... Sir William MacCormac, the eminent surgeon, writing on December 16, gives the following graphic description of the medical work following upon General Bullcr's reverse at the Tugela River in the current number of the a Lancet : We arrived at Chieveley station about 1.30 p.m. yesterday. We found the station occupied by a hospital train under Major Brazier-Creagh , R.A.M.C. , and every one ...

... 5Ht. KEXSITS CRUSADE. PROTEST TO THE BISHOP OF SOUTHWELL Mr. Kensit has entered upon another activ 6 campaign. In a letter to the Bishop of Southwell he refers to his protest at Christ Chnroh, Belper, and conolndes : — Now, my Lord Eishop, I call upon yon to do yoor daty, and stop tin Romanising praollies which have distinguished this and other churches in your diocese, especially at Derby, ...

... The weekly meeting of this Board was held on Tuesday, the Rev. H. R. Rolfe presiding. The other members present were Mrs. Waters, Mrs. Grundy, the Revs. A. E. Trior, F. J. Adams, and J. Birks, Messrs. Dare, George, Banks, Mil- lington, Blount, F. P. Copestake, Jen-am, F. ( Carter, J. Gallop, T. Morgan, S. Hall, Hardy, , J. Nutt, T wells. Inncs, Parr, J. Totter, E. Brown, , Purcell, G. Dean, ...

... Messrs Alfred Mansell and Co., the pioneer auctioneers m the midlands to sell cattle by live weifiht, have held their first sale of the year. Re- cent high prices of beef brought together the la-crest company of buyers seen at these sales for soma years past, all in quest of cattle sufficiently forward to finis- in the shortest possible time. Buyers tried to be cautious in their biddings on ...

... BURTON-ON-TRENT AS A COUNTY BOROUGH. On Tuesday Colonel W, R. Slack, RE., one of tbe Local Government Board Inspectors, held an enquiry at the Burton Town Hall concerning the application of the Corporation for Burton to be Constituted a county borough. Mr. Cripps, QC- Mr. Etherington Smith, and the Town Clerk (Mr, Whitehead) appeared for tha Corporation ; and Sir, G. A. Fitzgerald, barrister, ...

... SIR HEXRY BEMROSE, MP AVT) _ RITUALISM. ' * b.r Henry P.cmrse. MP., presided on Tuesday night over a well attended meetina held in ♦-_ Holloway Hall, Morth London, under ?h auspi« of the local branch of the Xational Prote staitt Church Lmon. The local and other der™ ™_. tered in -orce. and the proceedings throughout were most c : .ihus: ast ,c -In the course of hi s a ddre_ Srr Henry said that ...

... We re/ret to announce tbe death of Mr. Harry Blackwell which ocouried at Wirksworth on Wednesday morn n_. Mr. l.ogan, the sec e'ary of the Wirksworth Cric'se'. Club writes ■ He was only 23 years cd and bad teen coffering froae diabetes for a year.n 1 thro.- month-, and although be knew there was sma 1 hope f cm th: first, his splendid spirit by battling against it has kept bim alive. In ...

... THE MURDEROUS OUTRAGE IN SOUTH DERBYSHIRE 1 nomas lsaxter, collier, —anton. who was statlied in the reck late on Saturday night, when Mr. and Mrs. Leonard C. Snelson were the victims of a brutal assault, lies in a dangerous state. Dr. Hamil- ton (Swadlincote) was hastily, summoned, but had grave doubts of his patient's condition. At noon, Mr. H. R. Mansfield, J.P., Grangewood, Neihor- seal, ...

... ST. PETER'S CHURCH, DERBY THE RESTORATION SCHEME. I A meeling of tha Restoration Committee waa held in tbe Parochial Rooms on Mon lay wtek to consider whether the funds in haul' would jiitify tha committee in at onea prcceiding to complete ths re-building of the tower. Amongst those present were tbe Rev. J. E. Mat hews (vica-). Messrs. E. T. Ann aid R. B. Cfca _t«r_ (c^nrcbwirdccs), W. Lloyd ...

... The montlily meeting of this Council v.a_ held . on Tuesday evening last, presided over by Mr. J. C'alladir.e. There '.vere also pre.cut Messrs. 15. B. Gilbert, T. Spencer, M. Wilbraham, O. Beaton, G. Bsast-H, S. Johnson, F. Hail, J. Parker, J. Bown, V.. Shaw, W. W. Nelson (clerk), and E. Houfton (surveyor). Or, the report of the General Purpose. Com- mittee a long discussion took place on ...

... CHCP.CH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE j SOCIETY. ANN C A L MKET I N G. Tbe anniversary meeting of tke Deiby Auxiliary of the C.E.T.S. was beld in the Temperance Hall, on Monday evening, tbe Yen. Archdeacon Freer presiding. Theie wa3 a large attendance, the chairman being supported on the platform by the Bishop of Coventry (Dr. Knox), the Bishop of Der'iv the Rev. Canon Barker, Canon Hamilton, tho Revs ...

... AN INDUSTRIAL ROMANCE. (From the Daily News} I The stbry of khaki is one of the industrial ro- mances, of the century. It is worthy to rank with lhat of the Jacquard loom, the mercerising of cotton, or the invention of bleeching powder. It has never been told at length, and the time for doing so haa not yet come. But the follow- mg briel account will serve to show that, as in other ...