... ATTE3tFT TO DROWN At NON-UNIONIST. On Thursday, at the Chesterfield Police-court, two men, named William Webster and Matthew~ Hall, who said they were unionists, were charged with aiding and abetting John Hankerson in commsitting a violent assault upon John Ham- mond, a non-unionist, at Staveley, on Monday week. Mr. Busby appeared in support of the charge. The complainant was much bruised in ...

... (From the Times.) News of Mr. James Stephens ! A very pretty story for a Christmas fireside, and not likely to frighten any- body either. We must confess at once that we cannot say exactly where this gentleman is, but we can tell our readers where those who know him best expect him to be. The firm belief of the eminent Fenian who actually succeeded him after his imprisonment as Head of the ...

... NEWSPAPER STAMP RETURNS, We are glad to announce that according to the Stamp Returns the DE1lBY MERCUItY not only con- tinues to occupy its leading position as a county newspaper, but that its circulation is steadily in- creasing. We have received the Governmental Returns of Stamps, issued from the 30th of June, 1865, to the Ist of July, 1866, and they are as follow:- DERBY MERCURY - 51,500 ...

... MISCELLANEOUS. General Butler's seat in Congress is to be contested by the Democratic candidate who was defeated at the election. A great number of Italian young men of good family have left Lombardy to join the insurgents in Crete. The Diet at Troppau has unanimously declared against the introduction of the Jesuits into Austrian Silesia. A new Independent College is to be erected at ...

... TEEY- R THIE N,.EW YEAR. The year 1866, with all its records of anxiety and sorrow, of comfort and hope, has passed away into the days of many generations, which history has written upon her ample page; and the Calendar of Time has ushered in the beginning of 1867. It is a period of fresh hopes and resolves, of mutual good- 'will and universal congratulation; and so in cordial conformity with ...

... VWe know of no place where the enjoyment of Christ- mas is so cleverly ensured as at the Mickleover Asylum. There, at any rate,'there axe no failures. The managers know as well as any professional caterer how to make the best of the materials at their disposal, and somehow or other these materials invariably happen to be of a very superior calibre. Perhaps the object for which Dr. Hitchman ...

... This interesting ceremony took place on Thursday last, the Lord Bishop of Lichfield officiating. The service commenced at eleven o'clock; by which time a large congregation had assembled. The consecration petition having been presented to the Bishop, his Lordship accompanied by a number of surpliced clergy, walked from the west door to the chancel, repeating the 24th Psalm. Amongst those who ...

... ELVASTON. The Earl of Harrington had a fat ox slaughtered for the parish, when every man, woman, and child had a pound of excellent beef for their Christmas dinners. On the third Sunday in Advent, after a sermon in the morning by the Rev. F. N. Highmore, M.A., the vicar, and in the afternoon by the Rev. Wm. GregsDn, the sum of 41. 2s. was collected in aid of the S. P. G. SPONDON. WESLEYAN ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE DBRBY MERCURY. Sir-In juwtice to myself I feel the statements that have appeared in the public journals cannot be allowed to remain unnoticed, particularly as the so-called attack made by me upon Mr. Abney was under great provocation, which has not yet been disclosed. On the 2nd of January, 1866 (a year igo), I resigned my. appointment as Sur- geon to the Union, at a ...

... The Times analyzes the tabular statement issued by the Board of Trade showing the acreage of 'land under crops or grass throughout the United Kingdom. It ii- lustrates in a striking manner the varieties of soil and climate which prevail within the limits of these islands. For instance, whereas Great Britain contains nearly dfty-seven million statute acres, less than twenty-nine million, or ...

... WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1867. APPOINTMENT OF NKEW BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. We have great pleasure in announcing that the Lord Chancellor has added the names of the under- mentioned gentlemen to the Commission of the Peace for this borough:- HENRY WILMOT, Esq. ROWLAND SMITH, Esq. CHARLES EDMUND NEwToN, Esq. This selection reflects the greatest credit upon the discrimination of the Lord Chancellor, ...

... IMPRISONMENT FOR TWELVE YEARS IN A I DARK ROOM. A painful case of constraint and confiement of a lunatic in a private house has, says the John o'Groat Journal, just been brought to the notice of the authorities by Dr. Arthur Mitchell, deputy inspector of lunacy for Scotland. From inquiries made regarding the case to which attention has thus been drawn, the following facts have been elicited, ...