... riIHM bye-election ut Oldham has resulted, m a- Mime close observers foresaw it would, in the deieat ot' ?? Unionist candidates. It, was not .hr any lick oi go and fighting capacity on their putts, we arj confident, though they wen- doubt- less handicapped by the unexpected nature ?? the contest, by rhe fact that they had no previous knowledge of tho constituency as candidates, and by the ...

... CARRIED BY A LARGE MAJORITY. The Hobb9 of Commons on Thursday night carried the Clerical Tithe Rent-Charge Bill by a majority of 133. The debate on the second reading was resumed by Mr. Courtney, who opposed tbe bill in the most unsparing terms. He spoke with measured deliberation and with little anima- tion all through his argument, and from the frequency with wbich he tamed to the Liberal ...

... Before his Honour Judge Smyly, Q.C. Re Gi-iORGK ROBERT IrKAN. This debtor, who arrived in Derby too hire for examination at the last Court, now stated, in an- swer to the Official Receiver, that he had bc-tn a contractor at Ilkeston. He became a bankrupt 1 n a creditor's petition j be hud an execution levied en his eoods at Christmas last. The bailiffs en- tered, Lr.t cleared out for some ...

... BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIA- TION AT BUXTON. Tie annual congress of the British Archreologica Association was opeced at Buxton on .11 or. day. The first day's programme was confined to a recepticn in the afteincon iv the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, and a conversazione in tbe evening. There «as a good master of members of the EBSOciation, i-.nd general and deep regret was expressed nt ...

... ASHBY- DE LA-ZOCCH. . , rasxivAC — TL-e annual festival of choirs ' ' ,- n with Ote V. e-t Ake'.cy Choral Un oa ■ ?? e MB Wednc.^ay at Heir Tilnily Church. -sb'-a.surl was he:rt a ' ' ,3 ° in ths afternoon. * ' ?? ■ ?? the cb'-rc>i was crowded, and ihe I chotra mmb red aboat £83 voices. f M V r.i .'it v.ir th* piece in which the P ?? ' ?? r_ •.. a.-l. tut ihi Nutia Ditntt-tv ' c . -'• r ...

... A Paris telegram says that Dr. Bra and Dr. Chevalier in their researches on canoer have reached indepandcntly the s ime conclusions, Dr. Bra has isolated what appeals to be the parasite of cancer-mushroom. Examining fracmects of diseased wood — particularly the wood of apple trees —he found characteristic couidia of nectria dit sdma. Ihese were cultivated just like ordinary microbes. They ...

... THE bill which Lord Lansdowne introduced on Friday night for the purpose of simplifying the ballot for the Militia in an attempt to improve in time of peace, machinery which might prove very .-valuable in time of war. It is, therefore, a measure which deserves encouragement. To talk of it as the thin end of the wedge of conscription is nonsense. We have always conscription hanging oyer us so ...

... 1-UNEKAL OF THE DUCHESS OF RUTLAND. Amid many nrsci'estalions cf heartfelt scrrow. the Duchess of Rutland w.-s laid to rest en Tuesday in the mausoleum at Devoir. Many working men and worrcr. walked lerjg distances along dusty rends under a burning sun, to r.ss'st in tho obsequies ar:d to pay their last tribute ot rcspe:t te oae whom they sincerely lo.ed, fer al in the neighbourhood felt that ...

... At a recent meeting of American club women where tbe subject of a universal language had come np for discussion, it was declared that English was destined to bs tbe one language -p ken. The faot was cited that at tbe last postal cougress two-thirds of all the letters which pass through the post offices of the world are written by and sent to people who use tha English language. There are .0 ► ...

... DEFRAUDING THE MIDLAND BAIL- WAY COMPANY. At the Derby County Police Court on Friday morning, before the Hon. W. M. Jervis and other magistrates, George Hopkins (a youth), described ?t \r c nand » was summoned for travelling oil the Midland Railway without a ticket and without having paid his fare on June lOtfi.— Mr. Turner, 01 , B™rngham, prosecuted, and the offence was admitted. Mr Turner ...

... ' ■ install. Edccatiom is Btjtteb Makistq — Tetr travelling dairy Svhool of tbe Midlaral IJ iiy Institute, ender tha auspices of the Derbyshire County Council, commenced a ten days' course at Elvaston en Monday, July 10. A fall complemtn of pupils, all residents of ihe parish cf Elvaston, have entered for tho course, end a large number of ladies and gentlemen attended to witness tbe opening ...

... LOCAL SCORES. The compelition at Bisley for tbe Queen's Prize wrs begun ou Monday in fine weather, with little or no wind, and generally good conditions. Seven rounds were fired at two hundred yards, and seven at five hundred yards ; and seven at six hundred yards remain to be fired to complete iha First Stage, Five competitors made the highest possible score. Appended are the local scores r — ...