... WEDNLESDAY, JANUAiRY 2ND, 1884. - So far as politics are concerned, the past twelve months have been, on the whole, a period of encou- ragement for the Opposition and of proportionate dis- couragement for the Government. The Ministry did not, indeed, shed a Cabinet Minister in 18S3 Lord RosBnERY, certainly, resigned his office, such as it was ; but his secession (owing, there can be little ...

... DERBY AND DERBYSHIRE HOME FOR 1 I PENITENT FEMALES. I rrh. -.n-1 1 n Fn d ih . $n thA above * The annual meeting of the subscribere to the above T institution was held in the Grand Jury-mvom, Town Hall, pr on Thursday afternoon., The Mayor ~Alderman Hobson) Pt presided, ande there were also nreset-thu Rev. J. Charn- divi cellor and Mr. John Rateliff (hon. uEecretaries). Messrs. H. met M. ...

... by On Thursday Colonel the Hon. R. H. de Montmorency, the commanding the 45th Regimental District, Derby, at- ise. tended at Whittingten Heath Barracks for the pur- r a pose of inspecting the 5th Battalion of the Derby- but shire Regiment (late the Iet Derbyshire Militia), which ere has been undergoing its annual period of 27 days' drill. ear The battalion has mustered stronger than in former ...

... Joqal gopigs. THE ORGMAISATION OF CHARITY used to be, and perhaps still is, regarded by some awiable persons as a rather questionable process. They said it was carry. ing rule and regulation rather too far to apply it to the dispensation of that which should be free and unfettered, and they did not choose to place their doles in the hands of offoisis who should judge whether or not the ...

... (.rrtgpvitdpn l. Of THE DERBYSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. ed TO THE EDITOR OF THE DERBY MERCURY. eu Sir-Now that the time is at hand for preparing the a~y schedules of this year's Derbyehire Agricultural Show, I %ewish again to urge the vast importance of attempting ;tleto a-6it a really representative county show. tie There is no doubt that the meet important stop towards 355' that desirable ...

... (n ilivag Telv,5. ne th THE RAILWAY BENEVOLENT INSTITU- es TION. ad SIR W. HARCOURT ON RAILWAY WORK. ;er Sir W. Harcourt presided on Wednesday evening at the 26 annual dinner of the patrons of the Railway Benevolent he Institution, which took place in Willis's Rooms, London. ey Amrnng those present were Lord Thurlow, Lord Crewe, ry Viscount Gort. Sir C. Dilke, Mr. Roe, M.P., Mr. Wiggin, r AI.P ...

... CATTLE DISEASE AND THE IMPORTA- TION OF LIVE ANIMALS. The foot-and-mouth disease still lingers in the county of Derby, and in 6ther parts of the country, t and it is to be feared that this highly injurious scourge will not be entirely got rid of before the com.n mencement of the dairy season. At present the con- finement of cattle in farm buildings tends to check the spreading of the infection ...

... 94e vtlbliq *mtstitlttimis pfi ii ?? t II,b0 to ?? _ I NLo. Vii. P THE CHORAL UTNION. sl By W. CROWTHER, HoN. Sitc. el Bo far as I have been able to ascertain, Derby ei has always held its own among otbor towns in the bi cultivation of choral music. It was famous for its excellent glee parties a hundrod years ago, and h since the commencement of the present century hii it has never been long ...

... altptihall fio flt Barki. WEDNE1SDAY, MAOIr 12.-St. Gregory, Blshlop of Rome. Gregory I., surnamed The Great, was the last of the Popes to receive canoalzation. He was hora of a noble family at Rome r. about A.D. 544. He displayed such ability as a senator that the i Efiperor Justnins madls him Prefect of Rome. He afterwards n embraced the monastic life, and was elected Pops in succession to ...

... ll? - DIOCESA'N- iNsPECTION. TO THlE EDITORI OF THLE DERBY MERCUPY. b( Sir-Would you be Bo kind as to allow me a few wortle inreply to-oSunda-s1cLIolTeacher, whoseletter appeareti r, yorclmsse e ek ago? As a teacher f staningknoinga lrgenumbjer of, buth ton(eb)and country tcacbers. and seeing them can- ?? tsnly-I cnfess to it feeling of great carprisC in reading W tta nserable esurber uf ...

... . Vdcation. 0 TiDTE NEW CODE. l OVERPRESSURE IN SCHOOLS. t The most important of all the alterations made d in the Code of the present fear have to do with r the very serious matter of over-pressure. It has lt been alleged that, in order to secure a large grant, = weak child en have been forced to go through an amount a of severe cramming whioh has proved to be most pre l- t dicial to their ...

... DR R U--KSX 1DERBY BOARD OF GUAtRDIANS. .. .. . . - .. .. I .. I 1, At the weekly meeting of this Boaro, held yesterday (Tuesday), there swere pre-ent :-Mr. Sherwin (in the it chair), the Revs, b. Hoare, J. Chancellor, and W. H. Te tey- essre. Cartlich, Brindley, Wheeldon, Storer, liefford, Lane, Hunt, flean, Slepherd, Doherty, Sirms, *d Boam, lWillism30n. and Bottomley. THE VIBITINO COMMIvTEE ...