... IT 1 7 \A Unt A THEii POWER OF THE PORTUGUESE. e In view of the poesibility of England being forced to come into collision with Portugal it is worth while giving a few faots with regard to the Portuguese Navy. 6 At the close of last year the little kingdom possessed one ironclad, six corvettes. seven screw steamers, and 13 gunboats, the largest being the Iasco de Gama, n which was built at ...

... I (Agnadrni Bev It is understood that the Marquis of Lothian is about to retire from the office of Secretary for Scot- land on the ground of ill-health, and he will be suc- cooded by Lord Balfour of Burleigh, now at the Board of Trade. The Bishop of Bath and Wells (Lord Arthur Hervey) has devoted the balance of his 80th birthday gift from the clergy to erecting a house of rest in the quiet ...

... _ _ ?? o ; ~ u ; _ ?? ii-. If TO CORRESPONDENTS.'' C.H.W.-The Primrose League demonetration it Alderwasley Park %pok placeaon August 24th. HELP FOR THE SICO POO. TO TEE EDITOR. OF THE8 DERBY MERCURY. Sir-Will yon kindly allow me through the medium of your paper to appeal for help for .the siok poor amongst whom we vork.. 1 espeoially eak thodewhose own little enes are well and -strong -and ...

... I :, V4:- r tr . `BhAEWELL FARMERS' CLUB. t Tke annual dinner of the' members, friends, and sub- scribers of the Bakowell Farmers' Club took place last week at the Rutland Arms Hotel, Bakewell. A dinner worthy of the best traditions of the hotel was placed upon the table by the venerable host, Mr. William Greaves, who for upwards of 50 years has been at the bead of this bestelry. The game was ...

... ITHE NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY PLANS I - -. ..FOR DERBYSHIRH. In Derbysbire, says a correspondent of the Times, the North-Western is strengthening its bold. In that county it has at present two lines-a railway of the ordinary kind from Manchester to Buxton and a railway very much out of the common, the old ?Iigh Peak line, from Whaley-bridge to Cromford. This line, which passes within a mile or ...

... ROMANTIC TRAGEDIES IN- RUSSIA. m. M - The correspondent of the 6Muaek(ewI (1;mprcr tele- graphed as under from St. Petersburg on ;Saturday night: Il the government of Volinsk, a mysterious murder has been committed on the estate of Prince Ooroosoff, a well-known Russian nobleman. The steward of, this gentleman has just been beaten to death by a young man who served as the estate secre- tary. ...

... | phi I . L. *- -- -T The fortnightaly meetiag of this. Boaydwaa held ona were ?? jr ...

... f l * Vtbe usual weekly meetirug'ofj fostrhilea d hein I the i Board-room on Tuesday, the %tv. Canon Abney presid- tog. There were prdtent Aldermanr Bbedwin (vice-cbhir- man), Reive. J. 8tanley 'owen, ?? Woare, and W. H. Tetley, and Messrs. Vareficb, Storer, Brindley, Cholertori, Banks, Bottomley, BDay,,Boein, and Sims. THE DEZj5THI 6t'- TIEI REV. J, C13[ANCLLLOR. The CHkrRXA j, bef6re tbe ...

... ?? ?, -. , , satot -:Mqlm. ! - ~Tuesday) 3 ?? THE AGITATION IN THE MONJWY MARKET. In the City to-day markets are generally weaker. but Consols are 1-16th better, DR. PETERS AND HIS PARTY. The Berlia Yergi'blatt positively announces that Dr. Peters and his party are alive, and marehing near Kenia, DISASTER IN MEXICO. One hundred persons have been injured, some fatally, by the collapse of an ...

... THE GLADSTOIOLATERS AT - DINNSER. The fo'lowers of Mr. Ghadston& ii Derby aelebrated their leader's 8Oth birthday a banquet in the Drill Hall on iidaienipg. ,n rder to nake tbe affair availablcr ?? ?? poot the pri was fixed at o llin oiF, at whiih it x supplied by thdyeple' , MnJohn wrii., a faot ofsome4erestt a aiber of Derby trades m en . Tickfseth m~reportera did not admit to , the ...

... LOCAL A mENIN 7 . 8 of Mr. . awso, '~tf~rsf~onstb~efor the county,: Appointniftt of Mr. David H unteer.-. f 3r . E. Lawrance ut I1kesten. Q-Derby Toun Council: Tmi'ovements at'e 7e' sanotioived.-Mr, Buezard, C. at L t Sir AutAew Walker who had benaeriou U i ported improviug-kiege of aptain B.'t Lea croft with Mies Alice VIatm. 4-Derbychire Agrienltural Soelety annual meeting Twelfth Night ...

... | THE PROSPERITY OF TfTE COUNTRY. GRADUALAND SVS9STANTILUG UROWTII. It is genora'aly coniceded rhat the yenr nor drawing to a close has been one of prosperity, but the extent of the prospnerity Snay bes be ,athered, rem4rks the Yorkehire Pt,3t, from hwo groups of statistics, the first relating to tie esport tradeand the econd to the reeeiilsof ?? Ra-l. w~ay companies. Thereare other statiftics ...