... *P?h1iCb 3oiirttal. SATVRDAY, DEc?rn? ?7, IS?6. In a *ew houzt the yer1856 wvill merge into thie past.| The solemtn antriersax which the Chtristitat world is now eelcbratzwg La not the teason for indulgettce in polifteial passiOn. Let us, then, at the adlventt of ilim| who brought Pence and good Will to men, endeavou~r1 to fiorgt tbe atrifewbich h~s bees waged, in order that I the better ...

... PRESENTITION OF PLATE TO TIHE MAYOR OF BECCLES. On Thursday evenin, .the 3thut., a meeting of the workinit classes of this town was convlened at the Al. sembly Room. to present to thle mavor. (,eorge Penn. Esq.. a piece of plate, the fund for which had breet ratisedby subscription amonst themselves. The meett- lug~ wnsl also attended by very :nany oi the przincipalt tradesmuen and tntir wives, ...

... -1I)t *ip~wirb 3ournal. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, IG56. r e sultry Tveathicrscc2 s to affect somewhat str~ae. ly the rensoning powers of certain ministerial vterits = A Session of Parliament has paimed away mnorc barren of legislation than any that has been known during the lst thirty years; and Lord Palmerston. who has at- l telmpted to conduct 1Her 'Majesty's Governmecnt with It the view solely ...

... M ISCELLANEOUS. General Sir J. Wilson. K.C-U13. Cotonel of thc 11th Regienzt ol Foot, died on Monday nmorning at his town residenec. The gallant General had s-en much active service from the spring of IVJI up to the cdose of the war. in 1915. The ?? Euphemnus arriveil at Spithead on Tuesday from. thle Crimea. with I&S Rtu~ial, g~un%, and 36 gun arTriges. Tlhe Lilydale also brought 57 guns, and ...

... SUDBURY ACRICULTUMLI SOCIETY. or (Ab~ridge-1 frrm Frez i.a4dard.) ! IThe niinth Annivicrsiry of this Society was celebrated se on the 17th instirnt, with its usual succes.s. the interest a- taken in the proceedings apparently extending~ through. ! ,out the large district embraced in its operations-aradius' ic of 12 miles round Sudibury-ats evidened by thte rcry nt the labourinir population ...

... BOYD)ELL'S TRACTION STEANI.ENGIN E. fr. N echi has ad dre wed a Ietter to the Joumwi ot she 4Socify of .Iris. wh'ercin he .- devoted two days Ialk s wree to the estrninntion of the operation of this uintihin :n a InLocotilotive and tractive liowvr. sj-. have Contc to the colwcugqion thsla it is t Great ss This ?? is ovtinc to hr endlcsks and v- 'e railway sttached to ?? thehioltCC. hichrivtea ...

... TIHE NEAPOLITAN QUESTION. Acroardinr to a letter from Naples. dated the 13th i ist., the Kine was still at Gsetai tand apparently still bent ott resistance. Great quantities of ammuontion . tind been taken to St. L hia. anti unt a day passed in which there were n out an:.n of nilitaro' utparstion. The tiublic works at I Itssi i tad been s uspended. and 'Ot prisoners had been transferred from ...

... TIHE BISHOP OF NEW ZEALAND. ( rom;5n .i ! i ...

... SOCIETY VOPV THE PROPAGATION oftheGoSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS. THlE ANNUAL 'MEETINGS AT IPSWIC1i- On Wednesday last the annual rmeetintil Of this vene- rable Societt were held in the Council Chambe Of the TownfHall. Ipswich. Thefirst meetintecommiericed at half-pat two o'clock, wrhen wre observed I a~ CISC plat- form Sir Wms. F. P. Middleton, Bart.. T Chevallier Cobbold Esq.. M.P., the Venerable ...

... 'JUt I-poluirb 3curnal. SATURDAY, OcTouria 11. 1SSG. v It was onre the complaint of a great poet that he wanted ` a hero ; it is the great complaint now vwith rertnin political writers that they want * a topic. In ti, watuit, iowever. ne do notat all participate; or the contfrary sce look uponi it as a subject for sincere coun-,ratktation, for we take it that the Larked absence of those ...

... 'i .. 5.l1 .E ?? Ita brog .1 J tS. I EI I.Esq..,.tit\ oodbridce. - : osr lat wel k J.rl'rsiral that it Watsa the | t1 -,I o f the inhubittiit' of this rountr to N - M- it. in :Irtition to the honor lie h . - .1 ?? srot ?? I'th iniprotventent to i. , ?? n~t,,tin'c1 far'her eitil renbF'I I l t1t;- Xh;(V of Sht of Lontlon nd - Fts 1l ;It .- (Im ner. at WVootdbridge, A a t! .-hi, he l ts re. ...

... On Saturday Jonathan kleytood. convicted at the late Lancashire AssiZes of murdering- Xarzaet Joe a woman with whomn he lived. underwent the last peeal4 for his erime at Kirkdale. There were from 8,O of 10.000 people present. I ie conevit Abraham Baker underwent the extreme penalty of tloc law on Tuesday morning at Winchester for the murder of °Naomi Kintigswel. at Southampton. on the 14th of ...