... 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 ...

... C00S RYVATISM AT GLOSSOP. )b ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING. 3h A very successful demonstration was held at the (nrram- m mar Sohoo], Glossop, on Saturday evening, under the oun- ipices of the Glosgop Conservative and Constitutional As- 8d sociation, the occasion being theointroduction of Mr. F. C e. Arkwright. the Conservative candidate for the Northern d Division of Derbyshire. Abeut 500 guests were ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... . 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 ...

... 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. ...

... 4errfpndpne. 0I ?? THE RADICAL MEETING IN THE 6CENTRAL tri TO THlE EDITOR OF THE DERBY MERCURY. H Sir-The much puffed 1great menating' at the Primitive F. Methodist CentraI E mporiusm has duly come off, and H turned out a great fiasco. It was an illustration of the Mf souaiding brass and tinkling cymbal character of the Cs It Franchise agitation. The Radical Press report the speeches H1 ...

... 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 ...

... (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 ...

... tha Thursday evening last at the Princeass' Theatre, bhe London, was remiarkable in many ways. It was remark- to able, to begin with, for the audience which assembled of on the occasion. The gathering was not only large in 'ai numbers, every available seat and corner being occu- ore pied, but distinguished in quality, the cream of thet anl intellect of London being represented. My own - lof i ...

... ,Pl'%tq'rt Ttws. SUDBURY. SERMONs1-Two sermons were preached in Sudbury Church on Sunday last by the Rev. F. Dalston, vicar of Plaistow, on behalf of the Rome Mission Fund. The offertories amounted to 51. 4s. LONG EATON. VOLUNTEER CHURCH PARADE.-On Sunday afternoon the Long Eaton Volunteer Companies (L and half-M Companies tat Derbyshire Riffe Volunteers) held their annual church parade at ...

... (.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 ...