... RURI-JYECANAL ?IEETINGS. It DEAN ERY OF BOSMIERE. g A mixed meeting of the above Deanery was held If atthe Town Hall, Needham M.arket, at two p.m. - on Friday last, at which were present twenty-one r. of the clergy and about thirty of the laity, repre. t, senting all, or all but. one, of the parishes of the deassery. After prayers from the Liturgy, the Rural Dean explained the object of the m ...

... I2XWORTH F.ARMERS' CLTUB. BENEFIT SOCIETIES AND THE LABOURING| CLASSES.{ The annual meeting of the Ixworth -Farmners' Club was held on Monday evening, at the Pickerel Inn, Ix- worth. The Rev. J1. Yelloby occupied the chair, and Mr. J. Fison, of Barningliam, the vice-chair. The sub. ject for discussion was ' Benefit Societies and the La- bouring Classes, introduced by W. H. -Short, Esq., M.D. ...

... CaPTVRE VII, The Queen of the Orwell left London Bridge at ifs appointed time, and steamed proudly down the noble ilier Thames, stopping at Blackwall to take fresh pae- sengers on board. Mr. Nvevrsin secured a camp stool, which he placed beneath the canvass awning, and with one of the latest copies of an ?? newspaper in his hand, seated himself wsith a determination not to be disturbed during ...

... REPORTED DEATH OF DON CARLOS. While the telegrams from Spain these last few days I have announced the pacification of Navarre and Biscay, in consequence of the amnesty proclaimed by Marshal Serrano, they have been altogether silent regarding a re- port which is current in Madrid. This is to the effect that Don Carlos is dead, and that Serrano has sent inti. mation of his death to the Duchess ...

... CHRISTMAS CHU:CH DECORATIONS. : FRAMLINGRAM, Each year we think that the Christmas decorations of our Church'has 'arrived at perfection. Yet each suc- .ceeding Christmas time shows that the artistic decora- torn, the Misses Peirmon, Goodwyn,'and 'Borrett, in. 'creases our admiration and plessute, when we view the cultivated taste displayed. We can but contrast the decorations of the present ...

... FOOT AND NIOUTH DISEASE IN SUFFOLK. MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. A meetilrg of the Executive Committee under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869, for the County of Suffolk, was held at Stowmarket, on Thurs. day afternoon, Lieut.-Col. F. M. Wilson in tire chair. There were RlSO ?? Henniker, J. H. Heipham, Esq., W.. R Bevan, Esq., P. Huddlestone, Esq:, J. S. P illips Esq., Rev. T. ...

... Oayl age- ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. pro- Vesuvius has been in a dangerous state for some days fall past, and unfortunately many lives have been lost. At Late first it was reported by telegraph that a large number of the pOople, 60 or 70 was spoken of, had lost their lives, or *re-were missing, but later telegrams only spoke of 12 or 14 t as missing, and it is hoped that some of these may ...

... (;rom the Combrt Circular.) L - I read this in one of your contemporaries :- By a strange accident which can scarcely be accounted for, I the officer in charge of the private office at the Admiralty, . in the absence of Mr. Goschen, appointed a dead man l L last Saturday to thie command of Her Majesty's ship Woodlark in the West Inidies. What next? ?? we shall have to appoint Milnisters to ...

... The annual tea and distribution of prizes to the members of this Corps took place at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening. The Hall was most tastefully decorated with flags for the occasion, and amongst the several mottoes which decorated the orchestra, gallery, and walls, we observed the following:- God Save the Queen, God Bless the Prince of Wales, To pre- serve Peace be prepared for ...

... , l- A quarterly meeting of the Board was held at the Salisbury Hotel, Fleet Street, London, on Wednesday ig morning, Admiral Collinson in the chair. There were ly also present Admiral Bedford, Mr. J. C. Cobbold, Mr. OGeorge Josselyn, Mr. George Mason, Mr. Vaux, Mr. Free, Mr. P. Bruff (engineer), and Mr. Philbrick (clerk). d The minutes of the last meeting were read, and The Clerk stated that ...

... BUNGAY. The children of the Independent, Wesleyan, Baptist,, ,p~d British schools combined, held their annual festi- - ai on Monday last. The juveniles, to the number of' about 700, assembled in the Market Place at half-past. one o'clock, from whence, headed by the Rifle band, they proceeded to St. Mary's Hall, the residence of W. l Haetcup, Esq., who had kindly lent his grounds for the ...

... THE COPROLITE BEDS OF'CAMBRIDGE- SHIRE. These deposits are found generally at the bottom of the so-called green-sand formation, lying in the last foot, or perhaps two feet of it, above the gault. They are not continuous, except for a few acres together; they are by no means equally full of the greenish-black no- dures for which they are worked over; and they are at various depths beneath ...