... MR. BEKESFORD HOPE, M P., ON THE I - - i IAUXULLARY FORCES. THE PRIZE RIFLE MEETING AT HiARTINGTON. The first annual 'inspection, of this company under the command of Captain Wirgrnan, was held at their quarters on the 21st, of'September. Out of a total strength of 73 there were present on parade 67 of all ranks. The Inspecting Officer, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. W. H. Herbert, A.AG. of 4be ...

... THE NONCOMFO1MIST CONFERENCE. )f The conference of Nonconformists on the subject of l- disestablishment was opened on Tuesday, at the Exchange n Assembly Room, Birmingham. Mr. W. Middlemore, f presided. He explained that the Nonconformists entertained d no hostility wbatever to the Church itself. On the contrary, . they wished the members God's speed in their work. But k the political ...

... HOW THE SYMPATHY IS GOT UP. The public have been favoured with a peep behind the scenes of the sympathetic meetings which have been got up in various towns favoured by Mr. Thomas Castro, or the claimant. The summons recently granted egainst Mr. Onslow, M.P., and Mr. Whalley, M.P., at the instance of Mr. Anidjab, a cigar merchant in the Strand, for the recovery of a docu- ment alleged to ...

... IMARRIAGE OF LORD CHURSTON A:TgJ I HRON. BARBARA YELVERTON. I I The marriage of Lord Churston with the Hlon. Barbara Yelverton, daughter of A'dmiral Sir Hnatings YelVerton, ?? nnd the late MArchioness of Hastings, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, was solemnised on Monday at Londoun Castle, where the bride had been speudiisg the last six weeks with her sister, the Countess of Loudoun. The ceremony was ...

... -i The weekly meeting of the G'iardians wae Leld 4 th Board-room, on Tuesday afternoon, when there werqpre- sent the Rev. e. Abney (chairman), Mr. Brindley am -Mr. Sherwin (vice-chairmen), the Revs. J. Chanucellor jal A. M'Kenna, Messrs. Denston, T. Roe, jun*YW. E. Whston, Swingler, Baldock, Hefford, Oakden, Whitaker, Earbpes- wick, J. W. Thompson, Hobson, Turner, Bloor, Stlisby, and Whiston. ...

... I -, laftst bldligma. [BY ELECTRIC TRLEGRAPH.] LoNLox, Tuesday. DEPARTURE OF THE EMPRESS OF GERMANY. The Empress of Germany and suite left Dover for Ostend thismorning. The Empress was accompanied by Prince Arthur from London, who escorted Her Majesty on board the special boat. STRIKE OF lINERS. TUESDAY. About'one thousand miners struck work at Seaton and Seabam Collieries yesterday, in ...

... QUARTERLY RETURN OF BIRTHS AND: DEATHS-IN DERBY. (Specially compiled In the Registrar-General's Office for the Mercury.) The Registrar-General reports that there were 208,087 births registered in England and Wales in the three mouths ending 81st March last, a total which is slightly below the corresponding one for 1871, but which exceeds the average of three years by 1,395. Thae birth rate for ...

... LOCAL ALTERATIONS ?? TIIAINS, JANUARY, 1872. 8.0 a.m. Express, She'dield to Loudon, will stop at Chos- tmmrfield when required to take up Pmssermgers for London. 8.5 Am.m. Sheffilld to Derby will be slightly altered at in- terimediate statiotis. 101.20 a.m. Derby to Leeds will stop at Park Gato and Rawmarsh And Kiloharst. 12.25 pim. Barnsley to Uudworth, Derby, and Leeds will leave at 12.3.0 p ...

... THE POISONING OF A WORKHOUSE SUR- I GEON. - On Weduesday afternoon, the City Coroner (Mr. E. fer- ford) held nil adjourned inquest touching the death of Mr. Andrew Harris, hlta senior house surgeon at the Manchester Workhouse. Professor F. Crace Calvert said it was not known what -was the snmillest quantity of atropino which would cause death. One cast) was recorded in which two grains caused ...

... (ltzsiastiatl and gdttifrsn. The Record Says it is thought that the judgment in the Bennett case will not be pronounced on this sido of Whitsuntide. A CRISIS WITH TIM IRISH CHuRcH.-Tho General Synod of the Irish Church on Friday resolved to postpone the sub- ject of the revision of the Prayer-book until next year, and to reappoint the committee of revision. Lord Carrick and several leading ...

... pistrid If I th ,th PARWICH. Ve NBw ClauaoH.-The foundation atone of the DeW ?? en 5e. church (which is being erected by T. W. Evasts ilf be laid by that gentleman on Thursday iext, the2§ninst. id. Should the weather prove favourable, the ceremony *il pp th a very interesting one. - le, OSMASTON. n- CoLoNIAL AND CONTINENTAL CHURcH SOCiETr,-The ad annual meeting of the Ashborne branch of this ...

... | REPORT FROM DERBYSHIRE AND NORTH STAFFORD- SHIRE. June 27.-The Iron Trade in all parts of Derbyshire has undergone no change during the week. The demand for pig-iron has in no way abated, nor is it likely to do, seeing . that enquiries are so much on the increase in all districts . that the question appears to be-when will the top price be reached? So far as Derbyshire is concerned, the ...