... ?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 ...

... - DISPATCH OF MAU S.7 aeI The Ofice is open to the public from 7 san. t~tV op.m. Letters,&. san bc posted om Lines of road rind ?? of Without Withl ILetters No. of dsiain charge penny rej 1 - Mall.until stamp n d Mail.0 to-I Aahborse, Helper, 3Matlecik, Wlinks- unitilb tro.. worth, andvillages arounidDerby.. 3,30am D - -I 2Birmninghamn, Cheltenhamn, Glouces-n ter, Woroester, and Wales ?? ,, 6 ...

... 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 ...

... ?? 4 - I ANNI~VERSA1RY OP THE DERBY BRANCH. hay The fifty-fourth anniversary of the Derby cand South the Derbyshire Branch of the Church Missionary Association to 5 has been celebrated during the week by a series of services toi and meetings. On Sunday services were held in the various mat churches in the town, and collections made on behalf of the mu] society. The returns which have been ...

... . . . a, 7. .,I ?? the John BuL.) cur as- It is a maxim in English jurisprudence that questions the 1g, of fact are for the jury. Even in Courts of Equity and Ma of Appeal our highest judges shrink from nothing so mneh ple ad as determining a conflict of evidence on a matter of to 1 ey fact. Possibly this may arise from the keener sense of 1,4 5 responsibility in a highly trained intellect, ...

... Itfitsiasttraia1 1tn Adigious. CONVOCATION. The Convocation of the Province of Canterbury assembled gal- on Tuesday for the despatch of business at Westminster. ?? was hoped that the health of the Archbishop of Canter- will bury would have so far improved as to enable him to pre- will side at the present session, but the uncertainty of the iths. weather, and the necessity for extreme caution ...

... WEDNESDAY, Mtx 11, 1870. i - I I MflISTERIAL PATRONAGE OF THE BALLOT. Ministers, we suppose, arc teking credit to themi- best selves for a vast deal of political morality by c opening the Ballot question in due form, and prizm thereby taking it out of the hands of private mem- for i hers. Whatever may be the fate of the measure, four they will be entitled to say that they did their best ...

... atttst _ Rntfdliff M- ?? to EXPLOSION ON BOARD A STEAMER. (c, GREAT YARmouTse, Monday evening. ne The London screw steamer J. M. Strachan, from New- Lc- castle for London, with gas coal, put into the road-stead to- rd, day and landed a seaman named William Fairbrother. so- Gas, generated from the coal carried, appears to have ex- 3ir ploded, and Fairbrother was much burned, one of his legs ed ...

... . y~and )pirs. Tay] in TnH OPENING OF T11E ART ExmT10oN has been Ti as successfully accomplished, and, as we ventured to pre- Schc suipe, at diet, the enterprise has already proved a great successo the]I of The anxiety attending the formation of a collection so cong is extensive, composed as it mainly is, of precious works singi taldl ig of art of the most tender and fragile nature, has been ...

... JJ:4AAJ J. LJX. L-III2J V tJ l 'J AtiAct. ti an A . tr - The committee of this society met on Friday morn- 16. ing to arrange the prize list for the forthcoming show. in It was gratifying to observe that, with one exception, an the special prizes from the noblemen and gentlemen of de the county were renewed, and additions made to them. iRE It is, generally speaking, the desire of the ...