... 5 Lord and Lady Walsingbam will entertain the Prince of Wales and a large shooting party at Merton on e November 20 or 27. 3 A marriage has been arranged between Colonel Sir .f Edmund F. Du Cane, R.E., ?? Chairman-and i Surveyor-General of Prisons, and Mrs. Grimston, widow t of Colonel Grimston, of Grimston Garth and jilnwick, Yorkshire. l The fashionable correspondent of the Couentry Gentle- ...

... LOWESTOFT g.PR OIMEV T COMMISSIONERS. Ol Monday erepig the monthly meeting of the Com- I ini~iope5 wa hel, under. the presidency of ?? 1~ Clsrlce~Thert.-esie also present:-Mr. J. Beckett, jun., Mg. W. Wrina, M .,3 Tracy, Mr. ?? Woods, Mr., E iXerrison. 1larvey. ..E. Adams, Mr. 3. Maconochie, :1 .W. Maddison, Mr.W. HXClubbe, Mr.T. II.Leggett, 8. (rAgg, r. .eTw..W.Ethe~rveddge, Mr. W. Youngman, ...

... T r aa ALDHAM. ,ud Tere was a special thanksgiving service last week Vin Aidham Church. This well-proportioned but of dilapidated building, so interesting from its great an- bha tiquity, from its almost unique round tower, its hand- of somely-carved but much worm-eaten oaken seats, and or from its standing so near the spot where grand old Row- RCt land Taylor was martyred, was for the harvest ...

... GALLANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES, &c. October seems a fateful month for Aldeburgh and this part of the coast, as shown by the rapid atmospheric changes and terrible gale of Tuesday last. In spite of the calmness of Monday evening, and in face of a steadily c rising barometer, the vivid and frequent flashes of light- nin' to Eastward, and other signs, indicated queer 0 weather approaching. Almost at ...

... THE CHURCH CON.GRESS. The Congress assembled this year at Derby. This is the tiveoty-geeond annual gathering of the Congress, and the proceedings were opened on Tuesday morning *by rvices at All Saints' and St. Alkmnund'a Churches in tat town, the preachers being the Archbishop of York ,i the BiaohoP of Truro. At both services there were very laise Congregations, and the offertories were to be ...

... -BRITISH troops under a Radical Government, which L was elected on a non-intervention cry, have carried war into Egypt; why, therefore, should not the same troops, under a Government which was largely aided by Puritan influence in getting into power, salute the Holy Carpet before it started for Mecca P Here is a question for our modern casuists. Was it for this that the Xoncor- formist pulpits ...

... The English Church Union (Suffolk District Union) a held meetings in Bury St. Edmund's on Thursday. There was an early service with Communion at St. John's Church at eight o'clock, and a second at half-past eleven, when a sermon was preached by the Rev. E. P. Williams, e of Barsham. There was also evensong at seven. f Luncheon was provided by Mr. Gniver, in St. John's a School-room, Mr. J. ...

... The sum of £1,880 has just been presented to the 1iev. Father Sheeby, of Kilmallock, as the proceeds of a col. leotion, which' was initiated in his parish immediately 'fte'rhis release frorm prison as a sunspect, and extended throu' ut the'wbole South of Ireland. Father Sheehy gis four'montbe'in piison,'and on his release'he nade a iolent speech. ' Since thee be has made no public appear- ance ...

... PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD. I SiB,-Allow me space for a few iemarks on this sub. I ject. Many persons seem to think that such prayers h involve a belief in the doctrine of purgatory, bat this is -not so, for, to quote from the judfgment in the well-known case of Breeks v. Woolfrey, It is clear that prayers for the dead are not necessarily connected with the doctrine of purgatory, since they were ...

... THE IPSWICH JOURNAL. The House of Commons will to-night enter on one of the most difficult, and at the same time one of the most vital questions which can affect its welfare. It is admitted on all hands that the present machinery needs overhauling; that rules of procedure which were found suffi- cient in the pre-reform days, when the class of men from which its members are chosen was very ...

... LETTERS TO THfE EDITOR. Ig rd IPSWICH GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Y, Sar,-The Governors of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar a- School, by the acceptance of the resignation of the Rev. a- Dr. Holden, have not only jeopardised the well-being of er the school, but have brought about a crisis in the educa- al tion of the town and district. tk With a sincere and loyal attachment to the interests of t, the school, and ...

... 5 THUNDERSTORM.-A very severe storm of rain, ac- Dcomlpanied by vivid and frequent das~hes of lightning, 1 passed over this town on Saturday about midnight. Heavy' ieal& of thunder broke repeatedly directly over .the houses, apparently shaking them to their founda- tions, and rattling the windows in a most alarming man- ner. There was ]ittle or no wind, and the barometer e remained very high ! ...