... Wu WOME1N. I 8l' TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. hro, Dn- Sir-May I venture to sond you~a f-w lines suggested to nev thle me by a severil week's sejourn in England, where the terri- len blo strife now raging on the Ckntinent has led me to seek a 350. ted refuge? What I have to say has, no doubt, been said many Ne the times by English writers, teacheri, and preachers far better exh to) than I, as a ...

... )r - -- -- - . ?? ?? . - it THE TWELFTH NIGHT FETE AT THE DRILL ) SHALL. 1- Te l- SN n- A- - .--l --fA - 1)-hs j. 1-I1 . )a RALL. I-It has' now become un annual custom in Derby to bold a of twelfth-night Nisl. So popular has the festival become, and 3' it affords such an amount of enjoyment Dot only to juveniles Ithut to growyn-up persons, that a proposal to discontinue the g custom, we are ...

... The weekly meeting of the Derby Board of Guardians was heldyesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, when there were present Mr. Brindloy (chairman), Mr. Turner (vice-chairman), the Hon. W. M. Jervis, the Rev. J. E. Clarke, the Rev. W. J. M. Ellison, Mr. Whiston, Mr. Beswick, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Swingler, Mr. Roe, jun., Mr. Bloor, Mlr Earp, Mr. Draycott, Mr. Denstone, Mr. Sherwiin, and Mr. Jones. THE ...

... 1 lacal l6ys. g The Earl and Countess of Harringtoa are entertaining a r select party at Elvaston, Derbyshire. t The Marquis of Hartington, the now Chief Secretary for Ireland, has arrived at Kingstown. d 1ST. DEunYsHIHE MItxc'A.-Her Majesty ?? been pleased to approve of Major Ashton Mosley, of the Ist Derbyshire Militia, being granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel.-Lndon, Caette, ...

... Mr. Cardwell has addressed the following leeter to the l Prime Minister:- : -, My JANUAIRY 8, 18M1M- My Doar Gladstone,-In the Times of this morning 1 I d see the following passage, which is stated to be contained in an address to you from Rome of your coustituents,.now in l course of signature, because your War Minister, Mr. t Cardwell, had the audacity to state in the House of Com- I mons ...

... faridits. Y YouNa AMEUCA.-An American Paper states that in Detroit, Miehigan, fashionable young men have taken to wearing earrings. An Ohio chiropodist travels in a waggon built and painted like a human foot, with corns and bunions all over it. A Chicago paper politely remarks that it has another Yflagraut fiction impaled upon the fork of fact, ' and recom- mends this to editors as much more ...

... ie r- ~THE SIEGE OF PARIS. ' - GERMAN OCCUPATION OF MONT AVRON. 23r, 10 PrneGog i;sn h el DEDaNas,. Friday. kI PrneGog r~sn ieflowing telegraphic deripitelr Th, en to King John: Fnin Lteven ~ Vert GalantA lThursdav. bat Findng Mnt Arondeserted by the enemy this atter Thi Ins noon, the first ciminpany of 4th Foot took possession. The fwho *y guns had been carried off, but many limbers, as ...

... THE SANITARY CONDITION OF DUFFIELD-I IMPORTANT MEETING. *- - *- . , For a contiderable time past, this question of adopting the Local Government Act has asitated the minds of a certain few of the inhabitants of this village The necessary re- qusiio of 20 ratepayers and owners having with some dificulty been obtained, the chnirchwardeas convened a meeting for Wednesday evening, the 11th inst., ...

... SATISFACTORY TRIAL OF ENGLAND'S I GREAT GUS. .. . . .. - .. 4 . - -l a- n The 86-ton gun was subjected to its first trial on Friday atafternoon atthe proof butts ofthe Royal Arsenal, and et6cyd m!the test satisfactorily. The proof was conducted by Cap- e tfain Stoney, ILA., assistant superintendent of the Royjal 58 Gun: Factories, Lieutenant Jones, P.A., instructor at the mut same department, ...

... Off - ascal govia'. .~TmE VA&CANCY UFO N THEs ALDEENANIC BENCH, caused limarna by the death of Mr. Alderman GAMBLE, has been filled meetin twere c 1 ~by the election of Mr. Councillor SHEawnr, and a rule Mr C irwhich has been followed more or less rigidly for- some .Fowkl years past-, has tlsereb$' been broken. Ac-cprding to the ratifial Charter of 1680, the method of progression wa by: cisom ...

... StJ11fi*N 11M ?? ijvL;A ajvi,. With regard to the orders which have been received to regulate the admission of foreigners to the ?? and other naval establishlments, a Chatham correspondent writes: litlerto foreigners have been freely admitted to the dock- yard, and the whole of the departments thrown open to themo for inspection, not the least restriction being placed on their } visits. The ...

... ? lattst ?ntrlligtna. [CMITRAL PRESS TRLsoNRA.] THE NEUTRALITY QUESTION. Judgment has been delivered in the case of the Interna- tional French vessel seized by the English Government. The ship was ordered to be unconditionally released, but no costs or damages awarded to the owners. It is announced that the Prussian intention isto withdraw all privileges to French merchantmen, and to order ...