... I The Repton Speech-day 'was Axed ifor Thursday last, when a very large assemblage took placehin the old School- moom. The weather was beautifully fine, and the scholars who expected friends or parents waited in knots early in the morning on the dust-covered roads fto oecive and give cordial welcomes. The number of those who accepted invitations from Dr. Pears and his coadjutors was very large ...

... | F R CI , i E - t . The Moniteur says:- The assassination of the Em- peror Maximilian will arouse a feeling of universal horror.- The .act . of infamy ordered by Juares stamps on the beads of 'those who call themselves the repre- sentatives of the Mexican Republic an ineffaceable stigma. The reprobation of aU civilized nations will be the first punishment of a Government which has at its ...

... SIR M. PETO AND THE LONDON. CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. A communication has been addressed to the inspectors of the estate of Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Crampton, by Messrs. iaynard, the solicitors to that P me, announcing the neces- sity for placing the liquidation under the jurisdiction of the Court of Bankruptcy-a measure rendered unavoidable by the exeraordinry claim just set up by the ...

... RECEPTION OF BELGIAN VOLUN- TEERS IN DERBY. Five-and-twenty Belgian Volunteers arrived in Derby on Monday night, at the invitation of a com- mittee formed some weeks ago. It was expected that fifty of our foreign friends would honour us with a visit; but the heavy joys of London life, the absence from home business, and the lack of local knowledge no doubt induced many who had accepted ...

... THE, ADOFTED CLAUSES OF THE REFORM .- . 1. 1; . BILL. The following are the adopted Clauses of the Reform Bill with reference to enfranchisement;- I 1. This Act shall be cited for all purposes as The Re- prosentation of the People Act, 1867. AII. This Act shall not apply to Scotland or Ireland, nor to the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge. (Occupation franchiso for voters in boroughs.) ...

... ' BUETON-UPON-TRE NT. The aunual sermons onbeha f of the Wellington-street Wes- leyan Sunday School were preached on Sunday week, by Mr. Fishersof Derby: 'A public tea meeting was held on the following Monday, in Mr. Cash's large room, Cross-street, le and after tea the 1ev. John Dowty, M.A., of Derby, delivered Y. a lecture on ; Samuel Hick, the village blacksmith, to a a large audience. ...

... GRAND REVIEW OF VOLUNTEERS I AND SHAM FIGHT AT DERBY. I On Saturday the grand military display, which had l been in preparation for a considerable time, took place on the Derby Racecourse, when the whole of the 4,000 snen expected-if not more-were mustered there. The day, although fine, was not a bright one, and by no means so favourable a one as could have been desired for witnessing, with ...

... | THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF LIT- I ' CHURCH. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Litchurch Local Board, was held in the Union-offices, Becket- street, on Thursday last, when there were present, Mr. Alderman Roe, in the chair; Mr. Humphreys, Mr. Eardley, Mr. Doughty, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Rimington, Mr. Cole, Mr. Moore, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Lindley. Mr. Whiston (clerk), Mr. W. Harvey ...

... On Wednesday his Highness the Viceroy, accom- panied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, honoured Lady Holland with his presence at a beautiful fete givenin the grounds of Holland-house, Kensington. The gardens were thronged throughout the afternoon with a brilliant assemblage of visitors, and anything more picturesque or more varied in its attractiveness it would be difficult to ...

... THE WORLD, THE FLESH, AND THE l DEVIL. Under the above title the Church Review has a poiwer- ful article of great interest, from which we take the Iollowing extracts:- It has often been asserted, and often indignantly denied, that under the veneer of polite society is lurking an increas- ing plague and dry rot of immorality and licentiousness. - * . No doubt it is very unpolite to imagine ...

... o A correspondent of ?? Newsletter, writing from d Cork on Friday, tells the following story :- An incident has occurred which has created no inconsiderable gossip in this city and county. For some time it bps been known that ta gentleman of respectable family of the medical profession, iad enjoying a semi-military commission, had arranged a marriage with a young lady of prepossessing ...

... | THE MNERS' rNA-TIONAL CONFERENCE. This conference is now being hold at Bolton. The Wigan district reported that they had in the relief find 6,0271., and a balanco in the funeral fund of 2,700k. The members numbered about 6.000. St. Helens hasl,8001. in fund, and 1,200 members. The Haydock delegate complained of the Collier Inspector. A pit in their district caught fire, and men were at the ...