... On Tuesday evening, the 19th inst., aL meeting was held at the Derby Temporance Hall, under the auspices of the society which advocates the nece=st of stopping the sale of liquors on the Sabbath, the latrpart of which was characterised by groat tumult and noise, The Rev. Ernest I Boys opened the meeting by prayer, and Dr. Ooi,r., thle chairman, then Addressed a few remarks in preface. He ...

... ly A TOUCHING STORY. | St SMALLPOX AT ATHENmY.- M. P. writes to the Times (IdUrlder dlite Athenry, June 25:-Visiting this place last I week I found that the loathsome disease with which it has I ifbeen so long afflicted was still lingering about its precincts, if but the inhabitants were then hopeful that they had seen I the worst of it, Since Tuesday, however, not only have t T many new ...

... The following account of Derby and other places is taken C from a manuscript note-book (now in the British Museum), C of three travellers, who made a journey through England in 1 Oct., 1735:- 1i On the 9th our party reached Manchester, a most flourishing town, though neither borough nor corporation. c Near the college is a hospital for sixty boys, founded by Humphrey Cheetham, Esq., who also ...

... I At the last monthly meeting of the North Cheshire Chamber of Agriculture at Macclesfield, the subject for dis-l cussion was ' The cheese factory system. Mr. Murray, steward to the Earl of Harrington, who has had an ex-I tensive experience in the working of the Derbyshire cheese i factories, addressed the Chamber at great length pointing . out the success which so far bad attended the ...

... Ristrid Idu* OSMASTON-BY-ASHBORNE. of ON GOOD FRIDAY the annual senuons on behalf of the id Society for Promoting Cbristianity among the Jews were e- preached by the Rev. F. S. Legg, M.A., association secre- Fs tary. The collections nmounted to 71.13s. 7id. ,ee . BRADLEY. Dt ON GOOD FRIDAY evening a sermon was preached in this M church on behalf of the Society for Promoting Christianity 1 ...

... RAILWAYS BLOCKED AND TRAINS SNOWED UP. The cold and tempestuolus weather of the lpst fortnight culminated on Friday in a snowstorm, thb like of which for severity baa not been experienced in the north of Scotland for eleven years. Over the length and breadth of the I country north of the Tay snow began to fall about five I o'clock on Friday afternoon, And continued till night in i blinding ...

... THE POST OFFiCE REPORT FOR 1874. T The annual report of the Postmaster-Geleral ?? been r, issued. The number of post-offices in the United in gdom dI if was increased last year by 280, making in all nearly 18,000, about 900 of which are bead offices. The number of road ir letter boxes is nearly 9,700, as compared with 9,000 ' 185 . n Thus, the total number of postal receptacles in the United e ...

... r. THE PROPOSED AMALGAMATION OF THE GREAT NORTHERN AND GREAT EASTERN RAILWAYS. it Tho Fieanciesr says the following letter from Messre. it lieiry Kiimber and Co., the solicitors, will be read with satikfaction by the holders of the stocks of the Great It rthern and Great Eastern Railway Companies, ns proving t. how serious and weighty is the movement which is i' pro- groess amongst both budies ...

... -0 ý A IJN TIRU'11Pflfl tTHE MANCHESTER ANDLIVERPOOL DISTRICT He BANKING COMPANY. jar Persons of whom the Company or Partnership consists: jar t Name, Residence, Occupation. Jet r Mary Ackerley, Allrinchafl, spinster Ma John Acton, Tunatall, bank manager Kh John Acton, Frodsham, farmer Ka, Thomas Aikman, Accringtnn,.genlleman Xe I William Aitchison, Blackburn, draper ol j John Akets, ...

... THE EXTENSION OF '11TE BOROUGH OF I AADERBY ,I -- -- -Inp rP.rA1'ITlN. RE-ARBANG1EMENT OF REPRESENTATION. A Cu Friday Gerald A. Bi. Fitzgerald, Es ., thle Contrils- high, y stner appointed[ by the Local Governmeiit, Board, attended to mn le atteindhl o h purpose of hearing evideitot as to prop, u the hest mode of ire-arrangement Of the voting aresls, c13se- Othei 9 quent upon the passing Of ...

... I WHAT MR. COWEN DID SAY OF RUSSIA AND | . ~~~TURKEY. i . . . . . M - - IC '11JIM~~~xaesletx. of A doubt having been raised aS to What Mr. Cowen, M.P., a- really did say of Russia and Turkey in his Newcastld apeeclv a' II we quoteo the following ?? from thle report of the boun' gentlemntu's address given in bis own paper, the local P Chronicfe: Louis Kossuth, once the governor of tree Hungary, ...

... On Monday morning, at meeting of goods guards, engine drivers, firemen, and shunters connected with the Amutga- St mated Society of Railway Servants, was held at Manches- ml ter for the purpose of hearing from Mr. Hague, the district secretary at Nottinglham, a report of the troatmant the men are receiving from the Midland Railway Company in the qr Midland Conuties, and An to hear from the ...