... - ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 __ FI..J enel na b -I. I. rr 'a It *1 'hc ise olii DM ;sq te iam S f t cri °01 Pei 0o1 he and he cot cci WI BU the oil no -: ror Dr ipI pal pa) tot of al th Lal fa; Ur to WI WI e) i1 hi 171 fit ci 13 It r I C I~ Ii The annual harvest fjte was held on Tuesday, and no;- - withstanding the miserable weather, was a very successful es affair. Divine service was held in the church at ...

... FARMERS' EXPENDITURE. Sin,-The Ipswich Journal is so extenuively circu- lated amongst landowners and farmers that I think I need not apologiso for offering the following remarks on that part of Sir E. Kerrison's examination before the Duke of Richmond's Commission, in which he ex- presses an opinion that farmers might improve their positions by buying less expensive machinery and less ...

... GOVERNMENT =PROPERTY. CONTRIBUTIONS IN LIEU, OF LOCAL RATES. Under this title a blue book has beenissued, by an order of the House of Commons, dated 8th August, 1882, giving the narne of each iparish in whichlthe Government occupies property, the rateable value of such parish, exclusive of the same property, the extent and character of such pro- perty, and the valuation put upon such property ...

... d WESLEYAN CHAPEL ANNIVERESAY.-Following up the services of Sunday week, conducted by the Rev. H. Field, the newly-appointed minister in the circuit, a ser- s vice was held on Wednesday, when a very eloquent sermon e was preached by the Rev. - Dicks, chairman of the dis- trict. A tea was provided in the schoolroom, where a good number sat down. This was followed by a largely- e attended public ...

... FRAMLUINGHAFM. NARROW EscAPE.-An alarm of startling nanareon Saturday night was the means of causing great exeit, ment for a short time. The report was that a fire lid broken out in a dwelling, occupied by Mr. Bridge., in Eailway Terrace, and that some children, who had coo left in bed, had been seriously burned. A crowd of I excited spectators soon assembled outside the house, and it was ...

... THE IPSWICH JOURNAL.I Trades' Unions are things of modern date, yet we find them standing by the old system of apprenticeship. At the Trades' Union Congress, on Friday, the question was discussed whether the growing tendency of many employers in skilled trades to discourage the employment of indentured apprentices did not deteriorate the quality of labour, and inflict serious damage on our ...

... ANNUAL PRIZE SHOOTING OF THE 1st SUFFOLK RIFLE (A, B, & C COM:PANIES) VOLUNTEERS. For some years past the annual prize shooting of the Volunteers belonging to the A, B, and C Companies has taken place at the butts on the racecourse, by the per- mission of Col. Tonsline. On the present occasion, how- ever, leave to use the ground was not obtained, and the Commanding officer had to obtain a ...

... The telegraph brought the news on Wednesday that Sir Garnet Wolseley had early that morning fought a decisive battle with the Egyptians, and bad beaten them out of their lines and entrenebments after a brief but severe engagement. After the affair at Kassassin on Saturday, arrangements were perfected for a general advance of the whole British force, and the Egyptians appear to bave retired and ...

... Mr. Clare Sewell Read, writing to the Farmer, says:- The harvest weather of 1882. has hitherto been a marked improvement upon the weather of the two pre- vious years. It has been seasonable harvest weather, and where farmers have not been in too much of a hurry the corn has been secured, for the most part, in excellent condition. The Yankee gale which visited us this (last) week not only ...

... The news of the day is a fresh sensation from Ireland. This time it is not a Fenian atrocity or a Land League outrage. It is not a fresh demonstration against law- givers, or a fresh concession to law-breakers, though illegal manifestations have not been wanting on the one hand, nor the old unlucky and unwholesome combination of coercion and conciliation on the other. The differ- ences between ...

... BAZAAR AT THE RECTORY, I SOUTHWOLD. m- Southwold Church ranks amongst the most beautiful on cliurchas in the Blything Hundred, where there are many ig. noble examples of church architecture. This and the in neighbonring churches of Walberswick and Blythburgh il are known far and wide as possessing features of wonder. ir. fi interest to the antiquarian and the archieologist. Southwold Church ...

... OUR LONSDON CORRESPONDENT. The news from the seat of war is the one absorbing topic. Everything else grows dull, flat, and profitless by comparison. It is a much moreengrossingaffnir than either the Zulu or the Afghan wars, partly, perhaps, be- cause it is so much nearer home, hut chiefly, I think, because no one can quite grasp its import, and there is a vague apprehension that it may lead to ...