... Ristrid Idu* OSMASTON-BY-ASHBORNE. of ON GOOD FRIDAY the annual senuons on behalf of the id Society for Promoting Cbristianity among the Jews were e- preached by the Rev. F. S. Legg, M.A., association secre- Fs tary. The collections nmounted to 71.13s. 7id. ,ee . BRADLEY. Dt ON GOOD FRIDAY evening a sermon was preached in this M church on behalf of the Society for Promoting Christianity 1 ...

... RAILWAYS BLOCKED AND TRAINS SNOWED UP. The cold and tempestuolus weather of the lpst fortnight culminated on Friday in a snowstorm, thb like of which for severity baa not been experienced in the north of Scotland for eleven years. Over the length and breadth of the I country north of the Tay snow began to fall about five I o'clock on Friday afternoon, And continued till night in i blinding ...

... On Monday morning, at meeting of goods guards, engine drivers, firemen, and shunters connected with the Amutga- St mated Society of Railway Servants, was held at Manches- ml ter for the purpose of hearing from Mr. Hague, the district secretary at Nottinglham, a report of the troatmant the men are receiving from the Midland Railway Company in the qr Midland Conuties, and An to hear from the ...

... WEDNESDAY, Acu. 16. MR. DISRAELI'S l',lEVATl'ION T:) THIE PEERAGE. ofThe unexpected always happens. True to the policy of surprise which, embodied in this axiom, cy has always underlain his statesmanushiip, l\lr. DISRAELI Si- without a single act whereby his movement could have been foreshadowed, has marked the close of the 'n Session by passing from the House of Commons to of the House of ...

... . .. I - - -- l -1 - -I 11 . - During the 'act month the quantity of coal taken to Loudon by the various railway companies connected with our coalfields and having termini there shows a falling off not only against June, but when compared with July, 1875. This to some extent may be attributed to the state of affairs in the North of England and in South Wales, where thf, colliery owners, owing ...

... DERBY POST OFFICE REGULA- TIONS. DISPATCH OF LETTERS, &c. The Office is open to the public from 7 a~m, to 9 p.m. Lettera,lkc, can Ie pested Lines of road and oblefplaces ot WhhebutWt I eters destination, extra addiltj'l ,nn be No. of charge penny rghlterd Maill untl Iap o e 1IGrantliam, Grimsby, Lincoln, New. unitl of 4d. ark, N~ottlngharn, andI North Lin- ,.atlt eolelislre, Manchester, ...

... T, The Nottingham Guardians on Tuesday discussed the the question as to the granting of loans to distressed working defe is men, and decided that though they could not legally do so to ti er they would lay the facts before the Local Governmentws in Board, and do all in their power to meet the poverty of the just a8, town. Js 0c The award of Mr. G. J. Shaw Lefevre, M.P., in the arbi- disn b ...

... The sixty-seventh anniversary of the Derbyshire General S Infirmary was celebrated on Thursday. There was a special service at All Sainta' Church at eleven, which was I attended by the Mayor (Win. Higginhbottom, Esq.), the Pre- a sideut of the Institution (J. G. Crompton, Esq.), Sir Henrye Wilmot, V.0., M. P., besides a large proportion of the Car- poration, who were escorted from the Town ...

... CONSERVATISM Im LANCAS5II2.-Tho committee of the a Manchester Conservative Club have completed their ar- 'as rangements for commemorating the opening of their new on head quarters in that city by a great Conservative demon- 0o stration, which will take place on October 20th. The pro- s. cseedings will not be confined to a banquet in the saloon of ith the new buildings, but will include a ...

... WHE ALEXANDRA SKATING RINK. This skating rink, which has been erected at a cost of 7,o001., by Messrs. J. Jackson, WV. Stokes, and Geo. Foan, on the New Uttoxeter-road, Derby, was opened with consi- derable eclat on Monday last. The building bas an attrac- tive entrance, tttii will not detract from thle appearance of the numerous villas which alleady exist in tide vicinity. The exterior, seeni ...

... ?? Lll BI WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8. dIV He who goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing the proverb is somewhat musty; but the case of el 4LINICLATER V. SAUNDERSON, which was decided last Saturday, adds point to the axiom and invests it hi with new interest. ri We presume there are few persons, to whom~ Camn- O bridge life is familiar, who do not know the defend- ei ant in this case; not, perhaps, ...

... LIZ b -JUiPS Z'L IlILIDI.I±. I VARIETIES an bargained with a Crliforn uats A..countryman bargained with a California piptographer u en- for a half-leugth piotnro of himself at half price, and when .he the artist delivered a fine view of the subject from the waist- Um. band down, the victimized sitter indulged in remarks morea ing forcible than polite. Re o, I don't care much for a quiet baby ...