... abe l0boiEl) 3OIl'tal. SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1862. The indications of a great coming event are casting their shadows before them, in the Press both of France and Great Britain. The views of the French Emperor with regard to a mediation of the two countries between Federal and Confe. derate America, have long been known, and we have reason to believe that nothing but the reluc- tance of England ...

... (From ?? &c. 4c., Japanese Envoy BExtraordinary, to the Head Daimio of the Department for Correspondence touching the Barbarians. Nagasaki.) Truly these English Barbarians are a wonderful people. We have already seen the houses and feasts of their Daimios, their Parliament, or national talking- house, their great Exhibition, their Woolwich, their wax-works, their gardens of wild animals, ...

... Mr. Sotheron Estcourt's expected proposition to settle the law relating to Church-rates, has this week been discussed and withdrawn. Itwas to enable vestries especially summoned, and in -whieh owners shall have a vote by proxy, to trans. fer from occupiers to owners so much of their lia- bility as regards the repair of their parish Church and Churchyard, and to make such special rate, if ...

... ITHE REV. MR. BARDSLTEY'S LECTU'RE.. We have every reason to be satisfied with the lecture delivered by the Rev. Joseph Bardsley, on the Bicentenary Commemoration, on Monday evening last, and with the results of the meeting generally. The Dissenters were ,net on their own ground, fairly encountered, and very com- pletely overthrown. The contrast between the of temper displayed by the Reveend ...

... site object of this Bill (which has been brought in by Sir S . M. Peto) is to provide for the burial of anypterson, of whatever religion or creed, or of none at all, in Churchyards or consecrated Burial Grounds, with such services or ceremonies as the relatives of the deceased person, or the person having charge of the funeral, ma apputhorised ministrations of the Incumbent are thus to be ...

... LOWE STOFT CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. I On Monday the annual meeting was held in the Church after prayers by the Rev. S. C. Walker, the curate, for auditing the churchwardens' accounts for the past year, when there was about the usual number of parishioners present. The Vicar presided, and read over the receipts and expenditure of the various chari- ties of the town, the payments being checked ...

... Guildhall and Burlington House have been thronged this week, and the latter especially, where the Congr~s Intermational de Bienfaisance was held was worthy of attendance, though it could not boast the same crowd that was assembled by the Social Science Congress. Such meetings cannot fail to do good, though they may give voice to nonsense occasionally. The papers read on Strikes, for instance, ...

... ElT , JpouNic) 2o1ral2. SATUIRDAY, JuTNE 21,18E62. Who can tell what is actually the position of affairs in America P We are all anxious enough to know; but the days when we believed in the telegraph are over. The tidings of a battle are taken as testimony of a general fact, but no more. We have ceased to put faith in the items of in- telligence. We are entirely dependent on the North for ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, ALiV I ICA.I GREAT BATTLE BEFORE RICHMOND. FEDERAL LOSS, 3,000. 1,200 CONFEDERATES LEFT DEAD ON THE FIELD. NEW YORK, Jane 3. A very severe engagement occurred on Saturday and Sunday before Richmond. General M'Clellan officially FIELD OF BATTLE, SUNDAY, June 1, Noon. We have had a desperate battle, in which the corps of Generals Sumner, Heintzehnan, and Keyss have been ...

... EASTERN COUNTIES ASYLUM FOR MiDOTS AND IMBEOILES. MEETING AT BUNGAY. A publicimeetin, in aid of this excellent chariy', Cwas wh held at the Corn aItol, Bungay, yesterday (Fr~ida, eal. so Adair in the chair. Among the gentlemen present were ee J. k. Bedingeld , Esq., Rev. C. J. Bowen, of Bungay tut St'. Mary, ev. G. A lsop, St. Mfargaret's, Ilketshall; th( Rev. F. Barkway, Hol Trinity, Bungay; ...

... THE 16th SUFFOLK (HADLEIGH) RIFLE CORPS I ~ ~~AN UND. On Friday evening, the 30th ult., a Concert of vocal and instrumental music was given in the Town Hall, in aid of the above fund, and provided a most charming and agreeable entertainment. The Hall was crowded in every part with a fashionable audience, numbering between 300 and 400 persons, amongst whom were Sir Charles and the Hon. -Lady ...

... AG.RICULTURAL REpPO.RTOR SUFFO K. - . - 2- ft- l li thp!I hifs As we write the ram falls in torrents, and there has been a continuance of unsettled weather for some days past. The remarks are very general that 'Tis bad weather for hay, The crops want sun, and the opinion prevails that the rains have effected the corn crops injuriously. The wheat plant does not look healthy, and for the ...