onions. Another lias been sent to Trieste v for a cargo of fresh vegetables and for clothing. Inquiries s have been instituted as to the possibility of ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16. The Lord Chancellor took his seat upon the woolsack a few minutes after two o'clock. IOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL. The report on this bill was brought up. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGE protested against the report being received at that time, and expressed his determination of opposing it. 'the LouD CHANCELLOR showed, in opposition to Lord Ellenborough, that ...

... I WAR MISCELLANY, 1 In Nottingham, 176 recruits have been enlisted from the 1st to the 21st of November. The Earl of Ellesmere is about to send out his capacious I and swift-sailing yacht to the Crimea, filled with provisions ! and clothing for tbe-army. A private in the 93rd Highlanders, writing to his father ia Caithnes9, informed him that the sheet of paper forming his letter had cost him ...

... ed The United States mail steamer Atlantic, Captain West, tb ed arrived in the Mersey on Wednesday, from New York, with ca, id, 280,000 dollars in specie, and advises from that city to the evi he On the 28th tit. at four p.m. in let. 42.48, Ion. 68.23, she to cy passed the royal mail steamer Africa, hence for New York. tio og Shortly before six o'clock this evening, the steamship wL ed Canada ...

... U U ant O- - gforeig anb colonial Im5i%ceiantg, AUSTRIAN RAILWAYS-It is stated that the negotiations hi between the Austrian Government and a well-known Paris of capitalist, for the construction of railroads, have been brought pi to a successful termination. a AoGs oF AMERICAN POETS.-J. K. Paulding, 75; H. Dana, w 67; 0. Sprague, 63; W. C. Bryant, 60; Ralph Waldo Emer. hi Pe eon, -1; N. P. ...

... - PEAOE COUNSELS.: : q I.,.eThre are'few minds that do not 'contemplate cal with painful- emotions the calamities of war.- The will resentment -excited against a supposed enemy way AT overbear for. a time the thought of the sufferings occasioned-by the comnmencement of hostilities; and ioh the so-calledglory of a victory, won in the -most 'ity disa togeous circumstances by the stubbornor h ...

... 3LOcal autf faiwilaurou .F4. .1-1-1-1-111-1--, -1.1-1-1-1 ---------- JULLIEN AT THE PHILHARMtONIC.--M. Jullien gave his last concert for the season at the Philharmonic Hall, Foun- lain-street, on Saturday evening. The house,tbough not overcrowded, as we generally have found on such occasions, nevertheless conteaied a large audience, and the performances elicited throughout the warmest applause ...

... ., .. - . -1 .. - - - - I. - , - - - - - - - - , . ?? ?? ?? 1. - ?? 'ti ? iinll cu tntess of Derby have been entertaining n mclict -ircft ait Kniowsley. Lord Stanley, M.p., juille A tiIC ?? (II1 ?? tday. a p~kTII OliTIiJ FtC~.-The workmnen employed as~ lock aitd ti hinlgc mlifhrs by Mir. James Billingo, of Ashiton, near 0 Ivigntl, vn'lscliblod, on Saturday last, X2O 3s. 6d. to this f fund ; ...

... By a curious and probably an involuntary c incid*nce, the anniversary of the battle of Austerlitz has witnessed the conclusion of a treaty att Vienna between France slid Auiria against the power of Russia, nod the 2nd of December hats an other claii to be ranked amiong the fortunate days of the era of Napoleon. Indeed, what- ever ihe the exact tcrms and privisions of this treaty, it is an ...