The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1871-11-17 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

ACTION BY A NIKTH WIFE FOR DIVORCE. SALT LlliF. MY, U.T., October 30—H. S. Eldridge, of the Bank of Deseret, and William Jennings, of Zion's Coperative Institution, were accepted ai sureties on the bail bond of Mayor Daniel Welts. The mot ion for bail in the cases of Stout and Kimball Is still under consideration by the Court. The cast of Clayton against Clayton, being an action f, r divorce and alimony instituted by the wife of William Clayton, is on the docket for to-morrow Clay ton is the Territorial Auditor. The point at present raised is a demurrer to the jurisdiction ef the United States Court, the delence claiming that matters of this nature telong exclusively to the Probate Court. The plaintiff is Clayton's ninth wife, and a suit for divorce before a United States Court cannot, of course, be maintained. It is ex pected that the testimony on the merits of the c e will be curious; and if it be admitted that tb. plaintiff is defendant's wife, it will leave him op.,  On Friday, in the Court of Exchequer, sitting at nisi prius—before Mr. Baron Martin and a Middlesex common jury—the ease of Hallam tt. Owen " was set down for hearing. It was an action for a breach i of promise of marriage, and was brought by a young lady, daughter of an hotel keeper, residing at Crickhowell, in Breconsbire, to recover damages from the defendant, described as a traveller to Messrs. Davis and Son, tea brokers, of Liverpool. The acquaintance commenced during the time that the defendant was travelling for orders in South Wales, and, gradually ripening from friendship to love, Miss Hallam became the accepted suitor of the defendant in October, 1869. Matters went on very smoothly until the following April. when it became known to the defendant that the plaintiff's father was in pecuniary difficulties, and from that time he discontinued his correspondence with her. He stated, in reply to a letter from Miss Hallam, that the reason of his breaking off the engagement with her was that her father had got embarrassed. It was stated that not fewer than 63 letters, couched in the most affectionate terms, had passed between them. An amicable arrangement was, however, come to between the parties in the case.  The sale of that part of Woolwich Dockyard which is ordered for disposal it is now expected will not take place until next month. ity the substitution of coal for coke on the South W.. tern Ha, lway a saving of not less than £30,000 per annum has been effected.  It is stated that the pension of theists Controller of the Navy, A.liniral Sir Spencer Robinson, Lai been increased to £970 per annum.  The post of principal muter shipbuilder at Chatham Dockyard will shortly become vacant by the rctirem. nt.of Mr. Philip Thornton.  Suwon Major J. P. Brougham, M.D., has been p nutted to retire from the service on a pension af £550 per annum from October Ist. Dr. Jamei Carttnell, master of Christ's College, Cambri.ige, ha. been appointed one of the new cocooning, boa. of Shrewsbury School.  On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Sheriff Truscott was „ . ip Al car. of L:ver i lie sni.ool, IN:Li If/Mt!' ii.l ) elected an Alderman of the Ward of Dowgate, in the room of Sir Robert Carden, who has removed :Healy on Tuesday, disma-ted. to that of Bridge Without. At the Dublin Commission Court, cia Tuesd iv 1 Despatches were received on Saturday at the morning, Robert Rely, who was on Friday acquit Colonial Office from the Governors of Ceylon, Hong eof the charge of murdering Constable Talbot, Kong, Labua, and the Straits Settlements. Des- was charged with tiring at Mullen, a policeman. who arrested him. Oa the application of ho patches were sent to the Governor General of Canada and to the Governors of the West African SettleSolicitor General the trial was fixed for the 6th of ments. December.