... 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 ...

... . 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 ...

... VEDNESDAY, MARcII 26TII, 1884. r,.- ._ _ ; +14 P nd Vm The indisposition of the PREmuER, and his in- T ability to be in his place in the House of Commons m during the past fortnight and more, has naturally v given rise to much speculation as to the future of ti the Government and the Liberal party. At first PI it was thought and hoped that Mr. GLADSTONE'S : illness might be but brief, and ...

... 4?)Jfliglt A 9. ,Ilf?lligrlNi THE BATTLE OF EL TE. 6 . YINTOJIY OF GENERAL GRAHAM. a ' RELIE F OF TOICA.k, e (From the Morningy Post.) ; EL TisD, Feb. 29, Evening.-Our force marched from ?? Baker at nine o'clock this morning to advance to El Tab and the Wells, and to relieve Tokar. The for- e mation in which the advance was effected was that of a e largo square, with four companies in reserve ...

... Varliampt. HOUSE OF LORDS,' TuESDAY. Lord NORTON eaked whether the Government weret taig n tesprprtor to legislation on the subjectI of te rpor ?? Industrial anid Refomatoy Shool.-Lod GiANVLLMreplied that this imprtat sbjet ws udertheconideaton of the Home O~ce incommnictio wit th Comittee of Council on Euatioa HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY. A new writ was ordered to be issued for Cambridgeshire ...

... (11I'list4ift vqws. d ALVASTON. B a ALVASTON AND BOULTON LOCAL BOARD.-The B, n retiring members are Mr. Wmn. Hoatheote, Mr. Herbert ci d Pallows P'orter, and Mr. Hentry Greatorex. These gentle- M~ o meu will, it is understood, seek, re-election. a 11KIRK HALLAM. t SCHOOL G kTHEflING.-01 Friday last there was an- interestin gahiiga h ilg col hnthe school y' children gaeanme frcttosi prpriate ...

... I it~ls~ ?? the DIOCESE OF SOUTEWEL. te (From- the Lichil icsa aa a. list. At the RnualS meeting of the Lichfield Denioan Church tefir Extension Society it was resolved that grants should be on made to Derbyshire until Miehaelumas, 1885, when the ore present quinquikujiial appeal period will oome to an end. the Derbyshire has. two district committees connected with the I sea11 soeiety, which ...

... (From the ,1icslener's Jfagogine.) THE TUBEUOSE.-The cultivator lhii AAt I;-a commaud two classes of bulbs, one of which is formed wii bulbs grown in South Africa, and tho other with those of Ameri- can growth. There is no difference in their cultural re- quirements or the quality of the flovw crs, but owing to the South Atrican bulbs attaining maturity early in the year, .they are the best ...

... l FUNERAL SERMON AT MICKLE OVER. I O SUnday moruing lat most of the members of the family, of' tbe lte S3ir A. Woodiviss attended service at ,{icklenver Church, when speciet menton was made by thc Rev. B. C. Bindley, iok of Mickleover, of the death of S ir Aibrabam. T~he service *was of the ordinary character the hymns selected being Brief life is here our portion, and My God, my Father, ...

... ,Tatqst' 'Tta. TUysDAY !,1oBiIXG. PARLIARENT. RUSSIA AND INDIA. TIHE SOUDAN. The chief subject ot discusslon last night in the Hou1e of Lords was the acquisition of Merv by Rluesis. Lord LYTTON, in moving for correspondence between England and Russia with regardtoMervandAfghaniat:in, sa.id that the Czar's eptance of alleghnce from ?? peple of Marv placed within his powerthe opportunity o.f ...

... [SPECIAL.] n To-day (Wednesda?), the Qaorn and Donington Hunt v nd Steeple Chases are ce ebrated at Loughborough. Thesport d we between the flags adjacent to the old and flourishing .. at hosiery and cotton town, has ever been popular and pro- a - lific, whether there be sunshine or rain; but we question r, fr. whether its prospects were ever so cheering as they are 1 ts to-day. From special ...

... Offagiollat gott. THE TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF Mu. MARRIOTT last i1 Saturday has completely upset the equanimity of the c Radical party. They profess to have believed that he v would be returned, but they admit that they never p anticipated so overwhelming a majority. Had that e majority been small, they would of course have had no difficulty in explaining it away. They . would have ascribed ...