... ? 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 ...

... I pistrid ltws. d ARLESTOi. aB F PLsuzo-rFratnaONTA.-The Local Cattle Plague Com- T y- ,mittee, on Friday, declared the farm of Mr. G. Mee, at cc 0 Arleston, infected within a radius of half a mile with pleuro- w Ih pneumonia. ol ti e TISSIN GTOX. ti - WELc-DaEssiNo.-We are requested to state that the n] credit of promoting the annual dressing of the Town well, w which was designed and so ably ...

... At the Cambridgeshire Assizes a Scotch travelling draper, e named M'Kenzie, was sued by Miss Dennis, a governess, iR y the Isle of Ely, for breach of promise. The parties had been acquainted for sixteen years, and in 1867, two years after the death of his wife, he proposed to plaintiff, who at e his request left her situation and returned to the home of h her parents. He visited her until 1870 ...

... WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15,1871. - r an . rso;>ln Mr. A. W. FONIBLANQUE, of the Statistical Depart- ment of the Board of Trade, has prepared and for- warded to us the agricultural returns of Great Britain for the year 1870. He remarks that opners and occupiers of land in parts of England are still opposed to making returns, though they are willingly given in Wales and Scotbund. The total number of ...

... Tncad Rdol. L. Di g Major the Marquis of Hart ingion has resigned his corn-D mission in the 2nd Derbyshire Regiment of Militia. eel - dif MILITARY EXAMINcATroNs.-TIhe following officers of the 0 Reserve Fiorces have received certificates of proficiency i otheir duties from the commandant ofte ?? tair Schools of Instruction at the, Tower, Wellington and Chelsea rot Barracks, end also from the ...

... THE COLLISION OX THE MIDLAND RAILWAY. On Friday, at the Town-hall, Dronfield, Oliver Merritt, ,*intsman, was charged, on remand from last week, with manslaughter. The magistrates present were Messrs. H. Bowden, T. W. Rodger, and C. Cammell. John Skidmore, stationmaster at Unstone, said the defendant, Oliver Merritt, was the pointsman on the 19th of July. The goods train arrived at the station ...

... r?pirn?.ence. MR. B3ASS AND HIS WORKPEOPLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DERBY MERCURY. Sir-I notice in a speech made about a fortnight ago, in Dery, y oe o yur eprsenatiesin Parliament (Mr. Bas), hathe s astrng dvoateforth eight hours per daymoemet or hewormei. ayI ask Low it i i doe no st te eamle y lttng isowl, workmen work eigh hors or day hu I uppse is motto is, do as I Bay, not as Id. ...

... IA PENNYWORTH OF NGLISH RHPUBLI-| , .CAGISH.6 ' | - The English Republicans differ from their French fellows 5 or, as they p refer to call them, 1brethren, in having, no tr '1a- 0 ditions. The Trade-Urnionists and tap-roomg orators of thelo manufacturing boroughs can scarcely recognise Cromwell as a a practical interpreter of their theory of the' Republic, nor a can they expect the mass of ...

... Thursday last will be a memorable day in the t annals of Derby; at least, if the schemes for edu- d eating the people of England by Act of Parliament Ii do not prove abortive, the inauguration of Free 1 Libraries to be supported by the ratepayers of cities 2 and boroughs will be looked upon by future genera- E tiona with even more interest than is shown at pre- I sent. As education progresses, ...

... DIOCESAN INSTITUTON FOR TRAINING -SCHOOLMISTRESSES AT DERBY. 0 The annual sale of work and the distribution of prizes in a ;a conneciton with the above institution took place on Thurs- d d day afternoon. The visitors, who were fewer in number II bt than usual, included Lord and Lady Scarsdale, Mrs. Mundy, v. d Canons Anson, Latham, and Ram, Rev. W. J. M. Ellison t( if and Mrs. Ellison, Mra. ...

... tnttztes. A Connecticut schoolboy has written a composition on the horse, in which he says it is an animal having four legs, ,,one at each corner. In Wright County, Iows, there is a society called the Scamp Catchers. We have had a like society in Bow- street for many years. There is a young lady in Yonkers studying Latin. She has a beau. Ho asked her what sic transit gloria mundi meant. She ...

... Ipistrid Itius. MATLOCK. t e GAs Wouxs.-The Liquidation of this Company coal-C it menced in the spring of 1868, and still remains in Chancery, e d and no dividend declared. it SOMERCOTES. c d An inquest was held at Birchwood-lane, Somercotes, on c d Saturday, before Mr. Busby, coroner, touching the death of 1 r. Anni' difs of William Darrington, labourer, Birchwood-lane. 5 lea Deceartd;, who ...