... DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. Tbe annual distribution of prizes won by tbe scholars of the Guildhall Feoffment Commercial School took place at the Guildhall, Bury, on Thursday afternoon, present the Mayor (in the chair), Mr. W. Salmon, Mr. G. Thompson, Mr. A. Stutter, Mr. A. J. Hooper, and Capt. Rusbbrooke (Feoffees) ; Mr. T. Jones (Head Master), Mr. A. Ridley, Mr. J. C. Browne, Mr. Bates, and a ...

... A meeting of the District Boards of Thingoe Th-dwastre, and Blackburn, in connection with the Church Education Society, was held at the Guildhall, Eury, on Wednesday afternoon, when tbere were present, tbe Veu. Archdeacon Chapman (in the chair), Canon Abraham, Rev. G. F. Turner (Hon. Secretary), Rev. E. J. Morgan, Rev. A. W. Edwards, Rev. P. M. Stedman, and Rev. W. R. Bain. The proceedings ...

... SALE AT THE LODGE FARM, CULFORD, Acting un ter ?? from Mr. Berens, by whom the Coltord E_tat« has lieen sold to the Earl of Cadogan, Mr. J. W. Duvall submitted to public auction, on Monday week. the agricultural live and deadstock on tho Lodge Farm. Upwards ..f 100 sat down to _ first-class luncheon, the arrangements being in the hands of Mr. W. Smith, of the Culford Arm- (Ingham Griffin), by ...

... MEETING AT HALSTEAD Tuesday morning opened in a way anything but encouragit's to those zealous members of the Essex Archsc (logical Society, who had resolved to attend the annual meeting and excursion at Halstead. A rather heavy rain before breakfast, an overcast and threaten- in ?? and a somewhat downward tendency about the barometer, did not seem to indicate an enjoyable excur- •ioii. ...

... ASUNDER. Flowering plants in stand* artistic, Pyramids of blossoms fair, Form the aisles of floriculture, In their beauty grand and rare. Marble statues, sparkling fountains, Gleam beneath the weird-like shade, Which the paly silver lamplight Hath in silence strangely made. Music roameth from the ball room To the cool and calm retreat, And it bears with it the echo Of the tread of airy feet. ...

... Dog, Poultry, Pigeon, and Cage Bird Show.— The second annual show of the Eastern Counties Dog, Poultry, Pigeon, aud Cage Bird Society was beld t Ipswich on Tuesday and Wednesday. I'he show was a large one, numbering over 700 entries in all, although the fixture clashed in regard to poultry with the Crystal Palace Show, and, as to dogs, witb an important show at Maidstone. The show was managed ...

... FAILURE OF A SHIPBUILDING FITW AT BRIGHTUN(^Ea; G ^ Be Mbsshb. Root and Diapeb. TuX^afirS^^S^^ Court last examination sitting «_££ the -gg l — -— * » ?? Charles Root and Fre_rioV x£?r *>£* of Messrs. ehipbmlders of ?? ment of affairs filid ?? _SJ eld ' i. ll ** Btate indebtednees of £1,026. 11. 6, of wWAfLOlI % ttt onsecured, and exnected „ ««_: «en *tyj lB ?? is assets^ stated t?^plLJ: a^ ...

... DATES OF FORTRCOIING SALES BY AUCTION. Date. Descriptio¶u. Place. Auctioneers. 2j Propertjes ?? Harleston. N e ed- ham & Wortwell Maddison & Miles 29 Shorten's Re- pository ?? Ipswich ?? Sexton & Grimwade '2 Fat Stock, &c. Ipswich ?? ?? Bond & Sons 29 Lambs ?? ?? Ipswich ?? ?? & Sons 29 Boars ?? ?? & Sons 29 Farm ?? Ilketsball St. Au- drew ?? ?? & Smitth 30 Repos. Sale ?? Halesworth ?? Lenny & ...

... Experiments in Peasant Proprietorship are on tbe increase, and it will he Been that Mr. Bateman, ■ f Brightlingsea, who is cwr anxious to be even with the times, is establishing a r.\ stem of small hidings at Brightlingsea. Mr. Bateman has set apart IS acres at a fair rental to be divided into one-acre, half-acre, or quarter-acre plo»«. A Hen '-it system is to ba observed, so that the ...

... Tradk Societies, having for their object com- bination to force employers to give workmen higher wages and fewer hours of labour, have done much harm in their day, both to masters and men. They have caused employers to look elsewhere for the labour they are compelled to employ, and have in numberless instances re- duced trade- union men to the level of paupers, dependent upon their fellow ...

... BemaßKab_e Local Will Sdit. —In the Probate revision of tbe High Court of Justice, on Thursday, cv James H&nnen had before him tbe local will caae of v m«. v. Jordan and Others. Thia waa a suit which had reference to the testamentary dispositions ofthe late ;!J William Sheldrake, a milkman and publican, for- merly * Ip* w ' cn . Mr. Searte, who appeared for the nlaintiff. t,,e w 'd° w ofthe ...

... The picturesquely situated and ancient little Parish Church of Chesham Bois was re-opened on Wednesday last after thorough and complete restoration. The building, which nestles amongst the beechwoods of the Chilbern Hills, dates back to unknown but certainly remote period, and at the date of its foundation was probably intended chapel to the mansion which formerly stood in the adjoining meadow ...