... The usual weekly meeting of the Guardians was held in the Board-room on Tuesday, the 4th inst., Mr. Alderman Hollingworth in the chair. There were also present-the Rev. W. Griffith, Rev. W. VWood, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Bloor, Mr. Beswick, Mr. Denstone. Mr. Pool, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Rat- cliff, Mr. H. Longdon, Mr. Earlp, and Mr. Hives. When the relief business was concluded, The Clerk said he had ...

... I MIDLAND BOTANIC ASSOCIATION The fifth conference of the Midland Botanic Assocaitlou was held in the South-street School-rooms, Ilkeston, on Tue day. After its sittings there was a public tea at four 3 o'Rluck, and a public meeting at six. At the latter Mr. Pe cEjaI Taylor, of Ripley, occupied the chair, and called upon all present to mate themselves thoroughly acquainted ) with the remedial ...

... I TO TH1E EDITOR OF THE DERBY MEROURY'Y.. . Sir-In the controversy on Ritual which for some time has occupied the attention of the public mind; it appears to mte that.one importaht fact is lost sight of, namely, that whatever latitude may be enjoyed by the laity, the clergy have no choice at all, but are bound by those rules which they are solemnly sworn to obey. This I shall proceed to prove. ...

... | DERBY POST OFFICE, I - ~IiBPAT6HO tI~A~yE.-o!FJral1T.TEil~ &tc. * - . , ., ibtters,&ccn ha posted Liuesof road and chief places of Witbout WOth I Ihettera . ] idestlastien. f e~tya odditi'ni eaa be .chare peony registert Aabborne, lfts~lock,,WIrhvworth, ard until' , stamp until . other vilelogd It the nelghbourhood : untilt ~of Dterby ! ., 3.. .. 9.9s.su _~-. 9.n 0p.m Blrmingham, Cheltenham, ...

... MR. BRIGHT AND MR. MILL ON THE FUTURE I I POLICY OF THE RFFORM LEAGUE. I The following letters have recently been received by Mr. E. Beales, the president of the Reform League:- it My Dear Mr. Beales-I am giad to see that it is not in- tended to discontinue the organisation and laboars of the Reform League, although so great a step has been gained in the extension of the suffrage. On that ...

... I AAA-; U. a ;1 - The attainment of his majority by Mr. Vauncey Harpul W Crowe, the son and heir of Sir John Harpur Crewe, Bart.. of Calke Abbey, has called forth a spontaneous feeling 0] congratulation from the friends and neighbours of thi worthy representative of this ancient house, in which the tenantry on the estate and the tradesmen of the family have psenthusiastically joined, a ...

... FOREIGN JNTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. Amongstthe victims to speenlatiosion the late Exhi- bition is Madame Pradier, the widow of the eminent sculptor, who appeared in the list of bankrupts. Having borrowed 80,000 francs to set up an hotel,, she, like many others, succeeded 'in ruining herself instead of .making a fortune, as she expected. Se:ditious placirds were posted on the walls of St. Quentin ...

... DOVE DALE. On Tnesday, a number of members belonging to the Not- tinghamLiterary and Philosophicea Society had an excursion to this delightful part of Derbyshire. In the morning they proceeded from the Midland station to Ashborne, where the party divided, one eeotion driving to Iam. Hall and Dove- dale, and the other to Wetton, for Thor'e Cave and Dovedale. The party lunched in diviefone ...

... I AMERICA. A New York telegram of Friday evening's date states d that the Committee of Ways and Means have recoDn- r mended the repeal of the tax on cotton. According to a Washington letter, trade in the UTiited States is at a deplorably low ebb. Since last December it is believed there have been nearly 1,200 failures or suspensions, including small firms dependent on greater ones. Cotton and ...

... 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 ...

... LEICE STERSHIRE. LOUGHBOROUJGH. SEIOUS6 HOBBESS1Y OF PLATE AND JE'WELLERY, AT LouGI1- noitoUGll.-At the Borough Police Court, on Monday, three men, named Edmund Sewell, Samuel Coxon, and William Mfyers, were charged with being concerned in breaking into the house of Mr. Jelly, elastic-web weaver, and stealingthere- from a quantity of plate, money, and jewellery, amounting altogether to nearly ...