... IPSWICH PAVING AND LIGHTING I COIW,..ITEE. The fortni-ghtly meeting or this Committee wise held at all the Town Hall, yesterday (Friday), Mr. B. P. Grimsey, Pic the chairman oa the Commnittee, prsdnthe other let gentlemen present includling :-Mr. A.F lclo vce- bo chairman), the Mayor (F. Fish, Eeq.), Mr R. Annles,: im Mr. . B.Jeiries, Mr. E. Grimwaae,3 Mr. W. Hutci- i son, Mr. A. Beaumont, and ...

... ITLE IPSWICH JO] RNA.I2. M:R. CILADSTONE AND LJOCAL TAXATION. Yet another deputation has waited on Mir. Gladstone.and .endeavoured to convince him that real property is too heavily burdened with taxation in comparison with the more mobile personal wealth. We cannot say that the de- putation succeeded, but we may claim that the arguments of the local taxation reformers have never been putmi;wth ...

... THE IPSWICH JOURNAL. MR. GLADSTONE'S CLOTURE. The Government have not done much since Parliament opened, but they have managed to snstain two defeats, one in each House, and they have induced the House of Commons, at last, to agree to the report of the Address. This is the net result of the first fortnight's work, but wve are promised great things,.if only we submit freely to Mr. Gladstone. ...

... The twenty-third annual meeting of this admirable and well-managed Institution was held at the Athenmum, Bury St. Edmund's, yesterday (Friday), under the pre- sidency of the Most Noble the Marquis of Bristol. The othergentlemenpresent included -Admiral Horton,C.B., Mayor of Bury (G. Thompson, Esq.), Mr. A. M. Wilson, Mr. E. W. Greene, Rev. H. Thompson, Mr. H. S. Wad- dington, Rev. C. H. C. ...

... SUDDURY. DIATrH-RAre Ar SUDBouY.-From the report of Dr. Holden, the medical officer of health for the Rural Sanitary District of Sudbury, just issued for the last year, it appesrs that the number of deaths registered for the entire district was 329, against 440 recorded in the previous year. This was at the low rate of 139r per 1.000 of the population. Adding the deaths of 24 persons who died ...

... TRADESMEN'S DININER AT HARWICH. SPEECH BY SIR HENRY TYLER, M.P. The first annual dinner in connection with the trades- men of the borough of Harwich was held on Friday even- ing, at the Pier Hotel, under the presidency of Sir Henry W. Tyler, M.P. There were about 40 present, including: -Mr. J. N. Vaux (ex-Mayor), Mr. - Tyler, Mr. S. Evans, r. J. R. Franks, Mr. A. Lawrence, Mr. A. A. Watts, Mr. ...

... -Tns Fotbrell scandal has thrown a flood of light upon the working of the Irish Land Court. As solicitor to the Court, Mr. Fottrcll issued a book under the title How to become the Owner of Your Farm. The book was printed in and issued from the Dublin Stationery Office, and had consequently an official sanction to it. Mr. Fottrell was an official of the Land League before be became connected ...

... COLNE VALLET AND HALSTEAD RATLWAY COM- PANY.-The report of the directors of this Company for the half-year ending December 31st, 1881, is as follows: -There has been no alteration in the capital account. The gross revenue for the six months amounts to £5,602 5s. 5d., against 25,878 19s. 6d. for the corresponding period in 1880,.which latter sum included the special item of £200 realised by the ...

... DESTRUCTION OF ROLTOF ALL BY FIJRE. tat 1-olton Hell, the seat Of Chlas.` ?? hrb tthe whole of the manlsion, with the exception of the offices and the billiard-room asburined to the gronad. It appears that for some time past there bad been no Dfire lighted in tho library, a room at the South front of Ithe mansion, and lience it had become Somewhat damp. 5The family being about to leave the ...

... (By outr Seceial 00rrespoDslcilt.) The Liberals all round are extremely uncomfortable. There is a general feeling among thems that they have run into a dead-look. There are some things stronger than majorities. One of the things most fatal to a majority is a rising sentiment, to a considerable extent independent of party-a sentiment of misgiving as to what may be the outcome of the policy to ...

... CUBRERNT TOPICS. ch -THa growth of the traffic through tle Suez Canal has 11. far exceeded the expectations of its projectors. There is q0 little reason to doubt that the last year's total was four in millions of tons, which is just one-third more than the original estimate. England holds about half the net tonnage of the mercantile marine of the world, and we are asked to contemplate the ...

... The Court of Appeal had before it on Wednesday and Thursday the case of Clarke v. Bradlaugh, an action brought 5,, ruwver a penalty in consequence of the defendant having as alleged sat and voted as member for Northampton on the 3rd of July last year, without having previously taken the oath. The plaintiff appealed from the decision in the court below giving a new trial, and the sole ...