... ESCAPE. OF A.WAR BALLOON. flOSJflJ fl Vr 4. Vr s.z. .z f l b aV 4,J 1. IA The Military Balloon Commlitee were pmrsaing their t n experiments in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwloh, on Friday, I e when their investigations were varied by a Startling inet- t d dent. Part of their programine is the conveyance of filed E balloons from place to place, in order to make use of the r e prevailing winds, if, ...

... moaIttid-asb. fire, Major thle Hon. H. Strutt, Southern Nottingham Itegi- roof, Mont of Yeomanry, has succeeded to the command, vice theI Earl Manivers. resigned. Md The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, we hear, has left. Gibraltar Mail in her steam-yacht, the Walrus, for Algiers. It was expeote d intal that the baronesis would reach the entrance to the Adriatic 110111 about tho 22nd inst. - land Thle ...

... 'HIE LAW OF DISTRESS ABOLISHED, WHO WILL SUFFER? TO T iH EDITOR OF T IHE S DERBY MERCURY. Cs Sir-What with the searching for party cries and the of creation of objects for new associations, the above law wl must inevitably become a burning question at future kil elections, and one accordingly not to be left to the ab theoretical imaginations of professional agitators, but he. to be calmly and ...

... I Oa On Friday evening Mr. J. H. Goodwin, a member of tie hi Breaston Polling District Branch of the Distriot Coustit- DO tional Association, gave a lecture at Derby on The Policy i o He Majesty's Government. The chair was taken by Mr. Waiter Bode Jn, J.P, in the absence through indisposi- f tion of Sir Henry Wilmot, and besides the rank and file of o1 the association the following ...

... OUT-DOOR RELIEF TO ABLE- BODIED MEN. t, UUT-I UL)u Xt1Arn L j. _ 10 The Derby Board of Guardians, at its meeting on Toes- 6 day, the 9th lust,, had a visit from Mr. Basil Cane, the Local g Government Board Inspector. The Guardians present were l0 the Rev. Canon Abney fchairmar), Messrs. Brindley (viae- a chairman) S. Woolley, W. B. Sherwin, R. A. R. Jones, J. Turner, Unsin Sowter, T. Roe, W. ...

... WEDNESDAY, Ocr. 15. r. The success with which General ROBERTS'S ad- di, Is vance upon the capital of Afghanistan has been of to n kt crowned has created no small amount of enthusiasm no at home. Persistent croakers and prophets of evil eav have once more had their doleful predictions set at rv e- naught, and another lesson has been taught, not only (ir _ to the lawless tribes of those rude ...

... ?? 7%- - - , - ? - -- - No-cat goplIcs. tr TIl.; SOUTHWELL BilSluoptic FUND has not hitherto ei rceived the amount of support to which it is entitled 01 at the hands of Churchmen generally; Still, we are informed that about one-third of tile required amount , has already been made available for the endowment 0' The lamented death of Bishop SELW~YN had the effect k of postponing for a time any ...

... t GARDENING OPERA'LIONS FOR JANUARY. - ..l. .. ?? . .I- .: - r-§- lsr I b (From Sutton's Amateurs' Guide in Horticulture.) O ?? are now at the mercy of the weather, aud must shape our course accordingly. During ?? rains keep off the ground, but prepare to go on it the moment it is fit to bear in your weight witbout poaching, and make ready for the busy spring. Duriug hard frost wheel out ...

... ??f3o?ponZvenct. HERALDRY AT THE FREE LIBRARY. TO TUB EDITotR OF THE DEltY MEtRCURY. Sir-I am rather dismaypd to learn that part of the interior decorations of tbe Free Library is to consist of costs of airms. I say dismayed, for modern heraidry so often be- comes misleading and ridiculous when entrusted to mere decorators, instead of being one of the- most valuable hand- maids of history. It ...

... Fatal ixpifs . ?? Tus: FREE LIBRARY Co0tMXTTEE have issued their 6! fit eighth annual report, from which we learn with satis- faction that each department of the institution is in a ir flourishing condition. Very early in the history of the di Free Library we ventured to recommend that especial U attention should be paid to the work of getting together, y for reference, a full collection of ...

... Az iastival- Wala We understand that the legnoy of the late Ar. i Hadley for the now Bishopric of Newcastle wrill Only g amount to 16,000l., owing to the operatiol) of the Law it of Mlortinain. The Bishop of 1)nrlhami is only holding ig back an appeal for the new See owing to the badnoess of s, the times, and wvill start with upwards of 30,000i., d besides the assignment from the present ...

... (O'casiolTal Botts. - enlis trip THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. had Parliament has been prorogued, and the QuErN in her then Message is able to congratulate Parliament upon the with peaceful relations that exist with foreign Powers and arra to point to the satisfactory execution of the Treaty of Grm Berlin, to the happy termination of the Afghan war, deal add and to the prospect of the early ...