... . Si MRB. BASS, M.P., ON RAM.WAY SLAVERY. i -s -o -r t - -.v : A- - x:v v- -- - II i Mr. Base, M.P., has published a latter which he has ad- 1 dressed to the chairman of the Midland Railway, to sub- o o stantinte his accusations against the company of overwork- o ing their servant. John Walker, late engine driver in. the o service of the Midland Railway Company, from December 9 6, 1870, to ...

... At the meeting of the Board of Guardians, held on Mon- day, the 28th iust., there wore present eight Guardians- I Mr. Hyatt (in the chair) the Rev. H. H. Bradehaw, Messrs. Sims, Josh. B. Smith. Jag. H. Smith, Peat (Spondon), S. Bennett, and Salsbury. The Clerk was directed to convey the thanks of the Board to Mrs. Sutton for the excellent treat provided for the children of the Workhouse ...

... 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 ...

... EAST SuJT' ELECTION. - - - - -- n - lh SIGNALi D.EFE4' 0F THE GOVERNMENT CAN- s WDATE. we The polling opened on' Thursday morning at eight o'clock, s kr and the verv earlesit returns gave evidence of a complete r change in te vieows of the constituency as to the present ?? Govermremot. At the last election the candidates polled as go fellaws:- -r. Loc7ke King (Liberal), 4,162; Mr. Buxt&n of ...

... &-claiastifal anb AVw digions. Ith - as York Convocation was on Tuesday (last week) prorogued us to the 8th of November. ild The Birmfingham Gazele says that -Earl Beauchamp has ,er declined the presidency of the Birmingham branch of the ,ur English Church Union. 'as The Professorship of English and Modern Languages in he 'St. David's College, Lampeter, has been conferred upon the Rh1ev. J. J. ...

... Varitfits. EEARLY EDUCATION.-The Education Board is discussing t to the following question: - When Adam and Eve partook a, of the tree of Knowledge, did they study the higher . re branches? x A five-year-old city boy told his mother how to malke a butter:- You just take a long stick with a cross at the Ik end of it; then you get a big tub; and then you borrow a s ly COW.I lu A farmner in ...

... THE RECENT CHARIE OF ROBBERY AGAINST I I - A FRENCH MARQUISE. l .r. ir lic a- he er ce e of r_- at hte ss. TO THE RDYOrl oP THE STANDARD. Sir-The attention of our client, Elizabeth, Countess of klarriugton, of Kensington-galace-gardens, has been called tq the report in your and other newspapers, of the proceed- ings at Marlborough-street Police-court on the 17th inst., relating to a charge of ...

... -pistrid Idus; er- CHURCH GRESLEY. ind RssvoiATION.-We are pleased to hear that the At CHURCH R ore committee have accepted Mr. Lilley's tendor, of Asbby, for iedl, the work to be done in connection with the restoration of 0115 Gresley Chlurch, so t4,at the work will now go on at once, Lea- without further delay tiad .urn TUT8URY.., ahe 111 TemTrtY CASTLE FETE.-The aninual fdte and ahei try ...

... I THIE CHURCH CONGRESS AT NOTTINGHAM. aI ?? .I. and The Executive Committee of the Church Congress, which , *ill shortly hold its Eleventh Annual Session and 8ec- ling tional Meetings at the Nottingham Mechanics' Hall, have so far perfected the programme of arrangements as to make rxos it evident that the proceedings of Congress will be this year sally unusually interesting and important in ...

... WEDNESDAY, AuG. 30, 1871. -~A I^ Ah - - -4- 4., It is both interesting and instructive to notice the rt tone of the Liberal press in dealing with so trouble- h some a subject as the defeat of the Government Oi candidate for East Surrey. The publicans,' the 0] teetotallers, the shrieking sisterhood, are all Or blamed in turn for a result so ominous to the o0 stability of the Incapables. The ...

... Jac-at (topics. Bri WHAT TOPICS OF CONVERSATION CAN BE TFODII IN tre fTHE HOLIDAY SEASON, wheneverybody who is not upon W, lthe moors is either at the sea-side, or getting ready for S the stubbles? The few people who remain hanging e about the town, eye each other doubtfully on meeting of and ask the inevitable question whether you are going p04 Dupon the Continent this year, knowing well ...

... A ROMANCE OF BADEN-BADEN -AND SCARBOROUGH. r The following story, says the Leeds Mfercury, was on .tMonday communicated to our Scarborough ?? aby Detective Sergeant Brogdon, of the Scarborough police: ?? recently two German ]adles were visiting the' a fmous Continental watering place of Baden-Baden. They 0 were sisters; one heing the Baroness D-, wife Of Al a baron D-, :an officer in the ...