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THE ZULU WAR

... THE BATTLE OF ULUNDI. OFFI1CIAL DETAILS. i A supplement to the London Gazette issued last Thursday ~evening contains official despatches, of which the following are copies, received by the Secretary of State from Lieutenant-General Lord Chelntaford, THES ADVANEtc AND THES ATTACK., Headquarters Camp, Evitonjaueni, Zulifland, July 6, 1879. Sir-My ]lost despatch, dated Juno 28, will Lava placed ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 10834 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

District News

... ?'pibtxitt Ittoo. HEAGE. !a GJOOSEBiERRY Sliniv.-Mr. John Stone and Mr. Idiram bu Stone have produrcd in their respective gardens the tiel following fruit :-Stackwell, 18dwts. 10grs.; Leveller, Co~ 18dwts. 3gre. ; Careles.4, 23dwts. 12grs. an~ RlIPLEY. Wa SB111o1c AND L~c~unE.-Tho Rev. W. Jones, late of der London, now of Derby, preached in the Wesleyan Chapel onl Tuesday, the 19th just, at 3 ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 11059 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE EUSTON SQUARE MYSTERY

... TEE EUSTON SQUARE MYSTERY.- ir. A STARTLING SEQUEL. hal Ai An extraordinary circumstance in connection with the DpP or Lusto-asquare Mystery has been brought under the notice cro m of the police within the last tow days. Had the matter mo t- alluded to been known whilst tho clirgo against Hannah of I he Dobbs wes pending, it would doubtless not only have thrown to much light upon the case, but ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1820 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

Occasional Notes

... @aasionat Daote I51 TITE NEWMAN HALL DIVORCE. D The verdict in this case is on the side of reason and , common-sense. Whatever we may think of the conduct of the reverend gentleman himself (opinions will differ, B we presume, on this point), there can be no question E a about the behaviour of the lady. The marriage tie is a Po rbond which, in great measure, holds society together Bh ibadly ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 584 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

Imperial Parliament

... 3111perial Varfilclill-clit. chii HOUSE OF LORDS, T1'cnsiuAv. chlc The Archbishop of Canterbury asked for information Crl as to the working of the Canal Boats Act of 1877. Hil a Grace mentioned that thtere wvere no fewer than 100,000 'wh persons living onl board those boats, and that there wi existed an irnpression that while the sanitary provisions hla' of the Act had been set to work, the ...

Published: Wednesday 06 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6967 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

Local News

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4037 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

Ecclesiastical

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 20 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 784 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

Occasional Notes

... (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 ...

Published: Wednesday 20 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 869 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

MR. CAVENDISH BENTINCK ON THE OPPOSITION TACTICS

... MR. CAVENDISI{ BENTINCK ON THE OPPOSI- TION TACTICS. At the annual dinner of the West Cumberland Con- a servative Association, which took place last Wednesday night at Whitellaven, Mr. J. C. Bentinck, referring to 5 the toast of Her Majesty's Ministers, said it was e really a fact unexampled in history that, after so long a period, the Government of this country should be able to carry ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1152 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS

... for ( '1 1* lti The Thmes Correspondent writes from Pecterborought, ~pc viti, August 8:- affec eigs Theoretically, tho wheat yield'of Englaind followvs lie rti ,It aummter readings of thle thermonieter, and the probatle pro-rlt ducal whether over or under an Average or excessive in koe abundance or deficiency, may be piedicated witin) limits, esta, from the weather tablee of June, July, Anid ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2421 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

BAZAAR AT BARTON BLOUNT

... Barton Hall, the b0autiful reaidence of Francis Bradsalaw, 4 ad Esq., was the sceno of unwonted anination on Wednesdady b last. A bazaar, of a very tasteful and unique description, A was beld in aid of the fuude for the completion of the Rec- P ad tory House at Smalley, of which parish tho Rev. William t he Bradshaw is incumbent. The patrtioularobject was saetforth 2 in a circular, of which ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 904 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

THE ZULU WAR

... LORD CHELMSFORD'S RESIGNATION, wit 10 AFFAIRS IN THE TRANSVAAL. po1 0 ?? Telegram.) up( CAPETOWN, July 29. joe ~The circumstances of Lord Chelmsferd's resignation div and the events immediately preceding are thus stated M-Ic -On the 2nd or 3rd of July he received a telegram from wit Sir Garnet Wolseley requesting him to-concentrate the up] forces, and telling him that he did not approve the ...

Published: Wednesday 20 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3121 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News