... MANOD RMALwAy DiVmENn.-The dirpeotrR of MIDLAND RAILWAY DivIDEND.-The directors of the Midland Railway Company have decided to recommend to 1 the proprietors a dividend on the ordinary stock, for the half year ending 80th June last, at the rate of 6J per cent. per annum. THE MANCHBsTESn, BUXTON, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.-The usual half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday, ...

... MODERN SUPERSTrITION AND) CREDULITY. It may savour of the incredible too strongly to s suit the taste of many amongst our readers, if we aver that there was scarcely ever a time in the a history of this country when the most ?? n superstitions lad so strong a hold upon the human c mind as the present. But we will put all the stories f of witchcraft together; we will give old GLANVIL'S c ...

... ' on Her Majesty was unable to dine with the Royal family on Saturday, or to attend divine service on Sunday, owing to fO indisposition. in The Queen was so far recovered on Monday, as to be able or to walk in the grounds at Osborne in the morning, but Her at Majesty was not able to join the dinner party. Prince te, Arthur has left Osborne for Aldershot. d- ay tic A little girl, aged two years ...

... 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 ...

... the The Derby Regatta took place on the liver Derwent last lone Saturday afternoon, but by no means proved so interesting as that of the previous year. The weather was all that could be desired, and there was no hick of company; in- 'om, deed in this respect the regatta was most successful. The n, banks on either side of the river along the course were lined uand with gaily dressed people. The ...

... : DISPATCH OF I The Oi3cc In open to the public 9 Lines of road anI cilefI paces of deastination. No, of Mail. 1 Ashborne, Belpbr, Matlock, Wirks- worth, sod villages around Derhy.. 2 Birmingham. Cheltenham. Glouces- ter, Worcester. and Wales 3 Buxton .. 4 Stoke-on-Trent, Bull, York, Leeds, and Northern Counties 5 London .. .. 6 Leicester, Loughboroogh, iaheweill, Buxton, and Matlook 7 ...

... 6orrapanuum, . SHAM DEGREES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DERYX X(ERCURY. Sir-As I am given to understand that Mr. Crosbie ima-tues that he wais alluded to in my first letter on Sbam l Degrees, I beg to Hay that I never intended to imply that his degrees were purchased at a foreign university, and I am sorry that my letter should have been capable of ?? misinterpretation. Regretting tny annoyance ...

... 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 ...

... snctaJ CapiVts - in SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD is a maxim ur which has been used und abused from the very earliest ages of the world. Dr. BUSBY, of flogging celebrity, worwas said to have had an excellent method of driving- ng in learning, upon the broadest surface of his scholars, les and it may be taken for granted that his pupils neither 'as discredited his efforts in after ...

... A -nn4t avtvnmrlinarv affair ?? .. fe-v cl-vs arm at Is, A most extraordinary affair occurred a few days ago at 11, Allerton, being a determined attempt' to blow up Prospect of Mill, Allerton, tihe property of Messrs. Robertshaw, Holmnes, ts end Co., by m-ars of thesteirm boiler in connection with the n- works. It eppoatrs that on Saturday afternoon the fire under w tlhe boiler was allowed to ...