... I I ed MADID, Monday night. Ice This morning, at 9h. 29m. 30s., with a clear, cloud- Ied less sky, and bright sunny weather, a singular no phenomeaon startled the inhabitants of the Spanish mtt capital. They first noticed a bright flash like lightning, ng followed, after about a minute and ten seconds, by m- several loud, rambling reports, that made the windows and walls of houses shake, and ...

... (E INCREASE OF ANGLERS ON THE TRENT. ting on the above subject in the 17ish ing -ia.rette, -try Coxon, of Nottingham, says: the past twenty years the number of anglers X the waters of the River 'I rent in the great ytes of Nottingham, Derby. and Newark, to Sheffield, has increased, I really believe, of the stretches between Barton-on- irk are in the hands of angling lssoola- 'nd the cry ...

... ofral ?? IT is gratifying to note th tt the appeal which has been made on behalf of the St. Peter's Restoration and Extx nsiot Fund has up to the present met with a generous response but bearing iumind the fact tl'at a total sum, of about .8o000?. is required, the atrouinr.t tncN protintej mutt: Ie largely augmented in the near ftute. Thu list has n1ow, reached 1,5001., ifl eludilng donations ...

... 4nOryspoll yf . MELBOURNE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. ' Sir-Gentlemen of positions in this town (Church- F men) have an idea that if a scholar is transferred from I the Voluntary School to the Board School, the e Government grant to that scholar goes towards the Y relief of the MDelbourne ratepayer. Is this so? t SC3OL&R. I. -NOMINATION OF GUARDIANS. r Sir-May I thank through the columns of your ...

... A BRILLIANT EVENING GALLOP. Monday, March 16th-Met at Darley Moor. A wild and stormy morning-one of several consecutive days of old-fashioned March weather-did not improve our prospects of sport, and as we knew foxes are none too plentiful in this favourite district of the Meynell country, doubts were freely expresed as to where we should find. On our first visit to Snelston this season a good ...

... REGIMENTAL A OTHER I I OTES. Old customs die hard, but wev hfvo at length got rid of another of the absurd relics of'the days of the pipe- clay and pigtails, It is our pleasant duty (writes the military correspondent of a contemporary) to record the demise of the long shoulder, a method of carry- ing the rifle which was neither'elegant nor useful, which occasioned unnecessary work for the ...

... CONCERT AND PRIZE DISTRIBUTION. At the Albert Hall on Friday evening Sir Thomas Roe presided at the May Day concert given by the pupils and teachers of Mrs. Goudie's Middle Class School. There was a large attendance of past and present pupils and their parents, the proceedings being of the most enjoyable character. An admirable pro- gramme bad been arranged, the rendition of which reflected ...

... A 3DnTYr)T'K t'Krr- AT A- - APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. The usual weekly meeting of this Board was held on Tuegday, Mr. W. Harvey Whiston presiding. There were also present Mr. G. Bottomley (in the vice-chair), irs, Waters, the Revs. F. Utterson and J. Birks, and Messrs. Cbolerton, G. Bakewell, C. Smith, Ellis, Moy- g nan, J. Bancroft, Williamson, Copestake, Parr, Hefford, iF. S. Whitaker, ...

... ITHE LIE NING. LAWS COMMISSION. .y The Royal Commission on the liquor licensing i. laws sat again on Tuesday, under the presidency of ir Viscount Peel. Mr. Kenelm Digby, Permanent n, Under Secretary to the Home Office, gave to evidence with regard to the administration It of the laws on the question. He said a good deal of r difficulty arose in some counties in carrying out the J. licensing ...

... I-PRESENTATION TO THE REV. R. LETE11R3 IDGE FARMER. . . . . . _ At Ockbrook on Thursday evening, in the school- room, the Rev. R} Lethbridge Farmer, at present vicar of Sbardlow, but until recently ourate-in-churge at Orkbrook, was the recipient of an illuminated address and purse of money, subscribed for by friends in the district. The chair was taken by the Rev. J. B. Le Gassick, curate at ...

... SHARJDLOW BOARD OF GUARDIANS. I n o1- . . 8 1. I_. _ _ ch The fortnightly meeting of the Shardlow Board of Guardians was held at Shardlow on Monday, Mr. E. red Caaner, J.P., (lC., presiding. Mr. R. Finney, C.C., was r in in the vice-chair, and the other members present were in the Rev. J. Wadham, Mrs. Liohfeld -and Mrs. Hough- Dne ton, Messrs. Taylor, Dolman, Gadsby, Tivey, Mallalieu, 3 of . H ...

... GRIEVANCES OF RAILWAYMjj. Ie ' A ?? - - a . . . A- Tue Amalgamated Society of Railway Seryatits har,. now received answers from most of ihe railwey ciCln- panies of the United Kingdom to the demansds rnarto by the signalmen, goods guards, brakesmeii, anol shunters, for a reduction of hours. The circuilar formulating the men's demands were forwarued to the directors, general managers, and ...