... M3ETEOROLOGICAL NOTES. WuY Odauuho flkh.tle~rflj II 'ifpor the wneck enf3hig Marill 2Mtbn, 1882. )Yloie.j ?? rncilc cbaravtsr. 1532 . u i ?? I f(m 491 SC4 5 °fW -S.NV Verybriy hlt kcad warn. flon 201 30 . 02 . -! - 1Bright, warw, and Darechieg. Tues ztj 3S 4dsj W . -O4Sua, ,withhrg-tiutoreads W Ce - 29 44.D N'c. j 02 Storniywithheinl,1unatticfls 1 ,l 23 29 1 49 SW. --prost a., hazy day. 4F5i ...

... YARMOUTH. THE ELECTION OF COwMwISSIOenRS.-Mr. A. D. Stone has consented to offer himself for nomination as the shipowners' Comumtissiomer at the coming election for two Commissioners, on behalf of the shipowrners and fishing interest. For the fishing interest Mr. H. Fenner and Mr. Harvey George are the candidates, tho forumer of whom is making strenuous efforts to retain his secat. FIRIE A-r A ...

... IPSWICH BANID OF MERCY. A conference of teachers in connection with the Ips- wich Band of Mercy was held on Thursday evening, in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, under the presidency of Mr. F. Alexander. There were also present the ex- Mayor (Mr. A. Wrinch), Dr. J. E. Taylor, curator of the Museum, the Rev. E. Oakley, Rev. J. H. Kiapp, Rev. W. It. Smith, Mr. B. Binyon, Mr. S. K. Bland, Mrs. ...

... h FOREIG-N iNTELLIGI ENCE. FRANCE. The French Chamber of Deputies have again rejected by 167 to 123 votes the amendment proposed by M. Jules Simon to the Compulsory Primary Education Bill, requiring that pupils should be taught their duty to God and to their country. The Rdpublique Franfasie under the direct manage- ment of W. Gambetta, is stirring up the public on the question of Egypt, which ...

... . O.Ea CNAMBER OF ,ff~:T S I. URE;1i - ol i1f tbc. eceiuliirs of theit West Suilelk AI- \r e I N as held on 17ednesday after- 1,,i jiotel, ijury, when titere wits ia very c.!, , . ?? lati site occupied by the President 1L~' r) ud ijese were also present :-Mr. V 4 hi '~cpreideut). AUov. E. W. Jones, Mr. , r Win. Manfield, Mr. J. K. A y kir. W. atthiew, Mir. W. Paine. p1 Mr. (ion M. H. Lacy ...

... ; The eightceutb of the course of lectures by Dr. S. E. Ta$lorj curator of the Ipswich Museum, upon the subjects of Fish, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals. was delivered at the Temperance Hall on Friday evening last to a large and appreciative audience. The lechtrer commenced by referring at length to tlie elephant family, having described fully the uiqeclata species at the ltst lecture. These ...

... This fine old hall, pleasantly situated in the park, about half a mile from the public road, and one and a half miles from Beccles, has just had a narrow escape from total destruction. The mansion is the property of the Rev. Sir Charles Clarke, Bart. and at the present time in the tenancy of Charles W. prescott, Esq. That gentleman and family are absent, and the Hall is left in charge of Mrs. ...

... -MsK. FoRSTm thinks that the situation in Ireland is improved. We do not see the grounds for his con. elusion. True, the right hon. gentleman went into a disturbed district last week, made a speech to a crowd of Irish people, and came away without being shot at, hut there ends the matter for congratulation. TIle judges on circuit cannot endorse the optimist state- ments of Mr. -Forster. ...

... -WHAT will they do with itd? The in power which Ministers are now densnda to close a debate at will, an.- they Ministry for the time being in all fu course no one can answer the ?? reluctance to permit sn-l a weaP if minister would scarcely be in 0ice 1f majority of tho House of Commons . - .. 1.1. *; .)O:I0rliy rcro rcbolliou-s antd . . t H i * 1 1.FIlonc tile powere to cloes a ! ' r ltl ...

... MtSCELLANEOUS NEWS.-, There has just died at Malvern a spinster lady, Miss Johannali Hastings, a member of a family well known in Worcestershire, who had attained her 100th yeitr. Miss Hastings was the daughter of the late Rev. J. Hastings, a rector of Martley, Woreestershire, who died in 1850, aged 100 years and six months. Mr. Whalley, M.P.. appeared to a sumneous, hetore Mr. Newton at ...

... MONDAY, March C. The Aclrlresr to the Queen.-The Speaker', in the busi- ness subsequent to the despatch of our report in Tues- day's paper, informed the House that the Lords had agreed to an Address to her Majesty to which they desired the concurrence of the Commons. Mr. Gladstone, in moving that the House do concur in the Address. dwelt with satisfaction on the fact that in this country such ...

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