... ?Wfid Attm hos- - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a. ASTOR-ON-TRENT. cwt.; THE PARISH CHTJRCIO-kt a public meeting, beld in the joake School-room, the R1ev. J. E. Holden, rector, in the chair, it_ inoy was announced that the offertoty collection, which had been g nore re-introduced at morning prayer on Sundays, at the parish thf ?? Of church had realised the sum. of Hf.1 lbe, during te ten sand months' it ...

... THE BISHOP'FS VISITrA'IOIoN AND RURI- DECANAL CONFERENCE. Thle Lord Bishop of tichield oit Wednesday morning A last, held ain iloftrmal Visitation of tho Clergy in the Roml Aoo Deanery (if Derby, in St. Alkmnund's CUnrchl. This took, stroi place in consequence of his Lordship having been prevented T last year front bidding at Visitation in the Derby Arch- deaconry owing to thle death of his ...

... THlE WICKLOW PEERAGE. tion. in which somne singular evidence WBR An action, in which some singular evidence was given in reference to the Wicklow peorage case, wats derided o (i Friday in the Irish Court of Que o's Beneb. Samuel Brown, i anl attorney's cIrk, sued Mr. Oct aviut O'Brien, his former employer, for 42f, for services rendered. The defendalit had paid 841. into court. The particularB ...

... 'K'j'aral Itivs. The marriage of the Marchioness of lHasting; and Sir. 0. . Choi wyid, BlLrt., is to be soleinnised tho secoud week in the estsuing montith. It is stated that tbe marriage of the Earl of Derby and r Mary Marehioness of Salisbury will not take place till July I u oext, Tile right Hon. John Bright will, it is said, visit Mr. f Bassa, M.P., at Tulchan Lodge, at the end of June or ...

... PI'AITED CRUCIFIXES. 'Ilic correspondence between the Rev. J. E. CARR wund the Bisbop of LicwiyiE.D retspecting certain staioetl glas in Little l'nton Church, we print else- where with k omte reluctance. 'Tlhe question has be- fore been raised by Mr. CAIil in our columns, and lie has also further promulgated his views in a printed pamphlet embodying a letter to the pariihiur.- era of Little ...

... TeiE TrsNT.-Last Friday afternoon lei vy thunder storms fell in Leicestershire and Derbyshire, whieh cutised a fllsh' in boil the Seer and Derwent; and its both these rivers empty into the Trent, within it mile or two of eath other, on Satmiday evening we hli about twelve or fourtee, inches rise in tle river, sccompanied willi very nice culoer. The xpectations f tbe maggote fishers for dilce ...

... Some days ago, tho Archbishop of Burgos, and the Bishops A fuse of Quimper, Carcassone, Mans, and Hebron, proceeded ir a ce . body to the Vatican, and entreatod the Pope to give orders e ) es- for the immediate discussion of the dogma of Infallibility. uI ettes The Bishop of Hebron said:-* We are only five, but if ev cc of your Hblincss gives permission, we will appear with five, 0 vo of ...

... pistrict Itebas. I MELBOURlNE. ap, CONCERLT.-Oni Thursday evening lost (28th) a very Sueo- ceseful elntertainmetit wats held at the National School- l' rooms, in Support of the 1Melbounrie Church Choir Fend. GI, lye Henry Kirkie, Ehq., of King's KNowton, occupieud the chair. S, f~r The attendance was excellent, amongst which wore the(, Iii- elite of thle neighibourhood. Theo entertainment ...

... IC On Friday night the Congregatonal Church, George- lea street, Ryde, was totally destroye by fire. Tihe church IC was built iH 1855;- it cost 3,0001. itwas insured for 1,0001. nin the General Fire Office. A yu Mani, ?? Chapman, was accidentally killledoil fnriday b fllig into the hopper of Mr. Hilton's eflour-mill, Camrldidge, and being unable to extricate htimself' hai was suffocated. le ...

... and The Press says:--Mr. Redgrave's proposal for the luD consolidation of the Factory Acts, and for making the in on- restrictions to which factories and workshops are re-a a the spectively subject depend, rather upon the nature of acl to the employment carried on, than on the number of all of hands employed, comes happily at the present juncture. de wn- Educational schemes, however admirably ...

... QUARTERLY RETURN. OF BIRTHS AND I DEATHS IN DERBY. ?? lien iso any (Specially written for the Derby Mercceri.) Ha upon The, Registrar-General reports that tics birtha of 200,441 Ha dthat children weroregistered in Enfiland and Wales in the course 18f 6 they of the past Mrh quarter. 'I he population is estimated at lay Yr Zea- 22,090,168, hence the birth rate for the quarter is 38805 per 2s ...

... ?m I t in ptr at varl'a enif HOUSE OF LORDS, OR TUESDAY. The motion for the second roading of the bill for legal.. Th ising marriage with a deceased wiife's sister was Postponiod kod until the 19th inst., when the Duke of Marlborough will thle heed the opposition of the Peers to the mcssure, and will 'day move that it be read a second time that day six months. the The Bankrupt Law Amendment ...