... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... CONTENTS OF THIS WEEK'S PAPER: SALES BY AUCTION. Description. Place of Sale. Date 1533. Messrs. J. it W. HEATHCOTE. Farm Stock Ashborne Wed, July 2-j Furniture The Mart Thurs Ja ...

... A JUDGE ON THE GRANTING OF BAIL. Mr. Justice Uatbew opened the Surrey Assizes at Guildford on Thursday, and, in charging the Grand Jury, said that it had been a reproach against the administration of the Criminal Law that prisoners were kept an inordinate time awaiting trial. That was a reproach the magistrates could in a great measure remove, and it was their duty to rebate prisoners on bail ...

... According ti a return issued by the Lo-r.l Co vernment Board on Thursday, there Urn be ?? he . urrent year . continuous decrea* registered hospitals, and licensed houses , ...

... MR. BRODRICK ON LORD SALISBURY' 3 SUCCESSES. Mr. St. John Brodrick, M.P., Under Secretary for Foreier Affairs, addrarsed a Primrose League c c ting at F ruham, Surrey, on Wednesday night. Ho said, altuougb the Government bad had con- siderable difficulties torreet in foreign politics they had emerged so far with peace, and their relations with fcr. ijr. Powers had undoubtedly improved. (Cheers ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... JlJVff>l |a# ?? HOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY. The House of Lords met at a V'f^f^ he The Poor Law Acts Amendment mil ami Sea Fisheries Bill were read a .third =n passed. The Cordon Memorial College at ivna toum Bill passed through committee. Lord Incniquin called attention to a s °^ r passed by the landowners «^^ ffl cla S, o f calling upon Parliament to consider the claim s^t the Irish ...

... MR. DHAChi, M.P., AND VAGRANT CHILDREN. THE LOCAL (. O -'EP.NMENT IiOAKD SYMPATHETIC A deputation from tbe Children's Aid Sorriety waited en Tuesday en ilr. T. V>. Russell, M.P., at the offices of the Local Government Board, with regard to the children of vagrants. Mr, Geoffrey, Drage, 11. P., who introduced the deputation, drew attention to the need of these children and the urgent necessity ...