The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-22 00:00:00

THE DERRY CELEBRATIONS.

The Apprentice. Boys of Derry have issued a ponderous
manifesto in reply to that of the Defence Association.
They stigmatise with the strongest epithets the conduct of
that body in organizing violent opposition, justify the con-
tinuance of the celebrations on the gronds that they are
perfectly legal, that they are not of a partly or
offensive character, but commemorative of great historic
events reflecting honour upon the city, and that no offence
was taken at them until the Defence Association
brought strangers in and stirred up the mob
outside to put down the commemoration by brute
force. They refer to the evidence given before the
Commissioners who held an inquiry into the riots
to shew that it was brought under the knowledge of the
Government that arms and ammunition had been provided
to carry out the illegal object of the association ; they
cast upon the Government the responsibility of main-
tainining the peace, and declare their determination to
hold the celebrations as they have heretofore done.

Mr. Alfred Horatio Potter (Ransford and Potter,
Finsbury Circus) has been appointed official liquidator of
the North Middlesex Water Works Company, Limited.

CRYSTAL PALACR.—One Shilling Day, Monday,
November 21st, 1870.—Admissions by season tickets
1,025 ; ditto on payment, 448 ; total visitors, 1,473.
A. stained-glass window will be placed in the new
church at Highclerc, in memory of Mr. Herbert, who
was murdered by brigands in Greece.
The nave of Chester Cathedral, which has been
restored by Mr. Gilbert Scott, will be opened for Divine
service next Sunday.

The Dundee Advertiser, in a review of the past
seal and whale fishing season, says it has been remarkably
successful.

All the Russian papers, a correspondent states,
are advocating obligatory military services for everybody,
and appeal to the military to renounce the privilege of
exemption.
1)r. Burns, the Baptist minister who took the
miracle-worker, Dr. Newton, under his wing, has com-
menced business on his own account. He is giving
seances, and numbers of people pay two shillings apiece
for the privilege of admission.—South Durham Chronicle.
The brig Elizabeth, of North Shields, went ashore
on Whitburne Steele Rocks, Sunderland, on Friday
night. Her crew of eight were saved by the lifeboat of
the National Institution, and a steam tug afterwards
brought the vessel in safety to port.
The Morning Advertiser announces the death of
Mr. John Boyd, the Governor of the Incorporated Society
of Licensed Victuallers, which took place on Saturday
night. The deceased only succeeded to that office in April
last. The decease of one so highly esteemed is deeply
lamented by all in any way connected with the society,
and has caused a melancholy feeling in both of its esta-
blishmentsP
The Irish limes is enabled to state that a new
measure for Ireland is now being prepared by the Govern-
ment, and will be introduced early in the coming session :
—The main provision of the measure will be the assimi-
lation of the system in Ireland to that recently established
in England. The prominent changes to be effected by
the new law will be the abolition of imprisonment for
debt, the bringing. of non-traders as well as traders
within the provisions of bankruptcy, and the con-
sequent extinction 'of insolvency. One judge instead of
two will perforni the higher judicial duties, assisted by
metropolitan and district registrars, with considerable
magisterial powers.

The Committee of Alanagement of the Cambiidge
Lectures for Women have announced that an Exhibition
of £4O per annum, tenable for two years, will be given to
one of the senior candidates (girls) in the Cambridge
Local Examinations, December, 1870, according to the
report of the examiners. The exhibition will be awarded
in February, 1871. Attendance at two courses of lectures
in every term will be required as a condition of receiv-
ing the exhibition in each year. The exhibition is
given by Mr. J. S. Mill and Miss Taylor. Candidates
must notify their readiness to accept this exhibition to the
local secretary for the centre at which they are examined
before the end of the examination. Further particulars
may be obtained from the Rev. G. F. Browne, St. Catha-
rine's College, Cambridge. The committee also gives twn
exhibitions of .220 and £lO to successful candidates in the
women's examination in July.