... MILANCHOLY SiIPWRECK-ONE HUN- DBED AND FOR TY-EIGHTLIVESLOST. (From the Quebec McrculoI of May 22.) It egaini becomes our duty to record a calamity lovely- bul ing destruction of human life to an awful extent. Four of tbecrew and f'our of the passengers of tihebrig Minstrel, I Captain Oucerbridge, arrived here yesterday, bringing the disastrous intelligecfle, ef which the following in an ac- ' ...

... I -D - - , W-E.DNBSDAY, JUNE 9, 1841. .the Our advertising columns of this day contlt * addresses of Sir GEORGE CB];wr, Ba't and an9 HURT, to the electors of South Derbyshi're, aD cing their determination to retire from the repre ?? of our County on a dissolution tino efent parliament; and also the addresses of Orthe Prcsld ~r. COa.Vs, declaring their inten- fir0 J ~ tt a c andidathat ...

... IERBY MIRCURY| I~ rf ?? lo - ~ ~ ~ uW., The adjourned debate 'on Sir ROBERT PEEL's pmv( Resolution :- That her Majesty's Ministers do not takii sufficiently possess the confidence of the House of -re Commons to enable them to, carry through. the tutic house measures 'which they deem of essential im- old portauce to the, public welfare; and that their coni- b.ro tiurance in office under ...

... ELECTIONEERING HOAX at ASHBY-DE- LA-ZO UCH. To THE EDITOR, OF TE DERBY AZU'tZRY. Sir-Our quiet but truly loyal town was on Saturday last the scene of a somewhat curious hoax. For some days previously the walls had been placarded with the announcement that Lord Waterpark and Mr. Gisborne, the friends of the people, would make a public entry into the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch on that day, ...

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... THE CONSTITUENT'S CATEcMITSt. Question-What is meant by free trade? Answer-The undue encouragement of the productions of other countries, in competition wvith our own; for ex- ample-the corn of Russia, the sugar of Brazil, and the timber of the Baltic. Q-Who are the advocates for free trade? A.-Certain manufacturers of Manchester, and philoso- phers in other places; the former in pursuit of ...

... I The following admirable addresses have been put forth by the Society for the Protection of Agriculture, in answer to the clap-traps circulated by the anti-corn-law league THE CoRN-LAws.-Repealers say the corn-law is a tax on bread-a law for the advantage of the few-a cruel and unjust act of oppression, &c. Now, so farfrom this being the case, it is a tax net on, but for, bread; not ...

... I I[FROM A C6tRfESPONDENT.] I TH.REE sUsBLES SHEWN UP BY COMSMION SENSE FACTS. Ist. The proposed fixed duty of Ss. per qr. on wheat. This will be a tax seithoet protection on ordinary seasons, and a tax with oppression in seasons of scarcity. The most inveterate enemies of the existing corn-laws assert, truly, that a total repeal would not cheapen the quartern loaf one-fifth, or sixpence a ...

... | a, BBIBERY AT NOTTINGHAM. TO THE liON. THE ColItMOVS, OF THE UNITED KSINODON 0Or GREAT BRITAIN AlnD IRELAND IN PARLIAOOENT.*RSSKMLIC10 The humble-petition, of Eldward Plilbeam Cost, of'Mid- dleton-place, in the parish of Linton, in the county of Nottingham,.bobbinl and ?? Showeth-That your petitioner is a freeman of the borough Of ]Nottinghams, and..has been~accustomed for several ye~nto ...

... ANTICIPATORy INrESTIGATION. INSOLVENT DEBTORiS' COHIIT, SESTEMIDER, 1841. (From the Aiiceos.) William Melburn, a portly, good_,hUmaured, farmaer-like looking person, who petitioned the Court Ito be reliived from inj his embarrassments as long ago as may, 18d9, but who baa Of onlyrecently flied Ills schedule in consequdnee (as the ~affidavit Q upon which he obtained leave to file it frankly ...

... T Uk EDITOR? n o th, bq7h9lB Y AERCU1B Y. Tissington, j1,ly 25th, 1841. If the following article vill amuse your readers you will perhaps insert, it in U'our next. your', finthfullly, RODE tT FAYhER. May 22d, 1841. TO THE REV. B. FAYltER, CURATE OF TSSINTOrStN. Rev. Sir-Some of our young people are in the habit of coming to Tissingtsn on Holy Thursday to witness the celebration of a miracle ...

... DEBBY l'OWN COUNCIL. On Wednesday last a meeting of the Derby Town Council was held in the Town-hall. Thle attendance was small. BOROUGH 131i5Ovt5VENT BILL. On the motion of M-ir. JOHNSON, seconded by Dr. FOBEeTER, a petition to the House of Commons in favor of this tyrannical bill was adopted; 22 members voting for, and 11 against it. The names of the dissentients are-Mr. BainbriggeMr. Eaton ...