... LIZ b -JUiPS Z'L IlILIDI.I±. I VARIETIES an bargained with a Crliforn uats A..countryman bargained with a California piptographer u en- for a half-leugth piotnro of himself at half price, and when .he the artist delivered a fine view of the subject from the waist- Um. band down, the victimized sitter indulged in remarks morea ing forcible than polite. Re o, I don't care much for a quiet baby ...

... Natest LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.1 MinERcUtY OFFICE, TuESDAY. TURIUISH DEFEAT BEFORE KARS. A Vienna telegram confirms the rnmour of the Turkish defeat before Kars. The Turks sustained heavy losses. Ali Pnshi was taken prisoner. Great uneasiness prevails at Constantinople. THE MONTGOMERY BURGHS ELECTION. The writ for the Montgomery boroughs has beou re- 3 ceived. The nomination is fixed for the ...

... FUNERAL OF THlE LATE WILLIAM DRURY LOWE, ESQ. ?? f. r n h. I n n tha hlrir- M nOAPA Of se For many generations Deu baas been the burial place of f es the Lowe itamily; in itb church are tombstones of atcient e it date, recording the deals of different members of tho fam ly. h at Amongst others ib a well-proportioned monument believed it a to belong to tho Lowes, but unfortunately it does not ...

... Sli5trid 'Ados. RISLEY. Cluonci Exr~ssES.-0n Sunday last collections were m ide on beholf of Church expenses. The amount realised was 21, 18s. lid.I 1IJIEASTOX. LENITEI SmeavicEs.-Durlug the present Lenten season the following clergymen have taken part in, or will officiate in the serrif'es :-Theflevu, T. F. FaunRo d R. Hey, S. Peter's, Helper; F. Atkinson, Long Eaton; H. M. Mosse, Hesge ; J. ...

... ST. MARY'S CATHROTC CHHRCHC-FESTIVAL II ~ OF CORPUS CHRISTI. Ild- Yji't- On Sunday last grand services wore holl at thleaanlve ugh church, in commemoration of the festival of Corpus Christi, n to , id the fiftieth anniversary ofbthe episcopal consecratioa his of his Holiness Popo Pils IX., who is now 86 years of np. age. Heo liS been a Pliest 58 years, Bishop. 60 years, and Pope 81 years. ...

... 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 ...

... The sixty-seventh anniversary of the Derbyshire General S Infirmary was celebrated on Thursday. There was a special service at All Sainta' Church at eleven, which was I attended by the Mayor (Win. Higginhbottom, Esq.), the Pre- a sideut of the Institution (J. G. Crompton, Esq.), Sir Henrye Wilmot, V.0., M. P., besides a large proportion of the Car- poration, who were escorted from the Town ...

... ~JntcJJi~cn~. THE WAR. THE RUSSIAN PRESS ON LORD DERBY'S DESPATCH. Lord Derby's answer to Prince Gortschakoff's Cir- cular, which has been published in the Journal de St. Petersburg, has caused considerable excitement in the Russian capital. The following is the article of the semi-official journal on the subject:- As far as we know none of the other Cabinets have given their adhesion to the ...

... A.D. N (CONTINU2D): ' 1718 The weather from January 1st to the 6th frosty (fce. three inches thick); February mild; June but little rain ; July rainy, especially after the 16th; December it 18th the weather so warm that primroses blow ; and this warm weather continued totheendof the year- 1i( Dr. Short. Y 1713 Wheat, average per quarter, 51s. l 1713 A flood on the River Trent.-Deerivg. 0 17IP ...

... p6trid 'Atws. I- I ALFRETON. LOCAL I3OARD.-At a special meeting held on tbe 16th last,, it was resolved to engage a professional clerk to tho Board. lt was also decided that the salary of the present clerk to the Board should be fixed when it was seon *vbat duties would be required of him. RlIPLEY. RED LION HOTB..-This old well-known inn has again changed hands. Mr. and Mrs. House who have ...

... afthleiastical. The Bishop of Durham has resigned his see owing to failing health. PFEFERMENTS AND APPOINTMESTS. 11ev. J. W. Aston, B.A., vicar of Amobleside, Westmore- land. Rev. C. c. Bartholomew, vicar of Cornwood, and rural dean, prebendary of Exeter Catbedral. Ron. and ev., C. Dundas, rector of Epworth, prebendary of Liddington in Lincoln Cathedral. Rev. A. Edwards, vicar of Kirkland ...

... I THE MLITARY SAtE'GT iOF ENO)TAND.. : The Morning Advertiser says:- Since the calling out - of the reserves and the despatch of an Indian contin- gent to Malta, a nmore practical idea can be formed of the military power of GreatBritain. The reserve gives us praetleally another army corps, and augients the fighting strength of tho home atlmy to fully 100,000. men, and the consequence is we ...