Derby, a town of New Haven co., Conn., on the Ilousatonic river, at its junction with the Naugatuck, 9 m. W. of New Haven; pop. in 1870, 8,020. The Housatonic and the New Haven and Derby railroads intersect here. The town has a fine landing on the E. side of the Ilousatonic, just below the junction of the Naugatuck, admitting vessels drawing 10 ft. of water, and was formerly extensively engaged in the West India trade and in ship building. It contains the villages of Ansonia and Bir-mingham. (See Ansonia, and Birmingham.) DERBY, a parliamentary borough and the county town of Derbyshire, England, on the Derwent, and on the Midland railway, at its | junction with several branch lines, 127 m. by rail N. N. W. of London; pop. in 1871, 49,793.;

It is the principal depot of the Midland railway company, with a station 1,050 ft. long. The town hall is a fine building with carvings in re-lief and a high clock tower. The church of All Saints is a splendid edifice, built in the reign of Henry VII. in rich Gothic style. St. Alk-mund's church has a Gothic spire 205 fr. high.

St. Peter's is the oldest and St. Andrew's the newest of the churches. There are 44 places of worship, of which 17 belong to the established church. There is a philosophical society founded by Dr. Erasmus Darwin, with a well stocked museum, a mechanics' institute, an athenaeum, an infirmary, a county asylum, and a county prison. The free grammar school is one of the oldest in England. A fine arboretum of 10 acres, laid out in 1840 by Loudon, and presented to the city by Joseph Strutt, is a popular ! resort. There is also a new park of six acres, the gift of another citizen. Manufactures are carried on to a considerable extent, including silk, hosiery, lace, iron and brass work, car-riages, harness, shot, and porcelain. The first silk mill in England was built here in 1718, and there are now 25 establishments of the kind. The marbles and spars found in the vicinity are wrought into ornaments. Derby gives the title of earl to the Stanley family.