... POOR LAW-GILBERT'S ACT. I The following is a copy of a Petition presented to the House of Commons on Thursday last by MIr. COLVILE, praying that the Incorporations formed under Gilbert's Act, in Derbyshire, may not be dissolved. There are 40 parishes directly interested in the maintenance of the Gilbert's Unious-27 in the Alstonefield, and 13 in the Brassington Incorporation-and we think every ...

... HORRIBLEMURDER AND MUTILATION OF A FLMALE. From an early hour on Wednesday morninrg, a fooling of most intense interest and excitement was occasioned in the villages of Roehampton and Potney, and tire surrounding neighbourhood of Surrey, fin consequence of the discovery of' a murder of a most frightful and appalling nature, and which, in the annals of crime, baa only been equalled in atrocity ...

... DREADFUL MURDER AT STANLEY| NEAR DERBY. a On Friday last, being market-day, oar town was in a h- state of' great excitement and interest owing to the an- tis noureement of a horrible murder having been committed Dd at Stanley, in this county, and in the course of the day the following hand-bill was circalated, Yiz.- [r. WILFUL DIiTYlDEn,-100 POUNDS RFlWAIID. e. Whereas the dwvelling-house of' ...

... DERBYSHIRE JANUARY SESSIONSt 1842.| -0 These Sessions commencedyesterday (Tuesday.) The following Magistrates were present:- JOHN BALOUy, Esq., Chanitit. Henry S. Wilmot, Esq. Charles Clarke, Esq. John Radford, Esq. Anthony Strutt, Esq. Francis Hurt, Esq. Charles Arkwright, Fsq. John Bell Crompton, Esq. Jedediah Strutt, Esq. Godfrey Meynell, Esq. Gilbert Crompton, Esq. Sir Henry Fitz Herbert, ...

... PUBLIC MEETING-BOROUGHS IMPROVE. I MAENT BILL. on Monday last, a public mreeting of tile inhabitants of Derby, held, pursuant to a Requisition, and advertised, con- trory to all former precedent, only in the Raedical paper pub- a lislied in the town, was convened by tie Mayor for thle purl-a pose of taking into consideration THE. BOROUGHSi IMPRiOVE- b OiEiV-TiiE BII~i~NGS ?? the De~iAIN-5E ...

... RURALJ POLICE. REtDUCTION OF T}II FORCE. o An adjourned sessions of the imagistaites flor the county of Nottingham was held onI Thursday lest at'Southwell, on thle subject of the rural[ police,. Trm tlim ~e it was~flret pro. be posed to put the provisions ofthe Constabulary Force Actal inlt( operation in that county it had bean a vexata questio. . In the early part of 1840 many diecuesious ...

... I (From the Globe.) The recent occurrence at the Hotel Bedford, Paris, in which the sanctity of the bed-chamber of a young English lady of family and fortune was violated under circumstances so aggravated as to be almost without a parallel, has created the most extraordinary sensation among the families of the nobi- lity and gentry of Devonshire, to many of whom she is per- sonally known. It ...

... f DERBYSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES, JuLY 25. On Monday, soon after one o'clock, the High Sheriff of the County, JAMiES SUTTON, Esq. arrived in Derby, e attended by a very large and influential body of gentle- tmen from Shardlow Hall, where a number of his friends had been entertained by him at breakfast. In the evening the High Sheriff proceeded to meet the Judges, attended by a numerous cavalcade of ...

... DREADFUL MURDBR AT MIANSFIELD, NEAR NOTTINGHIAML I~~ ?? ,- . I 1 On Friday morning ast tile peaceful little town of Mansfield was thrown into a state of consternation by the discovery of one of the most dreadful and cold- blooded murders ever recorded. The hapless victim of this atrocious deed was a young woman, in tier 20th year, named Salary Hallam, the daughter of a lubouner, who has ...

... POLICE OFFICE, DERBY. - ;. ' March 14.-John Harris was brought before the Mayor and Magistrates at the Justice-room, in the Market.place, charged with attempting to pick the pockets Of peeorta u- sembled in St. tarytsrgatey on Sunday morning, on the occa- sion of the Judge attending at Allaints' ?? as a rogue and vagabond to the house of correctlon fort tlste calendar months, JoMa Horrobin, ...

... e STAFFORDSHIRE, TuESDAY Ocr. 11. Y Mr. Baron P~asc and Mr. Baron ROLFE, sentenced s the rioters already convicted. The sentences were- c Transportation for life, five; fifteen years, three; ten syears, three; Imprisonment fortwo years, one; twenty months, one; eighteen ditto, one; fifteen ditto, one f twelve ditto, eight; aide ditt, Iwo; eight ditto, two; six ditto, sixteen; five ditto, to; ...

... I IBRBY JANUARY SESSIONS. I TUESDAY, JANUARY, 18, 1842. (Held before JOHN BALGUY, Esq. Recorder.] lia These Sessions were held yesterday, at the County On Hall, Derby. the The Court was opened with the usual formalities; after Inc which the learned R1ECORDER addressed the gentlemen of lo the grand jury (of which JOHN BRO~nLnY, Esq. was the Foreman), on the nature of the calendar.. su The first ...