... blb ?? )tditorn o4 the ljwwltehl Jant'ntidl Sktir-Some anonymnous letters signed M having tra. bently appeared in the Ipswoiek Joturnal, upon the subject of the drainage of the Town of Bungay, as an inhabitant of the Hamllet of liungay, 1 beg leave to state that some years ago an alteration wras made in the drainage of the town, by which the outfall of some part of the towvn drains was muade ...

... COeRnESlPONfDiVeCE. To the Editor of the Jpgtnicl Journal. Gislinghiam, near Eye, 7th Dec., 1847. DEPR SIR,-On Sunday last, at the invitation of my frienlds Mr. Harriss, of Botesdale, I had the gratification of witnessing an instance of the application of Chloroform ,s a nicans of obviating the pain of surgical operations, an s n local testimony to its efficacy and easy manage. ment may be ...

... THE GENERAL ELJECTION. -- -I ?? ?? - - -. )I r,., -i ' tives for the W5restern))i 6's\ o't Stluit% i By Members H. -N. W, Rv 4th~gXq4 am), ~hip nnet. E q Hill at ten o'clock. insqbeidgj if respecdf his rhsdltcipirlldieurfitii'ylerv ,es n4arespecta1aqs,!of isnlwtnh s e 2illentt'qdiitrelfjctTobs -a. AieVC'bf Mest Strff311k. a (Ldld 4~ecrln'' On 11 Mr. BERVAIN seconderd the nlominiatin.i. Irf ...

... Orbe fpsirT 3ournal, It is now stated that the present session of Parliament will be closed on the 15th of next month. It certainly seems to be a received opinion that a general election is at hand. New candidates are announced. Many con- stituencies have been canvassed, and the results of a contest so clearly seen that pretensions have been with. drawn, and the course left clear for others. ...

... ANOTrER PFRVfRST0N.-NO- GO.-Mr. W.T. Gordon, undergraduate of Christchurch, Oxford. Mr. Gordon is brother of the Rev. J. Gordon, late curate to the Rev. W. Dodswortb, ot St. Pancras, London. Mr. Gordon entered the University in 1846.-Chtreh and State Gazette. FORTIFICATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST.-It is reported, that in consequence of a determination of Government to put the whole line of the ...

... THE BISHOP OF ELY'S SHAKSPEARE PORTRAIT.-1 The paragraph which appeared in our pages relative to a I picture in the possession of the Bishop of Ely, supposed, to be a portrait of Shakspeare, excited considerable inte- rest, and was reprinted by the majority of our contempo- raries. We have since seen the picture, and are pre- possessed in favour of its genuineness. It is without the l beard, ...

... T H E ERA. TOWN EDITION. SUNDAY, MARCH 14,1$47. A journalist is called upon to sum up the records of the dead, and compare them with the recollectiona of the living, in order that he may prognosticate the events of the future. And never was there a time when keenness of research, when clearness of cale- lation and deep thought were more necessary than in the yearl847. ...

... TUESDAY, MARcH. 9. BANr auprs.-William' Henry Hodding, of Gloucester -place, Portman-sr are, surgeon. Samuel Iubitt, of Colchester, clothier. James Law, of Faversham,- coal merchant. John Furby and Robert Stockton, of 35, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, tailors. William Bull, of S, Little Love-lane, Wood-street, setoc manufacturer. Joseph Frust, of Stratton, Cornwall, tlamer. James Miorgan, of ...

... Alas! poor Ireland. It is said that those who sow the storm shall reap the whirlwind. Experienee teaches us that this divine anathema is as much a natural law as the revolution of the planets in their courses. How, then, can the Irish landowners wonder at the impending gloom-the harbinger of the coming storm-which now hangs like a funeral pall over their devoted island? Have they not for years ...

... T tCE FACTORY BILL. | al lll . -, , v -, , -I contested Factory Bill is about to undergo al in the Upper House; we presume iti will be easy as compared with the fierce has surmounted in the House of Com- Worthy of remark, that the. most .bitter this wise and wholesome measure have 'n Liberals, and of that class commonly olitical Economists. The operative, on A has had an excellent opportunity ...

... ?? ~SYNO PSI-S. ?? -, I !. i ;DEN DEATH OF TEE DEWA or, CllsIcEsTJza.-We SAIo record the unexpected demise of the :Ron. and bave an the of Maheser, which'took plice lre~q ly. ~ the afternoon 'of, last, Friday~ebiee, 'at his ,,;a0 vin Hereford-street, Park-lane, irn his sixtyninth 'lThe hon. and reverend gentleman bad been ailing rear- last two yearn and lattsrly had been attended on ofrthe ...

... RETROSPECTIONS-OF LIVERPOOL, BY TOUCHSTONE. ^ : By the time this reaches our sporting readers, the Liverpool July Meeting will have terminated. Ac- cording to our -usual custom we proceed to offer' a few. comments on out. anticipations, the results, and the general character of the meeting, Premising, thiat',the distance from town, and hour at which ve go-to press,- will preclude our including ...