... There is a growing tendency throughout England to regard municipal matters from a political point of view, which has been very apparent during the recent elections, and the ninth of November, upon which day the Mayors and Aldermen are chosen in v the various cities and boroughs, bids fair to be p looked upon as a day when the strength of parties in Town Councils is to be formally tested so as ...

... Takeu at tho Dovolshire Hospital, Buxton, ?? the month of Ti Oct., 1874. Height of bnromotcr cistern above sea level, 1,1D5 feet f BAROMETEB. INCHES. Itesn nt 325 F., ati reduced to sea level - - 20,31 b Highest unreduced - {g-;42 in Rage -g 1175 _ TEyt'EKATCUE. DIEGrED1. Adel)tet moean - 47'8 HRige for month - -290 Mean doily range -12Y Greatest range in one ?? 24-0 Leart rouet in one oay -38 ...

... DISPATCH OF MAILS The Office Is open to the public from 7 am. to 9 p.m. Letters,&c enn be posted Lines ofroad and chleflplaces of %ithout With I r letters destination. extra ?? can be No. of charge penny registerd Mail. until stamp until Ahbborne, Belper, Matlock, Wirks- until worth, and villages around Derby 3.33n.m _ 2 Birmingham, Chsltenham, Glouces- ter, Worceoster, sad Wales. 6.6 ,, 6.20n ...

... On Tuesday night tile St. Peter's Parish branch of tbe Darby and District Working Men's; Constitutional tli Associationt gavo a dinner at the Blabington Arms. Sir ta H1enry Willmot, Bart., V.C., M.P., presided, supported by ' Mr. Rowvland Smith, Mr. W. Bodwn, the P'residlent, Mir. G. t Gascoynie, Jun., Mr. IV. Harvey Whistuon, Mr. W. R. Holland at Ctho Conservative agent for South Derbyshire), ...

... The Annual inoetilig for the election of Mayor and rocep- t01n if ann im reports was held iii M1oiiiay, there being ( Presenit AI'leriiien Longdoii, Clartke, lioi, CO., Roenale, Bairber, Cromipt on, Btarton ?? scil ora 71ei~ldon, Biroughtall, Pipes. Dli ilt v. livslwick. '1l' iirer. (Owslet' Bliuol;e ll, ticanli ILir-par, 'Sprig'gs, W. J. Smith, ltb'e. nerose, Giles, Ililt, P'arkins, G4. ...

... fortion Ndligniff. GERMANY. COUNT ARNIM. :1 BIBERMIi, Nov. 5. Count Arnim underwent a fresh examination of an n hour and a half on Tuesday, in his Berlin residence. Referring to inaccuracies in the published versions of o the correspondence between Arnim and Bulow, the ( Cologne Gazette draws attention to a passage wherein l Arnim states that he was accused by Bismarck of con- spiring with a ...

... gbaf 11-civs. n The Duke of Rutlitnd has arrived at Cheveloy Park from in visiting the Earl and Countess of Scarborough at Sandbeck. The Earl and Countess Cowper are entertaining a select be party during tbe present week at Panshlaugar, Herts. in The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon have arrived in Londoit from Higholcre Castle, Newbury. to The Marchioness of Hastings has arrived in town from I ...

... If Wayrtspaillulla. I - CRIMES OF VIOLENCE. To THE EDITOR OF THE DERBY MERCURY. Sir-Many, I am well assured, will give thanks and ready approbation for the well-timod and much needed kind of letter by Mr. Hoskins, in last week's Mercury, though they 5 ta)y not give them through the newspapers Never could there have been a time when brutal ruffianism was more rife iu this country than at ...

... MR. KNATCHBULL-IJUGESSEN, M.P., AND THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS. A considerable number of licensed victallers represent- id, ing generally a wide range of provincial associations, met at ug dinner at St. James's Hall, London, on Thursday night, for of the purpose of presenting to Mlr. George Candelet, secretary of their Defence League, a testimonial in recognition of the lie services rendered by ...

... pistritt Bdus. 1!ig CHURCH GRESLEY. attr PARISH CHvnCH.-On WMIdnesdtsy evening 1S~t, a spocisi thrr1 gervico wits hold in the jorrisir church to commtemnoratei tho re-oponing after restirratio. A pruce~srr'onl livurItlr, aviD9 I Be boon sung by the choir arid clirgy , tiel pray.rs ?? iri irnoted by the vicar, thle hx.C. Lloyd, and rteI~' 11- tl,1 s the J first lesson was roil by tie', IZ1v. .1 ...

... -o I .1 Z Pa. -s n The 38th anuiversary of the Derby Temperance Society no was held at the Bull, Curzon-street, on Monday, com- thr 0 mnencing with a public tea. The proceedings were Of the tra e most inspiriting character, the addresses, especially that of has 1 the Rev. G. W. M'Cree, being remarkably well received. thb The SECRETARY read the 88th annual report, of which ia i, the following ...

... A correspondent of the iinei draws attention to a fact which is likely to callse confsidorablo inconvOeiel)( to per- sons who remain ignorant of it. Ttera exists a rule which forliids postmasters at certain oflices to receive and¢1 k.sp letters addressed to their charge. The way itt which this rule is carried out is not unzniturally muade a ground of cotn- plaint. It appears that so soon as ...