... DEKBYSHIBE COUNTY COUNCIL The quarterly meeting of this Council was h«|d on Wednesdar. There were present Alderman Sir j Henry Wilmot, Y.C., ?? tbe Hon. W. M. Jeivis, Sir J. G. N. Alleyne, H. StruU, J. L. P. | Buiber, R. S. W. Sitwell, R. H. Ashton, W. Hriirgs, J. F. Swallow, E. Eastwood, Johnson I'farson, H. A. Hubbersty, R. Waite, J. Roberts, and A. Barnes, Councillors J. Stollard, G. Adcock ...

... A BATHER'S FATAL DIVE An inquest was held at the Derby Town Hall or. Friday morning, on tha body of Henry*, Bland, aged 22, who was a boiler maker, livingj at 42, Roman Road, Derby, and who was drowned while bathing in the canal on Thursday evening.— r Agnes Bland, widow of the deceased, gave evidence of identification. — Thomas Moore, of 6, Mansfield, Street, a labourer at Kitchen's Foundry, ...

... THE RAILWAY FATALITY .: EI -W- A DAXGFR.US PLACE On Friday an inquest was held ?? ■-:■- ■ J -; b| Hotel, Esxton, toncbirg the dealt b ;\ I Abell C 47), Market Street, who was ki! e- . - day momirg on tbe Midian-i Rail* whilst acting as goctls guard was ir. ?? - sidings, acd stood ou the step of ?? -engine until the points were .--i ■- dropped off left tte six foot. ar. foct A ballast train ...

... At the Old Bailey, on Thursday, Tiooiaa Thomp- son (21), tailor, f.ed Heny Match (23), ba^er, were convicted of robbery with violence, Prosecu- tor, a medical man piactiaing in the East End of Londcn, wss set up-^n b/ the piisonersin broad daylight and hruta'ly assaulted and robbed. Numer- ous convi. tiers weie proved against both men, Marsh's record being particularly bad. Tha Recorder ...

... A Case wbich is ths preliminary to a divorce suit was heard on Wednesday in the Ninth Chamber of the Correctional Court, Paris. Comtesse de la Forte, a beautiful woman, was suspected by ber husband of being on too intimate terms with a M. Leroy. A police descent on M. Leroy's apartment, was planned and carried out, but the resuit was disappointing. The Commissary and the husband found tbe ...

... A Constantinople correspondent v. I, graphs : I learn that the negotiations of the Anglo-Hungarian Syndicate, which is soliciting the concession of a railway by extending tte Konieb system across Mesopotamia to the Persian Gulf, whereby the journey to India will br immensely shortened and a vast tract of country opened up to trade, are most probably on the way to a satisfactory con- clusion. ...

... Gp.asd Eazaae — Ashbourne Hall ard Grounds Tuesday and Widnesda-. August 1 and 2. Tctbuby Shies House Show — Monday, August 7 Kir Henry Bemrose, M. P. , is also a prominent supporter) to the Local Government Uoard. The rbject of trie deputation wes to draw attention to the urgent necessity for strengthening the existing law for dealing with them. Mr. X. W. Russell gave the deputation a very ...

... With comparatively little business doing, tha tendency has been dull and the market generally idle and inactive. With harder money rates Con- sols are lower, although closing above the worst. Home Corporation and Colonial Governments have been very inactive, with fractional reductions in prices. Home railways have been dull, and changes in quotations are mostly tow, mis a lower level. There ...

... BoaooH of D:.i by. — Infectious Hospital. Seturn of rases for fortnight ending Jine 2ith. 189'J:— Scarlet fever, admirttd 21, discharged 2:!, In hcsuital. ?? MIDLAMD HAILWAY BoCKINC O t'ICE K- -IICHD. —The oiher morning it ni= dis cored thai tht taookiru effi.-e of tl.e Midland Bailway Crar, any at Chape-en-ie-Frith l.nd bi-ea forcib'y tnt-ned by tbe wiluj.v ?? iiis plaiforin. Oniy a few ...

... BEQUEL TO A BHIbE . ' -i-- ?? At Cnestetficld on ?? .''.,-.»■ Frederick teanscrae, and Dale Gilt-*:' ?? ; H with committing perjury in their Rj a case heard at tbe Ches c Court oa Jane 24:h, in whic:. ?? were charged with s - ?? liquor without a iic-nje. X were on tbat occasion witi Ail three, it was stated, = v- witnesses never enterei no drink supplied, Mrs. 51 ?? B had never had a barrel ...

... OPENING OP THE NEW BAND STAND AT THB ARBORETUM. The new band stand which has b:en erected by tte Derby Orpiration on the play ground in the Aiboretum waa formerly opened by the Mayoress {Mrs. Ann) on Wed n ? day afternoon, he arrangements for the election of the stand were ably cairied ont by Ihe Arboretum Committee, of which Aide: man Dacsbary is the Chairman, acd the rei-u'ts of tbem ...

... Hmzxp fo ?? &rtfcni. LIPTONS A'JD THE SEIZURE OF UNWHOLESOME FKUIT. Sir,- With reference to the recent condemnation of fruit, our position is simply this :— The frail seized was not oars, but the property of th* senders. We contracted months ago with fruit dealers for large quantities of fruit. The terms of our contracts are that the fruit must be delivered at our factory in thoroughly sound ...