... I WHITJSUNTIDE CELEBRtAT1ONS. I DERBY SUNiDAY BCHOOL TREATS. The Sunday School children were tat quite to for- tiaute in the matter of weather ae the general hliday maker. Early on Tuesday the weather looked threaten. Ing, but as the morning advauced the clouds, which had been hanging ominously over the town, disrppeared, and everytbieg promised well for the Snoday School pro- cesmione and ...

... I I¢lCiit 1. : HIURIDECANAL UONFERENOE AT RIPLEY. On Tuesday night a, eonferenes of clergy and laity of the Rural Deanery of Aifretam was held in the parish room, Ripley, when there was a good attendance. The Rev. W. B. Bradetock, rural dean, occupied the cbair, and there wvre also present-the Revs. J. A. Hervey (vicar of Alfreton). Lionel Lambert (curate of Alfretoc), W. J. Lediwood (Pentrich ...

... glte Mas Oaik I ]HER DAY'S WORK. When the Man of the House comes home from the offloe it is tha Loafgiver's p'eanaut practice to enter- tain him with a fresh teapot and an account of her daj's doings; be avers that these recitals of here are quite as instructive as Ibsen't plays, and much more amusing, Itiseasy to tell from her demennonr when he Qkies in, w hether the day has afforded her ...

... I A circnlar protesting against the new railway rates hos been forwarded to the Right Eon. A. J. Mnodella by the Dirbysbirn Dairy Farmere' Association. The circular commnences witb an expression of regret from the aeso- ciation at the necessity cf appealing to Mr. Mandella for aasiatance from Parliament to prevent the ruin with which they (agriculturists) were tbreatened by thi recent icerease ...

... ftlmiutiral, THE LINCOLN JUDGMENT. A declaration is published s;gned by 60 clergyman hold- iog responsible positions in different parts of the oountry -the tignatureR having been ?? limited to that niumber-with r'eferenoe to the judgment cf the Judicial Committee of the Privy Counocil in the Bishop of Lin- anin's oqse. Tbe igneatfrles, while desirous to discourage sil thoughts of secession and ...

... I NORTH MEATH. 5he result of the election was declared on WeCneE- day morning as follows:- Gibney (MoCarthyite) ?? 2,625 Mahony (Paraellite) ?? 2,985 Majority ?? 240 The figures at the last general election were:- Davitt (N.) ?? ?? 2,649 Mahony (N) . ?? . 2,146 ?? 403 CIRENOESTE R. The result was declared on Friday as follows Lawson (L) ?? .1 ,687 Master (U) .4,445 Majority .242 The following ...

... WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1893. THE SECOND ROME BULE BILL. I M GLADSTONE's second Home Rule Bill is . his first, revised so as to present the linei of least resistance to its critics, and to make the most of the voting power which its sponsor hai behind him. That is to say, it is as bad as evei in regard to construction and as to the results it is likely to give birth to, But it is rather morc ...

... I . THE MIDLAND BEPORT. I The following is the halt-yeatly report of the board of directors:- The traffic carried upon the railway for the half-year ending 81ct December, 1892, as compared with the correE- ponding balf-yearof 1891,showa ra increase from coaching, a.; o dectease from merchandise, 8,8641.; a decreaeo from cattle, 7,1881.; and an increase from miDneral.i, 31,6061.-total increase, ...

... q o thq I A GRt A'lt deal has in 'ecent years been done in A the direction of ralding the standard of educa- e on of hilflren, and In giving them legal protection under the Factory Acts. A report just issuedlby the Ed Ication bepartment, shows, however, that smnuch thorb re'ains to be done. The document referred tb 'is a most valuable one, dealing chielly with school attendance and child ...

... ?? Val aliaunoflt. I HOU1JSE OF LORDS. we TUESDAY. 1he Companies Winding Up Bill was read a socond time. hl The Elementary Education School Attendance Bill passed through committee. to The Bishop of St. Asaph drow attention, to the circumstances under which the Ladies' lall at Bangor tha had been closed. wae Earl Kimberley said the mettor was disciplinary, Sul and the Government could not ...

... ,1 21?, I , r ; . , i Z,, , . M. -It , OA I it,,, ?? I ALJVABS'J0N. e 'SAID T), ATII 011 A ?? 3Mf.--r~ ~~~y L Whist~k li I1 iqee t h ?? Arb~ ?? or r Monday ton hing th., d-.oth oO Mr. Jamefs Wlilliarma a war retired farm-r,r Odiln, a B Inltjn, whodiedon Sunday! He from the iT ffoc of ?? few days Wo- ifill Miss Prr ?? ?? sy identifli!d tip , dfeceaved 0vhri IOU ainu7e, who vn 8' 7 y firp of ...

... WE.,LEI' THEORY OF EARTH- QUAKES.. - Viec cawse of ea;thyjruks's says John Wesley, ir How he reasoned ib out is not easy for the avarage sinner to see. The idea of such a tromendous physical ?? as an earthquake resulting from the violation of moral lawl e nonsense in the eyes of modern science, The reverse is more often true- The cause of a deal of sin, said Hannah Moore, is bile. ...