... THE LORDS AND THE FRANCHISE ILLI mu li ,1n Thu R nnw before the House of c The Franchise Bill is now before the House of Lords. It passed its third reading in the Commons on Thursday, it was read for the first time by the Lords on Friday, and its provisions will be discussed by them next week. The venue now being changed, there is much curiosity as to the character of the sport. Will the Bill ...

... THlE ELECTION OF A CLERGYMAN FOR ALV~ASTON-A-ND BOULTON. TO THE- *TDITOR OF THE DERBY MERCURY. d Sir-Many, besides myself, who have benefited by, the ex -ministrations of -the late Rev. Edward Poole vill, I feel s ure, be thankful for the appreciative article on his life fl and labours in your list issue. Though the late vicar has f, Fe-at left an enduring -monument of his work, not only in ...

... Court and ?? . - - U - ?? le PRESENTATION OF NEW COLOURS BY le THE QUEEN. id ADDRESS BY HER MAJESTY. s On Saturday, at Osborne, the Queen presented new sacolours to the lst Battalion of the Scaforth Highlanders ?? Buffs, Duke of Albany's), of the 3rd Battalion b- of which regiment the late Duke of Albany was colonel. F The Hihlanders were drawn up in line. The old colours w.ere trooped, and ...

... pl.olitiol. 1L'~D~fU\E INSCOTLANDF. ver 41,£C1 TO CONSTITUENTS. Tuipa g ldripsed a second meeting of his whiiel * 'hubtlitthl Curl Exchange (already cii it~ tiesecinnhis)on Monday even- Cli 'itoec began ]sspeech by quoting a 1 Nir~ ~ ~ ?? lie~i described ah we ill ibtts, o a i, le sidgave him soitit enter-. eqoiti legalve npromise after promise. feliov '3 lf eS01 a splendid future of ~dl:;i ,f ...

... CONSERVATIVE CONVERSAZlON E IN DETRBY. SPEECHES BY M1R. TONAtAN MOSLEY AND M1R. H. C. RICHARDS. On Friday evening, a conversazione, on the lines of that which wesS sa successful abosut this time lasty ear, was held in the Derby Drill Hall, under the auspices of the Derby Conservative Association. The weather was of an extremely inclement character, but by the tihe at which th. speeches wero ...

... ?glst?ift ZT) two. SAWLEY. C 1. FOUNDATION STONE LAYiNG.-Special services were n 1. held in connection with the foundation atone laying of a 0 new Wesleyan chapel nt New Sawley, on Monday and b , Tuesday, in a large marquee erected on the site of the pro- I i posed new building. Stones were laid on Monday after- a . noon by Messre. J. Attwood (Castle Donington), Simpson n ~. (Castle Donington) ...

... gilt FOR CHARITY'S SAKE. a Time was when gentlewomen, who had perhaps more at time than money on their hands and the cause of sweet ol chaority very much at heart, found it a gracious and a fr ; graceful thing to improvise a series of mimic Shops in a a convenient place, and, modestly enscon~ced behind them, to p .sell pretty tsifles to all corners at prices considerably ti beyond their ...

... par inrn~ut. iiUEOF LORDS. TUESDAY. F ags TIlF lFSANCIIISE AND lREfISTRlIBUTIOWt. reE Lord ~IdLLTOws, having expressed his opinion that, if inl iieu~l were stacere in their desire for reform da' the DO ultericnt b'r Unconeto with the subject, pu ~d tsO~ no reas~i' alsy they should nt introduce a corn- as, there ?? ~ ~ked whether they would take advantage of rca pletfi 5Ct~g ~own t present such ...

... 40efiegn (3ptt1igeflue. LETTERS FROM GENERAL GORDON. Several letters from General Gordon have been recepfeid in London during the week by his friends, and from these the Pall Mall Gazectt has been privileged to make the followilg extracts. ~riting from Khartoum O ithe 3rd of March, General Gordon says:- You see everything that isofinterest in the Tines. Power, tbe correspondenlit, ves here. ...

... MUm. I I ?? 15tillet (P/ I LONG EATON. SUBMITl B3OAlD).-A meeting of this Board was held on Thursday night *present- lessrs. J. Orchard (chairman), C. (a:kin. .i. Ml arshal.l and R. S. Piggin.-A letter wall r read fr .m Mr. A. Reynolds, a isistant master, asking that n his al try, which is at present tiU/. per anium, Fiould be o increaslid, hie having bee in the service of the Board for E 12 ...

... soqnl 6apigs. A THIe MORALE or DERBY was the subject on Thurs- day of some remarks by the MAYOR which deserve to be carefully considered by the citizens generally. 'e Speaking at the annual meeting of the subscribers to f the Derby and Derbyshire Home for Penitent Females, if his Worship observed that ie It was impossible to contemplate a state of things that ,d would render the existence of ...

... .Al I ?? - ENGLAND AND EGYPT. THE POWERS AND THE CAISSE. ?? on Monday week, it was practically decided to respond to theequeet of Germany and Russia for the arlssion of their representatives to the Caisse, with an intimation that no decision could be taken on the point till the Powers had given their answer to the British financial proposals. It is reported that the Egyptian Government has ao- ...