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A DISORDERLY MEETING AT DERBY

... On Tuesday evening, the 19th inst., aL meeting was held at the Derby Temporance Hall, under the auspices of the society which advocates the nece=st of stopping the sale of liquors on the Sabbath, the latrpart of which was characterised by groat tumult and noise, The Rev. Ernest I Boys opened the meeting by prayer, and Dr. Ooi,r., thle chairman, then Addressed a few remarks in preface. He ...

Published: Wednesday 27 January 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2595 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

POLITICAL CHICANERY

... f John Bull being very prone to sharp, and sometimes not quite fair, criticism of the institutions under which be lives, 1 perhaps his mind may be tranquili=ed by a comparison of these with those existing in the United States, where in the opinion of a certain class, universal perfection has been reached. It will be merely necessary to premise that we r have drawn every item of the following ...

Published: Wednesday 10 February 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1704 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: News 

EXPLORATIONS IN THE PEAK

... .. . I ?? - - - - -l ?? -- :1_ A nua ?? be At the last meeting of the Literary and Philosophical S5. Society, a paper on a descent into Eldon Hole, Derbyshire, be was read by Mr. Rooks Pennington. Near the road from - Buxton to Castleton, and about four miles from the latter mr. place, stands Elden Hill. It is a bleak bare mountain, one bo of the higheat of the grassy eminences of the ...

Published: Wednesday 10 February 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1643 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

LAUNCH OF THE ALEXANDRA

... LAUNCH OF THE ,ALEXANDRA. ma- --A ?? -n A; ?? m l- , The Prince and Princess of Wales and other members of o Yeg the Royal Family, as well as the Lords of the Admiralty d ax- And other distinguished persons, went down by special I Ies trains from Charing-cross and Victoria on Wednesday B by morning for the launch of the Alexandra at Chlatbam. The A of Prince and Princess started from Victoria ...

Published: Wednesday 14 April 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1559 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

Foreign Intelligence

... .g I . glarttolt 'ghtelligma. inid GERMANY. n~rt~ THE OLD CATHOLICS. TI Itd A report has been prepared for the Old Catholic to-di 0W Snowhich shows the spread and increase of the Old OP1 Catholic Community since the synod of last year. The In IoIt report shows that in Prussia there are 32 Old Catholic Ml of congregations recognized by the State, and comprising of a r 6,080 independent adult ...

Published: Wednesday 26 May 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2162 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

CHEESE FACTORIES IN CHESHIRE

... I At the last monthly meeting of the North Cheshire Chamber of Agriculture at Macclesfield, the subject for dis-l cussion was ' The cheese factory system. Mr. Murray, steward to the Earl of Harrington, who has had an ex-I tensive experience in the working of the Derbyshire cheese i factories, addressed the Chamber at great length pointing . out the success which so far bad attended the ...

Published: Wednesday 21 April 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 506 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

THE ARTHUR ORTON CRAZE

... ?? -- - 6 . mL.-, , A last ext the rI ich Igs in ice, W~e ind ib), eh- hat ind me up or, of ,er, ato oh, BY, the are '00, the iry the .L.Gus12 ?? ' .J ?? In the Court of Exchequer, on Thursday, the case of Cobbett v. Morrish came before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Pollock and Amphlett.-This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the Governor of Mlillbank Prison to recover the ...

Published: Wednesday 03 February 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2054 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

Imperial Parliament

... mptriad vtrliallitnt. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY. TEE NEW EDUCATION CODE. Replying to Mr. Kennaway, Lord SANDON said that owing to the adjournment of the Lords he was unable to lay on the table the alterations and fllnaly adopted in the Education Code. They bad been alty determined upon after consultation with gentlemen ac- ri1h quainted with the subject in all parts of the country, and the ...

Published: Wednesday 31 March 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 859 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

DERBYSHIRE 150 YEARS AGO

... The following account of Derby and other places is taken C from a manuscript note-book (now in the British Museum), C of three travellers, who made a journey through England in 1 Oct., 1735:- 1i On the 9th our party reached Manchester, a most flourishing town, though neither borough nor corporation. c Near the college is a hospital for sixty boys, founded by Humphrey Cheetham, Esq., who also ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 623 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

A DEFUNCT CLASS

... A DEFUNCT MLASS. .. - - A ~ t The tuse A renaissance of eccentricity seeins'bldlY wanted Wilen le in comparing the present race of originals with their prede- Idly cessors, a great decrease of fibre, substance, and individuality at once becomes palpable. The modern accentric is not er n single-minded in his vocation. He does not take it up with nen. stern determination to sacrifice all the ...

Published: Wednesday 16 June 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1458 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

FEARFUL OUTBREAK OF SMALL-POX IN IRELAND

... ly A TOUCHING STORY. | St SMALLPOX AT ATHENmY.- M. P. writes to the Times (IdUrlder dlite Athenry, June 25:-Visiting this place last I week I found that the loathsome disease with which it has I ifbeen so long afflicted was still lingering about its precincts, if but the inhabitants were then hopeful that they had seen I the worst of it, Since Tuesday, however, not only have t T many new ...

Published: Wednesday 30 June 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1362 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

Foreign Intelligence

... - S ?? n c * -- 4I 'tCRtion }itXt he - to CANADA. the Ld- BURIAL RIOTS AT MONTBEAL.-Serious riots took alev ish place at Montreal on the 2nd inst., in conedquence of bee Llt the attempt made to bury in the Catholic cemetery the Bri ier remains of the man Guibord, whose case was argued the ies some time since before the Privy Council. Guibord ten es. was a member of the Institut Canadien, ...

Published: Wednesday 22 September 1875
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 951 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News