... ?? A T ?? ?? . . ?? __ -A The House of Lords gave judgment, on Friday. upon an appeal from the Court of Session in Scotland, the question involved being whether that Court' was rigbt -in refusing to appoint a receiver to receive the rents and admiinistelr the estates of the Earldom of Breadalbane,i;til it be riterbttined by proceedings now pending who is the true heir to the estates and ...

... n MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. ). Both Houses of Parliament were thronged on Monday night by members, ambassadors, and strangers, eager to th1i e, ?? r.learn the decision of the Government on the momentous cot id question of peace or war. Lord Palmerston, in the House of Commons, and Lord Russell, in the House of 'yLords, made elaborate statements relative to the aunsuc- ~cessful efforts of the ...

... THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERICAL AND I LAY ASSOCIATION. LjAX A,~liUUIsAI* VXI. The fifth annual conference of this ?? was held l on Tuesday and Wednesday last, in the Lecture Hall and Atbenasum Room, Derby. A large number of the clerical and lay members of the association assembled, and were presided over at their several meetings by F. Wright, c Esq., of Osmaston Manor, President of the ...

... ocner TO THE XDITOn OF THE JOHN BULL. , Sir-Fully satisfied of your desire to defend the weak against the strong arm of cruelty and oppression in every if i turn shape, I offer no apology for asking you to give publicity to B have the following facts in the columns of John Bull. - fI 4 few years ago, In the belief that nature had very liberally 3 gold endowed me with the power of speech, with ...

... ` a ~~~SUDBURYI e During the recent thunder storm, the ligbtssing struck the roof of the house of Mr.WilcocsDraycott.in~the-Clsy, and Cel entered several of 'the bid-rooms, but, fortun'ately did iery iog little damage., his prii FOSTON. all R SisiouLAa ACCIDvET.-An inquest v~sa held on Monday,, Ct the 23rd ult., at Foston Inn. before Mr. W. U. Saile, Deputy. to I Q Coroner, on the body of ...

... THE CIVIL WAI IN AMERICA. -- -- - . I MORE BATTLES AND AWFUL CARNAGL More great battles attended, with enormous carnage, bsve been fought by the hostile armies in Virginia; but the details and precise results are very obscurely com- inuaicated to us. The latest telegrams conveyed to us by the Europa announced to us the sanguinary battle near Spottsylvania Court House, on the 10th nlt., when ...

... DI4STRICT NEWS. pas pre Ots Satuday lastKEDLESTON. e.listI Oh atrda lstthe rent dinner took place at the Ke. I leston Inn-a hostelry which has vastly improved since Mr. A b- Ault ruled the establishment. Mr. Bryer made an able sho to chairman, and Mr. Sheldon, of Weston, discharged the duties D id of vice-president. The virands were of a superior description, exis and they were served in a ...

... I __ The Chancellor of the Exchequer has published as a pamphlet his recent speech on the Bill-for the Extension of the Sugrage, with the following preface: fae l In this-bseechi will be found the expression of an opinion that the Legislature should exclude from the franchise on two grounds only. First, it shouldexclude those who are presum- ably in themselves inlltted'to exercise it with ...

... fl w|sA { zA .- - - .a.- A -,n-n ,f * -n wrist UO AR I b Is.JL5. On Tuesday, the remains of the dowager Mrs. Clifton, widow of the late Thos. Clifton, Esq., of Lytham Hall, were interred in the family vault within the parish church of St. Cuthbert, Lytham. Every place of business was closed, and at every house blinds were down; at the parish church, on the shipping in the river, and on the ...

... t Mr. Justice Shee has received the honour of knighthood, the The Owl states that a marriage is arranged between the let; Marquis of Westmeath and Miss Verner. Che A man, named Offord, was suffocated by foul air on Mon- b day, while engaged in sinking a well, at Crowfield, in Sussex. EnI I Another 1 International Exhibition is to be attempted at Abi Dublin next year. pos It has been decided ...

... : ?? _ . x 1 1tt . :. A_. ~.QiU1U1SC IJ LI±LVAY. in- An adjourned Wharneliffe meeting of this company r Iled was held at the Railway Station, Derby, on Thursday, a ny, Mr.Hutchinson in the chair. a our The CHAIRMAN said the first Bill he had to submit was t og A Bill for making a railway from the Midland Railway I i and the Glocester and Dean Forest Railway, near Gin- v In cester, to the ...

... , P, ~SMIALL BORE COMPETITION. IL In a few days, a preliminary competition will take place at Derby, to select eight of the best small bore R 1:shots in this county, to represent Derbyshire, ina the fi' ~,county competitions at Wimbledon. 0 ?? ?? COMPETITIVE DRILL.E 1. The following letter bas been addressed to the editor of ec~ ~'the Volunteer 8ervic~e Gazette Ii Sir-Having read in the ...