... jual Jdas. GRnAN BALLAD CONCERT ON SEPTEMBER 8TH. -We are gladto see by the London papers that Mr. Sidney Naylor, who is engaged no accompanyist. at the above concert, is to be one of the conductors at the English opera at St. James's Theatre, London. of ST. JAISES'S NEW HOTEL.-The new hotel built by tne Derby Improvement and Hotel CompRny has beent taken by of Mr. Flock, who has been so ...

... Respecting the recent visit the Pall Hall Gazette says Those who read only the correspondence in the Eu lish- Paipers maty imagine that the visit of the Prince of Wals and his'brother and sister hats been a great success, and buas provoked pleasant mniaifesatinons of Irish loyaltv. Private letters and the protests which have appeared in the Dublin o papers tell a different tale. The truth is ...

... 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. ...

... ALFRETON FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL ISOCIETY. The first annual show of this society was held on Wed- nesday last, in a field kindly lent for the occasion by J. R. Fielding, Esq. The weather was all that could bd wished for. The attendance was very large, upwards of 2,000 pay- ing for admission exclusive of those admitted by members' tickets. On the ground we noticed C. 1. P. Morewood, Esq., the ...

... ariftites. Lectures are proposed as substitutes for capital punish- ment by a Continental paper. I An old sailor, passing a graveyard, saw on one of the, tombstones 1 I still live. It was too much for Jack, and, I shifting his quid, he said: Well, I've heard it said that there are cases in which a man may lie, but if I were dead I'd own it! A gentleman in Texas exhorts the editor of his ...

... pisirld ?? sent twoI ,ay, -ices lent k of, eek. Iing. hog Ises.. Land hed cup.- hat- tin son-. erse. ther I-,ec- tho sou- in- 'on- to- In hb .ong ltr uts, the )een aost Bred ,hly. inue sp- rees lard the :'the at- city. that ith- ,ree CHESTERNELD. ELY DIOCESAN CaHRCA MUSIC SOCIETY.-Mr. Trimnell, organist to the Chesterfield Pariah Church, has been ad- judged the successful competitor for the ...

... airst iddlignt C. act t; LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Si ing rCE\TIIAL PRESS TrLEGRtAMS.] T eve MFILCURY OFFicE, Tuesday, 4 pam. iire REMAURSI td Market firmer. Metropolitan district 84 35. London and ~tdSouth Western 142k 1431. Frenchlines 6lijpremitnm. at an Console for Account - - - 98J 931 ol, Consuls for Money - - - 931 93j. ol, London and North Western - - 1434 - the Midland - - - - 1371 1388 ...

... -a- ~ 1- -1- n IM nl- n. e ..A I- A ?? We extract the following article (4A Giiod Dinner)I from a small periodical called the VGhis ian Penny 3fagczine.I It will he read with interest by many of cur operative friends: on a bright evening last May there was wunuual excite- ment in the neighbourhood of the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, Loudon; end it was evident that some special ...

... d About' the period of the year which inaugurates itself i under the time-honoured title of the silly season, it is fiimple'4natter of history that rumours which would do credit E tot e inost wildly iuveutivetrnagiuation of-a Transatlantio. journalist find their way into the columns of English news- 9a papers. The gigantia gooseberry has grown somewhat e*m usty, and our modern wonder-workers ...

... Kocztl jd?s- ?? , I 5 The Duke of Devonehire has presented the Rev. B 1. t Roy to the vicarage of Youlgreave, near Bakewell. f The Countess of Loudonm, in the peerage of Scotland, sister of the late Marquis of Hastings, has established her claim ho the baronies of Botreanx, Hungerford, De Molins, f and Hlastings, in tho peeraga of England. e Lord and Lady Leigh and family have left their resi- ...

... The rumoured extension of cholera from Russia into the LO Baltic Provinces of Prussia has very naturally caused alarm lest the malady should again spread to West Europe and thence to this country. The news requires confirmation; and much of the alarm depends upon a mistaken notion of the rapidity of diffusion and direction of progress of the a epidemic. One account describes the disease as ...