... We called attention last week to an attempt which was about to be made in this town, and which we thought no less desirable than necessary, to provide for the large number of the working classes, who are at leisure on Saturday evenings, a series of very cheap entertainments, consisting of music, vocal and instrumental, interspersed with some short readings of an instructive and entertaining ...

... THE BOMBAY MAIL. the arrival of the overland mail on Thursday night have been received despatches from Bombay to the 24th December. The following from the summary of the Bombay Times:— TANTIA TOPEE. We seem be no nearer capturing Tantia Topee now than we were six months ago, and most persons, we believe, are conscious of some regret that his crimes have been such that we cannot condone them. ...

... THE ATLANTIC STXAM COMPANY. A telegraphic despatch from Lord Naas to Father Peter Daly has been received at Galway, stating that the government have recommended the treasury negotiate with the Atlantic Steam Company a contract for a fortnightly mail service between Galway and America, subject to such conditions as may agreed upon to speed and efficiency; rate of payment not to exceed 3,000/. ...

... Our readers will find in another column the farewell address of Mr. Colvile to his constituents in South Derbyshire. Based his resignation is upon the plea of ill health, we purposely avoid recurring to anything in Mr. Colvile's political career, in which he may hare differed with us; and we sincercly regret to learn that he is suffering so severely from indisposition. The Conservatives had a ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS, Wednesday, June 1. Their lordships met shortly after two o'clock, when the following royal commissioners took their seats immediately before the throne, via.:—The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, and Earl Delawarr. PRESENTATION THE SPEAKER. In obedience to the summons of the Usher of the Black Rod, several members of the ...

... Lord Busy's Marriage Bill.—On Tuesday, on the motion *' (hat leave be given to bring in bill to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's lister, Messrs. S. Beale and T. W. Evans voted among Hie majority in favour of the bill. Lord Cavendish and Messrs. Bass, Colvile, and Thornhiil did not vote. ...

... The usual May meetings have been held during the past week in London. Lohdon Crrr Mission —This society held its annual gathering on Thursday in Exeter Hall. Mr. J. Prmberton Plumptre occupied the chair, supported the Bishop of Liberia, Lord Cavan, Hon. A. Kinnaird, Kevs. R. Chris, topherson, J. lUin, together with Messrs. George Hitchcock, J. 11 oare, K. C. Brvan, W. Ellice, W. Taylor, &c., ...

... Belper. The cougregation was large, and the collections liberal. Cromford.—On Thursday evening last the Maine Law advocate. E. Grubb, Esq.. of Rotherham, delivered lecture on the Permissive Bill, or a Voluntary Maine Law, a tolerably large audience, in the Primitive Methodist Chapel. Scartben-row. Cromford. he Kev. J. Wayte, of Wirksworth, occupied the chair. The lecturer pnurtrayed the crime ...

... Tuesday Afternoon. The excitement here has subsided. For wheat and flour there was slow sale at a decline of one shiling per bushel and four shillings the sack. Other articles considerably cheaper. NEWMARKET RACES, TUESDAY. THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. THE PROMISED LAND . 1 CYNRICUS 2 ...

... These sessions commenced yesterday (Tuesday), at Chesterfield the following rates beinit present:-!'. W. Evans, Ksq., M.P. (chairman), His Grace the Duke of i Devonshire, Captain White, W. Mundy, Esq., C. Clarke, grfc J :;K« ...

... Sir H. Storks has issued the following characteristic notification:— The Lord High Commissioner has received during the last three months several anonymous letters. His Excellency hopes that it unnecessary for him to declare his abhorrence of a practice at once unmanly and cowardly. His Excellency requests that this system of moral assassination may cease, and desires it to be distinctly ...

... Esq., on the body of man named Jonathan Elliott, silk stockinger, who hung himself in his own shop the previous morning.—lt was proved that he had been in a low desponding way some time.—The jury after hearing the coroner's summing up, returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity. Highway Robbery at Belper.—About half-past ten o'clock on the night of Wednesday last, an expert highway robbery ...