... This wins the title of a lecture delivered in the Drill-ball, cin on Tueaday evening, by tbe Rev. Charles Olark (tinte of So Melbourne, Australis). aMr. Alderman Bemrarse presided an over au audlience of shoot 2,000 persons, atd was supported 8, by Alderman Longdon, the Prov. W. H. Telley, 0omucillor., St l.rrison, Stenson, Storer, Boum, S. Bennett- Boden, Keys, Cbl Fowkes, &c. 2, * In opening ...

... I HE AGZICUULTRAL RETURNS. IP ?? Ad ?? . ?? I B-a .. - DADA ¢1 A nidi ue;A1 A. L. - IAJ - - .. , V -AJ -I U Q* . U These returns, issued on Tuesday, state that in Great Britain the area returnedl as under cultivation has in- p creased by 121,000 acres since 1878, and by 264,000 It acres since 1S77, the total increase in the ten years v since 1869 being no less than 1,637,000 acres, or about i ...

... DERBY C11ORAL UNION. The members opened their fourteenth season on f Tuesday evening, the 18th inst., with the most brilliant X y performance they have yet given. Spohr's Last r r. Judgment and Handel's Alexander's Feast were, on I I- that occasion, introduced for the first time to a Derby I , audience. The only cause for regret was that two c e works of such great beauty should have ...

... - A - A# MAII N A ?? v Will 9 The long-protracted case of Nowell v. Williams has at last been settled in the Court of Common Pleas by a verdict for the defendant. This cause cdeebre, for such lo it has now become, commenced as long ago as August last, but was adjourned over the Long Vacation. The at X action was brought by Dr. Nowell against his brother. ci 9t in-law, Mr. Williams, to recover ...

... his uniform kindness ana excenlence or iostruction. At the Derby Borough Police-court, on Thursday, William vP Smith and Nathan Moseley were summoned, on the informa- w tion of Inspector Raymond, for having cruelly ill-treated a di cow, on the 7th November.-Mlr. Hrextall appeared to prose- cute, and atated that Mleeley was the drover, and was em- s ployed by Smithl. The case was one which ...

... strittt Idus. es co1WILLINGTON. Y . PARISH CHURCH.-Ot Sunday morning lst, the 28rd ig lust., the sum of 61. 5e. was collected in behalf of the Derby- re shire Infilcmary. r- ?? AALFRETON. P STATUTES FAI-.-The annual statutes fair was held at 1l Afreton, on Monday. The attendance was pretty good. Of There was more hiring than last year. The wages asked were somewhat high, ranging as ?? from 81. ...

... 4fololl 4ltzligenmce. in10 top TUE AFGHAN WAR. tat The annexed telegram from thle Viceroy, dated Wed- -ge nesday, has been received at the India Office: to- Five more regiments from Turkestan arrived near 2er Cabul; will disband and go honme. Probably remain- .he ing Cabul regiments in Turkestan will follow, having 3dj. no prospect of psy. to- A Cabul telegam, dated Wednesday, appears in a ...

... 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 ...

... saiint. -hdlAhvlh-nkinz man r Re was a gaunt, shabby-looking man, about 40 years of - age. His hair- was long, aud full of ohips and feathers, n denoting that be had reposed on the previous night either in at Ihencoop or a sawmillt. His bat he carried in his hand toI keep it from wearing nut, he had no heals on his boots, and his coat as hutt~oned up to the top of his head to keep the world ...

... 5o IMPORTANT DISCU6SION ON Ic5ATING THE WORKHt~OUSE. id it On Saturday lant the ordinary Meeting was ?? ait the Board-roomn, Belper, J. H. Woolley,E Esi., in the chair, 9iid ~d there were present Lord Scarsdale, thle Hon]. W. M. Jfervis, the, Hon. F. Strutt, W. 0. Haslaini, Esq~., the Rev. Ii Hey, Id Messrs. Cupit, Lucas, Jordan, Wasite, Rowbottom, Shaw le (Wirksworth), Blown, Bayles, ...

... I AGRICUMIURE. a ?? ?? THE ROYAL COMMISSION ONT th A special meating Of the Gloucestershira Chamber of Agri- ab culture was bald in Gloucester on Saturday, and was at- rij tended by Ur. Andrew Doyle, one of the Assistant Commis- VI' atoners. A series of questions, drawn up by Mi'. Doyle, had TI bean previously circulated among the members of the Chaim- ml bebr, and replies were read at the ...

... I r Once more in this Archdeaconry the clergy and A At laity have met together in Council, weighty matters A o affecting the cause of religion have been ably and . exhaustively discussed, and the greatest interest has e been manifested in all tbat concern s the welfare of a the Church of England. All who were present at in 0 the great gathering in S. James's Hall, on Thursday Al last, must, at ...