... connection with Arch- deacon Chapman's visitation of the Clergy and Chnrch wardens of the northern parts of the Arch- deaconry of Sudbury, which is to take place iv Bury on Wednesday, May Bth, a meeting will beheld at the AtheiKL'um to consider the Welsh Church Bill • and amoug the speakers will be the very Rev. Dr.' Stubbs, Dean of Ely, Mr. C. J. Davies, one of the organising representatives ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... CHUBCH CONFERENCES IV THB DIOCESE OF ELY. BURY ST. EDMfJN^sTFBiDAT, Ootobkb 22. During the past week the Lord Bishop of Ely, follow- : tQ e example of his predecessor, has held a series; of references of the clergy and laity in the several Arch- deaconries of bis Dwceae. On Tuesday his Lordship visited Cambridge, where a Conference was held in the hall of Ring's College; on Wednesday a second ...

... REOPENING OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH. On tbe 23« d of April,. 1863, about four o|ckkmthJ «f lemoon a great portion of tbe tower of St. Mary Cbureh, Preston, fell upon the roof of tbe nave, carrying it in with it, demolishing the western gallery, crushing the organ, and reducing a great part of the edifice to a heap of shapeless ruins. A number of workmen were •bout and several were on the tower ...

... x-ne lover of ecclesiastical architecture might travel many a weary mile before he could see in close proximity Ww one to the other two snch parish churches as those ■Wuch are the pride of Melford and Lavenham, and it is satisfactory to fiud that the inhabitants have so lively a cense of the trust vested in them by the munificence of their forefathers that in each of these churches the work of ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. Thubsday, March!. Kidnapping in the South Seas.— Lord Carnarvon, in reply to a question from the Earl of Belmore, stated that great vigdanee was observed in suppressing the practice of kid- napping, m the South Seas. He believed that few abuses existed in the labour traffic, but if the supervision of the authorities should be relaxed, there could be no doubt that they would ...

... The following are the results of the races at the First October Meeting, which commenced on Tuesday :— Tuesday. Produce Stakes.— Regalade, 1 ; Skotzka, 2 • Finis 3 Three ran. ' Grand Duke Michael Stafrcs.-Hellenist, 1; All Heart, 2 ; Golden spur, 3. Five ran. Great Eastern Railway Handicap.— Timour, 1; Prince Arthur, 2 ; La Sauteuse, 3. Seven rin Selling Sweepstakes.— Middle Temple 1; ...

... RE OPENING OF THE PARISH CHURCH. We have this week the satisfaction to add another to the goodly list of churches in this neighbourhood which have of late years been recovered from the dilapidated and sometimes deplorable condition into which they had been brought by past neglect, and restored to their original beauty, the pride not only of thoße who are accustomed to worship therein, but of ...

... St. Leonard's Hospital.— The following gentlemen have been nominated as Trustees of this Institution, subject to their acceptance of office :— Major Parker, M.P. ; Lord A. Hervey, M.P. ; J. St. George Burke, W. R. Bevan, Beckford Bevan, J. Alexander, G. W. Andrews, R. F. Stedman, G. Mumford, Esqrs. ; Revds. J. W. Molyneux, J. M. Croker, J. Foster, H. V. Shortland, H. B. Faulkner, and J. Steer; ...

... The Duke of Cambridge left Gloucester House on Wednesday for Merton Hall, Thetford, on a visit to Lord Walsinghain. Hia Royal Highnesa returned to town a Saturday. The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, accompanied by the Maharanee, left Elvedon Kail, on Monday afternoon, o» * visit to the Right Hon. the Earl and Countess of Leicester, at Holkham Park. Tbe Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol have been ...

... New Baptist Chapel. — On Sunday week the first anniversary services of the opening of the above place of worship were held. At seven o'clock in the morninf a service of praise was held, and at the usual Bervicelhe Rev. W. T. Henderson, of Walthamstow, preached. After the evening service, the ordnance of the .Lord's Supper was observed. On Monday a tea and public meeting were held. Concert. — ...