... ' Dr. Taylor brought his series of lectures on The World before Man to a close on Friday evening, and was honoured with a large and influential aadience, the Mayor (Sterling Westhorp, Esq.) occupying the chair. Dr. Taylor said he had to go somewhat superficially over a great deal of ground, for he proposed giving them a sketch of the last great division of geological time called the ...

... With apologies to the Shade of Longfellow. Under Britannia's spreading oak The Grand Old Woodman stands; A presentation axe he wields With large and sinewy hands- But the onslaught of his cruel arms I As yet the tree withstands ! His hair is white and dank and long, His collars none can span; His brow is wet with heavy sweat He chops down all he can. He won't look Duty in the face, ...

... THE LAY OF TEE PRIMROSE LEAGUE. Oh! dear, I am so frightened, 4. I don't knowr what to do, di And ven that makes matters worse, Ia Because I look so blue, cb And. blue it is a colour, They say must not prevail, ad For if it doei, they threaten us St With sending us to gaol. an With sending us to gaol, my friends, (C With sending us to gaol; in The Radicals they threaten us WI With sending us ...

... The fifth annual flower, fruit, and vegetable show in connection with the Stoke Working Men's Club was held in a large marquee yesterday (Wednesday), on the Rectory grounds, kindly lent by Canon Bulstrode. The weather was beautifully fine, and a large company assembled, amongst those present ?? and Lady Gwydyr, Mr. J. Robarts and Mrs. Robarts, the Rev. W. Berry and Mrs. Berry, and Mrs. and the ...

... Time was when the first Tuesday in May was a very important day in Ipswich, agriculturists, graziers, and dealers from various parts of the Eastern Counties, and indeed of the country, making a point of putting In an appearance and doing busineses at St. George's Fair, where there were more thousands of sheep and lambs than there have been lundreds of late years. Eversince the change of the ...

... I The fourth annual presentation of certificates won at the local examination in connection with the Royal Academy of Music was held at the Public Hall, Ipswich, on Saturday afternoon, when a concert under the con- ductorship of Mr. Edwin Nuns, the local representative of the Academy, was given. Seldom has an Ipswich audience been privileged to bear such a high-class pro- gramme as then ...

... TUEB SMITHFIELD CLUB C&TTLE SHOW. Since the last show the Smithfield Club has lost ti a good friend in Sir Brandreth Gibbs, Who for so vf many years held the position of secretary. From M some cause, probably on aocoant of the death gi of this gentleman, who was for so long a In period connected with the Club, a rumour gained e) currency that this would be the last Smithfield Cattle of Club ...

... THE CORNHILL MAGAZTN5L for January. Lon- don: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1S, Waterloo-place.- Queen Eleanor and Fair Rosamond is the title of the new story by Mrs. Oliphant, of which the five opening chapters aregiven in thelatest itsuo of the Cornhill,and it is not too much to say that whilst the writer opens her story well, she does not fail to introduce into the first instalment a ...

... LITERARY NOTICES, HISTonRY OF NosRFoLK. By Walter Rye. Lon- don: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster-row, E.C.-The value of reliable eoonty histories can hardly be over- estimated. Such works, when compiled with the care and research evidently expended on the book before us, contain a vast amount of local detail which to the general historian and the antiquary of the future must rove a mine of ...

... IPSWICH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ART, The following are the results of the Government examination of students of this school, held last April and May :- SCIEXCE DIVISION'. SUBJEcT X. Inorganic Chentistry.-Elementarv stage. Certificateawarded: 1st class, Vicars G. Jarvisand Ernest J. Jackson. 2nd class, Charles F. Lambert, John Murtin, Arthur W. Drake, Wallace H. Armstrong, and John Miller. ...

... Oh, Ipsewich-! well may floods of bitter shame Well-nigh o'erwhelm thee, and thy heart appal, Now thy misguided sons have dared to call One who will cast a slur on thy fair name! Were he a man to Queen and country true, We'd stand to greet him with a ready hand, And bid him welcome to old Suffolk's land, E'en though he might not bear our colours blue. But to the nation's laws he is net lea]. ...

... HORTIOULTURAL SHOW AT WINSTON. The prettily situated grounds of Winston Vicarage were well patronised yesterday, the occasion of the second horticultural show held for Winston, Debenham, and the neighbourhood. The Rev. Mundeford Allen, with his usual generosity, threw open the grounds to those entering the show, and, favoured with the best of weather, everything calculated to promote success ...