... WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 1882. Thanks to the aid of the Irish Free Lances the h ,Government were able on Thursday last to set at p aaught the vigorous efforts of the Opposition to I save from present threatened ruin a remnant of a Parliamentary independence. Ministers were em- s] powered to do this, so far, by a respectable, though Mot by a large, majority; but it will not be readily I; ...

... (S''idtAift Plust - ?? ?? W. ASHBORNE. Sob Rwrax SotttEE.-Or. Wednesday evening last the 8 ys t annual soire oif the. A~lhbrue Bife Volunteers ?? held in the Town Ball. Thecre was a lage gathering Fin Present, and the soiree was one of the inost enjoyable thhr and successful held bry the corps. Dancing Commenced to . about seven o'clock, and at ten O oelouk tea was served the in the bottom ...

... Now that wve are -within What Mr. 0L.ADSTONE Mi calls a zmeasurable distance of the General Elec- for tion it is gratifying to find that the friendds of the ma Constitution, as represented by the Conservative tin Party, are preparing to close up their ranks and tlic offer a solid front to the Opposition. Tle comiug fol struggle will be the most memorable which the tio country has wvitnsossed ...

... Plt Q5hlliit QOrqi4,5 iL b - b - With men's minds full of the battle which is being fought between the two great parties of the State, but lislittle interest is taken, outside a rather narrow circle, ry in matters merely municipal, In Derby two gentle- n. men are named as candidates for the mayoralty-Mr. tS CIR~Iu1:s LEEcH and Mr. S. WIRTAKICE, and amongst of their brethren of the Council the ...

... DIOCESAN TRATINING COLLEGE FOR iSCHOOLMIST'RESSES. ice- On Friday thle annual meeting of subscribers to thle We( t he above institution and distrib)ution of prizt-s took place at the college. Uttoxvter lNew-road. Derby. Tliers was a good ?? ret- tattendai e, atnongat those presenit being the Bdighols of Tbh uld, Liebdeold, who pretlidtd. the lies. MJrs. Manlagail., Ladly ?? Wilnot, thle flon. ...

... I milialIg. 4,olldga *1 ?? Lord D4fferin has left Calcutta on his visit to I Burmabh.I Two arrests have been made in connection with the J murder of Prefect Barreme. . From Gibraltar it is reported by Reuter's Agency that several deaths fromn cholera have occurred at J Tarif a. A woman and three children bitten by a rabid dog at Odessa have been sent by public subscription to M. . Pasteur, in ...

... A public meeting in connection with the above associa- tiou was held in the Guildhall, Derb, on Saturday., The Mayor (Mr. Leoch) presided, and di er was a very good attendance, a large number of ladies being present, includitng the Hon. Mrs. De Montmnoroenoy and theI Mayoress. Amiongst the gentlemen wvere Sir Henry I Wilmot. Y.C., C.B. (president), Hon. F. Strutt, Mr. T.I W. Evans, Colt~el ...

... - ?? n- On Monday the Rev. Canon Abney, late vicar Of St. il le Alkalund's and Rural Dean, wasp resented with an oil e Painting of hiinwself, exoeuted by blr. Arthur Cope. The Pel fund for the purchase of the prtrait bad been raised by de r. ?? r.pnblic subscription, to which large numbers were anxious tinl iii to subscribe, in proof of their aprciation of Ca..no P: Abney's long and useful ...

... U'e5I. It is now authoritatively announced that the disso- lution will take place on WednesdaY, the 18th of November, and, therefore, all doubts and speculations en the subject are set at rest. The new writs will be sent out on Wednesday evening, and will be received on the following day in every borough and county I of Great Britain, with the possible exc ption of the northern boroughs and ...

... L THE, LESSONS AN.D DUTY OF WvARFARE. 8, An interesting service was held on Sunday afternoon m .last at St. George's Church, Mlacclesfield. The 5ith Cheshire be R ifle Volunteers and some of the 2nd Cheshire Militia, at m ,present in training at the M~acelesfield Barracks, were ,present among the general congregation, and the preacher w ean the Rev. Darwin Wilmot, head master of the ann ...

... WH&T* TO-DAY'S WORLD SA.YS. One of the mzore hopefualsigusof the times in Ireland ic (though it has not yet been noticed) is t;he fact thatI x~ several landowners have taken to breeding pheatsants. .k again, and getting up at heal, of game in their pre-| a erves.t This looks as if they had some faith in the nmaintenance of lawa and order and the stability of the 1 Stat1d.Y 'JUO. e The Prince ...

... lam,- mm Sir James Hannen on Friday made absolute the decree nisi in the Crawford case. Prince Albert Victor on Friday presented new co'ours to the East Kent Regiment, popularly known as the Buffs, now stationed at Dover. Two girls, Jessie and Ellie Cullen, were drowned at Rosbercon, county Kilkenny, on Friday night, the former in a gallant attempt to save her younger sister, Eight social ...