... WEDNESDAY, AUG. 18. Parliament rose from its labours last Friday, and the QUEEN'S Message, read in the House of Lords by Royal Commission, announced the close of a Session which will be remembered for several pieces of useful legislation upon social matters, in addition to a variety of curious incidents which, from time to time, startled the staid propriety of the House of Commons and almost ...

... (From the Gardener's Matgazine.] A considerable proportion of the human faunYy, having no actual knowledge of the high Peak, imagine it to be a single conical hill or mounts n or terrestrial sugar-loaf, to be ascended with the help of a ladder, or to be simply stared at gad admired as a thing no one can cliub. Such persons need a bit of information, to tile effeet that the h high Peak is a ...

... 10 The select committee on public petitions has just ill issued its 81st report which has reference to the period be- of tween the 22nd July and the 4th August, and the par- he tkplars of the petitions presented during that time extend over twenty pages of the document. Among the petitions relating to individual grievances is one from Petrus lrm- manuel De Rioubaix. The petitioner, who is a ...

... THE AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS' ACT. iar (From the Tinies) l te This measure, whether we accept Mr. Disraeli's esti. thi mate of the importance of his favourite legislative lar enterprise or the view of Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen and ow other critics, that it is absolutely worthless as a piece wc of practical legislation, certainly challenges attention thi and will repay a careful study of its ...

... 6arrapaniama. A DISCLAIMER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DERBY MERCURY. Sir-The statement which ?? in your paper of to- day, under the head of Local 'lopics, that the St. Michael's Happy Home Union Band took part in the foolish procession of Monday lst is entirely incorrect. NTo member of our band had anything to do with the proceedings in ques- tion Trusting that you will give publicity to this ...

... - L ?? I A .4 - -L &l.. 4 t1, - M On Saturday. the 14th inst., the pretty little village of Spondon, which crowns the height just three miles from Derby, on the Nottingham-road, was made the scene of one of those pleasant re-gnions which has long become an annual event with the P.T.A. members at Derby. On the day in question, about sixty of the members of the Derby branch, under the auspicious ...

... Total stius. The Countess of Mount Charles and family have gone to ' Bifrons, Kent. The Earl has arrived at Cowes, and is E going on r cruise with the Duke of Marlborough in his grace's yacht. I The Earl of Carnarvon left town after the Cabinet Council on Wednesday, to join his yacht at Comes. Mr. Plimsoll, M.P., whose health has recently been some- i what impaired, has left London for the ...

... MlR. DODSON, M.P., ON THE PRE sERVATlION OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS. I - .OSN M.. ON. TH PRESIEIV--IO The annual meeting of the Sussex Arcbteological Society ; was held at Lewos, on Thursday. The places of interest visited included Lewes Castle, built by William de War- renne, and several churches in the town containing ancient . monuments, as well as other buildings. Southover Church attracted a ...

... pi-drid Adn to ALSTONFlELD. ?? On Friday next, it is proposed to re-open the chancel of j 311 this fine old chaurcha, which has been thus far restored chiefly ed re through the liberality of Sir J. HI. Crewe, Bart., of Calke in Abbey. We hope our readers will go and judge for them- 05 solves of the work that hars been done, and see the various or ur~ iuteresting points of the venerable fabric, ...

... &AA + - -P- AT-,, r herald gives the fol- OUTRAGE ON BOARD A BIi'IM cc A despatch to the Net' YorI Herald gives the fol- 0wing details of au outrage by Spanish authorities on an English meail steamer- folwnstemt St. '1omas July 18, 1875.-Tho wollowiegdetatement by an eye witness will furnish you with the details of Sn outrage perpetrated by the Spanish authorities at Perito Cnon the steauship ...

... a Ud Dy met ho :5. ad ry as The third exhibition and fete of the above society was held on Tuesday in the park adjoining Ileanor Hell. Tho show on the whole was a great success, and it now bids fair to becomo an established institution in the district. The exhibition showed an increase over the two previous years, .ud there wats nO falling off ini the quality of the flowers, fruit and ...

... Norwood and Dulwich were thrown into a state of great Po excitement last Thursday night by an act, owing to which one woman has lost her life, and two other persons are couo- sidored in great danger. It appears from what could be hit gathered in the excitement that a number of persons had ?? been drinking at the Gipsy Queen public-house, and several th' . were in a state of hilarity outside. ...