... TUNBRIDGE WELLS. es There was a grand banquet on Wednesday at Tun- bridge Wells, to inaugurate a Conservative Association. Mr. W. E. Morland presided, and was supported by Lord Hulmesdale, Mr. Hart Dyke, Mr. J. G. Talbot, Mr. th S. Hardy, and Mr. G. B. Gregory. Mr. Hardy, referring cc to the Scotch elections, said that the result of those s elections was in a great measure to be attributed to ...

... ALEYANOlIA, Feb. 21. !zis Royal Highness the PPrince of Watles, tr;.velling l leisurely, left Esneb, on the left bank of tho Nile, in the provincc of Thobes, Upper Egypt, yesterdity, for the Cata- racts at Assouan. All well. The Viceroy has ordered preparations for a ball to be given in honour of the Prince and Princess on the 4th of March. THE COURT.-The Queen, with their Royal Ilighnesses ...

... ACCIDENT TO A WEDDING PARTY.-TIIE BRIIDEGROOM D)ROWNED. A - A .. A t -5 1 - - P.,. ?? IA.- 1 -, a- d An mel itni-ols' 'itciident occurred on 'IutsdaV night at ('on - v ?? ge about seven otiles (iHitn rm Crnr o d slr. Air. Slasnwel T1'honmas. a farmer residing ait '1'ralb~tcli. near ous ?? ' arr'ied that morninig ait tho registrar's offii,e ait ( rartl~ ble, to the daughter of a neighbouu lug ...

... _ The Confirmation of his Royal Highness Prince 3, Leopold, eighth child of Her Majesty and the Prince C Consort, taok pce on Saturday, at Whippingham Cs I Church, by Hlisrace the.Archbishop of Canterbury. to Her Majefty the Queen arrived at the church at half- past eleven o'clock, accompanied by Prince Leopold co a (who sat in the same carriage with Her Majesty), ge Princess Louise, Prince ...

... -- - -- _ . d Imears to be not yet altogether certain whether Mr. ed Edwi.,Stracey (son of Sir H. Stracey) will consent to Ri comemforward as a Conservative cnndidate for Norwich. He B' Vill j~obably do so if 1,2001. is subscribed to meet the esti- n0 ,h mStedleXpenses of a contest, and up to Saturday about 9001. )f only I d boen subscribed.. A meeting of the leading local ho conseryatives ...

... THE DERIBY CORPORATION. A Quarterly Meeting of the Town Council Of thlis'1t borough was hield ill thce GuildIhal onl Weduiesda~y last, h1 His Worship tile Mayor (TP 13. Formanl, Esqj.), pro- 01 siding. There were lireselt- AWLm.-aMEsBarher, Barton, J1. Gamble, T. Clarke, Croniptoll, Roe, RLenals, a1n1 AMadeleY. n CoUNqC1LLOJR5-J. P'eet. E. Gamble, Draycott, R n P'eat, I'Ool, Harper, Bennett, ...

... V V~ ti LI.A rfltlO. This company's annual soiree was held on Tuosday even- a ing, in tlre Lecture Hllal, and was, if anuytling, a greater r success than any former one. About 250 ladies and gentle- E men were present, including officers and members belonging h to most of the Derby companies. The qoiie'e wavs opened with an nmatour concert, when Alessrs. Heudley, Coulson, h faylor, and Day ...

... le FRANCE. A Paris telegram assures us that the new Greek t. Cabinet's reply to the Conference's declaration is ! vY completely satisfactory; and all the warlike pre- to parations ordered in Greece have been revoked. It would seem, however, that the language of a proclama- e tion issued by the Greek Government has given some ot 'e umbrage to the Porte, which is said to insist that some I ...

... ~Is Deel slEo eU. i Mayor hlail, of Neow York, has issued orders that be shrill hea l he add~ressed as 'the Mayor, and Dot as 1Your Honour tl enl Duing 1808 the Hamiburg steamers crossed the Atlantic t17e lot 56 times, aind carried 80,790 persons to America. Nal ;1*9 Thjj Duchess of Chartres gave birth to a daughter on be Tuesday mnorning. 8 A Southern paper wants a stop put to the foolish ...

... TO TILL EDITOR OF THE DERBY MERCURY. Sir-I have read in the Derby lerctry of this date a letter touchingt the above society, front Mr. T. 0. Batenayt, and as I aln therein personally referred to, I beg permission to replyothrough the same medium. It appears somewhat un- usual Litt the secretary to a private society should recom- mend (ole of its nmembers seeking infornation concerning it, to ...

... sTAIrFopml)SiillE.1 BU1TON-ITPON-'j'fIEXT. MEETIioirIS0 1-ST FREPt C~ictit MtiCrsiOS.e-Tte oniral Ser-- uiONS int uid of thcso IniSiitiollO Wti pririlhed ill I oorge- street ('hapol on Sunday, by tib lhev. ?? Bootih, i4f Nottilg- hanlt, all lnpwarrlds of 171. Wsi collected. 'I lle drpittatirl- l afnd town kind circuit initiitevs t -ddrnssed a plrntiie inclting On MIlondiary evening in Sunpport ...

... 'i HE MASSACRES IN NEW ZEALAND SHOCKING DETAILS. I . .- 7 . tt -- s{{ f- Mnnl.-t 7- 1-o The letters and papers received from New Zealand on e/ Friday vid Panama, put us in Possession of full details ti of the massacre at Poverty Bay and subsequent events. h The story of the massacre, the Times Wellington corres- ponde?nt says, is necessarily a confused one. A party r of mounted rebels, of ...