... A WOMAN OF SEVENTY TEAR ? SENTENCED TO PENAL SERVITUDE. Mary Clark or Cleary and Elizabeth Cleary or Adam (the former being an old woman about 70 youis of age, and the latter a young woman about 20 years of age), were charged at the Dundee Circuit Court on the 7th inst., before Lords Neaves and Jerviswoode, with having on Saturday, the 28th November last, stolen a vest from a shop in Mid ...

... The Chicago Tribune gives tho particulars of a terrible scene which occurred on the 26th ult. in the Cook County Gaol. In one cell there were five young cojoured men, named George AVashington (No. 1), ( ;,OI'ge AVashington (No. 2), Benjamin AVilson, John Williams, and Charles Pile. They were accused of various crimes, ranging from burglary to petty larceny. In accordance with the rules, or in ...

... EXPORTS FOR MARCH. | Most of the merchants and brokers at the docks have complained during the past month that trade was ex- tremely dull, and at nearly all the collieries of the coal masters the output has been small compared with the output of 1868. The arrivals and departures at the port have been below the average, although some of the vessels have been of a high register tonnage. With the ...

... A LIBEL CASE.-At Leeds, on Wednesday, an action Was brought by Mr. Dunning, surveyor for the borough of Middleaborough, against the editor of the Middlesborough News, for a libel. The article complained of severely censured Mr. Dunning's appointment as surveyor, which office it declared him to be quitfr incompetent to fill on account of his multifarious occupations as ironmaster, manager of ...

... 3Jlat|Iift5. LONDON CORN MARKET.—MONDAY. Last weeks supplies were generally moderate. Ex- ports, 2,694 qrs. barley 287 qrs. oats. English peas, 4,733 qrs.; foreign, 5,481 qrs. The show of samples this morning on the Essex and Kentish stands was mode- rate, and the condition generally fair. There was great dulness in the trade, and, though factors made offers of from Is. to 2s. par qr. decline, ...

... The elections in Portugal have resulted largely in favour of the Government. There is a rumour at Lisbon that the Marquis de Sa da Bandiera intends to resign, but the cause assigned does not warrant any belief in the report. AMERICAN DRINKING.—An eminent American phy- sician has published some interesting statistics concern- ing the drinking habits of that country. Taking the population at 40 ...

... RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRMAN. The annual meeting of the Board was held on Thursday, at which there were present —Messrs. G. T. Clark, G. Martin, D. Rosser. R. Harrison, W. Harris, J. Jones, W. Jones, and D. Davies, the old members, and Messrs. A. J. Morris, T. Williams, W. L. Daniel, and J. W. James. Mr. G. T. Clark toek the chair, and said it wis his duty as the returning officer to inform the ...

... James Thomas Gambier, and William Rumble, were charged at the Central Criminal Court with unlawfully conspiring together to obtain a large sum of money from Nicholas M. Maxwell, under the false pretence that they could procure for him the acceptance of a contract by the Lords of the Ad- miralty, with intent to defraud. The prisoner Gam- bier surrendered—the other prisoner was in custody. The ...

... THE CASE OF BENJAMIN HIGGS. In Judges' Chambers on Monday, before Mr. Justice Brett, there was an interpleader summons by the Sheriff of Middlesex, levied at Till-End House, Teddiogton, where the notorious delinquent, Benja. min Higgs, kept his establishment. The plaintiff had obtained judgment and levied an execution, but just before the levy the Guarantee Society en- tered and sold a portion ...

... SHOCKING MURDER IN LONDON. On Saturday, a shocking murder took place in the Fleet Lane, Farringdon Road, London. It appears that a woman, named Stallion, living at 33, Fleet Lane, has been for some time past on intimate terms with a man, named Tillett, a coal porter. On Satur- day morning, a son of the woman, about nine or j ten years of age, was released from Holloway prison, where he had ...

... THE CARBER OF A CRIMINAL. At Bow-street, on the 2nd inst., George:Roberts, a man about 60 years of age, was brought up on a writ of habeas corpus from Wandsworth prison, where he is now undergoing a sentence of three months' im- prisonment as a rogue and vagabond, on the charge of being at large before the expiry of a sentence of transportation for life, which had been passed upon him in the ...

... The weekly meeting of this Board was held on Satur- day E. W. David, Esq., in the chair. There were also present: Aldermen Pride, Bird, and Alexander; the Revs. C. Lewis and V. Saulez Messrs. P. Bird, T. H. Ensor, R. Cory, C. French, W. Ainsley, Thomas Williams, E. Evans, and M. Morgan. The MASTER of the Workhouse reported that during the week 29 paupers had been admitted, and 46 discharged, ...