... 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. ...

... 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, ...

... CO]MANSPONUEN1VtJ,. . EAST SUFFOLK RAILWAYS. TO lee Editor of the lpsulic/s Journal. SIn,-When I ascribed to Locomotor much self. interest, I by no means wished him to infer that it was not of a laudable character, for I have no doubt his neighbours and his friends feel obliged by his efforts to bring the linc of rail to the Old Town of Framlingham, regardless of the picturesque. I ...

... 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 ...

... COdRINESlPONDIECE. SOUTHWOLD CHURCH. To the Editor of the Ipsscich Journal. SIR,-I trust I may be allowed to trespass on your columns with a few observations on the proposed demoli- tion of the pews in Southwold Church, and the substitu. tion of open benches. The promoters of the measure profess that no portion of the expence shall fall upon the rate-payers. It appears, however, by the list of ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... I IMPERIALPARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, March 26. Lord MONTIeAGLE moved for the appointment of a select committee in reference to the subject of the Irish poor-law. The noble lord, after declaring that nothing could be further from his intention than a design to em- barrass the Government, called on their Lordships in a very long speech to look back to the experience of the past, and to ...

... . ASSAULT UPON THE IPSWICH_ POST-MASTER. 3,t AAt half-past eight o'clock on Thursday evening, an ex- tu traordinary case of assault came on for hearing before the he Mayor and Magistrates, at the Town Hall. The complain- o ant was Mir. W. S. Fitch, tile post-master of Ipswich; the i0. defendant. Richard Smith, said to be a travelling lecturer tal from Chester. The former appeared with his ...

... The usual monthly meeting of the Dock Commissio- ners was held yesterday, at the Town Hall. R. D. ALEXANDER, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Management, presided on the occasion. The minutes of the Committee of Management were read, from which it appeared that a memorial had been presented, suggesting that the proceedings to obtain the bill authorized by a late meeting, should be postponed ...

... Bv the ordinary semi-monthly despatch from Marseilles, I in anticipation of the overland mail, intelligence has been I received from Calcutta to the 2nd, and from Bombay to I the 8th ult. Disturbances still continued to prevail in the province of Goomsoor, and human sacrifices were about to be re. newed there. E The origin of the troubles in this uncivilised district our l readers will ...