... BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. DAMAGES 1,000/. In the the Court of Exchequer, on Saturday, Mrs. Harris, a widow, about 21 years of age, brought an action for breach of promise of marriage against gentleman, named Thomas, a few years her senior. Plaintiff had been living with her brother-in-law, Mr. Jon*s, who kept the Crown Inn at Aberdare, Glamorganshire, and there the defendant first became ...

... The supply of fat beasts to-day was small, and the quality only of the middling sort, but the best was in request and realized high prices. The sheep pens were filled, maintaining former prices. Plenty of pigs and well sold. Fat calves, more numerous.—Beef made 6d. to 7d.; mutton, 7d. veal, 7d. lo 7ld. ; pork, 5Jd. to 5Jd. per lb.; rough fat, ss. 6d. per stone, commencing Nov. 7. Hides—9* and ...

... Our Dudley correspondent communicates one of the moat extraordinary stories of crime we have ever heard of. On Thursday a person, dressed as a gentlemen, called several times at tbe house of reporter in the Midland Oountiea—our correspondent declines to be more explicit—and asked to see tbe reporter. That gentleman was from home, bat tbe evening he returned. He had scarcely got inside the door ...

... Agriculture at the Crtstal Palace.—The great in. crease of agricultural show* and other occasion* for public exhibition, in which the provender of cattle forms prominent feature, has prompted the suggestion by many influencial agriculturists, to the directors of the Crystal Palace Com* pany, that it would be good policy to offer prizes for a great exhibition of roots and other agricultural ...

... Prince Eaterhazy. the Marquis of Ailesbury, and Right Hon. Sidney Herbert arrived at Osborne on Saturday, on Her Majesty. Sunday Her Majesty. the Prince Conaort. Prioed I Alfred, Princess A lire. Princess Helena, and Prineeas Louisa, attended morning service at WbippinghamCbureh* The Rer. G. Proihero officiated. Monday morning, the Prince Consort, accompanied Prince Alfred and Prince Arthur, ...

... On Thursday the judges of the several Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, assembled in the Exchequer Chamber, for.the purpose of arranging and nominating. pursuant to the several acts of parliament and the authority of the Crown, the several circuits on which they would respectively proceed to hold the ensuing assize of oyer and terminer, and general gaol delivery, in and for ...

... COIJST OF CHANCERY, LiucolmVlkk, M.rch 21, 22, 29. [Before the Lords Jvsticii or ArrlAL. . LYDDON V. MOSS. This appeal from decision of the Master of the Rolls occupied the Court on Bsturday and the greater part of Monday and Tuesday, on which latter day was concluded, the Lords Justices intimating their intention of disposing of some time during the ensuing Easter Term. It the appeal of the ...

... Novelties in the Implement Department at Barerstreet.—The excellence of the carts and waggons the trustees of W. Crosskill are familiar to all our readers; but in the instance to which we now draw attention, they seem to have surpassed themselves. The light cart is one of the most useful and commodious vehicles that is possible to conceive, and so.general was the opinion at Baker-street, that ...

... CHRIST CHURCH ANNUAL TEA PARTY. The estimable Vicar of Wakefield, at the commencement of his auto-biography, places on record the opinion, that the man who trains family well and carefully does more for bis kind than who merely talks about earth's population. If this be true of the fathers of families, how great must the benefits conferred upon their generation and upon posterity, .by those ...

... The first ball of this season was held in the Assemblyrooms, Derby, on Thursday evening last, and was very well attended, there being nearly 120 present. The patroness was the Hon. Mrs. Drury Lowe, and the stewards the Hon. H. Anson Cavendish and Sir Henry S. Wilmot, Bart. We give the names of those present in the order in which they arrived, as nearly as we are enabled to do so Captain ...

... We have reason to believe that General Harney, the commander of the United States' forces in Oregon, took the step of placing military post on the Island of San Jnan on his own responsibility, and without instructions from tbe Federal Government at Washington. He bat declared the British antboritiei that he did because American eitixens bad been arretted on tbe itland, but that he did not mean ...

... From a statement published in the Morning Herald we learn that the following numbers of new peerages have been made by the two political parties since 1830 conservative ministebs. whig jobbers. Dukedoms - - 0 Dukedoms - - - Marquisates - - .0 Marquisates - - .5 Earldoms - - - 3 Earldoms - - - 19 Viscountcies - - - 4 Viscounties - - - 3 Baronies- - - - Baronies - - - 79 Conservative - -22 Whig ...