... -- - ?? ?? WRTlA V~ HALF-YEARLY MEETING Y L'tUA . (Fron our own Reporter.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company was field in the Board Room at the Railway Station, Derby, yes- terday; the Chairman (S. Beale, Esq., M.P.) presiding. There was a large attendance of shareholders. The usual preliminaries having been observed, the report, an abstract of which lies already appeared in our ...

... Dr. Heodgson's second lecturo to tle members of tbo Midland Institute was On the importance of Social EBconomic Science as part of general education. Havina to clear away a few prelimlinalry mlliscolnceptions or mis- representations, the first of these which the Doctor dealt with was the belief that the business of tle science is to expolund great and unrelenting laws, by the operation of ...

... 'Ail, ?ttapfl ita II. TEE VACANT CAteONErEs. - Tb, Lord Chancellor has bestowed the canonry of Bristol Cathedral, vacant by the death of the late Rev. John Stirtees, on the Rev. John Guthrie, Prebendary of Salisbury, vicar of Calne, Wilt- shire, and domestic chaplain to the Marquis of Lansdowne. The new canon, who is said to hold what are termed Low Church opinionsI, beats the reputation of ...

... A EUROPEAN ALLIANCE AGAINST - ENGLAND. The Univers publishes a third and final article on British dominion in Asia. It commences bylamenting that France does not possess her natural alliances. As the eldest and first of Catholic nations, according to M. Veulillot, she ought to form, with her sister nations, an indissoluble bond, the force of which in Europe would counterbalance through- out ...

... LATEST NEW S. (By E iCVt;C1 I/CrribstiOil(I I'dtW(5P8.) OFFIcE, TEMPLES BUILDIGS, Nan ST:iEET. I N D I A. The Peninsular and Oriental Steamu Navigation Compan)y have received the following telegram:- `1MARSrIL,5EsL-TEIO Panther, with Bombay mails, ar- rived at midnighlt on Tuesday. Mails left for London at ten amii. yesterday. Passengers in quarantine for forty hours. AMERICA. The Europa, ...

... Yesterday morning the venerable Archdeacon Sandford delivered his annual visitation charge to the clergy within the Arcledeaconry of Coventry, at St. Pilip's church, in this borough. After the celebration of the customary morning service, a large number of clergymen responded upon their names being called, and thero was also a goodly proportion of the laity present. At the conclusion of the ...

... da.&repaltencte. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Aftflleres intended fbo publication must be accompanied by the names and addresses of the writers, not necessarily for publfiafcon, but for the informn-ation, of the Edilor. Correspondents who set apy special value upon their com- muacatious mast keep copies of thesn, aes we cannot under- take to return ussused contributions. J. W., Ssiffnal. We ...

... IpMrTANT ENGAGE.tENTS AND SERIOUS LOSSES. . ?? rdater part of the folo ving despatches appeared iui [ o' 0 dllitioll only of ycstedaity's Post.] 't15 posflt iniessage, datted May I0, has been received t thle Iidii 1Homse:- a ). ])ickiiISonI, EsL., East Illdia House. SiatteS r, pear to be progressing satisfactorily inl Oude. iaer of principal Talookdars have inade their sub- A to tihe Chief ...

... THE OPIUM TRAFFIC WITH CHINA. PUBLIC MEETING AT THE TOWN HALL. A public meeting was held on Tuesday night, at the Town Hall, to consider the propriety of petitioning Pariiamient for the total suppression of the growth of opium in British India, for consumption in China. The MAYOR (J. Ratchil' Esq.,) occupied the chair; and there were also present, the Rlevds. W. Cockin, G. Lea, Burgess, ...

... Birmingham is getting more and more into the delirium of loyalty consequent upon the coming of her Majesty. Galleries are springing up in unexpected places, forests of timber are being deposited ready for use, flag-staffs are appearing here and there, and little rehearsals with bits of bunting, just to try the effect, are being got up in the twilight, giving earnest of great gorgeousness ...

... LAT ST NEWS. (ByE ELctric mced Intecnational 'ete)orath.) Oi-scx, TsMrLu BUILDINGs, Nrwv &rter. THE TIMES DESPATCH. VIENNA, Tuesday, November 30th. Adviecs have been received from Corfu to the 2Idth inst. The ten deputies of Corfu have protested against the statelni lit of Sir John Young, that the inhabitants of Corfh desire incorporation with Great Britain, and leave expressed at the same ...

... Uildbilunfilry (opilliou. [In addition to the usual telegraphic report of the pro- f ceedings in Parliament, we give under this lhead sluch t extracts from the speeches of the Lading Statesmen as may be said to reflect the opinion of Parliament.] At the close of the abortive debate onI Friday night, Mlr. BRIuHT ventured to show thd Liberal leaders the conI. ceusion which they should draw from ...