... re HOUSE OF LORDS. ac THURSDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack n at five o'clock. Shortlv afterwards the Earl of Derby entered the House, for the first time since his retirement from office, and took his seat on the Ministerial side, g immediately below the gangway, and next to Lord I w Chelmsford. Several of their Lordships went up to ti shake hands with and congratulated ...

... MR. J. WNATTS RUSSELL'S DONATION TO THEl DERBYSHIRE INFIRMARY. I TO THE EDITOR OF THE DERBY DIEIRCURY. Sir-I herewith send a copy of a letter I have addressed to the Secretary of the Infirmary for publication in von! . paper, and I shall be obliged if you will do me the favoir of inserting it in your next number. I am, Sir, your obedt. Sirvarint, r Biggin, Oundle, April 21. D. WATTS RUSStcELL. ...

... FOREIGNK INBTELLGENCE. l THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. ALEXADDRIA, March 21. s Intelligence from Annesley Bay states that all the L troops forming the Abyssinian expedition, except a mountain battery of Royal Artillery and four com- i panies of the 45th Regiment, have left Zulla for the , highlands. The health of the troops is good. r RIOTS IN BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, March 27. , A serious conflict ...

... THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT PORTS- MOUTH. The ninth annual Easter review of Rifle Volunteers took place on Monday, at Portsmouth. Dover, Brigh- ton, Wimbledon, and other places nearer to London have already been tried; this year it was determined to hold the review at a point further from the metro- polis than heretofore, and finding the local authorities of Portsmouth anxious for the honour of a ...

... g I 2 n . , . . .- . : I D .DA. IIA- - A A. . ?? r- -7 Sir-You have kindly sent me Berrows's lVorcester.Joeurnol, in the hope that it may possess some interest for me. In- ideed I am much gratified by the approval of Mr. Berrows's 0 sensible correspondent. From my early childhood I have ,been witness of the cordial terms on which rectors, vicars, and perpetual curates live with their ...

... The Convocations of Canterbury and York will only meet pro Jbund on the days on which they stand pro- rogued this month. We rejoice to hear that the Bishop of Winchester is progressing most favourably. The Bishop of Chester has consecrated a newr cbnrch dedicated to St. Peter at Birkenhead. All the seats are free. The old parishioners of the Dean of Exeter, at Pad- dington, have presented him ...

... BURTON-ON-TIEYN' IIIUGI'WAY D)ISTRICT. The following letter has been sent to the editor of thc I jo Sts!L/jorrfsISIFIe -I1 l~fR/ Sl:- ! (ic Sir-'tIble tqtiesiuin opnlI W ih3 adilrITSSedetyoLI in the 7th of Jandinary tat will be Ihn ...

... IMPERIAL PAIsLIAMEN'r. aHOUSE OF LORDS. be a TUESDAY. effi hes d RAILWAYS (EXTENSION OF' TIME) BILL. wh sf This bill was read a third time and passed. car g PROXINSs. ant 0 Lord MALMEsBuRy drew attention to the question of the voting by proxy, and, tracing the origin of the custom miu and the abuses which had led to its curtailment in some P cases, went on to say that it was thought their ...

... TIHE REAL ISSUE. Mr. GLADSTONE has -won the first outwork, and on lb the 27th of April, the real battle against the Estab- M lished Church in Ireland, will begin. Liberal H( journalists and Liberal speakers have been very in- Sh dustriously engaged in setting up many mistyfications We around the real issue. With much inisrepresenta- Ml tion, and an unusual display of audacity, they have Ar ...

... jjttrfl I A. L ?? as u t s.. . (From the Arna and Navy Gazette.) The Rev. William Leeke, in publishing in two jatuphlets his letters to this journal of the 1st of June, ?? 29th of June, and the 17th of August, 1867, on the onbject of the defeat of the Imperial Guard by the 52nd lone, 'without the assistance of the 1st Guards, has appended to the last pamphlet the following interesting ...

... TO THE EIDITOR 01' THE DERBIY MERCURIY. Sir-I beg to subjoin a few particulars of the weather of last month, as deduced from observations conducted by my- self in this neighbourhood. The circumstances of tempera- ture and moisture apply to a stratum of air four feet from the ground. The '-radiating thermometer rests horizon- tally upon a board raited one foot above the grass, and is freely ...

... To THE EDITOR OF THE DERBYT MERCURY. Sir-With your permission I will now notice the extracts ox it the Rpplended to the letter of A Member of the Church of Eng- or Del land in thellfercu-g of Aprill1. It isavery prevallentiprac- bi ign tics in certain circles to parade certain opinlions which John 51.~ ?? held in early life, when ho was as High a Church- 51 a-man as even Dr. Pusey could ...