... MliACii OF PRuMISfi CASE. In the Court of Common Pleas, on Friday, an action was brought by Miss A. L. Senele, against Tom Dennis Kendall, to recove • damasres for breach of a prom is* marriage and the defendant, a.mongother things pleaded that the plaiutilfh el released him from his promise. Mr. Ser'eani BallantineandMr. ButlerRigby appeared for the p ain iff; and Mr. Digby Seymour, Q. C., ...

... [TO THE EDITOR OF THE MONMOUTHSHIE MERLIN.] SIF ,-My anxiety to see a better feeling exist between employer and employed, in the Iron Works in Stafford- shire, must plead my excuse for attempting to urge my views (peculiar though I fear they will be thought by many) to the notice of the iron masters and iron workers. I have for a long time been convinced that the sliding scale of wages, ...

... LONDON LETTER. ;JlltTww-AS riSriiACT10NS, AND A LrrERAET MAN AT A C'HKlSTJatffjpAS'XY.—DlWICULTIltS Dr THE NEWSPAPER JW KOW. — CsRjSIM-LS PuDIlfcV' IN THE LONDON IiS iOXICATIOKaV THE SEASO-V. The great diff. salty is to settle down I mean to set- tle dawn to work. The insatiable maw of the London press, which, like the daughters ot 'he horseleech (an inol parent, only know a ir- society ...

... NEWPORT, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1865. THERE was more discussion at the Monmouth- shire Railway Company's meeting on Wednes- day last, than usually arises when the dividend proposed is 6i per cent. When shareholders are called together to hear explanations from Directors as to why no more than 21 or 3 per cent. could be squeezed out of the gross receipt8 for dividend-or, still worse, to be ...

... HOW MUCH WE KNOW Poos ancients! some few centuries ago Man crawled upon the earth, how dull, how slow No steam, no rail to bear him o'er the earth, Or open sea. no book of brimming mirth; The earth was flat and fixed, the stars faint lights, As farthing rushlights for the winter nights; For portraits, shadows traced upon the dooi, A fire ofwo-d, and fruit the only store; Yet. strange to say, ...

... LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. WEEK DAYS. SUN- lst2d lst2d 1,2,3 1,2,3 lst2d Ist2,1 1,2,3 STATIONS. class class class class class class class p m. p.m. a.m. a.m. am. a.m. a.m. Edinburgh 4 15 9 30 Preston 3 42 8 20 10 012 25 8 30 Liverpool 11 15 4 0 7 30 9 0 10 30 1 15 9 30 Leeds. 8 0. 8 0 10 45 7 0 Manchester 10 55 7 50 9 30 10 45 1 30 9 20 Crewe 9 0 10 45 12 30 3 40 Ll 30 Shrewsbury ar. 3 ...

... THE public will hail with satisfaction the with- drawal of all opposition to the Alexandra Dock Scheme by the Newport Town Council, and the adoption of a petition in its favour. When we last week drew attention to this matter we scarcely expected so prompt and thorough a change of tactics -though we believed the good sense of the Council would ultimately override the oppositious spirit of two ...

... It is, we believe, considered indisp,ensable by most ladies, that to insure a good cup of Lea, the infusion should be made ivith young leaves, as they alone possess great strength and choice flavor. The ingenious Chinese with a view 'o disguise and get rid cf brown withered sorts, 'face' he leaves with mineral colour, consequently it is evident that those who desire tea reliable for strength ...

... Letters from Munich describe the sanitary etate of that city in alarming terms. Malignant quiusqy and typhus are causing sad ravages, and the cholera is rather spreading. It appears from the Comptes de la Justice Criirinelle that the number of criminals surrendered by foreign go- vernments (not including England) to France fron 1851 to 1862 both years inclusive, in virtue of the extraction ...

... SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF FORTY LIVES. The Governor-General of Algeria has received the fol- lowing telegraphic despatches relative to the shipwreck of the mail steam packet Borysthene, from the general commanding the province of Oran:- Or an, Dec. 19.—Immediately after I announced to you yesterday the loss of the Borysthene, which had only then reached me, several Spanish feluccas were despatched ...

... THE BEGINNING OF THE END IN MEXICO.—Under this heading tho Observer of Sunday has the foil wing communicated paragraph:—The Empress Charlotte has left Mexico for Europe en route by Yucatan. The French Emperor is apprehensive lest Maximilian should shortly follow his consort, and has prevailed on Senor Hidago, th Mexican minister in Paris, to proceed to Mexico and endeavour to dissuade ...

... CRICKHOWELL. PETTY SESSIONS.—FRIDAY. [Before Captain PARKINSON, Captain HOTCHKISS, Sir JOSEPH BAILEY, and ROBERT PARKES, Esq.] DRUNK AND RIOTOUS.—Edward Kenefer, of Gilwern, and William Jones, of the same place, charged with beim; drunk and riotous, were each fined 5s. and costs.— William Bevan, similarly charged, was fined Is. and costs; and Walter Bevan, for a like offence, was fined 10s. ...